SUNDAY FUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 27, 2020
Tomorrow is September 28th
Ah - the number 28 is a “perfect number”!!! (Sorry, the former mathematician is on a tangent again). The factors of 28 are 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, and 28. If you add them together (leaving off the 28), it adds up to 28!!!
(And, if you were interested, other perfect numbers include 6, 496,, and 8,128.)
FALL IS HERE
Okay, I grew up in Iowa and hung around the upper midwest too much of my life (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota). In most cases, I will take that part of the world over Texas for July and August. BUT … from now until next May, Texas weather wins out!!!
FALL FAVORITES:
From: https://sohp.com/16-top-fall-smile-starters/
From the Society of Happy People (sohp) we have some Fall Favorites
PUMPKIN SPICE!!!
Yes, it is Pumpkin Spice season again. I saw a sign on the Internet advertising “Pumpkin Spice Oil Changes”.
It seems like almost anything that can be spiced up is the “Pumpkin Spice” flavor now. Pumpkin pie spice is a mixture of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
Of course, Pumpkin Spice is a big winner for Starbucks. I tend NOT to go to Starbucks - while I love coffee, I am just not a big fan of Starbucks. (I’ll make a pot of coffee at home firsts)
If I can get an illustration to work, here is SPAM - limited edition Pumpkin Spice!!! (Doesn’t that sound just wonderful)
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FOOTBALL SEASON!!
Yes, it is time for football. (Real football - you know, the kind where you can throw it, run with it, and on rare occasions really kick it!! Not to be confused with the rest of the world where “fuitbol” is really soccer - where you actually use your FOOT!!!).
I used to be into football more. Every Saturday afternoon, I spent time watching Nebraska, Iowa, Texas, and whoever else. I would get three games on most Saturdays. Then on Sunday, I’d get a noon NFL game, a 3:30 NFL game, and the Sunday night NFL game. But, without a television set, I can’t watch the games, so I hardly know the big-time professional players. But, I still have favorites - the Green Bay Packers!! Seemingly if the Packers wanted to move to another city (say Oakland, or Los Angeles or Las Vegas) the proceeds would all go to the Green Bay American League Post(or something like that).
For college football, I like Nebraska. When I was a graduate student at Nebraska I went to one game!! It was a cold rainy fall day, I was in the library researching and writing an academic paper. Some time in the second half as the Huskers fans were streaming out (the temperature was in the upper 30’s - plus the rain), I slipped in, an usher saw me and didn’t say anything and I finished out the game. It was a blow-out - and yes, I was cold and wet by the end as well!!!
And, of course, football is the “tail that wags the dog” in colleges!! We have a pandemic that has made a lot of education into online delivery, but we NEED football. Some conferences said “NO” to football this year, but Texas insisted, and the BIG Ten (which has fourteen teams), and others have said “YES”.
Technically college football is part of academic life. But, college sports have become BIG BUSINESS!! Seatgeek says “Typically, Texas Longhorns tickets can be found for as low as $31.00, with an average price of $519.00 but can vary depending on the opponent.”
When you factor in that the Texas stadium seats over 100,000 people, in a normal season, that is a LOT of money!!! In Nebraska, that means that cross-country, tennis, track, and other ‘lesser” sports get their funding from the athletic department from football revenue. Plus, through in television revenue, plus licensed sports items (shirts, bumper stickers, and more), this is a BIG DEAL.
To go without football for a season was going to be tough for a college. But, that does cause us to question what the value of a college education is!!!
This news article suggests that the NCAA is cutting back:
“NCAA President Mark Emmert and members of the association’s senior management will be cutting their pay by 20% and the association’s vice presidents will be cutting their pay by 10% due to financial pressure the NCAA is facing from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a memo obtained Tuesday by USA TODAY Sports.”
“According to the association’s most recent federal tax records, which cover the 2017 calendar year, Emmert made just over $2.1 million in base salary. Donald Remy, then executive vice president and now chief operating officer, had the next-highest base salary at just under $1.1 million.”
And, stop and think. The NCAA is a non-profit organization for the promotion of college sports. (NCAA stands for National Collegiate Athletic Association). Where unpaid college students put in long hours away from the classroom - playing for well-paid coaches. Nick Saban, the Alabama football coach, “For the 2019 season, Saban will be scheduled to make $8.7 million - $7.9 million in basic annual compensation that will continue increasing by $400,000 annually, plus an $800,000 contract-year completion payment.“
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APPLE CIDER
Apple cider is one of the fall favorites
Do you like apple cider on one of the cooler autumn evenings? Maybe with a cinnamon stick in it?
Or Mulled Wine?
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CHILI
Fall is a great time to make a kettle of chili!!
Are you a beans or no-beans person? Or a hamburger or no-hamburger person? Extra spice, or limited spice?
If you are into Chili - have you done Cincinnati's five-way chile? Five-way: spaghetti, chili, beans, onions, and cheese.
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CATCH A FALLING LEAF
Some people believe that catching a falling leaf is good luck. Are you one of those?
I like Central Texas as our Live Oak trees don’t lose their leaves until the new crop of leaves pushes them out the next spring. So, all winter we have leaves on the trees. Back north, most trees lose their leaves (deciduous trees) so the hillsides are barren (and it looks even colder with snow on the ground).
SOME LOGIC PROBLEMS (answers at bottom)
There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck, and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?
A man has 53 socks in his drawer: 21 identical blue, 15 identical black, and 17 identical red. The lights are out and he is completely in the dark. How many socks must he take out to make 100 percent certain he has at least one pair of black socks?
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NATIONAL DAYS!!!
I didn’t mention it last week but Wednesday was National Redhead Appreciation Day.
Last Thursday was National Cherries Jubilee Day.. Cherries jubilee is a dish that involves cherries and liqueur and generally ice cream.
Last Friday was National Daughter Day.. I have one daughter and one son (that I dearly love) and five fantastic grandchildren!!
Yesterday was National Better Breakfast Day. I always have breakfast. Generally, it is oatmeal or eggs (every other day). But yesterday I had pancakes since it was National Pancake Day!!!!
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LOGIC PROBLEM ANSWERS
There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck, and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?
Three - Two ducks are in front of the last duck, two ducks are behind the first duck and there is one in the middle
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Forty Socks
While it is unlikely that he pulls out each of the blue and red socks before getting two black socks, it could happen.
So, 21 blue socks plus 17 red socks are 38 - and by that time, the only thing left in the drawer would be black, so the next two would be black.
(That would give you certainty - but if you pulled only four socks out of the drawer there would be one match - but you don’t know what color it is. And, just thinking about this - why are there an odd number of socks of each color? Don’t socks come in pairs?
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There we are - another Sunday Funday!!! Come back next week!!!
Hugs!!!
Love Wins!!
Karen
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