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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

It's cloudy here this morning in Central Pennsylvania and with temps supposed to go to the mid 80s that will make it little bit cooler than yesterday with temps into the low 90s yesterday, but not that much of a break.
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When I went to the post office yesterday afternoon a friend of ours called Betty and told her that when I went to the post office to stop at his house as he had picked us some fresh "home grown" strawberries. Well, needless to say when "home grown strawberries" come into the conversion no one has to tell me twice! When I stopped there I checked out a very small pond that he built in his back yard. It's only about 15 feet across and about 15 feet long.. At any rate he has some nice looking frogs inhabiting the pond and they turned out to be pretty darn tame. At least tame enough that I could get some pretty good shots of them. The top picture was taken on one side of the pond and the bottom picture was taken on the other side... The guy at the bottom had a buddy with him, or a mate.... who can tell?
I'm pretty sure the frog in the top picture is a "Northern Leopard Frog." I can't figure out what the guy on the bottom is so if you know what it is, I'd appreciate if you'd email me and tell me.
At any rate, they both looked pretty healthy and looks like their getting along with each other in the same small pond... I think sometimes that animals get along better than humans do and you'd think it would be the other way around...
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Looks like today is moving right along and I do have a lot to get done before my trip to the post office as yesterday was a huge mail day! So for me, it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day! (I'll see you right back here tomorrow morning! (Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
In the 1520s a Spanish force of 600 men led by Hernando Cortez with horses and guns overturned an empire of 2 million that had neither horses nor guns. Cortez landed in Mexico, gained allies among the enemies of the Aztecs, and marched on Mexico City, where the local legend of "the pale god from over the sea" overawed Montezuma. Cortez, after having the Aztec emperor murdered, took control of the Aztec Empire with his handful of men.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

We all should be back to work this morning as Memorial Day is over... Oh well, it was nice while it lasted... Nice long weekend.... Wow, you needed that didn't you?
Boy, something really went nuts over this last weekend here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania... IT GOT HOT! We only just shut down the stoker furnace 3 days ago and yesterday we had to turn on the air conditioners! WOW it was 90 degrees and the humidity was horrifying. It wasn't too bad with the A/Cs on but I didn't go out side too much... I've got to get used to the heat before I spend too much time outdoors in heat like that...
It's just so hard to believe that radical change of the weather.. I crawled up into the attic yesterday to open up the window so the house could breathe a bit better.
I must get down into the basement to open the windows down there as well..
Our basement doesn't consist of more than a dirt basement and we really don't store anything down there except the entry for the well as it does tend to fill up once in a while when we get high water from the mighty Susquehanna River that flows through our back yard. That's why we have a stoker furnace upstairs and not in the basement.
It's supposed to get every bit as hot today as it was yesterday so you can bet I'll be working mostly in my home office here today. I'll not be venturing outdoors until maybe late this evening as I must do some more lawn mowing.. At this time of the year the lawn must be mowed every week as it grows that fast... Up here in the upper yard I'm starting to get away with mowing every two weeks but down at the river everything grows twice as fast and one week is the limit!
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Over the holidays I read many articles about our immigration problem and saw several TV debates about it as well. I am just plain flabbergasted that the Senate has passed this bill and it's gone to the house for them to pass it as well.
I'm starting to think that the entire Congress is going nuts. Geez.... Can you believe that they actually want to reward people for breaking the law?
Not only are they talking about amnesty which incidentally have the people from Mexico REALLY pouring over the boarder into the country as they think they will get amnesty and be immediate citizens with all of the rights we as United States Citizens have, but these people will bankrupt our social security and welfare systems as well!
They will actually be rewarded for sneaking into our country illegally! The people who are here legally and are trying to get some of their families here as well some have been waiting for years and here are millions of people just walking into the country and begin drawing benefits and have their medical bills covered etc... and the government is talking about patting them on the backs and blessing them for doing so!
I've been writing this for years and to be honest it never had fit a situation more than this one... Everyone down there in Washington need to be LET GO, FIRED, CANNED, etc. and we need to put all new people in.. These idiots that are there now are just going ape! They spend money like it's water and that's pretty much what it will be worth in short order... NO, they don't have a money tree in their back yard but they have something even better....... The U. S. Mint!!! Apparently they think when they need more money and have run out of all they have squeezed out of us through taxes that they can just print as much of it as they like!
These are the same idiots that just a few short years ago was cashing checks for $5,000.00 and $10,000.00 to buy 5 or 10 stamps at the Senate post office and then bouncing the checks on them.. That kind of thing was ignored for years and some of them owed almost $100,000.00 when the scandal hit the news and some NEVER paid back a nickel....
Did they go to jail? That's where you and I would end up in short order for bouncing any kind of check let along one for thousands of dollars and especially to the U. S. Government! Heck no, they barely got a slap on the wrist... The most they got from the whole deal was the bad press they received. Now keep in mind that they didn't just cash one check, but many, many checks over years!
Now, this is the same bunch that want to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens!!! Take notice to that word ILLEGAL!!!
It's hard to believe that these "law makers" and I use that word VERY loosely, are even running around FREE and out of the pokey let alone being allowed to make laws that will bankrupt this entire nation!!!
What's the answer???? Well, I'm not sure, but I sure as heck don't think it's amnesty!!!
I would sooner see the whole bunch of them put in jail or in compounds until they can be sent back to Mexico. Believe me, it would be cheaper!!!
Oh, and don't think that's too harsh either... What you have got to keep in perspective here is that these people have broken our law! THEY ARE CRIMINALS AND DESERVE TO BE TREATED AS SUCH!!!
We have REAL Americans in jails right now for crimes that are a heck of a lot less severe that what these illegal's have done!
GOD what do you think?
No one has asked you, you may say... Well don't let that stop you! Find out what your representatives, and senators names that are in Washington "representing you" and find out their email addresses and write to them and tell them to "shit can" this stupid amnesty bill! Let them know that you won't stand for it!
Click here to get the address and email of your Washington Senators: http://www.senate.gov/
Click here to find your Washington Representatives: http://www.house.gov/
Just put in your zip code at the top of the page...
I know you're busy but just take the time to do this... We must let them know before we lose America to a bunch of Foreigners!
Don't think that you writing them an email won't do any good...
Believe me, here in Pennsylvania, last year our Reps and Senators voted themselves a huge pay hike... They were plastered with so many emails and letters that they tossed out the bill giving them the raise... However it was too late as people were really angry and we are now working to vote out all of the incumbents and put in new people.. And by the looks of the recent primaries, it's working.... Finally they are being held responsible for their villainous actions!
You can get your "two cents" in too, before it's too darn late... Take a few minutes and drop them a note! It doesn't have to be a big letter, unless you're pissed off enough to compose one, but just a note to let them know your feelings about the horrid situation. Let them know that you don't want that bill enacted!!!
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I know that I spent a lot of time on this matter today but it's very important if we want to save America for our kids and grand kids... I found that folks are just too darn busy to take time these days to try and do something about what's happening... and I can't blame them as the government got them working their butts off to pay taxes and what little time they do get off they don't want to spend it in government matters. After all that's why they elected the people down there to watch out for their interests... Well they AIN'T watching out for our interests!!
Here's something that I actually put in today's joke sheet but it IS true and you will really be shocked to read it because with what is going on now, if the situation wasn't so darn serious it would be FUNNY!
Subject: What Country Is This?
1. Only professionals or investors can immigrate to the country. No unskilled laborers will be allowed in. Investors must be able to invest at least 40,000 times the daily average wage. If they can't, they are not allowed in.
2. Immigrants may purchase property, but locations and availability will be limited. Ocean front property cannot be purchased by immigrants. It is exclusively for citizens born in the country.
3. Immigrants cannot vote nor can they be elected to any public office.
4. Immigrants cannot collect any type of government assistance.
5. Immigrants cannot protest the countries government, policies or president.
6. Immigrants cannot display a flag of a foreign country.
7. Immigrants who have illegally entered the country will be found and imprisoned.
Sound kind of harsh? Well, these are laws that are currently part of the Immigration Laws of,
you guessed it,
Mexico!
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Doesn't that roast your buns! And the sad thing is, it's true... Yep, we're supposed to give America to them on a silver platter but look at their policies.... hmmmmmm...... Do you need a PHD to know that this entire situation smells to high heaven? I think NOT!
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Well, with all that said, I have a lot of stuff to get done before my trip to the post office which should be a giant mail day for me and I also want to take time to write my reps down in Washington again as well, so for me, it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!! (I'll see you right back here tomorrow! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
According to legend, it was the cowboy and the six-gun that won the West. Actually, it was the steel plow, barbed-wire fencing, and the portable windmill that made it possible for pioneers to settle there!
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Monday, May 29, 2006

