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Week: 7 Day: 42 |
Ave. Sky Cover: 5% Visibility: 10 miles |
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Local Temp:
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Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 248mi.
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Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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4-20 |
Winter Olympics XXIV |
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6-12 |
Burn Awareness Week Link Children's Authors & Illustrators Week Tinnitus Awareness Week Link |
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6-13 |
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week |
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7-13 |
Children's Mental Health Week Link |
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7-14 |
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Link |
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7-11 |
International
Networking Week |
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7-12 |
Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend |
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7-14 |
Risk Awareness Week |
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8-14 |
Love Makes the World Go Round; but Laughter Keeps Us From
Getting Dizzy Week |
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11-20 |
Date (Fruit) Week |
Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A nice day
that would be better with a little less wind.
I change my
furnace filter every three months. I usually buy a packet of 3-Better-quality filters
from Home Depot for about $15. Today, at Home Depot, the same filters were $17.97
each. Inflation has really hit the filter business.
Clarification:
the Biden administration is not putting ‘crack pipes’ in the kits they are
giving to prevent overdoses. Turns out I got caught reading fake news.
There is a
story going around that Trump had to call a plumber to his private restroom several
times after flushing paper documents down the toilet.
Dolly Parton
is now paying full tuition to college for her employees. Very cool.
A Russian
figure skater tested positive in a drug test after her group performance. The
ROC skater is under 18. The banned substance raises red blood cell counts and
helps with angina. If proven, a stupid move by ROC following the Russia team
ban by IOC.
There was
lots of positive Olympic news yesterday: good figure skating, good luge, and
more. I’m still promoting the athletes who follow the rules.
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
Why did the
gambler buy a cattle ranch?
Because he
wanted to raise the steaks.
Trivia
Q: On What
Japanese City Was The First Atomic Bomb Dropped?
Question: Which movie is known for this famous quote: “Yo Adrian!”
ANSWERS:
Answer 1:
Hiroshima
Answer 2:
Jim Jones
Answer 3:
Rocky
Answer 4:
Scurvy
Historical Events
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1790 – The
Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitioned the US Congress
for the abolition of slavery.
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1752 – The
first hospital in the United States, Pennsylvania Hospital, opened.
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1808 – As an
experiment, anthracite coal was burned as fuel by Judge Jesse Fell in
Pennsylvania.
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1872 – Japan
began celebrating National Foundation Day (founded in 660 BC). It was banned
after WWII but revived in 1966.
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1928 – The
La-Z-Boy reclining chair was invented by Ed Shoemaker.
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1945 – The
Yalta Agreement was signed between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and
Joseph Stalin.
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1963 – The
French Chef, starring Julia Child debuted on WGBH in Boston, MA.
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1971 – 87
countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union,
signed the Seabed Arms Control Treaty, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean
floor in international waters.
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1990 –
Nelson Mandela was released from prison, serving 27 years of a life sentence.
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2006 – Vice
President Dick Cheney accidentally shot his friend Harry Whittington while the
two were hunting together.
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2012 –
Singer Whitney Houston died in a hotel bathtub, the result of accidental
drowning. Heart disease and cocaine, which was found in her system, were
determined to be contributing factors.
Birthdays Today
@89 – Sidney Shelton, American television producer
and novel writer (d. 2007)
88 – Tina Louise,
American actress
@84 – Thomas Edison, American engineer and
businessman (d. 1931)
@84 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor (died
in 2010)
@82 – Burt Reynolds, American actor (died in 2018)
81 – Sérgio Mendes,
Brazilian pianist and composer
@76 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and
socialite (d. 1995; pneumonia)
69 – Jeb Bush,
American politician
60 – Sheryl Crow,
American singer-songwriter
58 – Sarah Palin,
American politician
53 – Jennifer
Aniston, American actress
43 – Brandy
(Norwood), American singer
41 – Kelly Rowland,
American singer-songwriter
40 – Natalie
Dormer, English actress
38 – Aubrey O’Day,
American singer-songwriter
30 – Taylor
Lautner, American actor
