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The Sun Shone Today in the Nederland's Gelderland!

As the sunshine warmed the Dutch countryside the weeks accumulation of frost on the trees and ground melted off but the freezing temperatures of the past few days left the flooded areas along the dikes frozen stiff! Hundreds of folks were out enjoying the almost endless skating rinks there as is the tradition here. We then went through the outdoor market in Wagenining where each Wednesday and Saturday shoppers can find a big assortment of fish, meats, cheeses, fruits, vegatables, bakery, fresh and live herbs, of course, fresh cut flowers and live plants, and more and if course visit with plenty of people doing their Saturday shopping! Beth bought a bunch of budding tulips and Buga got a loaf of bread which she gnawed on for the next hour or so and ate the "whole thing" by herself!

Oh My!

What is happening here?

UPDATED STORY! George Gipp’s body exhumed for DNA testing
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
By Gazette staffLAURIUM — The body of Notre Dame football hero and Laurium legend George Gipp was exhumed from his gravesite at Lake View Cemetery Thursday

They Have it All Wrong Again!

Saw this research done by some young ones testing how young vs old respond to jokes and other funnies. They found that young ones responded 6% better than the old folks. Well the research which was conducted by graduate student Wingyun Mak and psychology professor Brian Carpenter probably didn't take into consideration that old folks really don't think that everything that is so darn funny to the young ones is not funny to the old folks. All you have to do is watch a bit of TV aimed at the teens through the 30's or 40's and you find out what I mean. Its trash to me but highly rated "comedy" for the young ones. The other thing they didn't consider was one's reaction to hearing the same joke for the 23Th time. Hey, after the 13Th time it isn't funny anymore to us old folks.

After Four Days There were Still Leftovers!

I counted at least 7 hot dishes on the above table! In the little swim pool to the right were the cold foods including the dish to which this blog is dedicated. The other table shown below was laden with the cool meat and cheese trays, salads, deserts and that kind of stuff. The red table was covered with a near a dozen or so types of homemade cookies and bars.

When Bliss and Larry throw a Graduation party they make sure no one goes away hungry......even four days later! In the days after the party we managed to get most of the large catering size dishes down to nothing or nearly so but not so for the potato salad! The potato salad was too far down the line to attract much attention from the party people. Most of them had their plates heaped with turkey and mashed potatoes and green salad and sausage or whatever and simply had to leave the poor potato salad sit. Well, on Sunday we 7 or so adults who were staying at the farm vowed to take on the potato salad so we slightly enlarged the hole in the corner of the tray. On Monday at lunch time we decided to open a pit in another corner of the tray to make it seem like we were getting fresh potato salad. Well along came Monday at 6:30 pm and the potato salad was at the table again so we opened another corner, the third corner! Guess what, on Tuesday the potato salad was at the table again so we opened the 4th corner! Now all four corners had been sampled! Do you think we got rid of the potato salad now? Oh no, not on Bliss's dead body in the Christmas Tree Patch would anything be thrown out. It had to be eaten so there it appeared at the July 4th picnic! And where did we serve from then? Well, how about making a hole in the center of the tray! Just like fresh we enjoyed potato salad with our brats and other picnic fixings! But I would guess that Bliss and Marv, the only folks left there on the farm, will be eating potato salad till nearly Labor Day! Maybe I'll stop in for some next month!

Our Good Name

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of our souls: Who criticizes my purse critcizes trash; ’tis something, nothing;’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands;But he that criticizes our good name Robs us of that which not enriches him And makes us sad indeed for what's been done"

Kicking Up the Heels!

Bobbie at the office today told me, the horse truck driver of last summer, an amusing story of her son's weekend antics. The family had spent the weekend at the ranch checking out the horses and getting rides in the woods. During the evening the young man had begun to run about the lodge kicking up his heels as high as possible. Apparently the young man had gotton some lessons from Grandpa about prize winning Belgians. One criterion judges look for is the height the horses "kick up their heels' as they run. So important is that standard that weighted shoes are applied to the horses hooves so the extra weight trains them to be "kicking up their hooves"!

No Brittany Kids for Stern!

After extensive research I have decided that Howard K Stern will not get Brittany's kids. They are being kept by biological relatives.

Where? What? When? How? Why?

1. Where would you bury Anna Nichole Smith! I have the answer as to her destination! I will divulge it soon! Check back!

2 Is Brittany Spears a bit nuts? I have the answer. Stay tuned!

3. Maybe Howard K Stern will get custody of Brittany's babies! Think so?

4. Will this idiocy ever end or will another fill the void when the current stuff is over.

5. Who will be next!

Stay tune....we'll have all the answers as we devolop our new CELEBRITY REPORT. It might be up before the current show is over!

Will He?

Well, what do you think? The gate has a big "F" on it. Will he go home for the winter and come back out again and head back "up north"? Or is it time for him to stay inside and enjoy the fruits of his "labors". Congratulations on a great career!