THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7TH 2013

It's Hi time for my Thursday Blog...so "Hi"! Quite a nice morning so far but it seems we are in for some more snow. Spring officially starts March 20th...at 11:02 UTC...what does UTC stand for...as close as I can figure out it is Greenwich Mean time...but more precise.  GMT is 5 hours behind our time. Nothing is easy anymore. They are calling for a possible historic snowstorm for the U.S. They even have a name for it.  "NEMO" (Something fishy about that name)
In 1792  John Graves Simcoe was advertising Upper Canada Crown Lands for sale with fee scales, how to apply, and the fact that US citizens wishing to settle could get free land grants. How about that..even back then people in the U.S. paid less than Canadians.
One source says on this date in 1877, the first rules for hockey were set up such as the Ball (puck)

could not be advanced by any part of the body and no one could raise his or her stick above the shoulder or trip. It also said Don Cherry had to wear very loud waistcoats. 
In 1940 Disney's Pinocchio opened in Theatres. The film involved an old wood-carver named Geppetto who carves a wooden puppet named Pinocchio who is brought to life by a blue fairy, who tells him he can become a real boy if he proves himself "brave, truthful, and unselfish".

Thus began the puppet's adventures to become a real boy, which involved many encounters with a host of unsavory characters. Of course he soon finds out telling  lies makes his nose grow....plus the fact that our hero was very "high Strung" as was his dog....Ge-pet-him. The movie also won 2 academy awards including..this...

In 1964 The Beatles had just arrived in North America and were touring and in sports in 1976, Darryl Sittler scored 6 goals and had 4 assists in a game against Boston and it is still a record to this date. He also became the first Leaf to hit 100 points in a season. 
Birthdays on this 7th of February contain some luminaries such as Steve Nash (39), Steven Stamkos(23), Garth Brooks (51), Sir Thomas More (advisor to Henry the 8th ) in 1478, Jack Lemmon and Lana Turner...also Charles Dickens (1812) and John Deere (1804).  Had they gotten together we might have seen "John Deere Letters" with the words " are there no Poor houses...are there no tractors?"...
Back in 1981 on this date there were rumours flying around that Prince Charles was going to get married.

and finally''....the words of  Charles Dickens "God bless us...everyone."
mornin' everybody......,mornin'.