If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a [blip] fool about it.
W.C. Fields
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A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagon load of corn.

The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise and yelled over to the boy, "Hey Billy Bob, forget your troubles. Come in and visit with us. I'll help you get the wagon up later."

"That's mighty nice of you," Billy Bob answered, "but I don't think my Pa would like me to."

"Aw, come on boy," the farmer insisted.

"Well okay," the boy finally agreed, and added, "but my Pa won't like it."

After a hearty dinner, Billy Bob thanked his host. "I feel a lot better now, but I know my Pa is going to be real mad."

"Don't be foolish!" the neighbor said with a smile. "By the way, where is your Pa?"

"Under the wagon."
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Tom, Dick and Harry were in the pub enjoying a few quiet drinks one night, when they decided to get in on the weekly raffle.

They bought five $1 tickets each, seeing it was for charity.

The following week, when the raffle was drawn, they each won a prize.

Tom won the first prize - a whole year's supply of gourmet spaghetti sauce.

Dick was the winner of the second prize - six month's supply of extra-long gourmet spaghetti.

And Harry won the sixth prize - a toilet brush.

When they met in the pub a week later, Harry asked the others how they were enjoying their prizes.

"Great," said Tom. "I love spaghetti."

"So do I," said Dick. "And how's the toilet brush, Harry?"

"Not so good," Harry said, "I reckon I'll go back to paper..."
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A woman, while touring a small South American country was shown a bullfight.

The guide told her, "This is our number one sport."

The horrified woman said, "Isn't that revolting?"

"No," the guide replied, "revolting is our number two sport."
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10 Reasons Not To Jog
1. My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 now & we don't know where the heck she is.

2. The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

3. I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to show up.

4. I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing.

5. I don't exercise at all. If God meant us to touch our toes, he would have put them further up our body.

6. I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

7. I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

8. The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.

9. If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

10. I don't jog. It makes the ice jump right out of my glass.
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A local United Way office realized that the organization had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute.

"Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least $500,000, you give not a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give back to the community in some way?"

The lawyer mulled this over for a moment and replied, "First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are several times her annual income?"

Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbled, "Um ... no."

The lawyer interrupts, "or that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?"

The stricken United Way rep began to stammer out an apology, but was interrupted again.

"or that my sister's husband died in a traffic accident," the lawyer's voice rising in indignation, "leaving her penniless with three children?!"

The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, said simply, "I had no idea..."

On a roll, the lawyer cut him off once again, "So if I don't give any money to them, why should I give any to you?"
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Good morning everyboomie.

Welcome to the weekend!

Welcome to my weekoff.

I'm going to celebrate tonight by reflecting on all the cool activities I may want to do tomorrow.

I'm going to celebrate tomorrow by not doing any of them.

There's so many of them though, that I may be wishing I had someone here to help me not do them.

So little time, so many things to not get done.

What I will do is try and go down to the creek and give Baby another chance to get lost.

Hopefully it's not too cold.

I don't need Jack Frost nipping at my....................anything.

Have a happy day everyone.

joe

Enjoy your day off Joe! Give Baby a hug from me!

Have a happy day everyone!

Ana

Gdmorning Joe,
I really enjoy reading your jokes each day

Good Morning Boom Boom Buddies~


Hi Joe Enjoy your time off

Hi ya Ana~ keeping my fingers crossed & my eyes
crossed that your neighbor can fix your
truck! bake him some cookies & wear your pretty smile
and he will not be able to say no


Hi Maxman how are you? have a nice day


Hi Trippy Seattle got 18 inch. but I live in Arlington
70 miles from the Canadian border and my brother
went out in the back yard & measured it was 27 inches!!
but its melting fast today~ suppose to warm up to 45%
and rain of course YUK!! but at least I can get to
the barn if its not too muddy!

Hi ya L4L hey11 I just thought of something you could
get and at the same time kill 2 birds with one stone!!
buy one of these

http://www.docortho.com/safe-t-lift-back-support-working-lumbar-belt.html

you can use it on lil soot and you can use it on
your back! my brother has one for his lower back
and loves it!!


I'm hoping I can get to the barn to see Mo Mo
I know he misses me
I got CABIN FEVER BADBADBAD!!!!!


