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Saturday, September 14, 2013

BOWZER is 66 today!!

Who could forget Sha Na Na!

Carl contributed this today.

I very quietly confided to my best friend that I was having an affair.
She turned to me and asked, “Are you having it catered?”
And that, my friend, is the sad definition of “OLD”!

Tropical storm in the Gulf, this morning. Unfortunately no rain for Texas.


No doubt about it. There has been a change in the seasons!

There was a definite chill in the apartment when I got up.  I checked the outside temperature.  Down to 46 degrees with a wind chill of 43!

We haven't felt 40 degree temperatures in a while.  It will take some getting used to again.  Guess I'd better pull the jackets to the front of the closet.

We're going to see increasing clouds during the day with a 90% chance for RAIN tonight and, boy, do we need it!  Tonight will bring an 80% chance for showers with the temperature falling to 43 degrees.

Sounds like fall to me!

A really nice article on the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport at Yahoo! today.

TAKE A LOOK HERE

News from Lynne.

"Bob had knee surgery on 9/11 and is home recovering very nicely. Not running any races though. He didn't have to have the full knee replacement which was good. Just home yesterday and uses a walker to get around as he can't put pressure on that leg. Therapy starts Monday in Janesville but the surgery was at Meriter Hospital in Madison. Then in December he will have the right knee done. 

It's lucky he loves watching tv as that is about all he can do besides eating. :-)

Bob talked to his mom and she is doing okay. We won't be going anywhere for awhile so lucky we have cell phones to keep in touch with her. We could have had tickets to the Brewer game and luxury seats at the Packer game Sunday. Bad timing."

Friday, September 13, 2013

I know there are folks reading this that like to take cruises.

Market Watch says cruise lines are almost GIVING AWAY tickets to get you on board.
READ THE STORY HERE

Apollo Robbns is called the greatest pickpocket in the world.

Watch this
and be
AMAZED!


Uncle Bob called this morning and he sure did sound chipper!

He and I. both, have the same nephrologist so he wanted to tell me about his first visit.  He sure does like him and that's good.  I like him too.

He had some other news.  Friend is about done with his schooling and he will now be permanently stationed in Colorado.  I'm sure he'll like it there.

I see my former employer is showing off again. This time in New York.

The Four Seasons Hotel is now booking its new Penthouse suite in the Big Apple.  High above Manhattan, the 4,300 square foot suite comes with 24 hour butler and limo driver service and a 360 degree view of the city.

It's "a bit pricey" at $45,000 a night but then again, when you consider the company spent $50 million building the space, $45,000 isn't so much.  Let me emphasize, that $50 million wasn't the cost of the building the hotel is housed in.  That $50 million was spent on just that one suite.

I'll say one thing for the time I spent working at the Four Seasons.  It gave me a chance to see, up close and personal, how the other class lives....and let me tell you, they live very well.

If you should decide you want to spend a night there, you can tell your friends you stayed at the most expensive hotel suite in New York City.

I'm glad I caught this Tweet.

This was where I stayed my first night in Deadwood, way back in February of 1959.  Little did I know, then, that my permanent home, while I lived in Deadwood, would be right behind the Franklin Hotel.

New at Target for Halloween: Pumpkin Spice M & M candies.

Does that sound good to you?  When chocolate melts in your mouth but not in your hand it sounds good.  Pumpkin Spice melting in my mouth but not in my hand????  Nope.  Just doesn't cut it.

Here's a great new video.

This is just about the cutest thing I've ever seen. Watch the cat, ever so innocent, steal the dogs food right from under the dogs nose!

Ah, so!

According to the OLD FARMERS ALMANAC, the coming winter will be COLDER THAN NORMAL in the Coulee Region.

I thought I knew everything but I learned something new this morning. Did you know that EVERYBODY WHO HAS BLUE EYES IS REALATED???

Here's the best news of the day.

There's a good chance for RAIN Saturday night and Sunday morning!

Hair today. Gone tomorrow.

Never fear. Your government has everything under control.

The government spent $213 million to upgrade the security system at the nations nuclear bomb-making facilities at Los Alamos, New Mexico and guess what.  It doesn't work.

By the way, did you know those facilities sit on a fault line?

And, we lecture other countries about endangering their citizens with chemical weapons???
WHAT AM I DOING UP
AT 12:30 AM?
I WOKE UP
AND
CAN'T GET
BACK TO SLEEP.
A GREAT WAY TO
CELEBRATE
FRIDAY THE 13TH

Think you know beer? No, you don't.

It's hard to believe the rain damage they're seeing in Colorado.

I have a feeling it's going to be one of those days.


Thursday, September 12, 2013

Another note from the doctors office

The next time you see the doctor they'll have a new question to ask you if your a Medicare patient.  They now are required to ask you if you've fallen down recently.''

