Happy International Ferris Wheel Day everyone. I hope each and every one of you enjoys this important holiday. Personally, I probably won't go on Ferris wheel because none open near me, but I will be hoping that each and every one of you gets to ride one.
Who was St Valentine? While the details of who St Valentine was are contested, one thing is agreed upon: he was martyred and buried on February 14 at the Roman cemetery on the Via Flaminia, the ancient road from Rome to Rimini. please log in to view this image Who was St Valentine? While the details of who St Valentine was are contested, one thing is agreed upon: he was martyred and buried on February 14 at the Roman cemetery on the Via Flaminia, the ancient road from Rome to Rimini. However the details we have of St Valentine could be of one saint or two conflated saints with the same name; this means there are many different biographies in circulation. The most popular legend is that St Valentine - a priest from Rome - was arrested after secretly marrying Christian couples, who were being persecuted by Emperor Claudius II in the third century AD. As helping Christians was considered a crime, St Valentine was imprisoned; while in jail he attempted to convert the emperor to Christianity and was condemned to death. He was beaten with stones and clubs, before being beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate. According to some, while in prison St Valentine fell in love with the jailer’s daughter and sent her a love letter signed ‘from your Valentine’ on February 14, the day of his execution, as a goodbye. Wearing a coronet made from flowers and with a stencilled inscription, St Valentine's skull now resides in the Chiesa di Santa Maria in Cosmedin, on Rome’s Piazza Bocca della Verità. A casket containing a number of St Valentine's bones and a vial of his blood have been stored in the Whitefriar Street Church, in Dublin, since 1936, and couples regularly visit the religious shrine to ask him to watch over their lives. Many couples preparing to marry also head to this church on February 14, the feast day of the saint, for a Blessing of the Rings in the presence of the reliquary. MOST IMPORTANTLY IT' S MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY.
Liked... In support of you daughters birthday... Happy Birthday young Miss Dribbles! Saint Valentine is the patron saint of Epilepsy and the plague... How romantic.
15% of women in the US admit to sending themselves flowers on Valentine's day and the US spends $700 million on Valentine's day presents to their pets. Ferris Wheel day is so much more sensible a holiday.
DAY February 14th is the annual observance of National Ferris Wheel Day. This unofficial national holiday is held on this day to honor the birth of the inventor of the Ferris Wheel, George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. Preparations for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition began in earnest in 1891. Director of works for the fair, Daniel H. Burnham, laid out the challenge: create a centerpiece to the show that will rival the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Erected the year before, the Eiffel Tower was quickly becoming a world attraction. Ideas were tossed about, plans presented and plans rejected. George Washington Gale Ferris was inspired. He contemplated several ideas, but it wasn’t until one evening in a Chicago chophouse that he struck on an idea that could fit the challenge. After sketching out the design on napkins, he proceeded to develop his plans. When presented with the concept Burnham balked, doubting it could safely carry people to such heights. Ferris persisted. Spending $25,000 of his own money, he paid for safety studies, obtained $600,000 more from investors, hired engineers and built the 250-foot diameter wheel and hoisted it up between 140-foot twin towers. It was a colossal success at 26 stories tall and making a whopping $726,805.50. In 1893, that was a hefty profit for the fair. Despite the wheel’s success, Ferris struggled after the fair. Lawsuits over who owed who bankrupt him. His wife left him. Then in 1896, a few short years after the fair, he died at the age of 37 of typhoid fever. The original wheel suffered a similar fate. In 1906, it was destroyed with dynamite for scrap metal. The idea has lived on, and wheels continue to be enjoyed around the world. WHEELS AROUND THE WORLD Tianjin Eye Ferris Wheel in Tianjin, China, is built over a bridge spanning the Hai River. The London Eye overlooks the Thames River in London. The ever classic Wonder Wheel of Coney Island in New York City was built by the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company from 1918-1920. Take your breath away looking over Niagara Falls from a seat on the Niagara Skywheel in Canada. HOW TO OBSERVE If you are near a Ferris Wheel, catch a lift up to the top and enjoy the view. Use #NationalFerrisWheelDay to post on social media.
Speaking of which I got to see my super sexy helper at that one job I work today, looking fine as ever in a pink dress and tights today, pink perhaps for Valentines ? I think she might be into me but maybe I'm just projecting, I caught her looking at me so I held her gaze a bit longer than normal and she smiled and she was being friendly with me today, problem is maybe that's all it is and she just thinks I'm a decent likeable guy, nothing more Think I've got a bit of a case ...