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TODAY’s
“Geez”
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1689 - Peter the Great becomes tsar
of Russia
1871 - Great Chicago Fire is
finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed
1929 - JC Penney opens store #1252 in
Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S.
states
1992 - 1st 3-way presidential
debate (Bush-Clinton-Perot)
♪♪ HaPpY BiRtHdAy to♪♪
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Free
Rambling Thoughts
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Nice day in Flagstaff. Tomorrow is the day they paint our parking
lot lines. On Friday we got a notice that said “YOUR FIRST AND ONLY
NOTIFICATION…” with one on every car and one on every door. Today the same
notice showed up on every door and every vehicle. The threat is ‘DO NOT PARK IN THE PARKING LOT
FROM 10AM04PM. IF YOU PARK YOUR VEHCLE IN THE LOT, IT WILL BE TOWED.’ There is
never a please or a thank you, just capital letters. I just smile.
I can’t believe the prices of domestic flights. I was booking my
Christmas flight—the choice was an overnight flight—leaving Flagstaff at 11pm
and arriving in Chicago at 8am with a long layover in Detroit from 1am to
6:30am for $532 roundtrip—or a flight leaving at 8am and arriving in Chicago at
11:45pm with a long layover in Columbus Ohio for $596. That is crazy. My
brother and his wife have a direct flight—3 hours—for $217 NYC-Chi. I talked to
my brother again today and he suggested that I fly to Mexico on Aero Mexico out
of Houston for his b-day party. He says they are much cheaper than anyone else.
I’ll check. Oh well, family over money.
Trivia
Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
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1.
What kind of animal is the emblem of
the US republican political party?
2.
What color is an ocelot?
3.
Which type of animals has more teeth,
reptiles or mammals?
4.
A cow normally has how many teats?
5.
What is the only venomous snake found
in Britain?
6.
What type of leaves does a Koala use
for food?
7.
What type of animal is the main source
of food for a mole?
8.
What is another name for a Guinea Pig?
9.
What kind of animals lives in an
apiary?
10. What was Tarzan's Chimpanzee's name?
Wuzzles…What
concept or phrase does this suggest? .
Hmmmmm
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- Chance that a teenage girl in the US has a STD: 1 in 4
Somewhat
Useless Information
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- Columbus Day has been a national holiday since 1937, and it commemorates the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492.
- The first Columbus Day celebration took place in 1792, when New York's Columbian Order–better known as Tammany Hall–held an event to commemorate the historic landing's 300th anniversary.
- In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day a national holiday, largely as a result of intense lobbying by the Knights of Columbus, an influential Catholic fraternal benefits organization. Originally observed every October 12, it was fixed to the second Monday in October in 1971.
- Opposition to Columbus Day dates back to the 19th century, when anti-immigrant groups in the United States rejected the holiday because of its association with Catholicism.
- In many Latin American nations, the anniversary of Columbus' landing has traditionally been observed as the Dìa de la Raza ("Day of the Race"), a celebration of Hispanic culture's diverse roots. In 2002, Venezuela renamed the holiday Dìa de la Resistencia Indìgena ("Day of Indigenous Resistance") to recognize native peoples and their experience.
- In many parts of the United States, Columbus Day has evolved into a celebration of Italian-American heritage. Local groups host parades and street fairs featuring colorful costumes, music and Italian food. In cities and towns that use the day to honor indigenous peoples, activities include pow-wows, traditional dance and lessons about Native American culture.
Yeah,
It Really Happened
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PARMA, Ohio - An Ohio barber said he will not press charges after
a customer dropped a gun, accidentally firing a bullet into the barber's
buttocks. Kurt Voelkel, owner of Werner's Barber Shop in Parma, said the
customer arrived for an appointment around 2 p.m. Sept. 29 and the 9 mm handgun
fell from his holster as he was preparing to sit down, WJW-TV, Cleveland,
reported Thursday. Voelkel said the weapon discharged a round, which passed
through his chair and his wallet before becoming lodged deep within his
buttocks. "It took me a minute to realize what happened," Voelkel
said. "But at the time, it really did hurt pretty bad." The barber
said he was treated at MetroHealth Medical Center and released after two and a
half hours. He said doctors left the bullet inside of him. "If I really
get in there and push, I can feel it. But other than that, I can't -- just the
wound," Voelkel said. He said he will not press charges against the
longtime customer as the incident was accidental and the man is taking care of his
medical bills.
Guffaw…or
at least smile .
A man takes his dog to the vet. “My dog is crossed eyed, is there
anything you can do for him? “Well,” says the vet, “let’s take a look at him.”
So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth. Finally,
he says, “I’m going to have to put him down.”
“What? Because he is cross-eyed?”
