WEDNESDAY DEC 12 2012 (12-12-12)

GOOD DAY EH'....it's 12/12/12 and here we go with another well FROZEN words...the lake is frozen over and we had an overnight low of -6...but blue sky which is very nice. and no snow..it was the coldest day of the winter in 1994 with a minus 22 for the low and the same in 1982 and 1988...in 1944 snowstorms and blizzards killed 24 in southern Ontario. Today is Poinsettia Day, marking the 1799 birth of Dr. Joel Poinsett, who brought the poinsettia plant north from Mexico... 1899: The U.S. Patent Office issued patent #638,920 to George F. Grant of Boston for his invention of the golf tee. Before that, golfers placed the ball on a small mound of dirt, called a "tee."...another kind of Tea Party in the U.S. Bob Barker is 89 today. What a guy. After all these years he’s still trying to help control the pet population. Bob’s a shoo-in if there’s ever a Nobel Prize for Neutering...he's also told Ikea to stop Monkeying around. On this date in 1959 Marion Crane was stabbed to death in the shower of cabin #1 at the Bates Motel in Fairvale. It was in the movie "Psycho." I had nightmares. it was curtains for janet Leigh...and Mr. Bates formed a singing group of Christmas Carrollers and served Tab and Apple slices to celebrate...they were known as the Norman Tab and Apple choir. The world's first transatlantic radio signal was transmitted on this day in 1901. It originated in England and was picked up by Guglielmo Marconi in Newfoundland. It said, and I quote, "Dot dot dash dot." Which is Italian for, "we pause for station identification" have a great day...ciao for now.