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Today’s
Historical Highlights
1215 - King John signs Magna
Carta at Runnymede, England
1752 - Ben Franklin's performs
his kite-flying experiment
1804 - 12th amendment ratified;
deals with manner of choosing president
1844 - Goodyear patents
vulcanization of rubber
1846 - Oregon Treaty signed,
setting US-British boundary at 49°N
1916 - Boys Scouts of America
forms
1924 - Native Americans are proclaimed US citizens
1992 - Dan Quayle, relying on faulty card,
erroneously instructs Trenton NJ, elementary student to spell
"potato," "potatoe" during spelling bee
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Free Rambling Thoughts
I am getting better faster than I
thought. Very little coughing today and the codeine cough syrup is very good. I
had lunch with my retirement friend Mary today as Cheryl decided to stay in CA
for a couple more days with the grandkids. I had a great soup and sandwich at
Wildflower Bread Co…one of the best lunch places in Flag. We ate outside on a
covered patio and all was good. Mary got a letter from SS that she owes them
big bucks ($4K) due to overpayments. I can’t figure out how this is possible.
Someone made an input that her last working year salary was $13,100 instead of
$31,100. It is an obvious input error and since she made more than was input,
it would seem to me that she should be owed money, since monthly payment is
based on what you paid in to the system. Local SS was no help, saying ‘just pay
it’. Curious for sure. More to come.
I heard an interesting tidbit today.
For those of us that use ATM cards to pay for stuff, rather than write a check,
the bank charges the retailer an average of 45 cents per transaction. A new law
will now limit that charge to 21 cents. Credit card purchases average about 22
cents to the retailer. Of course retailers add those charges to their merchandise
as part of doing business. The banks are upset at losing that money and are
trying to find ways to charge their customers to make up the difference. What a
mess the banking industry is in. They have new minimum balances for free
accounts, pay very low interest on savings. Banks are in the business of making
money…and they will find a way to make as much as possible. All banks have to
provide a terms and condition section when signing up for an account. Some of
those are up to 70 pages long, written in bank language that even a savvy
consumer will find impossible to understand. What a bunch of crap.
Game
Center: (answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up picture of what?
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NPR Sunday Puzzle Reduplicated Elements
Every answer involves reduplicative words.
An example is ping pong, whereby the first half is the same as the second half,
only the vowel changes. So if the clue is "table tennis," then the
answer would be "ping pong."
1.
Sound
of a doorbell:
2.
Sound
of a clock:
3.
Completely
reverse one’s political position:
4.
Rap
music:
5.
A
movie ape:
6.
Voice
with repetitive rhythm:
7.
To
traverse again and again:
8.
Sound
of horse hoofs:
9.
Apex
or peak:
10. To make sharp turns left and right:
11. To talk, informally:
12. Disreputable persons:
13. Deception or fraud:
14. Hershey’s chocolate bar with wafer
inside:
15. To waste time:
16. Unable to take a firm position:
17. Rain sound or tiny feet sound:
What is the answer?
What is the next number in this series? 5 25 61 113 181
4X4 Word Boxes
The answer to 1 across
is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc.
Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.
1.
grime
2.
sugar...
3.
centimeter or gallon,
for example
4.
measure
Lifestyle
Substance
Songs of the 1970’s
- The Joker, Steve Miller Band 1974
- More Than A Feeling, Boston 1976
- I'll Be There, The Jackson 5 1970
- You're So Vain, Carly Simon 1973
Harper’s Index
Rank of D.C. among urban US school districts with the widest achievement gap between black and white students: 1
Found on You Tube
Operation Alert 1954: Newsreel
Planet Earth—
Joke-of-the-day
Little Johnny returns
from school and says he got an "F" in arithmetic.
"Why?" asks the father.
"The teacher asked 'How much is 2x3?' I
said '6.'"
"But that's right!" The father
replied.
"Then she asked me 'How much is
3x2?'"
"What the heck's the stupid
difference?" asked the father.
"That's what I said!"
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
Composite national average cost per-mile to drive/own a car for 2007: 52.2 cents
Yeah, It Really Happened
Indiana has become the first state to allow citizens to shoot law enforcement officers in very specific circumstances.
The new law allows residents to use force, including deadly force, against public servants or law enforcement officers, who unlawfully enter their homes. It was signed by Republican Governor Mitch Daniels in March.The first of its kind in the United States, the law was adopted after the state Supreme Court went too far in one of its rulings last year, according to supporters. The case in question involved a man who assaulted an officer during a domestic violence call. The court ruled that there was "no right to reasonably resist unlawful entry by police officers."The National Rifle Association lobbied for the new law, arguing that the court decision had legalized police to commit unjustified entries.
Somewhat Useless Information
- Sammy Davis, Jr., Sandy Duncan, and Peter Falk all had or have one glass eye. Davis lost an eye in an automobile accident, while Duncan and Falk had theirs removed due to cancer.
- Prior to the discovery of anesthetic eye drops in 1884, cataract surgery was performed under general anesthesia, which made it all the more risky. Interestingly enough, the active ingredient in those first numbing eye drops was cocaine.
- In 1962, David Bowie got into a schoolyard fight over a girl. A punch in the eye from George Underwood resulted in a paralyzed pupil for Bowie, which is why the singer's eyes appear to be two different colors.
- If the white your eye can be seen over the top and bottom of your iris, the colored part of your eye, the doctor will immediately suspect thyroid problems. The excess hormones produced cause the tissue behind the eye to swell, which causes the eyeball to protrude.
- Your eyes are set back further in your head than your forehead or your cheeks so that if you receive a blow to the eye, your brow and cheekbone will take the brunt of the impact.
