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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Weather ~ Picture of the Day  ~ Deer Stuck on Fence ~ Tea Bags ~ Open-Faced Avocado Sandwiches ~ National Airborne Day

  


Good 53º clear sunny morning. 
 
Yesterday we topped at 100º.
 
 
Picture of the Day...crazy mailbox!! 
 

 
Yesterday morning I looked outside and there was a deer with a back leg stuck on the top of the fence to my yard. Apparently she tried to jump over to eat some of the apples on the tree and her foot got stuck. I tried to get her loose and cut the wire but nothing worked. So, I called 911 and they sent out a deputy.



 He was good and got the fencing loose and her leg off. Then she laid down and stayed there because she couldn't walk. 
 


 
 I was praying she'd be ok, but she never was able to walk. I called back 911 and they sent out a deputy

he shot the deer and she was put out of her misery.... then later a man whom the deputy recommended came out and picked up the dead dear. It was just so very sad. She was a beautiful deer. It bummed me out. 


 

Interesting about tea bags.........
 

A tea bag, or the compound teabag, is a small, porous, sealed bag or packet, typically containing tea leaves or the leaves of other herbs, which is immersed in water to steep and make an infusion. Originally used only for tea (Camellia sinensis), they are now made with other tisanes ("herbal teas") as well.

 

Tea bags are commonly made of filter paper or food-grade plastic, or occasionally of silk cotton or silk. The tea bag performs the same function as a tea infuser. Tea bags can be used multiple times until there is no extraction left. Some tea bags have an attached piece of string with a paper label at the top that assists in removing the bag, while also displaying the brand or variety of tea.

 

Tea bag patents date from 1903, and the first modern tea bags were hand-sewn fabric bags. Appearing commercially around 1904, tea bags were successfully marketed in about 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, a tea and coffee importer from New York, who shipped his silk tea bags around the world. A popular legend states that this was accidental; the loose tea was intended to be removed from the bags by customers, but they found it easier to brew the tea with the tea leaves still enclosed in the porous bags. The first tea bag packing machine was invented in 1929 by Adolf Rambold for the German company Teekanne.

 

The heat-sealed paper fiber tea bag was patented in 1930 by William Hermanson. The now-common rectangular tea bag was not invented until 1944. Prior to that, tea bags resembled small sacks.

 

Traditionally, tea bags have been square or rectangular in shape. They are usually made of filter paper, a blend of wood and vegetable fibers related to paper found in milk and coffee filters. The latter is bleached pulp abaca hemp, a plantation banana plant grown for its fiber, mostly in the Philippines and Colombia. Some bags have a heat-sealable thermoplastic such as PVC or polypropylene as a component fiber on the inner tea bag surface, making them not fully biodegradable. Some newer paper tea bags are made in a circular shape.

 

Tetrahedral tea bags were introduced by the PG Tips brand in 1997. They are typically made of nylonsoilon (PLA mesh made from corn starch), or silk. Nylon is non-biodegradable, so silk is preferred by environmentalists. PLA on the other hand is biodegradable, but is not compostable.

 

Empty tea bags are also available for consumers to fill with tea leaves themselves. These are typically open-ended pouches with long flaps. The pouch is filled with an appropriate quantity of leaf tea and the flap is closed into the pouch to retain the tea. Such tea bags combine the ease of use of a commercially produced tea bag with the wider tea choice and better quality control of loose leaf tea.

 

Decorative tea bags have become the basis for large collections and many collectors collect tea bags from around the world. Tea bag collector clubs are widely spread around the world and members consist of people interested in items related to teas. Online collector clubs often include catalogs of tea bags, as well as collection tracking tools. In addition, tea bag collectors often collect other tea-related items such as labels. These websites also provide forums for discussions and trade arrangements between collectors.


Teabag folding began in the Netherlands and is often credited to Tiny van der Plas. It is a form of origami in which identical squares of patterned paper (cut from the front of tea bag wrappers) are folded, and then arranged in rosettes. These rosettes are usually used to decorate gift cards and it has become a popular craft in both the US and UK since 2000.

 

Soil scientists used standardized tea bags to measure the decomposition rate of organic materials in different soils.

 

 

 
 
From Mr. Food
 


Talk about a fresh 'n' tasty meal! Doesn't get any easier than our Open-Faced Avocado Sandwiches.

 

  • 1 avocado peeled and cut into thin slices
  • 1/4 cup Italian dressing
  • 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • 4 oatmeal or whole wheat bread slices, toasted
  • 4 (1-ounce) American cheese slices
  • 8 thin tomato slices
  • 1 cup coarsely shredded iceberg lettuce (see Note)

 

  1. Toss avocado slices gently with Italian dressing; drain avocado well, reserving dressing.

  2. Spread mayonnaise evenly over 1 side of each bread slice. Top bread slices with avocado, cheese slices, tomato slices, and lettuce.

  3. Drizzle sandwiches evenly with reserved Italian dressing, and serve immediately.

***For crisp iceberg lettuce, discard the outer leaves, and rinse and core the lettuce as soon as you get home from the supermarket. Whirl it in a salad spinner and chill it, wrapped in paper towels in a resealable plastic bag, until ready to use- at least an hour or up to 5 days.

 
 
 
Historically this date....
1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.

1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.

1989 – A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market.
 
 

 
And births this date include....
1928 – Eydie Gormé, American singer (d.2013)
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1930 – Robert Culp, American actor (d. 2010)
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1930 – Frank Gifford, American football player and announcer (d. 2015)
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1933 – Julie Newmar, American actress
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1946 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
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1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer and actress
........... same birthday as her husband!
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1958 – Madonna, American singer and actress
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1960 – Timothy Hutton, American actor
 
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1962 – Steve Carell, American actor, comedian, voice artist, producer, writer, and director
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All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Tuesday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Airborne Day on August 16th honors the military’s airborne divisions of the Armed Forces.    

August 16, 1940, marks the date of the first official Army parachute jump at Ft. Benning, Georgia. The successful jump validated the innovative concept of inserting U.S. ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute. These sky soldiers represent some of the most prestigious and expertly trained forces in the United States Army. 

In the U.S. Army currently, two airborne divisions operate. The 82nd Airborne Division out of Ft. Bragg, North Carolina began as an infantry division. During World War I, the 82nd Division activated on 25 August 1917 at Camp Gordon. In 1918, they earned the nickname All American for the composition of their division. Since the soldiers came not only from all across the country, but several were immigrants, too. The 82nd Division represented all of America as few other divisions did at the time.

The second and still active airborne division had a short-lived beginning. During World War I, the 101st Airborne Division organized for a short while on November 2, 1918. However, the war ended shortly after. During World War II, the Screaming Eagles re-activated on August 16, 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. They currently make their home at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.

Both units have served around the world in combat, peacekeeping, and humanitarian missions.

NATIONAL AIRBORNE DAY HISTORY

President George W. Bush proclaimed National Airborne Day on August 14, 2002. On August 3, 2009, the US Senate of the 111th Congress recognized National Airborne Day with Senate Resolution 235.

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