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QOTW: What seems to be overpriced, but in reality is 100% worth it?

Voicemail from Krazy Joe

Email from Dave



Hi,

I agree with Kreg, John Carter of Mars isn’t a terrible movie… I’d heard it had poor reviews before watching, but really enjoyed it.

Regarding Kreg’s review of The Tourist.

My feelings about the main character was flipped during the last episode, but having watched and enjoyed season two (small spoiler… the last 30 seconds of season two does it again).

If you have time, I’d still recommend watching season two.

On This Day In History for April 17, 2024

This is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days remaining in 2024.



It was on this date in 1492, that Spain and Christopher Columbus signed the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

503 years ago today,  the trial of Martin Luther over his teachings began during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.

April 17, 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano reached New York Harbor.

The Ellis Island immigration center processed 11,747 people, more than on any other day on this date in 1907.

Also on April 17, 1951, The Peak District became the United Kingdom’s first National Park.

It was on this date in 1961, that a group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro – known as the Bay of Pigs invasion.

That same date in 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returned to Earth safely on this date in 1970.

Also today in 2014, NASA’s Kepler space telescope confirmed the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.



Happy birthday goes out on this date to:



Italian priest and astronomer, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, born on this date in 1598.

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, the German botanist and explorer was born 230 years ago today.

French mathematician and academic, Étienne Bobillier was born 226 years ago today.

J. P. Morgan, the American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. was born 187 years ago today.

Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician and theorist was born on that same date in 1863.

Spanish-American ventriloquist, Señor Wences, born on this date in 1896.

Sidney Garfield, American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente was born on that same date in 1906.

Also born on that same date in 1936,  Swiss chemist, Urs Wild.

Czech pianist, composer, and producer, Jan Hammer, born on this date in 1948.



Listener Birthdays



19 – Amanda (SusietheGeek’s daughter & Geek in Training)

21 – Kim and Kreg’s Anniversary



And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 17, 2024



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