SUNDAY FUNDAY - JUNE 25, 2023

 BRIDGE BRAT BULLETIN - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2023

Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. But there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

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EARTH SCIENCE 

IT IS OFFICIALLY SUMMER

There are two things that enthrall me when I consider Earth Science.

Earth Tilt - the earth tilted at 23.5 degrees 

More tilt means more severe seasons—warmer summers and colder winters; less tilt means less severe seasons—cooler summers and milder winters. It's the cool summers that are thought to allow snow and ice to last from year-to-year in high latitudes, eventually building up into massive ice sheets.

If there was no tilt, the equator would have direct sunlight every day - and we would all have about 12 hours of sunlight every day (it would be like a permanent spring equinox - or a permanent fall equinox).

So the tilt gives us seasons.

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Water expands when it freezes

If water did not expand when freezing, then it would be denser than liquid water when it froze; therefore it would sink and fill lakes or the ocean from bottom to top. Once the oceans filled with ice, life there would not be possible on the bottom.  (And, there would be no icebergs!!!).

Ice cubes float on your beverage - not sink to the bottom.

Let’s consider Minnesota - billed as having 10,000 lakes. (One source says 14,380 lakes).

If ice was denser, it would sink to the bottom.  The various frogs, fish, whatever that survive the northern winters would die.  Instead there is ice on the top of lakes (and ice fishing is a great winter activity).  The ice can get to three feet solid - but on top of the water.  Under the ice are fish.  Note - the ice isn’t the same depth across an entire lake.  When a stream comes in or over sandbars or rocky places the ice can be thinner.  Every year many vehicles sink when the ice is too thin.  That can be exacerbated if (say), heavier pick-up trucks are all parked in the same area. 

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MUSIC

Paul McCartney said in a BBC interview that he has used artificial intelligence to create what he called “the last Beatles record.” McCartney said he worked with Hollywood director Peter Jackson, who directed the 2021 documentary “The Beatles: Get Back,” to isolate the voice of his deceased bandmate John Lennon from an old demo tape. McCartney didn’t reveal the song’s name, but said it will be released this year.

It’s not the first time McCartney has used technology to bring back his childhood friend: He used video and audio clips to perform a live duet of “I’ve Got a Feeling” with Lennon at last year’s Glastonbury music festival. The former Beatle described the use of AI in musical artistry as both exciting and scary.

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JOKES

• "What do you call a factory that makes okay products?" "A satisfactory."

• "Dear Math, grow up and solve your own problems."

• "What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet?" "Supplies!"

• "Have you heard about the chocolate record player? It sounds pretty sweet."

• "What did the ocean say to the beach?" "Nothing, it just waved."

• "Where do you learn to make a banana split?" "Sundae school."

• "What has more letters than the alphabet?" "The post office!"

• "Dad, did you get a haircut?" "No, I got them all cut!"

• "What do you call a poor Santa Claus?" "St. Nickel-less."

• "I got carded at a liquor store, and my Blockbuster card accidentally fell out. The cashier said "never mind."

• "Where do boats go when they're sick?" "To the boat doc."

• "I don't trust those trees. They seem kind of shady."

• "My wife is really mad at the fact that I have no sense of direction. So I packed up my stuff and right!"

• "How do you get a squirrel to like you? Act like a nut."

• "Why don't eggs tell jokes? They'd crack each other up."

BASEBALL JOKES

• The baseball team hired a baker. They needed a good batter.

• I heard a joke about baseball. It left me in pitches!

• Baseball players need to stay in line. If they don’t they’d be afoul of the rules.

• Our math teachers works nights selling concessions at local baseball games. He’s a true ballpark figure.

• He could play all sort of sports – a jock of all trades.

• The baseball player found success as a salesman because he could make all sorts of sales pitches.

• The baseball scout asked the pitcher if he had a good curveball… and he wanted a straight answer.

• Cinderella was really bad at baseball because she had a pumpkin for a coach.

NATIONAL DAYS

COLOR TV DAY - June 25, 2023 - National Today

I remember those days of black and white television.  I remember holding a mirror so my Dad could be in the back of the set and adjust the horizontal (or vertical) hold.  The sets were heavy and long - as compared to today’s sets.

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WRAP-UP

Well - it’s HOT - and it isn’t ending any time soon. Aren’t you thankful for air conditioning!!!

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BE BLESSED, SMILE AND THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU!!!  BE HAPPY - YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE YOU KNOW!!!

Karen White

June 25, 2023