Ridley's Believe It Or Not—December 6,
2014: Trust your weekend is
off to a great note. As always I hope you enjoy the holidays and observances,
factoids and a quote from Steve Wilkos, with a smile on your sunscreened face,
wondering if this is the day you will enjoy a bowl of gazpacho, blessed with a
positive attitude even though you know you will have to wade through tons of
spam in your inbox, and secure in the knowledge that if
you want to find a gift for a memorable event or the coming Christmas, you know
that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great
price tailored to the event and the recipient.
You need only contact me for details.
1. St. Nicholas Day—celebrating in Europe and in
Wisconsin the feast of St. Nicholas, the precursor of Santa Claus who died on
this day in 343 and who would secretly give gifts to the children of Myra,
Turkey, where he was a bishop.
2. Pawnbrokers’ Day—celebrated
on this day as St. Nicholas was also considered to be the patron saint of
pawnbrokers—highly appropriate as the credit cards are probably starting to max
out as the Christmas shopping season is in high gear.
3. National
Gazpacho Day—great soup
but since it is served chilled, one would think this day should be observed in
the Southern Hemisphere not here where we are 15 days before the start of
winter.
4. 1961
Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1961 Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean.
5. Keys Day—celebrating
the birthday of one of the better jazz musicians, Dave Brubeck in 1920 who hit
his last piano key in 2012.
On this day
in
a. 1768 the first edition of the Encyclopedia
Britannica was published.
b. 1877 the first edition
of the Washington Post was published.
c. 1897 London became the
first city in the world to host licensed taxicabs; a system now under attack due
to Uber and its lower costs.
d. 1907 a coal mine explosion
in Monagah, West Virginia killed 361 miners and one engineer, leaving
approximately 250 widows and 1,000 fatherless children.
e. 1967 Doctor Adrian Kantrowitz transplanted
the first heart in the United States into a 19 day old infant born with a heart
defect that would have been fatal; sadly the operation was successful but the
infant died six hours later. It was an important first step in treating heart
disease.
Reflections on pawnbrokers: “I've been watching 'Pawn Stars' every week for the last year. I like
learning about the history behind the items that people bring into the
pawnshop. I actually pawned a ring once that a woman sent to me while I was on 'Jerry
Springer.' It was really gaudy.” Steve Wilkos, former head of security for
the Jerry Springer Show and since 2007 the host of the TV talk show the Steve
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