I MIGHT HAVE. OR NOT.

 I'VE TAKEN VERY FEW PHOTOS OVER THE YEARS THAT I REALLY LIKED, BUT THIS ONE TAKEN ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2022 NEAR FLESHERTON, ONTARIO IS ONE OF MY FAVS

Another bonus sunny day, but oh my, the night went down to only 4 degrees above freezing.   It has been a cold Spring, and it looks like it is going to continue that way.  Lorraine/Woodsy and I headed off to Goderich this morning with stops at McDonalds for coffee to go, St. Vincent de Paul to drop off another load of house stuff, and the Dynacare Lab where I had blood drawn for my annual PSA test.  Another stop at H&R Block regarding income tax, the Scotia Bank, A&W for a double Buddy burger and fries, Walmart for groceries, and finally a quick stop at Canadian Tire where Lorraine picked up a plant for a friend.  From there we headed home and I was tired, tired, tired..... My Nurse Practitioner phoned today, and I was able to bring her up to speed on what's been happening with my health.  She told me the name of the infection I had, but of course, I've forgotten the name.  Dr. Bukala's office called, and I have to head to Stratford in the morning to go over paperwork and stuff before returning to Stratford on June 2nd, when Dr. Bukala will then have me in the operating room again, where he will attempt to get all those kidney stones out of me.  I'm hoping there will be no complications due to this lingering kidney infection, I suspect I might still have.  Or not.

Al's Music Box:)) Do You Really Want To Hurt Me is a song written and performed by English new wave band Culture Club. Released as a single in September 1982 from the group's platinum-selling debut album, Kissing to Be Clever (1982), this ballad was the band's first major hit and first UK No. 1 hit. In the United States, the single was released in November 1982 and also became a hit, reaching No. 2 for three weeks.  "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" was the third single released in Europe by Culture Club and their debut release in the United States and Canada. The song became a UK No. 1 single for three weeks in October 1982. It entered the American Pop chart the week ending 4 December 1982, hit No. 1 in Cash Box magazine, and held at No. 2 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March and April 1983. The single hit No. 1 in Canada. It was also number one in Australia. In the UK, it was the fifth best-selling single of 1982, selling 88,244 copies.  This was Culture Club's first major success, after their first two releases at the Virgin Records label, "White Boy" and "I'm Afraid of Me", charted lower in the UK at No. 114 and No. 100 respectively. Producer Steve Levine later said: "We felt very strongly that we had a great track with 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me' and Virgin agreed."  Within a few days of "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" being released, David Hamilton on BBC Radio 2 played the song as his record of the week. The song rose rapidly in the UK charts after the group's first appearance on Top of the Pop, which resulted in Boy George's androgynous style of dress and sexual ambiguity making newspaper headlines. The group were only asked to appear on Top of the Pops the night before the show, after 'Shakin' Stevens pulled out.  In a retrospective review, Allmusic described "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" as "a simple masterpiece, resonating with an ache that harked back to the classic torch songs of yesteryear." In 2007, Boy George said that the song was "not just about Culture Club's drummer Jon Moss, my boyfriend at the time. It was about all the guys I dated at that time in my life." The B-side was a dub version featuring Pappa Weasel in many countries and "You Know I'm Not Crazy" on the US release. On the 12" version of the record, the track "Love Is Cold (You Were Never No Good)" was also included.  

Groaner's Corner:((  One day a preacher goes to visit an elderly lady. As he is sitting there talking with her, he notices a bowl of peanuts sitting on the table in front of him.  'Do you mind if I have a few peanuts?' he asks the lady.  'Help yourself,' she replies.  After about an hour and a half visit, he gets up to leave and notices that he has eaten almost all of the peanuts in the bowl.  'I apologize,' he says to the elderly lady. 'I only meant to eat a few.'  'That's okay,' says the lady, 'Since I've lost my teeth, all I've been able to do is suck the chocolate off of them.'

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Two attorneys went into a diner and ordered two drinks. Then they produced sandwiches from their briefcases and started to eat. The owner became quite concerned and marched over and told them, "You can't eat your own sandwiches in here!"  The attorneys looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and then exchanged sandwiches.
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A man and his wife were sitting in the living room discussing a Living Will.  "Just so you know, I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug."  His wife got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all the beer.

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An Australian was in Ireland. On his way to Belfast, he stopped at a bar and asked one of the locals, "What's the quickest way
to Belfast?" The Irishmen asked, "Are you walking or driving?"  The Australian replied, "I'm driving!" The Irishman said, "Aye,
that'd be the quickest way!"

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