Good 39º morning. Some clouds.
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Yesterday Trish posed the question as to "where did mayday mayday come
from?" Here's the answer:
Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio
communications. It derives
from the French venez m'aider, meaning "come help me".
It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by mariners and
aviators, but in some countries local organizations such as police forces, firefighters, and
transportation organizations also use the term. The call is always given three
times in a row ("Mayday Mayday Mayday") to prevent mistaking it for some
similar-sounding phrase under noisy conditions, and to distinguish an actual
Mayday call from a message about a Mayday call.
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The DirecTV tech, Dennis, showed up at 8am. He put new cable in and
un-plugged and re-plugged my mistake on the box. Another California
transplant... from La Mirada... nice guy. Did a great job. To top it off he took
the old TV. Yeah! And, his daughter's bf who is going in the Army shortly knows
how to run a log splitter and will be calling me to come up and put the logs
that were cut from the madrone and oak in the "splitting pile" and then split
them. Oh boy!
So, here's the saga of the new TV....
Yesterday after Dennis left I mowed, did laundry, paid bills...all the
exciting stuff that just MAKES MY DAY. Jason was here and did a bunch of
weed-eating. All the places my lawn mower can't reach and along the fence where
a tractor pulling a brush hog can't reach. No cooking, reruns for dinner.
***Attention Oregonians:
Ballots have arrived.... Rob Patrich
for Jackson Co DA! Doug Breidenthal for Jackson Co
Commissioner!! For State offices... write ins PLEASE.. James
Buchal for Attorney General and Thomas Cox for
Treasurer!!!!
Historically this date....
1945 – World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin
concentration camp finding 1000 dead inmates, most starved to death.
1952 – The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1
makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.
2000 – President
Bill Clinton announces that
accurate GPS access
would no longer be restricted to the United States
military.
And births this date include....
All I know. Law Enforcement/Fire luncheon today. Happy Hump Day.
Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
May tooth...
Brothers & Sisters Day
^Kristen Aaron Brian
^Jack Alex Tucker Sami
