MONDAY DECEMBER 17TH,2012

Good Monday morn...hope your week-end was good and your shopping is getting Wrapped Up. about 3" of new snow for a total of 12" on the ground in Midland 30 years ago...32 years ago it was a Square Tire morning for the cars with a morning low of minus 30. Today is Wright Brothers Day. They made their first flights on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Orville flew an experimental plane, the Wright Flyer, 120 feet in 12 seconds; Wilbur flew 852 feet in 59 seconds. They made two other short flights with the Flyer before an ocean gust lifted and badly damaged the plane. After Wilbur died in 1912, Orville Wright came to our Georgian Bay, seeking the healing effects of an escape to the wilderness. It proved to be exactly what was needed, and before returning in 1916 he purchased his own island in paradise, Lambert Island, where he was to spend summers for the next quarter-century, close to nature, far from public attention, enjoying the low-key pleasures of fishing and boating...His boat the KITTYHAWK has been restored and is still seen in the Honey Harbour area. (this of course has been covered in detail on the Midland Site) 1849: Thomas and William Bowler sold the first "bowler" hat in London. William Coke ordered it for hunting...don't know whether it was for a 5 pin or 10 pin bowler:) 1955: Unable to sleep, guitarist Carl Perkins got up and wrote a song on a paper bag. Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it at Sun Records in Memphis. It would become the first song ever to reach #1 on the pop, country & western, and rhythm & blues music charts "Blue Suede Shoes."...of course Elvis did it as well... On this day in 1994 singer Celine Dion and Rene Angelil were married. Wow, lucky Rene. Free concert tickets. A true story: In 1877 a bishop and a college president had a heated argument. The bishop claimed that everything that could be invented had been. But the friend disagreed. He said, "Why, in 50 years, men will fly like birds." The bishop was shocked. He said, "That's blasphemy! Flight is for angels!" Then Bishop Milton Wright went home to his wife and sons, Orville and Wilbur. Furbies seem to be the hot toy for christmas this Year...as they were in 1998...and "tickle me Elmo was the hot toy in 96...of course this year look for chef Gordon Ramseys PICKLE ME ELMO. MORNIN EVERYBODY...