Feb 9

 

Week: 7 Day: 40	Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   50°\ 16° Wind: 7mph\ Gusts: 15mph	Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 132mi. \ Lightning: 1792mi.
Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

4-20	Winter Olympics XXIV
6-12	Burn Awareness Week  Link Children's Authors & Illustrators Week Tinnitus Awareness Week Link
6-13	Dump Your Significant Jerk Week Freelance Writer Appreciation Week
7-13	Children's Mental Health Week Link
7-14	Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Link Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week Link National Marriage Week Link  Link
7-11	International Networking Week National School Counseling Week Link Pride in Foodservice Week Link Tax Identity Theft Week Link
7-12	Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend
7-14	Risk Awareness Week
8-10	Kitchen and Bath Show Week Link  World AG Expo
8-14	Love Makes the World Go Round; but, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Warm weather has returned to our mountain town. Hope it stays around.

Back in my early time in Flagstaff I used Frontier Airlines to get from Flagstaff to Denver a couple of times a year. Many times, the flights were ‘puddle jumpers’ with a couple of quick landings in Durango and Colorado Springs. It was OK because it was faster than driving and cheaper than flying from Phoenix. Then Frontier left Flag. About 5 years ago I was flying to Denver and took a Frontier flight from Phoenix. They had cheap prices but charged me $50 for my carry-on. That was the last time I used Frontier. Today’s news says that Spirit and Frontier want to join up as a large low cost airline. If it goes through, I suggest reading the small print before flying with them.

The Olympics are having some great events…last night Nathan Chan performed the highest scoring short program ever. Glad I was watching. It is worth a few hours every day.

I went to Wally World to get some ‘essentials’ that are necessary and inexpensive there. Then I stopped to get my vehicle washed and waxed. It was pretty dirty from the latest snowstorm and Flag now uses chemicals on the main roads and they leave quite a film on vehicles.

Here’s an interesting article to read: An all-Native American NFL team was founded 100 years ago – to promote a dog kennels

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

Why did the spoon come to the party dressed as a knife?

The invitation said to look sharp.

Trivia

Q: Named after the mallow flower, mauve is a shade of what?

 

Q: Chartreuse is a color between yellow and what?

 

Q: Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?

 

Q: If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Purple

Answer 2: Green

Answer 3: Finding shapes in clouds

Answer 4: Trees [like English Oaks]

 

Historical Events

W                 1825 – The U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president since no candidate had received a majority of electoral votes.

W                 1864 – 109 Union Officers escaped from Libby Prison in Virginia.

W                 1870 – The weather service, now named the National Weather Service (NWS) was authorized by Congress.

W                 1895 – William G. Morgan, a Holyoke, MA, YMCA physical education director, invented the game of volleyball.

W                 1900 – The Davis Cup tennis competition was established.

W                 1943 – The Allies retook Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Island, a major victory in WWII.

W                 1942 – ‘War Time’ Daylight-savings went into effect in the US.

W                 1960 – Adolph Coors III was kidnapped and later killed by Joe Corbett while driving to work from his Morrison, Colorado, home.

W                 1964 – The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, with 73,000,000 viewers, a record at that time. There were 728 people in the studio audience.

W                 1986 – Halley’s Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System, next appearing in 2061.

Birthdays Today

80 – Carole King, American singer-songwriter

79 – Joe Pesci, American actor

77 – Mia Farrow, American actress

73 – Judith Light, American actress

@72 – Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)

@68 – William Henry Harrison, general, 9th President (d. 1841; septic shock)

@59 – Gypsy Rose Lee (Rose Louise Hovick), burlesque entertainer (d. 1970; lung cancer)

59 – Travis Tritt, American country singer

41 – Tom Hiddleston, English actor

35 – Michael B. Jordan, American actor

30 – Avan Jogia, Canadian actor

 

Feb 8

 

Week: 7 Day: 39	Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   39°\ 17° Wind: 11mph\ Gusts: 18mph	Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 292mi. \ Lightning: 1272mi.
Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

2-8	Publicity for Profit Week
4-20	Winter Olympics XXIV
6-12	Burn Awareness Week  Link Children's Authors & Illustrators Week Tinnitus Awareness Week Link
6-13	Dump Your Significant Jerk Week Freelance Writer Appreciation Week
7-13	Children's Mental Health Week Link
7-14	Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Link Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week Link National Marriage Week Link  Link
7-11	International Networking Week National School Counseling Week Link Pride in Foodservice Week Link Tax Identity Theft Week Link
7-12	Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend
7-14	Risk Awareness Week
8-10	Kitchen and Bath Show Week Link  World AG Expo
8-14	Love Makes the World Go Round; But Laughter Keeps Us from Getting Dizzy Week

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded ThoughtsSky is

Sky is blue…snow has melted, wind seems to be sticking around.

I, like a few others, am tired of Covid and the related hassles. I am much more tired of the ‘Rules are for thee and not for me’ people. We have all seen them on TV. They make and/or support the mask mandates, then appear in public without a mask. I’m sick of the public excuses…’I hold my breath for pictures’, or ‘Everyone else had a mask on’. Wear the friggin’ mask.

When I was in Egypt, bending and entering pyramids like Carter had done, I realized I loved to travel, but was not an ‘adventurer’. I don’t want to be ‘the first to do it’.  This is why I so enjoy my Focus adventures. I always know that Ellie will fix things. Our upcoming Tahiti adventure is testing even Ellie’s patience. Travel requirements seem to be changing way too frequently and are not clear to anyone. We know we need to be tested several times during the trip. We know we will be wearing masks. When and where we get tested is still be worked out. Who will pay for these tests is still being worked out. I know it will all come together before we travel and I am thankful Ellie never lets us down.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What is the scariest tree?

BamBOO!

Trivia

Q: What is the Romanized Arabic word for "moon"?

 

Q: Which language does NOT use gender as a part of its grammar?

 

Q: In flight systems, what does the initialism "TCAS" stand for?

 

Q: If someone said "you are olid", what would they mean?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Qamar

Answer 2: Turkish

Answer 3: Traffic Collision Avoidance System

Answer 4: You smell extremely unpleasant.

 

Historical Events

W                 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots was executed by beheading, for plotting the death of Queen Elizabeth I.

W                 1693 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia was granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.

W                 1851 – Portland (The City of Roses) was incorporated in Oregon.

W                 1887 – The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.

W                 1922 – President Warren G. Harding brought the first radio set in the White House.

W                 1946 – The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible was published.

W                 1969 – The last issue of the Saturday Evening Post was published. It was revived in 1971 as a quarterly publication and eventually 6 times a year.

W                 1998 – The first female hockey game in Olympic history took place. Finland defeated Sweden 6-0.

Birthdays Today

90 – John Williams, American pianist, composer, conductor

82 – Ted Koppel, English-American journalist

81 – Nick Nolte, American actor

@77 – Jules Verne, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1905; stroke)

@76 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (d, 2001; bladder cancr)

@74 – Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995; cancer)

@73 – Audrey Meadows, American actress (d. 1996; lung cancer)

69 – Mary Steenburgen, American actress

67 – John Grisham, American lawyer, author

48 – Seth Green, American actor

@42 – Gary Coleman, American actor (d. 2010; after a fall)

@24 – James Dean, American actor (d. 1955; car crash)