My Daily Banana
Photo of the
day:
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| Another well revamped thatched roof Friesen house |
Abbreviation of
the day:
FAO
International
Food and Agriculture Organization
German:
Welternährungsorganisation
Name of the day:
Ruth
An Israeli name
meaning companion, friendship
Today is the
United States
National Chocolate Chip Day
In 1937 Ruth
Graves (God bless her) added bits of a Nestle chocolate bar in cookies that she
was baking. They were such a success, that Nestle gave her a lifetime of free
chocolate for the recipe.
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| Chocolate Chips |
Today is the
International
Day of Families
This day, the
International Day of Families was proclaimed by the UN in 1994. So it’s the
twentieth anniversary of the day that celebrates the social community of the
family
Event of the
day:
15th May 1940
McDonald’s
opens
its first restaurant in San Bernadino, California, United States. The corporation
now serves 68 million guests in 119 countries and is therefore the largest fast
food restaurant chain worldwide.
I don’t eat
there, anymore! I must admit, when I ate animal I often went there for a quick
snack, the good thing about the restaurant is; all around the world you get the
same product, with the same quality, which is good.
The Economist
uses the Big Mac Index as a measurement for the purchasing power parity (PPP)
If you want more information about the Big-Mac-Index following link will take you to the right side in Wikipedia:
Birthday of the
day:
15th May 1937
In Dallas,
Texas, United States
Trini Lopez
Not many will
know him, but they will remember a few of his hits, such as: “If I Had a
Hammer”, “Lemon Tree”
Link to “If I
Had a Hammer”:
and “Lemon
Tree”:
Died on this
day:
15th May 1773
In Saint-Omer,
France
Born 1710
In Appletree,
Northhamptonshire, England
Alban Butler
He was an
English priest and hagiographer
The reason why I
chose to include Mr Butler in my blog is his vocation, hagiography. Hands up!
Who knows what that is?
Easy really what
with him being a priest; he wrote biographies of saints. After thirty years of
study he published his work “The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal
Saints” in a band of four volumes.
Non Cycle ride
of the day:
While Heike gabbed with her sister and our daughter Kirsty, I buggered off for a long walk and a cuppa cappuccino. Here's a couple of photos of Niebüll the dreamy little town we live in.
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| The Church Bellfry |
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| The Churchyard Entrance |
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| Main Street Niebüll |
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| We even have one of these; although I must admit I thought it had been dismantled |
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| Young meets Old Gretje with Opa |
Bye, see you all
tomorrow. Have a good day
