AND THAT GREMLIN WAS ME!!

I didn't let the morning's overcast sky and later rain deter my spirits.  On my walking road, walking with head down, I heard a sudden low fluttering rumble off to my left.  Quickly looking up, I saw a large flock of Canada Geese close by, all taking to the air from the harvested wheat field to the west.  Once fully airborne, I estimated there were easily fifty or more birds, squawking wildly, and quickly forming up their flight patterns.  I felt kinda bad for disturbing them.  I guess that should teach me to walk with my head up. 

For the past couple of years I've had an old and heavy leather recliner sitting in the carport.  Many times I've looked at that recliner thinking, 'I should take that thing to the landfill site east of Holmesville one of these days'.  Well, that day finally came and this morning that is exactly what I did.  Instead of looking at again and again, I finally tossed it into the back of the Subaru and away I went.  It felt good to have another 'mission accomplished'.  I've got to do more positive things like that!!  With that chair finally out of the way, it spurred me on to do a big clean-up in that corner of the carport, and that of course, led to a feeling of accomplishment which I think is important to many Seniors, and not just myself.

 I WAS SURPRISED THESE CROWS DIDN'T FLY WHEN I DROVE BY

With both of my TVs in a state of frazzlement on Thursday, and my iPhone not connecting to my car's SiriusXM radio again, it was Andrew to the rescue.  When he popped over last night, I switched on the main TV.....and what the heck!!  It was working perfectly.  Andrew figured it had been a Tuckersmith problem brought on by the double power outages from Wednesday night's severe storm.  I was inclined to agree. I'm always too quick to blame myself when stuff doesn't work.  With a couple of clicks, we had the sunroom TV working fine as well.  Then, out to the car we went to see what rascally deeds the Gremlins were doing to my iPhone/XM connection.  Well, as it turns out, there was only one Gremlin responsible for the problem.  And that Gremlin was me!!  It only took Andrew a matter of seconds to see what the problem was.  An XM promotional ad on the phone's screen had me stumped, and despite a zillion times trying to get past that ad to my music, I was totally flummoxed.  Andrew, in his patience, simply had me gently 'swipe up' the ad to reveal, below the words, something to the effect, 'if you already have SiriusXM, press continue. Did that, and with a quick email address and a verification code, I was once again logged into my favorite music channel. The Spa 746. But here's the rub!! I had this exact same problem a couple of months ago, and Andrew told me then about that 'swipe up ' solution. But do you think my memory retained that simple fix??  No Sireeeeeeee it didn't:((.

 IT'S RARE TO SEE MOUNTAIN ASH TREES ANYMORE BUT i SPOTTED THESE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BAYFIELD ROAD AND TIPPERARY LINE

 AN EARLY SIGN OF AUTUMN IN OUR PARK

Al's Music Box:: Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Little Johnny's father took him on a fishing trip to Canada. On returning home after catching only three fish, his father says, "The way I figure it, each fish cost us $400!" Little Johnny replied, "Well, at that price it’s a good thing we didn’t catch any more of them than we did."

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Mom: Do you think we’re made of money?
Daughter: Isn’t that what MOM stands for?

In my last job my wages were paid in vegetables. I left because i was unhappy with the celery.

It was a very moving ceremony. Even the cake is in tiers.

So, today, I told my team about the importance of dried grapes. It’s all about raisin awareness.

Yeah. I was in a Zoom meeting when I told that joke, and they didn’t laugh either. It turns out I’m not even remotely funny.

Why are Catholics so upbeat after church gatherings? Because they convert Mass into energy.
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I wanted to get rid of my old knackered flat-screen TV that doesn't work anymore.
The recycling company said they would charge me $50.00 to collect it and dispose of it. Instead, I paid $12.50 to an online courier to collect it and deliver it to somebody I don't like! 

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DURING THE POWER OUTAGE I HAD COLORED STARS ALL OVER MY LIVING ROOM

 AFTER THE STORM iPhone

About 30 seconds after I posted my Wednesday blog late in the afternoon, the approaching storm was upon us, and our power went out.  And it stayed out until 9:15 this morning.  Went out again ten minutes later and then came back on again about forty minutes later.  It has been on ever since.  At the height of the storm with huge winds and driving rain, I heard what I thought was a tree come down.  Thought I heard another one but looking around after the storm went through I think it was only part of a tree that came down on the street behind us.  We were very fortunate here not to have any other damage.  Other parts of Southern Ontario were not so lucky.  There is widespread damage, especially to the southeast of us.  To what extent I don't know yet, but I'm sure it will be on the news channels today.  As soon as the storm cleared our area, I donned a rain jacket, hat, and a pair of work gloves, and hopped into the car to take a quick drive around the Park to see if any trees had come down on houses and people may need help.  After all, we are all mainly Seniors in here.  Aside from part of a tree on the street behind us, I didn't see any other damage, except for small limbs and branches down.  It wasn't long before I saw Park owner Adam's little orange Bobcat clearing away that partially downed tree.  With no power, I later drove into Bayfield and was happy to see the village still had power.  I slipped into Tim Hortons and grabbed a coffee to go.  Aside for some small branches down here and there, Bayfield looked in good shape.  Because both my TVs are on the fritz at the moment, I have not seen any of the news reports about the extensive damage caused by yesterday's severe storm.  If anyone missed my post yesterday, they can find it here at, Had Myself Quite A Schmozzle This Morning

