FROM LYNNE:

"You might like this for your blog.  It came from friend Nora."

A husband and wife are on the 9th green when suddenly she collapses from a heart attack! "Help me dear," she groans to her husband.

The husband calls 911 on his cell phone, talks for a few minutes, picks up his putter and lines up his putt. His wife raises her head off the green and stares at him. "I'm dying here and you're putting?" "Don't worry dear," says the husband calmly, "they found a doctor on the second hole and he's coming to help you.

"Well, how long will it take for him to get here?" she asks feebly. "No time at all," says her husband. "Everybody's already agreed to let him play through."

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A gushy reporter told Phil Mickelson, "You are spectacular, your name is synonymous with the game of golf. You really know your way around the course. What's your secret?"

Mickelson replied, "The holes are numbered."

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Police are called to an apartment and find a woman holding a bloody 5-iron standing over a lifeless man.

The detective asks, "Ma'am, is that your husband?"

"Yes" says the woman.

"Did you hit him with that golf club?"

"Yes, yes, I did." The woman begins to sob, drops the club, and puts her hands on her face.

"How many times did you hit him?"

"I don't know -- five, six, maybe seven times... just put me down for a five."

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A golfer teed up his ball on the first tee, took a mighty swing and hit his ball into a clump of trees. He found his ball and saw an opening between two trees he thought he could hit through.

Taking out his 3-wood, he took a mighty swing. The ball hit a tree, bounced back, hit him in the forehead and killed him.

As he approached the gates of Heaven, St. Peter asked, "Are you a good golfer?"

The man replied: "Got here in two, didn't I?"

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The bride was escorted down the aisle and when she reached the altar, the groom was standing there with his golf bag and clubs at his side.

She said: "What are your golf clubs doing here?"

He looked her right in the eye and said, "This isn't going to take all day, is it?

JUST WHEN I THINK I KNOW EVERYTHING I READ SOMETHING THAT PROVES I DON'T

Today it was a question.  If milk is white, and cheese is made from milk, why is cheese yellow?  Guess what.  I had no idea but the THE FOODUCATE BLOG DID

 

This is a website that has a lot to teach us about food.  Check out some of the other articles like the one that tells you what's, actually, in those fake crab sticks you'll find in the freezer section.  If that doesn't make you puke, nothing will.

 

LOTS OF TALK ABOUT THE NEW COKE PRODUCT TODAY

It's a product that you squirt into a glass of water to flavor it.  That sounds like something the world really needs.  No thanks, Coke.  I'll pass.

MORE CRAZY WEATHER

Can you believe a tornado hitting New York City this morning?  That was a shock for the east coast folks who thought tornadoes were just for us hicks in the Midwest.

By the way, this is the day a hurricane hit Galveston killing 6,000 people in 1900.

JACKET WEATHER!

I just took the garbage out and the wind is COLD!  I'm going to have to wear a jacket when I go to Walgreen's for pills.

By the way, I sure like the "chat" service on the Walgreens website.  I clicked on the wrong prescription when I was ordering a refill, yesterday, and pushed send.  Big mistake!  I couldn't figure out how to change it so I jumped on "Chat".

Got an immediate response from customer service.  I typed in my problem and the representative corrected it in less than 60 seconds.  It would have taken, at least, a half hour of punching buttons and sitting on "hold" to do the same thing on the telephone.

I also use the Gunderson MY CARE e mail service for making appointments, asking one of my doctors a question, etc.  It is so much faster and simpler than using the damn phone to do the same thing.

We're quickly killing off the post office and newspapers and they can kill off the phone, too, as far as I'm concerned.

FROM DONNIE:

Dramatic weather change--some of your north wind has dropped our temps to the chill factor; need undershirt this morning. May still hit 90 today, but I'm hoping this break may mark end of triple-digit days for 2012, yesterday 102.

Still no hint of rain, nine weeks now without it. And now the winds raise wild-fire threats--we are under a fire alert today.

