The Daily Dose/July 22, 2022
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 has the lastest gas mileage figure for the new ride. Today’s Diary.
We filled up heading out of the big city and it turned out Dave’s a whiz with numbers…I’d punched in the mileage figure before filling up and I told Dave both the figure and the reason why and when I came back in the car to enter the number of gallons he instantly knew that it would be short of 40 mpg – “39 and something” – while the best ol’ Sparrow could do was that it would be pretty close …
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1706 – A treaty that would become the Acts of Union of 1707 are agreed to by representatives of the kingdoms of England and Scotland. The treaty would be passed by both parliaments and the two countries would become Great Britain on May 1, 1707. The union would last until 1801 when Ireland joined and this union lasted until 1927, when Ireland left, and has been the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since.
In 1923 – Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators becomes the first major league pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters with a 6th-inning strikeout of Stan Covelski in a 3-1 win over the Cleveland Indians. Johnson would retire in 1927 with 3,509 strikeouts, a mark that lasted until it was broken by Nolan Ryan in 1983, a mark that was topped by Steve Carlton later that season, with Ryan breaking it for good in 1984. Ryan retired in 1993 with 5,714 strikeouts.
In 1978 – The soundtrack to the movie Grease is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the first of twelve non-consecutive weeks. The album went to #1 in many other countries including Norway and Great Britain, was Billboard’s second-biggest album of the year, and its 20th-biggest of 1979. Grease produced four chart singles, including the #1s You’re the One That I Want by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and the title track by Franki Valli. The album also included vocal performances by, among others, Frankie Avalon, Sha-Na-Na, and Stockard Channing.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…to observe the world around him required not only tact but…emotional neutrality.
Gore Vidal
The Golden Age
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Walter Hagen and Jack Nicklaus are the two golfers who have the PGA Championship five times.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the second major league pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters? – Answer next time!
