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AUGUST 2014

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS EVE WITHOUT THE LUTEFISK

Don't you wish you were back in the old country?


I've got my annual winter cold sore.  Have never been able to get through a winter without getting one.

I bundled up and went over to the Co-op this morning.  Although the weather bureau says there are wind chills to 30 below there isn't any wind in town so it wasn't all that bad.  No frost bite! 
 

There's a story in the New York Times that is just soooo Wisconsin!  Did you know they're pouring CHEESE on slippery streets in Milwaukee.  READ THIS AMAZING ARTICLE RIGHT HERE

I can, usually, make it through any kind of weather but this cold is just too much.  I think I'll be stuck at home until it warms up a bit.

The National Weather Service says temperatures in the single digits to teens below zero, coupled with light west winds, were enough to drop wind chills into the 20 to 30 below zero range early this morning.

To add to the misery, snow moves in tonight with a fresh blanket of 3 to 4 inches by Christmas morning.  There could, also, be blowing and drifting snow in open areas tomorrow morning.

 

Anybody who knows me very well knows I can't stand Christmas music.  Never could stand Christmas music.
BUT.....
Today is Eggnog day and I finally found a Christmas song that I like.  Can't believe it but I had never heard this song until this morning.

AND, WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF EGGNOG...

 
 



 
 
TODAY MARKS
9 YEARS OF RETIREMENT
FOR ME
 
 HERE IT IS
THE OFFICIAL NORAD
SANTA TRACKER
CLICK HERE
 


MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY






OK, so you put a string of lights around the front door and think it looks pretty neat.  Well, take a look at this outside display.  THIS is what you call pretty neat.
 
The home is in Pleasant Grove, Utah.  It featured 45,000 lights and it took 3 men to handle the traffic by the house.  Sadly, there was so much traffic the display had to be taken down.
 
 

I know a lot of people who could fit into this shirt.

ONLY IN NEW YORK:  The Empire State Building is all decked out with a brand new LED light display at the top of the building.  With 16 million color combinations there should be plenty of variety!




I never thought of it before but he makes a good point.
Ricky Martin is 42 today.  Still livin' la vida loca.  I want some of the energy drink these folks are on!

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Monday, December 23, 2013

FORECAST LOW FOR LA CROSSE TONIGHT: 7 BELOW...DON'T EVEN ASK ABOUT WIND CHILL

I THINK THIS IS ALL I NEED TO KNOW


KWIK TRIP HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU


A QUOTE TO REMEMBER



A WORD OF CAUTION
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE



WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS LIKELY FOR
SOME LOCATIONS.



DONNIE AND LINDA
ARE SHIVERING
28 DEGREES AT 5:00 AM
IN DRIPPING (FROZEN) SPRINGS

Would you like to take a walk down memory lane?  Thanks to GOOGLE+ you can TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PHOTO ALBUM which features photos we've had on this blog through the years.  You're sure to find some you have forgotten about!  I had, totally, forgotten about this one and it's so good I have to repeat it again!


Donnie tells me you have to sign in with your Google account before you can see the pictures.  Hope you have a Google account.


Miserable damn weather.  The snow is coming to an end but very cold weather moves in. Today's high will be around 12 with wind chills of 4 below.  We could also see another inch, or two, of snow on Christmas Eve.

We've had falling snow, in La Crosse, 4 out of the past 10 Christmases.


TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE BIGGEST HOLIDAY OF THEM ALL!  FESTIVUS!
 

DON'T FORGET: The La Crosse County Tavern League is, again, offering free taxi rides for anyone who has had a little too much holiday cheer.  Sometimes, Festivus can get the best of us.
I ran across this great old photo of a North Central Airlines DC-3 that brought back some wonderful memories.
 
When I was living in Deadwood...back in those old DC-3 days....I would get someone to drive me to Spearfish where I caught the North Central flight to Minneapolis.  Our flight landed in Rapid City, Aberdeen and Watertown before, finally, landing in Minneapolis where I could board another DC-3 to Winona and then La Crosse.  It was faster than driving....but not much!

Now, the DC-3 is gone, North Central is gone and I'm getting damn close to gone.
 
 NEAT TRICK!!
 
 
They hold a fabulous snow sculpture contest in China every year and the works they create are hard to believe.  TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES HERE.
 

 Did you ever see a cat ride a rooster?
 
 
 

HAPPY BIRDAY SUSAN LUCCI
67 TODAY!

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Sunday, December 22, 2013

SNOW SHOVELING TIME AGAIN

Lynne said that Bob went out and measured the snow.  They got 5 inches around their house. Here in La Crosse the National Weather Service says 1.7" fell at the La Crosse airport.

I sure do remember trudging through snow, up to my knees, to get to work when I lived in Deadwood!