Today is Memorial Day!!!! (Have a GREAT day today!)
Right now it's sunny here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania... Also it's supposed to go to 90 degrees.... a perfect day for the public pools to open. Looks like we are in for a picture perfect day!
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I'm only going to post a short blog here today as I'm going to cook out again on the back deck and I'll have to get ready for that... Plus, a bunch of other stuff...
Betty and I hung around the cottage yesterday and had a wonderful day. The temps went up into the 80s but it was really nice as the deck is shaded by two "giant" trees and there was almost no humidity yesterday. All of those elements put together and it turned into a picture perfect day. I did take some pictures and I'm putting up a couple here for you to see.
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Day before yesterday on Saturday I had to stop at Costco to get a new toner cartridge for my laser printer. I pulled into the parking lot and this car's paint job really caught my eye. WOW is that something.. It's a radio station's car and by the looks of the stickers on it they own 5 stations in our area. This of course is the side view and below this picture is one from the rear.
How would you like to be in charge of painting this car? I'm not sure as it may be all decals. But even if it is, can you imagine trying to put them on and keeping everything lined up? WOW that that would be a job and whoever did this one I can say is a job "well done!"
You've got to admit that it really DOES stick out in the lot!
One of the radio stations that this "Clear Channel" company owns is my favorite and the one I listen to most. WHP 580 talk station. Yes, it's an AM station.. I like AM stations which I find usually carries most of the interesting programs... FM does have some talk stations, however around where I live all of them are music stations.. When I'm on the road I like to listen to talk radio. At any rate, I doubt I'll see another vehicle like this one for awhile!
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Yesterday when Betty and I were out on the rear deck, I made some barbeque chicken on the grill and we ate out there. We also did a couple of crosswords.
Yes, we're both "into" crossword puzzles. Nothing tops a meal off better than working on a good "medium hard" puzzle. If we can't get it all, we have all kinds of reference books to look up things.. Sure, it would be easier to look up the answer or to search on the WEB for answers but nothing seems to stick in your mind better than to actually take the time to search and find the answer in various books.. We have several Thesaurus books, 2 movie books, 2 regular dictionaries, 5 different crossword dictionaries, and various almanacs and atlases. Yep, quite a collection. Many puzzles we get done without using the books and that is what we strive for. However, some are really hard and we must "break out" the books...
While we were out there, on the deck, we were visited by 3 different families of geese. The babies are in various stages of growth. One "mom and pop" only had two while another had 5 and the other 8 "kids!" They love to come up in the yard and pick around my garden plants on the right lower side of the picture.. I have tomatoes and peppers planted there and they don't normally bother the plants but they are so big, sometimes they break the plants off at the ground. So far this year, I've only lost one tomato plant. I do want to pick up some plant cages though and they should help.. When the geese's "kids" get almost full grown, I'll have to run them off sadly as if I don't, I won't be able to get to the river without "slipping and sliding" my way there if you get my drift?
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This is the last picture for today and I wanted to put this one up because it's so beautiful and also because it's Betty's first rose of the summer! Well, right now it's just a bud but in a day or so it will be in full bloom! Isn't it beautiful? In the larger picture before I shrunk it to put it up here on the web it came out so clear that you can actually see a cob web that an industrious spider built from the leaf to the bud. Boy these digital cameras really take some great pictures.. What I like most about them, well, I guess there are several reasons why I like them.. First of all if you get a bad picture you can delete it and it doesn't cost you a thing. Second you can see immediately if the picture came out our if you had enough light etc. so you can correct it and take another.. Also with a conventional camera you can only take a few pictures and you must put in another roll.. With mine and the extra memory I bought for it, I can take over 260 pictures before I must download them and clear the memory card for another filling up.. The card is good to use many, many times...
Yes, it may cost a bit more for the digital camera initially and what ever but in the long run, if you're like me and love to take pictures, it will save you money..
Also, I have a very good ink jet color printer and can print as many of the pictures as I want and in any size up to 8½ X 11 inch size. Try to order regular pictures that size and see what it costs you.. Heck, first of all you must get them developed and pay for that just to see if they came out okay and then decide which that you want to get more or bigger copies of. With a digital, you can check 'em out right on your computer and then print just what you want...
Can't beat it with a stick!
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Well, I said it was going to be a short post today and heck I guess I'd better get going.. I am also hoping to get a little work done here in the office as well today. I want to have some fun today too... So for me I'm "outta" here and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day! I sure hope that you have the day off! (I'll see you right back here tomorrow morning! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay deservedly received much praise when they were the first to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. Less known is the fact that they had a roster of twelve climbers, forty Sherpa guides, and 700 porters!!!
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Friday, May 26, 2006

