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November 18th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Abhai of Hach (Syriac Orthodox Church) Alphaeus and Zacchaeus Barulas Constant Dedication of Saints Peter and Paul Elizabeth of Hungary (Church of England) Juthwara Mabyn (Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism) The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela) Maudez (Mawes) Nazarius (Nazaire) Odo of Cluny Romanus of Caesarea Rose Philippine Duchesne November 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of Army and Victory (Haiti) Independence Day (Morocco), celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956. National Day (Oman) Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918. Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Apple Cider Day International Occult Day Married to a Scorpio Support Day Mickey Mouse Birthday Mickey Mouse Day Minnie Mouse Birthday National Princess Day National Vichyssoise Day Odd Socks Day Housing Day Underwater Hockey World Day International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Men Nathan Kress’s Birthday Owen Wilson’s Birthday Mike Epps’s Birthday Mike Jones’s Birthday Mabel Chee’s Birthday Megyn Kelly’s Birthday Kaylen Zahara’s Birthday Bart Kwan’s Birthday Fabolous’s Birthday James Welch’s Birthday Denny Hamlin’s Birthday Brene Brown’s Birthday BJ GROOVY’s Birthday Pedro Infante’s Birthday Zane Hijazi’s Birthday Ramona Singer’s Birthday Allyson Felix’s Birthday Kirk Hammett’s Birthday Chloë Sevigny ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Nov 18th, 2024 - Fri Nov 22nd, 2024 American Education Week National Education Week Geography Awareness Week Mon Nov 18th, 2024 - Sun Nov 24th, 2024 Book Week Scotland World Antibiotic Awareness Week US Antibiotic Awareness Week World AMR Awareness Week Mon Nov 18th, 2024 - Tue Nov 26th, 2024 National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week Fun Observances Push Button Phone Day November 18 is Push Button Phone Day. The unofficial holiday commemorates the anniversary of the introduction of the push button phone by Bell Systems in the United States. First introduced to customers in some areas of Pennsylvania on November 18, 1963, push button phones were the fancy alternatives to rotary dial phones. Push button phones are phones that use buttons to dial numbers and connect to another telephone user. Today, the introduction of cell phones and touch screens have made push button phones obsolete. How to Celebrate? If you can get your hands on a push button phone, try and install it and use it to make phone calls. Learn more about the science and history behind these phones. Did You Know… …that the first words spoken over a telephone were “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you”? They were spoken by the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant Thomas Watson. *** One day a duck walks in a store and asks the manager if they sell grapes. The manager says, "No, we don't sell grapes." The duck goes home and comes back the next day and asks the same question. The manager says the same thing again, "No, we do not sell grapes." The duck goes home, comes back the next day, and asks the manager if they sell grapes. This time the manager says, "No, we don't sell grapes! If you ask one more time, I will nail your beak to the floor!" The duck goes home. It comes back the next day and asks the manager if he has any nails. The manager says, "No, I don't have any nails." The duck says, "Okay, good. Do you sell grapes?" *** Son: "Dad, when will I be old enough so I don't have to ask mom for her permission to go out?" Dad: "Son, even I haven't grown old enough to go out without her permission!" *** A 7 year-old and a 4 year-old are in their bedroom. "You know what?" says the 7 year-old, "I think it's time we started swearing. When we go downstairs for breakfast, I'll swear first, then you." "Okay," replies the 4 year-old. In the kitchen, when the mother asks the 7 year-old what he wants for breakfast, he answers, "I'll have Coco Pops, bitch." *WHACK* He goes flying out of his chair, crying his eyes out. The mother looks at the 4 year-old & sternly asks, "And what do you want?" "Dunno," he replies, "But it won't be fucking Coco Pops." *** Thinking no one could hear me as I loaded a UPS tractor trailer, I began to whistle. I was really getting into it when a coworker in the next trailer poked his head in. “You know, I always used to wish I could whistle,” he said. “Now I just wish you could.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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November 17th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece) Christian feast days: Acisclus Aignan of Orleans Elizabeth of Hungary Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church) Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church) Gregory Thaumaturgus Hilda of Whitby Hugh of Lincoln November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) International Students' Day Martyrs' Day (Orissa, India) Presidents Day (Marshall Islands) World Prematurity Day Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) National Baklava Day National Homemade Bread Day National Unfriend Day World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Zinfandel Day National Reuben Day International Happy Gose Day Logan Thirtyacre’s Birthday Kate Thompson’s Birthday Jason Walsh’s Birthday Jeff Buckley’s Birthday Gordon Lightfoot’s Birthday Howard Dean’s Birthday Eric Nam’s Birthday Gabriella Garza’s Birthday Eli Unique’s Birthday Yugyeom’s Birthday RuPaul’s Birthday Prezley Lea’s Birthday Martin Scorsese’s Birthday MTQcapture’s Birthday Danny DeVito’s Birthday Rachel McAdams’s Birthday Doug Walker’s Birthday Tom Ellis’s Birthday Dr. Heavenly’s Birthday Linda Lee Thomas’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sun Nov 17th, 2024 - Sat Nov 23rd, 2024 GERD Awareness Week National Bible Week Restorative Justice Week Separation of Church & State Week Road Safety Week Fun Observances Take A Hike Day On November 17, wear your most comfortable hiking shoes and take a hike because it is Take A Hike Day. A hike is a long walk in the countryside, away from populated urban areas. Hiking can be done for pleasure or for exercise and is usually done