WE ARE CAUGHT UP IN A MAJOR SNOW STORM

Well, I figured I had been doing pretty good this past week or so by not starting any of my posts off with the weather.  However, after a full day of rain and freezing rain on Sunday, and a full-on snowstorm slamming into us today, I feel I would be remiss if I didn't mention something about the weather.  Holy smokes, are we ever getting hammered.  First, to have ventured outside on Thursday would have been foolhardy because everything was covered in a sheet of ice, and I'm sure many who did ended up at Hospital Emergency wards with broken bones.  When I woke up this morning at 7:15, the temperature was 45F., and less than two hours later, the temperature had dropped to below freezing and continued down to 21F by late afternoon and was still dropping.  It's known as a 'flash freeze'.  The impending snowstorm that one weather forecast was calling a 'cyclone bomb' hit us about 8:30 a.m. and continued for the rest of the day, with many road closures and accidents being reported.  With the tall pine trees twisting and bending in the high wind, we even had continuous rare whiteouts in our sheltered Park.  At times, we couldn't even see across the road to our neighbor's house.  For the second day in a row, we remained housebound, and I only ventured out a couple of times to stock up the bird feeders.  Lorraine did venture out later to see how our neighbor Monica was doing.  Why we haven't lost power yet is nothing short of a miracle.  And, I think this storm is maybe expected to continue for a few days.

As expected, my Kindle/laptop hookup did not go well.  Not well at all.  The problem, of course, was on my end again and had to do with passwords, verification codes, user names, and my poor short-term memory, along with my usual impatience with this kind of stuff.  Rather than give you a detailed blow-by-blow of my grinding frustrations, let me just say I had to make three phone calls to Amazon.ca before finally, finally, finally, a patient lady was able to help me.  By the time my four-hour ordeal was over, my nerves were totally shot.  Trying to take instructions over a phone is akin to driving a nearly 40-foot Motorhome towing a car through Chicago's morning rush hour traffic in the dark.  Ya, been there, done that!!  Anyway, the Kindle is working, and I was able to successfully download another book.  Thank you to readers for trying to help in the comment section of yesterday's post.  Had I not got myself so bogged down in incorrect passwords, wrong phone numbers, and user names, etc. I might have had a chance following those suggestions.  One of the ongoing problems I am having with all this confusement is that Kelly had set up a lot of these programs and accounts over the years, as well as her phone.  And, it is that same iPhone I am now using.  Problems with passwords, user names, etc.  Anyway, I'm over the Kindle/Amazon dilemma for now, but I'm sure it won't be long before I am once again knee deep in another techy dilemma of some kind..........

Al's Music Box:: Stranger On The Shore by Acker Bilk.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A Canadian preacher was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building. Therefore, he was annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had been brought in at the last minute.  The substitute wanted to know what to play.  ‘Here's a copy of the service,' he said impatiently. ‘But, you'll have to think of something to play after I make the announcement about the finances.' During the service, the minister paused and said, ‘Brothers and Sisters, we are in great difficulty; the roof repairs cost twice as much as we expected, and we need $4,000 more. Any of you who can pledge $100 or more, please stand up.'  At that moment, the substitute organist played, *'O Canada.'  And that is how the substitute became the regular organist!

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A rookie police officer was out for his first ride in a cruiser with an experienced partner. A call came in telling them to disperse some people who were loitering.  The officers drove to the street and observed a small crowd standing on a corner. The rookie rolled down his window and said, "Let's get off the corner, people."  A few glances, but no one moved, so he barked again, "Let's get off that corner...NOW!" Intimidated, the group of people began to leave, casting puzzled stares in his direction.  Proud of his first official act, the young policeman turned to his partner and asked, "Well, how did I do?"  "Pretty good," chuckled the veteran policeman, "especially since this is a bus stop!"

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- Doctor, Doctor My little boy has just swallowed a roll of film!  Hmmmm. Let's hope nothing develops.

- Doctor, Doctor I snore so loud I keep myself awake.  Sleep in another room then!

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Pamela: "You're half an hour late. I've been standing here like a fool."

Bill: "I can't help how you stand."

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A Hindu devotee asked God, represented by the multi-armed Lord Narayana, this question. "My dear Lord," he said. "I understand that you have innumerable inconceivable potencies. But out of all of them, the energy of light seems to be the most amazing. Light pervades the spiritual world; it illuminates the material universes, and life is impossible without it." He continued, "I would like to know how you make it work."  "Oh, that's easy," was the reply. "Many hands make light work."

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