Founded December
17,1912 Ceased
Publication Thursday February 1, 1951
Book 1
Volume 9
This
is a previous issue re-worked with Nvu
Saturday,
January 17, 2004 7:43 AM 16deg at LVIA and 12.8 in the bus
stop
Golly, we are
practically in a heat wave
this morning. It warmed all the way up to 12.8 inside the bus stop.
Phooey!!
This morning my
weight is 206 and my
blood glucose 125. I don’t think that cinnamon is doing any harm.
We
even had mac and cheese last night. It is a complex carbohydrate and I
suppose that too helps.
Butternut Fred has
been out after I put
his sweater on him. I am awaiting some sunshine before I go out.
Dr
Leshok’s house
Butternut
Fred
park snow
We were busy this
morning. We had to
make a trip up to Wal-Mart to enable me to get a new black ink
cartridge for the one printer. There are always two copies of my web
page that are printed out and sent to some nice folks who do not yet
have computer abilities. So, last evening each letter was printed out
and I went to produce the mailing envelope and I discovered that the
addresses would not print. No black ink. The other printer is not
configured to do the job. I ended up hand writing their names and
address on the respective envelopes. I hope that they do not end in the
dead latter office, Geez!!
After we got back
to town, I stopped in
at Uncle Ed’s heart medicine state store. The man on duty was
vociferously informing me how lucky the public was
to have him in attendance doing this very difficult and onerous job,
for which he is woefully underpaid. I have informed him in the past
that he is lucky that Pennsylvania is not adjacent to New Hampshire.
Sheez!!!!! All the stores were busy this morning.
Then we parked on
Delaware Avenue and
walked to IGA, and got their food flier for the coming week. Queen
hasn’t been for a walk for several days due to the cold weather
I got this request
from Betsy
Burnhauser to any who receive these missives. I am glad to include it
in these pages.
“Do you
think you could put something in
one of them to the effect that if anyone has Palmerton pictures they
would like to give away, or if they want to keep them but would be
willing to make copies, the Historical Society is always looking for
photos to add to our photo file. They should NOT, I repeat, should NOT
send them by any other method than "snail mail.” Not
electronically.
They could be sent to George Ashman, 314 Columbia Ave. Palmerton, PA
18071. In fact, anything pertaining to Palmerton would be appreciated
by the society. If any of them are not members but would be interested
in becoming a member, thereby receiving our quarterly newsletter, they
could contact Jane Borbe, 5743 Route 873, PO Box 68, Neffs, PA 18065.
It's amazing how many people don't know about the society but are very
interested once they find out - particularly out-of-towners.”
I just got this
from Don Denniston. His
dad was the famous “Foxy,” Denniston, my High School
principal. The
name Foxy was not meant in disrespect, but his dad had a way of
appearing at very inconvenient moments for those who were not exactly
obeying the rules of the road. Ha!!!
“Subject: Texas Teacher
Anyone who has ever dressed a child will love
this one!
Did you hear about the Texas
Teacher who was helping one of her
kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots? He asked for
help and she could see why.
Even with her pulling and him
pushing, the little boots still didn't
want to go on. Finally, when the second boot was on, she had
worked up a sweat.
She almost cried when the little
boy said, "Teacher, they're on the
wrong feet."
She looked and sure enough, they
were. It wasn't any easier
pulling the boots off than it was putting them on. She
managed to keep her cool as together they worked to get the boots back
on - this time on the right feet.
He then announced, "These aren't
my boots."
She bit her tongue rather than
get right in his face and scream, "Why
didn't you say so?" like she wanted to. And, once again she
struggled to help him pull the ill-fitting boots off his little
feet. No sooner they got the boots off and he said, "They're
my brother's boots. My Mom made me wear'em."
Now she didn't know if she
should laugh or cry. But, she
mustered up the grace and courage she had left to wrestle the boots on
his feet again. Helping him into his coat, she asked, "Now,
where are your mittens?"
