Chuck's Daily

Happy Halloween!
It's a beautiful sunny morning here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania and supposed to go up near 70 degrees again. It was there yesterday and it was magnificent! I sat out on the deck, along the river, with a short sleeve shirt on and was quite comfortable... I also took a nice long "heart" walk that I really enjoyed... We're supposed to have a few more days that will be "well above normal" as far as temperatures go. I kind of like that phrase, "well above normal." Yep it gives me a "fuzzy" feeling all over..... hmmmm......
I think these odd weather patterns, first the Indian Summer and now this, must really have Mother Nature confused...
As you can see by the pictures to the left, the first one, is a picture taken yesterday of the mountain across the river from the back of our cottage. Though it's colors indicate that Fall is definitely here and that Winter is on it's merry way.... look at the second picture, also taken yesterday of a rose in Betty's garden right outside the window of my office, and it insists that Summer is still here! Yeah, I think for sure that Mother Nature is just a bit mixed up as well as the animals around our cottage are also.
The squirrels that I've noticed every day for the last couple of weeks gathering goodies for their nests, and I can only assume for this coming winter, yesterday, Sunday, were just playing around chasing each other.. I think they forgot entirely about the fact that Winter is on it's way and it's time to stock up the old nest pantry for the coming cold weather and snow...
Yes, I think when this warm spell is over our squirrels are in for a rude awakening... as I'm sure it will get cold darn fast.
I can't EVER remember going "Halloweening" when it was nice and warm, but this year, according to our weather folks it WILL be quite warm as in comparison to what it normally is!
Wow! They've got a lot of GREAT shows on television celebrating Halloween this year. Mostly scary "stuff" and that's right "up my alley." I just "got into" reading Stephen King the last 3 or 4 weeks or mostly "listening" to his audio books... I don't have the much time to read or time that I can take for reading but I can listen to a book while I'm doing something else.... That way I can "read" many more books a month than I normally could by conventional methods. I don't care how the audio books are made whether it be tapes, CDs, or MP3 files.... I've got something around here that will read them.. I have a back up 15 GB Jukebox, player/recorder, and MP3 player for portable books. Plus, any of my computers will of course read the MP3 books as well.. I also have a portable CD player for the regular CD Books and last but not least I have several tape players and a portable tape player that works great that I bought at Dollar General for $5 bucks!
I buy a lot of my tapes, CDs, etc. mostly from discount places on the Internet, Ollie's Outlet, and a lot from the library that folks donate to them as well as some that they just pull from their shelves... (I've never figured out why they do this.) As far as the donated ones go, I think sometime when someone passes away and has a pretty good collection of audio books, their husbands/wives or whatever just takes the whole box of them down to the library and donates them. The library then sells them for whatever they can get and uses the money for the library.... I get a lot of bargains this way....
A lot of the books I listen to however, come directly from the library. Our library has a very extensive stock of audio books in various forms that I can borrow for FREE. They usually let me have them for about weeks, which normally is plenty of time to listen to a book no matter how big it is.... I borrowed Stephen Kings' "Riding the Bullet" on Saturday and have finished it already.. That's a pretty short book though... most are longer that that one...
That was a pretty good book.... After I listened to it I checked it out on the web and year before last they've already made a movie of it!
Stephen King gets a lot of his books made into movies... I really like the book so I may see where I can get the movie... I checked and if your library don't have the book, you can buy the audio book, "Riding the Bullet", for only $2 Bucks! Just click on the title....
If you must drive to work, you'll enjoy books on tapes, CDs, or MP3s as well... Why waste all that time every day. driving back and forth to work, when you could be enjoying a good book? They have all kinds of audio books now days, even how to, books... Our library is just starting to get audio books in on disks in the MP3 format.... Other books that would take 9 to 12 disks to put the book on can now be put on just one disk! "Ain't" that a hoot? Don't worry as your computer will play them... also, most CD players recognize MP3 files as well.....
Last week I also "read" the book by Stephen King called, "Stephen King On Writing".. This one's about 8 hours long and read by Stephen King himself... I REALLY liked this book as a lot of the beginning of it is about King himself... Wow, this guy sure didn't start out with a "silver spoon" in his mouth, that's for sure....
It's very interesting to see how he "made it" to success and his comments about writing as well...
At any rate, now I won't be satisfied until I listen to or read all of his "stuff." Once I get hooked on something my appetite is insatiable!
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Today IS the last day of this month so it's today that I must finish all of the Once A Month Association stuff, the Newsletter and the Monthly Member Benefit Directory. I will also run the statements and write the checks etc... That's all a job in itself and will take most of if not all the rest of today...
So, with that in mind, for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Monday!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
George Eastman (1854-1932) was born poor and had little chance for schooling. Thanks to the profit of the company he founded, Eastman Kodak, he was able to contribute over $100 million to various educational institutions. Eastman committed suicide rather than spend his last years in loneliness and without the prospect of further accomplishment!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at, Monday October 31, 2005

Friday, October 28, 2005

EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA!
I just had to post an extra blurb here this morning as I just went out and got the morning paper. On the front page:
OUR SOARING FUEL PRICES DRIVE OIL COMPANIES TO RECORD!!!
ExonMobil reported Third Quarter profits of $10 BILLION dollars! (Don't forget a billion is 1,000 million!).... That's just for 3 months!
Shell reported Third Quarter profits of $9 BILLION dollars!
Isn't that just a little bit of proof that they are ripping us off!!!!! Does your behind feel a bit tight? Well, it should!!!
If the electric company decided that they wanted to make such profits take a guess of what you light bill would be for the next month!
Don't you think that it's about time for some regulation of these companies... They're always up to blame the Arabs for charging too much for crude oil but I don't think it's too hard to see who the real THIEF is in this situation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, October 28, 2005

