TalonRider

I once went backpacking in the Smoky Mountains with a group in the Pigeon Forge/Gatlenburg TN area. Part of the hike was on the Appalachian Trail. This was back in the 70's.

1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1 oz. of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl. 2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom. 3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close the lids. You may need to stand on the top lid. 4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this. 5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a 'power-wash and rinse'. 6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door. 7. Stand to the side of the toilet as far away as you can and quickly lift the lids. 8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside, where he will dry himself off. 9. Both the toilet and the cat will be sparkling clean. Sincerely yours, The Dog

When I first moved to Pennsylvania, I lived a block away from Gay Street and later moved to Queen Street.

A young blonde girl in her late teens, wanting to earn some extra money for the summer, decided to hire herself out as a "handy woman" and started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighborhood. She went to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for her to do. "Well, I guess I could use somebody to paint the porch," he said. "How much will you charge me?" Delighted, the girl quickly responded, "How about $50?" The man agreed and told her that the paint and brushes and everything she would need were in the garage. The man's wife, hearing the conversation, said to her husband, "Does she realize that our porch goes ALL the way around the house?" "That's a bit cynical, isn't it?" he responded. The wife replied, "You're right. I guess I'm starting to believe all those dumb blonde jokes." A few hours later the blonde came to the door to collect her money. "You're finished already??" the startled husband asked. "Yes," the blonde replied, "and I even had paint left over so I gave it two coats." Impressed, the man reached into his pocket for the $50 and handed it to her along with a $10 tip. "Thank you," the blonde said, "And, by the way, it's not a Porch, it's a Lexus."

Have fun and take care.

I occasionally get approached by someone asking if I'd like some reading material. I tell her, 'No thanks, I have my own.' and pick up my Nook.

I know who Snookie is, but I've never watched the show. She was in the News a lot.

Massachusetts won't be sending their team to the Final Four this weekend. They've already banned State paid travel to Indiana.

I agree to these. If there was kids present, there would be some background noises.

Came across this this morning.

Pence has signed the bill. See this from the Indianapolis Star.

Excellent

I remember an episode on one of those food shows on the Travel Channel where the host was in S. Africa. He observed the ritual. At the end of the ritual, the foreskin was offered to an elder male family member for consumption.

Just a side note here. ABC and ABC Family are part of Disney Enterprises, Inc. They are also known as Disney - ABC Entertainment.

Maggie Smith is calling it quits after the next season.

In case you're interested, here's a link to StarTrek.com.

The remembering of Leonard Nimoy continues Sunday evening by MeTV starting at 8:00 pm est with MeTV showing other shows that he appeared in..

In honor of Mr. Spook, Memorable TV (MeTV) will be airing the episode, Amok Time, instead of the the planned episode of Star Trek. They even changed the Saturday afternoon episode of Bonanza that guest starred DeForest Kelly for the one with Leonard.

I saw that someone recommended 'Circumnavigation' by C James.That would certainly give them something to read for awhile.

Spring arrives here in my area on March 20th at 6:20 pm.

I recently realized I no longer had a PDF reader installed, due to my recent reboot. Instead of going to Adobe directly, I picked on after doing a search and wound up installing three other programs, on of which was a player. I did uninstall those programs. The only thing I've not been able to get rid of is Bing. When I open a new tab, it opens to Bings home page instead of showing a list of websites that I've been too. That in itself doesn't bother me. After all of this was done, I ran Malwarebytes and found a whole litter of PUP's that were quarantined.

This isn't the earliest I've seen a Robin. After the blizzard in late January of 1978, I remember seeing one trying to take shelter on the back porch of a neighbor. I only saw it the once time. Yesterday I had a thermometer top out at 54 degrees. When I got up this morning, it was 32. Our forecast high is to be around 20 so we need to drop a few degrees to reach our high temp for the day.

Despite all the snow and severe cold we've had in recently, the Robins are here already. For the past week I thought I was seeing things as I'd sometimes see an orange blur move past my kitchen windows. Then yesterday I could see a bird sitting on a wire a slight distance away so I picked up my binoculars and saw it was a Robin. Later on in the morning, I saw six more sitting around.

Here at home my thermometers are all reading either zero or -1. Add in the wind chill and it feels like -18. The forecast for the weekend is for snow starting Saturday afternoon, with an accumulation of 1 to 3 inches, turning into rain in the evening and the temperatures rising into the 40's overnight. So much for the Polar Express that we're currently experiencing.

One slice will have 450 calories.