FROM DONNIE:

"I may try the Neapolitan pizza place in San Antonio you featured on your blog.  I'm going to a concert in Seguin, tomorrow, and I won't be far from that location."  CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE HERE

HERE'S A BEAUTIFUL FALL PICTURE ROGER TOOK UP NORTH IN 2008

AUTUMN BEGINS TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY

COME TO LA CROSSE AND COOL OFF!

High today: 71
High tomorrow: 72
High Monday: 77

That's Wisconsin air conditioning!

A JOKE FOR ALL THE OLD GOLFERS

A father, his son and grandson went to the country club for their weekly round of golf. Just as they reached the first tee, a beautiful young blonde woman carrying her bag of clubs approached them. She explained that the member came with her to the club for a round of golf had an emergency that called him away and asked the trio whether she could join them. Naturally, the guys all agreed.

Smiling, the blonde thanked them and said, 'Look, fellows, I work in a topless bar as a dancer, so nothing shocks me anymore. If any of you want to smoke cigars, have a beer, bet, swear, tell off-color stories or do anything that you normally do when playing a round together, go ahead. But, I enjoy playing golf, consider myself pretty good at it, so don't try to coach me on how to play my shots.' With that the guys agreed to relax and invited her to drive first. 

All eyes were fastened on her as she bent to place her ball on the tee. She then took her driver and hit the ball 270 yards down the middle, right in front of the green. The father's mouth was agape. 'That was beautiful,' he said. The blonde put her driver away and said, 'I
really didn't get into it, and I faded it a little.
   
After the three guys hit their drives and their second shots, the blonde took out an eight iron and lofted the ball within five feet of the hole. (She was closest to the pin) The son said, 'Damn, lady, you played that perfectly.' The blonde frowned and said, 'It was a little weak, but even an easy seven would have been too much club. I've left a tricky little putt.' She then tapped in the five-footer for a birdie.  

Having the honors, she drove first on the second hole, knocked the heck out of the ball, and it landed nearly 300 yards away smack in the middle of the fairway. For the rest of the round the statuesque blonde continued to amaze the guys, quietly and methodically shooting for par or less on every hole.  

When they arrived at the 18th green, the blonde was three under par, and had a very nasty 12-foot putt on an undulating green for a par. She turned to the three guys and said, 'I really want to thank you all for not acting like a bunch of chauvinists and telling me what club to use or how to play a shot, but I need this putt for a 69 and I'd really like to break 70 on this course. If any one of you can tell me how to make par on this hole I'll take him back to my apartment, pour some 35-year-old Single Malt Strath Mill Scotch in him, fix him a steak dinner and then show him a very good time the rest of the night.'  

The yuppie son jumped at the thought! He strolled across the green, carefully eyeing the line of the putt and finally said, 'Honey, aim about 6 inches to the right of the hole and hit it firm. It will get over that little hump and break right into the cup.'  

The father knelt down and sighted the putt using his putter as a plumb. 'Don't listen to the kid, darlin', you want to hit it softly 10 inches to the right and let it run left down that little hogback, so it falls into the cup.'  

The old gray-haired grandfather walked over to the blonde's ball, picked it up and handed it to her and said, 'That's a gimme, sweetheart.'  

The blonde smiled and said, 'Your car or mine?'  
OLD AGE AND TREACHERY WILL OVERCOME YOUTH AND SKILL EVERY TIME!

NOTHING LIKE A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP

The cooler weather has done wonders.  The last couple of nights I've slept like a baby.  However, not as long as a baby.

Babies need more sleep than we do.  Up to 15 hours a day, although, they break it up into, about, five sleep periods in 24 hours.

The useless crap I know is amazing.

I see Dallas had a record high of 104 this afternoon.

IS THIS THE UGLIEST CAR EVER MADE?

The 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt.  What were they thinking??

I JUST TOOK THE PARKA OUT OF MOTHBALLS

Made a run to Fiesta for weekend supplies and, after the hot summer we've had, it's almost chilly this morning with temperatures in the low 60's, a brisk wind and a few raindrops now and then.  Ah, yes!  It feels like fall.

