TUESDAY DEC 11TH 2012

Good Tuesday to you...a crisp morning about minus 10 here..just of touch of snow overnight...20 years back we had about 6 inches of snow...30 yrs back (the very very Mild winter we had 1 inch of snow but it was -1 with a high of -8. In 1958 a can of roast beef was found intact in Canadian waters from 1823...I guess the best before date had expired...it was found on a British ship the Fury. in 1936 King Edward the 8th abdicated the throne after only 11 months to marry Mrs. Simpson...not Marge Simpson by the way (although the hair was similar). Today is Big Mama Day, marking the birth on this date in 1926 of Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in Montgomery, Alabama. A popular blues singer in the 1940s and '50s, she recorded "Hound Dog" four years before Elvis. 1995: Reuters reported that Santa Claus was being flown from the U.S. to teach British Father Christmases to be more jolly. The 130-store Index chain had imported a U.S. Santa teacher to help British Father Christmases to get the "ho-ho-hos" right...the next year they worked on the "Ding Dongs" Film producer Carlo Ponti, who discovered and married Sophia Loren, was born on this day in 1913. Carlo and Sophia were the perfect match: Carlo's movies had the parts Sophia wanted, and Sophia had the parts Carlo wanted....also one of my all-time favourites Brenda Lee was born 68 years ago....so many great tunes...are you rockin around the christmas tree? have a terrific day.