He said, "I stuffed 'em in the
toes of my boots."
Her trial starts next
month.”
I got some really
great pictures from
grandson Andy. He and George are big railroad fans. Some of these are
just unbelievably good, as well as old. I have never seen them before.
I will occasionally insert one. They all come from a web site he
recommended. I looked but didn’t see any restrictions on others
using
them, so I am taking the liberty of putting some of them in here. He
sent me a pile of stuff that he found.
Lehigh
and New England Bridge over the Lehigh River
I am having
difficulty getting my exact
bearings in the above picture. At first glance, it appears as though it
is taken from the Carbon County side of the river, but I can’t
figure
out what the apparent road is that is seen just above the railroad
tracks. The sign is easily read so the negative is not backwards, so it
must have been taken from the Lehigh County side.
I got a phone call
tonight from brother
in-law, Walter Guyer, asking about his inability to open many if any of
the pictures on this web page. With that in mind, I culled through all
of my recipients who have AOL and sent them a note about the sites I
found from Google about the inability to properly open pictures. I
really don’t know what else I can do. I do not want to appear
uncaring
but the problem is not at this end. I am afraid they will all have to
join the modern age.
I know all the
recipients who read this
will understand Judy Schwartz’s e-mail: Just
got done reading your
newsletter. Bill Danneberg, Bob Green, & Frank
Vlossak are old classmates & friends. If you e-mail
them, tell them I asked about them & say” hi”.
Sorry
I couldn't make the reunion this time. I had surgery the day
before --guess that says it all.
Thanks
Bob. Guess what--------it's snowing once
again. Keep on exercising!
Judy
Golly, but Judy is
sure a busy girl!
Between she and her daughter, Lisa Anthony, they are the founders and
chief operators of the day care center on Delaware Avenue where
Costenbader’s Drug Store once was in business. I would last about
five
minutes with all those screaming children running about me all day.
Geez!!
Speaking of
exercise, I went to the
“Iron works” three times this past week. It seems to be
going all
right. I have to admit it isn’t all that bad. The thing I like is
that
some of the equipment will exercise specific muscle groups that I think
need the moist attention. Yes, I know the muscles that push me away
from the table are badly in need of firming up!! Ha!!
<10:22 PM>
Everything has
a light coating of snow. I was just looking outside. It appears to be
just a dusting so far in spite of the winter storm warnings I am
receiving on the computer. Maybe tomorrow I will be able to use the new
snowplow shovel Queen got me.
Hey, big news tonight. Queen just
placed her first order on the
Internet. She did the whole works. In addition, she printed a couple of
recipes on the network printer. She is doing all right.
Sunday, January 18, 2004 7:33 AM 28
Deg at LVIA and 25.7 in the bus stop
This morning the
weight continued to be
206 and the blood glucose was133. It looks white outside this morning.
Well a bit whiter with a dusting of fresh snow. Butternut was out but I
have not checked it for myself yet.
Queen is
downstairs in a robe starting
the oatmeal. She wants to take a bath this morning while the bathroom
is still toasty warm.
You know every
morning when I open my e-
mail, I have IncrediMail first check what messages are on the server
and then I “bounce back” all the viagra and weenie
enhancing ads. In
addition, I can remove any of them from my server without bouncing
them. Upon opening my e mail in the regular manner only the good stuff
is there. I like this new version of it very much.
I was perusing the
Internet this morning
and I came across an interesting site for anyone who might be
interested in on line foreign news radio available in whatever language
one desires. I had a German station on that was indecipherable to me
but I am sure both Christine and Fritz would enjoy it. It is at;
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/index.php?CurrentLetter=1
It seems to load a bit slowly but it
was full of a lot stations one
might enjoy.
In case anyone has
ever wondered about
how these web pages are done, it really is done as sort of a system.
