Winter Doldrums

[Pumpkin_Man]

I see Halloween M & Ms every October, and Easter Bunny M & Ms every Easter season. I see Halloween, St. patrick's Day, Velentines Day, Christmas and EAster Hostess Snow Balls every year. I have aslo seen Halloween and Easter themed Snickers, Milky Ways, Nestles Crunch bars and a whole host of others.

As for the Reeses, I agree. The Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs are better then the Halloween Pumpkins. But NOTHING beats the original Peanutbutter cups.

Mike

[MacPhantom]

Oh no, no no...... There is way too much chocolate in the original cups, and not enough peanut butter. The eggs get the ratio just right. Besides...it's too easy to cut your lip on those jagged little cup edges.....

[Pumpkin_Man]

I've eaten a lot of Peanut Butter cups in my day, and I never cut my lip on the edge of one. I still like the original peanutbutter cups better. It hink the chocolate and peanutbutter are just right.

Mike

[Andybev01]

Oh no, no no...... There is way too much chocolate in the original cups, and not enough peanut butter. The eggs get the ratio just right. Besides...it's too easy to cut your lip on those jagged little cup edges.....

You are aware that you're not supposed to eat the paper cup, right?

[MacPhantom]

Just because it hasn't happened YET, Mike, doesn't mean it WON'T happen!! I haven't won the lottery yet, but that doesn't stop me from buying $300 worth of tickets every week...

[Pumpkin_Man]

I suppose if you at a frozen peanutbutter cup, it may happen, but I'v found that milk chocolate at room temperature does not form a very effective cutting edge. You could conceivable get a paoer cut from the cups the candy ks put in, but I usualy take the candy out of the cups before I eat it (narf narf) As for $300.00 worth of lottery tickets, I don't go tot hat extreme, but I will buy a buck's worth when the prize is up around 50 or 100 million or so. I am not a huge gambler, though. I hate to lose money. I don't mind risking a buck in the Lotto, because it's for a good cause, and if I win I win big, and if I lose I only lose a buck. I never go to Vegas, or to the gambling boats in my home state because I never win at these things, and it's SO EASY to lose hundreds and even thousands of dollars.

End of speech.

Mike

[MacPhantom]

I'v found that milk chocolate at room temperature

Who can wait for chocolate to get to room temperature before eating it?!?!?!?!

[Pumpkin_Man]

I can. I love my soft drinks and water to be ice cold, but I never went in for frozen candy. I don't like it when they get all melted, either, but frozen peanutbutter cups are too darn hard to eat, IMHO.

To get back to the main topic, even though Winter Doldrums are pretty much over, I rode my motorcycle to Lemona Ill to visit my 92 year old aunt yesterday afternoon, and I rode up to Pontiac Ill today just for a putt. The weather is getting a little colder, and we're actualy not out of the provrbial woods yet when it comes to the possibility of snow. But I still had fun, and am all relaxed and charged up for a very long week of photo shoots and video tapings that's ahead of me. You probably won't see too muh of me this week, but I am going to be pulling down some serious O T.

I also may have my first official photo shoot for my own business which while not "officialy" up and running yet, is "unoffcialy" up and running right now.

Mike

[MacPhantom]

Congrats on the business, and on breaking the winter doldrums with your motorcycle adventures!!

[Pumpkin_Man]

Thanks, MacPhantom. Unfortunately my motorcycle may be going on hiatus due to snow. Accordig to the weather report this morning, we could get snow by Friday.

Mike

[ancient whitelighter]

Yikes! I certainly hope not!!

[MacPhantom]

I'll take today's cold rain over more snow.

[Pumpkin_Man]

I would take rain over snow too, just to get a break fromt he heating bills, however I was looking forward to spending Saturday and Sunday on the motorcycle. I suppose I'll have plenty of oportunities to ride, however, so I shouldn't squak. This last Winter,however, was a particularly cold and snowy one, so the winter doldrums have closed in a little harder then usual.

Mike

[Andybev01]

I think that there will never be summer weather here, ever again.

On Sunday we received 1.73" of rain in 9 hours and YET AGAIN, there was slush mixed in the rain on my commute yesterday.

[ilovemichaelmyers]

Hey Andy, you could send some of that rain over this way!