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Today’s Quote
A great man is
always willing to be little. Ralph
Waldo Emerson
Today’s Meme
Today’s Thoughts
I woke up to an overcast sky. The sun
peeked out for a while, then the thunder started. Rain is due anytime..
Yesterday I did an oil change at the
dealership. I had a coupon for $10 off. The Nissan dealership and the Subaru
dealership are owned by the same guy. They now do all the oil changes at the Subaru
dealership. The two dealerships are side by side, so it was no big deal. I got there
about 2:20 for a 2:30 appointment. They did a great job, changed oil and
filter, rotated tires, and washed my vehicle. I was heading home at 3:05. As I
was driving out, I noticed that they had only partially removed the windshield
sticker you get for the next oil change. Then they slapped a new one over the
partial one. By the time I got home, I was triggered by their sloppiness. My phone
beeped about 10 minutes later that I had a text message. It was Nissan, asking
for a review of my latest service. I gave them 4 stars, mentioned the ugly sticker,
and posted a picture of the sloppiness. This morning the guy who sold me my vehicle
2 years ago texted me about the service. He said to bring the vehicle back to
the Subaru side and they would fix the sloppiness. I did that and the guy apologized
for my inconvenience. It was fixed with a new sticker in about 10 minutes. I told
him I needed to change my review. He showed me how to get to the reviews. I came
home, did a new review praising their good quick fix. About 10 minutes after
posting a great review, the guy who sold me the vehicle texted to be sure I was
really happy. That is great customer service…hardly ever seen in this day and
age.
Today’s first hard rain just started
with thunder and lightning. It’s going to be a good day.
1975 was 49 years ago…
Construction of the Trans-Alaska
Pipeline System begins
Bill Gates and Paul Allen develop a
BASIC program for the Altair 8800
Motorolla obtains patent for the first
portable mobile phone
The name "Micro-soft" (for
microcomputer software) and Microsoft becomes a registered trademark
NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary
probe toward Mars.
US Apollo and Soviet Soyuz 9
spacecraft link up in space and Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts
shake hands
BIC launches first disposable
Razor
The Microcomputer Altair 8800 is
released
Work on the Alaskan Oil Line begins
Sony introduces Betamax videotapes and
Matsushita / JVC introduce VHS
Tuvalu Gains Independence from Great
Britain
Mozambique Gains Independence from
Portugal
Cray-1, the 1st commercially developed
supercomputer, invented by Seymour Cray
Inventions Invented by
Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Personal Computer USA Microsoft
The Digital Camera Steven Sasson
and Kodak Company
Laser Printer USA
Random Thoughts…
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We
put a man on the moon before we put wheels on suitcases.
·
The
first fried dill pickle ever
sold was at the Duchess Drive-In in Atkins, Arkansas, in 1963.
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“It
isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing
that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” – Dale Carnegie
· “Mahatma” is a Sanskrit honorific, like “Saint”, and not the first name of *Mohandas* Gandhi.
American History…
Why did the pilgrims
come to America?
Incorrect: Religious freedom Correct:
Economic opportunity
Frankly, the
pilgrims had already found an element of religious freedom in Holland. While it
still remained a factor in their decision to set sail for the new world,
the main reason for their journey was to find better economic opportunities.
Historic Events
- 1790 – Robert Gray, sailing The
Columbia, became the first person to circumnavigate the Earth, from and to
Boston, MA.
- 1945 – The second atomic
bomb was dropped on Japan. “Fat Boy” was dropped over Nagasaki, due to the
city of Kokura blocked by clouds.
- 1974 – US President Nixon resigned from office.
Birthdays
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Anna
Kendrick, 39 Bill
Skarsgård, 34 Jessica
Capshaw, 48 Deion
Sanders, 57 Gillian
Anderson, 56 |
@48 - Whitney Houston (1963-2012; OD) R&B Singer
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…The End for today…
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