Friday, January 09, 2026

GAINED MYSELF A WEE BIT OF CONFIDENCE

I decided this morning to take my time, sit down at my computer with phone in hand, and patiently try to make some headway with my password debacle.  Figured I would start out with my Apple account which has been jumbled up with Kelly's old Apple account and my new Apple account.  I picked up the phone and dialed the 1-800 number for Apple Canada.  After the first round of button pressing, a nice lady finally came on the line and was able to help me straighten things out, beginning with a correct phone number change plus a new password.  I liked how they could take over my screen and, with a little red arrow, point to where I needed to go and what to click on.  For me it was nerve-wracking of course and especially so when I had to type things into the little keyboard on the phone.  I'm not used to that.  Anyway, I am now able to access my Apple Account.  Feeling buoyed by that, I later called Apple back and asked if they could help me with the transfer of my iTunes music on my desktop computer into my iPhone.  That turned out to be quite an involved procedure, but again, with another nice patient lady helping, and Apple taking over my screen with the little red arrow thing, all the music was finally transferred, and my now completely shattered nerves were finally able to begin restoring themselves to some semblance of sanity again.  All this stuff does not come easy for me, and by this afternoon, I felt mentally and physically drained.  But, on the plus side, having got a few things straightened out today, I've gained myself a wee bit of confidence.  Enough in fact to spend some time learning a few new things about my iPhone is well.  Although some things are easier to learn than others, the bigger overall problem for me is trying to remember what it is that I have so painstakingly just learned.  Things seem to come into one side of my noggin and head off right out the other side.  Why can't this techy stuff be like learning to ride a bicycle.  It seems no matter how old one is, one never forgets how to ride a bicycle.  Well, that's enough out of me today, and yes, we did hit 52F this afternoon and I was able to happily busy myself outside for a while with a few clean-up projects like raking up the big mess under the birdfeeders from hulls and husks.

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Al's Music Box::  Wintertime by Hagood Hardy.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The little Moron was hard up for money, so he walked around his neighborhood, trying to find a job.  He met a nice man who said he would give him work. All he had to do was paint his porch white. He gave him a bucket of paint and left. He walked into his house, laughing. He told his wife what he had done. "Frank, our porch covers half of the house! You're so mean," his wife replied. Three hours later, the little Moron went into the house and gave the bucket of white paint back to the man.  The astonished man handed her a $100 bill and asked how he finished it so quickly.  "It takes time, but it was easy," was his reply. "Oh, and it's a Ferrari, not a Porsche."

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As my family was leaving Disney World, my daughter waved and said, "Goodbye, Minnie!"
My son waved and said, "Goodbye, Mickey!"
I waved and said, "Goodbye money!"
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A teacher says, “Okay, class. Today, we're going to be talking about the tenses. If I say ‘I'm beautiful,' which tense is it?”  Little Johnny raises his hand and says, “Obviously past tense, Miss.”
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A woman met her husband at the train station after work for the ride home. He looked haggard, so she asked, "Rough day?" "You bet it was," he groaned. "Our computers were down, and we had to use our own brains to think all day."

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Thursday, January 08, 2026

HOW NICE TODAY TO HAVE A BIG SLUG OF SPRING TONIC SO EARLY IN JANUARY

 WHAT A NICE SPRING-LIKE DAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUT FOR A WALK
Up a tad earlier this morning because I had an appointment with my Nurse Practitioner at the Maitland Valley Health Center in Goderich. Luckily, we don't have any nasty winter weather going on at the moment, and I was well on time for my appointment.  In fact, we got up to 42°F today under sunny afternoon skies.  From the medical center, I headed straightaway to A&W for a sit-down bacon and eggs breakfast.  I hadn't done that since the last time I had done that. A few more stops in Goderich, and I set a course for home.

