Bet you didn't know that the Eskimo Pie was patented to a fellow in Onawa, Iowa? Not surprised, I didn't know it either until this morning. Made me hungry and proud to be an Iowan.
News at Grandpa Bailey's Fitness Center and Spa.
This weekend was uncharacteristically busy. Saturday, Kinnick came to stay most of the day. His mother, Jenny the elder, it seems had to play in an annual winter kick ball tournament. It really seems to be a rather big deal. I know one guy on her team came up from Missouri. Kinnick is usually such a delight when he comes over. He wants to get in an extra work out but this time he was "off his feed" it seems. He was out of sorts, just not feeling very well. He wanted to be held and I did my best. He is an 80 lb. yellow Lab after all. He didn't want anything to do with the French Doggie Bidet instead he opted for the outdoor dog elimination area though it was covered with snow. What he really wanted to do was upchuck, which he did really well, a couple of times. Poor thing. Now one disgusting thing that dogs do (parents - if you have young children reading this, you may want them to leave now because this will get graphic) is to consume that which they just regurgitated. Are they INSANE! I mean, if this stuff is making you ill, why in heck would you eat it again. Is it better the second time down? I don't think so bubba.
Coincidentally, Debby, the younger, got the flu over this weekend also. She too had a very upset stomach with a lot of vomiting. I will say that her mother and I are extremely proud of her because she did not consume her regurgitation once. She was not even tempted. Confirms our opinion that she is all human. Way to go Debby!!!!
I did get an emergency call at 6:45 am on Sunday from Debby. In the midst of her flu, she couldn't handle her boys, the pugs. Off I go Cousin Eddy hat on, sweat pants and a parka on and a face mask in hand. I collect her pugs all the while keeping the mask firmly planted on my facial orifices. The pugs spent a wonderful day at the spa. Max has a girlfriend that he likes to rub noses with in the exercise yard. As a result, they "needed" to go out every ten minutes or so. My plan was to keep them up all day so they would be totally exhausted when I took them home at night. Mission accomplished. Barney was so pooped that he went into the back of their crate and sat when it was time to get their halters on to go home. Max let me put his collar on and then proceeded to join Barney in the crate. They sat there and refused to come out. My current wife got on her hands and knees (not an easy feat) and coaxed them out and shut the door. Barney proceeded to amble into the family room and perched himself on the far end of the couch and sat. We had to get a little physical with the boys to get them loaded in the van but we did and they got home. They spent little time jumping up and snuggling in with Debby who was on the couch wrapped in a blanket. Those guys are sooo funny. So that was my weekend.
Got a call from Yvette, big blue eyes and blond hair. You remember Yvette don't you? She is the sales rep for the company making the French Doggie Bidet. She wanted to introduce me to a new product that I might be interested in. Yvette came over. I made a new pot of French Pressed French Roast and we sipped on it for over an hour. Yvette is very easy to talk to you see. She showed me the K9 Shower. Pretty cool actually. It is a portable shower for your dog. It holds about 2 1/2 gallons of water, just enough to rinse the dirt and mud off the dog at the off-leash dog park before getting into the car. We have all been down that road I think. Basically, the tank is hung from a car window, wall, fence or whatever. Water flows by gravity through a 6 foot hose to a small plastic shower head. There is even a switch to turn the water flow on or off. Pretty cool. I think I may add this to our spa's store. Yvette keeps me up-to-date on the new "toys" in the doggie world.
The following is for those of you who love the philosophy of ambiguity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of English:
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "assteroids"?
Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?
Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
If you spin an oriental man in a circle three times, does he become disoriented?
Can an atheist get insurance against "acts of god"?
Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "assteroids"?
Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?
Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
If you spin an oriental man in a circle three times, does he become disoriented?
Can an atheist get insurance against "acts of god"?
Today was the first time I had to set my garbage containers out at the curb using a winter alternate sight. I have piles you see. No, not that kind. I mean I have piles of snow sitting at the normal location of CRGG (Cedar Rapids Garbage Gestapo) residential container pickup sight. In short, I had to place them on the driveway next to the curb. I don't know about you but my driveway has a rather steep incline from the sidewalk to the curb. Placing these containers in this location almost insures that the top heavy containers will tip over before they get picked up. Remember Ellen's "Oh, Well!" My two larger containers, the YARDY and CURBY are equipped with all-season tread on their wheels. The smallest container, the GARBY, has very aggressive radial snow tread. I have wondered why the difference. Can't they all be one or the other? The GARBY is annoyingly noise when pushed down the driveway at 6:30 am in the morning. Today I think I have the answer. The driveway is covered with a combination of a little snow and frozen rain. My CURBY went to the curb sliding all over the place. So much so I almost fell down a couple of times. Not so the GARBY, with its radial snow tires, it went down the driveway straight and true. Not an inkling of sliding. My question now is will the CRGG be replacing the all-season mud and snow tires with these newer radial snow tires?
Believe it or not I have run out of Drivel for today. Plus the French Roast is gone too. I might as well close my 113th issue, send it to y'all and go back to bed. My days work is done. With that in mind, I bid you a fond "TA"!!!!
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