SHE THEN ASKED ME THE COLOR OF MY EYES AND WHAT I WAS WEARING

 POPPY FLOWERS

My computer dilemma started Friday morning when, at about 9 a.m., with my living room computer on my lap, it lost its internet connection.  Oh-Oh, not a good sign.  I trotted off down the hall to the sunroom and fired up the desktop computer, and it was still online and working fine.  It doesn't take much to put me in a funk when electronic problems present themselves, and for the rest of the day, I had a chip on my shoulder.  My iPhone wouldn't allow me to access my voicemail so Woodsy and I slipped up to the Bell Store in Goderich, and a fella there fixed the problem.  It didn't seem to help me out of my funk though because after all, my laptop was still offline.  Using the desktop computer to complete and post my Friday night post, I started to feel a bit better.  Then, the desktop computer went offline.  Oh Dear, I was now about fit to be tied.  No internet connection meant I was dead in the water with the DREADED THOUGHT that I would have to  dial a 1-800 number to our Eastlink internet provider based in Halifax.  I put that unsavory task off for as long as possible, and it was not until Saturday afternoon that I was able to gather enough calm patience together to make the 40-minute 'wait' call to Eastlink.  The lady there was very good at getting the modem up and running again, and I was soon back online.  Well, that's after I found the modem's power plug pulled out.  (my fault) And then, about a half an hour later, my living room laptop was back online again as well.  Will wonders ever cease.  Now, if I can get the bank schmozzle figured out at the bank Monday morning, I just might be back to my sort of normal self again.  Ya right!! Whaddya think are the chances, eh.  Oh ya, and while I was trying to reach Eastlink I got all muddled up and somehow my phone began dialing the 911 emergency number.  Panicking, I tried desperately to shut my phone off but I was too late.  A lady's voice on the other end was already asking about my emergency.  She said something about police cars being dispatched.  I was really in a fluster now but somehow managed to calm myself down to a dull rumble and quickly explained my mistake.  She asked me for my name, address, and date of birth, and with that, she accepted that I had accidentally dialled 911.  She then asked me the color of my eyes and what I was wearing.  Okay, okay, she really didn't ask those last two questions, but she did wish me a 'nice day.'  Oh, and no police cars showed up in my driveway.

Lorraine headed home to Stratford earlier this afternoon, so that means if I take myself out to the Woodland Drive-In tonight for ice cream, I can eat her cone too.  I think I kinda like that thought......I'm still having a few stomach pains but not as bad as a couple of nights and days ago.  Now, if my bank meeting Monday morning is successful and they can get make it possible for me to access my online banking site again, that will be the icing on the cake.  But, I must say, I am not overly optimistic that will happen because it's been nearly a month now..........

Al's Music Box:)) I Can't Help Myself is a 1965 song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label.  Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland-Dozier-Holland, "I Can't Help Myself" is one of the most well-known Motown recordings of the 1960s and among the decade's biggest hits. The single topped the Billboard's R&B chart for nine weeks (being named the biggest R&B single of the year by Billboard) and also peaked at No.1 on the Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks, from June 12 to June 19 and from June 26 to July 3 in 1965. It replaced "Back in My Arms Again" by label mates The Supremes. It was first unseated at No.1 by "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds, then regained the top spot before being replaced by the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No Satisfaction)". Billboard ranked the record as the second biggest single of 1965. "I Can't Help Myself" was the Four Tops' first top 40 single in the UK, peaking at No.23 at the end of 1965, then reaching No.10 in its early 1970 re-release.  Billboard described the song as a "spirited, fast-paced wailer performed in [the Four Tops'] unique style."  Cash Box described it as "a rollicking hand-clappin' thumper about a fella who is delighted 'cause he's head-over-heels with the gal of his dreams." Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at No.483 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It has been covered extensively since 1965, including versions done for several television commercials. In 2019, Applebee's used the song for one of their advertisements.

Groaner's Corner:(( There was a tradesman, a painter named Jack, who was very interested in making a dollar where he could. So he often would thin down his paint to make it go a wee bit further. As it happened, he got away with this for some time. Eventually, the local church decided to do a big restoration project. Jack put in a painting bid and, because his price was so competitive, he got the job. And so he started, erecting the trestles and putting up the planks, and buying the paint and thinning it down with turpentine.  Jack was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly done, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder. The sky opened and the rain poured down, washing the thin paint from all over the church and knocking Jack off the scaffold to land on the lawn.  Jack was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he fell on his knees and cried, "Oh, God! Forgive me! What should I do?"  And from the thunder, a mighty Voice spoke, "Repaint! Repaint! And thin no more!"

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A newly hired nurse listened while the doctor was yelling, "Typhoid! Tetanus! Measles!"  She asked another nurse, "Why is he going on like that?"  The experienced nurse replied, "Oh, he just likes to call the shots around here."

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There was once a fair-haired woman on a plane to Detroit. She was in the economy class, but after takeoff, she saw an empty seat in first class and moved there. An attendant saw her and said, "Excuse me, ma'am, but you have a ticket for economy class, not first. You cannot stay here." The blonde replied, "I can and I will." The attendant told the copilot, who came and talked to the woman. "Ma'am, we really can't have you staying in this seat, your ticket was for economy." "You can't make me move." The copilot told the captain, who tried to talk her out of the seat but it didn't work. Finally, a man who had heard what had been going on told the attendant to let him have a go at getting the woman out of the seat because he was married to a fair-haired woman too, so he knew how to deal with her. After a quick chat with her, she moved. The shocked attendant asked him how he did it. The man replied, "I told her first class wasn't going to Detroit."

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Al's Doggy World

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Kelly & Pheebs Corner

 MORNING WALK IN THE KOFA MOUNTAIN RANGE SOUTH OF QUARTZSITE, ARISOMA

 SOMEBODY WENT TO A LOT OF WORK TO CREATE THIS HUGE CIRCLE OF STONES

 PHEEBS ON MY LAP

Al's Art Gallery