A VERY MUCH MOST BETTER DAY

 GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE

Just think, it is now less than two months to the official first day of Spring and February is a short month.  Now, how's that for a boatload of apples eh:))))

No matter how frigid the temperatures this morning, (7F) there was no way Pheebs and I were staying in the house for a second morning in a row.  And with that, we were out the door, into the car, and on our way to Goderich with no windows down and Subie's heater on full blast.

 I WENT BY THIS CAR IN THE DITCH BUT TURNED AROUND AND CAME BACK JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY WAS  INSIDE

I LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND NOBODY WAS IN THERE

 LOST CONTROL AND SLID INTO THE DITCH BACKWARDS

Coffee to go at McD's and down to the harbor.  I don't think I've seen 4 big ships in the harbor before but it was 4 big ships in the harbor I did see this morning.  The harbor is frozen over and I know 3 of those large ships will be tied up there until Spring when warmer air breaks up the ice for the ships to get underway again.  Their being there is intentional.  The fourth ship is at the salt dock and might also remain there for the winter but I don't know.  Probably, because the ice in the channel and offshore looked pretty solid.

THE CAPT. HENRY JACKMAN IS TIED UP AT THE GODERICH GRAIN TERMINAL UNTIL THE SPRING ICE BREAK-UP IN THE HARBOR

 THE SUPERSTRUCTURES OF TWO OTHER FREIGHTERS CAN BE SEEN AT THE NORTH END OF THE HARBOR

 LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING GOING ON HERE AT THE JACKMAN

 YUP, THAT'S A SEPTIC TANK TRUCK PUMPING OUT THE JACKMAN'S BLACK TANK AND THAT'S THE LONGEST SEWAGE HOSE I'VE EVER SEEN

 TWO OF THE SHIP'S CREWMEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THE PROCEDURE....DON'T WANT THAT HOSE FLYING OFF AND SPRAYING ALL OVER THE PLACE...RV'RS KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT EH:((

 THE ALGOMA INNOVATOR ON THE LEFT ASTERN OF THE JACKMAN IS TIED UP AT THE GODERICH SALT MINE PERHAPS TILL SPRING AS WELL

The road leading out to Rotary Cove is open so  we took a drive out there for a few photos.  The long boardwalk is under snow and ice so no walkers were seen anywhere.  It will be a while before all this melts and folks can get out and stretch their legs under warmer sunny skies.

 OUT AT THE END OF ROTARY COVE

 A FEW BRIEF DABBLES OF BLUE SKY

 SNOW LADEN CLOUDS OUT OVER LAKE HURON

 THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO ROTARY COVE

 WEDNESDAY PHEEBS GOES TO THE GROOMER IN CLINTON AND THURSDAY I'M TAKING HER TO THE VET IN ZURICH TO HAVE THAT WATERY FAR EYE LOOKED AT

From the harbor area we headed through town in the direction of Walmart in Goderich's east end.  Feeling a little hungry and needing a break from getting myself all souped up again today on Jerry Rader's soups, I wheeled into A&W along the way for a big mess of bacon and eggs.  Oh boy, what a treat from my usual diet.  I've lost my taste these last few years for a lot of food things I once liked but boy oh boy, I sure haven't lost my taste for a good mess of bacon and eggs yet.    

 EATING MY BACON AND EGGS AND LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AT SUBIE

 LOOK AT THAT LITTLE PHEEBER FACE LOOKING BACK AT ME

 THAT'S HER PUPPY DOG FACE SHE'S GOT ON

ICY ROADS ON THE WAY HOME

 IT STARTED SNOWING BUT WE MADE IT HOME OKAY

Al's Music Box:)) Copacabana also known as "Copacabana (At the Copa)", is a song recorded by Barry Manilow. Written by Manilow, Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman, it was released in 1978 as the third single from Manilow's fifth studio album, Even Now (1978). The same year, "Copacabana" appeared in the soundtrack album of the film Foul Play.  The song was inspired by a conversation between Manilow and Sussman at the Copacabana Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, when they discussed whether there had ever been a song called "Copacabana". After returning to the U.S., Manilow – who, in the 1960s, had been a regular visitor to the Copacabana Nightclub in New york City – suggested that Sussman and Feldman write the lyrics to a story song for him. They did so, and Manilow supplied the music.  Lola Falana inspired the song's famous lyric, "Her name is Lola / She was a showgirl..."  The song's lyrics refer to the Copacabana nightclub as "the hottest spot north of Havana". The story focuses on Lola, a Copacabana showgirl, and her sweetheart Tony, a bartender at the club. One night, an ostentatiously wealthy man named Rico takes a fancy to Lola, but Tony intervenes when Rico becomes aggressive. The ensuing brawl ends in a gun being fired; although it is initially unclear "who shot who", it soon becomes apparent that Tony has died. Thirty years later, the club has been transformed into a discotheque, but a middle-aged Lola remains in her showgirl attire, now a customer at the bar who "drinks herself half blind" lamenting the loss of her youth, her sanity and Tony.   Internationally, the song is Manilow's third-greatest hit. The track was his first gold single for a song he wrote or co-wrote.  Additionally, the song earned Manilow his first and only Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in February 1979.  Cash Box said that "a Latin beat, congas and added percussion, strings and horns make it unusual."

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline::

- If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly.

- If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2.

- If you have multiple personalities, please press 3, 4, 5, and 6.

- If you are paranoid-delusional, we know who you are and what you want. Just stay on the line so we can trace the call.

- If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a little voice will tell you which number to press.

- If you are manic-depressive, it doesn't matter which number you press. No one will answer.

- If you are anxious, just start pressing numbers at random.

- If you are phobic, don't press anything.
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"Last week a grain of sand got into my wife's eye and she had to go to the doctor. It cost me fifty dollars."  "That's nothing, last week a fur got in my wife's eye and it cost me two thousand dollars."

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Dentist: I have to pull the aching tooth, but don’t worry it will take just five minutes.
Patient: And how much will it cost?
Dentist: It’s $390.00.
Patient: $390.00 for just a few minutes work???
Dentist: I can extract it very slowly if you like?

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AT JIMMY'S LUNCH NEAR BISBEE ARIZONA....WE LIKED THE HOT DOGS AND FRIES HERE

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