on unpaved paths known as trails. The length and duration of a hike can vary from a few hours to multiple days. Healthy and Social In many parts of the world, hiking is a social pastime, where people get together to walk through forests, parks, riversides and mountains in order to commune with nature and to bond with their fellow hikers. Many cities and countries have professional hiking associations that organize hiking trips around the year. Research has shown that hiking can have many health and social benefits. Considered to be a good way to exercise, hiking can have all the benefits associated with walking in nature - it can reduce stress, increase heart activity and reduce blood pressure. Take a Hike Day is also sometimes known as National Take a Hike Day in the United States. How to Celebrate? Take a hike! Spend the day exploring hiking trails around your town. Make sure you carry enough food and water with you and tell your family and friends where you are going. Did You Know… …that the phrase take a hike is sometimes used in the English language as a rude way to tell someone to leave or go away? *** Late one night a burglar broke into a house and while he was sneaking around he heard a voice say, "Jesús is watching you." He looked around and saw nothing. He kept on creeping and again heard, "Jesús is watching you." In a dark corner, he saw a cage with a parrot inside. The burglar asked the parrot, "Was it you who said Jesús is watching me" The parrot replied, "Yes." Relieved, the burglar asked, "What is your name?" The parrot said, "Clarence." The burglar said, "That's a stupid name for a parrot. What idiot named you Clarence?" The parrot answered, "The same idiot that named the rottweiler Jesús." (I know this one is a repeat, but it is one of my favorites) *** A man was driving and saw a truck stalled on the side of the highway that had ten penguins standing next to it. The man pulled over and asked the truck driver if he needed any help. The truck driver replied, "If you can take these penguins to the zoo while I wait for AAA that will be great!" The man agreed and the penguins hopped into the back of his car. Two hours later, the trucker was back on the road again and decided to check on the penguins. He showed up at the zoo and they weren't there! He headed back into his truck and started driving around the town, looking for any sign of the penguins, the man, or his car. While driving past a movie theater, the truck driver spotted the guy walking out with the ten penguins. The truck driver yelled, "What are you doing? You were supposed to take them to the zoo!" The man replied, "I did and then I had some extra money so I took them to go see a movie." *** A panda walks into a bar, sits down, and orders a sandwich. He eats, pulls out a gun, and shoots the waiter dead. As the panda stands up to go, the bartender shouts, "Hey! Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you didn't pay for the food!" The panda yells back, "Hey man, I'm a panda. Look it up!" The bartender opens his dictionary to panda, "A tree climbing mammal of Asian origin, characterized by distinct black and white coloring. Eats, shoots, and leaves." *** My gunnery sergeant and 
I were inspecting a Marine training exercise when we spotted a second lieutenant ambling about. “Where is your foxhole, Lieutenant?” I asked. He snapped off a salute and 
responded, “I don’t know, sir!” 
Turning to the sergeant, he asked, “Gunnery, where is my foxhole?” “You’re standing in it, sir,” said 
the sergeant. “All you have to do is remove the dirt.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** In A Parallel Universe *** *** sandrewn

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November 16th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Africus Agnes of Assisi Edmund of Abingdon Elfric of Abingdon Eucherius of Lyon Gertrude the Great (Roman Catholic Church) Giuseppe Moscati Gobrain Hugh of Lincoln Margaret of Scotland Matthew the Evangelist (Eastern Christianity) Othmar Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn Roch Gonzalez, Juan de Castillo, and Alonso Rodriguez, SJ November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of Declaration of Sovereignty (Estonia) Earliest day on which Day of Repentance and Prayer can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before Advent Sunday (Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United Protestant churches, Saxony, Bavaria), and its related observance: Volkstrauertag (Germany) Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland) International Day for Tolerance (United Nations) Statia Day in Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands) Intergenerational Fairness Day (International day of action for rights of younger and future generations) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Bhai Dooj Guinness World Records Day Have a Party with your Bear Day National Black Marketers Day National Button Day National Charles Day National Clarinet Day Loy Krathong Louis Riel Day The Night of Hekate Check Your Wipers Day Indiana Day Samira Mighty’s Birthday Shigeru Miyamoto’s Birthday Pete Davidson’s Birthday Piggy D’s Birthday Mason Ramsey’s Birthday Park Hyung-sik’s Birthday Lauren Speed-Hamilton’s Birthday Lisa Bonet’s Birthday Kyle Catlett’s Birthday Jonathan Pagan’s Birthday Fatboy SSE’s Birthday Terence McKenna’s Birthday Usuke Devil’s Birthday Brandi Glanville’s Birthday Cindy Kimberly’s Birthday Maggie Gyllenhaal ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sat Nov 16th, 2024 - Sun Nov 17th, 2024 Sherlock Holmes Weekend Sat Nov 16th, 2024 - Thu Nov 21st, 2024 Road Safety Week Fun Observances Fast Food Day Head out to your closest fast food restaurant and indulge in your favorite fast food on November 16 because it is Fast Food Day. Fast food, also known as junk food, is a type of cuisine that can be prepared, served and consumed quickly. Usually, the term is reserved for food served outside the home in restaurants or street-side eateries. Quick and Cheap Food historians believe that the modern day version of fast food, the kind all of us are familiar with today, was first popularized in the United States in the early 20th century. The burger chain White Castle, which first opened its doors in 1921 in Whichita, Kansas, is credited for paving