When the nurse asked me, this morning, in my typical fashion, the first thing that popped into my head came right out my mouth.  I said, "No. I haven't fallen down since I quit drinking."  She loved it.  Said she'd have to tell her husband.

It's not raining in Wisconsin, it's not raining in Texas but it sure, as hell, is raining in Colorado!

My kidney doctor says I'm good to go for another six months.

He says my blood test results look great and he complimented me on sticking to my diet.

We got to talking about diet and he was lamenting the eating habits of today's young people.  He says they have 10 year old kids coming in with type 2 and 3 diabetes, heart problems, etc.  He said they never saw that in the old days.

The junk food and fast food joints are taking their toll.  A lot of the schools are removing the bad stuff from their vending machines but, unfortunately, they kids are learning their eating habits at home so it's a big problem as they eat their way into an early grave.

In the meantime, the tests go on.  Next stop is Imaging Services, next week, for a routine echo heart exam.  Failing kidneys cause damage to the heart and with the Terpstra history of heart disease it's best to keep an eye on it.

I've seen more doctors in the last two years than I saw in all the rest of my life.  That's the joy of getting old.

TOILET FOR CARD SHARKS


So, these hikers are hiking through Yellowstone when they spot this buffalo behind them.

What do they do?

They stand their ground and start shooting video!

If you're looking for something to do today, get a pile of paper, start folding and see if you can prove me wrong.

FACT: No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.

Where would I rather be today? I'd rather be in Rockport-Fulton Texas for the.......

I hope you folks have a great time on your 25th anniversary!
CHECK OUT THE CELEBRATION WEB PAGE HERE!

I hear the old songs and it always reminds me of where I was living and what I was doing at the time.

I heard this song, this morning, and it took me back to 1978.  I was living in Sioux Falls and doing country radio in those days.  This song, however, was a long way from country.  Those were the disco days and this was one of my favorites.

I, actually, did get out on the disco dance floor a few times in those days...but let me quickly add....I was really, really drunk when I did that performance and it was nothing like John Travolta.

The new TOMS shoe for men looks good to me. I'd like a pair of those.

CLICK HERE AND TAKE A LOOK

I gotta go to the doctor today.

It's my nephrologist who, by the way, is the same doctor that Uncle Bob is now seeing.

I don't really know why I'm going.  I had all the blood work done last week and I already got an email from the doctor stating that he had reviewed the numbers and they all looked good.  Kidney function is stable at 47%.

So, what's the point of the office visit?  The only thing I can think of is that's it's just a necessary procedure I have to go though so that they can charge me for another doctor visit.

Johnny Cash died on this date in 2003. He was 71.

Linda Gray, the "DALLAS" TV star turns 73 today.

That means she is now the same age as me.

This clip is from "The Talk", on CBS, which aired a year ago when she was 72.

Now, I ask you.  Which one of us looks like we're in our 70's.  Linda Gray or me?

The end is near.

The end of summer-like weather, that is.  Temperatures were in the 60's when I got up this morning.  Tomorrow morning we'll be looking at lows closer to the upper 40's.  Today will be, almost, perfect with sunshine and high's 70's.  The downside to the weather is, still no rain in the forecast.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

It's never too early for winter.

September 11, 1949 Helena, Montana got 7.5" of snow.  No chance for a repeat of that today.  At 3:00 PM Helena had sunshine and 82 degrees.

Another neat photo from the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Biggest show biz news of the day.....

Brad Pitt finally got a haircut.

Remember this one?

REST IN PEACE

An old man and woman were married for many years. Whenever there was a confrontation, yelling could be heard deep into the night. The old man would shout, "When I die, I will dig my way up and out of the grave and come back and haunt you for the rest of your life!"

Neighbors feared him. The old man liked the fact that he was feared. To everyone's relief, he died of a heart attack when he was 98. His wife had a closed casket at the funeral.

After the burial, her neighbors, concerned for her safety, asked "Aren't you afraid that he may indeed be able to dig his way out of the grave and haunt you for the rest of your life?"

The wife said, "Let him dig. I had him buried upside down. And I know he won't ask for directions.

1 in 5 Americans get the flu every year.

Donnie found this gem. It's SPREADABLE BEER!

How about beer on toast for breakfast!!
READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE
I'll bet a guy could make a fortune selling this at Oktoberfest!

Remembering the old hits.

Big doings in West Salem this weekend.

They're celebrating Hamlin Garland Days Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  During the weekend a lot of folks take a tour through Hamlin Garlands home.  The tour guides make a big deal about how he lived in the home but they always fail to mention that Donnie and I lived in that house too.  This is a picture of Donnie in the room where Garland did his writing.

Did you see the new Van Gogh?

Rain north of us and south of us but it's dry as a bone in the middle this morning.