Have a good day Boom Boom Buddies~karen

Good morning Joe,Ana,manxman,Karen,and all who enter later Karen hope you get te see Mojo today,that's a lot of snow We're suppose to get a storm today so I'll be staying in,which means I'll be playing games!Ana hope your neighbor can fix your truck Have a great day everyone

Good Morning Joe, Ana, manxman, Karen and Cailyn. Joe enjoy your well deserved weekend! Ana hope the truck gets fixed! Hi manxman nice to see you in the Diner. Karen that's a lot of snow! We are expecting a few inches today. It's going to snow all day. Cailyn I'm with you. It will be a gaming day for me too! Enjoy your Saturday Boomers!

Good Morning boomers

Joe, glad Baby found her way home. Very scary when that happens. Enjoy your free time.

Ana, good luck with the truck.

Manxman, good morning.

Karen, that's a lot of snow. Hope it melts quickly so you can get to the barn.

Cailyn, enjoy gaming. It will be a good day for it.

Gerry, enjoy the snow.

Midge, get out the shovel I think we'll be needing it soon. Didn't start snowing here yet but it looks like it's going to any minute now.

To all who enter...coffee's on! Supposed to snow all day long. Got the sleds on stand-by.

Good morning. We're gonna get about 6 inches of snow today. They're saying it'll snow most of the day. Not good for me cause I have to go to work. I'm traveling this morning so I'll take it real slow. Nan can I have your band of angels pleaseandthankyou? Not looking forward to driving this morning.

Thanks Joe for your openers. Enjoy your vacation. Morning Ana, manxman, Karen, Sue, Gerry, Gail when you come in, and all who follow. Got to get going now. Have a great day everyone. Be careful if you hsve to go out in the snowstorm.

Midgie

Take it slow Midgie. We have great drying weather here, chilly but windy so washload 1 is on the line & washload 2 is in the machine !

Hi Jenny It's so good to see you.

Midgie

Good morning boomers,have a
lovely weekend.

Good morning everyone. Ana, I hope your neighbor can fix your truck, and it doesn't cost too much. Joe, enjoy your vacation. Midge, be safe on the roads. Dr. visit went OK yesterday. Hubby has to have his blood work redone on Mon, as his sodium level is low. To all here and all who follow, have a Great Saturday. Our temps are going to be 10 degrees above normal. I will try to send some warm air to all who need it. Assorted Danish and Hot Chocolate in the NC.

Good morning Boomers. We had freezing rain over night. Be careful everyone who has to travel in this stuff.

Good morning Boomies,

We got a glaze of ice late yesterday afternoon but Bill says it is not too bad this morning. Not going out though. It is supposed to warm up to 50 tomorrow. Kirkwood really dumped the salt on the street. Yuck. Great for the cars, not.

Yikes Karen, 27 inches. Yes, you will have a mess with the rain. Ick. Hope you can get to the barn and visit MO.

Hiya Jenny, Sue, Gerry, Connie, Harcoula, Maxman and Ana.

Midgie, drive safely.

Hey Joe, you planning on doing something special for your week off? Enjoy.

I need to finish my housework and do my treadmill. I am going to play one level of a casual game, then get busy.

Bets

Good morning everybody.

I'm sitting here with my big rubber boots on waiting for it to warm up, so I can go wading through the creek.

It's 30 degrees right now, but Baby is ready to go.

At least it's very sunny out.

I need to get some lunch first.

I hope you all enjoy your Saturday.

joe

Howdy ho, sweet Joe! Thanks for the openers! Enjoy your day off!

Good morning, sweet 'Boomies!

This is our last weekend before Mama goes to visit Brother #2 on Monday. She's been here since Christmas, and it's been a joy!

Today, we're hosting a rousing game of Hearts, with Brother #3 and SIL, family friend, niece, Hubby, and myself. Mama will be cheerleader.

Daughter usually joins us, however she's up in Santa Barbara this weekend for boyfriend's sister's wedding. Last night was the rehearsal dinner, she emailed me a picture of her and boyfriend. She looked lovely....

Alrighty, off for a refill before the gang arrives.

Good morning boomies! Did my workout class this morning and now hubby is letting me take his truck so I can go run my puppies. They will be thrilled because they love the snow. WE have about 7 inches here.

Tonight I will be taking my sis out to dinner for her birthday and then maybe a stop at the casino with her to see if we have some luck. I still have my New Years Eve casino money so it's like a freebie for me.

