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Carol H Tucker
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Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
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Today is the 3rd day of the 43rd week, the 24th day of the 10th month, the 297th day of 2017, and:
- 40-Hour Work Week Day -- in 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect in the United States. It only took 74 years to get businesses to accept it, thanks to steady pressure from the unions. Nowadays? Employers are expecting much more than eight hours a day, especially if you are in management!
- Black Thursday -- in 1929 there was a stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange, which kicked off the 12 year Great Depression.
- Food Day
- Independence Day -- Zambia from United Kingdom in 1964
- National Bologna Day
- National Crazy Day
- National Good and Plenty Day
- Take Back Your Time Day
- United Nations Day – formally founded in 1945 as 51 countries come together “…to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war; to reaffirm faith in human rights; to promote social progress and better standards of life; to practice tolerance and live together in peace and unite their strength to maintain international peace and security.” In 1949 the cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters in New York is laid.
- World Development Information Day
- World Polio Day
ON THIS DAY:
IN 1590 – John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists. This is one of the mysteries of the colonial period - what happened to those people?
In 1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus. Lassell created the modern big reflecting telescope, was an amateur astronomer, and had the discovered Triton [Neptune's largest moon] in 1846
In 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor [with her kitten] becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel [specially built of course]. She did it for the money -- put the cash award into the mortgage on a Texas ranch; hoped to make a fortune by touring the world, but ends up dying in poverty. Would you believe that it is estimated 5,000 people have died trying to go over the falls in everything from a barrel, to a kayak, to just diving in.
In 2008 – 79 years to the day after the stock market crashed ushering in the Depression, "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices. In the US at least, this triggered a very deep recession that some consider the death knell of the middle class.
In 2017 -- NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 29 mins 43 secs of light-travel time from Earth
Picture of the day: Look Up
Quote of the day:
“You know, a lot of people come to me and they say, "Steve, how can you be so funny?" There's a secret to it, it's no big deal. Before I go out, I put a slice of bologna in each of my shoes. So when I'm on stage, I feel funny.”
~ Steve Martin, American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician
“I feel funny” is one of those colloquial expression I think, that is [or was at least] used by kids as they struggle to convey to parental units and other in-charge folks that something is not right, that something seems odd. When my kids said it, it usually referred to either abdominal pain [which resulted in either diarrhea or vomiting] or a headache, and Mom mode meant that I started taking temperatures and asking lots more questions. I have used it myself to mean feeling uncomfortable or uneasy, as in I feel funny traveling by myself at times. Haven’t heard my granddaughters say it yet so I don’t know if it is a generational saying that is dying out or not.
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