*** Quoting Richard Webb from a message to Mike Roberts ***

Hi Richard

 MR> You weren't standing there flipping the Pancakes with a big smile on
 MR> Your  face, were You Richard? ;-) Flipping the old pancakes and
 MR> holding Your cup of  coffee and giving them a nod of the head and a
 MR> good mornin to ya.. 8-)

 MR> Heheh, then they stomp in the house and head off for a McMuffin
 MR> someplace..

 RW> That's exactly what i was doing .

Hahahahahahaha  Good For You!   Heheheheh.

 RW> YEp, but a lot of Des MOines was without electrical power, took out
 RW> their main generator during the flood, and no running water.
 RW> Meanwhile I'm flipping pancakes on the coleman stove, the coffee's
 RW> hot and tehy had to drive to the burbs for their Mickey D's fix or
 RW> whatever.  WE were meanwhile doing pretty good.

I can just imagine  So Funny!

 RW> YEp, I'm monitoring the Salvation army ham radio network as well as
 RW> usual.  Nope, I don't do television of any kind, old blind man
 RW> doesn't have any interest, but I'll probably listen to some radio

Good for You... My Mom was Blind. I can relate. She would sit up by the tv 
and listen to be with the rest of the Family. But I think it was from her 
that I got my liking of listening rather than always watching. She loved 
Tapes of Old Time Radio I would collect and make for her and she loved her 
little scanner and listening to talk radio. We'd all laugh, her favorite show 
to listen to was Bruce Williams and he would always talk about Money 
management and investing etc. We'd all say, Hey Ma, You don't have any money 
why do You listen to him. She just loved it. Never invested a dime. But then 
again she was always going to win the lottery, but never bought a ticket. :)

 RW> news later.  Glad you made it through anyway.

Thanks Richard, all is well...

Have a Good One!
Mike

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