FIBBER McGEE LIVES!!

Willard is cleaning out a closet and says, "So far have found an egg cooker, a lovely hand blown vase from Poland, a Snoopy Woodstock 1976 telephone I forgot I had, a collection of over 100 matchbook covers and a pair of candelabras (a la Liberace)."

I think that's what you call an eclectic collection!

I HAD NO IDEA PUBLIC REST ROOMS COULD BE SO ELEGANT

The search is on for the 10 best rest rooms in the USA.  When you consider a rest room, on the Las Vegas Strip that has a $40,000 chandelier hanging in the ladies room you're talking about a pretty top drawer place to pee.  READ THE STORY IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES 

JUST SAW IT ON ACCUWEATHER

One of the best weather services says we need to keep a close watch on the Gulf next week.  There are weather systems coming together that could spell "tropical trouble".

GETTING TO MARS

Somebody did a fantastic job putting this video together.

THOUGHTS ON THE NEWS

I see Prince Harry is back in Afghanistan.  That's about as far away from Vegas as you can get!

IT'S NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW DAY

The U.S. Post Office building opened in New York City, on this day, in 1914.

This inscription was placed on the building.

"Neither snow nor rain not heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

Everyone thinks this is the motto of the Post Office but, actually, the post office has no motto and if things keep going as they are there won't be any post office either.

No matter how hard you try, you can't stop time and change.  The fact is; time is change.

I'LL BET THE GUYS WERE NAMED OLE AND SVEN

They say this is a true story.  I'd have to see more documentation to believe it but I worked with the public long enough to know that people really are that stupid....and I don't mean just a few people....I mean a huge percentage of the people are this stupid.

True or not, it is a fun story.  So much fun that I really do hope it actually happened.

TWO DUCK HUNTERS IN MICHIGAN

ABSOLUTELY A TRUE STORY HEARD ON A MICHIGAN RADIO STATION REPORTING ON THE INCIDENT.

A guy buys a new Lincoln Navigator for $42,500.00 with monthly payments of $560.00. He and a friend go duck hunting in upper Wisconsin .

It's mid-winter ... and of course all of the lakes are frozen.

These two guys go out on the ice with their GUNS, a DOG, and of course the new NAVIGATOR

They decide they want to make a natural looking open water area for the ducks to focus on, something for the decoys to float on.

Now

... making a hole in the ice large enough to invite a passing duck, is going to take alittle more power than the average drill auger can produce.

So ... out of the back of the new Navigator comes a stick of dynamite with a short 40 second-fuse.

Our two Rocket Scientists ... afraid they might slip on the ice while trying to run away after lighting the fuse (and becoming toast, along with the Navigator), decide on the following course of action:

They light the 40 second fuse; then,with a mighty thrust,they throw the stick of dynamite stick as far away as possible. Remember a couple of paragraphs back when I mentioned the NAVIGATOR, the GUNS, and the DOG...?

Let's talk about the dog:
A highly trained Black Lab used for RETRIEVING; especially things thrown by the owner.

You guessed it ... The dog takes off across the ice at a high rate of speed and grabs the stick of dynamite, with the burning 40-second fuse ... just as it hits the ice.

The two men swallow, blink, start waving their arms and, with veins in their necks swelling to resemble stalks of rhubarb, scream and holler at the dog to stop.

The dog, now apparently cheered on by his master, keeps coming.

One hunter panics, grabs the shotgun and shoots the dog. The shotgun is loaded with #8 bird shot, hardly big enough to stop a Black Lab.

The dog stops for a moment, slightly confused, then continues on.

Another shot, and this time the dog, still standing, becomes really confused and of course terrified, thinks these two geniuses have gone insane!!!!!!

The dog takes off to find cover, UNDER the brand new Navigator. The men continue to scream as they run. The red hot exhaust pipe on the truck touches the dog's rear end ... he yelps, drops the dynamite under the truck and takes off after his master.