T.G.I.F.
It's a nice Friday morning here in Central Pennsylvania.... It's not supposed to get any higher than the 50s as far as temperatures go but other than that it looks like it's going to be a very nice day.
The prediction is also that we're going to warm up some on Sunday though, so all and all we're in for a nice weekend as well..
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I hope to get a little time off this weekend but I still must do some work as the end of the month is almost here and I'm working to get all of the Once A Month Association stuff done in time for it to go out at the end of the month.. I did get some of it done today but not the Newsletter and the Monthly Member Benefit Directory and I'll still be running the statements and writing the checks etc... on the very last day. That's part of my weekend plan, anyway.
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I had a good mail day yesterday and still have a pile of it on my desks to finish this morning. Looks like I have some print and mail orders in there as well... That's good because I plan to work on printing today. I hate doing it all in one day so I hope to get at least half of it done today and maybe I'll finish the rest over the weekend as well..
It's actually pretty easy with my printing machine made by the DUPLO company. Yes it's a Japanese machine and it really does the job with a minimum amount of work on my part. Regular off-set printers must take a picture of the circular to be printed and make a paper or metal plate. With my printer, there is a scanner mounted on the top of it and I place the original camera/ready copy into the scanner, push a button, and as it "scan's" the circular, it makes a paper "template" and mounts it on an internal drum. It then kicks me out a sample... I usually must print 5 to 8 copies to get full ink coverage... While doing this I can adjust the feed to move the margins etc. for the finished copies. Then I just set the machine for how many copies I need.... 200, 500, 1,000 or 5,000 or what ever. However the paper feeder only holds about 300 to 400 sheets at a time and I must feed more as I need them.. (The owner's manual says it holds a ream which is 500 copies but I find that 500 is just a bit too many.) It has two or 3 different speeds.... the higher the speed though the less ink is used... so you must make sure that your copy is dark enough if you want to increase the speed..... I can do about 300 pieces in less than 5 minutes... (And that's NOT top speed!) Of course if you want to print the paper on both sides you must line them up and feed them through the machine with different copy and new plate to print the other side...
It's really quite modern and much easier and cleaner than the older machines were though.. It's also much, much cheaper per sheet than a high speed copy machine too.. Quite a lot cheaper that is for sure!
I used this machine to print my own promotional and advertising circulars and I also use it to print circulars for my print & mail customers... I print their circular and then mail out their copies to prospects in my bulk mailings.... It's all takes a lot of work and time but I do enjoy when it's all done and I do the paperwork, write the check, and take the trays to the post office to mail.. It does give me a good feeling of satisfaction....
Matter of fact if you're reading this post and use the print & mail advertising medium, just click here for my rates, "Print & Mail"....
You can print the circular and order form and send along with your circular for printing and mailing... All the pertinent information is on the circular... Please send VERY clear copy, black on white paper, not folded, as the better your copy is, the better your printed circulars will look!
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Our 3 Bucks for Success, Phase IX downline builder for the Tape Of The Month company, runs out at the end of this month as well..
Next week I'll be working on down line reports to mail out to the members of it and also will be re-doing the Phase IX circular and changing it to our new one, Phase X that will begin on November the first. Probably about the second week of next month we'll be mailing out "joining packets" to join the Tape Of The Month program with downline reports, cover letter, company material and an application... Everyone that has joined the Phase IX downline building program will get one of these mailing packets whether they are in the Tape Of The Month program or not. They'll want to see exactly just what their prospects that they got to join the Phase IX program are getting in case they must "field" any questions for them.
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Well, I have a ton of "stuff" to get done before my weekend gets started so for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT weekend!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service allows deductions of thousands of dollars for installation of a elevator in the home, but not a single penny for the heating and lighting of an exercise space in the basement (let alone for the construction of such and area). Prescriptions for possible addictive medications are deductible, but vitamins that could well be supplementing a deficient diet are not. Vanity surgery--facelifts, breast enlargements, eye tucks, nose jobs, and the like--is allowable, but fees for a health club or for weight reducing programs are not. The tobacco industry can write off it's advertising expenditures, but an individual my not deduct the expense of enrolling in a course to break the smoking habit!
(But does this really surprise any of use who has dealt with the IRS for any length of time? - Chuck)
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Thursday, October 27, 2005

It's a VERY cold but clear morning here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania. I'm afraid to walk down toward the river and check my tomato plants as they, the weather folks, were calling for a possible "frost" last night... Of course, here along the river it stays just a bit warmer for awhile because of all the water in the river holds some heat... It may not feel like it if you dip your "toe" in it, but it REALLY does! The surrounding area may have frost 2 or 3 times before we get it here.... But once the water in the river cools down, it works in reverse and it's like living beside a big pile of ice! And it stays colder longer!
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We took the Jeep in for repairs yesterday to the dealers... I tried to explain to them that I've had problems with the Air Conditioner since they replaced the "computer" and the "crankshaft sensor" about two months ago but they wouldn't have any of that.. I told them the problem was that the compressor clutch would not stay engaged more that about 4 seconds at a time.. Not long enough to produce any cold air... They said they had to charge the A/C and put dye in it to check it for leaks... What does the "Freon" have to do with the dog-gone clutch I asked them? Oh they said that's probably your problem but it will cost you about $160 bucks... I also took it in because of the defroster "duct work" wasn't working properly. When I turned on the defroster for the windshield and turned the blower control knob above the first notch something slams shut and all the air is blown out of the A/C ducts... Well, they charged another $60 bucks to tell me that it would cost $650 to fix that and that they would have to order parts for it..
As it stands now the A/C is working great... no defroster as of yet, and I told them not to order the parts for it yet.... As we've been getting hit with some big bills here the this month and last month and we better wait 'til next month at least.... The bill altogether was $238 bucks..... to fix the A/C and diagnose the defrosters... Wow! I swear since the Jeep hit about 60,000 miles a few months ago, it's "self destructing!"
I must look at the bright side... winter is coming and my Air Conditioner works, and my windshield defroster doesn't... hmmmmmm.... am I missing something here?????
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All my spare time and then some has been going into this computer since the hard drive and the DVD reader drive was replaced yesterday... I'm still loading programs back into it and I suspect that will take quite some time before I even get it close to back like it was. It did help though by saving a bunch of files etc.....
I reloaded my mailing program that I had saved of all of the mail, settings and address book to a back up file on my external hard drive... I'll tell you, that was pretty nice to load the program, and then import all of the saved files and Email profiles etc... Everything was put back just the way it was before the new hard drive... I wish everything else that was on the hard drive was as easy to replace! (I suspect that a lot of it was because of my mailing program as well... You can't do that kind of back up with MS mailing programs like "Outlook express" or "Outlook".... I run "Incredimail" in mine... It has so much more and is a heck of a lot more fun than any I've seen over the years! They have a FREE version but I liked it so well that I bought the premium edition... It costs $39.95 and has been worth every penny of it!
I know I've been complaining but I really am fortunate to have some warning BEFORE my hard drive collapsed... If it had done so without warning, I would have had about 99% of my files backed up but none of the programs or profiles or anything like that and it would have been much, much harder to get everything back into shape....
So, even though it hurts, I'm counting my blessings and admitting to it.... For me that's tough... I'd much rather bitch! (Ha!)
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Tomorrow I'll put up some of our company, programs, and home businesses updates up here for my friends in the home mail order business and let you know how I'm doing.... Right now, I'd better get back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Thursday!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
In 1959, for the first time in his remarkable career, Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox batted under .300, hitting only .254 and ten home runs. The highest-paid player in sports that year (his salary of $125,000 would seem paltry by today's terms), he was offered the same contract by the Red Sox to play the next season, and he refused. He signed only after management agreed to cut his salary by 28 percent ($35,000), the maximum decrease allowed under baseball's rules. His view was that he had always been treated fairly and he didn't deserve as much as the Red Sox were offering. Ted Williams was one f the greatest natural hitters in the history of baseball. He had a lifetime batting average of .344 and hit a total of 521 home runs during his career. In 1941, Williams' batting percentage was .406 (no one since then has hit .400), a player is considered a good hitter if he bats .275 to .300!!!
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