Every morning when I come downstairs, the first things I do are start
the coffee, turn on the computer, feed the dog, and take my medical
readings. Then, I let Butternut out while I retrieve my e-mail
and music is turned on from the computer source and
put on throughout the house.
From the e-mail, I get the
weather forecast, open my web page
and start a new post for the day. After a few first remarks, the page
sits at the bottom of the tray all day. Then, it is off to the park
bench. When I think of something, I return to it and it is entered.
I certainly can’t be accused of being a well-organized person but
this
is simply the easiest way for me to do it. Well, it is a system by my
standards.
One thing I have learned the
hard way is to save what I write
in several different places, at least one of them being off site. I
previously used a floppy for storage, but with the addition of
pictures, file size makes that impossible. Those
USB flash storage sticks are ideal for this and can be moved easily
from one computer to another.
The system
is so arranged that
I can operate from any computer in the house, including Queen’s
laptop,
through the network retrieving whatever data I may require from the off
site source, if need be. I don’t think I could operate without my
network.
The
signal tower at the west plant
Golly, when I
went out to
shovel off the sidewalks, they had already been done. I suspect by our
nice neighbor from across the street, Gary Kovacs. It was done with a
snow blower. We certainly do appreciate it.
I tried to use the new plow shovel
Queen got and found it simply
unsatisfactory. It hasn’t enough weight and heft so that it
slides
right over the snow. I took a steel shovel and it came off easily.
There weren’t more than three inches of the stuff. I am afraid we
shall
have to return it to QVC.
Tonight for supper we had a turkey
that we have had in the freezer for
a while. Queen made gravy and I made mashed potatoes, green beans, and
cranberry sauce completed the meal. For dessert, we had a cup of 8
o’clock fresh ground coffee. It was an outstanding meal. There is
plenty of turkey left for another meal but also for sandwiches, etc.
Monday,
January 19, 2004 7:45 AM 19 deg at LVIA and 16.7 in the bus stop
This morning the
blood glucose was 133
and the weight 206. This morning in my e mail I got a note from Bob
Green. He sent this to me once before but with my recent comments about
my love of my history classes in High School. I made mention of the
fact that I could even stand the Problems of Democracy classes of
D.L. Learn. It discusses the Learn’s philanthropy. I had
forgotten it but I find this URL quite informative. http://pr.mansfield.edu/2249-98.html
Since today is the
big sheet day for
Queen, I think I shall go to the “Iron Works” this morning
about 10:30.
There is no point going earlier because the place is packed and
treadmills are at a premium. In addition, since today is a National
Holiday, there will be no mail delivery. Unbelievably, I actually miss
it.
Earlier I had
taken the recyclables to
the alley and then sat with my coffee at the park bench. Is a
beautiful day, but cold.
Thank God, tonight
should end all the
blue smoke from Iowa. The candidates are doing a very good job of
cutting each other to ribbons. After this, they will return to hating
Bush. Geez!!!
<11:15 AM> I
am back from
my stint at the equipment. Quite a few are folks that are also swimmers
some of whom I did not recognize by name, but Marylyn Ord, LaRue Smith,
Romaine Beige’s Mom, were there. In addition, our neighbor Nan
Campton,
was there and I met many and others whose names elude me as usual, I
Ha!!
I got the blood moving on the
treadmill for 10 minutes, and
then on to the triceps machine, the tummy tucker, the back
strengthener, the leg extensions and the leg curls. By then, I have put
in my 45 minutes and headed for home. That place seems like a generally
good place for the geezers to exercise and chat. There is an apparent
general feeling of good will toward all there. I suspect many of them
go daily, as much for the social contact, as for the exercise.
I saw this
on Walter
Mossberg’s column in the Wall St Journal to quote,
“Q:
Last week, you said Juno users could manage their e-mail using Outlook
or Outlook Express. But I found a statement on the Juno Web site saying
this wasn't possible. What gives?