The best part of the forecast is cooler temperatures.  Highs will be around 83 today, 72 tomorrow and 65 on Friday.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Hungry? This should be enough grease and fat to last you a year.

It's cooler than it was yesterday but not by much.

The 3:00 P.M. temperature was 90 with a heat index of 91.  I call that "toasty".

Rita called this morning to say that Uncle Bob is doing OK.

His lungs were inflamed so the doctors gave him some medication and he started feeling better shortly after taking it.  He's back home again.

Heather and I have something in common.

First the bad news......

This must be my lucky day.

I played two games of Solitaire, this morning, and won both of them.  My horoscope says my "energy is primed for adventure."  That's really exciting.  I haven't been "primed for adventure" in 20 years.

I'll bet there will be a big party at the Long Branch today!

The very first episode of GUNSMOKE was seen on this date, September 10, 1955, on CBS TV.

By the way, you can watch full episodes of "Gunsmoke" any time you want on YOU TUBE.

Happy #Birthday Arnold Palmer 84 today!

We're celebrating the birth of the "TV DINNER" today.

I don't remember us sitting around, in front of the TV, eating a TV dinner.  I'm quite sure that never happened at our house.  In the first place, we didn't even have a TV in September of 1953, when TV dinners hit the stores, and there were no such things as "radio dinners".

The Donlans, across the street, had a TV.  Gladys and Lee, had a TV.  We went across the street to watch TV. 

There were kids shows in the late afternoon.  Donnie and I watched those, with Jeff and Kathy, at Gladys and Lee's house.  On Sunday nights we watched "The Toast of the Town" with Ed Sullivan at the Donlans house.  No TV dinners over there either.

We were rather "old fashioned" in Marion.  When it was dinner time we still sat around the table and talked to each other.  We didn't have any TV trays in those days and the TV dinners were too hot to sit on your lap.

Of course "talking to each other" is a thing of the past.  Only old folks "talk to each other".  The kids only know how to "text" each other.  And, of course, you can't get TV dinners anymore.  The only thing they have at the store is "frozen dinners".  I wonder why they don't call them "computer dinners"?

It sure didn't cool down much overnight.

At 4:00 A.M. it was still 80 degrees in La Crosse.  Our highs, today, should be in the mid 80's with a
20% chance for thunderstorms today and a 40% chance tonight.

Monday, September 09, 2013

Humberto is getting stronger. Will we finally get a hurricane?


The heat index was 93 at 3:00 PM.

I had to break down and turn the A/C on.  It will be cooler tomorrow and there's a slight chance we could get a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon.  We sure could use it.

Just read a good line this morning.

"If you concentrate on what you don't have you'll never have enough."

FORECAST HIGHS FOR TODAY


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HAPPY TEDDY BEAR DAY!!

We start the work week on a hot note but this is, probably, the last hurrah. By Friday our high will around 66 degrees!

Great river shot.

Hats off to all the folks who participated in the Mississippi River Clean-up this past weekend.

It was 57 years ago today. Elvis made his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.

SEPTEMBER 9, 1956


Looks like the A/C will get another workout today.

We're under a HEAT ADVISORY  from noon to 8:00 PM.  Afternoon highs will be in the upper 90's with a heat index between 100 to 105.  I need to make a run to Walgreen's for pills, early this morning, and then I'll stay in and keep cool the rest of the day.

Put your dancin' shoes on!







National
LINE DANCE WEEK
Starts today!
 
 


Sunday, September 08, 2013

At 11:00 A.M. it was only 69 degrees in La Crosse. Quite a change from yesterday!!

Gonzalez Gonzalez and Marx is a funny video but Donnie sent the rest of the story.

Ramiro was actually in show business from the age of 7.  He appeared in several John Wayne movies including "Rio Bravo" and "The High and the Mighty". 

On television he appeared on "Gunsmoke" and "Wanted Dead or Alive". 

He was in the movie "Hook, Line and Sinker" starring Jerry Lewis.  He also did voice overs in several Mel Blanc cartoons. 

He passed away in 2000.

Groucho meets Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Nothing is permanent. Change is what it's all about.

My last job was at a hotel front desk.  Everything in a hotel revolves around the front desk.  You can't have a hotel without a front desk.  Right?  WRONG!

The front desk is about to become as extinct as the dinosaur.  Read all about it right here.

If you're a Packers and/or Jordy Nelson fan you'll love this commercial. If you're from Wisconsin you'll love it too!

It was 113 years ago today that Galveston was the site of the worst weather disaster in history.

Cooler air will move into the Coulee Region, today, dropping temperatures into the upper 70's.

Enjoy it while it lasts because the heat will be back tomorrow with temperatures in the mid 90's.

National Assisted Living Week starts today.


LA CROSSE WEATHER