FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8TH, 2013

Well I'll give it a shot and try another computer...as  I try to shovel off to Buffalo...or at least out the driveway. When this storm is over we could look like back in '82 when the snowbanks at the sides of the roads were 5 to 6 feet. Temps were much the same as well, hovering around -10 or -12 in the morning.   The U.S. media is calling this storm the BIGGEST WORLD EVENT... SINCE NOAH AND THE ARK. (or since Kim Kardashian tried on a new bra from Victoria's Secret)

Lets check out some of the things that took place on this date....
In 1870 The U.S. WEATHER BUREAU was set up to try and keep people apprised of weather doings but the thing is, how did they let people know?  Did they do the forecasts and send them to people by Pony Express? I guess they used newspapers but wouldn't the information been a little out of date by then?  Maybe  the fastest way was to have the American Indians sending  smoke signals. I guess all they could do was collect statistics.

On this date in 1793 The U.S. Presidential salary was set as $25,000 a year, which is a lot when you consider in 1962 baseball great sandy Koufax would not sign his contract unless it was bumped WAY UP from the $18,000 he was paid to win 18 games the previous year.  Now of course they get that much per game to sit in the dug-out and spit tobacco.

Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded in 1587 thanks to Elizabeth the first, who was not right-headed on that decision.

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre in Europe. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. He was born on this date in 1828 and probably without him we never would have had the opportunity to watch "Star Trek" with Capt. Kirk, Bones and of course Spock and his 3 pointy ears.  He was, I guess the first actor to wear "Ear Wigs." Yes he did have 3 ears....the left ear, the right ear and the "FINAL FRONT EAR".

 Other famous people born : James Dean 1931, Barry Mann 1939, Dan Seals 1948 (also known as England Dan) 1948, writer John Grisham 1955, Hockey's Dino Ciccarelli 1960, AND...........

songwriter Joe Rapso of Sesame Street was born in 1937...He wrote songs like "It Ain't Easy being Green" , C is for cookie, the "Sesame Street Theme"  and "SING" which was a hit for the Carpenters.

AND FINALLY.....Something to look forward to this week-end if you ever dig yourself out.....

The Royal Canadian MINT in honour of getting rid of the PENNY....are holding A huge "COIN" ROAST....this week-end  so don't forget to throw in your PENNY LOAFERS for eradication as well.

Mornin' Every Body....Mornin'