the path for modern day fast food chains. Fast food has always been a part of urban human history. In the old days, fast food was a quick way for travelers and workers to get their quickly and cheaply meals. Despite this, food sold by vendors and at roadside kiosks had a dubious reputation - in many cultures eating outside the home was seen as an uncultured and undesirable act. Today, however fast food has become an acceptable and often times necessary part of mainstream urban life. How to Celebrate? Have fast food for all your meals today. Make your own fast food at home – it will be healthier, nutritious and cheaper! Did you Know… …that according to many business sources, fast food giant McDonalds sells 75 hamburgers every second around the world? *** A husband suspected his wife was cheating on him. He explained his situation to a pet shop owner who replied, "I have a parrot that will let you know daily what goes on in your house. The bird has no legs, so he holds onto his perch with his penis." Reluctantly, the husband brought the bird home. At the end of the first day, the man asked the bird, "Did anything happen today?" The parrot said, "Yes, the milk man came over." The man asked, "What did he do with my wife?" The bird said, "I don’t know; I got hard and fell." *** A statue of a naked woman and a naked man stand in a park at night. Suddenly from out of nowhere, a magical genie arrives and grants the statues each one wish to be fulfilled. Both the female and male statues agree on 15 minutes as a real man and woman in the bushes behind them to "get things done." The genie gives a knowing grin and grants the wish. The man and woman immediately jump behind the bushes and screaming sounds and laughter can be heard from their activities. 12 minutes later they return to the front of the bush again claiming they are finished. "Well now, that was kinda quick!" the genie says. "You can do it a second time for the remaining 3 minutes if you want," the genie tells them, winking his eye. Both the female and male look at each other and smile. The man says to the woman, "Okay great, but this time you get to hold the pigeon so I can shit on him!" *** A magician worked on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The audience would be different each week, so the magician did the same tricks each week. However, there was a problem, the captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting out the secrets in the middle of the show, "Look, it's not the same hat." "Look, he is hiding the flowers under the table." "Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?" The magician was furious but couldn't do anything, it was, after all, the captain's parrot. One day, the ship had an accident and sank. The magician found himself with the parrot, adrift on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean. They stared at each other with hatred, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day, then another, and another. Finally, after a week, the parrot said, "Okay, I give up. Where the heck is the boat?" *** During orientation at Fort Sill, in Oklahoma, our first sergeant stated that if anyone lost his locker key to see him, as he kept a master key in his office. Sure enough, a few weeks later, I lost my key. I walked into the orderly’s room and asked Sarge if 
I could borrow his master key. “Why, certainly, young man,” he said, as he reached under his desk and handed me a large pair of bolt cutters. *** *** *** *** *** Only in Australia *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** I Told My 5-Year-Old He Could Watch TV As Soon As He Ate Half Of His Hot Dog *** *** sandrewn

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November 15th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) America Recycles Day (United States) Christian feast day: Abibus of Edessa Albert the Great Blessed Caius of Korea Didier of Cahors Francis Asbury and George Whitefield (Episcopal Church) Blessed Hugh Faringdon Leopold III, a public holiday in Lower Austria and Vienna. Malo Mechell November 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (German-speaking Community of Belgium) Day of the Imprisoned Writer (International observance) Independence Day, unilaterally declared in 1988. (Palestine) King's Feast (Belgium) National Tree Planting Day (Sri Lanka) Peace Day (Ivory Coast) Republic Proclamation Day (Brazil) Shichi-Go-San (Japan) Republic Day (Northern Cyprus) The beginning of Winter Lent (Eastern Orthodox) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Canterbury Anniversary Day Children in Need Christchurch Show Day Govardhan Puja I Love to Write Day National Ample Time Day National Bundt Day National Camp T-Shirt Day National Donor Sabbath National Drummer Day National DTC (Direct-To-Consumer) Friday National Family Civility Day National Philanthropy Day National Raisin Bran Cereal Day National Spicy Hermit Cookie Day Pack Your Mom's Lunch Day Steve Irwin Day World Vasectomy Day Kartika Purnima Lee Rosbach’s Birthday B.o.B’s Birthday keke_slays’s Birthday Shailene Woodley’s Birthday Sukihana’s Birthday Randy Savage’s Birthday Russell Tyrone Jones’s Birthday Wayne Thiebaud’s Birthday Ed Asner’s Birthday Charlotte Summers’s Birthday Deavan Clegg’s Birthday Chad Kroeger’s Birthday Catherine Missal’s Birthday Bobby Mares’s Birthday Max Hype’s Birthday Georgia O'Keeffe’s Birthday Paulina Sodi’s Birthday Jared Haibon’s Birthday Rocket Ayer Williams’s Birthday Jeffree Star’s Birthday Sean Murray’s Birthday Karen Clark-Sheard’s Birthday Snoopy’s Birthday Karl-Anthony Towns’s Birthday Twinkie Clark’s Birthday Ariel Fulmer’s Birthday E-40’s Birthday Beverly D’Angelo ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fri Nov 15th, 2024 - Sat Nov 16th, 2024 Yi Peng Festival Fun Observance Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day November 15 is Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day, a day to clear out your fridge of all the suspicious looking, probably living and now procreating foods. The refrigerator is possibly one of the most neglected equipment in many households. Food items just seem to find their way to its inner recesses never to see the light to the day again. Spills are never properly cleaned and jars and jars of grandma's pickles compete for space with months of take out