BWTG - October 2013 Thursday, October 17, 2019 from 6:30am - 7:30am.
What's Special on today?
Events 1091 – London Tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
1860 – First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
1888 – Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
1907 – Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
1933 – Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
1956 – The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield,in Cumbria, England.
1973 – OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria.
1989 - Loma Prieta earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) hits the San Francisco Bay Area and causes 57 deaths directly (and 6 indirectly).
1992 – Having gone to the wrong house for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori is shot and killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
2003 – The pinnacle is fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 56 metres (184 ft) and become the world's tallest highrise.
Birthdays
1902 – Irene Ryan, American actress, Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies (d. 1973)
1915 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (d. 2005)
1918 – Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (d. 1987)
1921 – Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
1938 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle stuntman (d. 2007)
1948 – George Wendt, American actor – NORM!
1963 – Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor
1972 – Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor (D12, Outsidaz, and Bad Meets Evil)
Deaths
1868 – Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
1991 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
2007 – Joey Bishop, American actor (b. 1918)
It’s ‘Get Smart About Credit Day’
Today is the day that bankers and members of the credit industry give talks and presentations at schools, colleges and workplaces about the importance of good financial management. The Get Smart About Credit program sponsored by the ABA (American Bankers Association) is a national campaign of volunteer bankers who work with young people to raise awareness about the importance of using credit wisely.
And if your heading to Germany, be sure to celebrate Octoberfest! Heben Sie ein Glas Bier mit Ihren Freunden!
Quote of the day – “ While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you buy your own form of misery. “
The event??
Breakfast With The Gang. Breakfast With The Geocachers. Bulging Waistlines Totally Grew. Breakfast With The Goofballs. Beware When Travis Geocaches. Breakfast With Team Geochef. Best Way To Geocache. Breakfast While Talking Geocaching. BWTG="Brian-Wussy; Travis-Greatest".
Call it what you want, but whatever you call it, it IS good food and great company. So let's get together, talk caching, and eat!
When?
Thursday, October 17, 2019 from 6:30am - 7:30am. (Oh yes, AM, in the morning, bright and early, rise and shine sleepy head). You may stay longer if you'd like, that depends on what time you have to show up for work or be somewhere else.
Where?
We will be meeting for a good, hearty breakfast at LaRue’s Family Resturant, with easy access from US-131 and I-94.
Who?
Everyone is welcome at the event!
What Do I Bring?
Bring a good, hearty appetite and be ready to share some of the best memories you have of geocaching; including, but not limited to, best caches, best events, best hospital story, best encounter with local law enforcement authorities, etc.
Celebrating a Milestone?
We want to know! Post it on the event page and you'll be acknowledged here as an official part of this event's history! What do I do AFTER the event? If you don't have to go to work or be somewhere else, we suggest you get out and cache!!! Either alone or with one of the groups that will, undoubtedly, be formed before, during or after the event. A great geocaching day can start here!