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[LuvTooGolf]

Did someone say Friday jam? No, probably not.

Good morning, LTG.  What are you preparing for the weekend?

Not too much. Going to the Cleveland Monsters game tonight with the kids, NHL AAA team, I guess you'd call them. Other than that, just a bit of relaxing, then hoping the Browns don't vomit all over themselves on Sunday. You?

That sounds like fun. I don't even know what we're doing besides attending the myriad games the kids are participating in.

That should be enough to hold you anyways.

The weather is supposed to be nice which is a huge plus.

Rain in the forecast here, but I'll be glad for the higher temps, at least. Only 47 here right now, getting up to 68 today. Got my blanket on while working, cause I refuse to turn the heat on just yet.

My wife was just asking if I could turn on the a/c because it's so damn humid.

Lol, sounds like my wife. She'd have the thing permanently set at 68 if she could.

What's wrong with that?  Sounds like a fine temp.

Not if I want my AC to still be working after 2 weeks. Morning, OkWithBeingChillyDave.

[Travellin Dave]

Today is Friday, Oct. 5, the 278th day of 2018. There are 87 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 5, 1983, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
On this date:
In 1829, the 21st president of the United States, Chester Alan Arthur, was born in North Fairfield, Vermont.
In 1931, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon completed the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean, arriving in Washington state some 41 hours after leaving Japan.
In 1947, President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food crisis.
In 1953, Earl Warren was sworn in as the 14th chief justice of the United States, succeeding Fred M. Vinson.
In 1958, racially-desegregated Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee, was mostly leveled by an early morning bombing.
In 1969, the British TV comedy program "Monty Python's Flying Circus" made its debut on BBC 1.
In 1984, the space shuttle Challenger blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on an 8-day mission; the crew included Kathryn D. Sullivan, who became the first American woman to walk in space, and Marc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut.
In 1988, Democrat Lloyd Bentsen lambasted Republican Dan Quayle during their vice presidential debate, telling Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
In 1989, a jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, convicted former P-T-L evangelist Jim Bakker of using his television show to defraud followers.
In 1999, two packed commuter trains collided near London's Paddington Station, killing 31 people.
In 2001, tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens died from inhaled anthrax, the first of a series of anthrax cases in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Washington.
In 2011, Apple founder Steve Jobs, 56, died in Palo Alto, California.

[FloridaDean]

WTF.
41°
I'm out of here today!

[FloridaDean]

morning Daves and Tony.

[Travellin Dave]

Ten years ago: Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin defended her claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists," referring to his association on a charity board a few years earlier with 1960s radical Bill Ayers. Obama accused John McCain's campaign of trying to distract votes with "smears" rather than talking about substance.

Five years ago: In a stealthy seaside assault in Somalia and in a raid in Libya's capital, U.S. military forces struck out against Islamic extremists who had carried out terrorist attacks in East Africa, snatching Abu Anas al-Libi, allegedly involved in the bombings of U.S. embassies 15 years earlier. (Al-Libi has since pleaded not guilty to the embassy bombings.) A monster truck went out of control at an "Extreme Aeroshow" in Chihuahua, Mexico, killing eight people and injuring ten times as many. Wladimir Klitschko retained his WBA and IBF heavyweight titles, unanimously outpointing previously undefeated Alexander Povetkin in Moscow.

One year ago: Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein announced that he was taking a leave of absence from his company after a New York Times article detailed decades of alleged sexual harassment against women including actress Ashley Judd. The National Rifle Association and the White House expressed support for controls on "bump stock" devices like those that apparently aided the gunman behind the Las Vegas attack; the NRA later said it was opposed to an outright ban on the devices. California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation extending protections for immigrants living in the United States illegally; police in California would be barred from asking people about their immigration status or taking part in federal immigration enforcement activities.exander Povetkin in Moscow.

[Travellin Dave]

Thought for Today: "The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance." -- Lane Kirkland, American labor leader (1922-1999).

[A Friend of Charlie]

morning Daves and Tony.

Good morning, ShrinkageDean.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Thought for Today: "The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance." -- Lane Kirkland, American labor leader (1922-1999).

Well, it's time for my next meeting...

[FloridaDean]

Thought for Today: "The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance." -- Lane Kirkland, American labor leader (1922-1999).

zero attendance equals 100% successful meeting.

