Today's funny :o)

A Senior Wedding

Jacob, age 92, and Rebecca, age 89, living in Florida, are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way they pass a drugstore. Jacob suggests they go in.
Jacob addresses the man behind the counter: "Are you the owner?"
The pharmacist answers, "Yes."
Jacob: "We're about to get married. Do you sell heart medication?"

Pharmacist: "Of course we do."
Jacob: "How about medicine for circulation?"
Pharmacist: "All kinds"
Jacob: "Medicine for rheumatism?"
Pharmacist: "Definitely."
Rebecca: "How about suppositories?"
Pharmacist: "You bet!"
Jacob: "Medicine for memory problems, arthritis, and Alzheimer's?"
Pharmacist: "Yes, a large variety. The works."
Jacob: "What about vitamins, sleeping pills, Geritol, antidotes for
Parkinson's disease?"
Pharmacist: "Absolutely."
Rebecca: "Everything for heartburn and indigestion?"
Pharmacist: "We sure do."
Jacob: "You sell wheelchairs and walkers and canes?"
Pharmacist: "All speeds and sizes."
Jacob: "Adult diapers?"
Pharmacist: "Sure."
After a pause, Jacob turns to his lady and asks, "So, what do you think?"
Rebecca turns to the pharmacist and says, "We'd like to use this store as our Bridal Registry."

:o)

First pickins'

The first tomatoes - very poor crop this year.......

The peppers are doing good, though.....

 Not much going on in Coopville, so I decided to make corn and raisin muffins:

 The aroma was wonderful...notice four are missing already.... :o)

 Maude's, Laverne's and Sophia's eggs from yesterday morning:

 

 No wonder poor Laverne was squawking - that just HAD to hurt!

Easy Listening for a Sunday Afternoon

Richard Hayman (March 27, 1920 – February 5, 2014) was an American arranger, harmonica player and conductor.
Hayman started out as a player and arranger for the Borrah Minnevitch Harmonica Rascals before becoming an arranger for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios during the early 1940s. He did arrangements (often uncredited) for the MGM films Girl Crazy, Meet Me in St. Louis and Thousands Cheer. From 1945-1950, he was musical director for the Vaughn Monroe Orchestra.
In the 1950s and 60s, Hayman recorded a series of albums for Mercury Records. His 1957 outing "Havana In Hi-Fi" was first in the label's pop music stereo LP series (SR 60000).
Hayman is most famous for having been the principal arranger at the Boston Pops Orchestra for over 30 years where his award-winning arrangements are still used today. He occasionally guest-conducted there, and when Arthur Fiedler had a time conflict with his job as pops conductor for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, he recommended Hayman for the post.
Hayman was also closely affiliated with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for over 30 years. Known for his sequined jackets, harmonica solos, and corny jokes, he became its Principal Pops Conductor in 1976, leading both the Pops at Powell and Queeny Park concerts. Queeny Pops, with concertgoers seated at tables in the acoustically atrocious but centrally located (in the suburbs of west St. Louis County) Greensfelder Field House, was a hit for many years, and made it possible for the SLSO to offer its musicians a full 52-week annual contract.
That ended when a financial crunch in 2001, coinciding with a realization that the SLSO's pops concerts had not changed with the times, led to the cancellation of the Queeny Pops series and a marked reduction in overall pops concerts by the orchestra.
He retired as the Principal Pops Conductor of the Grand Rapids, Michigan Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Space Coast Pops Orchestra in Cocoa, Florida in 2012.
His biggest hit was the 1953 single "Ruby". Hayman took the theme for the motion picture "Ruby Gentry", and through his specially stylized arrangement, utilizing a harmonica as the solo instrument with a large, quasi-symphonic orchestra, the song zoomed to the top of the hit parade all over the world and brought about a renewed interest in the harmonica. It should also be mentioned that the flip side of the 45rpm and 78rpm single hit "Ruby" was the hit "Dansero" which also became an international favorite hit. Perhaps for this reason the single sold thousands or perhaps millions of copies for several years in the early to mid-1950s worldwide.
He continued to chart into the early 1960s with titles like "Night Train".
Hayman's last event with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, where he held the title of Pops Conductor Emeritus, took place on June 27, 2010, to honor his 90th birthday. The St. Louis Metro Singers, who performed with him at many Pops concerts, were also on stage at the event.
Hayman is also noted for albums now regarded as Exotica.
Hayman died at a hospice in New York on 5 February of 2014, he was 93.^[1]

Saturday Night Doo-Wop

Don and Juan

What's Your Name?

