Good Morning All & Happy “International Left-Handers Day”!
How about that? A special day for all of us left-handers out there! Here’s to all of you! Well, I found out some interesting facts about left-handed people…here are a few:
11% of people are left-handed
Left-handers are directed by the right-hand side of the brain which governs creativity, art & music (right-handers are supposedly better at science, math, writing & language because they are directed by the left-hand side of the brain…which goes to prove that I was never a force at math in school…and science…and….). Half of all cats are left-handed. Most kangaroos and parrots are left-handed too! Astronauts Mike Collins & Buzz Aldrin of the Apollo 11 crew that made the first landing on the moon are left-handed. And…last but not least…left-handed people tend to scare more easily (which must explain why I don’t like horror movies!)…
Here’s to my friend Jeff Bryant, who is retiring at the end of August as Executive Director of Vitalant (Inland Northwest Blood Center), after a distinguished career in Blood Center management throughout the country. We were lucky enough to have him lead the whole blood and blood plasma collection efforts and blood testing services in the Inland Northwest for a number of years. Jeff has a great smile and winning way about him. It was my pleasure to work with him and call him “friend.” Have fun in your well-earned retirement Jeff! Thanks for all you have done for our community & Godspeed!
Happy Birthday wishes go to Bruce Albert, Jr., the son of my dad’s former business partner, Bruce Albert Sr.! Here’s to you, Bruce, on your special day of celebration! If memory serves me correctly, he’s enjoying life today in sunny Florida.
I came across a late 1950s collectible card that features the Sikorsky H-34 “Choctaw” Helicopter. It is a piston-designed military helicopter originally designed as an anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the U.S. Navy. It has seen extended use when adapted to turbine power by the British licensee as the Westland Wessex and Sikorsky as the later S-58T. The H-34 served mostly as medium transports. It saw combat in Algeria, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and throughout Southeast Asia, particularly during the Vietnam War. Other uses included saving flood victims, recovering astronauts, fighting fires and carrying presidents. It was the last piston-engined helicopter to be operated by the U.S. Marine Corps., having been replaced by turbine-powered types such as the UH-1 “Huey” and CH-46 “Sea Knight.” A total of 2,108 H-34s were manufactured between 1953 and 1970. Here’s to the Sikorsky H-34 and the crews who flew them!
Here is the word definition for the day:
“Toothsome” (TOOTH-SOME): A mid-16th century word meaning of food “temptingly tasty or of a person “good-looking; attractive.”
Here are some thoughts for the day:
“Most people and actors appearing on the stage have some writer to write their material. Congress is good enough for me. They have been writing my material for years.”
—Will Rogers, American humorist, writer, performer & favorite son of Oklahoma
“The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, there’s a truth in your heart that say’s you’ll never leave me, and the touch of your hand say’s you’ll catch me whenever I fall…”
—-Alison Krauss, American singer, songwriter & fiddler extraordinaire of “Alison Krauss & Union Station” fame, “When You Say Nothing At All”
Here’s to a great “International Left-Handers Day” and lots of love & good wishes always!
Press on,
Papa ‘a (Dad, Uncle Mark, Mark, etc.)