It's starting out wet and cold here again in Central Pennsylvania but our weather forecasters are promising clearing weather later on today... I hope so, I'm getting tired of the rain.. We're getting the tail end of the latest hurricane as we usually do... First Florida and then it travels up the coast to us...
What a day yesterday... I spent up to the very last minute trying to back up files until the tech from Sony got here to replace the two drives in my main computer the Sony....
As I'm writing this I'm still trying to get files and programs back into the darn thing... I had a heck of a time getting hooked back up to the web through Comcast Cable but finally did.. I was off line most of yesterday and didn't even get to the post office. When I don't get to the post office you know that I'm REALLY tied up... It didn't really matter though as I still haven't gotten through all of Monday's mail and sorted it etc... This darn computer had taken most of my time... As soon as I get enough files in it to work with, I'm going to put it aside and get some darn work done...
I'm writing this Daily post on my laptop while I'm trying to load back up files into the main computer... I bought a back up utility but it doesn't work worth a "crap".... and that's a BIG "fer sure"......
It will only copy files that are no larger than 4 gigs even though it says on the packet it came in that you can "back up your entire hard drive...." In this day and age 4 gigs is nothing! So I took pieces of the drive and saved them to my external drive hoping that I'd be able to copy them back to the new hard drive... All went well into I started to copy one of the larger files of almost 4 gigs.... Now that one gets about half way through the restoration process and the program freezes... I have tried it 4 times so far and as I'm writing this I'm trying it one more time.. The thing is, I have no option... If it won't copy this files then most of my "back up" endeavors is for "naught" and I have wasted a heck of a lot of time!!! It doesn't look good at the moment.... Cross your fingers for me please!
The new drives are working fine though so it wasn't a complete loss. I'll just have to work with it for awhile... Until I get it on the WEB, and some of the programs that I use most working in it though, I'm afraid I must devote most of my time to it....
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I have an appointment today to get our Jeep worked on... That will eat up a lot of time as well but I'm going to take this laptop along and work on my mailing lists... At least it won't be a complete waste...
The darn Air Conditioner in it hasn't worked properly since they put the new computer in it a couple of months ago and has finally quit blowing cold air altogether.... I know though that they will "blame" it on something else... Now, this time of the year, I can "live" without the A/C but I have another problem with the defroster duct work... It seems that when I turn on the Defroster on any fan speed other than "grandma" low... the darn thing will not blow out of the defrosters but out of the A/C ducts! With the colder weather coming on, I need the defrosters to work properly.. As it's our only vehicle, we'll have to wait on it... so I'm hoping they don't "dilly dally" around and get it fixed pronto.. I wouldn't want to spend the entire day there...
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With that all in mind I'm going to wrap up this post until tomorrow... That's two days in a row I had to make it a "quickie" but I have no choice and I guess I can consider myself lucky that I even got one up today... If I had to depend on one computer like I do one car, I wouldn't have gotten anything up this morning!
Soooooooo..... for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Wednesday!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
The sugar from the urine of a diabetic is identical with grape sugar. Discovery of this fact by the French chemist Michel Eugene Chevreul, in 1815, was the first step in the direction of recognizing diabetes as a disease of sugar metabolism!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at, Wednesday October 26, 2005

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

It's cold, damp, and rainy here this morning in Central Pennsylvania with a promise from our weather folks that it will be that way all day today... Not much to cheer about. However, I have a lot planned for today. So much in fact that today will see a very short post here compared to my usual "running off with the mouth" job.
Today at around noon time a computer tech, Steve, sent my the Sony Company will arrive to replace two of the drives in my main computer.... The one I'm doing this daily post on right at this moment.. That in itself probably is no big deal and should not take too long... However, one of the drives that is getting replaced is the 200 gig hard drive.. That's going to be a "multitude of sins" to get all of my "stuff" back on it and where it belongs... I'd say about 6 months... Some of the programs won't even be missed until I go to use them and then at that moment I'll realize that they were lost when the new drive was installed...
Last night I've tried to back up all of the files that are on it... but that doesn't include all of the Email contacts and mail saved to the various folders, among a zillion other files and programs...
When Betty and I were out shopping yesterday, I stopped at several places trying to find some half decent software to back up my hard drive before the change...
Unfortunately most of the material that I've read on the WEB about backing up the entire hard drive says that most of the back up programs on the market fail in one way or another to do what they say they will do.. That's not TOO encouraging for sure... The bad part is, that I will not find out about this until I go to re-install the hard drive information...
I know the tech that's coming has the software and hardware to duplicate the drive but when I asked him if he would do it he said that he wasn't sure he was allowed to... I'm sure it's because of the extra time it will take so I guess I can't blame him...
As it's a warranty job he will need to take the old two drives with him so I won't have it here to duplicate it so I'll be trying to do it with some back ups... I don't find the idea too encouraging but I apparently have no choice....
I can't complain too much as the computer will be one year old today the 25th and the warranty runs out today and I'm getting two brand new drives, the DVD reader drive and the hard drive replaced at no charge to me...
I did buy some software and I'm still working with it as time draws nearer to when the tech will arrive so I'm going to cut this post very short... I'll let you know tomorrow just how I made out with this mess....
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I did want to remind everyone that's in my downline builder, 3 Bucks for Success, Phase IX for the Tape Of The Month company, that the Phase IX runs out at the end of this month.. However, don't stop mailing your promotional circulars as it seems that a lot of folks like to join toward the end of these Phases..... So over the next couple of weeks will be the best time to push your marketing for the 3 Bucks for Success program....
Those of you who haven't joined the downline builder, (and there's no obligation to join the main program when it ends), can join by clicking here Phase IX, print the application and send it along to me with 3 bucks for your custom promotional kit... Just read the circular it explains it all!
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Well, as I mentioned things are hopping around here so for me, it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Tuesday!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
We think we cannot see at night. But given enough time to adjust the human eye can, for a time, see almost as well as an owl's... Ultimately, as the amount of light decreases, an owl detects shapes AFTER a human no longer can!
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Monday, October 24, 2005

