Good morning gang.

Cold here this morning temps in the low single digits and we are only going to get to maybe 11.

Let's get going.

Word of the day catchpenny.

Today is NATIONAL RUBBER DUCKY DAY

National Rubber Ducky (also spelled Duckie) Day is celebrated annually on January 13th.

According to Wikipedia, a rubber duck is a toy shaped like a stylized duck, generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing. Various novelty variations of the toy are produced.

The history of the rubber duck is linked to the emergence of rubber manufacturing in the late 19th century. The earliest rubber ducks were made from harder rubber.

Sculptor Peter Ganine created a sculpture of a duck in the 1940s, then patented it and reproduced it as a floating toy, of which over 50,000,000 were sold.

Jim Henson popularized rubber ducks in 1970, performing the songs “Rubber Duckie” and “DUCKIE” as Ernie, a popular Muppet from Sesame Street. Ernie frequently spoke to his duck and carried it with him in other segments of the show. On a special occasion, Little Richard performed the song.

C.W. McCall’s hit song Convoy, (and the movie and novel it inspired) are narrated from the viewpoint of a character who replaced the bulldog hood ornament on his Mac truck with a bathtub toy and used the on-air handle of “Rubber Duck”.

Besides the ubiquitous yellow rubber duck with which most people are familiar, there have been numerous novelty variations on the basic theme, including character ducks representing professions, politicians, or licensed individual celebrities. There are also ducks that glow in the dark, change colour, have interior LED illumination, or include a wind-up engine that enables them to “swim”. In 2001, The Sun, a British tabloid newspaper reported that Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her bathroom that wears an inflatable crown. The duck was spotted by a workman who was repainting her bathroom. The story prompted sales of rubber ducks in the United Kingdom to increase by 80% for a short period.

Rubber ducks are collected by a small number of enthusiasts. The 2007 Guinness World Record for World’s Largest Rubber Duck Collection stood at 1,439 different rubber ducks, and was awarded to Charlotte Lee.

In 2013 rubber ducks were inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. Rubber Ducks joined a list of only 52 other toys that have also inducted into the Hall of Fame since its founding in 1998.

For additional information, go to the source of this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck



NATIONAL PEACH MELBA DAY

National Peach Melba Day is celebrated annually on January 13th.

A dessert made from peaches, vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce, Peach Melba was invented in 1892 or 1893 by the French chef Auguste Escoffier while employed at the Savoy Hotel, London. The dessert was invented to honor the Australian soprano, Nellie Melba.

STEPHEN FOSTER MEMORIAL DAY

Stephen Foster Memorial Day is celebrated annually on January 13th.

Born on July 4, 1826, Stephen Foster became known as the father of American Music. Foster wrote over 200 songs in his short life. His best-known compositions are “Oh! Susanna,” “Camptown Races,” “Old Folks at Home,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair,” “Old Black Joe,” and “Beautiful Dreamer.” and are still very popular today. Foster died on January 13, 1864 at the age of 37.

Good Morning CGs!

16 today and tomorrow and then supposed to be in the 30s for a few days after that. I can deal with 30s, that's somewhat reasonable. I would prefer 60s

I paid $2.99 for premium diesel yesterday. That made me pretty happy.

Not much else going on here.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Matthew

Morning guys....nothing exciting to report from the bday boy, darn. Today we have to travel for high school b-ball. GS#1 plays today. Let's hope we can get over that hump and either win the game outright, easy or win one of the close ones.

Got to get going.

I paid $2.49 for diesel over the weekend.

$2.99 here but that is a 60-40 blend of #2 and #1....Matt I forgot what vehicle you have that runs diesel.....

Cold and clear but they are talking 40's for the end of the week here....

Just working away on stuff.....enjoy your day Guru's...

A friend of mine is picking up his BAC tomorrow at Spring Mountain, guess he won't bother driving any of Ron Fellow's Corvettes there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YowmweCMzqc&feature=player_embedded

I think it's his Audi that he bought for his wife, Marcus. Hey nice avatar!

That looks like quite the car, Bill.