“No, because he’s really
heavy.”
Searchin’
“You Tube” I found
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NASA Astronaut Panel Discussion
Daybook
Information
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…Happening This Week:
1-9
Albuquerque International Balloon
Festival / Universal Children's Week
3-10
No Salt Week / Spinning & Weaving
Week
4-10
World Dairy Expo / World Space Week
6-12
National Physicians Assistant Week
7-9
National Storytelling Weekend / New York
Comic Con Week
9-15
Build Your Business with Business Cards Week /
Emergency Nurses Week / National Chestnut Week / Fire Prevention Week /
National Metric Week / National School Lunch Week / National Work From Home
Week
10-16
Home-based Business Week / Kids' Goal Setting Week /
Take Your Medicine Americans Week / World Rainforest Week
TODAY
IS
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Hunter's Moon
National Coming Out Day
National Face Your Fears Day
It's My Party Day
~*~
Panama: Constitution Day 1972
Today’s
Events
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ARTS
1936 - "Professor Quiz,"
1st radio quiz show premieres
1975 - "Saturday Night
Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin
1990 - Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for
literature
ATHLETICS
1978 - Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically
strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th
1991 - Chip Beck ties PGA lowest 18 hole
score of 59
BUSINESS
1983 - Last hand-cranked telephones
US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were
switched over to direct-dial
2001 - The Polaroid Corporation
files for federal bankruptcy protection
EDUCATION
1906 - San Francisco public school board
sparks United States diplomatic crisis with Japan by ordering Japanese students
to be taught in racially segregated schools
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1794 - Tennessee Governor William Blount will meet with Chickamauga
Chief John Watts (Young Tassel) in the Tellico blockhouse near the French Broad
River in eastern Tennessee. They will agree to have a conference in November to
discuss peace between the warring settlers and the Chickamaugas.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1492 - Columbus' ships sites land
on the horizon (Bahamas)
1945 - Chinese civil war begins,
Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung
RELIGION
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SCIENCE
1634 - the Burchardi flood —
"the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North
Friesland, Denmark and Germany
1809 - Along the Natchez Trace in
Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an
inn called Grinder's Stand
1868 - Thomas Edison patents his
1st invention: electric voice machine
1939 - Albert Einstein informs FDR
of possibilities of atomic bomb
1982 - English ship Mary Rose, which
sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England
2000 - The 100th Space Shuttle
mission (STS-92) is flown
US POLITICS
1726 - Benjamin Franklin returns to
Philadelphia from England
1865 - Pres Johnson paroles CSA VP
Alexander Stephens
1922 - 1st woman FBI "special
investigator" appointed (Alaska Davidson)
1932 - 1st political telecast
(Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC
1984 - 1st space walk by US woman
(Dr Kathryn D Sullivan)
1987 - 200,000 gays march for civil
rights in Washington
Today’s
Birthdays
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ARTISTS: (AUTHORS,
COMPOSERS,…)
1675 - Samuel Clarke, English
philosopher
ATHLETES
Ty Murray, rodeo cowboy(5-time
all-around world champion)is 42
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Joan Cusack, comedian/actor is 49
Daryl Hall, [Hohl], rocker/songwriter
(Hall & Oates-Sara Smile) is 63
Jane Krakowski, actor is 43
Luke Perry, actor is 45
1932 - Dottie
West, country singer (Here Comes My Baby)
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1844 - Henry John Heinz,
founded prepared-foods company (57 varieties)
1905 - Fred
Trump, American real estate developer, father of Donald Trump
POLITICAL FIGURES
1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt,
[Anna], 1st lady (1933-1945)/crusader (Nobel 1931)
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s
Obits
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1988 - Wayland Flowers, ventriloquist (Madame), dies of AIDS
at 48
1809 - Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis & Clark Expedition),
commits suicide at 35
1961 - Leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx
Brothers), dies of arteriosclerosis at 74
2007 - Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family
Singers dies at 92
ANSWERS
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Trivia Quiz
1. What kind of animal is the emblem of the
US republican political party?
a. Elephant
2. What color is an ocelot?
a. Yellow with black markings
3. Which type of animals has more teeth,
reptiles or mammals?
a. Mammals
4. A cow normally has how many teats?
a. Four
5. What is the only venomous snake found in
Britain?
a. Adder
6. What type of leaves does a Koala use for
food?
a. Eucalyptus
7. What type of animal is the main source
of food for a mole?
a. Earthworms
8. What is another name for a Guinea Pig?
a. Cavy
9. What kind of animals lives in an apiary?
a. Bees
10. What was Tarzan's Chimpanzee's name?
a. Cheta
Wuzzle
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel
free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet
sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned
that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there,
many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events
occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be
totally accurate.
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