Your basic ten codes used by police et. al. has a bunch of entries for 10-29:
10-29 Check for wants 10-29F Subject wanted, felony 10-29H Hazard potential from subject 10-29M Subject wanted, Misdemeanor 10-29V Vehicle wantedI can't imagine what a vehicle could be wanted for. Petty theft? Hello? Most crimes are volitional and vehicles, as a rule, lack volition, though with AI perhaps now not so much. As to plain old ordinary 29: According to Investopedia, The law of 29 is a belief that on average a prospective customer will not purchase a good or service until being exposed to a marketing message 29 times. This is pretty close to the advertising industry research results that telling the same falsehood 26 times will lead to its acceptance as the truth. (see my essay/rant of Wednesday 10/24/18) Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift, look out kid, ... On this day in history: 1390 – The first witchcraft trial in Paris was held, leading to the deaths of 3 innocent people. 1675 – Leibniz first made use of the long s as a symbol of the integral in calculus. 1787 – The first performance of Don Giovanni 1792 – The stratovolcano named Wy'east by the Multnomah was arrogantly renamed Mt. Hood by some Englishman 1888 – The Convention of Constantinople guaranteed free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace. Egypt, of course, had no say in the proceedings and sas not a signatory 1921 – The second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti 1929 – The NYSE crashed, setting off the Great Depression 1956 – Israeli forces invaded the Sinai Peninsula, starting the Suez Crises.
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Born this day in: 1704 – John Byng, an admiral who famously got himself court martialed and shot 1740 – James Boswell, a ;awyer and author best known for his "Life of Johnson" 1808 – Caterina Scarpellini, an astronomer 1875 – Marie of Romania, punch line to a Dorothy Parker poem 1910 – A. J. Ayer, philosopher and author, logical positivist 1921 – Bill Mauldin, cartoonist 1925 – Zoot Sims, saxophonist and composer 1937 – Sonny Osborne, bluegrass singer and banjo player 1945 – Melba Moore, singer, songwriter, and actress 1946 – Peter Green, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1961 – Randy Jackson, one of the Jacksons
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Died this day in: 1897 – Henry George, journalist, philosopher, and economist, inspired Georgism 1949 – George Gurdjieff, mystic, psychologist, and philosopher 1969 – Pops Foster, bassist and trumpet player 1971 – Duane Allman, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1987 – Woody Herman, singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader 1995 – Terry Southern, novelist, essayist, screenwriter 1997 – Anton LaVey, religious leader, occultist, founder of the Church of Satan 1998 – Paul Misraki, pianist and composer
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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: International Internet Day National Hermit Day National Cat Day
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Music goes here, iirc
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“Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, a medley of extemporanea, And love is a thing that can never go wrong, and I am Marie of Romania.”------- Dorothy Parker Zoot Sims
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picture: Image from page 59 of "Bill Nye's history of the United States" (1894) It's an open thread, so do your thing Crossposted from http://caucus99percent.com