[Travellin Dave]

1937 Barry Switzer, American football coach (Oklahoma), born in Crossett, Arkansas
1938 Carlo Mastrangelo, Italian-American rocker (Dion & The Belmonts), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2016)
1938 Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist (wife of John Kerry), born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa
1939 Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress, born in Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde France
1939 Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright
1939 Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1939 Walter Wolf, Slovenian-born Canadian industrialist
1940 Bob Cowper, Australian cricketer (307 v England at the MCG 1966), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1941 Ricardo Hoffmann, marathon swimmer (299 miles)
1941 Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
1942 Richard Street, Rhythm and Blues musician (The Temptations), born in Detroit, Michigan
1943 Benjamin L Cardin, (Rep-D-Maryland)
1943 Inna Churikova, Russian actress (Theme)
1943 Steve Miller, rocker (Abracadabra, Space Cowboy), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1944 Ben Korthals, Dutch politician and lawyer (VVD)
1945 Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1945 Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow)
1946 Richard Kermode, rocker
1946 Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist
1946 Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach
1947 Brian Johnson, English singer-songwriter (AC/DC), born in Dunston, Gateshead
1948 Delroy George Wilson, singer
1948 Lucius Ross, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-One Nation Under a Groove)
1948 Sal Viscuso, American actor (Soap, Montefuscos), born in Brooklyn, New York
1948 Russell Mael, American singer, engineer and director (Sparks), born in Santa Monica, California
1948 Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)
1948 Zoran Živković, Serbian writer
1949 Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician
1949 Bill James [George William James], American baseball writer and statistician ( sabermetrics), born in Holton, Kansas
1949 B. W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988)
1950 Jeff Conaway, American actor (Bobby-Taxi, Loving), born in NYC, New York
1950 Edward P. Jones, American writer
1950 "Fast" Eddie Clarke, British guitarist (Fastway, Motörhead), born in Twickenham, London (d. 2018)
1951 Karen Allen, Illinois, actress (Cruising, Starman, Wanderers)
1951 Leah Poulis Mueller, Berwyn Ill, speed skater (Olympic gold 1980)
1951 Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist (Live Aid), born in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
1952 Clive Barker, English author and film director (Hellraiser, Lord of Illusions)
1952 Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
1952 Gigi Sabani, Italian TV host (d. 2007)
1953 James Lascelles, British grandson of English princess Mary
1953 John Stachniewski, scholar/teacher
1953 Sandra "Puma" Jones, rocker (Black Uhuru), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1954 Duncan Regehr, Alberta Canada, actor (Wizards & Warriors)
1955 Adair Ferguson, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
1955 Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist (Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go)
1957 Jeanne Evert, tennis player, Chris' sister
1957 Larry Saumell, American jockey (d. 2011)
1957 Lee "Kix" Thompson, saxophonist (Madness-Baggy Trousers)
1957 Mark Geragos, American attorney
1957 Bernie Mac, American comedian (d. 2008)
1958 Brent W. Jett Jr, American naval officer and NASA astronaut (STS 72, sk:81), born in Pontiac, Michigan
1958 Shell Kepler [Michelle Alaine Kepler], American actress (General Hospital), born in Painesville, Ohio (d. 2008)
1958 André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
1959 Troy Luccketta, American rock drummer (Tesla-Psychotic Supper), born in Lodi, California
1959 Maya Lin, American designer (Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Civil Rights Memorial), born in Athens, Ohio
1960 Daniel Baldwin, American actor
1960 Careca, Brazilian footballer
1961 Sharon Cheslow, American musician, composer and artist
1961 Matthew Kauffman, American journalist and George Polk Award winner
1961 David Kirk, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1962 Johnny Huang, table tennis player (Olympics 1996), born in Guangzhou, China
1962 Ken Noda, American pianist (Rivalry), born in NYC, New York
1962 Michael Alexander Conley, Chic, triple jumper (Olympic gold 1992, 96)
1962 Michael Andretti, Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame (elected 1986)
1962 Mike Conley, triple jumper (Olympic silver 1984), born in Chicago, Illinois
1962 Caron Keating, British television personality (d. 2004)
1963 Hugh Morris, cricketer (England lefty opening batsman 1991)
1963 Laura Davies, British golfer (4 LPGA Tour major titles), born in Coventry, England
1963 Sophie Favier, Lyon France, actress (Sans Interdits)
1963 Tony Dodemaide, cricketer (Victorian, Sussex & Australian all-rounder)
1964 Denean Howard, 4X400m relayer (Olympic silver 1988), born in Sherman, Texas
1964 Terry Mathews, Alexandria LA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1964 Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman
