HARD (FACTS ABOUT) CIDER!

    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2024

    HARD (FACTS ABOUT) CIDER!

     November 18th is "National Apple

Cider Day!" Apple Cider has been around

for a long, long time. The Celts in Britain

made it from crab apples as early as

3,000BC! Acidic Cider apples came with

the Norman invasion on England in 1066.

When a climate change produced colder

than usual seasons in Western Europe

between the 14th and 19th centuries grapes

didn't do very well but apples did. So cider

became the favorite beverage. These days

cider shows up everywhere around

October and we usually buy a few

quarts. Lately my wife has discovered

that apple cider poured over a venison

(or any other kind of) roast makes for

a delicious meal. There's another

thing that lures us to cider. That's

when they use it to make apple cider

donuts! Hope you'll enjoy some

cider this season and that all your

NEWS is good.

FRIENDS!

     SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17th, 2024

                     FRIENDS!

  This is one of those unusual "holidays" I

won't be observing. This is "Facebook Unfriend

Day." It was either created or at least promoted

by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and was

started ten years ago. Kimmel suggested that

having too many friends on Facebook keeps

you away rom your actual friends. I don't

agree. The average Facebook user has about

130 friends. I have 4,900. I probably actually

know about 30 of them. But most of them know

me from my many years in the media. We're

suppose to social distance from friends right

now so this seems to be a very safe way to do

that. So I'll keep you if you'll keep me! Hope

you're well and that all your NEWS is good!

A QUICK STOP!

 

  SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH.,2024          

               A QUICK STOP!

     OK. Here it is in a nutshell gang. This is
National Fast Food Day!
      The pace of live in America is fast and
during the 1950's the food industry began
to address that pace by developing Fast
Food Restaurants.
      Ironically many of the outlets that
lead the way vanished nearly as fast as
they arrived. Remember Carrols or
Stop and Go? When those chains were
around you could pick up a burger,
fries, and a soft drink, give the clerk a
dollar and get change! Hamburgers at
the original McDonalds were 15 cents!
For 3 cents more you could add a slice
of cheese!
       Of course McDonalds, Burger
King and a host of other fast food
places are around these days so you
should have no trouble celebrating
the day. But you will need a little
more than 15 cents!
       Hope you still get some change
and that all your NEWS is good!

     
    

DON'T WASTE IT!

    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2024

             DON'T WASTE IT!

     November 15th is "America Recycles

Day." The average American throws out

4.9 pounds of trash every single day. Much

of that "trash" includes products that could,

and should be recycled. Cardboard for

instance. Cardboard can be recycled 7 or

more times. And how about paper? Recycling

one ton of paper saves 17 trees and 380

gallons of oil! Aluminum cans are the

most recycled objects. Recycling one ton

of aluminum cans saves 21 barrels of oil.

Recycling one ton of plastic would save

685 barrels of oil! So there are plenty

of things you can recycle. Paper, glass

bottles, plastics, and aluminum cans.

And this "America Recycles Day" is

the day to get on board and join the

effort! Oh. One reminder. Before

tossing any cans or bottles make sure

they're empty. I'm working on getting

a wine bottle ready right now! Hope

you're recycling and that all your

NEWS is good!  

BUILDING YOUR OWN WALL!

    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024

      BUILDING YOUR OWN WALL!

   It's November 14th everybody. And today

is "Block It Out Day!" It's a day set aside

to remind everyone of the dangers of

on line hatred, trolls, and bullying! We've 

seen so much of that especially in the

wake of the recent election! Why dule

it out with some texter who disagrees

with you? Why bother to argue? Simply

Block the offender and get on with

your life! Build your own "wall" and

ignore those who want to engage in a

battle of wit but are generally

unarmed! Clear some space! Block

your offenders. But, please, don't

block the BLOG! Hope you're

\well and that all your NEWS is

good! 

THE RACE IS ON!

 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024

              THE RACE IS ON!
    Single men. On your mark, Get set!
RUN!!!!!!!!!
     It is November 13th, also know in
some parts as "Sadie Hawkins Day!"
     According to holidayinsights.com
This holiday originated in a cartoon.
     It all began in Al Capp's "Lil Abner
Cartoon in the 1930's. In the cartoon series,
the mayor of Dogpatch was desperate to
marry off his ugly daughter. So he created
Sadie Hawkin's Day.
     On this day, a race is held and all the
single men were given a short head start.
Then, all the single women, including the
mayor's daughter, chased the boys. If a girl
catches her man, he had to marry her.
     Sadie Hawkins races and related events
were a bid deal for many years. But they
generally died out when the comic strip
was discontinued.
     There are still some events today,
usually on college campuses.
      And there's still a town in Ireland
where matchmakers get together one
day each year to get try to get couples
together! Of course in that case it's the
men chasing the women!
     After the harvests in September,
young farmers from all over Ireland would
shuffle into Lisdoonvarna to find themselves
a potential wife, with the help of the
matchmakers.
     Sadie Hawkins Day is still specifically
for the women!
     So, if you're male and single, this
is a good day to keep looking over your
shoulder!
      You may want to walk a little faster.
Or, maybe, just stop!
      That Depends on what, or who, you
 see!
      Hope you meet your Sadie, and that all
your NEWS is good!

YOU;VE GOT TO KNOW HOW TO FOLD THEM!

 

          MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, 2024

YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW HOW TO FOLD THEM!

  Everybody knows, or should know, it's Veteran's Day.
   And everybody is, or should be, remembering our
veterans, past and present!
   But November 11th marks another "holiday" as well
and there's a pretty good chance you never knew it!
   Today is "Origami Day!"
   Now, as we all know, Origami is the Art of folding
objects out of paper without cutting, pasting, or decorating
it. You knew that.....didn't you? 
   Hey....I had to look it up!
   In a sense Origami Day shares the same origin as
Veterans Day!
   November 11 is also World Peace Memorial Day
and the symbol of World Peace is a Crane, fashioned
out of folded paper!
    I've done a bit of paper folding myself over the
years. Primarily back in my "school days"
    I never made any cranes.
    My expertise was Paper Airplanes.
    Usually, we judged success more by distance
of flight rather than artistic design.
    Some students tended to favor "spit balls." I'm
not sure any of them  fit the artistic qualifications
for origami.
    I must also tell you that Origami art isn't limited
to traditional sheets of white paper.
    I found an entire web site with step by step instructions
on how to create an elephant, a butterfly, a ring, a tee shirt,
a heart, a bow tie, or a pixie shoe by folding a dollar bill!
   I checked my wallet. I've only got enough for a ring and
a pixie shoe!
   I think I'll just keep them as they are. Flat and a little
crinkled
   But the rest of you, with talent, ought to think about
celebrating a bit today by taking a piece of paper, or
a dollar bill, and folding it into the form of a crane to
mark World Peace Day!
    I hope you've got the dollar to do it and that all your
NEWS is good!