The Daily Dose/July 25, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is going to conduct the seminal research into creamer usage. Today’s Diary.
It hit me this morning as morning coffee service was being prepared that changing out all three creamer boxes last night is an excellent – nay, unprecedented – opportunity to see which creamer is used the most…Now, frankly, I don’t think the results will be earth-shattering as past casual observation (PCO) has shown that half & half is the most used, followed by French vanilla and then hazelnut, but I’m certain we will all be glad to finally have confirmation of this.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1775 – The United States Post Office is formed by the Second Continental Congress with Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia appointed the first postmaster. Today there are over 34,000 post offices in the United States with the postal service delivering over 430 million pieces of mail every day. Street addresses began becoming mandatory with the advent of city delivery in 1863 and zip codes debuted in 1963. Franklin would serve as postmaster until leaving to serve as minister to France the following year.
In 1984 – Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos ties the major league record for most career singles in a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Rose’s seventh-inning single off Don Robinson was the 3,052 of his career, tying the mark established by Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics. Rose would break the record the following day and would retire in 1986 with 3,215 singles, a record that still stands.
In 1969 – Johnny B. Goode by Buck Owens & His Buckaroos is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the first of two consecutive weeks. It was the 27th of 29 Top 10 country hits for Owens and his 17th of 18 #1 songs. The song was written and first charted by Chuck Berry and despite its popularity and significance, this remains the song’s only appearance at #1 on a Billboard chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
This is our diamond and must be treated like a diamond. Never settle. It’s never good enough until it is your best.
Michael Bennett
Creator
A Chorus Line
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
East Germany won the most swimming gold medals at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games with 12.
Today’s Stumper
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When were the first postage stamps in the US issued? – Answer next time!
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