It's nothing but cloudy here this morning and it's pretty cool outside as well... Yes, I'm afraid that our "Indian Summer" is over, here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania...
I can't complain too much however, as it has been pretty darn nice around here this Fall so far... I almost feel guilty that we're having such nice weather when our southern neighbors are having such AWFUL weather that they are losing there homes and in some cases even their way of life.. Yes, I DO feel guilty. I sure don't know why as there was surely nothing that I could do to prevent all the damage.. Apparently no one or anything could help either.
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I was getting some work done, here in the office, on Saturday when Betty walked in and told me to look across the lane in front of my office through the sliding glass door. "Well I'll be darned", I exclaimed. Here was a deer enjoying the grass and leaves from the bushes there right on the other side of the old "Erie Canal" that runs right by the front of our property. I mumbled something to Betty to keep an eye on him, I have no idea why, while I went to fetch my camera, put in batteries, and set the date and time. I don't know what I was thinking, if she kept an eye on the deer would it keep him from moving away to spoil my picture? Darned if I know, but I said it anyway. Not only did I get one picture but I moved out side of the door and got several... I picked out two to post here.... This is one of our Pennsylvania, "White Tail" deer.... Later some more came into view.... most were smaller than this one and that made me think that this was the one in "charge" of the "herd," or "family" maybe would be a better word as altogether there were a total of only 5 deer.
These have been hanging around our area, and we saw them several times before when we drove out of our lane.... But they had disappeared and have been gone for about a month after one of our neighbors started clearing a wooded lot near his home... Must have scared them off for awhile but now they are back... They'll probably stick around this area until hunting season arrives.... then they'll be off again....
Around here, I wouldn't put up any money that they are going to make it through the season in one piece. Our game commission says that we have too many deer in Pennsylvania and are making plans to "trim" the herds even more this year... I've only EVER seen more than 15 deer in a herd and that was when I was a lad.... We, my brother and I, was with Dad and My Uncle George up in the northern central part of the state when we came upon a clearing with probably over 100 deer in the herd... I had counted up to about 70 something when an old "clunker" came around the bend where we were pulled over to the side of the road making all kinds of noise and spooked the herd and they took off. There were so many of them it took several minutes for them to clear the field and retreat into the woods... That was a sight I'll never forget.... Near as I can figure I was 8 or 9 years old at the time...
There was a time, many years ago when I was much younger that I couldn't wait for hunting season to start, but now, alas, the only shooting I do is with my camera... It's still very satisfying though and we both get to walk away!
I think the animals like my kind of shooting better now......
After all I haven't eaten red meat since 1992 so it would be a waste for me to hunt now. No more deer meat for me....
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I didn't get a whole lot done over the weekend, at least here, in the office anyway. Saturday it rained all day but yesterday, Sunday it was very nice out doors and I did get a few things done preparing for Winter... I think though that I could have gotten a whole lot more done if I hadn't been so "lazy". Yes, a good bit more done... However, maybe we need a break once in a while to get us up for the coming new "work week."
I was hoping to get some printing done yesterday in preparation for our next bulk mailing... but I'll have to start on that this afternoon.
I did get some work done to my mailing lists as I am mailing on a daily basis for my main program Elements as I want to give as many people as I can a chance to get their own "test run" with the company. You can join the company for 3 months and get placed right on the company's data base and into my downline..... (I'm always promoting and will be placing business associates directly into your downline as well!) Just click here for an Application for the $5.00 3-month "Test Drive". Print it out, fill it in, and send along, back to me, with a check or M/O made out to Elements. Get in there as soon as possible... By this time in a few months you can be earning your own monthly commission check! Believe me, I do look forward to mine, in my mail, each and every month.. It' a heck of a lot better than receiving nothing but "bills" in the mail, that's for sure!
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That's all I have for today... Well, I do have more but I must get back to work, so for now, for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Monday!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
Before there was real anesthesia, surgery was as painful as any deliberate torture. Anesthesia was formularized in the mid - 1800s. In England, Sire Humphry Davy had investigated the anesthetic properties of laughing gas (nitrous oxide) during the years 1798-1801. Horace Wells, an American Dentist, was the first to use laughing gas as an anesthetic in the U.S.,. (1844)!
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Friday, October 21, 2005