Then KABOOOOOM!

The truck is blown to bits and sinks to the bottom of the lake, leaving the two idiots standing there with 'I can't believe this just happened' looks on their faces.

The insurance company says that sinking a vehicle in a lake by illegal use of explosives is NOT COVERED by the policy. And he still had yet to make the first of those $560.00 a month payments.

The dog is okay ... doing fine.

And to think, you thought all Rednecks lived in the South .........................................!

GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS

It was an interesting visit with the doctor, yesterday.  My kidneys are doing good with 51% function.  My blood work all looked excellent except for fact that I'm very anemic.

Kidney disease does cause anemia but I'm quite a bit more anemic than I should be with the kidneys alone and the big question is what's causing it.

The first step will be a visit to my oncologist, Tuesday, to do some more bone tests to see if thay may have missed a cancer.  Wish me luck!

MOTHER NATURE HAS FINALLY TURNED ON THE A/C

With gusty northwest winds, an 80% chance for rain and temperatures not getting out of the 60's, I think Mother Nature is giving us the signal that parka days will soon be here.  Temperatures will fall into the 40's tonight.  That's what I call good sleeping weather.

It might be a bit early to put the cover on the a/c but we sure won't have to turn it on today.

Meanwhile, dangerous heat is forecast for the south.  Dripping Springs will be close to 104 and Houston will be near 100.

DONNIE DIDN'T SHOW ME ALL OF THE SIGHTS

I had a great time when I went to Los Angeles to visit Donnie but now, I see, he didn't show me all of the sights.  CHECK OUT THIS LINK THAT WILL SHOW YOU THE 5 ROWDIEST BARS IN L.A. 

You might want to hold on to this just in case you head west one of these days.  We're talkin' really rowdy bars where one even serves cocktails in fishbowls!!

Sorry I missed that!

HERE'S A LITTLE FACT THAT OF NO USE TO ANYONE BUT KIND OF INTERESTING

The first city in America to use gas lighting to illuminate its streets was Baltimore in in 1816.  In Europe, Paris began to install gas lighting in 1822.  In 1862 Hong Kong became one of the first citys in Asia to get gas.

HOW DID I MISS THIS???

Raquel Welch had a birthday yesterday.  She turned 72.  She's now the same age as I am but she's better to look at and she has a lot more hair.

SOUTH DAKOTA IS THE PLACE TO BE

Pass this KOTA STORY around to all the young people you know.  If they're just starting out in the work world or looking for higher educaton, a new survey says South Dakota and the Black Hills is one of the best places to be if you're young.

SORRY TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF JOE SOUTH

If the name doesn't ring a bell the songs he wrote will; "Down in the Boondocks", "Walk a mile in my shoes", "Games People Play".  Another great artist from the 60's and 70's.  He was my age, 72. 

A MEDICAL MYSTERY

If I'm in such good shape, why do I have to keep going to the doctor?

I got a lab report, in the mail, that my Liver test, diabetes screening and prostate cancer screening tests were all normal and my cholesterol looks excellent.

Maybe I'm in good shape because I DO keep going to the doctor and I do what they tell me to do.

I hope todays visit has good news too.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY

Remember JoAnne Worley from Rowan & Martin's Laugh In?  She's celebrating her 75th birthday today.  She's still performing doing, mostly, live theater in New York and Los Angeles.

A VIEW FROM HUBBLE

Source: Hubblesite.org

SOME THINGS YOU NEVER FORGET

I see there's an ad, running on this website, with a link to a site where you can "review your arrest record".  I don't need a review.  I remember it vividly.

HOT IN THE HEART OF TEXAS

While we cool down, the heat is upon Texas.  102 in Dallas, 103 in Austin, 108 in Houston, 102 in McAllen/Edinburg.  That's a lot of hot peppers!  The photo is from Donnie and Lindas hacienda.