They say Eskimos have 100 words to describe snow.  Is that true?  No!  And there's a lot of other stuff you think is true that isn't. CLICK HERE AND CHECK OUT SOME OTHER PHONEY FACTS
 
THIS BEATS THE HELL OUT OF BINGS VERSION


I'll bet you've heard that the Dutch folks are super liberal and Amsterdam is a real party town.  Well, you're wrong about that too.
 
Let me give you an example.  Bars in Amsterdam that are caught with, obviously, drunk persons in their bar will be CLOSED FOR A WEEK.  If they're caught a second time they'll be CLOSED FOR A MONTH and the third time you're out.  THE BAR IS CLOSED FOREVER.
 
And, that's not all.  Beginning January 1, bars that are found to be playing music too loudly will also be closed for a week for the first offence, closed for a month for the second offence and the third time the cops have to tell them to turn the music down they'll be locked up forever.
 
I wonder how long the bars on 3rd Street could survive under Dutch law!!
 
 
I was thinking of making a Christmas video....until I saw this. 
 

I know that Rita and I, alone, could eat a full plate of these cute little penguins made from ripe olives, cheese and carrots.  Wonder if I should whip up a batch for Christmas....
CHECK OUT THE RECIPE HERE



I saw this in a tweet from Wisconsin.  Probably in bad taste but it's pure Wisconsin humor.


Wow!  You think our laws are too harsh??  Take a look at this!



 



MY FAVORITE BEER

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Saturday, December 21, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNNE!!

HERE IT COMES!
This sounds like our first big snowstorm of the winter.  The National Weather Service says we'll get 3 to 8 inches of snow across the region tonight.  The heaviest snow will fall from extreme northeast Iowa into southwest and central Wisconsin.  Up to an inch an hour will be possible late tonight.  Sunday will bring blowing and drifting snow.  We are not happy about this!
 
 
By the way, if you want to mark your calendar, the first day of spring arrives on March 20 at 6:02 A.M. in the central time zone.  It can't come soon enough!

The day I've been waiting for!  The Winter Solstice arrives tonight at 11:11 CST.

Even though we have the two worst months of the year ahead of us, the days start getting longer and I can start counting the days to spring.

In the meantime, if I could be anywhere else right now, where would it be?
 


Another year and she hasn't aged a bit!
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KILLER CAR
SPOTTED AT WAL-MART


Donnie likes riding his bike.  I know he'll like this video but, even if you've never been on a bike, I think you'll like it too.
 
This is the most amazing bike rider I've ever seen.  The neat part is at the end when you see that you'll never be this good without a few spills.
 

This, also, looks like it could be quite painful.
 
RON SENT THIS BEAUTIFUL VIDEO
Have plenty of Puffs close by.
 

Isn't this just about the cutest baby you've ever seen?

AND, MARIE OSMOND BECOMES A GRANDMOTHER!  Now I really feel old.  I still think of her as a little kid.
 

 I think Rita and Roger got into the Christmas eggnog a bit early this year.  They called me at 4:15, this morning, to wish me a happy solstice.
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Friday, December 20, 2013

THE SHOW MUST GO ON IN MADISON



The business website BUSINESS INSIDER has named La Crosse the second "most exciting city" in the USA, right behind Hoboken, New Jersey.

This won't be popular with the folks in La Crosse but I gotta tell you...I've lived in a lot of small cities in my lifetime and I can assure you that La Crosse is FAR from the second most exciting city in the country.
.Duane says Rapid City has 5 inches of snow over ice.

Lynne says it's much worse around Janesville.
 
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Schools around here are closed and our driveway is a sheet of ice but looks like salt on the road.   Lucky for Bob as no knee therapy today.  


All schools are closed for miles around and we are predicted many inches of snow coming.  


We had planned to go to see Mom tomorrow with Derrick and Jennifer but they can’t even get here.  Could be several inches of snow coming tomorrow and Sunday."




It's after 11:00 A.M. and they're still scraping ice off the windows in the parking lot.

Meanwhile, down on the Texas spread, Donnie says they'll be sitting outside with temperatures in the low 70's today.

Grrrrrrrrr.
 
LOVE THIS!
 




Do you carry an android phone or a tablet when you're moving through your day from place to place?  If you do, Google knows exactly where you are every single moment.  And, they're storing that information.  IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE, CLICK HERE
 
THIS IS THAT ONE
SPECIAL MOMENT
BEFORE THE PAIN BEGINS
 
 
 
A new store has opened at the Crossroads Center in Onalaska.  Games by James featuresJamesboard games, jigsaw puzzles, and a lot of other fun game products you won't find anyplace else.
 
That's what I need!  A jigsaw puzzle to pass the time on these nasty winter days.
TODAY IS SANGRIA DAY
The United States got its first taste of Sangria at the Worlds Fair in New York in 1964.  They've been drinking it in Europe for hundreds of years.

You might want to serve this at your Christmas party.  It should be a favorite in the Coulee Region because it has brandy in the recipe.

Here's how to make it.
 