boxes. If that is your fridge, do you notice an odd smell every time you open its door? Then that is your fridge crying out for you to clean it! Wear your cleaning clothes, put on kitchen gloves, collect all your cleaning supplies and do your fridge and your health a favor - take this day to scrub your fridge clean. How to Celebrate? Clean your fridge out – throw away expired foods and foods that you haven’t touched or eaten for a while. Make space for healthier, more nutritious food. Have a everything in the fridge party – take out everything that is still edible in your fridge and use them to make food. Did You Know... ...that in Pennsylvania, United States, it is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors? *** A man walks into a bar and sits down. He asks the bartender, "Can I have a cigarette?" The bartender replies, "Sure, the cigarette machine is over there." So he walks over to the machine and as he is about to order a cigarette, the machine suddenly says, "Oi, you bloody idiot." The man says with surprise in his voice, "That's not very nice." He returns to his bar stool without a cigarette and asks the bartender for some peanuts. The bartender passes the man a bowl of peanuts and the man hears one of the peanuts speak, "Ooh, I like your hair." The man says to the bartender, "Hey, what's going on here? Your cigarette machine is insulting me and this peanut is coming on to me. Why's this?" The bartender replies, "Oh, that's because the machine is out of order and the peanuts are complementary." *** A farmer is walking with a prospective buyer when they see a beautiful pig in the yard, except it has a wooden leg. The buyer asks, "Why the wooden leg?" The farmer replies, "That pig is so smart, I let it drive the kids to school." "Great, but why the wooden leg?" "The pig is so smart it has a degree in horticulture and philosophy." "Amazing! But why the bloody wooden leg?" "Well when you have a pig that smart you don't eat it all at once!" *** Three men are all working on building a house. They go up to the roof for lunch, and unwrapped their sandwiches. The Brunette says "if I get one more Tuna sandwich, I'm going to jump off this roof and kill myself. The black haired one says "if I get one more pickle and lettuce sandwich, I, too, am going to jump off this roof and kill myself. The blonde looks at his sandwich and also declares, "if I get one more peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I'm going to jump off this roof and kill myself." The next day, they all get the same sandwiches and kill themselves. That night, their wives all meet up and mourn. "If I had known that my husband was going to kill himself over a sandwich, I wouldn't have given it to him." The brunette cries. "Same," the raven head replies. They both look at the blonde. "Don't look at me, he packed his own lunch!" *** My sister Jordan was helping my 2 and 1/2-year-old niece Berea put on her sweatshirt when Berea’s head got stuck on the neck hole. Berea started panicking and saying, “I can’t see! I can’t see!” The shirt quickly slipped over her head, and the panic was gone until her arms got stuck 
on the tight cuffs. The panic returned, and she started crying again. “My fingers can’t see! My fingers can’t see!” she said. It was all we could do not to laugh as Jordan quickly pulled Berea’s arms through the cuffs. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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November 14th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment (Guinea-Bissau) Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). (India) Christian feast day: Alberic of Utrecht All Saints of the Carmelites All Souls of the Benedictine family Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church) Dubricius (Dyfrig, or Devereux) Hypatius of Gangra Joseph Pignatelli SJ Justinian I (Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran Church) Laurence O'Toole Nikola Tavelic Philip the Apostle (Eastern Orthodox Church) Samuel Seabury (Anglican Communion) Serapion of Algiers Sidonius (Saëns) Venera (Veneranda) November 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia) Mobile Brigade Day (Indonesia) World Diabetes Day (International) Dobruja Day (Romania) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) International Girls Day Loosen Up Lighten Up Day National American Teddy Bear Day National Family PJ Day National Seat Belt Day Operating Room Nurse Day Tempranillo Day World Quality Day World Usability Day Josh Duhamel’s Birthday Jawaharlal Nehru’s Birthday Jo Rivera’s Birthday Gary Vaynerchuk’s Birthday George Sear’s Birthday Lil Boosie’s Birthday Frederick Banting’s Birthday Condoleezza Rice’s Birthday Don bbw’s Birthday Chip Gaines’s Birthday Claude Monet’s Birthday Chandler Powell’s Birthday Brendan Morais’s Birthday Braden Baker’s Birthday Narwhal Dave’s Birthday Travis Barker’s Birthday Novi Brown’s Birthday Adina Howard’s Birthday Francisco Lindor’s Birthday Fun Observances (2) Spicy Guacamole Day November 14 is Spicy Guacamole Day. The holiday encourages guacamole lovers to spice up their favorite party dip. We didn't think there could be a better food holiday than Guacamole Day until we came across Spicy Guacamole Day! The unofficial holiday celebrates the spiced up version of the delicious Mexican dip made of mashed avocados, Guacamole. Mexican A party favorite today, guacamole has been a part of traditional Mexican cuisine since the 16th century, when it was made and eaten by the Aztecs as a sauce. Avocados are fruits native to Mexico and Central America and botanically come from the same family as camphor and cinnamon. How to Celebrate? Celebrating Spicy Guacamole Day is easy. All you need is a lot of avocados, chilies and spices. Here are some ways to spice up your bowl of delicious guacamole: Add lots of chilies, may we suggest jalapeños, and spices like cumin to your favorite guacamole recipe. Jalapeños not hot enough for you? What about adding some red chili flakes to the dip? Guacamole goes well with almost everything you can think of - so celebrate this holiday by pairing all your meals with spicy guacamole. Add it to your egg and bacon breakfast menu or make savory pancakes and top them with some spicy guac. Make a guacamole pizza for lunch and a spicy guacamole soup for dinner. Did