I LIKE THIS ONE

ANOTHER DOCTOR DAY

I made a run to the clinic for a blood draw yesterday and I go back, today, for a visit with my nephrologist or, as I like to call him, my kidney doctor.  I already got a report, thanks to Gundersons "MY CARE" website, that my kidney function is at 51% which is still pretty good.

By the way, did you know that almost nobody has kidneys functioning at 100%?  Do you know where you stand?  The earlier you catch kidney disease, the better.

HEY! HERE'S ANOTHER PIZZA ITEM I MISSED YESTERDAY

The title photo, yesterday, featured Donnie and Linda in front of a giant pizza.  I wonder if they know that they have a world class Neopolitan pizza parlor right down the road in San Antonio.  READ ALL ABOUT IT IN THIS ARTICLE FROM USA TODAY

FALL COLOR IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER

Keep this website handy for the FALL COLOR REPORT for the entire state of Wisconsin.  By the way, they're estimating that the peak color for La Crosse County will be the third week in October this year.

HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING?

A new study says problems with sleeping may be an early warning sign for Alzheimer's Disease.  Our family is no stranger to Alzheimer's so it caught my eye.  You may want to read more about it from THE BBC

BEST QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Show me a nation whose national beverage is beer and I'll show you an advanced toilet technology."
Mark Hawkins
New York Times
1977

READ A BOOK DAY

In honor of National Read a Book Day, our title photo features the entrance to our beautiful La Crosse Public Library which I would be lost without.

NO A/C TOMORROW

Our high, today, should be around 84 which is 7 degrees above normal.  Then a big change comes tomorrow.  We're talking rain and 66 degrees on Friday.  Does that sound like autumn in the air?

DONNIE SENT A HOT NOTE

"103 in Austin today."

COOLER WEATHER COMING?

It sure is cooler out west.  They had lows in the 40's in Worland and Rapid City last night.  Duane said he had to put an extra blanket on overnight and it was chilly this morning.

LOOKING WEST OVER LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN

THANKS FOR VISITING

I SEE WE HAD A READER FROM WARSAW, POLAND THIS MORNING

I SEE YOU!

THE NETWORK I LOVE TO HATE HAS DONE IT AGAIN

To ignore Bob Barker on "The Price Is Right" 40th anniversary is another example of Corporate arrogance.  CBS; the Crappy Broadcasting System.

DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE NATIONS BEST QUILT SHOPS IS RIGHT HERE IN THE COULEE REGION?

You'll find it in Onalaska and you can read all about it in this story from WKBT.

HI BOB! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Bob Newhart is celebrating his 83rd birthday today.  By the way, if you can't get enough of Bob, you can see re-runs of his old show on ME tv.  I watch that channel more than any other cable channel.  All the good old shows all the time.  Roger, finally, found it on his cable service and I've got him hooked on it too.

Don't call me between noon and 3.  That's when I'm watching Gunsmoke, Bonanza and The Big Valley.  Shows from the good old days when TV was actually fun to watch.

HAPPY CHEESE PIZZA DAY

They say it was the Greeks, who were the first to make pizza.  Pizza came to the U.S. with the soldiers returning from World War II.  They got hooked on it while serving in Italy.

Believe it or not, some of the biggest pizza fans are in Brazil.  Sao Paulo has 6,000 pizza restaurants and the Brazilians eat over a million pizzas a day.  Ole!

While we continue to gobble it down (well, I don't but the rest of you do) like crazy, the doctors get gray hair just thinking about it.  One pizza has enough salt to feed an army.  Most pizza food chains put in nearly twice the amount of salt that is safe for an adult to eat in a day.  You can imagine how lethal it is for young kids to eat.  But, that won't stop you so eat on and enjoy your pizza today!

BEAUTIFUL RAIN THIS MORNING

Early morning rain will give way to sunshine this afternoon.  Temperatures, which should be in the upper 70's this time of year, will be in the lower 90's again.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

LET GO OR BE DRAGGED

YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN........

