Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Good morning crew,

There is an informal family reunion brewing in Pennsylvania this coming weekend and I talked the wife into driving over there with me. At first I was going to fly, but really it is only a 10 or 11 hour drive. When you consider that a 2 hour flight involves a 50 minute drive to the airport, 90 minutes standing in check-in lines and security lines, then an hour waiting for your bags on the other end, plus then having to either rent a car or chase taxis all over town, for an extra few hours I can have the convenience of driving my own vehicle at my own pace.

But I think the real deciding factor was the dog. Taking her with us eliminates the expense of boarding her, and the wife is just tickled over the prospect of taking her on a road trip.

Plus, neither of them have been to Pennsylvania before, so they'll have something new to bond over.

She just better not get car sick, that's all I have to say. I will not be able to handle 10 hours trapped in a vehicle with a vomiting dog.

Or a vomiting wife, for that matter.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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Our Supply Clerk at the factory where I work, discovered a box that was left on the loading dock with this warning printed on it: DANGER DO NOT TOUCH!

Management was called and all employees were told to stay clear of the box until it could be analyzed.

When the foreman arrived, he donned gloves and safety glasses, and then, very carefully opened the box. Inside were 250 signs that read: DANGER! DO NOT TOUCH!