SOME FOG IN THE AIR THIS MORNING ON MY WAY TO GODERICH
AT THE MAITLAND VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
 WAITING FOR MY NURSE PRACTITIONER PERSON
 BREAKFAST AT A&W THIS MORNING
 A SUNNY LATE MORNING DRIVE HOME, AND HOW NICE TO SEE FIELDS APPEARING THROUGH THE SNOW
 A HUGE SNOW DRIFT ALONGSIDE THE ROAD
 EVEN 'OLD LONESOME' WAS OUT ENJOYING THE SUNNY DAY
 IT MAKES MY HEART HAPPY TO SEE SNOW MELTING
At 1:30 this afternoon I rolled into the Bayfield Library, where I had an appointment with someone to help me with all this password, passkey, verification, and gobbely goop confusion that has been causing me so much stress lately.  Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, my laptop computer would not connect to the Library's Wi-Fi despite the lady's best efforts, and I was not able to get anything resolved.  However, she was able to help me out with a few things regarding my iPhone.  Now, if only could remember what those few things were.

 BEFORE MY LIBRARY APPOINTMENT, I SLIPPED DOWN TO BAYFIELD'S BEACH TO SEE HOW THE BEACH WORK WAS PROGRESSING, AND NOTICED THEY HAD PUT A FENCE UP
THOSE ICE AND SNOW MOUNTAINS A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OFF SHORE, ARE FORMED BY WIND AND LAKE HURON'S WAVES
A LONE FISHERMAN ON THE SOUTH PIER
 THE BAYFIELD RIVER IS FREE OF ICE AND FLOWING AGAIN
Following the Library, I slipped over to Bayfield's Pioneer Park to take a few photos.  With it being such a nice day, I next headed to the Bayfield Cemetery, where I figured I would take myself for a much-needed walk.  Well, that didn't happen because the roads in the cemetery were really gnarly with ice, snow, slush, mud, and water.  Even the All Wheel Drive Subaru was slipping and sliding around in the slushy ruts.  So, home I went and enjoyed the rest of the nice day.  In fact, it felt like I had just had a big slug of Spring Tonic on an early January day.  We're forecasted to go up to 52F tomorrow.  Can you say, 'Bermuda Shorts':))

 HOW NICE TO WALK ON THIS GREEN GRASS AT PIONEER PARK INSTEAD OF WINTER'S ICE, SNOW, AND SLUSH
GREAT TO SEE ALL THE SNOW MELTED OFF THIS WEST FACING BANK
 OVERLOOKING LAKE HURONS SHORELINE ICE AND SNOW
 THESE STEPS LEAD FROM PIONEER PARK DOWN THE SLOPE TO THE BEACH BELOW
Al's Music Box::  That Sunday That Summer by Nat King Cole.

 HOW NICE TODAY TO HAVE A BIG SLUG OF SPRING TONIC SO EARLY IN JANUARY
GROANER'S CORNER:(( The little Moron walks into an auto parts store, and the parts man asks how he is doing and what he can do for him. He replies, "Fine, I need a seven-ten cap for my car." The man asks," A seven-ten cap? Where does it go, I've never heard of such a thing."  The little Moron angrily replies, "It goes on top of the engine and don't think just because I'm a Moron I don't know what I'm talking about!!" Perplexed, the parts man asks if he would draw him a picture and maybe help him out in figuring out what it is he needs..... Reader: Draw the number 710 in the middle of a piece of paper and draw a circle around the whole number. Now turn the paper upside down.

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- What's the opposite of a microwave? A tsunami.
- My doctor advised me to cut down on my sodium intake. I took his advice with a pinch of salt.

- "Your underwear is much too tight and revealing," I said to my wife. She replied, "Wear your own then."

I saw a book at the store today called "How to end 50% of your problems." I bought two of them.

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Eleven people were hanging on a rope under a helicopter, ten men and one woman. The rope was not strong enough to carry them all, so they decided that one has to drop off, otherwise they are all going to fall. They were not able to choose that person, but then the woman made a very touching speech.  She said that she would voluntarily let go of the rope, because as a woman she was used to giving up everything for her husband and kids, and for men in general, without ever getting anything in return. As soon as she finished her speech, all the men started clapping their hands.

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