T.G.I.F.
It's cloudy and rainy here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania. We're supposed to have thunder storms by the end of the day but who knows for sure... It seems with all the satellites and weather equipment they have these days they can't tell what's happening a few hours into the future...
Yesterday even on the noon report they were calling for the temps to go up into the mid 70s but around here I don't think we even reached 70 degrees! As far as overnight it was down into the 50s again and oh yeah, I still have the stoker furnace on... It's hard to believe but unless it warms up substantially, It will be June until I can shut it down... Unbelievable!!!
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My mom used to call this time of the year, "cold catching weather," and I think she was right as there seems to be a lot of people lately that I've run into that has a cold. It's no wonder as one day it feels like you should be wearing shorts and the next day you have to wear a jacket to keep the chill out!
Night time is the same way... Heck just last week they had a frost warning out and some places around us did have frost! This IS May, right?
At any rate I know as soon as it gets pretty hot and stays that way more than a day or so, and I'll be running the air conditioners just to get rid of the humidity and to stay a little on the cool side, I'll probably be bitching again.
My mom never missed when she used to tell us that the snow outside was the "onion snow" which was supposed to be the last snow of the Winter. Apparently I didn't inherit that ability as I can never get it right and this year.... Whew! Sorry mom, I missed the "onion snow" entirely this year!
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I never heard my dad bitch about the weather one way or the other.. The only time he made a comment about it would be when he'd say we'd better get the hay in as it would rain before the end of the week or in the next couple of days.. Even though he worked a lot of his life outdoors I just can't remember him complaining about the weather and that's long before we all became used to air conditioners in our homes and in our cars..
Mom on the other hand did enough bitching to make up for what dad didn't do. Especially the heat.. Mom just couldn't take the heat and the Summers would put her in misery... I rarely heard her complain about the weather in the Winter, so I guess it can be said that she was a Winter lady.. I don't think she would have enjoyed living down south at all. She would probably be better off living in Canada. Yep, I think that would have suited mom just fine..
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You know I've had some folks say to me, Gee Chuck you're in the MLM, (multi-level-marketing), business, isn't that illegal or something?
No, I'm proud to say not only is it legal but there are a lot of MLM businesses that folks don't even realize they are..
Ever hear of "Avon Calling?" Yep Avon is an MLM business. How about Mary Kay? Yep, that's another one... and I guess a lot of folks has heard of Amway... They are one of the first.
MLM marketing is also called "Network Marketing"... maybe you are more familiar with that as a viable way to do business.
A friend of mine told me a little story the other day about his eye doctor. It seems that his eye doctor was doing a form of networking by offering 10% off a pair of glasses if you referred 1 patient, 20% off if you referred 2 patients, 30% off for 3, and on and on up to a $150 limit with a referral of 7 people! He also sells vitamins and an eyewash for those little crusties on your eyelids. His chiropractor also sells vitamins, special pillows and support belts for your lower back. His dentist sells mouthwash & electric toothbrushes. So it looks like all of them have a bit of networking going on within their own fields... and there is nothing wrong with that at all... Why shouldn't they try to hustle an extra buck?
They're just like us with families they are trying to feed, clothe and put through school...
My point is, if they, in the professional fields, are not to uppity to push their wares why would we be embarrassed to do some networking on our own to hustle a buck?
Apparently some folks think it's beneath them to be involved in any kind of home business as I've had a few of them flat come right out and tell me that.... and yes, sometimes, but not too often, I'll think about them when I cash my monthly commission checks from the various MLM companies that I'm affiliated with... Like I said, not too often, though.....
If you talk to someone to try and help them to become more self sufficient and to help them live a better life and they just plain "turn on you" I really don't think they are worth the effort to try and help them...
Some folks just think others are nuts to waste their time and money on such outlandish behaviors.
Of course I'll bet a lot of folks thought that Edison was nuts as well when he spent all those man hours, (not just his own), and money on trying to develop the first light bulb when honest hard working men were working in the factories and out in the fields all day. After all wasn't the kerosene lantern good enough for him?
Of course I guess that's why we can say that being in your very own business is NOT for everyone. Some folks just can't see beyond their noses when it comes to making honest money... Let alone helping other people do the same...
But I'm not just in the MLM business but the mail order business too...
That's a shady business many people say as well... Well, there are a lot more people in the mail order business than there's EVER been, especially since the Internet Shopping was born... Everyone on the WEB must ship their products by mail or shipping companies... (Same thing.) All of them from Toys are US to Office Max.....
Well, if you think a home business may be "your cup of tea," take a look around this site as I am in a couple of great businesses that are making me nice monthly paychecks... They MAY be "right up your alley." Read down though the last few posts and you'll see I've mentioned some of them and where you can click to find out more about them...
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In the meantime it is Friday and before my weekend begins I have a ton of stuff that needs to be done... Even though I'll be working in this office over the weekend a bit, I still have things that must go out today...... So for me, it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT weekend!!! (I'll see you right back here on Monday Morning! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
The most popular exhibit in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair was the General Motors exhibit with its "Futurama" predictions of America in the 1960s: "Federal laws forbid wanton cutting of wooded hillsides. People do not care much for possessions. Two-month paid vacations. Cars are air-conditioned and cost as little as $200. The happiest people live in one-factory villages!"
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Thursday, May 25, 2006