You Know… …that scientifically avocados are considered to be berries? ~~~~~~~~~ Pickle Day November 14 is Pickle Day, a day to stock up your larders and pantries with pickles and add to pickles to every meal you eat. Also known as National Pickle Day in the United States, the unofficial holiday was first celebrated in 2001 in New York. Kills Harmful Bacteria In common usage, the term pickles is usually used to refer to cucumbers that are preserved in brine – salted water – with spices and herbs. In general, however, pickles are vegetables, fruits and other food items that are preserved in brine, salt and oil, or vinegar. The process is called pickling, an dit kills bacteria in food, either by immersing them in an acidic solution, such as vinegar, or by fermentation. This increases the lifespan of the food item and also changes its texture and taste. The phrase getting into a pickle is also sometimes used for when someone gets into trouble. Consumed Since Antiquity Humans have been making pickles since antiquity. It is believed that ancient Egyptians were the first ones to use the pickling process by preserving cucumbers brought from India. The Romans believed in the healing powers of pickles, while sources suggest that Cleopatra credited her beauty to the consumtion of pickles. Many Different Kinds Today, pickles are made all over the world and usually consumed as accompniments to main meals. In India and South Asia, where pickles are called achaar, vegetables and fruits are pickled in oil, salt and a variety of spices. In Korea, cabbage and chilis are fermented with salt to make kimchi, while people in Turkey, Iran and other Middle Eastern countries pickle a variety of vegetables including carrots, tomatoes, eggplants, turnips, and olives. Pickles are also widely eaten in Europe. In the United Kingdom, pickled eggs are a popular bar food, while pickled herrings are easily available in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. In the US pickles are usually served with sandwiches and in burgers. How to Celebrate? With pickles, of course! Have pickles with all your meals and for all your snacks during the day. Get together with family and friends and spend the day pickling your favorite vegetables. Don't forget to share with others! Did You Know… ...that in the old days, Christopher Columbus used pickles as a way to ward off scurvy among his crew on the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria? *** A family is at the dinner table. The son asks the father, “Dad, how many kinds of boobs are there?” The father, surprised, answers, “Well, son, a woman goes through three phases. In her 20s, a woman’s breasts are like melons, round and firm. In her 30s and 40s, they are like pears, still nice, hanging a bit. After 50, they are like onions.” “Onions?” the son asks. “Yes. You see them and they make you cry.” This infuriated his wife and daughter. The daughter asks, “Mom, how many different kinds of willies are there?” The mother smiles and says, “Well, dear, a man goes through three phases also. In his 20s, his willy is like an oak tree, mighty and hard. In his 30s and 40s, it’s like a birch, flexible but reliable. After his 50s, it’s like a Christmas tree.” “A Christmas tree?” the daughter asks. “Yes, dead from the root up and the balls are just for decoration.” *** A teacher is teaching a class and she sees that Johnny isn't paying attention, so she asks him, "If there are three ducks sitting on a fence, and you shoot one, how many are left?" Johnny says, "None." The teacher asks, "Why?" Johnny says, "Because the shot scared them all off." The teacher says, "No, two, but I like how you're thinking." Johnny asks the teacher, "If you see three women walking out of an ice cream parlor, one is licking her ice cream, one is sucking her ice cream, and one is biting her ice cream, which one is married?" The teacher says, "The one sucking her ice cream." Johnny says, "No, the one with the wedding ring, but I like how you're thinking!" *** A man kills a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner. Both he and his wife decide that they won't tell the kids what kind of meat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess. The dad said, "Well it's what Mommy calls me sometimes." The little girl screamed to her brother, "Don't eat it. Its an asshole! *** (That was a purple colored joke) *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Lithium Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

November 13th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Agostina Livia Pietrantoni Brice of Tours Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá Eugenius II of Toledo Frances Xavier Cabrini Homobonus John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox, Repose) Quintian of Rodez Saints of the Benedictine family Saints of the Premonstratensian Order Stanislaus Kostka Charles Simeon (Church of England) The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (Georgian Orthodox Church) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) National Dream Destination Day National Hug a Musician Day National Indian Pudding Day Symphonic Metal Day Roast Dinner Day Paulie Calafiore’s Birthday Matt Bennett’s Birthday Kelly Cutrone’s Birthday Justin Laboy’s Birthday Julia Michaels’s Birthday Jordan Bridges’s Birthday Jimmy Kimmel’s Birthday Heather B’s Birthday Gerard Butler’s Birthday Aryan Khan’s Birthday Whoopi Goldberg’s Birthday Lando Norris’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wed Nov 13th, 2024 - Tue Nov 19th, 2024 Transgender Awareness Week Wed Nov 13th, 2024 - Fri Nov 22nd, 2024 The Cairo International Film Festival Fun Observances (2) World Kindness Day Oh, hello dear reader! Thank you so much for visiting this page! Will you please keep coming back? November 13 is World Kindness Day, a day to be kind and do acts of kindness. Created in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, a conglomeration of kindness organizations around the world, this unofficial holiday encourages people to be kind to each other and spread happiness, joy and peace through kindness. Considered to be a virtue, and valued in most societies and religions as an important quality, kindness is the act of being considerate, compassionate and empathetic towards other people and living beings. How to Celebrate? Be kind and do random acts of kindness. Smile at strangers and do kind things for them. Give up your seat on the bus to someone else. Buy someone’s coffee for them. Volunteer your time at the local soup kitchen. Leave a kind note for someone. Kindness should not only be reserved for our fellow human beings. Be kind to the animals and to the environment as well. If you have children in your life, teach them the virtue of kindness by practicing it in your daily life. Did You Know… …that researchers have found there is a positive feedback loop between happiness and kindness? Undertaking acts of kindness makes one happy, and people who are happy tend to be kinder to others. