Heavy rain on the last day of March

48º with rain at 11 am Sunday.  Started raining in middle of night and has rained steadily since.  Was 83º yesterday and had AC running -- have furnace on now!

A singing can chorus!

The 2019 Nebraska Flood - CLICK HERE  These pictures are hard to believe of the devastation that has  been perpetrated on the people of Nebraska (and southwest Iowa)

Last night we helped neighbors get rid of a lot of
pizza and visited with many of our street neighbors

For many years we have occasionally  eaten at Santa Rosa's Coffee Shop, which was 6 miles north of our park, usually after church services.  A little over a month ago, after their lease had run out, they took a building in down-town La Feria and converted it to a cafe -- larger than the one in Santa Rosa.  It took nearly a month to get the building in shape, get all the proper licenses, etc. and then were held up for over a week while the city got the gas lined up for the building.  They finally opened last Friday for noon.  We did not know of that opening or would have gone up for supper, probably.

We ate there Saturday morning.  They ere quite full when we arrived and were quite busy.  It took quite a while to get served, but it was the same good food they had been serving in Santa Rosa.  Will try to return there a few times before we leave here in a few weeks.







GROANER'S CORNER:((
Patient 1: 'Why did you run away from the operation table?'


Patient 2: 'The nurse was repeatedly saying 'don't get nervous', 'don't be afraid', 'be strong', 'this is a small operation only', things like that.'  


Patient 1: 'So what was wrong in that? Why were you so afraid?'

Patient 2: 'She was talking to the surgeon!'
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Food for thought

 A   young woman was about to finish her first year of  college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be very liberal, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.

  She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch conservative, a feeling she openly  expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years  harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One   day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the  need for more government programs.

The   self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father.

He   responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken   aback, she  answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all
her time studying.

Her   father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey
doing?"

She   replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast.  She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."

Her   father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0.

That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The   daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"

The   father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the conservative side of the fence."

If   you ever wondered  what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!

*If a   conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one. If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

*If a   conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat. If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

*If a   conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him..

*If a   conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels. Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down.

*If a   conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church. A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and Jesus silenced.

*If a   conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.. A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.

*If a   conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh. A liberal will delete it because he or she is "offended."

Later, Lynn