June 21, 2023 - Wednesday

[howard lee]

Good morning. Good morning.

"I've got nothing to say but it's OK."

Wishing all a good morning and a good day.

[jdd2]

Take your pick:

Today is Wednesday, June 21, the 172nd day of 2023. There are 193 days left in the year. Summer begins today.

On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.

In 1377, King Edward III died after ruling England for 50 years; he was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II.

In 1834, Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his reaping machine.

In 1942, an Imperial Japanese submarine fired shells at Fort Stevens on the Oregon coast, causing little damage.

In 1954, the American Cancer Society presented a study to the American Medical Association meeting in San Francisco which found that men who regularly smoked cigarettes died at a considerably higher rate than non-smokers.

In 1964, civil rights workers Michael H. Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Chaney were slain in Philadelphia, Mississippi; their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam six weeks later. (Forty-one years later on this date in 2005, Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klansman, was found guilty of manslaughter; he was sentenced to 60 years in prison, where he died in January 2018.)

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Miller v. California, ruled that states may ban materials found to be obscene according to local standards.

In 1977, Menachem Begin of the Likud bloc became Israel's sixth prime minister.

In 1982, a jury in Washington, D.C. found John Hinckley Jr. not guilty by reason of insanity in the shootings of President Ronald Reagan and three other men.

In 1989, a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as a form of political protest was protected by the First Amendment.

In 1997, the WNBA made its debut as the New York Liberty defeated the host Los Angeles Sparks 67-57.

In 2010, Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty to charges of plotting a failed car bombing in New York's Times Square. (Shahzad was later sentenced to life in prison.)

In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration announced that cigarette packs in the U.S. would have to carry macabre images that included rotting teeth and gums, diseased lungs and a sewn-up corpse of a smoker as part of a graphic campaign aimed at discouraging Americans from lighting up.

[Cornflake]

Good morning. It's nice and cool out by June standards. A long but not unpleasant to-do list awaits.

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[drlj]

Hot, dry, hazy, & smoky. That’s the daily description. The day isn’t important.
Emissions test on Barb’s car today so we can get the plate renewed.
Then, the rest of the day is open.

[paleo]

Good morning, the crew just arrived to complete the installation of my new HVAC system.

[billhammond]

We are celebrating the Solstice with a Red Alert for ozone levels, and once again a high in the mid-90s. When I drove to Culver's after work yesterday, it was 96 degrees, but at least with a comfortable dew point < 60 degrees.

I'm hearing the hissing of summer lawns, as Joni would say, with my across-the-street neighbor employing a sprinkler to water his rain garden, which almost seems humorous. Boy, do we need rain. Some is possible on Friday, they say, but we shall see.

Marty, I hope those were indeed fireworks last night, not gunshots. Carry on.

[Rob Hanesworth]

Jun 21, 2023 7:37:29 GMT -5 drlj said:

Hot, dry, hazy, & smoky. That’s the daily description. The day isn’t important.
Emissions test on Barb’s car today so we can get the plate renewed.
Then, the rest of the day is open.

Huh? I also live in Indiana and I don't have to get an emissions test on our cars. Is that something required in northwest Indiana?

[Hobson]

Had a nice chat with my orthodontist's scheduler late yesterday afternoon. They could not get me in to "pick up" my retainer until July 25. Turns out that I need to see the orthodontist. I've been using my current aligner for 7 weeks as instructed and it's a soft plastic that's pretty beat up already. After explaining what a problem this was (not to mention that it puts me 6 weeks behind schedule on the treatment plan), I'm "squeezed in" for 10:30 today. The whole experience of never being told clearly what's happening next and having so much trouble getting an appointment is getting very old after 17 months. I will never recommend this office to anyone, but I'm stuck with it.

The fire on the mountain appears to be under control. We could see it on our walk yesterday and could see the red slurry on the way home from Mr. H's eye injection.

Lunch with a friend for tomorrow is postponed due to a medical problem and a roofing problem, both his. So instead Mr. H and I will have our first date in months tomorrow night at a fancy Italian restaurant. We have been out, but it was 2 group lunches, a group dinner, and a dinner with our neighbor at her club. And before that a cruise. It's a tough life.

