OUR FRIENDSHIP HAD SPANNED THE BEST PART OF 50 YEARS

Mainly out of curiosity, I sometimes look back through my blog posts to see what or how I was doing maybe six months or a year ago on any certain day.  Maybe even a decade ago.  It was with sadness that I checked back a year ago today and saw that it was the last time my best buddy Richard and I, unbeknownst to either one of us at the time, shared our last coffee and muffin country road drive together.  Richard passed away two weeks later on March 14th. When Richard stepped out of my car and walked to the Canadian Tire Store's automotive door on this day a year ago, that was the last time I ever saw him.  Our friendship had spanned the best part of 50 years.  Here is my post from our final few hours together.... Our Last Coffee Run.  

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An elderly couple was driving across the country. While the woman was behind the wheel, the couple was pulled over by the highway patrol. Ma'am, did you know you were speeding? the officer said. The woman, hard of hearing, turned to her husband and asked, What did he say? He said you were speeding! the old man yelled. The patrolman then asked, "May I see your license?" The woman turned to her husband again, "What did he say?" The old man yelled back, "He wants to see your license!" The woman then gave the officer her license. I see you are from Arkansas, the patrolman said. "I spent some time there once and went on a blind date with the ugliest woman I've ever seen." The woman turned to her husband again and asked, "What did he say?" The old man replied, "He said he knows you!"

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There were four country churches in a small Texas town: The Presbyterian Church, the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church and the Catholic Church. Each church was overrun with pesky squirrels. One day, the Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrels. After much prayer and consideration they determined that the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will.

In the Baptist Church the squirrels had taken up habitation in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a cover on the baptistery and drown the squirrels in it. The squirrels escaped somehow and there were twice as many there the next week.
The Methodist Church got together and decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creation. So, they humanely trapped the Squirrels and set them free a few miles outside of town. Three days later, the squirrels were back.
But -- The Catholic Church came up with the best and most effective solution. They baptized the squirrels and registered them as members of the church. Now they only see them on Christmas and Easter.

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