November 24th
Well, my teeth are all cleaned, x-rayed and checked. Yes! Glad that is over. No problems, which is even better news. Oh, I even was able to get a badly needed hair cut or trim. Techie is supposed to take me shopping today for my birthday gift. Oh, my cup runneth over.
I want to warn everyone about something that I saw on the news last night. There is a device which can be purchased on the internet that can "steal" your information from you credit cards and/or passport. The device just has to be run close to the wallet or handbag and it picks up the info from the magnetic strip. I think most of the time we would notice someone that close to us; UNLESS, we are in a crowd such as at an airport or entertainment event. Men who keep their wallets in their back pockets are probably the most likely to be a victim. Now, there is a way to prevent it and one very wise, and now probably wealthy man, has become up with this envelope (for lack of a better word) that a person can use, and it the passport or cards are slipped into the device can not read the magnetic strip. Aren't the "bad" guys just always coming up with things to make our lives more difficult.
Thanks to all who have posted to the Thanksgiving memories thread. I do hope others will as well. I think it is very interesting to read the memories of others as well as the traditions.
I voted for Donnie last night. I loved his performances on DWTS last night. He may not be as technically good as Mya, but he is so much more fun to watch. That should be worth the prize.
I hope that the remainder of your day is great.
I want to warn everyone about something that I saw on the news last night. There is a device which can be purchased on the internet that can "steal" your information from you credit cards and/or passport. The device just has to be run close to the wallet or handbag and it picks up the info from the magnetic strip. I think most of the time we would notice someone that close to us; UNLESS, we are in a crowd such as at an airport or entertainment event. Men who keep their wallets in their back pockets are probably the most likely to be a victim. Now, there is a way to prevent it and one very wise, and now probably wealthy man, has become up with this envelope (for lack of a better word) that a person can use, and it the passport or cards are slipped into the device can not read the magnetic strip. Aren't the "bad" guys just always coming up with things to make our lives more difficult.
Thanks to all who have posted to the Thanksgiving memories thread. I do hope others will as well. I think it is very interesting to read the memories of others as well as the traditions.
I voted for Donnie last night. I loved his performances on DWTS last night. He may not be as technically good as Mya, but he is so much more fun to watch. That should be worth the prize.
I hope that the remainder of your day is great.
Those born on this date include:
- Dutch philosopher Baruch Benedict de Spinoza in 1632
- Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States, in 1784
- Painter Henri Toulouse-Lautrec in 1864
- Ragtime composer Scott Joplin in 1868
- Lecturer and author Dale Carnegie in 1888
- Pianist Teddy Wilson in 1912
- Actress Geraldine Fitzgerald in 1913
- Columnist William F. Buckley in 1925
- Actor Dwight Schultz in 1947 (age 62)
- Stanley Livingston in 1950 (age 59) was on My Three Sons
1863, Union Gen. U.S. Grant launched the U.S. Civil War battle of Chattanooga in Tennessee.
1869, women from 21 states met in Cleveland to organize the American Women Suffrage Association.
1874, Joseph Glidden received a patent for barbed wire, which made the farming of the Great Plains possible.
1944 - US bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo
1950 - "Guys & Dolls" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances
1952 - Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" opens in London (still running
1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was fatally shot by nightclub owner Jack Ruby in a Dallas jail building two days after Kennedy was slain.
1969 - Apollo 12 returns to Earth
1971, a passenger ticketed as "D.B. Cooper" hijacked a Northwest Airlines flight from Portland, Ore., to Seattle, and parachuted south of Seattle with a $200,000 ransom collected from the airline. He reportedly was never heard from again.
1974, the skeleton of "Lucy," a 3.18 million years old female hominid, was found in Ethiopia.
1995, Irish voters passed a referendum removing the constitutional ban on divorce.
2003, Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn, who had more wins than any other left-hander in major league baseball history, died at the age of 82.
2008, U.S. regulators and Citigroup Inc. negotiated a rescue of the troubled bank, involving Citibank taking on $29 billion in toxic assets on its portfolio. The U.S. government will absorb the rest of at least $306 billion in troubled securities.