T.G.I.F.
We have a steady rain here this morning in Central Pennsylvania.... Actually it's a wet, cold, damp, chilly morning and it looks like we're in for the rain the rest of the day....
I guess we can't expect perfect weather all of the time... This chillier weather will promote the change of the leaves though. I think in another week it will not only be Fall, but it will also look like Fall around here. The mountain across the river, that runs though our back yard, is just starting to change into it's Fall colors... Yes, I think this colder weather will do the trick all right.
Yesterday I retrieved my lighted pumpkin from the attic and now have it in my front window here in the office... I haven't put up my skeleton as of yet but hopefully over this weekend I'll get a chance to put him in the window as well.... With a few out door decorations it will soon look like Halloween around here.... We have some new smaller children in the neighborhood this year and hopefully they'll be out trick or treating this year and I want to be ready for them!
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Betty and I did stop in for lunch yesterday at our favorite Chinese restaurant, The PA Grand Buffet in Harrisburg. We saw our friend, Winnie and gave her a gift for her birthday.... That's her on the left with Betty. She was nineteen yesterday... I told her that she didn't look a day over eighteen! I'm not sure if she liked that or not.... When she first introduced herself to Betty about a year ago, she said, "My name is 'Winnie", you know, like 'Winnie the Pooh?" So Betty and I bought her a "Winnie the Pooh" Teddy bear..... On it has says, "My first Winnie the Pooh." I hope she likes it as she is cute and matches up with the bear! We won't know until we stop in again as the Chinese are very conscientious about their jobs and will not take the time until they go home to open their gift...
We'll just have to wait 'til our next stop, (Which actually will probably be tomorrow), to see if she liked it or not.... At any rate, she seemed VERY happy yesterday....
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I'm looking forward to finish getting our cottage ready for winter over the weekend... They, the weather folks, are calling for rain most of the weekend, but I'm hoping it won't be raining all of the time... Well, they do say that the sun may just "peek through" on Sunday. So I haven't lost all hope. There are a few things we must "batten down the hatches" on before winter pays us a visit.
I have my fingers crossed for the poor folks down in Florida waiting on yet another hurricane to "bash" them. This week end will tell just how bad it will be for them....
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My newest computer, the Sony VAIO, multimedia set up, as I explained yesterday, has developed some troubles. I've been having a problem with it for about 2 weeks... There are 2 optical drives in it. One is a DVD Reader/Recorder and also records CDs while the other one is a DVD/CD reader. It seems the 2nd drive, the reader, has quit recognizing disks. It now doesn't even know if it has a disk in it or not... Last week I send an email to the Sony tech department explaining my problem and asking if they could suggest something, anything, as I was getting desperate... I never received an answer so I thought I'd better call and talk to someone "live" as my Warranty runs out in 5 days, (actually 4 days today). On the 25th of October it will be one year when I bought it.. At any rate I called yesterday and did get a live person... to talk to and explained my problem...
I was on the phone for over an hour and a half trying different things to get the darn drive to read disks and finally he, Charles, the tech, said that I must FAX him proof of purchase to prove that I was still within the warranty period..... Then, he said, call back in about 3 or 4 hours....
So I did that and called back last evening and got another tech named, Rachel.... She went over everything again except we didn't do all the "fixes" again... Then she said that within 3 to 5 days she would have a repairman stop at my place and install and new reader drive... Would you believe it, while I was talking to her my monitor went to the "Blue Screen of Death"!!! I mentioned to her on the phone that for about the last week I've been hearing, once in awhile a "clicking" noise coming from the computer box that sounds like it may be the hard drive and shortly afterward my computer freezes and I must "reboot" and then it is okay for the rest of the day.... Also, that one other time it went to the "BSOD"..... She said she would have the repairman, while he was here, replace the hard drive as well.... I almost fell off the chair... Right at the end of my Warranty I was going to get a new optical drive AND a new hard drive!!! Wow!! Well, it hasn't happened yet, but if it does....I'm afraid I'll be sold on Sony computers, PERIOD!
I've purchased other computers that the hard drive has gone bad or something else has happened to them .... They have sent me a new part, charged me for it, (until the old part was returned), but I always had to replace it myself.... I can't wait to see if they actually send a repair man right to my office!!!!
I'll let you know if this actually comes to pass....
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I do have a ton of "stuff" to get done before MY weekend begins so for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT weekend!!!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
A dwarf eighteen inches high served as a captain of cavalry in the British army. He was Jeffery Hudson and lived from 1619 to 1682. He made his first recorded appearance when he was served inside a pie at the table of the Duke of Buckingham. Later, when he was about thirty years old, he grew to more than twice his earlier adult height---to three feet, nine inches!
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Thursday, October 20, 2005

It's a cloudy, chilly morning here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania... I think Fall is finally here as it's only supposed to go up to 58 degrees here today. What a shock from yesterday. It went all the way up to 76 degrees yesterday.
Betty and I got some stuff done out of doors yesterday as we are aware that we're going to see very few days as nice as yesterday was.... She wrapped up the air conditioners and put covers on both of them. Now they're ready for the winter weather.. (I don't think we'll need them anymore this year.) Also, she helped me winterize and get the shed ready for the cold blowing weather as well. Boy, do we need a new shed.... Again this year we just put a tarp over it and tied it down, (you know "battened" down the hatches.....)
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Well I made it to my "photo shoot" appointment with the Patriot News yesterday morning. What an experience.... I don't think that any "terrorists" will ever have the chance to "blow up" that building.... When you first enter the first thing you see is the security man... I didn't get his name, darn it I wish I'd had..... but he was a big dude! I had to "sign in" a book and tell the security man who I was there to see. We then went up to the 3rd floor and was greeted by the photographer, Chris, when the door to the elevator opened up. Chris "escorted" us, Betty and I back to his "studio" on the same floor for the "photo shoot".... He was real nice guy and very congenial.
The "photo shoot" was something else.... I'll bet Chris took at least 20 pictures. He said it takes that many to get a good one... I'll have to keep that in mind when I get my digital camera out to take picture... I love taking pictures as you well now with all of them I'm always posting to this site.... I usually take two of the important pictures, (just in case one doesn't turn out.)
Wow, I'd love to see Chris at a family reunion..... It would take him hours, maybe even longer to decide which pictures to keep of "Aunt Harriet" or "Uncle Bob" and which ones to toss away! He was thorough and that's a 'fer sure!
Chris, then "escorted" us back to the elevator and when we arrived at the first floor it was "sign out" time at the "security station." Wow! I pity anyone that tries to get in that building without an appointment..... I would however like to see them try to get by the "BIG" security guy at the front desk!!! (Now that would be an occasion to have my camera with me!"
All in all though, for me, quite an enjoyable experience!
As far as what's going to happen to the picture for the article.... Chris said they may do a series or a one shot thing, or whatever.... Could be next week, next month or when ever... but when I find out about it or it does run in the paper or on line.... I'll get it up here for you to have a look.....
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I was originally going to stay home today in my office and get caught up with "a lot" of work as we were out yesterday afternoon and was working out doors when we got home.... but we "must" go out to eat Chinese at our favorite restaurant, PA Grand Buffet in the Harrisburg. We have a friend, Winnie, one of the waitresses there that's having a birthday and we're going to stop in and surprise her! It's going to be fun....
I know she won't open her gift while we're there though as the Chinese are very conscientious about their job and will not take the time until they go home to open their gift...
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I didn't get any time today to talk about any business but I must get some work done before we leave to go to the post office and to the Chinese restaurant so for me, it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Thursday!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
Mata Hari, the Dutch-Javanese dancer who became the most famous spy of World War 1, ordered that a suite be especially tailored for her for the occasion -- execution by a French firing squad. She also wore a pair of new white gloves!
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Looks like it's going to be another super day here in Central Pennsylvania..
I did spend some time outdoors yesterday afternoon as I just couldn't help myself... It was absolutely beautiful. The sun was out, in the low 70s with a slight warm breeze.. I took the time to clean out the old van.. The guy should be by, hopefully this week sometime, to pick it up...
I have a bit more to get it ready but not that much, I should be able to finish it today. It's not that much and I should have plenty of time... First I must make a trip to the big city, Harrisburg, to get my picture taken for the Patriot News, Harrisburg's Daily Newspaper. Seems like they are doing a piece on folks who do "daily blogs" just like this one your reading now.
Actually this started a couple of months ago and I think I mentioned it in an earlier blog. At any rate I guess it's coming to the time that they are getting ready to do it, and last week the columnist contacted me by Email to set a time to get my picture taken... I wasn't happy about it and offered a picture that I'd already taken but I guess to those folks it has to be taken by a pro.... At any rate I figured "what the heck", any publicity for this Daily, hopefully, is good publicity.....
I should be home in plenty of time to get a good bit done, here in the office, plus the van job outside.... At least, "that's the plan...."
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Gasoline prices are still diving here in our area..... Some places in Harrisburg are down into the 2.30s.... It should be falling much faster but as I've mentioned before the big gas companies are going to let it go down as slow as they can.... They can suck up more money this way.... It actually should be far down below the $2.00 mark.... But at the rate it's dropping it's going to take fairly long for that to happen... Maybe they'll screw around long enough for another natural disaster to happen that they can blame and they can raise the prices BEFORE they hit bottom where they should be....
Actually the crude oil prices are fast dropping to where they were before all of this happened.... you know, the hurricanes.... As I recall the gasoline prices then were around the $1.60s..... even dropping into the $1.50s......
At any rate.... at least it's better now than over 3 bucks a gallon.... Don't tell the oil companies though as they want you to get used to paying in the mid 2.00 price range for a gallon of gasoline..... DON'T!
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Since my favorite program, Elements developed the new 3 month evaluation period, get your own web site and watch you downline grow, promotion..... my downline has been exploding! It's the best way to try a company out BEFORE you actually commit to anything..... If you'd like to give it a shot, (and now's a good time to do that), click here for an Application for the $5.00 3-month "Test Drive" Send along, back to me, with a check or M/O made out to Elements.
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Well, lots to get done today... so for me, right now, it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
Governor Willem Kieft of New Netherland in the American colonies is usually given credit for the idea in the 1630s of paying money for proof of killed Indians. The proof: the scalp. The idea caught on. In 1703, the Massachusetts colony offered about $60 a scalp, and Pennsylvania in the mid-1700s offered a bounty of about $134 for a scalp of a male Indian and about $50 for the scalp of a female! (Don't forget, this was back when folks worked for a few cents a day!)
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

