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Week 40 Day 273 Flag Today 82°/48° Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind 4 mph Gusts 11 mph Light Breeze Active Fire: 72
miles
away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 955 miles away Sept. Averages: Temps: 72°\44° Moisture: 5 Days |
Weekly Observations
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27-10/6 International
Sand Sculpting Championships Link |
29-10/5
National
Chimney Safety Week |
Daily Observations
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Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day |
National Coffee Day Link National Energy Drink Day Link |
Today’s Quote
Today’s Meme
Thoughts for the day
A nice warm day. The weather guy says
the monsoon season has ended. It has been a decent monsoon season for a change.
I got a nice note from Camille, she is
fine and only getting rain where she is.
Mary and Mike came back to Flag so
Mike could work on the trail he has adopted in the forest. Then next week they have
a couple of medical appointments. Hopefully we will be able to do lunch
sometime next week.
Riddles
You walk into a room that contains a
match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
Random Thoughts…
US President #19 Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) Was the first President to have a telephone. His wife, Lucy, was the first president’s wife to be called First Lady of the Land
A strawberry is not actually a berry, but a banana is.
The most dipped into sauce is ketchup. The most dipped item is chips. Yet not
many people have dipped their chips in ketchup, even though everyone has dipped
fries into ketchup.
A costumer on “The Wizard of Oz” bought the coat for Frank Morgan’s Professor
Marvel character at a resale shop. Once it got to the costume department, a tag
was discovered on the inside of the coat that read “Property of L. Frank Baum.”
Native American Facts…N E W
There Were Once Over 300
Indigenous Languages Spoken in North America
Before European colonization,
North America was a linguistic tapestry, with over 300 indigenous languages
spoken across the continent. Some estimates even suggest there may have been up
to 500 distinct languages.
Each Native American nation
had its own unique language, with some language families encompassing multiple
related tongues. For example, the Algonquian language family includes languages
like Ojibwe, Cree, and Blackfoot.
Sadly, many of these languages
have been lost over time due to forced assimilation and the suppression of
Native American cultures. Today, linguists and Native communities are working
hard to preserve and revitalize the remaining indigenous languages.
Historic Events
- 1829 – Scotland Yard began
activity.
- 1907 – The cornerstone was
laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (Washington
National Cathedral) in Washington, DC.
- 1988 – NASA launched
Discovery (STS-26), the first mission since the Challenger disaster.
- September 29, 1996 –
Nintendo 64 released, Video Game Console
Riddles
Answer
Answer: The match.
Birthdays
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Kevin Durant,
36 Basketball Player Calvin
Johnson, 39 Football Player |
@91 – Greer Garson, English-American actress (d.
1996)
@68 – Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and
playwright (d. 1616)
@56 – Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician,
1st President of Mexico (d. 1843; untreated diabetes)
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…The End for today…
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