It's cloudy here in Central Pennsylvania but we're supposed to get some showers before the end of today. Temperatures are supposed to go all the way up into the 70s and down into the 60s tonight so I am definitely going to shut down the coal stoker this morning! Finally...... Last year I shut it down on May 8th and now it's over 2 weeks later than that... I thought it might just wait on the calendar to say it was summer before warming up enough for me to pull the plug on the stoker... As I fired up the stoker last year to keep warm on the 25th of September today May the 25th will be exactly 8 months of heating.... Way too long for the cost of heating now days! Maybe those folks living in Florida have the right idea.... Or maybe not... In the last month they've had 3 people killed and some even half eaten by alligators!
Wow! I think I'll just pay the heat bill, come to think about it!
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OCALA NATIONAL FOREST, Fla. (AP) - Wildlife officers captured an alligator Thursday that they believe fatally attacked a Tennessee woman while she snorkeled in a secluded recreation area.
Photo: Trapper Curtis Lucas, left, and U.S.
Forestry Service officer Jim Ellis bring an alligator ashore in Florida's Ocala National Forest, Thursday, May 18, 2006, after cleaning off the gator and the boat. Officials say there are confident that this alligator captured and killed Thursday in Juniper Creek is the same one that killed a Tennessee woman Sunday.
Annmarie Campbell was attacked while snorkeling in the creek in the Ocala National Forest.
TOM BENITEZ Trappers caught the 11-foot-4-inch, 407-pound alligator on a baited hook in Juniper Creek, near Lake George, where Annemarie Campbell was attacked, state wildlife officials said.
"I think it's a great relief because my experience of alligators is that, once they kill, they kill again, and I don't want someone else to go through what I went through," the woman's mother, Dawn Marie Yankeelov of Louisville, Ky., told the Ocala Star-Banner for Friday's editions.
A forensic tooth expert has to confirm that the bite marks on Campbell match the gator's teeth, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Kat Kelley.
People with Campbell beat the animal until it released her body. The captured alligator bore scratch marks on its snout and a stab wound in its right eyelid, officials said.
Campell, 23, of Paris, Tenn., died from drowning and multiple blunt-force injuries, according to an autopsy.
Her death was the third fatal alligator attack in Florida this month. The state had 17 confirmed fatal attacks by the animals in the previous 58 years.
Get this story in it's entirety at: Gator Attacks
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Yep, we as humans are notorious for settling and building homes where we really shouldn't be building them. It must be our nature... We don't want to destroy ALL the animals we just want to live with them... Does something sound wrong with that statement? I'll say.... If we were talking about little cuddly rabbits, maybe that would be something different... But we're talking about animals that haven't changed much since the caveman days... That look more like that's actually where they belong.. No, we don't want to hurt them as a matter of fact they are on Florida's endangered list! Yep, we protect them so they can come out and kill the humans that live around them... hmmmmm....... I guess I'm just too DUMB to get that one...
It's kind of like building a huge city below the surrounding water level... You know, then building "levees" to keep out the water... Then when nature comes in and destroys the levees, floods the city and kills many of the inhabitants, do we take the hint and rebuild the city elsewhere, you know like on higher ground? Heck no.... we rebuild the levees and rebuild the city right where it was and then wait for mother nature to do what mother nature goes....... hmmmmmm...... Can you name that city? I'll give you a hint.... Down South in state of Louisiana.... hmmmmm..... maybe that will help you......
Yep, for us humans supposed to be the smartest species on earth, if I go by what I seen done from time to time, it sure makes me wonder!
You know if we just got a bit smarter, the government could save a lot of money... Maybe even enough to feed the starving children that we have right here in the good ole' U. S. of A.!!!!
Sounds unbelievable? Yeah, the way we toss money around to governments all over the world I thought so too until several years ago when an organization that I support sent me some letters asking me to help... Want to see if I'm pulling your leg? Just click here Children International and where it says, "Pick a country", click on the United States.. It's just unbelievable that we as the richest country in the world, have children so poor on our doorstep... Okay, I won't mention that again... This post isn't supposed to be beating any kind for drums for anything... Sorry about that...
It's just when I see all the waste in our government, it's enough to make all of us sick.
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The time for today is moving on and it's time for me to get back to work... Wish I had more time... but I have a few piles of work on my desks just staring at me.... So if I'm going to get any of them to go down, I'd better get back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Thursday!                (I'll see you right back here tomorrow! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
In and around Zion, a little town in Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan about forty miles north of Chicago, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people who believe the Earth is not round. They are the supporters of a theory, proposed in the early 1900s by Wilbur Glenn Voliva, that the Earth is flat. There are also people today who believe the world is hollow and open at the poles. There are some who even believe the Earth is on the inside of a hollow sphere!         (Wow, and you thought you were the only one! huh?)
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

It's a beautiful sunny morning here in central Pennsylvania and as it's supposed to go all the way up to 75 degrees it's finally warming up around here pretty good.. Maybe, just maybe Summer time is almost here.. By the calendar it IS almost here as in less than a month is the Summer Solstice or more popular known as the first day of the Summer and the longest day of the year! Yep, we're in for yet another GREAT day!
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On the way home from the doctor's office yesterday we spotted a blimp up in the sky.. Around here that's not very normal. Perhaps if you live near a stadium or something like that, but around here it's rare... It was hard to tell just how far away it was and then when we turned on the highway to come up through Dauphin I took notice that it was advertising an insurance company. It's still a sight that we're not used to seeing and the sky was beautiful yesterday so it was still worth a picture or two.
It's a bit hard to read the ad... well okay, it's impossible but it does advertise an insurance company.. I guess there are many, many more ways to advertise than I use and this sure proves it.. I wonder what it costs to have your ad put on a blimp and have a crew drive around all day in it.. It looked like it was having trouble with the wind as it was quite windy yesterday but it would turn and go South for awhile and then do an "about face" and go north for awhile.. But with it's moves you could tell that it was "targeting" a certain area... I took the second photo out the driver's window with the camera in full zoom mode while driving... I'm surprised I got it pretty much centered... I only took a second to line it up as I had to get my eyes back on the highway! Wow! And they talk about people on their cell phones!
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A Friend of mine, Ralph Fulton, from Georgia sent me a really funny piece and as I already had the joke sheet done for today I'm just going to add it in right here:
LAWS OF THE NATURAL UNIVERSE
Law of Mechanical Repair:
After your hands become coated with grease your nose will begin to itch or you'll have to pee.
Law of the Workshop:
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
Law of probability:
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of the act.
Law of the Telephone:
When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.
Law of the Alibi:
If you tell the boss a flat tire made you late for work, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.
Variation Law:
If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will start to move faster than the one you are in now. (works every time)
Bath Theorem:
When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.
Law of Close Encounters:
The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
Law of the Result:
When you try to prove to some one that a machine won't work, it will.
Law of Biomechanics:
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
Theatre Rule:
At any event, people with seats furthest from the aisle, arrive last.
Law of Coffee:
As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something that lasts until the coffee is cold.
Murphy's Law of Lockers:
If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
Law of Dirty Rugs/Carpets:
The chance that an open-faced jelly sandwich will land face-down on the floor is directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug.
Law of Location:
Wherever you
That should be enough laws to hold us all over for awhile! go, There you are!
Law of Logical Argument:
Anything is possible if you don't know what you're talking about.
Brown's Law:
If the shoe fits, it's ugly.
Oliver's Law:
A closed mouth gathers no feet.
Wilson's Law:
As soon as you find a product you really like, they will stop making it.
That' should be enough laws to hold us all over for awhile!
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Did you ever argue, oops... I mean discuss something important with a friend of yours that they and you felt really strongly about but you both had very different opinions about? When that happens again pay close attention to just how things go.
You'll find that they don't five a "fiddlely diddlely" about what you have to say as if you pay close attention you'll see that they just can't wait for you to get done talking so they can start talking! Actually after a bit it gets to be pretty funny and if "stand back" in your mind and look at it objectively! Good friends and both just NEED to express their respective opinions! What a funny situation....
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As always time is moving along pretty fast and it's time for me to get my butt back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day! (I'll see you right back here tomorrow morning! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
Chester Carlson, the inventor in 1937 of xerography, the dry copying process, could also have been the inventor of another important communication tool if he hadn't given up. Carlson had an idea for what later became the ball-point pen, but he dropped work on the concept long before it was marketed -- he thought the pen wouldn't work!
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