What's your name?
I've seen you, before
What's your name
May I walk you to your door
It's so hard to find a personality, with charms, like yours, for me.
Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ooh-Wee.

 What's your name?
Is it Mary, or Sue?
What's your name?
Do I stand a chance, with you?
It's so hard to find a personality, with charms, like yours for me.
Ooh-Wee, Ooh-Wee, Ooh-Wee

CHORUS:
I stood on this corner
Waiting for you to come alone
So my heart could be satisfied.
So please let me be your number one
Under the moon, Under the stars.
For always in your heart.

Oh, What's your name?
Is it Mary, or Sue?
What's your name?
Do I stand a chance, with you?
It's so hard to find a personality, with charms, like yours for me.
Ooh-wee Ooh-wee Ooh-Wee

CHORUS:
I stood on this corner
Waiting for you to come alone
So my heart could be satisfied.
So please let me be your number one
Under the moon, Under the stars.
For always in your heart.

Friday Night Steam

Have a real treat for you tonight! Buster Keaton in "The General".  It's in HD, so you can enjoy it in full screen and with music. The movie was made less than 90 years ago and it is astonishing to see how advanced we have become in less than a hundred years. A lot of the scenes probably didn't look much different than they did during the actual battles.

 Grab some popcorn,  a cold one, put your feet up and enjoy! (You'll be glad you did - promise!)

The General

The General Locomotive and the Great Locomotive Chase

On April 12, 1862, James J. Andrews and a band of Union Civil War spies stole the General locomotive in Big Shanty (today called Kennesaw). Andrews and his raiders were attempting to use The General to  travel up to Chattanooga, Tennessee, in an attempt to damage the Western & Atlantic Railroad linking Atlanta with that city.
The theft did not go unnoticed, however, and the General's crew used everything at their disposal- including other locomotives, a pushcar and even their legs- to pursue the stolen locomotive for 87 miles.
After a day-long chase, the spies were stopped just before reaching Chattanooga. Those who were caught, including Andrews and Sgt. John Scott, were hanged. The Union participants of this Great Locomotive Chase were later among the first recipients of the Medal of Honor, many posthumously.
At the Southern Museum, you'll follow in the daring footsteps of Confederate Conductor William Fuller as he chases the "Andrews Raiders" through north Georgia with a dramatic exhibit featuring an exciting movie about the raid, art and artifacts explaining the event, a mockup of Tunnel Hill,Georgia, and the locomotive General itself.

The General

The General on display in Chattanooga, Tennessee circa 1907
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor
Serial number	631
Build date	December 1855
Specifications
Configuration	4-4-0
Gauge	Originally 5 ft (1,524 mm), regauged to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) in 1886
Driver diameter	60 in (1,524 mm)
Weight on drivers	32,000 lb (15,000 kilograms; 15 tonnes)
Locomotive weight	50,300 lb (22,800 kilograms; 22.8 tonnes)
Boiler pressure	140 lbf/in2 (965 kPa)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	15 in (381 mm)
Career
Operator(s)	Western and Atlantic Railroad, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Number(s)	39, renumbered 3 in 1880
Official name	General
First run	January 1856
Retired	1891
The General
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Kennesaw, GA
Coordinates	34°1′24.7″N 84°36′51.96″WCoordinates: 34°1′24.7″N 84°36′51.96″W
Built	1855
Architect	Rogers,Ketchum & Grosvenor
Architectural style	Other
Governing body	State
NRHP Reference #	73000617 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1973
Current owner	Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
Disposition	static display

For lots of information, please visit:

http://www.southernmuseum.org/exhibits/the-general/

Today's funny :o)

Whew! That was close!

Horses!

Neighbors are going to bring their horses!

Last year he logged most of his land - it took over a week to get it all cleared. It was fun watching these huge machines come in and just take the trees out. There must have been six humongous logging trucks full.

A month ago an excavating company came in, pulled all the stumps out and leveled the land. Then landscapers planted grass and put down the base for the barn.

During the week, the builders came to put up the barn:

 A crew started working at 7AM. In a few hours it was framed out:

 By early afternoon, the roof joists were up and when the left for the day,  the barn was all closed in!

 The finished 3 large stall barn:

All this was done in TWO days! It was amazing to see what a good, professional crew can do!

Lucky for us, too .....  free manure!!!

:o)