 



MY PEOPLE CAME FROM HERE


BE SURE TO CHECK TOMORROW'S BLOG FOR THE MOST AMAZING BIKE RIDING ACT YOU'LL EVER SEE!

A COMMENT FROM DONNIE
"Your blog has a picture of Amsterdam, and the claim we are from there. This is a more accurate image of our roots, rural Friesland."


A thought just hit me.  Having lived so many years on the plains of South Dakota and having family blood back to the old country, it's no wonder that I only feel comfortable on the "flat land".
 
FESTIVE PARIS

 
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

HAPPY REGIFTING DAY

Joan Rivers has a cute dog.


Do you realize that a week from today Christmas will be history?  It will be here and gone before we know it!

The snow is coming down in Rapid City.  Duane says, "The decks are already covered.  They predict one to three inches."

Another big winter storm is heading for the Great Lakes area this weekend.
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The FIRST CASE OF FLU IN LA CROSSE COUNTY has been confirmed by Gunderson Clinic.  It's still not too late to get your flu shot.

Yes, kids!  It's a real holiday.
Regifting day is held on the Thursday before Christmas and it's the day that a lot of businesses pick to have their Christmas party.  That's the party that usually ends up with, at least, one person making a complete ass of themselves and being ashamed to come back to work the next day.

In my radio days I was the one who always made an ass of himself but I was never embarrassed to be back at work the next day.  I was expected to make an ass of myself.  It was tradition.

LOOK WHO'S HAVING A BIRTHDAY Little Jimmy Dickens is Little old Jimmy Dickens today as he turns 90.  He'll always be best remembered for this little classic.

Rita bought a lottery ticket.  2 folks had the winning numbers.  Neither one was named Rita.  Shit.

They've got to be kidding.  I'm sorry but that's one very goofy picture.

Oh, yes....Texas does have some beautiful sunsets.

From Fort Worth #dfwwx RT @tjoelchris: @TxStormChasers Those high clouds turned out pretty darn gorgeous! #txwx pic.twitter.com/d8KqpyuEd6
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I was sitting here, this morning, sipping coffee out of my cream of lutefisk cup and I couldn't help thinking, What kind of person could it have been to first think, "Ya know, I think I'll throw this piece of fish into a bowl of salt water for a week, then I'll pour some lye over it and let it sit for another couple of days and then I'll put it in my mouth and see what the sucker tastes like."  How could any one, possibly, think of such an insane idea?
 
I'm sure you heard about the guy who had a family of raccoons living under his house.  He tried everything to get rid of them.  When nothing else worked he threw some old stinky fish that he had accidently dropped in a bucket of lye,  under the house.  Sure enough, he got rid of the raccoons but now he's got a family of Norwegians living under the house.
 
 
Besides Regifting Day, this is National hard candy day.  Since I can't eat chocolate anymore I've started popping a Werthers hard candies in my mouth when I want something sweet.  Now, I'm hooked on them.  They're really good!

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."  Mark Twain
 
 
 MORE MISERABLE WEATHER:  The Forecast calls for SNOW TONIGHT.  1 to 3 inches could cause some driving problems..


 
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

I SURVIVED MADISON

WHAT HAPPENS IN MADISON STAYS IN MADISON


 


Look what I'm drinking my coffee out of this morning!
 
Donnie sent it.
 
No, Paul. 
You Can't have it.

 
 
Thanks to Rita and Roger, I finally got to see Madison  and I loved it!  Of course, I forgot the name of the restaurant we ate at but Roger remembered.  He's got a mind like a steel trap.
 
The restaurant was THE GREAT DANE .  It's Right downtown and the food is Really, Really, Really good.  Rita, Roger and Jacob agreed.

The food is delicious, the service is superb and they have one of the largest menu's I've ever seen.  My only complaint would be that they give you too much on the plate.  I couldn't eat it all!

By the way, they've got a great website.  TAKE A PEEK HERE 

We went right at noon which was, probably, a mistake because they were packed but it was still a short wait time.  Actually, just enough time for a drink at the bar.  By the way, they make your own beer.  I didn't have it but the rest of them did and they said it was great.
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Speaking of food: Today is Roast Suckling Pig Day but Rita doesn't eat that and neither do I.  We don't eat babies.DANE


Guess I'll go to the grocery store today.  They're forecasting 1 to 3 inches of snow tomorrow.  I can already hear the sleigh bells ringing.
Jacob came back from Madison with us to spend the holidays at home.  He's planning on getting out to Mt. La Crosse while he's here.  Wonder if he knows about this?

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT? I logged in this morning and no mail in the Google account.  No mail in my Yahoo! account.  Can't remember that ever happening before. 
 
I sent an email to myself and I got it.  Mail must be working.
 
Has everybody forgotten about me?  Have they shut the universe down and I'm the only one left?
 

IT WILL BE HEREBEFORE WE KNOW IT
 
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