- Allan Pinkerton opened the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago in 1850. He and his employees specialized in covert, undercover work, and the company's logo, an unblinking eye with the motto "We Never Sleep," inspired the term "private eye."
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
10-16
National Flag Week
Jim Thorpe Native American Games
Men's Health Week
National Automotive Service Professionals Week
14-21
Jim Thorpe Native American Games
Men's Health Week
National Automotive Service Professionals Week
14-21
Nursing Assistants Week
US Open Golf Championship
Duct Tape Days
US Open Golf Championship
Duct Tape Days
Today Is
Magna Carta Day 1215
Native American
Citizenship Day
National Day of Prayer for
Law Enforcement Officers
National Flip Flop Day
Nature Photography Day
Smile Power Day
World Elder Abuse
Awareness Day
Today’s Other Events
Before 1000CE
763 BC - Assyrians
record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian
history
1200’s
1219 - Dannebrog - oldest national flag in the
world - and flag of Denmark. According to legend, fell from the sky during the
Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, and turned the Danes' luck
1300’s
1389 - Battle of Kossovo; Turks
defeat Serbs
1500’s
1590 - Pope Leo X threatens to
excommunicate Martin Luther
1700’s
1742: Conference regarding friendship and
land cessions is held for the next four days between representatives of the
British in New York and the "SIX NATIONS."
1762 - Austria uses 1st paper currency
1785 - 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation
accident
1800’s
1836 - Arkansas becomes 25th
state
1859 - Pig War: Ambiguity in the
Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between
U.S. and British/Canadian settlers
1869 - Celluloid patented by
John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, NY
1871 - Phoebe Couzins is 1st
woman graduate of a US collegiate law school
1873: Sioux attack Fort Abraham Lincoln,
in central North Dakota, again. The garrison repels the Indians
1876 - Tsunami's after earthquake floods NE coast
of Japan, kills 28,000
1877 - Henry O Flipper becomes
1st black graduate at West Point
1896 - Tsunami strikes Shinto
festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with
13,000 houses destroyed
1900’s
1924 - J Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI
1934 - Great Smokey Mountains
National Park dedicated
1940 - Bread & flour rationed in Holland
1943 - Congress of Racial
Equality (CORE) forms
1953 - NYC Transit Authority forms
1954 - The Eisenhower administration stages the
first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess
the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack
1962 - Students for a Democratic Society complete
the Port Huron Statement
1967 - Gov Reagan signs
liberalized California abortion bill
1983 - Supreme Court struck down state & local
restrictions on abortion
1991 - Climactic eruption of the Mount Pinatubo
volcano in the Philippines
1994 - Disney's "Lion
King," opens in theaters with $42 million
2000’s
2002 - Near earth asteroid 2002
MN missed the Earth by 75,000 miles (120,000 km), about one-third of the
distance between the Earth and the Moon
Today’s Birthdays
Remembered for being born on this day
Robert Russell Bennett, Kansas City, composer/arranger
(Oklahoma!) in 1894
Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales
(1343-1376) in 1330
Erik H Erickson, psychologist (Existentionalist)
in 1902
Gotthard Günther, German philosopher in 1900
Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist (Ramblin'
Man) in 1937
Jim Varney, Lexington Kentucky, American actor
(Ernest Goes to Jail, Hey Vern) in 1949
In their 80’s
Mario M Cuomo, NYC, (Gov-D-NY, 1982-94) is
80
In their 60’s
Xaveria Hollander, [DeVries], Surabaya Indonesia, auth
(Happy Hooker) is 69
In their 50’s
Wade Boggs, Nebraska, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman
(AL bat champ 1985-88) is 54
James Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live, Trading
Places is 58
Terri Gibbs, Augusta Ga, blind singer (Somebody's
Knockin') is 58
In their 40’s
Courteney Cox, American actress (Monica Geller -
Friends) is 48
Helen Hunt, actress (Mad About
You) is 49
Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson), rap singer/actor
(Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda) is 43
Leah Remini, actress (The King of Queens)
is 42
In their 30’s
Neil Patrick Harris, Albuquerque NM, actor (Doogie Howser
MD, How I Met Your Mother) is 39
Today’s Obits
John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England,
beheaded in 1381 at 35
John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), dies of pulmonary
fibrosis, in 1993 at 76
Ella Fitzgerald, singer, First Lady of the Blues dies
in 1996 at 78
Victor French, actor (Get Smart, Highway to
Heaven), dies of lung cancer in 1989 at 54
Walter W Heller, US economist (Old Myths & New
Realities), dies in 1987 at 71
James Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies in 1849
at 53
Meredith Willson, composer (Music Man), dies in 1984 at
82
Answers
Brain Game: Close Up Picture
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What is the answer?
265 (The series consists of the sum of the squares of 1 and 2,3 and 4, 5 and 6…)
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Sound
of a doorbell: ding dong
2.
Sound
of a clock: tick tock
3.
Completely
reverse one’s political position: flip flop
4.
Rap
music: hip hop
5.
A
movie ape: King Kong
6.
Voice
with repetitive rhythm: sing song
7.
To
traverse again and again: crisscross
8.
Sound
of horse hoofs: clip clop
9.
Apex
or peak: tip top
10. To make sharp turns left and right:
zig zag
11. To talk, informally: chit chat
12. Disreputable persons: riff raff
13. Deception or fraud: flimflam
14. Hershey’s chocolate bar with wafer
inside: Kitt Katt
15. To waste time: dilly dally
16. Unable to take a firm position: wishy
washy
17. Rain sound or tiny feet sound: pitter
patter
4X4 boxes
SCUM
CANE
UNIT
METE
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.
☺ And That Is All for Now ☺
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