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sadie Hawkins Day November 13 is annually celebrated in the United States as Sadie Hawkins Day. Inspired by events in the comic strip, Li’l Abner, this uniquely American holiday encourages women to take charge of their lives and to ask men out on a date. The made-up holiday was first featured in a comic strip called Li’l Abner created by American cartoonist Alfred Gerald Caplin, also known as Al Capp. In the comic, Hekzebiah Hawkins, a long-time resident of Dogpatch, is worried about his unmarried daughter, Sadie Hawkins. Concerned about her inability to find a suitable husband, he declared a Sadie Hawkins Day, where Sadie chased the eligible bachelors in town in order to find herself a husband. In the Dogpatch universe, this idea took hold among other unmarried women, who mandated that Sadie Hawkins Day be held every year. Breaking Society’s Rules The comic strip became so popular that towns and colleges around the country started declaring their own Sadie Hawkins Day and organizing Sadie Hawkins Dances, where women could break the societal rules of the day and ask men out. In many ways, the day became a way for women to become assertive and take their dating choices in their hands. During the time of its publication, only men were expected to ask women on a date or propose marriage. A woman doing that was often considered too forward and of low morals. How to Celebrate Even though women today are more independent than their counterparts in the early 20th century, there is still an unspoken societal rule that it is not proper for women to ask men out on dates. Use this day as an excuse to break these rules and ask your sweetie out on a date. If you have found someone who you would like to spend your life with, why not propose marriage to them today? Get on your knees and ask the man of your dreams to be your life partner. Did You Know… ...that in many cultures, the only day it was acceptable for a woman to propose marriage to a man was on Leap Day? *** While taking the interview, the employer asked the candidate: Employer: So, how long did you work during your last job? Candidate: 30 years Employer: oh, you look young how old are you Candidate: 20 years old The employer was surprised and asked the candidate how she worked 30 years and has only been living for 20 years?? Candidate: Overtime! *** Three doctors are out geese-hunting. A gaggle flies over and the oncologist raises and then lowers his gun. "I better conduct an MRI first to determine if those were really geese." Some more geese fly by & the endocrinologist raises his gun and then lowers it. "I'll need some bloodwork to conduct an A1C and determine what those birds were first." Some more geese fly over. The trauma doc raises his shotgun and blows them out of the sky. "What were those things, anyway?" he asks. *** Little Johnny likes to gamble. One day, his dad gets a new job, so his family has to move to a new city. Johnny's dad thinks, "I'll get a head start on Johnny's gambling." He calls the teacher and says, "My son Johnny will be starting your class tomorrow, but he likes to gamble, so you'll have to keep an eye on him." The teacher says, "Okay," because she can handle it. The next day, Johnny walks into class and hands the teacher an apple and says, "Hi, my name is Johnny." She says, "Yes, I know who you are." Johnny smiles and says, "I bet you $10 you've got a mole on your butt." The teacher thinks that she will break his little gambling problem, so she takes him up on the bet. She pulls her pants down, shows him her butt, and there is no mole. That afternoon, Johnny goes home and tells his dad that he lost $10 to the teacher and explains why. His dad calls the teacher and says, "Johnny said that he bet you that you had a mole on your butt and he lost." The teacher says, "Yeah, and I think I broke his gambling problem." Johnny's dad laughs and says, "No you didn't, he bet me $100 this morning that he'd see your ass before the day was over." *** It had been a nerve-racking experience for my attorney husband. He was working with the FBI on a federal sting operation. Worried for his safety, they put him under protective surveillance. Finally the agency told him they had rounded up all the criminals and were lifting the surveillance. A few days later my relieved spouse was on the phone, telling his brother about the whole adventure. "Did you happen to mention to the FBI that you have an identical twin?" his horrified brother interrupted. "Who lives next door?" *** Several months ago, my daughter and I had similar virus symptoms. She decided to consult a doctor so as not to lose any more time from her job. “I’ll see the doctor,” she said, “and then tell you what’s wrong with us.” The next day she called to say, “Guess what, Mom. We’re pregnant!” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Woman with the longest fingernails in the world breaks them all in a car crash *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Helium Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Our 'Word of the Day' did help answer something that I have always wondered about and now I know, thank you. Is helium the same as laughing gas? Nitrous oxide is also known as whippets, laughing gas/ balloons, not to be confused with helium. The gas is a depressant drug which can make a person feel relaxed. Some people may get giggly, hence the name 'laughing gas'. The above explanation, might of not been all together clear and left some confusion. So go to the following and have no doubts at all: Is Laughing Gas Just Helium? Something new every day, life goes on.

