“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change” Wayne Dyer
If you help enough people get what they want, you will ultimately get what you want! Zig Ziglar
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It’s another very cold start to the day and around zero in the mountains. Benidorm is around 2 degrees at this moment. Let’s get the forecast ……
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11° C | 2° C
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12° C | 4° C
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13° C | 7° C
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Liverpool won at Wolves and Manchester United march on…..Berbatov is earning his money at last!
The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:
1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering
how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door
when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone
who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.
12.. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death,
the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts
worn by Jewish men.
Word of the Day
romo rroh’-moh (adjective)
EXAMPLES
Un cuchillo romo puede ser más peligroso que un cuchillo con filo. – A dull knife can be more dangerous than a sharp one.
No pude cortar la leña porque el hacha está roma. – I couldn’t chop the wood because the ax is dull.
Events
1556 – An earthquake in Shanxi Province, China, was thought to have killed about 830,000 people. My God just look at those numbers
1571 – The Royal Exchange in London, founded by financier Thomas Gresham, was opened by Queen Elizabeth I.
1849 – English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive medical degree. It was from the Medical Institution of Geneva, NY. Well done
1920 – The Dutch government refused the demands from the Allies to hand over the ex-kaiser of Germany. I think they should have handed him over
1924 – The first Labour government was formed, under Ramsay MacDonald. It wasn’t really that long ago
1937 – In Moscow, seventeen people went on trial during Josef Stalin’s “Great Purge.”
1943 – Duke Ellington and the band played for a black-tie crowd at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. Great band
1943 – The British captured Tripoli from the Germans. Fabulous effort from the Brits
1950 – The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
1960 – The U.S. Navy bathyscaphe Trieste descended to a record depth of 35,820 feet (10,750 meters) in the Pacific Ocean. I’d quite like to see what it is like at those depths
1968 – North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the nation’s territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was released 11 months later. That was a long time for the crew to be held captive
1971 – In Prospect Creek Camp, AK, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was reported as minus 80 degrees. Was this early signs of climate change
1973 – U.S. President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War. Well done
1974 – Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” opened the credits of the movie, “The Exorcist”. Great music
1977 – The TV mini-series “Roots,” began airing on ABC. The show was based on the Alex Haley novel. Everyone remembers Chicken George
1978 – Sweden banned aerosol sprays because of damage to environment. They were the first country to do so. Well done
1983 – “The A-Team” debuted on TV. They must have been the best machinery assemblers ever
1985 – The proceedings of the House of Lords were televised for the first time. It was inspired by John and Yoko’s sleep-in. It does concern me how many in the house snooze during the proceedings
1989 – Surrealist artist Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.I like his work especially the clocks that look like pancakes
1997 – A British woman received a record £186,000 damages for Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).
2003 – North Korea announced that it would consider sanctions an act of war for North Korea’s reinstatement of its nuclear program. That country seems to court trouble
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Music Stuff January 23rd
1956, Rock ‘n’ Roll fans in Cleveland aged under 18 were banned from dancing in public (unless accompanied by an adult), after Ohio Police introduced a law dating back to 1931.Was this a bit over the top?
1965, ‘Downtown’ made Petula Clark the first UK female singer to have a No.1 on the US singles chart since Vera Lynn in 1952. A No.2 hit in the UK.Pet Clarke has had a great career
1966, Stevie Wonder appeared at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England.D’you know I hadn’t realised he’d played at the Cavern
1969, Working at Apple studios in London, The Beatles (with Billy Preston on keyboards) recorded ten takes of ‘Get Back.’ I’m surprised that took so long
1971, George Harrison became the first solo Beatle to have a No.1 when ‘My Sweet Lord’ went to the top of the UK single charts. George was the quiet Beatle with a hint of steel
1971, Dawn started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Knock Three Times’, the group’s first No.1, also an UK No.1.Good song
1974, Alvin Stardust made his first live appearance since changing his name from Shane Fenton.I have a lovely podcast on my site in which we discuss how successfully he reinvented himself
1978, Terry Kath, guitarist with Chicago accidentally shot himself dead while cleaning (with what he believed) was an unloaded gun. Kath’s last words were “Don’t worry it’s not loaded” as he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. The guitarist and singer was killed instantly.How bizarre is this and how tragic?
1980, Marvin Gaye appeared at the Liverpool Philharmonic, England, with Edwin Starr as support. What a great show that must have been
1986, Ray Charles was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the first induction dinner, held in New York City. A great singer but involved personal life
1988, Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’ a No.3 hit in the UK. Good song
1990, Allen Collins guitarist from Lynyrd Skynyrd died of pneumonia after being ill for several months. Collins who was one of the founding members also co-wrote most of the band’s songs (including Free Bird), with late front man Ronnie Van Zant. He survived a plane crash in 1977 that killed two other band members. Collins was behind the wheel in a car accident in 1986 that killed his girlfriend and left him paralyzed from the waist down. He later pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter as well as driving under the influence of alcohol.This is another really sad story
1990, David Bowie announced his forthcoming and final world tour, ‘Sound And Vision’ 1990, during which he will invite each local audience to decide on a ‘greatest hits’ running order, organised through local radio stations. This was a good idea
1991, John Sebastian, owner and general manager of KLSK FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico, played Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway To Heaven’ for twenty-four solid hours to inaugurate a format change to Classic Rock. Police showed up with guns drawn: once after a listener reported that the DJ had apparently suffered a heart attack, and later because of suspicion that, this being eight days into the Gulf War, the radio station had been taken hostage by terrorists dispatched by Zeppelin freak Saddam Hussein…..only in America
1994, Take That went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Everything Changes’. What a phrophetic title
2001, an English coroner criticised the rap singer Eminem’s lyrics as depressing during an inquest into the death of a schoolboy who threw himself in front of a train. The 17-year old boy had printed out the lyrics to Eminem’s track ‘Rock Bottom’ before his death. There is a correlation between some musician’s efforts and the influences they have on young minds. This area needs a lot of research
2005, one of the biggest charity concerts since Live Aid raised £1.25 million ($2 million) for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia. The concert held at The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff featured Eric Clapton, Manic Street Preachers, Keane, Charlotte Church, Snow Patrol, Embrace, Feeder, Craig David and Liberty X, who appeared before 60,000 fans at the sold-out concert. Well done all those artistes
Birthday Boys and Girls January 23rd
1889, Leadbelly, (Hurrdi William Ledbetter), Blues musician, Wrote ‘Goodnight Irene’, ‘The Rock Island Line’, ‘The Midnight Special,’ once jailed for shooting a man dead during an argument over a woman. Died 6th December 1949.
1910 Django Reinhardt, jazz guitarist. Badly burned his third and fourth fingers of his left hand in a house fire aged 18. Doctors suggested he play the guitar to keep his fingers flexible, giving him his two fingered guitar style. Worked with Stepane Grappelli and Duke Ellington. Reinhardt died of a stroke on 15th May 1953. 1950, Pat Simmons, guitar, vocals, The Doobie Brothers, (1979, US No.1 single ‘What A Fool Believes’, 1993 UK No.7 single ‘Long Train Runnin’).
1950, Bill Cunningham, bass, piano, The Box Tops, (1967 US No.1 & UK No.5 single ‘The Letter’).
1959, Earl Falconer, bass, UB40, (1983 UK No.1 & US 1988 US No.1 single ‘Red Red Wine’ and over 30 other Top 40 hits).
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