A: My answer applied to Juno
members with the current version of Juno's
software, version 6.0 and above. If you are using an earlier "legacy"
version of the software, Juno says it doesn't recommend trying to use
Outlook or Outlook Express. Juno says that its Web site detects the
version of Juno software you are using and brings up different pages
for each group of users. If you are using the newer software, the Web
site displays pages explaining how to use Juno with Outlook or Outlook
Express. But, if it detects that you are using the older, "legacy"
software, it directs you to a page with a negative answer. However,
Juno says that legacy users who want to use Outlook or Outlook Express
can upgrade free to the current software.”
Write to Walter S. Mossberg at
mossberg@wsj.com2
Queen has the wash pretty well under
control now. I had to take a
letter to the post box this morning and the west wind was brutal.
Coming back down was great. I suspect there will be no walk
for today.
Now this is an interesting
development. I wrote in Sunday’s post of
then necessity of returning the shovel Queen received from QVC.
Ordinarily they permit returns with in 30 days of purchase, no
questions asked, but when we tried to disassemble it, it would not come
apart. Further reading of the instructions informed us that once
assembled, it is not designed to come apart. They are correct in that
it had a ratchet mechanism that snaps into place and nothing short of
destructive measures will get it apart. In their reply to our e-mail
they said if possible, try to get a larger box. This morning I wrote to
them telling them that did they have any conception of how large a box
that will require? I also told them that the price of returning a box
that size probably would exceed the price of the shovel. Well to their
credit, they are giving Queen a full credit for the full price and she
is free to keep it. We both figured that we were not the only ones with
this problem. It is much better for them to write it off than incur the
wrath of customer’s like Queen. I am glad I wrote to them this
morning
explaining the problem.
Station
at Lehigh Gap
Tommy stopped in
tonight with some news
that is mind boggling! George Ashman has a new[er] car a virtually
late model blue Saturn. We were all in shock. Tommy saw him at the gas
station today and was astounded. Apparently, his brother, who seems to
be his purchasing agent, procured a private sale agreement for him. I
wonder what Howard Cyr will have to say about this turn of events?
Of course, Tommy defended himself
against the slings and arrows of his
hunting friend, Tommy Wentz, on his discourse on Tom’s deer
kill.
Apparently, Fae, Tommy’s wife, has her own unsavory story on her
deer
kill. It seems that she virtually did have to bludgeon her animal. It
was severely wounded and in her attempt at a merciful death for the
animal, the flintlock would not fire. In the rain, those flintlock
rifles are virtually useless. After many, many, attempts the weapon
finally discharged. Oh, they all have a good time. The stories are
endless and get both bigger and more elaborate with every telling.
I got this from Henry Schwartz. I
love these “Darwin Awards”
“Yes, it's the one
we've all been waiting for ... the Darwin Award
2003.
The candidates have finally been released! For those not familiar with
the Darwin Award, It's an annual honor given to the person who provided
the Universal human gene pool the biggest service by getting KILLED in
the most extraordinarily stupid way. As always,
competition again this year has been keen.
DARWIN AWARD CANDIDATES FOR 2003
* In September in Detroit, a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in
two feet of water after squeezing head first through an18-inch-wide
sewer grate to retrieve his car keys.
* In October, a 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who "totally
zonked when he ran," accidentally jogged off a 100-foot-high cliff on
his daily run.
* Buxton, NC: A man died on a beach when an 8-foot-deep hole he had dug
into the sand, caved in as he sat inside it. Beach-goers said Daniel
Jones, 21, dug the hole for fun, or protection from the wind, and had
been sitting in a beach chair at the bottom Thursday
afternoon when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People
on the beach, on the outer banks, used their hands and shovels, trying
to claw their way to Jones, a resident ofWoodbridge, VA. but could not
reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment
almost an hour to free him while about 200 people looked on. Jones was
pronounced dead at a hospital.
