Wow! What a wild weekend! So much for global warming. As a New Jersey native, I've seen my share of snowstorms in my day, but the one we had this weekend was one of the worst. It started snowing around 6 P.M. on Friday and didn't stop until late Saturday night........well over 24 hours of (pretty much) constant precipitation. There were two things I didn't have . One was a snow shovel, and two was a pair of boots. So both Rae and I headed out in search of a shovel and finally found a store that still had a few available. Getting home, I found myself shoveling snow for about 2 hours as I tried to clear the driveway. I'm not real big on this "manual labor" thing. In fact, I always though "manual labor" was the name of the guy who came around to shovel your driveway.While I was out, I also needed a pair of boots. I went to a store over at Cosner's Corner, found a pair I liked and went up to the cashier to buy for them.
The cashier said, "That'll be $80.00, and would you like to purchase the extended warranty with those?"
"What?"
"Would you like to purchase the extended warranty with the boots? It'll be another $11.00?"
"An extended warranty on a pair of boots??? What could POSSIBLY go wrong with a pair of boots?"
"You'd be surprised."
"Yeah, you're right. I would be."
"I'm glad I had the extended warranty on my boots, Two months after I purchased them, the sole split in two."
"What are you telling me? That if two months from now, the sole on these boots split, I'm screwed?"
"Basically, yes".
"I'll take my chances. I pass on the extended warranty."
So that's what it's come down to. The quality of goods and services has sunk to such a low level in this country, that now they suggest you buy an extended warranty, even on a pair of boots.
I gotta get out of here.
Here's a little preview for More's Mystery tomorrow morning: We'll be looking for an actress who started in daytime soap operas, and can currently be seen every week on a popular ABC series.
Congratulations to Blake Wood of Fredericksburg. This morning's qualifier in Denny's Magic Of Christmas contest. We'll be looking for three more qualifiers this week, and then we'll have the grand prize drawing on Christmas Eve. This week's winner gets their mortgage payment or rent paid for next month. We'll be looking for our next qualifier tomorrow morning in the 7 o'clock hour.
In addition, don't forget to get those Miller Lite stories in to me. I need a story from you about your greatest Miller Lite moment or memory....any story involving Miller Lite. It doesn't matter whether it's funny or sad story, a happy or sad story.........in fact, I don't even care if it's true story or not. Just tell me your story and it automatically qualifies you for the Live New Year's Eve Countdown Party at YOUR house. You could wind up winning a free party on New Year's Eve with free food and free Miller Lite for you and 24 of your friends, and I'll be there live, along with the Thunder crew broadcasting the whole thing from YOUR living room. To get you story to me, call me any morning between the hours of 5 to 9 A.M., or you can e-mail your story to me at dennymore@thunder1045.com . There has been some major flooding in South Florida. Chuck Lanza, Director of the Broward Emergency Operations Center, said a team of FEMA workers will be in South Florida to survey the extent of the damage. Most of the flooding is in the eastern Broward County and northeast Miami-Dade County.
Either they had a lot of rain down there, or Tiger Woods hit another fire hydrant.Speaking of Tiger Woods, Jessica Simpson has officially become the first celebrity to be linked to Woods.
The Star tabloid is reporting that an anonymous source told them that the busty blond became very "close" with Tiger when she sang the national anthem at a golf tournament this past July. According to the source, Tiger "liked what he saw and let her know it". Jessica is threatening legal action against The Star. A spokesperson for Simpson says "Nothing went on. Jessica was only at the tournament for a few hours. She met Tiger, they took a photo together and that was it. The whole thing took two seconds."The way I see it, two seconds is all Tiger needs to be intimate with a woman. If he took any longer, he wouldn't possibly be able to fit them all it.So, is the whole thing true or untrue? Who knows. I guess to be fair we really shouldn't presume that Tiger would even have any interest in Jessica. Why should we assume that he would interested in a gorgeous, sexy, buxom blond with no brains? What guy would want that?
Because of the snow this weekend, I had a chance to watch a lot of TV this past weekend. I have an odd mind and sometimes I'm my own best audience. Even on the air sometimes, you might hear me laugh for no apparent reason. Chances are it's me entertaining myself in my head. I'll have a though pop into my brain that, unfortunately, I can't verbalize without fear of either offending someone or violating an FCC rule. The point of all this is this: Over the weekend, I spent most of the time flipping back and forth between the Western Channel and Fox News. At one point, Nancy "Bela Lugosi" Pelosi was on blabbing about something, and I was sitting there saying to myself, "Who does she look like?". Then it hit me. It's not WHO does she look like, It's WHAT does she look like? Thanks to an over-abundance of Botox, Pelosi perpetually has this look like she just opened her first Easy-Bake Oven on Christmas morning.