DONNIE REPORTS:
"Just had a call from Calvin Bass who thought we might be interested in hearing about walk-in baths.

I suppose, in a way, we are but that curiosity was satisfied by his opening line."

TWO NEW ALBUMS FROM ELVIS?

You had better believe it!  He'll never die as long as the money keeps rolling in.  CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE ALBUMS and, by the way, one of them is a Christmas album.

WHAT? WE'RE LOSING THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ARCHIVES

I hate to see them move to New York, on one hand, but on the other hand the folks there have what it takes to make sure they'll be around and available to a lot more people in the BIG APPLE.  READ THE STORY IN THE DAILY REPORTER 

IT MUST BE AUTUMN!!

Labor Day has come and gone.  The kids are back in school and I saw the first tree decked out in it's fall color this morning.  I would say, Autumn is right on schedule!  Let's start carving the pumpkins.

50% CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY

70% CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT

WE NEED THE RAIN!

SIGN THIS!

BAD TIMING

After years without a riverboat docking at Riverside Park, THE QUEEN OF THE MISSISSIPPI WILL ARRIVE AT THE PARK THURSDAY MORNING.  And, of all of the days I sit here with nothing to do, Thursday morning is the day I see my kidney doctor so I'll have to miss it.

The Queen is a 150 passenger boat and it will be docked in La Crosse about 10 hours before it continues to its Minneapolis/St. Paul Destination.

I guess I can live with that, but only because, the boat will make three more stops in La Crosse this fall and we'll also be visited by the New American Queen on September 19.  I'll put that one on my calendar.

A POST FROM THE PAST.

This was posted, on the blog, July 29, 2011:

Aunt Wilda said she had some more blueberries in the freezer for me. She got them from Sandy on her last visit.

I was reminded of that when I came across this drink recipe while checking Texas tweets on Twitter.

I'm thinking this may be refreshing on a hot summer day.

In Texas they call it a Neches River Cooler and they suggest Dripping Springs Vodka but you may have to pay a visit to Donnie and Linda to get some of that.

Up here in the north country, I'm sure, any vodka will do.

You'll need an ounce of vodka, 8 blueberries, 3 mint leaves and 3 ounces of lemonade. The recipe says to "muddle" the ingredients with ice but I'll give you my permission to throw it in the blender.

I think it sounds refreshing but I'd have to taste it to give you my final approval.

BACK TO SCHOOL DAY AROUND HERE

HOW DRY IT IS

Donnie and Linda aren't the only ones living in areas where the lake water levels are falling.  Lake Michigan is 11 inches lower than it was last year and, officials say, there could be record low levels if the drought persists.

TODAYS QUOTE

"Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth."
Ludwig Borne
(1786-1837)
German Political Writer

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MITZI

Chicago born Mitzi Gaynor turns 81 today.  She's been keeping busy, in recent years, with her "Razzle Dazzle: My life behind the sequins" one woman show that toured the country in 2009, 2010 and 2011.  She's one of those "show must go on" entertainers.

IS THE HOT WEATHER COMING TO AN END?

With highs in the upper 80's it, probably, won't feel like it today but by the end of the week we'll see high's in the 60's.

SOME BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS

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WE HAD A LITTLE RAIN TODAY

Unfortunately, it was very little.  I don't think it did much more than get the streets wet.  At least it was a break from the hot sun.

HERE'S THE BEST IDEA I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR

Making french fries at home is a real pain.  Now, there's a way of doing it that's so easy that Thunder could do it.  Of course we can't eat potatoes anymore so we won't be making any but, for the rest of you, TRY THIS OUT!!

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BEER?

I happen to know that a number of people who read this blog drink beer.  When I read 5 facts about beer I thought I'd better post it so those folks know what they're drinking.

BEST T SHIRT QUOTES

Of course I talk to myself. Sometimes I need expert advice.

I'd love to explain it to you, but I don't have any CRAYONS.

 I'm not insulting you. I'm describing you.

It's OK if you disagree with me. I can't force you to be right.