The sun is out and in this morning. It's not quite sure if it wants to be a sunny or cloudy day although the weather folks are calling for a nice sunny day. It's not too bad and looks like it might be a very nice day here in Central Pennsylvania.
Yesterday was a "stellar" day! If today is just half as nice it will be a good one!
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I had a GREAT time yesterday afternoon for my birthday.... Betty and I went to our favorite Chinese restaurant the PA Grand Buffet in the Harrisburg Area. Of course the food was good as always but Betty's son John showed up with some "birthday" balloons for me and joined the party...
Our friends at the Buffet were just as nice as ever and one of the waitresses even made me a birthday cake.... There it is, on the left of this paragraph!
This is one place were size really DOESN'T count! It was a beautiful cake! I think the one candle was a good idea..... If we would have had 62 candles we would have needed the fire company there on "stand by" just in case!

I've placed two pictures up here today as I wanted to show you my BIG birthday party. That's John, (Betty's son on the left), and Betty and me. I wanted you to see John... Doesn't he look good for just getting a liver transplant a few months ago? It's hard to believe that John's weight was down to 138 pounds then.. He's 6 foot tall! He sure looks a lot better now! Anyway I received a mess of cards by snail mail and email, as well, and had, all in all, a GREAT Birthday... Thanks everyone!
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AS yesterday was Monday, I did receive a mountain of mail and a lot of it looks promising.. I haven't opened and sorted most of it because of my afternoon of "goofing off" yesterday so I must finish that as soon as possible and get to work on some other projects... Plus, I'm supposed to have a guy stop this afternoon to buy our old van... I really didn't want to sell it... it does need some work and I'm just getting too "out of shape" to do some of the work anymore myself. With garage labor rates between $50 and $100 an hour I can't afford to have a garage repair it.... That lets only one choice and that's to dump it... Oh well the guy that's buying it is going to fix it up himself and it won't go to the junk pile.. As we bought it new and I've put a lot of miles of memories on it, and in it, I'm glad of that anyway. It will be going to a "good home."
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I've got to "buckle down" now and get some work done today. Looking at the piles on my desks, I'd better, or pretty soon I won't be able to get into my office without a "scoop shovel!"
So, for me, it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
Adolf Hitler kept a framed photograph of Henry Ford on his desk and Ford kept one of Hitler on his desk in Dearborn, Michigan. Hitler had used in Mein Kampf some of Ford's anti-Semitic views, and he always welcomed Ford's substantial contributions to the Nazi movement!
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Monday, October 17, 2005

