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[Bob Riebe]

2024  Holidays May 9

• Ascension Day (of Jesus) - May 9, 2024 (40th Day after Easter)

[Bob Riebe]

2024 Holidays June 16

• Bunker Hill Day - June 16, 2024 (State of Massachusetts)
• Father's Day - June 16, 2024 (Third Sunday in June)
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• International Day of Family Remittances 
• World Sea Turtle Day
• Arborist Appreciation Day (June 16th)

 

[Bob Riebe]

2024  Holidays  June 25

• Color TV Day
• Day of the Seafarer 
• National Catfish Day 
• National Columnists Day - June 25, 2024 (Fourth Tuesday in June
• Statehood Day in Virginia
• World Vitiligo Day 

2024  Holidays that include June 25

• National Camping Week - June 23-29, 2024 (Last Full Week in June)
• National Lightning Safety Awareness Week - June 23-29, 2024 (Last Full Week of June)
• National Tennis Week - June 23-29, 2024 (Fourth Full Week in June)
• National Water Safety Week - June 18-25, 2024 (In Ireland)
• Organic Beer Fest (Portland, OR) - June 25-27
• Windjammer Days - June 23-29, 2024

[MCS]

National Catfish Day > ordinarily okay.  And I have enjoyed it many times over the years.

 

But I had some Asian derivative today (Basa) which wasn't quite the ticket and when I looked it up various people suggested it mighn't be too healthy or even safe to eat, as follows;

 

The ponds that catfish like basa are farmed in are susceptible to contamination. To control this, fish farmers often have to use chemical agents and drugs to control pathogens and parasites — these components may affect the fish. Some studies have found that imported catfish — including basa fish — from Vietnam have not met international standards for safety.

In fact, fish from Vietnam were more likely to contain traces of veterinary drugs, including antibiotics, in concentrations exceeding legal limits (21Trusted Source).

One study also observed that 70–80% of the catfish exported to the European countries Germany, Poland, and Ukraine were contaminated with Vibrio bacteria — a common cause of food poisoning (19Trusted Source).

 

All great news - let's see what tomorrow brings . . .

 

(Keep going Bob!)

[john aston]

When we went to the South in 2013 we resolved to eat the usual suspects - grits (ugh), biscuits (hmm..ok ) and gravy (emetic) , and catfish(ok, if a bit bland ) . Romantic that I am , I imagined that our restaurant somewhere  in Mississippi (or was it Tennessee ?) would have caught the catfish we enjoyed from the river out back , preferably while listening to Bill Monroe or John Lee Hooker . 

 

Our Limey dreams were rudely shattered when we were told that the catfish had probably come from Vietnam . Olympic scale  irony though. 

[LittleChris]

Been eating Basa for years. Very nice with Jersey Royal potatoes, broccoli and tarragon butter 😁

[10kDA]

My family is from the South and we had catfish often when I was growing up. The bland taste of catfish is exploited in Southern cooking because it's one of those fish that does not taste "fishy" - as long as it's reasonably fresh - and the practice is Season To Taste. Any farm-raised fish is suspect re: possible contamination plus other undesireable factors, and I don't eat it. It's possible to find wild-caught catfish in certain US grocery stores. National Catfish Day  = Hoo Lawd! Love me some catfish.

[Bob Riebe]

2024  Holidays July 1

• Canada Day  
• National Postal Workers Day 
• Second Half of the Year Day - July 1, 2024 (Leap Years)
• U.S. Postage Stamp Day
• Zip Code Day

[Bob Riebe]

July 5, 2024 This Day in History

• 1884 - Germany takes possession of Cameroon
• 1915 - The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia to go to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
• 1934 - Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco. The day becomes known as "Bloody Thursday"
• 1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the National Labor Relations Act into law
• 1937 - Hormel Foods Corp. introduces Spam into the market
• 1943 - During World War II at the Battle of Kursk, German forces began a massive offensive against the Soviet Union
• 1945 - During World War II, the liberation of the Philippines is declared
• 1946 - The "BIKINI" is debuted at an outdoor fashion show in Paris, France and goes on sale
• 1950 - The Law of Return is passed by the Knesset which allows all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel
• 1954 - The first television news bulletin is broadcast by the BBC
• 1962 - After an 8 year war with France, Algeria declares their independance
• 1971 - President Richard Nixon certifies the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years
• 1975 - Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal
• 1996 - Dolly the sheep is the first mammal cloned from an adult cell
• 2004 - The first Indonesian Presidential election is held
• 2012 - The Shard in London becomes the tallest building in Europe with a height of 1,020 feet
• 2016 - The Juno space probe begins a 20 month survey of Jupiter
• 2018 - Lithuania becomes the 36th member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Also the day I went for a ride iwth some friends, he rolled the car, I flew out and landed on the size of my face, spent a month in he hospital, and came out different from when I went in, probalby, in an odd way, the best thing that happened to me. 

[Bob Riebe]

2024  Holidays  July 17

• Disneyland's Anniversary - (First Opened July 17, 1955) 
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• International Firgun Day
• A genuine, heartfelt, and sincere celebration of another person's success. This, I believe, is one of the moral peaks that a person can attain. "Being happy for our friend" in purity, without comparisons or jealousy, as well as without remembering their previous failures to normalize their success and without getting into battles with our thirsty-for-superiority self.
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• NATIONAL HOT DOG DAY

  National Hot Dog Day in July celebrates a summertime staple on a bun. Enjoy one piping hot and add some relish and mustard to go! One thing we want to know - is it a sandwich or not? 

  #NationalHotDogDayCelebrated every year during National Hot Dog Month, this day pays homage to the frankfurter, the footlong or wienie, wiener, wienerwurst or even red hot. They taste just as great no matter what we call it

  We make them a variety of ways. They're portable and easy to make. While many of us prefer them grilled or toasted over a fire, we also boil, pan-fry, and rotisserie-cook them. The list of toppings are numerous - from the basic ketchup, mustard or relish to onions, mayonnaise, cheese, bacon, chili and sauerkraut - the list keeps growing. Adults and children alike love them, too.

  
  

   

• Take Your Poet to Work Day - July 17, 2024 (Third Wednesday of July)
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• Wrong Way Corrigan Day 
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Edited by Bob Riebe, 16 July 2024 - 18:01.

[Bob Riebe]

2024 Holidays August 5:

• Assistance Dog Day - August 5, 2024
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• International Traffic Light Day 

 

History of International Traffic Light Day

The history of the traffic light starts with a manual version of traffic signaling that was first used in London in 1868, but its two signal arms were manually manipulated by a lever instead of being operated through electricity.

Commemorating the installation of the first electric traffic signal system in the United States, International Traffic Light Day dates back to August 5, 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio. The system was designed by a policeman named Lester Wire, from Salt Lake City, Utah. Only ten years after this remarkable achievement in Cleveland, the first electric traffic light system in Europe was installed in Berlin, Germany.

That first traffic light signal only had two colors but just a few years later, in 1923, the three color signal light was invented bringing the yellow “caution” light into play. International Traffic Light Day offers an ideal opportunity to celebrate this interesting anniversary.

Edited by Bob Riebe, 05 August 2024 - 04:42.

[Bob Riebe]

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on September 1, include:

• Bowling League Day - September 1, 2024 (First Sunday in September)
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• Wattle Day - September 1 (Australia - First Day of their Spring)
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• World Letter Writing Day
• World Letter Writing Day is celebrated on September 1st every year. It's a day to acknowledge and celebrate the art of writing letters by hand, and to encourage people to pick up a pen and paper.