I hope you all have an awesome day too!

Ana

So I just ate the 'chocolate croissant' that I bought at the Danish bakery. Awesome! Now, I love chocolate, and I love eclairs, but they always have a way too thick coating of chocolate frosting on top and I scrape most of it off. Way too sweet. So I eat the 'croissant' and find out it's an eclair, with a (it's gotta be a spray) of chocolate covering it. Never saw anything like it in my life. So now I have the perfect 'eclair'. Oh boy! Call it anything you want, it's MINE.

Fun fact. While my sister and her daughter (my niece) were here celebrating my b'day, I mentioned how great things were going and what fun my sister was having being out of the cold, etc. She's been there since Thanksgiving and planning to go back home in April. It's a loooong visit. So I said that maybe now she would consider moving back here nearer the rest of the family. Well, behind her, my niece, was wildly shaking her head side to side and mouthing NO, no no. Ha. This is such fun. I guess even though the 'visit' is going well (after that 20 year or more estrangement) that my niece has her limits on just how much of Mom she can take. I'm laughing so hard. Won't tell sister, but it's so funny!

Super Saturday ya'll

It's another grey rainy day in AL, but that's ok. I'm sure we need the rain. It does make a lot of wiping up mud for me though. I'm thinking I'll go with a muddy-paw-print decorating scheme and just relax.

Wee man Soot got his stitches out today. Vet was pleased with his healing and he is cleared hot to play with the other guys or go outside and run around. We are still watching the hemotoma, which looked pretty good this morning but the vet feels it will be fine. Lil Soot will still wear his cone of shame for a bit to prevent licking...it also works great to prevent wood eating!

The test results were not back yet. Vet said he would call them first thing on Monday, but also said not to worry as he was sure that even if it is cancer, he got it all. However, I still want to know as I think it will be an extreme coincidence if I 2 of my dogs had cancer. I've always been very suspicious of Solo having it. It made no sense. So if Lil Soot comes back positive I will be certain there is a cause....perhaps the creek....but who knows.

I'm listening to Cspan panels. Lately, Cspan seems to have lots of stuff that I find interesting.

I have a cute Perrin story. We were chatting yesterday on the way home from school. Somehow the topic of Behaving came up. I wondered if he understood what adults meant when they said "Behave" so I asked him what that word means. His answer...."Behave means to be sweet. And when you are bad, that is unhaving." The mind of a child............

I will be doing daughter's taxes today. She is hoping for a nice refund to pay off some of her debt. I think she has finally figured out that owing 98% of your salary to service debt is not the way to go.

I will also be surfing the 700+ free books made available for my kindle in the last 24 hours, and picking up one that I have been waiting on from the library...and all without leaving my chair.

I might pretend today is Monday and cook a few books...or I might do it tomorrow while the football games are on.


Joe, I'm so glad you found Baby. That is a horrible horrible feeling. I noticed a For Sale flyer for a Parrot at the vet's office today. I though of you and Pepper and was temepted but then decided the Ark is indeed full. <sigh>

I hope you enjoy your staycation.

Manx

Ana, what do they have to do to your truck to fix it?

Sounds like you have a most wonderful day on tap. Enjoy!

Doc,thanks for the link. We've been using one of those. The problem was he'd shake it down till it was right next to his hematoma instead of on it.

Do you have a chair with snow tires?

Cailyn, happy playing!

Gerry, do you like to watch it snow?

Gail, I will take coffee if there is any left.

Midgy, be safe.

JennyP, I hope you find something fun to do.

Haoula, you have any good plans for the weekend?

Sorta, I feel your niece's pain. I hope "mom" can hit a happy medium with her visits.

Connie, is hubby on a chemo break?

Bets, are you loving your car?

Darlene, have a wonderful game.

Back from work and I want to tell you the roads are brutal. The driving is awful. I drove home on the highway at 30 miles an hour and so were most of the other people. As usual there were a couple of fools that were really moving. I thought I'd see a least one of them on the side of the road. Oh well, I'm home for a couple of hours, then I have to head back out back to work. I'm hoping the snow stops by then.

Midgie

Good morn; we're in rapid melt mode. Roads are solid ice. Walked down for coffee and should have worn ice skates.

Off to watch t.v. and game so hope all have a great day.

Midgy, Trippy...stay safe.

