AUGUST 2014

AUGUST 2014

Saturday, November 30, 2013

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY....SLEEP WELL

In Chicago one mother spits on another mother's child as they get into an argument over baby clothes.  In another part of the country a shopper is shot in the leg during a fight over a TV.  The greed and gluttony of the American people is an amazing, and shameful, thing to watch.

Here, in La Crosse, the folks at the mall said it was busy from 8:00 Thursday evening to 1:00 Friday morning and, after that, it was a "quiet" shopping day.  Apparently, "Black Friday" ain't what it used to be.  To quote Martha, that's a good thing.
Donnie found this.  It's a day late but too good to save it until next year.

 
Early morning on the computer is not a pretty sight.  I put a Band-Aid over the camera in this damned computer.




Did you see that Wal-Mart racked up 10 million cash register transactions between 6 and 10 PM yesterday.  Meanwhile, the Wal-Mart website got 400 million hits during the day.


Looks like Donnie and Linda had a tasty Thanksgiving too!

 
Evil Knievel died six years ago today.
 


While moving photos into the new computer I ran across this one I don't remember seeing before.
 
 
I haven't heard how Rita and Jacob's Christmas decorating went but I did hear from Martha.
 
 


It looks like we're in for a "good weather Saturday".  The La Crosse forecast calls for sunshine with a high near 40.
 
 If you're shopping today, celebrate...
Shopping the big box stores means that most of their profits go right out of your community to the big corporate offices somewhere else.  When you shop with "mom and pop" the money stays right here, where you live.
 
There must be a lot of people who are figuring that out.  Last year there were 50 communities, in the USA, that celebrated SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.  This year 1500 communities will celebrate the small business holiday.
 
 
 
 



 Just like Aunt Wilda, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.  must be living right.  He's celebrating his 95th birthday today. 

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Friday, November 29, 2013

DID EVERYBODY SURVIVE TURKEY DAY?

A note to Donnie and Linda
How long can you keep the Thanksgiving left overs?  WCCO says 3 days is the limit and if you're in doubt...throw it out!  GET MORE FOOD TIPS BY CLICKING HERE
 
Rita and Jacob are decking the halls and putting up the Christmas decorations today.  I expect to get pictures.
 
PLEASE NOTE: The Royals are decorating too. They already sent pictures.



 


Hope you all had a beautiful Thanksgiving.  Rita made a tasty, traditional, Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. I brought home lots of leftovers!

So far I hadn't  tried to save any of my pictures to the new computer.  I've been afraid to tackle it because I have no idea what I'm doing.  This morning, I threw caution to the wind and gave it a try.  It was surprisingly easy to come up with this shot of Rita and Roger's tasty bird.

I'm slowly figuring out how to navigate through Windows 8.  The more I learn the more I like it but, believe me, it's not easy to get used to.

Ron called, yesterday, wanting to know how I was getting along with the new windows.  He's in the market for a new computer.  While Windows 8 is tricky, at first, it's here to stay so we might as well learn to live with it.
We, probably, won't get above freezing today but, at least, we'll see some sunshine.  Tomorrow looks like a better day with high's close to 40.

They may be a bit "stuffy" in some ways butiwhen it comes to comedy it's hard to beat the Brits.

 
 
Donnie writes:  "We had some three dozen robins in the yard, frolicking in the rain.  One day only.  They were, probably, going farther south."
 
 
 George Harrison died 12 years ago today.
 
 
I'll pass on this swing.  This is Ecuador.  Wonder if Donnie has seen it.
 
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

TURKEY DAY IS HERE




It's going to be a cold Thanksgiving in La Crosse.  Temperatures won't get out of the 20's but, at least, we'll have some sun.

In much of the south it won't be a lot warmer than it is here.  Atlanta and Myrtle Beach won't get out of the 40's today.  This is the coldest Thanksgiving the south as seen it years.

It was 33 degrees in Dripping Springs this morning but Donnie and Linda will enjoy temperatures in the low 50's this afternoon.

The Packers will play Detroit in 20 degree weather with snow showers this afternoon.

