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MY FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS
A very interesting day. I met with my financial advisor and moved some more money. While there I learned a couple of things. The New York Stock Exchange is a business. It oversees the buying and selling stocks. It was founded in 1792. In 2007 it joined Euronext out of Amsterdam. Now it is being ‘sold’ to the Germans. Those big money people sure seem to be selling a lot of American stuff to the global economy.
I would never be able to work in a critical care unit at a hospital. The sister of a good friend from Tuba is in the ccu in Phoenix. Her kids all graduated from high school and three of the four attended some college. She has had two surgeries in recent days. Her intestines were tangled up and the first surgery led to another problem I don’t understand. This morning a got a call that the end was near and the family was all coming to Phoenix for the decision. It is a Navajo family so that means lots of people. I have worried about her all day, since she is only about 66 years old. I just got a call that the daughter misunderstood the ccu nurse earlier today. She is in critical condition but the doctor’s are not ready to talk about any end of life decisions. That is a relief, at least for the a time. Such a difficult situation. The poor lady is in an induced coma, has lost a lot of weight. No one seems to know her recovery schedule but we now know that the doctors are still expecting some kind of recovery.
My ENT called and said that I will need to take some thyroid meds. I told him that was a relief as I seem to much more tired than before he chopped me up. He asked if I could still get out of bed in the morning. I told him it wasn’t that bad, but I was tired in the afternoon. He said it will take some time—a month or two—to find out how much medicine I need to take. I’ll take the med in the morning, an hour before eating anything, for a month, have a blood test, and decide if I need more, less, or the same amount. This is not the outcome I had hoped for, but will deal with it. My daily schedule will have to change as I usually get up, eat breakfast, and go about the day. Now I have to wait an hour. However, it will be nice not to be really tired in the afternoon.
Another friend is having vehicle/battery problems. I told her I am not the guy to help. I may help her by getting her from and back to her mechanic. She has another vehicle, so it is a major inconvenience but not impossible for her to get in and out of town. I will be interested to find out what caused her car alarm go keep going off last night, what made the battery completely dead this morning, and why the charger said the less than year old battery wouldn’t accept a charge. Whenever a vehicle stops running, we suddenly discover how dependent we are on our transportation.
Our governor announced today that she has an agreement with the Republican run legislature to lower corporate taxes. She says this will bring more business to AZ. Hmmm. Sounds to me that we will just have less money in the bank. Every state is in financial trouble and many are following the same path to entice business. If the NYSE is being sold to Germany, it looks to me that all business cares about is the bottom line. If AZ has the lowest taxes, that might bring in business, but as soon as we raise the taxes or another state makes their tax rate lower than ours, those businesses will leave in a heartbeat. Those who will suffer the most are the small businesses in AZ that are not getting the tax break and the property owners who will eventually have to help make up for lost revenue. And who will be in AZ for the long haul? The property owners and the small business owners.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…
Hang a small hook near your kitchen sink and use it to safely stash your rings, watches or other jewelry you remove when washing, cleaning or cooking. You'll always know where they are after the task is finished.
When your hair is soaking wet, it doesn't soak up conditioner as well as it would if it were just damp. So if you have dry, brittle or even static-prone hair, blot it with a thick towel after you shampoo and before you condition.
SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION… Cupid
Cupid became associated with Valentine's Day because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards holding a bow and arrows because he is believed to use magical arrows to inspire feelings of love.
In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
The oldest known Valentines were sent in 1415 A.D. by the Duke of Orleans to his French wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. It is still on display in a museum in England.
N E W PUZZLE: Trivia Quiz […answers at bottom…]
1. Time Magazine named what as the Man of the Year in 1982?
2. What nationality was Mata Hari?
3. ET drank which brand of beer?
4. St. Brigit of Ireland could do what amazing trick for visitors?
5. What is the most common disease in the world?
6. Who wrote 'Gone with the Wind'?
7. 'Scrambled Eggs' was the working title of which Beatles' song?
8. What does a polytheistic person believe in?
9. Who piloted the first flight across the English channel?
10. Sandra Bullock, Kris Kristofferson and Bruce Willis all had what job before acting?
UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM… KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
— A woman in a jungle region of northern Malaysia rescued her husband from a tiger attack by clubbing the beast on its head with a large wooden soup ladle and chasing it away, police said Monday.
The tiger pounced on Tambun Gediu while he was hunting squirrels Saturday near his home in a jungle settlement of the Jahai tribe, a police official in Malaysia's Perak state said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make public statements.
Tambun's 55-year-old wife, Han Besau, rushed out when she heard his screams and struck the tiger on its head with a kitchen ladle, causing it to flee immediately, the official said.
Tambun was receiving treatment at a hospital for lacerations on his face and legs.
"I was trailing a squirrel and crouched to shoot it with my blowpipe when I saw the tiger," the BBC quoted him as saying. "That's when I realized that I was being trailed." 'I had to wrestle with it'
Tambun said that he first tried to escape by climbing a tree, but the tiger dragged him down. "I was terrified and I used all my strength to punch the animal in the face, but it would not budge," the New Straits Times newspaper quoted him as saying. "I had to wrestle with it to keep its jaws away from me, and it would have clawed me to death if my wife had not arrived."
Shabrina Shariff, the state's wildlife department director, told The Star daily that wildlife rangers planned to track down the tiger and chase it deeper into the jungle, where there were no human inhabitants.
