Now: The weather this week has been unbelievably cold. The temperature this morning was -3 degrees! That is too cold for man or beast. This brings me to my newest investment idea. Of course, I am not a licensed or registered investment broker but this is so good I can not help but share it with my friends. While I was in Tulsa this week I did see evidence of one poor guys plan for the future and I am not recommending a snowball franchise. LOL

I recently read an article predicting the Arctic would be ice free in about five years, due to the supposed global warming issues. This worried me a great deal so I began to do some extensive research into the possibility that poor Al Gore might finally be right about something. I finally found the one fact in the equation the scientists have all missed. The global warming problem has been caused by aerosol spray but not by what was IN the spray but the manner in which it was SPRAYED. It is a known fact that approximately 95% of the worlds population is right handed. It is also well known right handed people spray their deodorant under the left arm first. The united spraying of vast amounts from left to right caused a global band of aerosol wind current thus causing global warming. Several highly respected scientific journals have asked me to publish my findings but I am reluctant to do so at this time. :-)

Now to the investment plan. As this phenomenon continues the temperatures in the Ozarks will continue to fall as they will rise in the Arctic. Within five years this area will be a frozen wasteland and the North Pole will shift to the intersection of highways 39 and 62 in Gateway, Arkansas. I and my close friends (you) will sell everything we have and purchase a glacier or as many acres of tundra as we can. In five years, when everyone here is commuting by dog sled, we will be the proud owners of ocean front property and be set for life! Don't let this get out or the price of ice will be driven up before we can complete our investments. :-)

Then: As I said in an earlier post, my Dad milked cows on the farm as well as working in Monett in a factory. He only milked about four head and it was done by hand. The milk was poured into stainless steel cans which were placed in a large stock tank filled with cool water to keep the milk cool until it could be picked up each day by the milk man. One warm summer day the milk truck failed to stop at our farm and drove right on past. I know this because I always waited excitedly for his arrival each day and would talk with him. I ran in the house and told my Mother he had not stopped. She was quite unhappy about this because the milk would not keep until the next day and would have to be dumped out. It has been many years ago but I remember quite clearly what my Mother said. "If that is the way he is going to be we will just get another milk man to buy our milk!" Now you may wonder why I have such a clear recollection of her words. I will be happy to explain. The next day when my friend the milk man arrived, I was waiting as usual. I quickly repeated, word for word, what my Mother had said. He smiled, rubbed me on the top of my head as he always did, and said he would see me tomorrow. As he drove out of the driveway, the kitchen door opened and out stepped Mother with a belt. Boy do I remember each word she said!! :-( I never have understood how someone can get in that much trouble for quoting someone else. LOL