* In February, Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed in Lompoc, CA, as he
fell face-first through the ceiling of bicycle shop he was
burglarizing.
Death was caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth
(to keep his hands free) rammed into the base of his skull as he hit
the floor.
* According to police in Dahlonega, GA, ROTC cadet Nick Berrena, 20,
was stabbed to death in January by fellow cadet Jeffrey Hoffman, 23,
who was trying to prove that a knife could not penetrate the flak vest
Berrena was wearing.
* Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed in February in Selbyville,
Del, as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver
loaded with four bullets into his mouth and pull the trigger.
* In February, according to police in Windsor, Ontario, Daniel
Kolta,27, and Randy Taylor, 33, died in a head-on collision, thus
earning a tie in the game of chicken they were playing with their
snowmobiles.
DARWIN AWARD HONORABLE MENTIONS
* In Guthrie, Okla, in October, Jason Heck tried to kill a millipede
with a shot from his 22 caliber rifle, but the bullet ricocheted off a
rock near the hole and hit pal Antonio Martinez in the head, fracturing
his skull.
* In Elyria, Ohio, in October, Martyn Eskins, attempting to clean out
cobwebs in his basement, declined to use a broom in favor of a propane
torch and caused a fire that burned the first and second floors of his
house.
* Paul Stiller, 47, was hospitalized in Andover Township, NJ, and his
wife Bonnie was also injured, when a quarter-stick of dynamite blew up
in their car. While driving around at 2 AM, the bored couple lit the
dynamite and tried to toss it out the window to see what would
happen, but apparently failed to notice the window was closed.
RUNNER UP....
TACOMA, WA : Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when
one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-jumped from the
Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew
more heated and at least 10 men trooped along the walkway of the bridge
at 4:30 am. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge, they discovered
that no one had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued
drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of lineman's cable
lay nearby. One end of the cable was secured around Bingham's leg and
the other end was tied to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet before
the cable tightened and tore his
foot off at the ankle. He miraculously survived his fall into the icy
river water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. "All I can say, "
said Bingham, "is that God was watching out for me on that night."
"There's just no other explanation for it." Bingham's foot was never
located.
AND THE WINNER....
PADERBORN, GERMANY : Overzealous zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt fed his
constipated elephant Stefan 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a
bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm
finally let it fly, and suffocated the keeper under 200 pounds of poop!
Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give
the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded
on him. "The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation
knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground, where he struck his head on a rock
and lay unconscious as the elephant continued to evacuate his bowels on
top of him" said flabbergasted Paderborn police detective Erik Dern.
'with
no one there to help him, he lay under all that dung for at least an
hour before a watchman came along, and during that time he suffocated.
It seems to be just one of those freak accidents.....?? “
Tuesday,
January 20, 2004 08:18 19 deg at LVIA and 16.9 in the bus stop
Today my weight
was 205 but the blood
glucose was 141. <sigh> It was chilly up on the park
bench this morning. The wind is quite a factor today.
We were both
scurrying around this
morning because we thought that today was our day to go to the dentist.
Instead it is tomorrow morning for our semiannual cleaning. Queen at
9:30 and I an hour later. All that hurrying was for nothing. Gee, Whiz!!
About 11:15 this
morning Queen wanted to
go to K- Mart to return some merchandise and then we stopped at
Super-Fresh for a bit of shopping. Atlantic salmon was on sale along
with some English muffins and Birdseye mixed veggies.
Train
on LNE Bridge at Lehigh Gap
Later
this
afternoon, we went for a walk. We went up to 1st street across at the
hospital and down to 4th street and back. The walking was not the
greatest with all the ice patches, Queen had to hang on to my arm the
whole trip, but it was great being able to walk with my sweetie. It
sure beats the treadmill.
Early this evening neighbor Mike
brought over a container of his Mom’s
chicken soup. It is always first class stuff.
