28 Dec

 

`Flagstaff Almanac

Week 52 Day 363   Flag Today  46° \24°	Sky Cover 10% Wind 4mph Gusts 13mph
Active fire: 356miles Risk of fire: Moderate	Near Lightning: 1452mi
Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine	Dec. Averages: Temps: 44° \ 17° Moisture 5 Days

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

15 - 1/1/24   Arrive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link  15-21 15-21 Gluten-free Baking Week 16-23 Cookie Exchange Week    Posadas 17-23 Saturnalia

25-1/2/24 Chanukah 25-31 It's About Time Week 26-1/1 Kwanzaa 27-12/3  National Deal Week

Daily Observations

National Pepper Pot Day Still Need To Do Day Texas Admission Day (28th state)

Tick Tock Day Link YMCA Day (Organization not The Song)

Today’s Thoughts

I sure hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and are ready for a wonderful 2024. I had a great time with my brother, sister-in-law, her sister and husband at my brother’s hacienda in the Yucatan. Most days were in the mid-80’s with one at 90, then the mid 70’s at night. There were also 14 dogs which are very enjoyable for sure. On a sad note, one of the rescues that has been with them for My brother and I spent my first day there shopping in Merida getting essentials for the hacienda. I couldn’t believe Costco. It was bigger than anything in AZ. No self-checkout and about 12 registers. It was very crowded. The checkout lines went from the registers to the back of the store, then curved and headed about half-way back up to the registers…it took 50 minutes to check out.  I took our carts and stood in line while my brother continued shopping and filled both carts. Those in line were very courteous and friendly. When we left people were lined up awaiting carts to get into the store. As we were putting the items in the car, a lady was waiting to take our cart. Very friendly and glad she missed the line for carts. We all went to a Christmas Eve dinner at a long-time friend or Laura and my brother. Very enjoyable. We had another dinner at another friend’s earlier in the week. Also, very enjoyable. The day after Christmas was a trip to a nearby Mayan ruin none of us had seen before. It was about an hour from the Hacienda. It was spectacular and we spent about 4 hours there, including a nice lunch.  The ruin just opened recently to the public. I flew home yesterday. Left the hacienda at 6am, walked into my house about 6:30pm. Technology has hit the US and Mexico. No longer must fill out the forms on the plane as it lands. Customs and immigration are very fast.

 Enjoy

Important inventions…

1960: Pacemaker In 1956, Wilson Greatbatch grabs the wrong resistor and connects it to a device he is building to record heartbeats. When the circuit emits a pulse, he realizes the device can be used to control the beat; in 1960 the first Pacemaker is successfully implanted in a human.

States with similar size to countries around the world.

New Mexico – PolandArizona’s neighbor, New Mexico, is the fifth-largest state, spanning 121,590 square miles of the southwestern U.S. The “Land of Enchantment” is most similar in size to Poland, which has 120,423 square miles of territory. There are 2.1 million people living in New Mexico, significantly fewer than the 37.5 million people who reside in Poland. New Mexico’s capital city is Santa Fe, though the city has a smaller population than the larger cities of Albuquerque, Las Cruces, and Rio Rancho. Poland’s capital, Warsaw, is also its most populous city, and is home to an estimated 1.7 million residents.

Historic Events

1851 – The first American YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) opened in Boston, Massachusetts. 1890 – The US Cavalry killed 146 Sioux at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. 1916 – James Joyce’s book Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was published

Birthdays with some quotes

@88 – William Ewart Gladstone, British politician (d. 1898) “Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.” 85 – Jon Voight, American actor @80 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress (d. 2017) “Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” 77 – Marianne Faithfull, English actress and singer “If you analyze the bad times you find that it’s because you wanted to have a bad time.” 76 – Ted Danson, American actor 72 – Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter @66 – Andrew Johnson, American politician, 17th President States (d. 1875; strokes) “If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.” 64 – Paula Poundstone, American comedian “It’s funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy, and community. Librarians have stood up to the Patriot Act, sat down with noisy toddlers, and reached out to illiterate adults. Libraries can never be shushed.” @60 – Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995; suicide) @59 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist, and engineer (d. 1860; heart attack) 56 – Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist 51 – Jude Law, English actor 47 – Danny McBride, American actor 44 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor 41 – Alison Brie, American actress 38 – Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter

…The End for today…