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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 03:57 AM Jun 2016

Daily Holidays - June 20

National Ice Cream Soda Day is celebrated annually on June 20th. Therefore, you should invest some time in slurping this frothy wonderment up a stripy straw. The drink is comprised of only a couple of scoops of ice-cream in any carbonated beverage. An ice-cream soda is perfect to cool you down on a sizzling June summer day and offers a refreshing snap that leaves you yearning for more. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/ice-cream-soda-day/

World Productivity Day an occasion for suppliers of productivity tools, training and advances to celebrate their contributions and give something back to their users. For example, some consultancy firms use the event to provide free online sessions to prospective clients to demonstrate what a difference focus on productivity can make. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-productivity-day/

American Eagle Day The use of the American Eagle as the bird to represent the country did have a tumultuous history. There were several seals established for the United States in 1776, but none of them were accepted by Congress. Eventually the job of designing the seal was given to Charles Thomson, the then serving secretary of Congress, who took all the best elements of the presented designs and improved on them by adding this majestic bird to the seal. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/american-eagle-day/

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Daily Holidays - June 20 (Original Post) Sherman A1 Jun 2016 OP
I can't remember the last time I had an ice cream soda Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #1
It most certainly is about time Sherman A1 Jun 2016 #2
Oh, that's right! Thanks for the reminder! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #4
I do remember Howard Johnson's Sherman A1 Jun 2016 #10
I don't know if the remaining HoJos still has the 28 flavors Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #11
That looks so good. Imma gonna buy fresh ice cream and soda today. In_The_Wind Jun 2016 #3
That was my favorite when I was a kid! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #5
Root beer and vanilla ice cream is still my favorite. In_The_Wind Jun 2016 #6
Thank you! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #7
Welcome back, Rhiannon! femmocrat Jun 2016 #13
Agree n/t vicman Jun 2016 #9
Where can one even find them these days? malthaussen Jun 2016 #15
Happy Birthday, West Virginia! Petrushka Jun 2016 #8
Bald Eagles are so beautiful. bigwillq Jun 2016 #12
Summer Solstice! Strawberry Moon! femmocrat Jun 2016 #14

Rhiannon12866

(205,148 posts)
4. Oh, that's right! Thanks for the reminder!
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 05:01 AM
Jun 2016

I was a big fan when I was a kid. Remember Howard Johnson's and 28 flavors? I think the one remaining Howard Johnson's is just north of me, Lake George, NY.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
10. I do remember Howard Johnson's
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 05:38 AM
Jun 2016

I don't think there are any left in this area, but there is a DQ nearby and a Baskin Robbins along with a local Ice Cream spot that I need to visit this Summer!

Rhiannon12866

(205,148 posts)
11. I don't know if the remaining HoJos still has the 28 flavors
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 06:01 AM
Jun 2016

But we have Martha's, an independent local institution that is unbelievably popular. It's been around as long as anyone can remember. It opened for the season back in March, with snow still on the ground, yet when I drove by, the parking lot was already full and the lines got longer by the day. Now it's practically a traffic jam. I thought about stopping sometime, but I guess I blew my chance now that the tourists are descending...

http://marthasicecream.com/

Rhiannon12866

(205,148 posts)
5. That was my favorite when I was a kid!
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 05:03 AM
Jun 2016

And I used to make my own at home, as well! I actually think that's a root beer float. My grandmother and I shared a preference for root beer...

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
6. Root beer and vanilla ice cream is still my favorite.
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 05:09 AM
Jun 2016

Thanks to a lifetime love of sweets I've got to make it a very small or nothing at all.

Welcome back. You were missed.

Rhiannon12866

(205,148 posts)
7. Thank you!
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 05:19 AM
Jun 2016

I was down and out with an abscessed tooth, a pretty bad one. But I'm on antibiotics now and my face has more or less returned to its normal size. I've got to check in with my dentist today. Maybe sweets aren't such a good idea, after all...

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
13. Welcome back, Rhiannon!
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 09:11 AM
Jun 2016

Hope you are feeling better!

Someone was ready to send a search party a couple of days ago!

malthaussen

(17,184 posts)
15. Where can one even find them these days?
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 10:45 AM
Jun 2016

Not around here, assuredly.

When I moved from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia lo these many years ago, my grandmother asked me if I wanted a soda, and I replied "Yes, strawberry." The culture shock was all downhill from there.

-- Mal

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
14. Summer Solstice! Strawberry Moon!
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 09:26 AM
Jun 2016

Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/06/summer_solstice_2016_10_things.html

And for the first time in many decades, it coincides with the "Strawberry Moon":

But what is rare is for the strawberry moon to fall exactly on the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

Using Universal Time (UTC), or Greenwich Mean Time - which astronomers prefer, as it applies to Earth as a whole - the last time the two events coincided was in 1967, ushering in the famous 'summer of love'. And the next time we'll witness it will be 21 June 2062.

So for many of us, this might be the only chance of us to see the two astronomical events line up in our lifetime.
http://www.sciencealert.com/look-up-this-week-s-summer-solstice-coincides-with-a-rare-strawberry-moon

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