According to the BBC, there are about 200 tigers in Perak state.
Note: I was in that area during my visit, but we didn't see any tigers.
A LITTLE LAUGH…Arriving home from work at my usual hour of 5 p.m., I discovered that it had not been one of my wife's better days. Nothing I said or did seemed to be right.
By 7 p.m. things had not changed, so before a fight started in earnest I suggested I go outside, pretend I had just gotten home, and start all over again. My wife agreed.
I went outside, came back in and, with a big smile, announced, "Honey, I'm home!"
"And just where have you been?" she replied sharply. "It's after seven o'clock!"
Top 10 In The World…Rivers
CLOSEUP PICTURE…
Can you identify this close up picture
FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’…Burns and Allen How To Talk Jive
♫ 60’s Rock ♫
Click on Song Title to see and hear
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DAYBOOK INFORMATION
¤…THIS WEEK…¤
10-16 ► Celebration of Love Week ♥ Children of Alcoholics Week
12-15 ► Random Acts of Kindness Week
13-19 ► International Flirting Week ♥ National Secondhand Wardrobe Week ♥ PTA Take Your Family To School Week
14-21 ► Alzheimer’s and Dementia Awareness Week ♥ Love a Mench Week ♥ National Condom Week: ♥ National Nestbox Week ♥ NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week ♥ International Friendship Week ♥ National Conference on Education
¤…TODAY IS…¤
Susan B. Anthony Day
Battleship Day, Remember the Maine (1898)
National Gum Drop Day
Mawlid Al Nabi (Islamic - The Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad)
Serbia: Remember the Maine Day National Day ()
US: Massachusetts: Spanish-American War Memorial Day (1898)
Today’s Births...
○ AUTHORS/COMPOSERS
Susan Brownmiller, 76, author, feminist (Against Our Will, Femininity)
○ ATHLETES
1929 Graham Hill auto racer: Indianapolis 500 winner [1966]
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Adolfo, 78, fashion designer, born Adolfo F. Sardina at Havana, Cuba
Matt Groening, 57, cartoonist (“The Simpsons”)
1812 Charles Lewis Tiffany jeweler name synonymous with highest quality jewelry
1803 John Augustus Sutter Swiss/US colonist of California gold rush fame
○ ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS/…)
Allan Arbus, 93, actor (Dr Sidney Freedman-MASH)
1882 John Barrymore [Blythe], Philadelphia PA, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, The Tempest, Beloved Rogue)
Claire Bloom, 80, actress (A Doll’s House, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold)
1964 Chris Farley actor (Saturday Night Live, Wayne's World, Coneheads)
1927 Harvey Korman actor (Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles)
Melissa Manchester, 60, singer (“Don’t Cry Out Loud”)
1907 Cesar Romero actor (Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, The Thin Man)
Jane Seymour, 60, actress (Emmy for “East of Eden”; “Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman”)
○ POLITICIANS
1894 Oswaldo Aranha Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st President of UN)
1820 Susan Brownell Anthony Adams MA, women's suffragette
1845 Elihu Root US Secretary of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1564 Galileo Galilei astronomer/physicist
1809 Cyrus Hall McCormick inventor (Mechanical reaper)
1874 Ernest H Shackleton at Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)
Today’s Obits…
1973 Wally Cox actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares), heart attack @ 48
1965 Nat King Cole, singer, lung cancer @ 45
1744 John Hadley inventor (sextant), @ 61
1996 Tommy Rettig actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), heart attack @ 54
1996 McLean Stevenson actor (MASH, Hello Larry), bladder cancer @ 66
1984 Ethel Merman singer/actress (Kid Million), in her sleep @ 76
1905 Lewis Wallace US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), @ 77
Today’s Events…
○ ARTS
0399 Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death
1932 George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on The Guy Lombardo Show on CBS radio
1967 1st anti-bootleg recording laws enacted
○ ATHLETICS
1976 12th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria
1978 Boxer Leon Spinks defeated Muhammad Ali to win the universally recognized heavyweight boxing crown.
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 500 meter in 38.03 seconds
○ BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1842 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), New York NY
1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom
○ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1831 The United States Senate passes a resolution asking President Jackson if he is going to live up to the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act passed on March 30, 1802. If he is not going to live up to this law, they want to know why. He responds a week later.
1870 The second intercontinental railroad starts . It also goes through Indian lands.
○ POLITICS (International)
1965 Canada displayed its new red and white Maple Leaf flag, which replaced the old Red Ensign standard.
1971 After 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal
○ POLITICS (US)
1799 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania
1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
○ SCIENCE & RELIGION
1922 Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex
1967 Longest dream (REM sleep) on record, Bill Carskadon, Chicago (2:23)
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ANSWERS
Quiz ANSWERS…
1. Time Magazine named what as the Man of the Year in 1982? The computer
2. What nationality was Mata Hari? Dutch
3. ET drank which brand of beer? Coors
4. St. Brigit of Ireland could do what amazing trick for visitors? Bathwater into Beer
5. What is the most common disease in the world? Periodontal Disease
6. Who wrote 'Gone with the Wind'? Margaret Mitchell
7. 'Scrambled Eggs' was the working title of which Beatles' song? Yesterday
8. What does a polytheistic person believe in? many gods
9. Who piloted the first flight across the English channel? Louis Blériot
10. Sandra Bullock, Kris Kristofferson and Bruce Willis all had what job before acting? bartenders
Close Up Picture…
Milk can
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