OUR FRIENDSHIP HAD SPANNED THE BEST PART OF 50 YEARS

Mainly out of curiosity, I sometimes look back through my blog posts to see what or how I was doing maybe six months or a year ago on any certain day.  Maybe even a decade ago.  It was with sadness that I checked back a year ago today and saw that it was the last time my best buddy Richard and I, unbeknownst to either one of us at the time, shared our last coffee and muffin country road drive together.  Richard passed away two weeks later on March 14th. When Richard stepped out of my car and walked to the Canadian Tire Store's automotive door on this day a year ago, that was the last time I ever saw him.  Our friendship had spanned the best part of 50 years.  Here is my post from our final few hours together.... Our Last Coffee Run.  

GROANER'S CORNER:(( An elderly couple was driving across the country. While the woman was behind the wheel, the couple was pulled over by the highway patrol. Ma'am, did you know you were speeding? the officer said. The woman, hard of hearing, turned to her husband and asked, What did he say? He said you were speeding! the old man yelled. The patrolman then asked, "May I see your license?" The woman turned to her husband again, "What did he say?" The old man yelled back, "He wants to see your license!" The woman then gave the officer her license. I see you are from Arkansas, the patrolman said. "I spent some time there once and went on a blind date with the ugliest woman I've ever seen." The woman turned to her husband again and asked, "What did he say?" The old man replied, "He said he knows you!"

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There were four country churches in a small Texas town: The Presbyterian Church, the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church and the Catholic Church. Each church was overrun with pesky squirrels. One day, the Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrels. After much prayer and consideration they determined that the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will.

In the Baptist Church the squirrels had taken up habitation in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a cover on the baptistery and drown the squirrels in it. The squirrels escaped somehow and there were twice as many there the next week.
The Methodist Church got together and decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creation. So, they humanely trapped the Squirrels and set them free a few miles outside of town. Three days later, the squirrels were back.
But -- The Catholic Church came up with the best and most effective solution. They baptized the squirrels and registered them as members of the church. Now they only see them on Christmas and Easter.

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OUR FIRST CHIPMUNK OF THE YEAR

 I THINK OVER THE NEXT WEEK, MUCH OF THIS ICE AND SNOW ON LAKE HURON WILL DISAPPEAR

Oh, how I love the drip-drip-dripping sound of melting snow.  And over the next week, I will be outside reveling in those very sounds as temps are predicted to top 50F.  We hit 41F today under sunny skies, and we even caught us a sunset tonight.

 OUR FIRST CHIPMUNK OF THE YEAR

 I WAS ABLE TO TOSS OUT SOME BIRDSEED FOR THE LITTLE FELLOW

 YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE CHAP ALREADY HAS A POUCH FULL OF SEEDS IN HIS CHEEKS

 WOODSY AND I CAUGHT OURSELVES A SUNSET TONIGHT AT BAYFIELD'S BEACH

AT BAYFIELD'S PIONEER PARK WE WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES WATCHING THE SUNSET

 IT LOOKS LIKE A KINDLY OLD MAN OUR WAY COMES

TONIGHT'S MOON

Al's Music Box::  Hey Baby by Bruce Channel. (Channel is pronounced 'Shanel')

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Morris walks out into the street and manages to get a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cab driver says, "Perfect timing. You're just like Dave." "Who?" "Dave Aronson. There's a guy who did everything right. Like my coming along when you needed a cab. It would have happened like that to Dave." "There are always a few clouds over everybody," says Morris. "Not Dave. He was a terrific athlete. He could have gone on the pro tour in tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star." "He was something, huh?" "He had a memory like a trap. Could remember everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which fork to eat with. He could fix anything. Not like me. If I change a fuse, I black out the whole neighborhood." "No wonder you remember him." "Well, I never actually met Dave." "Then how do you know so much about him?" asks Morris. "Because I married his widow.

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Are your investments in order? Below are some of the latest rumors from Wall Street.  Here are some of the mergers we can expect to see:

Polygram Records, Warner Brothers, and Keebler Crackers merge to become Polly-Warner-Cracker.

3M and Goodyear merge to become MMMGood.

John Deere and Abitibi-Price merge to become Deere Abi.

Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining merge to become Zip Audi Do Da.

Honeywell, Imasco, and Home Oil merge to become Honey I'm Home.

Denison Mines, Alliance, and Metal Mining merge to become Mine All Mine.

Federal Express and UPS merge to become FED UP.

Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will merge and become Fairwell Honeychild.

3M, J.C. Penney, and the Canadian Opera Company will merge and become 3 Penney Opera.

Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W.R. Grace Company merge to become Hale Mary Fuller Grace.

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Junior had just received his brand new driver's license. The family trooped out to the driveway and climbed into the car, where he was about to take them for a ride for the first time. Dad immediately headed for the back seat, directly behind the newly minted driver.  "I'll bet you're back there to get a change of scenery after all those months of sitting in the front passenger seat teaching me how to drive," said the beaming boy to the ol' man. "Nope," came dad's reply, "I'm gonna sit here and kick the back of your seat as you drive, just like you've been doing to me all these years."

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