Dale’s Daily Data

It was and still is the most unpopular coin in U-S history. Other than the depiction of Lady Liberty on many coins, it was the first U-S coin to feature a woman.

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You might have some annual Christmas traditions in your house. Maybe it’s the way you hand out gifts or the foods you eat or when you eat. Many Americans continue traditions passed down to them from their European ancestors. One you’re probably familiar with is the Christmas pickle. It was a mainly German tradition of hiding a glass pickle ornament on the tree and the first kid to find it would get an extra gift and good luck for the coming year.

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I’ve always stressed myself over Christmas shopping. I’m always way too concerned over whether the person I’m giving a gift to will actually like it. The better you know someone the easier it is to buy them a gift, or just be a careful listener. They’ll give you clues and they won’t even know it.

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If you mention the name Leonardo da Vinci – you’d think of him first as an artist. The Mona Lisa and the Last Supper are his two most famous paintings. There’s evidence he did over a hundred paintings, but only 18 of them survive.

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He starred as Tarzan in 12 movies between 1932 and 1948 and then 16 Jungle Jim movies after that. Today is the date in history when Johnny Wiesmuller set the then record for the 150-yard freestyle swim in 1925. Weismuller was a world class athlete who won a gold medal at the 1924 Olympics, then five more at the 1928 Olympics. In 1931, MGM cast him to play Tarzan the Ape Man and he kept himself in shape right thru the end of the series in 1948. The film series moved to TV in 1966.

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If you haven’t already, it’s time to start thinking about putting up the Christmas tree. According to the National Christmas Tree Association 25 to 30-million real Christmas trees are sold each year.

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It’s that time of year for giving gifts, but if you look at different cultures around the world there are different superstitions about giving gifts. Sometimes they’re outright taboos. For example:

Don’t give gifts with sharp objects like a knife, scissors or letter opener. It sends harsh energy to the receiver. It could even sever the friendship.

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Before I started working at WYRK 30 years ago – it was a routine with me, like it was with most people that you’d get a check at the end of the pay period and you’d go to the bank, cash it and you’d get your money. But coming here – they had a different system. Direct deposit into a checking account and you’d get your cash by going to an ATM. I’d never heard of that before. Well today – most companies work that way and nearly everybody knows how to operate an ATM.

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Some people plan their Christmas gift giving all year long. The really organized people shop way ahead of time. I know of some people who do their Christmas shopping for next year during the after Christmas sales this year – now that’s organized and thrifty. Are you l

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Most people can’t get their day started without a good cup of coffee in the morning. Some people depend on coffee throughout the day. But can you imagine having to go without it? Or at the very least having to cut way down on the amount you drink?

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The English language is the second-most spoken language in the world, but it has the most words of any language in the world. It’s estimated English has up to a million possible words. Officially, the Oxford Dictionary contains 200,000 words, many you probably never heard of, much less ever used. In fact most adults use very few words when you consider how many they have to choose from.

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It was a bat mitzvah like no other. The guests for the coming of age celebration for 13-year old Elizabeth Brooks had no idea what was in store for them until the night began with a soprano sax player who turned out to be Kenny G. The night was just getting started. He was followed by former Eagle Don Henley, then Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty.

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