Saturday 4th October

 Not a lot on today.   Because the needlework I am working on is rather taxing I gave my brain a rest this afternoon and went to the movies, saw "If I Stay", this was the synopsis -

"Mia Hall thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam. But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, Mia has only one decision left, which will not only decide her future but her ultimate fate".    It sounds better than it was, it was very slow moving, I have seen better films, but it gave my brain a rest.  It practically went to sleep.   I went by myself because I wanted to keep my options open, not decide until the last moment whether or not to go.


This day in history......

1880		The first ball-point pen is patented on this day by Alonzo T. Cross.  I thought they were more recent than that – like my lifetime.   When I was at school we had inkwells in our desks, and dipped our pens in them.   Golly me, how old fashioned is that!!!!
1882		Outlaw Frank James surrenders in Missouri six months after brother Jesse's assassination.

1969

Monty Python's Flying Circus debuts on BBC One.   I hated Monty Python, it was the most stupid programme EVER. October 4 In 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.   October 5 In 1947, in the first televised White House address, President Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.