What a lovely weekend (last weekend). We had the Waltons and the Kelly-Browns staying and we enjoyed much mirth and amusement as is always the case whenever we get together. We had a nice cultural outing to Stratford and a leisurely stroll around a plethora of snowdrops. Very nice.
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Grandpa was always going on about the good old days, and the lower cost of living, in particular. “When I was a kid, my mom could send me to the store, and I’d get a salami, two pints of milk, 6 oranges, 2 loaves of bread, and a magazine, some new blue jeans, all for a dollar!
Then Grandpa said sadly, “You can’t do that anymore because they got those darn video cameras everywhere.”
Continue reading “26 February 2023 – Amusements”19 February 2023
We had a great time last weekend – Cirque du Soliel with Annabelle on Sunday was outstanding and Jessie’s overnighter passed without incident. This week we’ve been engaged in deep-clean operations for the visitations of our good friends the Waltons and the Kelly-Browns. You’ll have to wait until next weekend to see how that went.
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We’ve had these before, I suspect.
Donald MacDonald from the Isle of Skye went to study at an English university and was living in the hall of residence with all the other students there. After he had been there a month, his mother came to visit him.
“And how do you find the English students, Donald?” she asked.
“Mother,” he replied, “they’re such terrible, noisy people. The one on that side keeps banging his head on the wall and won’t stop. The one on the other side screams and screams all night.”
“Oh Donald! How do you manage to put up with these awful noisy English neighbours?”
“Mother, I do nothing. I just ignore them. I just stay here quietly, playing my bagpipes.”
Continue reading “19 February 2023 – Amusements”12 February 2023
It’s been cold and frosty for the much of the week – clear blue skies and a good deal of sunshine. And relatively little mud on the dog. Excellent.
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As the stranger enters a country store, he spots a sign: “Danger! Beware of Dog!” Inside, he sees a harmless old hound asleep in the middle of the floor.
“Is that the dog we’re supposed to beware of?” he asks the owner.
“That’s him,” comes the reply.
“He doesn’t look dangerous to me. Why would you post that sign?”
“‘Cause before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him.”
Continue reading “12 February 2023 – Amusements”5 February 2022
On the whole, a pretty decent week in which we seem to have been markedly busy. Date night, film night, Penny’s book club, a visit with a very dear friend. Oh, and a bit of time spent on the telephone dealing with two household mishaps. Hey ho, stops us getting bored, I guess.
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On my first day working at the gas station, I watched a senior co-worker measure the level of gasoline in the underground tanks by lowering a giant measuring stick down into them.
“What would happen if I threw a lit match into the hole?” I joked.
“It would go out,” he replied very matter-of-factly.
“Really?” I asked, surprised to hear that. “Is there a lack of oxygen down there or some safety device that would extinguish it before the fumes ignited?”
“No,” my co-worker continued. “The force from the explosion would most likely blow it out.”
Continue reading “5 February 2022 – Amusements”29 January 2023
Another week, another Picayune – what are the chances of that? Some cold frosty weather to start the week followed by some less-frosty weather and mud. No real rain to speak of so that’s a bonus, I suppose.
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A man and his friend were exiting a drugstore and at the front door there was a scale.
“Look, a scale,” the man said to his friend. “Let’s see how my new diet is working out.”
He stepped on the scale.
“I can’t believe it!” he said as he read the result. “I’ve been on this diet for two weeks but the scale says I’m heavier than I was before! How can that be?”
He pondered this as he stepped off the scale, then had a thought. He took off his jacket and handed it to his friend. “Here, hold my jacket,” he said.
The friend took the jacket as the man stepped back on the scale.
Not much change.
“Here,” he said as he handed his purchase from the drugstore to his friend. “Hold my Twinkies too.”
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