Daughter just called and said as soon as she turned on her defroster, her windshield cracked from side to side at the line where the air hits the windshield. Hubby has lived in cold climes and had never heard of this, so he googled. He found that with the newer cars, the defroster gets really hot really fast and the recommendation is that you leave the defroster off, set the heat level down and then let the car heat for 5-10 mins before turning on the defroster. She has a high deductible so she'll be paying for this one on her own.

L4L, that's what happened to my windshield a couple weeks ago. It's the second time and insurance won't cover it this time since it's not a rock that cracked it. I still have to replace mine and fix a low spot in the frame that allows water to get in and freeze and hence the cracking when you turn the heater on.
My truck needs a catalytic converter (1100 dollars) and a knock sensor (900 dollars) and a new windshield and body work on the frame of the windshield to prevent it from cracking again (1000 dollars). Not sure whether to laugh or cry.


Walking was crazy difficult today and I only made it two miles in the same time I usually walk 3 and a quarter. It is solid ice under the snow so you can't get any traction at all. I felt like I was taking two steps forward, three steps back. Dogs had fun though and that is all that matters.

Midgie, I know what you mean on the slow travel. It took hubby three hours to get home from work last night. Glad you traveled safely.

Sorta, too funny about sis!

TRippy, I bet the mud is going to be horrible by you with the rapid melt. You will be wiping a lot of paws.

Both Bill and I have climate control in our cars. Set it at 72 and leave it alone. Love it.

L4L, yes, yes, yes. So glad I waited for the 2012.

Bets

Ana, next time you need to strap on skis and let the dogs pull you

I feel your pain on all the repairs. Our guys who did our work for years and years and years retired....eek!

Bets, that sounds like a plan.

Daughter's taxes are filed That's 1 down and 2 to go.

Hello again everyone.

I spent over 4 hours walking up and down the creek, and now I'm spent.

I found some flint pieces, but no arrowheads.

The biggest excitement was Baby finding some wild pigs in the thickets and going crazy chasing them all over. I could not get her to stop, but she finally left them alone when one of them (I think the mama), turned and started chasing her.

I've never seen the pigs before but we knew they were out there because we've seen where they tear the ground up rooting for whatever it is that they root for.

Truffels?

How is everyone here doing today?

joe

Eeek Joe, I've always heard that wild pigs are very dangerous! Glad you and Baby are ok.

Dinner consumed. Now off to put aching back on nice warm heating pad before feeding doggies.

Good night boomers. See you tomorrow.

I'm here in the diner for a few moments. I gotta tell you my body is screaming to just relax now. This day was very tense. I've shoveled my back stairs twice, I've shoveled my clients ramp after a full 3 hours, driving home was tense, so I'm trying to relax now. Had a glass of Chablis and some strawberries, yum. OK, I'm better. Ana I feel your pain. My Honda needs new front brakes.

I hope you all have a good night. I'm calling it.

Night all.
Midgie

L4L I'm sure we didn't encounter an adult pig. All the ones I saw looked like babies. I was hoping like heck I didn't run into a big one.

Hope your back feels better soon.

Good night Spacequest. Happy dreams.

Good night Midgie. Get some rest. I hate shoveling snow.

joe

Joe, the wild pigs aren't indigenous to the U.S. They're really destroying crops and grazing lands all over Texas and are slowly migrating north. Many ranchers take trained dogs out to hunt them since they're so dangerous and destructive.

Ana, so sorry to hear about the repair costs to your truck. Hope the neighbor can help you out and if not price effective that you'll be able to find something just as good if not better at a reasonable price.
I bought my "95" Blazer about 6 years ago and have had minimal problems (alternator, battery and fuel pump). It has all the bells and whistles and was about $3000. Found out later it was one of the best Chevy's made. Hope I'll never have to part with it.

Luckily not a lot of the snow melted; maybe about 18 inches left vs the almost 2 feet.

Night Midgie.

L4L, prayers that the tests come back negative.

Getting close to time to close up shop, so to speak so wish all a good night and pleasant dreams.

Time for bed and much needed after today.

Ana hope you and your sis have a blast and come home with some change in your pockets!!

L4l may the heatin pad do the trick on the back.

Trippy glad all the snow didn't o at once so you avoided a flood.

Joe be careful around those pigs. I can just picture them chacing the two of you.

Night everybody sleep well and pleasant dreams.


Nan