 I CAN SEE SKIES CLEARING ACROSS THE LAKE WAY OVER THERE IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN

 ON THE WAY HOME I ENCOUNTERED THIS BLOCKAGE AND HAD TO BACK UP AND TURN AROUND

Home again, and with no power, I checked on neighbor Monica, and she was doing okay. Back in the house, I went and gathered together a few candles and a couple of flashlights.  Kelly had bought an emergency radio years ago, so I had that up and running too.  It has batteries and can be hand-cranked if the batteries fail.  For music, and with my wireless headphones on, I turned to my iPhone's music files and chose a folder named Al's Favs.  How wonderful to have my very much most soft ambient music to listen to while I continued re-reading one of my Anne Of Green Gables books.  Also, I hauled out my little plastic star projection thing, put some batteries in it, and in the darkness, I had colored stars all over my living room.  I leisurely tipped back in my recliner and magically enjoyed the power outage.

 TIPPED BACK IN MY RECLINER WITH MY MUSIC, I HAD THE MOON AND STARS ON MY CEILING AND WALLS.....IT WAS MAGIC

Of course, I was disappointed to wake up this morning to silence.  The power was still off, and my iPhone had run out of juice. But, not to be deterred, I was soon in the car with the phone charging in a charger plugged into the cigarette lighter thingy.  Although foggy, I headed straightaway for Tim Hortons coffee shop with fingers crossed that they would be open.  They were.  From there it was home again to finish my coffee.  Still no power, so off to my walking road I went, and from there, half an hour later, headed back home.  Still no power, but finally it did come back on, and I was able to start catching up on things.   

 ROLLING OUT OF THE PARK I COULD SEE IT WAS FOGGY

IT WAS A FOGGY MORNING WALK

 CANADA GEESE IN THE HARVESTED WHEAT FIELD ALONGSIDE MY WALKING ROAD

 THE STORM WINDS WERE SO STRONG YESTERDAY THAT THEY BLEW THIS CLUMP OF GOLDEN ROD SIDEWAYS

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 IT LOOKS LIKE THIS LITTLE SPIDER'S WEB, ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THE GOLDEN ROD WITHSTOOD THE STORM'S FURY

 I PARK HERE SO OFTEN THAT ALL THE LONG DITCH GRASS IS FLAT

Al's Music Box:: True Love Ways by Buddy Holly

 GRAIN WAGONS IN THE MORNING MIST

GROANER'S CORNER::My grandfather worked in a blacksmith shop when he was a boy, and he used to tell me, when I was a little boy myself, how he had toughened himself up so he could stand the rigors of blacksmithing.  One story was how he had developed his arm and shoulder muscles. He said he would stand outside behind the house and, with a 5-pound potato sack in each hand, he would extend his arms straight out to his sides and hold them there as long as he could.  After a while, he tried 10-pound potato sacks, then 50-pound potato sacks. Finally, he got to where he could lift a 100-pound potato sack in each hand and hold his arms straight out for more than a full minute.  Next, he started putting potatoes in the sacks.

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What do you get when you cross Speedy Gonzales with a country singer? Arriba McEntire.

What do you call a Mexican with a rubber toe? Roberto!

What do you call a Mexican with a lowered car? Carlos!

What do you call a Mexican drowning in mayonnaise?  Sinko De Mayo.

What do you call 4 Mexicans in quicksand?
Cuatro, sink-o.

What do you call a Mexican with a bottle of vermouth?  A dry Martinez.

What do you call two Mexicans playing basketball?  Juan on Juan.

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My very overweight wife and I were enjoying a swim in the hotel pool when a little boy of about five got into trouble and appeared to be drowning. Luckily, my wife was there to save his life...She got out to inform the lifeguard, and the water level dropped enough for him to stand up!

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A pastor was opening his mail one morning and one envelope had only a single sheet of paper with a single word printed on it: “FOOL!”  The following Sunday the priest announced, “I have known many people who have written letters and forgotten to sign their name. But this week I received a letter from someone who signed his name and had forgotten to write a letter.”

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