It's nice and sunny here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania and it's supposed to shoot all the way up to 70 degrees today! Wow, looks like we're in for a beautiful day today!
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Lately between my trips to the hospital and to the doctor's offices, (various ones), it must seem to the average reader that I'm on my "last leg." Well, even though it does feel that way some times, I'm hoping I have some time left here on good ole' Mother Earth... This morning however I do have another appointment for my second Immunization/Injection for Type B hepatitis at my regular GP doctor's office. Seems like with my swollen spleen is causing problems with my liver and I sure can't stand to get any kind of hepatitis so I've been getting these Immunization shots. After today I'll only need one more and that won't be until November of this year. Seems like it's always something... It's a bitch to stay alive sometimes! Ha! I least I have that choice at times...
I really pity some folks who don't get that chance... I just received a call last evening from a mail order friend in California that her sister got a Mastectomy yesterday afternoon. I didn't even know that her sister was ill but she said that her sister never complained... You know that's usually the way it is with cancer survivors. That's what makes them so amazing to me... Boy they all have more guts than I have that's for sure!
Even when Betty's daughter, Betsey had terminal colon cancer she complained very little... I can only wish that I would be half that brave... Oh well.... some people are just brave and that's it... Maybe it's inherited? I sure hope my friend's sister comes through the operation in good order.
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Did you know that there is good debt and bad debt?
I found a GREAT article about this and you can read it here: Good Debt - Bad Debt.
You know I've been reading articles about debt for years... Being in debt too much is a bad thing. Duh? Getting out of debt is the GOOD thing to do. Duh?
Then they, (the folks who write these articles also give you the solution, Pay off all of your debt, credit cards and all!) Wow, why didn't I think of that? Duh?
One of the reasons so many Americans seem mired in bad debt, the average American carries approximately $8,400 in credit card debt, is that financial education is virtually nonexistent.
"This type of common-sense stuff isn't taught in school, and most Americans don't realize how badly high-rate credit cards are hurting them." (Quote from the article.)
I think most folks are aware that their "high-rate" credit cards are hurting them, as I can't believe they'd be THAT stupid. They are just trapped and have no idea or actually means to get out of their credit card debt. If they could do that don't you think that "common sense" would tell them to do so.
Also, as I've said a lot here lately, when folks must drive to work everyday and gasoline almost doubles in price practically over night, they use their cards to buy the stuff... What else should they do as their wages sure as heck are NOT rising that fast. They certainly are not making huge, unearned, unseemly record setting profits like the huge oil companies that are claiming that the high cost of fuel and gasoline has nothing to do with them and they have no control of the prices. (Ha!)
Yes, that may be a darn good reason why a lot of folks have escalating credit card bills... or at least one of the reasons...
The average American has a credit card debt of $8,400? I think just last year it was about half of that figure. Now why do you think it's double that this year? I don't think it takes a genius to figure that one out, do you?
Yes, I agree with the experts.... let's all get out of debt... that's better for us so why don't we do it... Hmmmmmm..... I don't think that takes a genius to answer that one either and it's not because it's bad to have a lot of debt and we should get out of bad debt.... For gosh sakes get real...
It's great advice like saying, hmmmm I see you have a black eye from fighting... that's not good for you, get rid of it. Yeah better said than done! Use some common sense! That's what I say!
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Well, as usual, time marches on and as I mentioned above we'll have to head out to the doctor's office pretty soon... Just to get a shot.... and just enough to screw up about half of a day... Oh well, like I said also, it's a bitch to try and stay alive!
I do have time to get a couple of things done that are piling up on my desks before I leave, so for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day! (I'll see you right back here tomorrow morning! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
In order to test whether acquired characteristics could be inherited, the German biologist August Freidrich Weismann cut the tails off twenty-two generations of mice soon after birth and found that each one nevertheless continued to give birth to mice with full-sized tails. No one knows why he bothered. If he'd stopped to think, he'd have realized that more than twenty-two generations of Jewish boys have been circumcised soon after birth, and each newborn Jewish boy comes into the world with a full-sized foreskin!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at, Tuesday May 23, 2006

Monday, May 22, 2006

It's cloudy and a bit windy here this morning in Central Pennsylvania. As it's only supposed to reach the mid 60s today. Looks like we're in for another cool day for this time of the year, again. Yesterday it was really cool most of the day and not much traffic on the river that runs through out back yard... Usually this time of the year there are a lot of boats out on the river and people are having fun on a Sunday... Heck Memorial day is almost here and that's the day that they open the swimming pools in our area.. If it soon doesn't warm up they will be opening them for for ice skating instead of swimming! (Geez... would you believe that I still have our stoker furnace going? I checked my records and I shut that down last year on May the 8th! Here it is the 22nd and I still must keep it going as last night it almost dipped down into the 30s!)
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This past weekend was pretty good to me... Saturday afternoon and evening I spent working in the yard mowing and cutting down brush.. Also dodging all the "bugs", (gnats.) Clouds of the little devils.. They're all over the place.. I sure hope the state's helicopters come back and do some more spraying before too long..
If I hadn't seen them here last week, (see the picture below), I would swear that they haven't done any spaying at all this year yet.. If you go by the gnat population around here, you'd swear it too.
I think I'm going to have to buy one of those "honey bee" outfits that they use to collect honey from the bee hives and wear it to mow the yard.. When there are that many gnats, the little devils "eat you alive" out there.. It sure is no fun working in the yard at all as of yet.. I'm sure after some more spraying it will get much better if it goes like the years before this one.
Yesterday I spent most of the day working on the bulk mail. Betty worked on it as well and it's now on the dining room table waiting for me to get a couple of trays out in the garage and load them up and take them to the post office.. All I must do yet is weigh them, finish the paper work, write the check, and they're ready to load in the Jeep for a trip to the post office...
The bulk mail will go out this morning soon after I upload this post, I'll be getting it ready for the trip to the post office.
I'm always glad when I get out a bulk mail as it's a job and a half!
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I was thinking about my dad the other day and how I wish he was around so I could talk to him and get his advise on how to fix some things here around the house.. Dad was kind of like a master carpenter among many other things.. He and my uncle were general contractors for years and they used to build houses together, for resale, from the ground up.
Between the pair of them they didn't need to "sub-contract" anything out to anyone else to build a house as both were adept at masonry work, pouring concrete and laying bricks and blocks. Also they were both avid plumbers and they handled all that was necessary for that job as well.. My uncle was also a certified electrician so between them, they actually could build a house literally from the ground up.. They dug the cellar, poured the footers, and laid the block for the cellar, installed the septic system and then "went from there."
At any rate I have so many things that need to be done around here and if I could just talk to dad for a little while he could get me squared away post haste on how to do them.
Alas, as dad passed away quite awhile back it would be quite a trick to talk to him now... But over the weekend I ran into a piece about dads and right away it reminded me of the other day when I was thinking about dad... I think there's a lot of truth in it and thought that you may like to read it also, so here it is:
"At 4 years old: My Daddy can do anything!
7 years: My Dad knows a whole lot.
14 years: My Dad's so old-fashioned.
21 years: My Dad knows a little about it, but not much.
30 years: I should find out what my Dad thinks about it:
35 years: Before we do anything, let's get Dad's ideas first.
50 years: What would Dad have thought?
60 years: My father knew literally everything.
75 years: I wish I could talk it over with him one more time." -- (Written by Anonymous)
Yep, there's a lot of truth in that paragraph that's for sure.. Of course I haven't lived that long for all of it and I was only around 30 years old when I lost dad but everything above is sure true up 'til that point!
But you know I've thought the same thing about mom every once in a while also. I remember one time I was trying to make a cake like mom used to make.. Boy, she was an expert when it came to making cakes.. She knew how to make just about any kind of cake that you could think of...
Any way, she used to make this strawberry short cake... It was like short cake but the strawberries were already mixed in and cooked with the batter and boy was it ever good! Every time I tried to make it the strawberries would either sink to the bottom or float on the top. Every time something went wrong.. My sister was still alive back then so I contacted her and asked her if she could remember how mom had made it... Well, apparently Sis didn't pay much attention to how mom cooked anything. She said all she could remember was that mom always used "Bisquick" and maybe that had something to do with it... I tried it and got the same results.... so I guess I'll never taste that "Strawberry Shortcake" again... All because I didn't take the time to find out back when I had the chance to. If your mom or dad is still around, don't do like me, take the time to learn all you can from them as someday you will surely be grateful for it.... Take my word... You can NEVER spend too much time with your parents....
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Well, today's the beginning of our work week and lots of things on my desks that I left "ride" to get the bulk mail done need attention, so I'd better get to work on them and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day! (I'll see you right back here tomorrow morning! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
Although freedom of the press is guaranteed by the Constitution, the Lincoln administration not only censored the news but closed down publication of the New York News for anti-administration editorials, in 1861 and again in 1863, for alleged spy activity. When the New York World satirized Lincoln in 1863, the paper was shut down and its editors arrested on Lincoln's personal orders!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at, Monday May 22, 2006

