It’s Monday and maybe a holiday for some of you. Welcome to July. I have FTO Blonde Esrpresso in my cup and it is a great day. To starting the week I recap the weekend including a bible offering, distrations and more intel on the babyhead saga. I lead off with The Perfect Cup Question “What do you collect?” followed up with a slightly musical edition of LOTS of History prepared by Pip over at Ducktioncups.com
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LOTS of History
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JULY 3RD
Wake up, humans. Monday is here, and it want’s an inspection.
Today is July 3 and the 184th day of the year; 181 days remain until the end of the year.
Anyway, here’s the LOTS of history segment. Because the rubber duck told me to…. it’s holding my 10mm sockets hostage.
what happened today, but not today…
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Pip’s notes – Ya know that painting where old Georgie boy is leg up on the boat thats crossing the river,
before the attack on the Hessians?
If I understand it correctly, that’s complete BS. Washington had fallen off a boat, and didn’t stand like that after.
aaaaaaand the “boat” that was used in the painting was a “hella” lot bigger.
with Washington firmly seated somewhere other than the bow. (Rumor has it)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington
- 1819 – The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
One of the earliest banks in the United States and the first savings bank in New York City.
Founded in 1816, it was first advertised as “a bank for the poor”.
It was merged with the Buffalo Savings Bank in 1982. It failed in 1991 and is no longer in existence.
Pip’s notes – I think I’ll go stack more sats, after reading this. Hoping to make the whole coiners club by next year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_for_Savings_in_the_City_of_New-York
- 1886 – The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine
- 1938 – World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h).
Pip’s notes – They were ‘chuggin’! (attempted humor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard
- 1973 – David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is
“the last show that we’ll ever do” on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour.
Pip’s notes – who? I mean I know who David Bowie is… but Ziggy?
I’ve heard of Ziggy Marley… I assume that doesn’t count…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Stardust_Tour
Happy Birthdays
- 1844 – Dankmar Adler, German-born American architect and engineer (d. 1900)
a German-born American architect and civil engineer. He is best known for his fifteen-year partnership with Louis Sullivan,
during which they designed influential skyscrapers that boldly addressed their steel skeleton through their exterior design:
the Wainwright Building in St. Louis, Missouri (1891),
the Chicago Stock Exchange Building (1894),
and the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, New York (1896).
Pip’s notes – Go. Build. Stuff. (the inner kid with legos wants to build a town)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dankmar_Adler
- 1896 – Doris Lloyd, English actress (d. 1968)
She is perhaps best known for her roles in The Time Machine (1960) and The Sound of Music.
Lloyd appeared in more than 150 films in a 42 year career between 1925 and 1967,
including the 1933 low-budget Monogram Pictures version of Oliver Twist, in which she played Nancy.
Irving Pichel starred as Fagin and Dickie Moore as Oliver.
Pip’s notes – Once I saw the meme of a woman spinning on top of a large grassed hill with 2 uzi’s,
I can’t get it out of my head. anyway….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Lloyd
- 1943 – Kurtwood Smith, American actor
an American television and film actor. He is known for playing Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop,
Robert Griggs in Rambo III, and Red Forman in That ’70s Show and That ’90s Show, as well as for his many appearances in science fiction films and television programs
Pip’s notes – god I miss the OG movies like Robocop… coke and hookers running around, private companies paying for criminals to criminal so land values go down… a cyborg shooting a dude in his junk… the late 80’s classics, ya know?
Pip’s side notes – I haven’t seen ‘That ’90’s Show’.. any thoughts?…. mmmm, redheads….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurtwood_Smith
- 1949 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (d. 2006)
the co-founder and co-lead vocalist of the R&B/funk group Heatwave, who were popular during the late 1970s with
hits such as “Boogie Nights”, “Mind Blowing Decisions”, “Always and Forever”, and “The Groove Line”
Pip’s notes – this Florida dude scrolls through a lot of wiki, lately.
This little spot on this dude’s wiki page had me sit and think for a few….
“On February 24, 1979, a van broadsided Wilder’s car, paralyzing him from the neck down and hospitalizing him for a year.”
The wiki page continues on about another record album and a solo gospel career…
1 year paralyzed.. eek. the thoughts that could dwell through the brain..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Wilder_Jr.
Passings
- 1937 – Jacob Schick, American-Canadian captain and businessman, invented the electric razor (b. 1877)
an American military officer, inventor, and entrepreneur who patented an early electric razor and
started the Schick Dry Shaver, Inc. razor company.
Pip’s notes- call it a hunch, but most of the show’s male audience probably has a beard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Schick
- 1971 – Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
an American singer-songwriter and poet who was the lead vocalist of the rock band the Doors.
Due to his wild personality, poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, unpredictable and erratic performances,
and the dramatic circumstances surrounding his life and early death,
Morrison is regarded by music critics and fans as one of the most influential frontmen in rock history.
Since his death, Morrison’s fame has endured as one of popular culture’s top rebellious and
oft-displayed icons, representing the generation gap and youth counterculture.
Pip’s notes – I started today’s history segment on Sat, and had the warehouse blasting such audio tracks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison
- 2001 – Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
an American country music singer, songwriter, and comedian best known for his song “Act Naturally”, which was made famous by Buck Owens, who recorded it in 1963, and The Beatles in 1965.
His songs have been recorded by Burl Ives, Jim Reeves, Jerry Garcia, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn, and Linda Ronstadt.
Pip’s notes – If Edison puts his name on your idea, but the Beatles covers your song… I guess it’s in the paperwork
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Russell_(singer)
- 2015 – Wayne Townsend, American farmer and politician (b. 1926)
an American politician from the U.S. state of Indiana. A Democrat, he was his party’s gubernatorial nominee in 1984.
Townsend was defeated by the incumbent Republican Governor Robert D. Orr
Pip’s notes – Never did look into what the dude farmed…
aah, here we go – Raised on a farm, Townsend started his own operation in
1951 after earning a Purdue agriculture degree. What began
as a 225-acre venture is now a 2,500-acre farm with a 2,400-
sow, farrow-to-finish operation that ships 1,000 hogs a week.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Townsend
https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon/_media/daa/townsend-w-wayne.pdf
Holidays
- The US Virgin Islands celebrates Emancipation Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Day#US_Virgin_Islands_-_July_3
- Myanmar is hosting ‘Women’s Day’
- The start of the Dog Days according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac but not according to established meaning in most European cultures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_days
This has been Pip with Ducktion Cups… who now has the song
‘Dog days are over’ by Florence and the Machine live concert video.
The youtube link for the video is in the notes.
A redhead, rocking out with a harp, dancing in the rain and the crowd digging it.
Happy Monday, humans. Don’t let the bastards grind ya down.