November 12th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China) Christian feast day: Arsatius Astrik (or Anastasius) of Pannonhalma Cumméne Fota Cunibert Emilian of Cogolla Imerius of Immertal Josaphat Kuntsevych (Roman Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church) Lebuinus (Liafwine) Livinus of Ghent Machar Margarito Flores García Nilus of Sinai Patiens René d'Angers Theodore the Studite Ymar November 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Azerbaijan) Father's Day (Indonesia) National Health Day (Indonesia) National Youth Day (East Timor) World Pneumonia Day Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) American Fancy Rat & Mouse Day Chicken Soup for the Soul Day National French Dip Day National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day Odd Socks Day National Survivors’ Day Romel Cummings’s Birthday Russell Westbrook’s Birthday Noah Wiseman’s Birthday Omarion’s Birthday NayVee Nelson’s Birthday Neil Young’s Birthday Grace Kelly’s Birthday DJ Esco’s Birthday Cuban Link’s Birthday Ryan Gosling’s Birthday Tonya Harding’s Birthday Anne Hathaway’s Birthday xQc’s Birthday Arianny Celeste’s Birthday Jorge Masvidal ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tue Nov 12th, 2024 - Wed Nov 20th, 2024 Get Outdoors Week Fun Observances Happy Hour Day November 12 is Happy Hour Day. So, on this unofficial fun holiday take advantage of happy hours at your favorite bar, cafe or restaurant. Happy hour is a term used to refer to a period of time during a day when establishments sell drinks and food at a discount. While traditionally offered by bars, restaurants today also hold happy hours and offer appetizers at reduced prices. Usually, a happy hour includes two drinks or two appetizers for the price of one. Many countries ban happy hours in bars due to the fear that it will encourage binge drinking and alcoholism. How to Celebrate? Happy Happy Hour Day! Here are some ways to celebrate this fun holiday: Go out for happy hour with your friends and co-workers and get two of your favorite beverages for the price of one. Remember to always drink responsibly. Don't drink? That doesn't mean you can't enjoy happy hour. Many restaurants and coffee shops have happy hour prices on appetizers and hors-d'oeuvre. Enjoy these while sipping a non-alcoholic beverage. Did You Know… …that the happy hour began as an event in the military? It is believed that the term comes from events organized by a club called the Happy Hour Social for the United States Navy in 1913. *** On Thanksgiving day, a little boy overhears his mom and dad fighting. He hears his mom call his dad a bastard and hears his dad call his mom a bitch. He asks, "Mommy, what does bastard mean?" She answers, "Um, it means boy." Then he asks, "Daddy, what does bitch mean?" He says, "Uh, it means girl." Later that day, the boy sees his father in the bathroom shaving; the dad accidentally cuts himself and says, "Sh*t." The son asks, "What does that mean?" The dad says, "It means shaving cream." Then he sees his mom in the kitchen carving the turkey; she accidentally cuts herself and says, "F*ck." The son asks her what that word means and she says, "It means carving." That evening, the family's guests arrive for Thanksgiving dinner. The son opens the door to welcome them and says, "Welcome bitches and bastards! My dad is in the bathroom rubbing sh*t on his face and my mom is in the kitchen f*cking the turkey." *** Two guys are standing in line to enter heaven. One turned around and asked the other how he died. "I froze to death. How about you?" "I had a heart attack." "How did that happen?" "Well, I suspected my wife was cheating on me. So after work I went straight home. I ran upstairs to find my wife sleeping by herself. Then I ran back downstairs and looked in all the hiding spots. When I was running back up the stairs, I had a heart attack." "That's ironic." "Why?" "If you would've looked in the fridge, we'd both be alive." *** Paddy and Murphy are havin' a pint in the pub, when some scuba divers come on the TV. Paddy says, "Murphy, why is it them deep sea divers always sit on the side of the boat with them air tanks on their backs, and fall backwards out of the boat?" Murphy thinks for a minute then says, "That's easy. It's 'cos if they fell forwards, they'd still be in the friggin boat!" *** Two old friends, Ned and John, lived for baseball. Then one day, John died, leaving Ned inconsolable. A few weeks later, Ned heard someone calling his name. He looked up. Standing on a cloud was his old pal. “Ned,” John called down, “I have good news and bad. The good news is, there’s baseball in heaven!” “Great,” said Ned. “What’s the bad news?” “You’re pitching Sunday.” *** *** *** I Guarantee that some group of idiots would try to bring it back to life if they ever find viable genetic material. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

l Thank you for this comment. All of the above are now on my 'To Read List'. You @Cane23 and @Thirdly made me realize, that what I do post here at GA, does have meaning. That the over 300,000 visits to my page by fellow members(authors and readers), was intentional and for a reason. I don't think that my drivel, has ever stopped anyone else from posting to GA. To be totally honest, Sat at 08:07 PM, was the closest I ever came to putting a member on my ' Ignore Users List '. Not my style, live and let live.

