That's the clean-up crew, raven. You know the fuss that's raised when a gas tanker leaks after a crash. And think of farmers being forced to dump milk during the isolation issue when the processers shut down ... but the cows didn't! ole joyful ... who milked cows by hand 75+ years ago. Shoot a squirt at the cat's mouth and it happily gobbled, didn't mind the wetted face. Dad bought a milking machine and a combine harvester early in World War II so he and the boys could get the essential jobs done when the hired hand went to war. o j

Thanks all. I still read here most every day. Things are still far from being normal or good here, but I guess I could go as far as saying things are Ok. I had family visiting until just a couple of weeks ago, and still have friends coming by to hang out. that is good to do, even if you don't post. it'll be a long time (if ever) that life will be normal again, but it can be good again. I remember many decades ago going thru something like that and after a few weeks family and friends went back to their lives and being home alone was not good … I went back to work after those 1st 2 weeks too and they were surprised I came back 'so soon'. It was much better to be busy and have something else occupy my mind during the day hours and exhaust my body. It will ease in time, just hold on to what the future has for you and keep going forward.

Talk about inflation, our state DEP says there's been a 20% increase in the bear population this year!

eld, no joke. I just watched an old movie, Dial 1119, from 1950 that was ahead of its time for sure. Dialing 911 for emergency didn't come out until almost 20 years later and they had a flat screen TV in the corner over the bar which wouldn't be available for another almost 50 years!