1964 Warren E. Miller, Maryland politician
1965 John Keller Jr, team handball back court (Olympics 1996), born in Toledo, Ohio
1965 Mario Lemieux, NHL high scoring center (Pitts Penguin, #66), born in Montreal, Quebec
1965 Patrick Roy, Canadian NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche), born in Quebec City, Québec
1965 Paul Moloney, Australian golfer, born in Melbourne, Victoria
1965 Penny Baker, playmate (January, 1984), born in Buffalo, New York
1965 Richey Reneberg, tennis star (1995 Australian doubles), born in Phoenix, Arizona
1965 Theo Bos, Dutch soccer player: Vitesse
1965 Trace Armstrong, NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins)
1966 Fredrik Olausson, Vaxsjo Swe, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1966 Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, long/triple jumper (Olympic silver/gold-92, 96)
1966 Peter Fonseca, Lisbon Portugal, Canadian marathoner (Olympics 1996)
1966 Therese Brisson, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Olympics 1998)
1966 Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee
1967 Ellie Gibson, golfer (1994 PING-Cellular One-5th), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
1967 Rex Chapman, NBA guard (Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns)
1967 Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor
1968 Sally Smith, Orange NSW, golfer (1993 T67 Alpine Aust Ladies Masters)
1968 Wayne Holdsworth, cricketer (NSW fast bowler, Australian tourist 1993)
1969 Karyn Parsons, actress (Hilary-Fresh Prince of Bel Air) [or Oct 8 66]
1969 Martin Driever, WLAF tight end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 Anthony Phillips, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1970 Josie Bissett, American actress (Jane Mancini-Melrose Place), born in Seattle, Washington
1970 Mark Luijpers, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
1970 Thomas Randolph, NFL cornerback (NY Giants), born in Norfolk, Virginia
1970 Tina Poitras, Thompson Manitoba, 10k walker (Olympics 1996)
1970 Audie Pitre, bass guitarist (d. 1996)
1970 South Park Mexican, American rapper
1970 Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer (Tord Gustavsen Trio), born in Oslo, Norway
1971 Chad Lewis, tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1971 Chris Whitney, NBA guard (Wash Wizards)
1971 Coni Lyn Hull, Jackson Michigan, Miss America-Michigan (1996)
1971 Dan Plante, Hayward, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1971 Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer
1972 Derek Sholdice, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1972 Grant Hill, NBA forward/guard (Det Pistons, Olympic gold 1996), born in Dallas, Texas
1972 Thomas Roberts, American news anchor
1974 Douglas Emerson, actor (Robbie-Herbie the Love Bug), born in Glendale, California
1974 Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer
1974 Rich Franklin, American Mixed Martial Artist
1974 Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists)
1975 Kate Winslet, British actress (Titanic, Revolutionary Road), born in Reading, Berkshire, England
1975 Scott E Weinger, American actor (Steve Taylor-Family Man, Full House), born in NYC, New York
1975 Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer
1975 Parminder Nagra, English actress
1976 Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor
1976 Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen President
1976 J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
1977 Lia Rousset, American sprint kayaker (Olympics 1996), born in Alhambra, California
1978 Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer
1978 Jesse Palmer, Canadian-born American football player
1978 Morgan Webb, Canadian-born television presenter
1978 James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5)
1979 Jaime Chambers, American television reporter
1979 Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 Vincenzo Grella, Australian soccer player
1979 Yao Chen, Chinese actress and Sina Weibo personality, born in Shishi City, Quanzhourn
1980 Paul Thomas, American bassist (Good Charlotte)
1981 Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer
1982 Natalie Vlandis, American pairs skater (& Jered Guzman), born in Los Angeles, California
1983 Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
1983 Jesse Eisenberg, American actor, author and playwright (The Social Network), born in Queens, New York
1984 Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
1985 Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)
1987 Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
1987 Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver
1988 Bahar Kızıl, German Singer (Monrose)
1988 Bobby Edner, American actor
1988 Maja Salvador, Filipina Actress
1990 Myles Jeffrey, American actor

[LuvTooGolf]

That list looks like it covers practically everyone that's ever been born.

[LuvTooGolf]

Got a hunk of pork in the slow cooker for lunch. Already starting to smell delicious in here.

[Threebean]

Good morning Dean, TwoDaves, and a Mayor.  Still warm and very humid here, but no rain likely today.

[Travellin Dave]

Got a hunk of pork in the slow cooker for lunch. Already starting to smell delicious in here.

We talking about lunch or Dean?

[Travellin Dave]

Coffee is ready, time to head out and enjoy a Luminosa.