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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 2nd day of the 20th week, the 15th day of the 5th month, the 135th day of 2017 [with only 223 shopping days left until Christmas], and:
- Dinosaur Day
- Hyperemisis Gravidarum Awareness Day
- International Conscientious Objectors Day
- Independence Day: Paraguay from Spain in 1811
- International Day of Families
- International MPS Awareness Day
- National Chocolate Chip Day
- National Safety Dose Day
- National Slider Day
- National Tuberous Scierosis Day
- National Women's Check-Up Day
- Nylon Stockings Day
- Peace Officers Memorial Day
- Relive Your Past By Listening to the First Music You Ever Bought No Excuses Day
- Straw Hat Day
- World Baking Day
On THIS DAY: In 495 BC a newly constructed temple in honour of the god Mercury was dedicated in ancient Rome on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills by a senior military officer, Marcus Laetorius. In 1252 Pope Innocent IV issued the papal bull Ad Extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. In 1718 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patented the world's first machine gun. In 1793 Diego Marín Aguilera flew a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights. In 1817 the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) opened. In 1836 Francis Baily observed "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse. In 1851 the first Australian gold rush was proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier. In 1858 the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London opened. In 1928 Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy". In 1930 Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard a United Airlines flight from San Francisco and Cheyenne, Wyo. In 1940 McDonald's opened its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California. In 1941 Joe DiMaggio began a 56-game hitting streak. In 1957 Britain tested its first hydrogen bomb over Christmas Island In 1958 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 3. In 1960 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 4. In 1963 the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 launched with astronaut Gordon Cooper was on board the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. In2010 Jessica Watson became the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
It’s Monday.
Plain crazy seems about to cover it.....
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