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Flagstaff Today 52°: 27° Week 42 Day 291 Wind 1 mph Gusts 0 mph Active Fire: 252 miles away Risk of
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Weekly Observations
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Apple Butter Days: 16-18 Asexuality Week: 18-24 Link
Bullying Bystanders Unite Week: 18-24 |
Nat’l Forest
Products Week: 18-24 Nat’l Lead Poisoning
Prevention Week: 18-24 Link |
Daily Observations
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Hard
Boiled Guy/Girl Day Link |
National
Exascale Day Link |
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
Thoughts for the day
Another nice fall day.
I’ve been using a CPAP machine for over a decade. My first machine was
recalled, and I got a new machine about 2 years ago. Medicare pays for my
supplies that I get every 3 months. The company I get them from is a small
business with the main office in Prescott and a branch here in Flag. They have
made it more complicated than necessary to get supplies and service. I finally
reached a break point and called the owner. He was very nice, listened to my
complaints and to my solutions. We agreed that Medicare reimbursements have
changed, that it is hard for a small business to keep up. I suggested that he
send a letter or voicemail to all the CPAP customers to explain the changes,
why they are needed, and let us know these changes could be temporary. He agreed so now I will wait and see if there
is follow though from his end.
I have been a fairly loyal to CNN since Ted started the channel and I was
watching it on a huge satellite dish in Red Lake. As with everything, CNN has
changed…a whole lot. Recently I have been watching News Nation and CNN. Chris
Cuomo on News Nation is doing a great job. I also DVR Rachel Madow from MSNBC
every week. I have watched Fox News now and again, but that channel is a little
too right for my brain. I was happy that none of the channels I watch,
including Fox News have refused to sign the crazy document that Pete Hegseth
said needed to be signed by all journalists at the Pentagon. They all stood up for
journalists.
2025 Anniversaries…
1995 Windows 95 Launch, 30 Years
Microsoft released Windows 95 on August 24,
1995, adding the Start button, taskbar, and long filename support. Stores held
midnight lines, and early reports said 7 million copies sold in the first five
weeks. The Plus pack added Internet Explorer 1.0 that same month. Box specs
listed 4 MB of RAM as a minimum, a number that sounds tiny now. If you compare
old gear with today’s laptops, check ports and adapters before plugging in.
Vintage power bricks can overheat on modern strips.
Americans Missing From
Your History Textbook
Frederick McKinley Jones’s Mobile Refrigeration ©USDAgov, Public Domain /Wikimedia Commons
Frederick McKinley Jones invented compact,
dependable refrigeration units for trucks and rail cars, then co-founded Thermo
King to move the idea into the real world. Cold chains reshaped food safety and
carried vaccines, blood, and medicines intact across long distances and hot
climates. The improvement reads as logistics, yet the outcome is health. When
perishables arrive potent and clean, hospitals can treat, and communities can
eat well year-round. A box that stays cold is a promise kept.
Random Thoughts…
The brain is the
only body part to name itself.
I had no problem paying $7.75 for a beer at the Phillies game, but a $3.99 app
for my iPhone seems ridiculous.
You don't realize how much of your bed you really use until you must share it.
The concept of absolutely nothing is far more mind-boggling than the concept of
infinity.
Historic Events
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Birthdays
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Peter
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