Traveling to MI via I-80 on Dec. 21, we noted an unusual amount of 18 wheelers headed west. My husband set the odometer and I started counting- only the semis!! (What else can you do when traveling?) When I reached 100, Jim said we had gone 10 miles. This was just east of Iowa City. Nearer Chicago I decided to do it again. This time when I reached 100, we had gone 8.5 miles. Where were all those semis headed? West for the holidays? As we enter a New Year: the bad news is time flies; the good news is you are the pilot.
A blonde in Florida went to her local shoe store, wanting to buy alligator shoes. She was upset by the price and said she*d go catch an alligator and get her pair much cheaper. *Be my guest,* said the clerk. On his way home, he decided to drive by the local swamp and see if the blonde was there. Yep, he saw her toting a shotgun and dragging out a 9 ft. gator. He got out and watched...She flipped that gator over and laid him beside 9 others on shore. *Well, drat it, this one is not wearing shoes either!* she called out.
Ole & Lena live by Devils Lake in Nordern Nort Dacoda. Finally, da lake had froze over. Ole asks Lena to valk across da frozen lake to da yeneral store to get him some smokes. She asked for some money, but he told her, *Nah, yust put it on our tab.* So Lena valked across, got the smokes and came back. She asked him, *Ole, you alvays tell me to not to run up da tab. Vhy didn*t you yust give me money?* Ole replied, *Vell, I didn*t vant to send you out dere vit money ven I vasn*t sure how tick the ice vas yet.* (It *ticked up* here today in Rock Valley, IA!!)
Monday, January 16, 2012 22 Loads The quality of alfalfa was very good today. Grass was steady to weak today.
MLK day...*Nonviolence is a powerful & just weapon... which cuts without wounding & ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals!* His was a voice of reason in a time of insanity, silenced too soon in 1968. (from Ann Landers column today)
THURSDAY, January 19, 2012 48 loads. COLD, but sunny & calmer wind.
Even though Christmas has passed, the nativity scene in a small southern town had a feature that bothered me. The 3 wise men wore firemen*s helmets. When I asked a local at the Quik Stop about it, she exploded! *Don*t you stupid Yankees read the Bible?* I assured her I did, but couldn*t recall anything about firemen in the Bible. She jerked her Bible from behind the counter, ruffled some pages & jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in my face, she said in her drawl, *It says right here, *The 3 wise man came from afar.**
Monday, January 23, 2012 12 Loads. Winter has come to Rock Valley. Since Thurs. 6 to 8 inches snow fell. The market was weak. Crowd was small, so it was a light test today.
Heard in church yesterday: 2 brothers lived in a small town & were disliked by all the townspeople. These brothers were scoundrels, always pulling off scams & just no-goods. One brother died. The other went to the local priest to ask him to eulogize his brother at his burial. *No way,* said the priest, *You know everyone is happy he is gone & how he*s cheated everyone and more.* The brother said, *I*ll pay you well to say just a few words & I want the word SAINT used in the eulogy.* The priest thought & decided maybe he could work something out for the big bucks being offered. So when he spoke, the priest said, *The brother lying here was no good and not liked by anyone in this town, BUT compared to his brother over there, he was a saint.* (used to illustrate Zaacheus before he met Jesus)
THURSDAY, January 26, 2012 51 loads. Today it*s sunny, in the 40*s & a mite windy. Beautiful weather for January. Our annual HAY DAY event is set for MARCH 29!
Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, *If there*s an emergency, notify ______,* I put DOCTOR. What*s my husband going to do?? Joe met a woman wearing a sweat shirt with *GUESS* on it; so he said *Implants?*
BEDDING-2 SIZE KIND LBS $/T0N lgrd straw 35500 80.00 lgrd crnstk24160 50.00 SOLD BY BALE SIZE KIND #BALES @ none sold today
Monday, January 30, 2012 28 Loads. Market steady to stronger on a light test.
Annual Hay Day in Rock Valley, March 29, 2012.
Super Bowl XLVI on Sun., Feb. 5, 2012: If your wife is pregnant and due soon, you must never say, "Can*t they induce labor this week? Super Bowl is Sunday!* What do you call a New York Giant fan holding a bottle of champagne after the Super Bowl? A waiter.