Friday, May 19, 2006

T.G.I.F.
It's sunny outside now here in Central Pennsylvania but it looks like a repeat of yesterday as it's supposed to rain this afternoon and evening and with temps only predicted to go up to about 60 degrees it's going to be a chilly day as well... But..... it still looks like a beautiful day here in my home office as I don't have to go anywhere today and can really concentrate on getting plenty of work done... After yesterday I'll need today just to get caught up!
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I did make a trip yesterday afternoon down to the Hershey Medical Center to see a Blood doctor, (hematologist).
I was supposed to get there an hour earlier than my appointment as they wanted to take some tests so when I did get to see the doctor he would know better about my problem.. So.... they took four vials of blood to start with and then it was just a sit and wait job in the waiting room for about an hour.. They finally came and took me to a small examination room to get weighed and have my temperature taken and some other small things like tell them all the medicine I was on and what I was allergic to etc. After that was done Betty and I waited about about another 20 minutes until the doctor finally showed up. I had to strip and put on one of those hospital gowns that ties in the back or should I say almost ties in the back....
You know, I just can't figure it out, after all these years of having that type of "gown" in a day and age where everything else is Velcro, even shoes now days have "Velcro" laces that they can't use Velcro on the gown instead of the "ties" that none of us can ever reach to tie! It's just plain stupid! It's not too bad if you have someone along to help you like I had Betty but if you have to get a nurse or other "stranger" to help you, lets face it.... you're pretty much exposed back there!
Yes, you'd think that after all these years, someone would have come up with a better idea......
The test still showed that the Platelets, "the things in blood that helps it clot and stop bleeding," where the average Platelet count is between 140,000 and 340,000 and mine was still only 19,000. He said I seemed to be doing pretty good with them that low but if they drop any further I would have to go back down there and get a bone marrow test... Gee, that certainly doesn't sound like fun at all so I sure hope that it doesn't come to that... The only other thing he did was take me off my "baby aspirin" that I've been on for years at one a day since I had my first heart attack.. He said that the aspirin stops the platelets from doing their job that's why they help prevent clogs in the veins and arteries. Of course without the aspirin I'll have more of a chance of developing more clogs in my heart which caused the heart attacks to start with... It seems like one of those deals that you are "dammed if you do" and "dammed if you don't" situations... Then he also said that I must now check with my heart doctor and see if it's okay with him as well to stop the daily aspirin.. Wow, it seems like no one these days wants to be responsible for making a decision on their own.
At any rate that's why most of yesterday was lost and I got just about nothing done around here.... Hopefully I'll make up some for that today... At least that's my plan!
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You know the "blood guy" was located in the "Cancer Center" at the hospital and if you want to really be humbled you must sit in that waiting room for awhile.. I'm always complaining that I have everything wrong with me but the kitchen sink but sitting in there watching the folks come and go it really gives you a "wake up" job. Many of them you could tell, especially the ladies by their bandanas on their heads that they had already lost their hair through treatment and of course the guys either had caps on or just a bald head showed. We spoke with a guy who had cancer in his spine and it was deteriorating his back bone and he was starting to have trouble even holding his head up.. It was fascinating just how optimistic just about everyone we spoke with seemed to be..
I guess when you are faced with almost impossible odds you have to keep up some kind of optimism or you'd "freak out."
It kind of makes you think, every time you get another ache or pain or some other kind of problem shows up, that there are always others in much worse condition that you are... It just brought back old memories when Betty's daughter, Betsey, had cancer and finally passed away from it... I sure hope a miracle happens and they come up with a cure for all the cancers.... What a great day that would be....
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I received my monthly package from my favorite MLM program, and one that I actually make the most money with, Elements. There were another two "Silver Eagle" coins in it. Two more to put in my safety deposit box and they are really climbing in value, lately almost on a daily basis!
The "Silver Eagle" is certainly a beautiful coin and after two and a half years, I have quite a few of them in my collection... The new 2006 ones value are pushing $20 a piece and the older ones, even the ones I saved last year are even higher in value and gain more value each and every year... I'm getting quite a little cache of them put back and if I ever did need to get my hands on some quick cash, it wouldn't be too awful hard to liquidate them!
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Well, as I mentioned above I have a lot to catch up on here in my office today before I can even start my weekend, so for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Weekend!!! (I'll see you right back here on Monday morning! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
The Federal Bureau of Investigation captured eight German saboteurs shortly after they had come ashore from a U-boat off eastern Long Island in 1942. Six were executed and two imprisoned. It turns out that one of those imprisoned, the expedition's leader, was an anti-Nazi and had tipped off the FBI. (He was promised that he'd be jailed for only six months. He got, instead, a ninety-year prison term!) (And who said you couldn't trust the government!)
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Thursday, May 18, 2006