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November 11th 2024 - Holidays and Observances They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. (click on the day for details) Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Bhutan) Children's Day (Croatia) Christian feast day: Bartholomew of Grottaferrata Martin of Tours (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances. Menas Mercurius (Coptic) Søren Kierkegaard (Lutheran Church) Theodore the Studite November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) End of World War I-related observances: Armistice Day (New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia) National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918 Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada) Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975. Independence of Cartagena (Colombia) Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia) Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries) National Education Day (India) Republic Day (Maldives) Singles' Day (China) St. Martin's Day (Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands) Women's Day (Belgium) Pepero Day (South Korea) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Armistice Day (Martinique) Armistice Day (Saint Barthelemy) Death/Duty Day French Guiana Armistice Day Metal Day National Indiana Day National Lei Day National Sundae Day Pocky Day PPUR Day World Orphans Day Data Governance Day Patrick Starrr’s Birthday Vinny Guadagnino’s Birthday Leonardo DiCaprio’s Birthday Melody Holt’s Birthday Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s Birthday Leighannsays’s Birthday George S. Patton’s Birthday Ava Jules’s Birthday Emma Gonzalez’s Birthday FaZe Jarvis’s Birthday Demi Moore’s Birthday Corinne Olympios’s Birthday Barbara Boxer’s Birthday Susan Kelechi Watson’s Birthday Jacob Whitesides’s Birthday Victor Cruz’s Birthday Abigail Adams’s Birthday Richie Rich’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Nov 11th, 2024 - Thu Nov 14th, 2024 Web Summit Lisbon Mon Nov 11th, 2024 - Fri Nov 15th, 2024 Geography Awareness Week National Young Readers Week Anti-Bullying Week Mon Nov 11th, 2024 - Sun Nov 17th, 2024 Enterprise Week Global Entrepreneurship Week Kindness Week National Recycling Week Human-Animal Relationship Awareness Week Fun Observances Origami Day November 11 is Origami Day. First observed in Japan, the unofficial holiday honors the ancient Japanese art of creating intricate objects and complex shapes out of square pieces of paper. Origami, which comes from the Japanese words, ori meaning folding, and kami meaning paper, originated in Japan in the 6 century, though for a long period of time the art was preserved for religious ceremonies. By the 17th century, origami had become mainstream in Japanese society and was being used for decorative and ceremonial purposes. In recent years, origami has become popular with origami societies and competitions springing up all around the world. No Instruments While traditionally origami only involves folding paper and cannot include the use of any scissors or knives, modern-day origami artists do not make any distinction between sculptures that are made just by folding paper and kirigami – a variation of origami that creates models by cutting and gluing together paper. How to Celebrate? If you have never tried origami, maybe today is the day to learn? Start with the crane - one of the most recognized origami models around the world. If you already know origami, use today to start learning a new origami technique or working on a new, complex model. Did You Know… …that Origami Day also coincides with the day in 1918 when World War One ended? *** Mr. and Mrs. Brown had two sons. One was named Mind Your Own Business & the other was named Trouble. One day the two boys decided to play hide and seek. Trouble hid while Mind Your Own Business counted to one hundred. Mind Your Own Business began looking for his brother behind garbage cans and bushes. Then he started looking in and under cars until a police man approached him and asked, "What are you doing?" "Playing a game," the boy replied. "What is your name?" the officer questioned. "Mind Your Own Business." Furious the policeman inquired, "Are you looking for trouble?!" The boy replied, "Why, yes." *** There was an elderly couple who in their old age noticed that they were getting a lot more forgetful, so they decided to go to the doctor. The doctor told them that they should start writing things down so they don't forget. They went home and the old lady told her husband to get her a bowl of ice cream. "You might want to write it down," she said. The husband said, "No, I can remember that you want a bowl of ice cream." She then told her husband she wanted a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream. "Write it down," she told him, and again he said, "No, no, I can remember: you want a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream." Then the old lady said she wants a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry on top. "Write it down," she told her husband and again he said, "No, I got it. You want a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry on top." So he goes to get the ice cream and spends an unusually long time in the kitchen, over 30 minutes. He comes out to his wife and hands her a plate of eggs and bacon. The old wife stares at the plate for a moment, then looks at her husband and asks, "Where's the toast?" *** Q: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have? A: Big hands. *** Earlier this year, sports editor Robert Cessna received two e-mails from an irate reader. The first excoriated him for leaving out the fact that the Texas A&M women’s basketball team was playing that day. “We seriously need more attendance,” she wrote, “so how in the world does our local newspaper not mention that?” She wasn’t through. “There are words sufficient to show how irritated I am, but I chose not to use them.” She then signed it, “Upset Reader.” Soon after, Upset Reader sent her second e-mail: “Sorry. I was reading last week’s paper.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Agate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster