Marooned Without a Compass Day & Saxaphone Day
Date When Celebrated : Always November 6
Posted on 11/06/2015 4:19:59 AM PST by Lucky9teen
Date When Celebrated : Always November 6
Marooned Without a Compass Day is today. Which direction will you take today?
How is your sense of direction? Do you often find yourself going around in circles? Do you feel hopelessly lost? Do you know where you are? If any of these questions describe your current state of being, then you are in tune to this special day.
As a Boy Scout leader, this author sees this special day as no problem at all. We'll just navigate the day (and night) by the position of the sun and the stars. We'll use our orienteering skills. And, we will check the trees for moss..... moss grows on the shaded, north side of a tree trunk.
Viewed in another way, being marooned without a compass for a day could be a good thing. Our busy life styles seldom leaves time to relax. We can just kick back and enjoy being marooned. Tomorrow, we can head east when the sun rises. In the meantime, I think I see a shady tree.....
Happy Marooned Without a Compass Day!!!
Today, we also celebrate Saxophone Day. The Saxophone is a classical woodwind instrument. It is an essential instrument in jazz bands, symphonic bands, marching bands and more. It's only fitting that this great instrument has a day of recognition all to its own.
The Saxophone was invented around 1840. It was created by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian musical instrument maker. The sax is made of brass.
Adophe Sax invented 8 types of saxophones: Sopranino, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Contrabass, and Subcontrabass. The first Saxophone ever created was the Bass Saxophone. A 9th type of Saxophone, the Soprillo Saxophone, was invented in 2004. It is the smallest Saxophone.
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These are the photos provided with the email concerning the Walmart Admiral
LOL. Close enough...
Good job! He really looks like a serious and capable Admiral.
And these photos fit beautifully with the post about his being
late for work.
I’m still giggling over that one.
Four Catholic men and a Catholic woman were having coffee in St. Peters Square.
The first Catholic man tells his friends, “My son is a priest, when he walks into a room, everyone calls him ‘Father’.”
The second Catholic man chirps, “My son is a Bishop. When he walks into a room people call him ‘Your Grace’.”
The third Catholic gent says, “My son is a Cardinal. When he enters a room everyone bows their head and says ‘Your Eminence’.”
The fourth Catholic man says very proudly, “My son is the Pope. When he walks into a room people call him ‘Your Holiness’.”
Since the lone Catholic woman was sipping her coffee in silence, the four men give her a subtle, “Well ...?”
She proudly replies, “I have a daughter, slim, tall, 38” DD bust, 24” waist and 34” hips. When she walks into a room, everybody says, “Oh My God.”
Correct. Sort of. After the blue, you need the black to get the right tone.
Why was Mayberry so peaceful?
Because----no one was married!
Here are the single people of Mayberry: Andy, Aunt Bea, Barney, Floyd (the barber), Howard, Goober, Gomer, Sam, Ernest T. Bass, the Darlin' Family, Helen, Thelma Lou and Clara.....all single!
In fact, the only one who was married was Otis, and he stayed drunk.
....just some food for thought.
Johnny Colla.
Ah, Cary was one of the great ones...
OUCH!
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