I have been
experimenting with my
picture programs. Here is my first attempt at something that has a lot
of potential. It isn’t very good but it is a start. There was an
upright support 2x4 in Andy’s face.
Before
After
I removed the
picture behind Andy, took
some of George’s chin, and copied it over on Andy’s face.
The 2x4 I
removed, copied, and pasted some of the dark shirt on that spot. One of
the biggest problems is my trying to use the mouse as a drawing tool.
It is too difficult to control and manipulate with any
precision. There must be a way, but that is for later. You can’t
really
trust anything you see to actually be as it seems. Ha!!
Tonight we watched the
President’s state of the union speech. We
thought it was damn good. He covered many points very well. We were
amused to see the cutaways to Teddy Kennedy and Hillary Clinton. At
least, she didn’t seem as somber and negative as that great
pillar of
moral authority, Teddy. I was disappointed not to see the senior
senator from West Virginia Mr. Byrd. Perhaps he was napping.
I thought Mr. Bush acquitted himself very well, in spite of the fact
that the Democrats hate his guts.
I well recognize and admit that my dislike for Mr. Clinton was not so
much just a policy dislike but a man who I thought had
absolutely no moral principles and no scruples. He was willing to do
whatever he thought appropriate. Policy wise, I cut him a lot of slack
until he stood up before the television cameras and boldfaced lied in
his teeth. That was too much for me. To this day, I have no respect for
the man. The presidency yes, the man no. From then on, it became a very
personal dislike.
Wednesday,
January 21, 2004 7:36 AM 17 Deg at LVIA and 12.1 in the bus stop
Today my blood
glucose was 127 and my
weight 205.This morning we DO go to the dentist. We had the wrong day
yesterday. I will take her up and after she is back, I go back in an
hour.
After I get back I would like
to get in a shot at the” Iron
Works” this morning.
I am waiting for
some sunshine before
going out with my coffee. I got the following message from my server Prolog,
in my e mail both last night and this morning. It is important!!
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customer,
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PenTeleData
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If you did
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If you did
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Apparently,
someone has been doing some
dirty work. I updated my anti virus last evening and then let it scan
the entire machine while I went to bed. This morning it found nothing,
but a bogus notice like they described above will fool many people, so
beware!
I took Queen up to
Dr Everett’s office
this morning and then I went there a bit later. I was late because I
started to write a check when I got home with Queen and it took longer
than I figured. Darlene was very gracious in spite of with my
tardiness. I asked her for her dad Johnny Banko’s e-mail address.
After I got home I
proceeded to go to
the “Iron Works” for a short session on the equipment.
Later this
afternoon we went down town to
the bank, Rite-Aid, the Sunoco gas station and home. On the way back up
Delaware we noticed that Pattie’s car was still at the TN office,
so we
stopped by for a moment. We hadn’t seen her for a while.
You know Pattie
has many qualities much
like Queen. She too is true blue and like Queen tries to do whatever is
necessary in whatever situation that may arise. “You do what you
have
to do.”
Well, her step dad, for whom she has
great love and admiration,
recently fell and broke his hip. He is in a nursing facility some where
out of town. I suspect in or about the Shamokin area or a coal town in
that general area. Apparently, his Medicare coverage is ending and
there is no place to keep him. Well, she is bringing him here to her
house and she will care for him here. What a girl!! No wonder we both
like her so much!! If she has declared herself a member of the Elliston
clan, she certainly is a good addition.
The
Nesquehoning coal breaker
Thursday,
January 22, 2004 7:34 AM 18 deg at LVIA and 17.3 in the bus stop
Today the blood
glucose was 145 and the
weight 206. For some reason, salmon always raises it. Geez!!
It is supposed to
be cloudy with snow
squalls today hard ones the afternoon. If we plan to go shopping, we
had best do it early. After these snow squalls the temperatures are
supposed to go down like a shot. <Grr>
This morning in my
e- mail is an
interesting web page that you all may find interesting. It is:
http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/step1.asp
One can discover what happened
on the day of your birth, or any time you choose. Below is mine
Friday,
October 08, 1926
Top
News Headlines This Week:
Oct
9 - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial
Institution Oct 9 - NBC (National Broadcasting
Corporation) forms Oct 10 - S Belyavskij discovers
asteroid #1984 Fedynskij Oct 10 - St Louis Cards
beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series
Oct 14 - Alan Alexander Milne's book "Winnie-the-Pooh"
released Oct 14 - Walter Johnson retires, signs
2-year contract to manage Newark
Top
Songs for 1926
Play
Gypsy by Harry B. Smith
Because I Love You by Irving
Berlin
Desert
Song by Otto Harbach
When Day Is Done by B.G.
DeSylva
Animal
Crackers by Fred Rich
Bye Bye Blackbird by Mort
Dixon
Cross
Your Heart by B.G. DeSylva
Say It Again by Harry
Richman
1926
Prices US President
Bread:
$0.09/loaf Calvin Coolidge
Milk:
$0.56/gal US Vice President
Eggs:
$0.45/doz Charles G. Dawes
Car:
$275
Gas:
$0.23/gal
House:
$7,748
Stamp:
$0.02/ea
Avg
Income: $1,427/yr
DOW
Avg:
157
People
born on October 8
1943
- Chevy Chase NYC, comedian/actor (SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack)
1941
- Jesse Jackson (D) clergyman/presidential candidate
1949
- Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] Weaver LA, actress (Alien, Working Girl)
Top
Books in 1926
Religion
and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H.
Tawney
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest
Hemingway
Autobiographies
by W. B. Yeats
Shen of the Sea by Arthur
Bowie Chrisman
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1997-2004 dMarie Direct Inc
We did our
shopping this morning. We
left about 10:15 AM and I had the car back in the garage before noon. I
suspect it may have been an all time record for us. That included stops
at Aldi, Wal-Mart, and Giant. Even the grazing at Giant this morning
was excellent. The stores were not at all crowded. None of them were
busy.
After we got back,
I crawled into the
front basement oil tank room to check the fuel tank levels and
discovered that they were 3/8 full. We figure we had about 166 gallons
left. I then called DeSousa oil and had the balance of the prepaid oil
delivered. They came a while ago and added an additional 254 gallons.
Now we should make it through the rest of the winter easily.
Train
passing through Lehigh Gap LNE Trestle shown partially dismantled
Friday,
January 23, 2004 7:25 AM 9deg at LVIA and 8.6 in the bus stop
Golly, we are off
to a cold day today.
Butternut Fred has been fed, his suit on, and he has been out. I think
I shall await the sunshine this morning before going out myself with
coffee and tush cushion.
I keep getting
weather warnings for the
Hinton WV, where Linda, son Jack’s widow lives. That area is in
for
bitterly cold weather. Sometimes they get much worse stuff than we, up
here in Pennsylvania.
This morning I
plan to take down the
rest of the Christmas decorations, namely the wreath in the kitchen,
front porch, and the others outdoors. Then, I must reinstall the bird
feeder that the tree men took down when they removed the pine tree.
I would also like to go to the
“Iron Works” this morning. We really
don’t have anything big planned today. Queen probably will run
the plow
downstairs. She cleaned the upstairs the other day.
I did go up to the park bench and
while it was cold, it I was not at
all, uncomfortable sitting there.
Well. Christmas is officially over
here. I took down all the indoor and
out door decorations. Even the fiber optic tree has been disassembled
and stored with the rest of the Holiday stuff. Well, one thing does
remain. We are keeping that for a while. It is the fresh Maine balsam
wreath that Mary and Jim send us every year. I figure this will last
quite a while longer. It is still beautiful.
The aforementioned
chores have been
done. I ran the vacuum cleaner and watered the plants while Queen was
busy dusting and straightening things up. Man, I make a lousy
homemaker!! We want to get rid of a whole pile of jigsaw puzzles so
Queen asked me to stop in the T.N. office ands ask if they know who
might enjoy them
I suspect that
there will be no walk for
Queen today. In fact, my walk will be confined to the treadmill today.
The wind is brutal.
I went to the
“works” and returned about
11:30. Betsy Burnhauser was there also exercising.
I did go and ask
about the puzzles and
Pattie got me a phone number but Sharon called the Adult day care
center at 2nd and Franklin Avenues and they said they would be happy to
receive them there. So, when I got home we bundled them all together
and I took them. There must have been 30 or more of them. That used to
be my winter hobby before I got into computers. I really enjoyed them.
Now, I just don’t have time. Ha!! I did keep out a few of
my
favorites.
An
old Palmerton picture, notice the WW2 Service memorial, and the Palm
Theater
Also, notice
downstairs
adjacent to the Palm, was Ralph Snyder’s green grocery. He lived
upstairs. When he became tax collector, the Palmerton Printing Co.
printed the tax bills and guess who had to deliver them? You got it!! I
remember all those steps very well.
They had a peanut roasting machine in
front which when it was
operating drove everybody nuts with the wonderful smell. My Aunt Gulia,
{Guga}, who worked in the Palmerton Printing Co. office, often bought a
big bag of them and when Dick and Ruth’s kids were small, she
would
take them over to the park and they would feed the squirrels. Wonderful
memories! Now the steps don’t seem too bad. Ha!!
Next to the memorial, was the
Messersmith building that I recall as
having the Post Office in the main lobby.
I remember very well that one day, a
bottle of Hydrogen Sulfide
consigned to the Zinc Company broke in back of the Post Office. WOW!!!!
Chubby Moore was one of the clerks
along with Mike Konsko, Bill Klotz
and others. Whenever I approached the window, I was greeted with
“what’s yours”. Mike was no diplomat.
Caleb Snyder had his insurance
business on the second floor and later
Dr Williams had his office up
there also.
I just received this from Barbara
Shepherd. I have seen variations of
this before, but it still is good.
Subject:
Wisdom from Dave Barry...
16
THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN
by Dave Barry (a comedian who
turned 50 recently)
1. Never, under any
circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative
on the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in a
single word, the reason why the
human race
has not achieved, and never will
achieve, its full potential, that word
would
be "meetings."
3. There is a very fine line
between "hobby" and "mental illness."
4. People who want to share
their religious views with you almost never
want
you to share yours with them.
5. You should not confuse your
career with your life.
6. Nobody cares if you can't
dance well. Just get up and
dance.
7. Never lick a steak knife.
8. The most destructive force in
the universe is gossip.
9. You will never find anybody
who can give you a clear and compelling
reason why we observe daylight
savings time.
10. You should never say
anything to a woman that even remotely
suggests that you think she's
pregnant unless you can see an actual
baby emerging from her at that
moment.
11. There comes a time when you
should stop expecting other people to
make a big deal about your
birthday. That time is age eleven.
12. The one thing that unites
all human beings, regardless of age,
gender, religion, economic
status or ethnic background, is that, deep
down inside, we ALL believe that
we are above average drivers.
13. A person who is nice to you
but rude to the waiter, is not a nice
person. (This is very important.
Pay attention. It never fails.)
14. Your friends love you anyway.
15. Never be afraid to try
something new. Remember that a lone amateur
built
the Ark. A large group of
professionals built the Titanic.
16. Final thought for the day:
Men are like fine wine.. They start out
as grapes, and it's up to the
women to stomp the crap out of them
until they turn into something
acceptable to have dinner with.
Ellen Willis-Conger
Eldercare Advocacy &
Management
www.elderaz.com
Don't
look back - something might be
gaining on you.
Satchel Paige
Don't look back - something is gaining
on you.
Bob Elliston