The beginning of a brand new week!
It's a beautiful, chilly, Fall morning here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania...
Happy Birthday to me!!!
Yep, today's my birthday.... I've made it to another one! I'm 62 years old today, or as Betty's son John, put on the card he gave me, "Now you're as old as dirt!" Well, now that sure picked up my day....
I was wandering, just how old is it before a guy like me obtains "geezer" status? I wasn't sure.... I looked it up and it didn't give a particular age but you can look at the definition by clicking here, "geezer"....
I thought I'd run a search on it and boy if I am a geezer, I'm sure not alone... Here are some of the sites I ran into....
First one is Geezer.com where a bunch of old dudes sell "stuff"..... Then there's the Geezer Brigade.... This is supposed to be a clever humor organization for "old people."
Let's face it there's a slew of sites for "geezers" but I can't get off the subject without mentioning the "Geezer" Gourmet. Lot's of good "stuff" here.....
This "Geezer" "stuff" is starting to give me a headache so I'm going to let it rest now.... Back to the "real" world....
Lot's of different things happened on my birthday throughout history including the fact that Evel Knievel was born today.... Evel turns 67 years old today. Well, someone is older than me, I guess.... The way Evel's been "busted up" over his lifetime I'll bet he's having a more painful birthday than I am!
Here's some more famous people who were born today, on my birthday... There are actually more than this but these are the only ones that I actually recognized. Eminem - 33, Norm MacDonald - 42, Margot Kidder - 57, George Wendt - 57 (Norm on Cheers), Tom Poston - 84!
Also today, Al Capone was convicted on income tax evasion on this date in 1931. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Having gotten his start in crime in New York, Capone moved to Chicago in 1919 and by 1925 ruled Chicago's most ruthless underworld gang!
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Well, do you think I talked enough about my birthday? I know you'd just love to hear more but I think I've "beat" it enough. (Just about beat it to death, right?)
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A friend of mine, Colleen Kennedy, sent me this piece and it's so interesting and funny I thought you'd like it... It's too big to type here so I had to put up a "page" on my web site.....
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s: Just Click here: 1500's
Colleen puts out a printed magazine, "Shore to Shore"... and there's also a copy placed up on the web..... Just click here: "Shore to Shore"....
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I did get a lot done over the weekend.... A couple of things out of doors, and I also had some time to work on my comic book collection... I've got a nice collection and I'm cataloging it and getting it ready to sell.... No one close to me is interested in them so I thought I'd may as well sell them and use the money to do something else I like... (Can't take it with you, you know...)
I'm not sure yet if I'm going to put them on the web for bids, or just make a site of my own and give folks who are interested more of a chance to buy them to help their collections.... or maybe someone will make me an offer on the whole batch.... Whatever..... I've got plenty of time to do whatever..... No hurry....
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Betty's going to take me out to eat for my birthday today and her son John's going to meet us there so it sounds like fun. I'll be playing a "slacker" this afternoon and enjoying my birthday but I'll still be putting in some work... After all, today is Monday and that's the biggest "mail day" of the week so I'm looking forward to that! Also, I must stop in at the Department of Motor Vehicles and get a picture taken to renew my driver's license again. That shouldn't take too long unless their camera happens to break... (Ha!)
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With all of that in mind, for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day today!!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
Mark Twain was born in 1835 when Halley's comet appeared. He predicted that he would die when Halley's comet next returned to scare everyone --- and he did, in 1910. Superstitious people bought anti-comet pills at $1 a box. The comet returned in 1986!
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Friday, October 14, 2005

T.G.I.F.
Yep, it's another dreary morning here in Central Pennsylvania.... Geez..... for a couple of months we got just about no rain at all and now we can't even get a view of the sun! Talk about screwy weather.... I can't complain too darn much though as we sure are better off than our southern neighbors...
Looks like we're in for a pretty nice weekend though with temps supposed to climb into the 70s.... (and some sun tomorrow, believe it or not!)
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Looks like my newest Computer is starting to disintegrate! It's the most bizarre thing... My newest computer is my Sony VAIO Multi-Media computer that I bought, apparently, about a year ago. I know this because I continue to receive notices from Sony to renew my Warranty as it runs out on October 23rd. They only want $161.95 for another year! (Whoa, that's a lot of scratch!)
The thing is, about 4 days ago my one CD optical drives decided that it couldn't read ANY disks anymore... be they DVD or CD doesn't matter... as it doesn't even recognize that it even has a disk in it...
I even restored my system to last week in case I had inadvertently loaded a bad driver of some sort that would affect the system... No such luck.... My computer has two optical drives, one is the DVD burner which also reads DVDs of course, as well, and the one that's down is a combination DVD reader, CD reader, and a CD writer. That's the one that doesn't work right any more... Night before last, I sent an email to Sony's tech department, asking for their help which apparently they are ignoring.... as I haven't heard a word out of them...
Now to top this mess off, yesterday I heard this "clicking" coming from my unit.... It was slow and methodical and it lasted about 3 minutes then stopped... I went out to get a warm up on my coffee and when I got back it was displaying the "fatal" blue screen! Whoa, that's scary!
I rebooted and it worked fine the rest of the day... Now, this morning, about 10 minutes after I started to use it and opened my email program I was reading my email when the "clicking" began again... After about 30 seconds my computer "froze up." I re-booted and it now seems to work fine again....
My warranty runs out in a few days and it's like the computer is "self destructing!"
It's like it's set to work fine for a year until about the time they start sending you warranty expiration notice, I've gotten five so far in the last two weeks, everything is going wrong with it.... It's almost "planned obsolescence!) I'll say this, if it is, it's brilliant! Especially the "timing" part.... Today, I'm going to try to get in touch wit a "live" Tech... I'd better do something as I don't think this "clicking" is a good thing at all... It may just be the hard drive and this is a 200 gig hard drive..... Then there's the original problem, the DVD drive/CD writer drive..... That can't be cheap either...... Oh well.... more problems to deal with.... Computers are GREAT when they work properly!!!
I swear, over the years I've had better luck and service from the "no name" brand computers than the famous named ones.....
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I got some good news, I think...... I received an email from our local Central Pennsylvania Daily newspaper, The Patriot, last evening..... asking me when it would be best for me to go to a Harrisburg studio to have my picture taken..
Let me back up a minute... all this started a couple of months ago when a Patriot writer, Sara Bozich, wrote a note in the daily noon Email newsletter I get from the Patriot, that she was researching how many local people had a "Blog" they posted.. To make a long story short, I wrote and said I did and gave the URL address.... Over the next several weeks I received 4 or 5 more emails from her asking various questions one even being how old I was... A few weeks after that I received an email that asked if I would be willing to have my picture taken... I told her that my picture was already on the site... etc...
Then finally the email came last night.... I give up... I wrote back saying okay... Now I'm just waiting for the time to be confirmed so just maybe, I might be mentioned in her upcoming article! Wouldn't that be something!!! You can find her regular online column here: Sara Bozich
At any rate... I'll keep you up-to-date on what happens...
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Well, it looks like I'm running very late today and I've got a lot to do before MY weekend begins, so for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Weekend!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
Common in Europe and the British Isles during the Middle Ages and later even in the New World was the practice of trying and condemning animals for injuring or killing a human being. For instance, the French parliament, the highest court in the land, ordered the execution of a cow. It was hanged, then burned at the stake!!!
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Thursday, October 13, 2005