If I could be anywhere in the world this morning where would it be?  Well, you know me.  I'd rather be in the warmest place I could find and, this morning, it would be Panama City, Panama where it was 77 at 5 AM.

 
Hey!  Here's a deal for you.  Make a copy of this and get a free coffee!




 
The smart folks waited until today to fly home for Thanksgiving.  Nation-wide there are, virtually, no delays or cancellations at any of the major hubs this morning.


Happy Birthday to Barry Gordy, the founder of MOTOWN RECORDS, who brought us some of the greatest rock stars of all time.  He's celebrating 84 years today.



Here's hoping you all have a wonderful holiday with lots of good food and, if you're living in Wisconsin, Packers football!
 
 
ALL DRESSED UP FOR
TURKEY DAY
 

 
 
 The Brits have such a quirky sense of humor...and if you think this is funny...wait until you see what I have for you tomorrow!

 
Here's hoping that your Thanksgiving day is filled with the same family love and joy that you'll find at this house.
 
 


Drive carefully over the river and through the woods!
Look at the beautiful Christmas lights they have in Singapore!  Click on the picture for a larger view.
 


I see the mall will open at 8 o'clock tonight and most of the stores will be open by midnight.  I wonder why we don't stop calling this "the Christmas holidays" and start calling it what it really is, "The Festival of Greed".

If you're planning at trip to Las Vegas in the coming year, as a public service, I want to pass this tweet along.
 



 Rita called yesterday to tell me about all the good things we'll have to eat today.  Potatoes, lefse and dressing with lots of salt.  She was concerned that it's all stuff I'm not supposed to eat.
 
I told her not to worry.  I'm going to eat it all.  Have you read the obituaries lately?  Have you noticed how many people in their 70's die?
 
Let's face it, kids, I'm not going to have that many more Thanksgivings and I'm going to enjoy every one that I have left.  Give the diet a rest for one day.  Like Vesta used to say, "who the hell wants to live to be 100?"
 
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
 
 
 
 
 
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

HERE'S TO THE BIRD!!





The only thing in my inbox, this morning, was three emails from Walgreen's.  Your inbox, you know, is a very good indication of who your real friends are.


PBS will broadcast a special program, tonight, you might be interested in.  "The Driftless Zone" is a documentary on the area in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois that was not touched by the glaciers that covered the much of the land during the ice age.  Abbie Church and Tim Yager of the La Crosse area Mississippi Valley conservancy helped in the production of the program.  The show will air at 7:00 PM.

 
 




If you have friends, or family, flying over the holidays you might want to CLICK HERE to see the Flight Aware Misery Map.  It will show you up to the minute cancellations and delays at the major airports around the country.  If you run your mouse over the hubs you'll see which routes have delays and which routes are on time.
 

According to Triple A, around 873,000 Wisconsin folks are expected to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday.  That's down 1.5% from last year.



Another bitter cold day is coming our way. Even with sunshine, we won't get any warmer than 25 and, with the gusty winds, it will feel more like 15.

I like Jimmy Kimmel and, even though this reminds me of David Letterman, it's
cute.


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Well, here we are.  The day before Thanksgiving.  Everybody's thinking about the same thing.

THE BIRD IS THE WORD, BABY!

(And to think they used to pay me for playing this stuff.

Donnie's comment: "The Surfin' Bird clip is sent on to many music lovers".






 
 
 
 


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The day before Thanksgiving, a man in Jacksonville calls his son in
San Diego, and says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you
that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough."
 
"Pop, what are you talking about?" the son asks nervously.
 
"We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the father says.
"We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you
call your sister in Denver and tell her."
 
Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck
they're getting divorced," she screams, "I'll take care of this!"
 
She calls Jacksonville immediately, and screams at her father, "You are
NOT getting divorced.  Do not do a single thing until I get there.  I am
calling my brother back, and we will both be there tomorrow .  Until then,
don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up.
 
The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife..... "Okay," he says,
"they're coming for Thanksgiving.... and paying their own way."



I love this Tweet!
 
 
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