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Tuesday’s Laughter! #7
Greetings everyone! 😊 Well, here we are, it’s April 7 and we’re having our 7th laughter post. That’s kinda cool. Okay, I know, small things like that are interesting to me. Oh well. Maybe it’s the cold weather that is affecting me. Yesterday and today have been very cold, definitely feels more like winter than spring. It was only 8F (-12C) this morning and this is April! And tonight we are getting a snowstorm moving through the area until tomorrow night which is expected to give us about 10 inches (25cm) of fresh snow. This is April. Oh well, it is supposed to warm up nicely on the weekend, and then get cold again next week. Nothing like a good laugh about spring! Speaking of laughs, here they are for this week…
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The teacher noticed that Steve had been daydreaming for a long time. She decided to get his attention.
Stevel,” she said, “If the world is 25,000 miles around and eggs are sixty cents a dozen, how old am I?
“Thirty-four,” Al answered unhesitatingly.
The teacher replied “Well, that’s not far from my actual age. Tell me…how did you guess?”
“Oh, there’s nothing to it,” Steve said. “My big sister is seventeen and she’s only half-crazy.”
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I miss the 90s when bread was good for you and no one had heard of kale.
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The morning of the big parade, a man and a little boy entered a barber shop together.
“Give me the full treatment,” the man said. “I want to look good in the parade!”
After the man received a shave, manicure, and haircut, he placed the boy in the chair. “I’m going to buy a new tie to wear for the parade,” he said. “I’ll be back in a few minutes.”
When the boy’s haircut was done and the man still hadn’t returned, the barber said, “It looks like your daddy forgot all about you.”
“That wasn’t my daddy,” said the boy. “He just walked up, took me by the hand and said, ‘Come on, son, we’re gonna get a free haircut!'”
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Linda and Marion were comparing notes on the difficulties of running a small business.
“I started a new business last year,” Linda said. “I insist that each of my employees take at least a week off every three months.”
“Why in the world would you do that?” Marion asked.
“It’s the best way I know of to learn which ones I can do without,” Linda said.
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One knows they are old when their smart watch says they had a good night’s sleep and their body screams, “Liar!!”
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There’s something really wrong with my cactus plant, but I just can’t put my finger on it.
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I’ve been experimenting with breeding racing deer. People have accused me of just trying to make a fast buck.
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Well, there we have it for this week everyone, I hope there was something in there that tickled your funny bone just a bit. Have a great day and God bless!
Steve. 😃 ©2026 Steve McLeod.
Monday’s Mushrooms. #8
PLEASE NOTE: This post is intended for sharing fun and interesting facts on mushrooms. It is NOT INTENDED to be used as a guide for identifying edible mushrooms!
Greetings everyone! It is cold today once more, it was only 10F (-12C) this morning with a strong north wind. It really felt like winter had returned. It is only going up to 20F (-6C) for a high today as well, then getting even colder tonight than it was last night! Plus we might be getting more snow tomorrow night. Oh well, spring is coming, sometime, at some point.
Anyway, today we are talking about mushrooms again and more specifically, the Turkey-Tail Polypore. There are several varieties and look-a-likes for this mushroom. The color for this one can vary quite a lot, from a darker brown, to light brown, reddish brown, cinnamon, orange and even blue or green.
Generally they will be found on decaying wood of dead hardwood trees, logs, stumps and branches. They can be found anywhere from June to late fall and will even survive the winter and continue growing the following year. They can be found singly or in “shelves” like in my picture. They are fan shaped, from 1 to 4 inches (2.5 to 10cm) wide with wavy edges.
They are velvety hairy and dry, they are thin and tough but can be quite flexible when they are fresh. It is a very variable mushroom. These mushrooms are tough and INEDIBLE. Interestingly they are being studied for possible anti-cancer properties. Well, that is all for today, hope you enjoyed this one, have a great day and God bless!
Steve. ©2026 Steve McLeod.
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