2023
Flagstaff
Almanac
Week 33 Day231 Ave. Sky Cover 50%\
Visibility 20mi. Flagstaff Today 78° \ 55°
Wind 2mph \
Gusts 5mph Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk
of fire: Low Nearest Lightning: 145mi
Air Quality: Moderate Moisture Days this month: 6 days Clouds
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
13-19
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week: Link Link
National Resurrect Romance Week:
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
US Amateur Golf Week
15-19
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money)
16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
Daily Observations
Aviation Day
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International Orangutan Day Link
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Today’s Thoughts
A nice monsoon last night. More expected today.
I
need a haircut and my barber now starts work at 1pm. Messes with my schedule,
but really like the barber.
A
scam has hit our mountain town. Housing is tight here. Scammers are renting properties
through the internet. They post pics and address and rental cost. They ask for a
deposit and first month’s rent. People pay over the internet. All communication
stops. Sad.
A
new study shows that the mysterious whale deaths on the east coast may be due
to the wind turbine farms that are being built in the ocean. The sonar used to
build the base for the turbine and messing with whales hearing. This prevents
them from finding food, to be separated from the pod…especially young whales,
or heading into land to get away from the sonar sound. Sad.
Enjoy
Statue of Liberty …
9.
Thomas Edison once had plans to make the statue talk.
When
Edison introduced the phonograph to the public in 1878, he told the newspapers
that he was designing a “monster disc” for the interior of the Statue of
Liberty that would allow the statue to deliver speeches that could be heard up
to the northern part of Manhattan and across the bay. Thankfully, no one
pursued that strange promise, which would have led to the odd experience of
walking in New York and suddenly hearing the Statue of Liberty “talking.”
Random Trivia…
Roman Catholics in Bavaria founded a secret society in 1740
called the Order of the Pug. New members had to wear dog collars and scratch at
the door to get in. This para-Masonic society was reportedly active until 1902!
Historic Events
- 1812 –
American frigate USS Constitution defeated the
British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, earning the
nickname “Old Ironsides”.
- 1893 –
Frank Wisner invented the Root Beer Float.
- 1934 – The first All-American
Soap Box Derby was held in Dayton, Ohio.
Birthdays with some
quotes
89
– Renée Richards, American tennis player, and ophthalmologist
@87 – Coco Chanel,
French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (d. 1971)
“Fashion is not something that exists in
dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with
ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”
83
– Jill St. John, American actress
@80 – Ginger Baker,
English drummer, and songwriter (d. 2019)
“A really good band with a bad drummer is not
a good band. A really bad band with a good drummer sounds better.”
@80 – Johnny Nash,
American singer-songwriter (d. 2020)
77
– Bill Clinton, American lawyer, 42nd President of the United States
” We cannot build our own future without
helping others to build theirs.”
@76 – Orville
Wright, American engineer, and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (d. 1948)
“If we worked on the assumption that what is
accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.”
76
– Gerald McRaney, American actor
@73 – Fred Thompson,
American actor, and politician (d. 2015; lymphoma)
71
– Jonathan Frakes, American actor, and director
@70 – Malcolm
Forbes, American publisher and politician (d. 1990; heart attack)
@70 – Gene
Roddenberry, American screenwriter, producer, Star Trek (d. 1991; heart issues)
70
– Mary Matalin, American political consultant
@68 – Ogden Nash,
American poet (d. 1971; Chron’s disease)
“Middle age is when you’ve met so many people
that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.”
67
– Adam Arkin, American actor
@64 – Philo
Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Television (d. 1971)
“There’s nothing on it worthwhile, and we’re
not going to watch it in this household, and I don’t want it in your
intellectual diet.” regarding television
60
– John Stamos, American actor
58
– Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
57
– Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter
@41 – Nate Dogg,
American rapper (d. 2011)
54
– Matthew Perry, American actor
35
– Veronica Roth, American author
…The End for today…