'Tis another sunny morning here in Central Pennsylvania and with temps only supposed to reach the upper 60s we're in for yet another beautiful day here! They, the weather people, are calling for thunderstorms this afternoon so we may not get through the entire day without some bad weather but all and all it really doesn't look that bad.
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You know yesterday I was talking about the dog gone black fly, (gnat), and talking about how great it was that the state was finally spraying for them.
Last evening I ran into some really great "stuff" that I just had to put up here for you.. If you're like me you'll get a kick out of it and if you're not, sorry......
Random Facts To Bug You
* The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head like a human!
* The word "bug" started out as the Anglo-Saxon word "bugge" or "bough," meaning "a terror, a devil, or a ghost!"
* The hairs on the butt of a cockroach are so sensitive that they can detect air currents made by the onrushing tongue of a toad!
* The praying mantis is the official state insect of Connecticut!
* Mating soapberry bugs remain locked in embrace for up to 11 days, which exceeds the life span of many other insects!
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You just can't know too much of all the good "stuff" about bugs now can you? For me not liking bugs very much, I sure did grow up around enough of them... I was raised on a dairy farm... What bugs we didn't have around the barn and sheds were made up for out in the fields.. Bugs always did fascinate me but they still have always given me the old "heebie geebies" and I guess I'll just never get over that..
Of course when I was younger, I really despised snakes, (actually I was scared half to death of them.) Then I began to study them and even went "hunting" for poisonous snakes.. After a while I actually got over my morbid fear of them. I guess it was caused by the familiarly of them. Whatever did it, I have no problems with them at all now... Matter of fact later on I opened a pet shop and although I never carried any poisonous snakes to sell, boas, pythons, and many other snakes became my best pets to sell.. Most of the time they are clean, they don't eat that often and because of that there is very little waste, their cage doesn't have an unpleasant odor and yes, they can even become affectionate. With all of those attributes, they are an excellent house pet.. Much better than a cat or even a dog... Oh, and I didn't even mention that they are very cheap to keep as well... They never need groomed or taken for a walk... Yep, even a visit to the vet is very rare indeed for them.
No, I don't have any snakes for sale... but you could do worse for a pet... Did you ever get a puppy for the family and all go out to eat perhaps and come home to a house that was completely torn apart? Well, I've been though that and it's no fun at all.. You feel like "ringing" the little devils neck!
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Oh, when I had my pet shop I almost forget that I also used to carry tarantulas.... you know, the giant spiders? They are not a bad pet either... You must be careful that you don't drop them however... as they can "explode" if they had a hard floor... They don't have the survival skills of their smaller cousins that's for sure!
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We have the bulk mail almost ready to go and I received a call from my doctor's office yesterday. The GP. As the platelet count in my blood was very, very low here a couple of weeks ago when I got blood tests done, so he wants me to see a hematologist to see if he can help bring them up a bit.
Platelets are the things in blood that helps it clot and stop bleeding. The average Platelet count is between 140,000 and 340,000 and mine was only 19,000. Yep, pretty darn low. I sure as heck wouldn't want to get a big gash in my arm or leg or anywhere else for that matter as I may not be able to stop from bleeding to death...
So, I thought that maybe the doc's right and I'd better see this other blood doctor and see if there is anything he can do, so I have an appointment at the Hershey Medical Center Hospital to see this guy this afternoon. I'm supposed to arrive there 1 hour before my appointment as they want to take a "battery" of tests even before my appointment. So... It looks like our bulk mail will have to go out a day later than I'd like it to... But like I said, this is too important to just let it go....
I'm not happy going to the Hershey Hospital as the last time that I was there, 3 or 4 years ago, I almost bought the farm, (died.) Nope I'm not happy to re-visit that place at all... This is the first time I've been back there since then.. Not good memories at all.... hmmmmm.......
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Well, talking about a trip to Hershey, I do have some things that I must get done before we take off for there, so for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!! (I'll see your right back here tomorrow morning! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
Gigantic snowfalls may be crippling to big cities, but at least in New York City they have a tendency to fall mainly on the days most convenient for the urban populations. A study of the biggest snows in the last sixty-eight years shows that 54 percent of them fall on Friday or Sunday, when the cleanup can be accomplished with minimum inconvenience to those millions who must go to work and school. According to the law of averages, only 28.6 percent should have fallen on these two days!
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

It's nice and sunny at the moment here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania but it is supposed to rain before today is over... so we're not going to get off that easy. As the temps are only supposed to reach the upper 60s it sure looks like we're in for another GREAT day!!!
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The gnats, yes bugs, have already been a pain in the butt since warmer weather has begun around here. They, the government of Pennsylvania, did send out the choppers about a month and a half ago and spayed some for the black fly, (gnats), but it didn't seem to do much good...
I was sure happy when Betty called me late yesterday afternoon to tell me she heard the helicopters out side in the back. Sure enough they were spraying again for the back fly. The little devils even look creepy... But then again, I think all bugs look creepy... Betty always says, every time we watch a space movie or whatever that has "monsters" in it.. They are just all so unbelievable she just can't understand why I like to watch them.. Well, if you ask me, they should as heck couldn't find anything that looks more unbelievable than a few of the different bugs that we already have here on earth... It's just that in some of the movies, the "monsters" or bug look alike creatures are supposed to be intelligent.
I'm just happy that the little devils, the black flies, life span is only 3 weeks and gives them little time to become too intelligent. I think with a little sense and a little more lifetime they would probably over run us in a very short period of time.
Like I said, I was REALLY glad to see the Chopper out on the river spreading it's "death" to the cute little black flies as pictured above. Sounds gruesome doesn't it.. Well, if you come and mow my yard, oh heck, you don't even have to mow the yard, just walk through it about this time of the year and it won't be long until you're praying for the helicopter to arrive and start spraying that's for sure! Of course if your ARE mowing and both of your hands are tied up and you have nothing to swat at the little "suckers" with, it's even worse.. And I DO mean "suckers" as all they want is to suck out whatever of your blood that they can get to. Yes, I guess they are gruesome creatures themselves.
At any rate it will probably take about 3 to 4 more sprayings until they get the best of them... but with each spraying it helps out... That's what I look forward to each and every time..
Next week there will be just a little bit less of them and so on and so on..... until there are only a few... They NEVER wipe all of them out as there are always some left... I guess there are just too darn many of them to wipe 'em all out and remember, the rest of the state doesn't get sprayed.... Just around the rivers etc... So it's not like we're going to wipe out the "black fly" "species"... Not by a long shot...........
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I thought I had gotten rid of the ground hog that used to live in the shed out back and maybe I did, however he may just have pulled up stakes after I filled in his hole and moved down toward the river. I was down mowing there the other day and there is a humongous hole down there only about 12 feet from the river's edge. I have no idea why he would put his "house" so close to the river as when it rises and it always does, several times a season, his "house" is being flooded. I do know that they always build two entries and I haven't been able to find his "back door" as of yet... But I'm sure it's got to be higher than his front door is from the river...
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Betty and I are working on another bulk mailing and have the dining room table full of circulars, folded and unfolded.. Also the latest magazine/newsletter, Chuck's Mail Order News & Opportunities... all assembled and all they need yet to make them "ready to go" is "saddle stitched", (stapled on the spine area.)
Hopefully by tomorrow evening most of that job will be done and we'll be putting on the mailing labels... At least, so far, that's the plan... We REALLY must get that done ASAP so I was up this morning bright and early working on that and will get right back to it as soon as I post this blog....
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Talking about that, the time is moving right along as always, so for me it's back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day today!!!! (I'll see your right back here tomorrow morning! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
An important step in the history of reference works was made when the German physician and philosopher Johann Georg Krunitz (1728-96) wrote his Oekonomisch-technologische Encyklopadie. He wrote it all by himself---242 highly organized volumes. He also wrote 438 other books! Wow!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at, Wednesday May 17, 2006

