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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.
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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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| MORNING WALK IN THE KOFA MOUNTAIN RANGE SOUTH OF QUARTZSITE, ARISOMA |
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| SOMEBODY WENT TO A LOT OF WORK TO CREATE THIS HUGE CIRCLE OF STONES |
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| PHEEBS ON MY LAP |
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