Aug , 2021 Week: 33 Day: 222
Ave. Sky Cover: 40%\Visibility:
10 miles
Local Temp: 85°\ 79° Wind: 1mph\ Gusts: 4mph
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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National Environmental Services Week: Li`nk |
2-20 |
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Sturgis Rally: Link |
6-15 |
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National
Motorcycle Week Link |
8-14 |
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Safe and
Sound Week Link US
Amateur Golf Week |
9-15 |
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Numismatic
Week (World's Fair of Money) |
10-14 |
Daily Oberservations
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Lazy
Day S’mores
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Favorite Memes
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My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Clouds
sure look like monsoon has returned. Humidity is at 29% so I’m hopeful.
I
learned a lot about car batteries this morning…more than I really wanted to
know. I went out this morning and dead battery again. I called Andy and he came
over to assist. Lesson 1: have a friend that has tools. We went to the auto parts
store. Lesson 2: the cost of a car battery has tripled in price since the last
one I bought about 8 years ago. The new one was $190 with only a 3-year warranty.
Carefully reconnect all the stuff you unhooked. Lesson 3: There is a cable that
connects to the battery and the starter. We missed it the first reconnect. After
a good 2 hours, my ride is running again. Happy camper.
I
broke down and taped the closing ceremony so I could watch it a little late
without commercials. Overall, the closing ceremony by Tokyo was good and the video
of Paris accepting was very nice. While medal count is a part of the Olympics,
the athletes are more important. The US women dominated the medal count, with
more medals than the US men. Biles opened up a worldwide discussion about
mental health as we all learned about the ‘twisties’. NBC could have done a
better job by having published schedules that showed which events would be on
which channels at what time. This year was much better televised that the year
NBC had 3 channels…at a cost…with the Gold, Silver, and Bronze packages. I
enjoyed the finals in each event, even when no USA team was participating.
I could
tell the closing ceremony was prepared with the hope of an audience. It was a
good closing but would have been so much better with an in-person audience.
This Olympics certainly showed how Covid has changed us forever. I’m sure in
the decades ahead people will ask why everyone had on a mask, much like they
ask how so many could have applauded Hitler in the ’36 Olympic stadium.
A
friend just posted a video of ‘One of America’s most dangerous airports for
landing…it is in Telluride, CO. Wow!
I’ve
been thinking about the vaccine hesitancy we are currently experiencing. My
main observation is the fact that the FDA still has not fully approved any of
the current vaccines. The media, the medical community, and my own physicians
told me that I was in a high-risk group and needed to get the vaccine. I did get
the vaccine as soon as I got my appointments. Back in May, had I not been in a high-risk
group; had my physicians not encouraged me I might not have done it. Taking a
vaccine that is not fully approved does cause concern. There was a time long
ago when doctors told patients to lose weight, they bought diet pills OTC to do
it. Then it was discovered that some brands had ‘tapeworm’ and that’s why
people lost weight…and a whole lot more. Other diet pills had ‘speed’, to which
people became addicted. I am disappointed that the internet machine and some
news organizations have allowed unproven and totally false stories that scare people
about getting the vaccine to be so easy to find. My hope is that the FDA fully
approve the drug, that media and the internet cut out the false stories about
the vaccine, and that very soon, adults and children can get the vaccine easily
and without fear.
Historical
Events
1675
King Charles II and John Flamsteed lay the foundation stone of the Royal
Observatory in Greenwich, London
1776
American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence
reaches London.
1846
– The Smithsonian Institution was founded.
1945
– Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers, effectively ending World War II.
1948
– Candid Camera, considered by many to be the first reality tv show, debuted on
ABC.
1993
Ruth Bader Ginsburg sworn in as a US Supreme Court Justice
2020
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai is the most high-profile figure arrested in Hong
Kong under its new security laws
Birthdays
Today
@90 – Herbert Hoover, 31st President (d. 1964)
@82 – Eddie Fisher, American singer, and actor (died in 2010)
@82 – Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and
screenwriter (died in 2013)
@81 – Jack Haley, American actor, and singer (died in 1979)
@81 – Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founder
of Jimmy Dean Food Company (d. 2010)
@78 – Charles Darrow, created Monopoly (d. 1967)
74 – Ian Anderson,
Scottish-English singer-songwriter (Jethro Tull)
61
– Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
@58 – William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer
Time (d. 1915; flu pandemic)
59
– Suzanne Collins, American author
49
– Angie Harmon, American actress
31
– Lucas Till, actor
24
– Kylie Jenner, American television personality
