Daily Holidays - December 6

[Sherman A1]

National Gazpacho Day National Gazpacho Day is celebrated across the United States each year on December 6. Gazpacho is typically a tomato-based vegetable soup which is served cold. Originating in the southern Spanish region of Andalucia, Gazpacho is widely consumed in Spanish cuisine, usually during the summer months. http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/latest-posts/

Microwave Oven Day One day in 1945, as American self-taught engineer Percy Spencer was working on an active radar set, he realized that the candy bar he had in his pocket was melting. The radar had melted his chocolate bar with microwaves and it was right then, on that day, that the specific heating effect of a high-power microwave beam was accidentally discovered. http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/latest-posts/

National Pawnbrokers Day Having to visit a pawnbroker may not exactly be a sign that your life is as successful as it could be, but that by no means means that pawnbrokers have not been lifesavers on more than one occasion. When you need money, and you need it right now, with no time to wait for a bank to rethink whether it really wants to give you that loan 6 times, pawnbrokers are the only people you can count on. Pawnbrokers are also the reason why you don’t have to endure long, awkward monologues about how to manage your finances from the uncle who lent you $100 once every time your families meet for dinner. Still, it would seem that pawnbrokers get something of a bad rap—definitely undeserved, for the most part. And Pawnbrokers Day is here to change all that.
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/pawnbrokers-day/

Miner's Day The men and women who spend every day digging in the earth are some of the greatest unsung heroes of industry and modern civilization. They dig deep into the darkest places in the world to bring out the riches that help to sustain our lifestyles. From the steel for our cars, to the copper wiring that binds together our digital world together, everything we think of as our modern lives and comforts exist on the back of these intrepid people. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/miners-day/

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/december6.html

[TexasTowelie]

1. Microwave Oven Day is everyday

(nearly) where I live. I especially try to avoid turning on the stove during the summer since it is already hot enough.

[Sherman A1]

2. I still remember getting my first one

and the time before having a microwave. I wonder just how we got by in those old, old days....

[TexasTowelie]

3. Lots of PBJ sandwiches!

[Sherman A1]

4. I recall

a lot of sandwiches, hot dogs, pot pies and macaroni & cheese. But then I was just starting out in those days and couldn't afford too much anyway. The microwave came along as commercially available several years after I was out on my own and I could afford to buy one in any event.

[bigwillq]

5. Props to Miner's.

I could never do that job.

[femmocrat]

6. Just got a new microwave.

The old one rusted out, but still worked! It was from 1998 -- pretty good run!

Hats off to miners today: