With the safety warnings of the virus being spread so easily, Genie and I were very concerned about social distancing on Halloween. We finally decided we would do trick or treating. Our solution: Genie would trick or treat me from the front door and I would trick or treat her from the back door of our house. Each one of us got a boo, two pieces of candy and a big hug. Happy Halloween.
A reminder that daylight savings begins “Sunday November 1st.” Be sure to go to church that Sunday to see who has been there an hour waiting for church to start! (Genie and I were early one year)
A Rochester Minnesota conservation officer reported some high schoolers were making the most of distance learning. They were calling into class from their marsh duck blind when he checked them for license, ducks etc.…
A farmer was completing his fall corn stock chopping when a confused bear ran into the chopper. New result was farmer Brown’s family will be having bear stew for Thanksgiving Day dinner.
On my morning walk, I walked by the Shell gas station on Bridge Avenue in Albert Lea. As I walked by a garbage container outside in front of the door, I noticed a twenty dollar bill on top of the contents. I reached in and lo and behold a total of nine twenty dollar bills all neatly folded together. I’m confused as to what to do, so I kept on walking until I got back to our house. In looking at the bills, I noticed they all had the same serial number. I knew every twenty has a different serial number, thus they were all counterfeit. I went back to the manager at Shell with my story. She told me two of the counterfeit twenties had been bounced back by their bank. I took the twenties to the police at the Freeborn county courthouse and was informed of a rash of counterfeit twenties in the area. The police were confused as to why the counterfeits were tossed rather than passed.
The following wife and husband tooth stories are most certainly true:
She grew up in an area of the U.S.A. where the drinking water was glacial water – meaning it was very hard on the enamel of your teeth. In her case, it was necessary to pull all of her teeth with the result being upper and lower false teeth at the ripe old age of “sixteen.”
His teeth weren’t that much better. He had a partial on top held in place by hooks. While at work he was eating a noon time sandwich. Somehow he managed to swallow sandwich and partial. A trip to the doctor and after an x-ray located the partial, the decision was to wait and hope he passed the partial day one – nothing; day two nothing; day three a major happening, he passed the partial in bowel movement. He took pliers and bent the hooks back, cleaned up the partial and it fit perfectly. Time marched on and he had both upper and lower false teeth. More time went by and they both purchased their second set of upper and lower dentures at the same time from the same dentist. Where is the partial now? It is encased in a plastic tooth cup holder with the following words on the front side.” And this too did pass.” It is prominently displayed on their fire place mantel.
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Bob is a retired AAL (Aid Association for Lutherans) agent, currently working on his master’s degree in Volunteering. His wife, Genie, is a retired RN, currently working on her doctor’s degree in Volunteering. They have two children, Deb in North Carolina, and Dan in Vermont. Bob says if you enjoy his column, let him know. If you don’t enjoy it, keep on reading, it can get worse. Words of wisdom: There is always room for God