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

It's a bit cloudy with the sun peeking through once in awhile here this morning in Central Pennsylvania and probably is because the weather folks are calling for showers on an off again today... It was pretty dismal most of yesterday but toward late afternoon and evening it finally did clear up and the sunshine came through as you can see by the picture below...
Looks like we're in for another GREAT day here at the Blue Bird Cottage... Can't get much done out doors but it looks like I'll be able to get plenty done here in the office all day today...
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I received a call from my bank where I keep my business account that they had "overpaid" me when I cashed a few checks on Friday there..
Actually what happened is that I made a deposit and I had 5 checks to cash.. Since last Summer when they "overpaid" me $20 when cashing my checks and then when I arrived home and back in my office there was a message there waiting on me to tell me that they had made a mistake and to call them immediately..
I called them and they asked me to stop back down and give them back the $20 bucks... Okay I said and returned it the next day....
Well, since then I always total up any checks to be cashed and make a "post it" note and take along and when I hand them the checks to be cashed I lay the note down on the counter, facing them, so they can double check my figures against theirs... So far it's worked out pretty good..
Then last Friday my total had come to $417.50 and when the cashier girl totaled her figures she said she got $420.50.. I asked if she would "double check" and re-total them once more which she did and insisted that she got $420.50.. I said okay, but you see by my note that I came up with $417.50 right... Yes, she said, but you have $420.50 in checks here.. Okay I said...
When I arrived home and came into my office there was a call on my answering machine from the girl at the bank that cashed my checks telling me that she had made an error and that it would be "very nice" if I would stop at the bank again and give them their $3 dollars back...
It was, by then, too late to call them and the next morning, before I could get a chance to call them, another lady called me and asked about the $3 dollars... I told them that I couldn't get back to the bank until Monday and they said okay...
Well yesterday when I arrived home, I remembered that I had forgotten to stop at the darn bank so now, I'll have to call them again this morning... I'll get that done as soon as I post this blog. What a mess... all for a $3 dollar mistake... That's why I started to double check my totals and write them down, to prevent something like this, but I guess there is really no way to avoid mistakes no matter how much caution that one takes... That's just the way life is......
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There is definitely no question that not only has Spring arrived but it has set in pretty good and Summer is right on the heels of it. There's plenty of proof of this when I look outdoors and across the river from our back yard.. Where just a few weeks ago the mountains looked barren they are now solid green and there is no mistake that the trees on the mountains are now in full "bloom"... It's absolutely beautiful as you can see from the picture above....
I was standing along the river in our back yard when I took this picture and as you can see the weather had cleared up quite a bit from earlier when it was steadily raining for most of the day.
It IS beautiful in this neck of the woods in all seasons and all through the year.. We're are located only about 15 to 20 minutes from the city of Harrisburg, but you wouldn't know it to walk outside as it seems like when you are here on our property that you are actually out in the "boonies."
If we have a nice weekend around here, there will be a lot of "action" on the river especially on Sunday as the river is still a bit high from all the rain and when it's this high, a lot of larger water craft comes all the way up our way from Harrisburg. The house boats and the pontoon boats as well.. Always at this time of the year, also, young folks are racing up and down the river on ski jets too. Yep, never a dull moment around here it seems...
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If you haven't joined c-net for FREE and receive their FREE newsletters, now's the time to do it... They will also keep you up-to-date on what the latest programs are being downloaded from the web and which ones are the most popular.. They will also allow you to download these programs from their site...
C-Net is certainly worth belonging to.. Check it out for yourself... Click on Wireless Basics above and then you can click on their home page link as well as others..
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Time is moving on at a fast clip it seems around here this morning and there is lots for me to get done before my daily trip to the post office, so for me, it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!! (I'll see you right back here tomorrow! Okay?)
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today..
The Metropolitan Opera House became a showplace for the finest productions during the enlightened leadership of Otto H. Kahn, the main stockholder. He was a man of superb musical taste and great wealth. He poured more than $2 million of his private fortune into the Metropolitan. Ironically, for almost fifteen years Mr. Kahn could not be a box holder in his own opera house because the Metropolitan had a anti-Semitic policy, and Mr. Kahn was a Jew. When he was at last permitted to have a box, he showed his contempt by never sitting in it. He made it available for distinguished foreign visitors!
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Monday, May 15, 2006

It's cloudy out at the moment here in Central Pennsylvania and we're supposed to have showers off and on all day today. As that's the way it was yesterday... It just looks like a replay and with temps only supposed to reach into the upper 60's I don't think we'll need the air conditioner either!
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Boy, what a weekend. Saturday was a nice day and I got pretty much work done here in my home office.. Yesterday it rained off and on most of the day. But yesterday morning Betty and I made a trip to the West Shore as Betty's daughter Tammy works part time at the American Legion in West Fairview where she lives and yesterday they were celebrating Mother's Day with a home made "all you can eat" breakfast buffet there. Betty's two sons were also invited, and John and his wife Debbie and Diz, the other son showed up as well.. We had a good breakfast. I filled up on potatoes and scrambled eggs as I don't eat red meat and they had bacon and sausage for the meat.. At any rate it was good and FREE to Betty and Tammy paid for mine... We chatted for about an hour and a half and Betty got cards from everyone and each one had also bought her a flower as well.. The entire rear of the Jeep was full of flowers..&nb

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