[majorminor]

Morning! Unusually cold here this week. A little ice on the truck windows Mon and Tues but only down to mid 30s last night. Hopefully no affect to the huckleberry crop this year. The bears start getting pretty stressed and destructive in August if there are no berries.

Band practice tonight after missing last week due to head cold. Still pretty plugged and can't hear but gonna give it a go.

[Marty]

Marty, I hope those were indeed fireworks last night, not gunshots. Carry on.

Nope fireworks. As a guy that has spent a lot of time on a firing range I can not only hear the difference between the two but can sometimes tell you the caliber being shot. There was a officer parked across the street yesterday watching the corner store. Drug dealers sometimes park in their lot for a while to do business.

That's why I want off the East Side but can't afford to move.

[drlj]

Jun 21, 2023 8:29:51 GMT -5 Rob Hanesworth said:

Jun 21, 2023 7:37:29 GMT -5 drlj said:

Hot, dry, hazy, & smoky. That’s the daily description. The day isn’t important.
Emissions test on Barb’s car today so we can get the plate renewed.
Then, the rest of the day is open.

Huh? I also live in Indiana and I don't have to get an emissions test on our cars. Is that something required in northwest Indiana?

Must be a Lake County thing. We have to do it every two years.
It’s quick & easy but no plate renewal until it is done.

[Marty]

Good morning

65F-90F mostly sunny.

As Bill said, quite warm but bearable due to the low dew point.

Shop this morning, errands will wait until it cools off this evening. DaWife gets off work early this week so I'll take her along, she likes Menard's and Fleet Farm. She gets the "Ooo! Shiny" bit.

Somewhere in my photo files I have a copy of Kate's Sound Hole Sgt. Pepper's cover.

[Cornflake]

"Somewhere in my photo files I have a copy of Kate's Sound Hole Sgt. Pepper's cover."

Well Isle Bedamned.

[billhammond]

Meanwhile, 8,000 pilgrims were on hand at Stonehenge this morning for the sunrise, I read.

[epaul]

Morning.

Feet hurt. Knees sore. Just got attacked by Charlie Horse. These two hour rehearsals are a bear and a half. Run here, run there, up stairs, down stairs, holler a couple times, then run here, run there, up stairs, down stairs.

I am negotiating for a physical therapist next job.

[PaulKay]

Longest daylight of the year and was up at the crack of dawn as usual.
Practice today...that's it.

[Cosmic Wonder]

Morning. I’m up. Today we drag the trailer out of the garage to wash it and get ready tomorrows camping trip. A Blues and brews rally in Stevenson WA. Need to check the tires, load up the trailer with our stuff, water, food, some clean t-shirts, etc. might not have any internet there. At some point we will head over to Hood River with friends to pub and grub around. Weather is supposed to be nice.

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[Rob Hanesworth]

Jun 21, 2023 8:56:16 GMT -5 drlj said:

Jun 21, 2023 8:29:51 GMT -5 Rob Hanesworth said:

Huh? I also live in Indiana and I don't have to get an emissions test on our cars. Is that something required in northwest Indiana?

Must be a Lake County thing. We have to do it every two years.
It’s quick & easy but no plate renewal until it is done.

Ah, Lake County, that explains it. Lots of weird there. I just go online, pay my money, and they send me a fresh sticker for my plate.

[david]

Jun 21, 2023 10:38:18 GMT -5 Rob Hanesworth said:

Jun 21, 2023 8:56:16 GMT -5 drlj said:

Must be a Lake County thing. We have to do it every two years.

It’s quick & easy but no plate renewal until it is done.

Ah, Lake County, that explains it. Lots of weird there. I just go online, pay my money, and they send me a fresh sticker for my plate.

We have DEQ vehicle requirements in 5 or 6 of the most populated counties in Oregon. I don't like the hassle, but when I am behind a smoke-spewing out-of-county truck, I am reminded of why it is a good thing.

Sunny skies and pleasant here in suburbia.

[Rob Hanesworth]

We're having beautiful weather. Sunny and 82°F, headed for 84. Tomorrow's high is predicted to be 77°F.

It is way too early to draw any conclusions from my pacemaker implant, but I woke up more rested than usual.