10 Aug

 

Week 32 Day 223 Flag Today  81°/56° Wind 8 mph Gusts 13 mph Gentle Breeze Active Fire:  262 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate  Nearest Lightning: 11 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Mostly Cloudy Aug Averages: Temps: 79°\50° Moisture:  9 Days

Weekly Observations

26-8/11 Games of the XXXIII Olympiad 2024 2-11  Sturgis Rally Link  4-10 4-10 National Exercise With Your Child Week Link  Single Working Women's Week   Single Working Women's Week  Link  Knights of Columbus Family Week   National Button Week   Knights of Columbus Family Week   National Button Week  Link  National Farmers' Market Week  Link Link  National Health Center Week  National Health Center Week Link  International Assistance Dog Week   International Assistance Dog Week  Link  International Psychic Week   International Psychic Week  Link  Stop on Red Week   Stop on Red Week  Link

5-10 Old Fiddler Days Link 5-11 National Bargain Hunting Week 6-10 Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money) 8-10  National Hobo Week Link 9-17 Elvis Week  Link

Daily Observations

Agent Orange Awareness Day  Link Lazy Day Middle Child Day   National Duran Duran Appreciation Day National Bowling Day  Link  National Garage Sale Day

National Shapewear Day  Link Paul Bunyan Day  Link Link  Skyscraper Appreciation Day   Link Smithsonian Day S'mores Day  Link The Wicket World of Croquet Day  Link World Lion Day

Today’s Quote                                                       

 

The root of suffering is attachment. Buddha

 

Today’s Meme

 

Today’s Thoughts

The monsoon just keeps dumping. Happy Camper here. No flooding yet, just great rain.

PBS: There are over 100,000 homeless in Paris, France. Most are immigrants from former French colonies. As is Olympic custom, they were ‘moved’ out-of-sight for the Olympics. They are mostly in suburbs now, but will be back on the streets after the Olympics.

Technology takes time, but I can still do it. I needed to send my brother money for my airflight within Mexico. He wanted Pay Pal payment. It took awhile, about 15 minutes, but I figured it out and he now has the money. Cool.

 1976 was 48 years ago…

1976 Major News Events in History

1. Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
2. Isabel Peron is deposed as the President of Argentina by a military coup.
3. The CN tower in Toronto, Canada is completed and is the tallest free standing structure in the world.
4. The first commercial Concorde flights take off during January of 1976
5. The popular film “Rocky” is released in the United States
6. Jimmy Carter wins Presidential Election
7. NASA unveils the first space shuttle, the Enterprise.
8. Nadia Comaneci wins 3 gold medals at the Montreal Olympics with seven perfect scores.
9. Tidal Wave in Philippines kills 5,000

10.  First Legionnaires Disease affects 4,000 delegates in Pennsylvania

 

Random Thoughts…

The Caesar Salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico in the 1920s.

 

The French word for “cheese” is “Fromage.” Cheese is made by aging milk. Cheese comes “from age.”

 

A group of Cockroaches is called an Intrusion.

 

A pentad is a five-year period. A decade is ten years long.

American History…

Who invented the first car?©Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Incorrect: Henry Ford Correct: Karl BenzKarl Benz, the man behind Mercedes-Benz, invented his first automobile in Germany, circa 1885. By 1889, Benz was exhibiting his Model 3 commercial vehicle at the Paris World's Fair. Henry Ford's Model T didn't hit the market until 1908.

Historic Events

• 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.

 

Birthdays

Kylie Jenner, 26 Reality Star Lucas Till, 33 TV Actor Antonio Banderas, 63 Movie Actor Suzanne Collins, 61 Young Adult Author Joanna Garcia, 44 TV Actress   Rhonda Fleming, 98, American actress

@58 – William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (died in 1915; influenza)   @90 – Herbert Hoover, American politician, 31st President of the United States (died in 1964)   @78 – Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (died in 1967)   @81 – Jack Haley, American actor, and singer (died in 1979) @81 – Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founder of Jimmy Dean Food Company (died in 2010)   @82 – Eddie Fisher, American singer, actor (died in 2010) @82 – Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (died in 2013)

 

…The End for today…