It's yet another dreary morning here in Central Pennsylvania and the weather folks are calling for showers off and on all day today... Looks like another day for "indoor work." That's fine with me as there is plenty to do that's for sure.
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Another bulk mail is ready to go. All I must do is weigh it, do the paper work, and "cart" it to the post office.. Whew! It's already time to start on another... Betty's not going to be happy to hear that as she doesn't feel that great this morning from assembling this one yesterday evening... (Said her feet is killing her from being on them so long!)
I think maybe I'd better take her out today for a nice lunch. She loves Chinese so I guess that's probably where we'll end up..
I also must stop at the library and pick up a movie that I had placed on hold for when it came in .... It's a later model movie and a lot of times, you must stand it line to get your turn to view it.. I don't mind as it usually only takes a week or so... I know, I could go to a home video outfit like "Blockbusters" and get it immediately, but let's face it, at the library I get the movie for an entire week for 2 bucks! You sure as heck can't beat a deal like that....
At any rate I have a couple of things to "drop off" there anyway.... We also like to browse through the "bargain bin" when we're there...
They usually have a lot of books the library discontinues but they also have books that come from somewhere else along with VHS videos and DVD ROMSs and also music CDs..... Personally I think when someone passes away, their family brings their "stuff" to the library and donates it.. The library then sells it, usually for a "song" and keeps the money for library expenses... Sometimes they have a lot of good "bargains" there for the "pickings."
At any rate, that's the "plan" for this afternoon... I think after this last week of working on taxes and getting the bulk mail ready, along with the regular load of orders and inquiries we're about due for an afternoon off.
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I've just received word from one of my favorite organizations, Children International that they have finished putting up their website and it's completely functional.
Here are children that really need our help. I've been sponsoring a child in Colombia for about 8 years now and he's growing into a fine healthy, educated, young man that without my help, may NOT have been possible... You can help too.... as we have plenty of young folks right here, in the good ole' US of America that are living in poverty and are hungry as well! Yep, you read it right, right here at home..... While were spending billions of dollars to not only fund a large war(s), and to rebuild a country that we spent billions destroying, we have kids virtually (in our back yard), that need our help and money!
Our esteemed president has pledged 50 BILLION $$$$$$$ Dollars to relief in Pakistan, and don't get me wrong I know those folks really need help, but did you ever hear the old adage, "Charity begins at home?"....
Anyway, when you get time just click here, Children International. You'd be surprised at just how little it takes to help out another human being...
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Well as I mentioned I want to leave for awhile this afternoon but sill have a lot to get done before we go... So for me it's back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Day!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' cloakroom in the ancestral castle of Blenheim. His mother was attending a dance there when she prematurely delivered!
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

It's another dreary morning here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania.. It's cold, damp and chilly.... I doubt it's going to get any better through out the day. Oh well, doesn't matter, as I have plenty to get done here in the office.
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I got the income taxes, that I discussed in earlier posts for two years, done yesterday at H $ R Block.... Turns out I don't owe Uncle Sam anymore but H & R charged me $468 bucks to prove that! Yep, afterward I went shopping at Circuit City as Betty bought me 100 DVD Blank recording disks for my birthday next week and the whole time we were in there all I could do is "pine" about what I could have bought for the H & R fee.... They even had a new computer there for $395.00.... Nothing fancy but none the less a brand new computer... I don't know why I'm that way but when you figure I spent days looking up stuff as it was so long ago and H & R spent exactly one hour to do both years for the $468..... it just put a bummer on the rest of my day...
I guess their software must really cost a lot and let's face it this is a slow time of the year for them....
I usually do my own taxes but with the screw up I thought I'd better get 'em done by an expert and the lady that did them certainly seemed to know exactly what she was doing.. So I guess it was worth it because when I do them myself, believe me, there's a lot more "pain" involved!
But the good side is, it's over with and I can put that crap out of my mind for another 3 months until January arrives.... , (again)
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With all the rain we've had in our area over the last week there has been some small stream flooding and a lot of folks had water in their homes for the first time in years... One family, not far from here, lost their entire home and the 2 acres of land that it rested on! However, the Susquehanna River that runs through our back yard was so low from the dry spell, before the rains started, it has risen a few feet but it's just about back up where it really should be with no threat of any kind of flooding... That's a "good thing" as Martha would say...
I haven't had much time lately to enjoy our Fall weather and the cooling temperatures but I am getting caught up and hopefully that will change toward the end of this week.
I'm hoping to get up into the attic and dig out my "lighted pumpkin" to put in the window, along with my skeleton here, in the office for my favorite holiday, Halloween! I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing all the decorations around the mid state for Halloween.
The stores and malls are getting to be a drag as they are so anxious to get the Christmas money "flowing" in that most of them have just a little of Halloween stuff up to sell mixed in with mostly Christmas stuff... I like Christmas as well, but I'd like to enjoy my Halloween first...
When I was a kid we never even thought about Christmas until after Thanksgiving... Heck that's right we haven't even had Thanksgiving yet and the stores are already putting out Christmas "stuff"!
I remember when my folks used to take us to see the Thanksgiving Day Parade and at the very end of it there he would be..... Santa, on his sleigh. After that we would see Santa in all the stores until after Christmas.
Now, if it were up to the stores, they would have Santa sitting in their stores in September!
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Well I ended up getting quite a bag full of mail yesterday and as of now, I'm only about half way through it.... so for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Wednesday!!!
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Here's The Cool, Unusual Fact For Today....
Victims of disease -- people and animals -- are buried underground, and yet the soil remains fairly free of disease germs. Germs are destroyed by the bacteria and other microscopic organisms living in the soil!
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

It's a bit dreary and chilly here in Central Pennsylvania this morning. We are supposed to see some sun today however. I'm hoping, as after all these days of rain, I've almost forgotten what it looks like. The sun that is.
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Yesterday was like any other day around here. Sorry to Christopher Columbus but nothing seemed that special at all. All the businesses I saw yesterday were open. I think Columbus day is more of a government holiday. I think it also gives a lot of businesses another excuse to hold a sale. Most around here make at least a week out of it. The Columbus day sale turns into a Columbus day week for the sale.. Everything from food to automobiles.. It's a regular field day.. I swear if we didn't have any holidays, businesses would make them up to give themselves and excuse for a sale!
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Thanks to my friend Timothy Barnes for this article that tells the truth about just how America is doing in the world, So you think America is #1?
Although the United States is 49th in the world for literacy, The USA is "No. 1" in nothing but weaponry, consumer spending, debt, and delusion! Wait a minute I think there is one they missed here..... WE should be number one in giving money to other countries that we can't afford to give! I just love to know how are leaders can think we can afford to give away these billions of dollars when we can't even pay our own bills....
Do you remember the old adages, (sayings), we've been using for years... You know like...

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