10/21/2025
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October 21, 2025 9:40 a.m.
Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, October 21, in the Year of Our Lord Two thousand and Twenty-Five. It’s American Frog Day, National Apple Day and, in the United Kingdom, Everyone Writes Day.
Obviously, we don’t do that last one here. Normally I would expand on the why we don’t have an Everyone Writes Day but my coffee hasn’t kicked in yet and I probably wouldn’t be able to refrain from sharing my well known opinion on why many were never taught the difference between to, too and two.
Besides, I have too much writing to do or I would be tempted to say a thing, or two.
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On this day in 1797 the USS Constitution was launched in Boston. The 44-gun frigate earned her nickname, Old Ironsides, during the War of 1812 when an American sailor observed that British cannon balls were bouncing off her oak sides.
Also, on this day in 1805, the pivotal Battle of Trafalgar was fought off the Spanish coast when British Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson engaged a numerically superior French and Spanish fleet, destroying 19 out of 33 ships without losing a single vessel.
During the course of the fighting, Nelson, who massaged “England expects that every man will do his duty” at the beginning of the fight, was shot by a French sniper. As he lay dying on the deck of his flagship HMS Victory his last words were “Now I am satisfied. Thank God I have done my duty.”
What does the HMS Victory and the USS Constitution have in common? They are both still in commission in their respective navies. HMS Victory, launched in 1765, being the oldest commissioned warship in the world and USS Constitution being second oldest.
Weather:
Cooler today, with rain showers moving in this afternoon. High in the low 60s. Cloudy tonight with overnight lows in the lower 40s. For tomorrow, cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s.
Traffic:
If you are traveling out the Short Line in Wetzel County you may experience delays just before Reader as the Department of Highways is supposed to be working on that absolutely horrid stretch of embarrassment. If you have been out there recently then you know what I am talking about.
And New Martinsville is still annoying.
Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is 45 degrees under hazy skies. When news happens it better be later in the day after the caffeine kicks in.