 Jenius.

I should come with a warning label.

 I shook my family tree and a bunch of nuts fell out.

 You read my shirt.

That's enough social interaction for one day.

Why kill them with kindness when you can use a hammer?

Congress:

Never understimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

LOOKING WEST OVER LA CROSSE

BAD BOY CHARLIE SHEEN TURNS 47 TODAY

IT COULD BE A WET LABOR DAY

The average temperature for this date, in La Crosse, is 73 but we'll be closer to 90 Today.  Much warmer than it should be.  It could be a wet Labor Day too with a 50% chance for thunderstorms this afternoon.  It may screw up your outdoor plans but we need the rain!

I THINK I FOUND YOUR 2ND GRADE CLASS PHOTO

RITA SENT THIS

A NOTE FROM ROGER THIS MORNING

"We have been on the Medora Stage.  That's your cuz and Jess inside.  I rode shotgun topside.  Great ride!"

(I love the old guy looking in the window)

I WENT FOR AN EARLY MORNING WALK

I wanted to check on the progress of our new Community Theater.  They're making great progress.  A lot of changes since I last saw it.

From there I walked through the LHI Campus and spotted this tugboat just passing by the courtyard fountain.

As I walked by the Waterfront Restaurant, which is in the LHI complex on the south end of Riverside Park, I was reminded that Aunt Wilda was wondering about a good place to eat in La Crosse.  If you haven't been to La Crosse, lately, the Waterfront is a good idea for lunch or dinner.  You can enjoy indoor or outdoor dining on the covered terrace which is just a few feet from the Mississippi River.  A great view while you dine.

PLATO WAS A WISE MAN

Plato was a philosopher who thought about the really big things in life.  And, no kidding here, he came up with this quote.

"He was a wise man who invented beer.

I'm telling you the truth.  That is an actual quote from Plato.

I WISH I WAS YOUNG AGAIN AND HAD ENOUGH MONEY AND TIME TO MAKE THIS TRIP

I'd take Roger along to do the "heavy" work.

The old Deadwood Stagecoach route ran from Medora, North Dakota to Deadwood.  A 125 mile ride at, about, 20 miles a day.

A group of lucky folks in 32 wagons just completed part of the route from Buffalo to Deadwood.  Read about their great adventure here.

The photo was taken in 1888 of the real Deadwood Stage.

ONCE A NORWEGIAN, ALWAYS A NORWEGIAN

A dumb blonde Norwegian took a trip to Fargo, North Dakota. While in a bar, an Indian on the next stool spoke to the Norwegian in a friendly manner.

 

“Look,” he said, “let’s have a little game. I’ll ask you a riddle. If you can answer it, I’ll buy you a drink. If you can’t then you buy me one. OK?”

“Ja, dat sounds purty good,” said the dumb blonde Norwegian.

The Indian said, “My father and mother had one child. It wasn’t my brother. It wasn’t my sister. Who was it?”

The dumb blonde Norwegian scratched his head and finally said, “I give up. Who vas it?”

“It was ME,” chortled the Indian.

So the dumb blonde Norwegian paid for the drinks.

Back in La Crosse the Norwegian went into the bar and spotted one of his cronies.

“Sven,” he said, “I got a game. If you can answer a question, I’ll buy you a drink. If you can’t, you have to buy me vun. Fair enough?”
“Fair enough,” said Sven.

“Ok,” the dumb blonde Norwegian said, “my father and mudder had vun child. It vasn’t my brudder. It vasn’t my sister. Who vas it?”

“Search me,” said Sven. “I give up, who vas it?”

The dumb blonde Norwegian burst out, “It vas some Indian up in Fargo, North Dakota!”

ANOTHER NICE DAY FOR THE "END OF SUMMER" WEEKEND

We lucked out with a beautiful weekend for BIKE FEST.  Today will be much like yesterday with a high of 84 under sunny skies.

 

Maybe I'll take a walk down to the river.  There won't be many more "river walks" this season.