Nane atooui!

Nose to the grindstone, forgot to check in earlier. The heat from the grindstone helps ward off the cold. Supposed to be 30's here later in the week, too - I imagine that will spur sales of Speedo's.

Have a good one, Gurus!

Made a nice little score yesterday, Dealer C7 poster, info packet, and Z06 brochure. Friend of mine picked it up and brought it in to work. Nice surprise.

Rumor has it that some Ohio team did OK in some big football game last night. Nothing I would know anything about, I will have to check the news I guess.

Paid a visit to my Dr. this morning. She put me on yet another diabetes med. Trying that new Invokana along with the other 2 I am already on. Yuck.

Good morning

Matt, you were right about the vss. The supplier sent the vss for an automatic. Not good. They can't find the part so they let me know. I emailed Jason at Vette2Vette. Hopefully he can fill my need. If not I'll have to reach out to some parts yards in Georgia.
Lost a number of fish yesterday. I think the algae killing chemical that I added that was fish safe isn't so fish safe. What I read was the chemical was safe but the low oxygen and ammonia created by the chemical reaction from the algae dying wasn't making the fish too happy. Didn't lose any big ones but lots of little and middle ones. I flushed the pond and the remaining fish seem to be OK. We'll see. I have to find a good chemical, cleaning, flush balance. (Thanks Sue) Slept in late. Got up at 08:30. Felt good but I really don't like sleeping past 07:30. Takes away too much of my morning.

In honor of Rubber Duck Day I offer this gem.

I'm on Invokana too. Only good thing about it is it is free.

26 AND SUNNY THIS MORNING, LOOKS LIKE A NICE DAY COMING UP IN THE NATIONS, UPPER 30'S FOR THE HIGH. SMALL CHANCE OF SNOW TOMORROW MORNING.

GOT TO MAKE A DOG FOOD RUN TO MUSKOGEE TODAY, IT'S VET DISCOUNT DAY ON TUESDAYS. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS :-)
YESTERDAY I DID THE ERRANDS I COULDN'T DO FRIDAY DUE TO PLACES BEING CLOSED. I'M BEGINNING TO DOUBT THAT BUSINESSES THAT TAKE THREE DAY WEEKENDS NEED MY CUSTOM IF THEY ARE DOING THAT WELL.

CaptMike, how are you getting it for free ? Also, does it work ? I'm already on Metformin and Byetta.

My doctor gave me some information from the company and he said it is free. Ask your dr. I was just put on this in November. Seems to be helping me out. My dr. was looking at putting me on insulin. Check out their website.

http://www.invokana.com/

Check out the 12 month no cost to you link on the right side of the page.

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Ya....thanks for the help on that Tee......very nice!

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My guess is that car would sure be fun to autocross. I love the exterior. All the new high tech gadgetry goes over my head. I'm one of those people that use their cellphone as a cellphone. If prices from the last run of GT's are an example of what this run might fetch down the road I'd say it would be a pretty nice investment. Cash in your 401K and pick one up when you can. lol

CaptMike, Looks great, unfortunately it won't work for me. My insurance through work forces me to use Express-Scripts mail order and they won't accept the discount card. I tried before with another medication. They will not even allow me to fill the script at a local pharmacy to get it free.

Farging bastages.

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I don't get free scripts from anyplace. This year my health plan swapped over to CVS/CAREMARK from Express Scripts. I always have to pay something. Better than paying full freight though.

DROVE THE BUMBLEBEE TO MUSKOGEE TO GET DOG FOOD. PULLED IN THE PARKING LOT, STARTED INSIDE WHEN A LAUGHING WOMAN PARKED NEXT TO ME ROLLED DOWN HER WINDOW AND SAID,"CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING OUT." C4'S ARE JUST FUN CARS :-)

LMAO!

Looks like the kids can't wait to drive their sports cars.

We're putting on an event on the 2 mile course at ThunderHill in Ca. another group is running the 3 mile course.

5 out of 6 hotels near the track are booked full and there were only 4 rooms left when we booked today. And the event isn't until the end of March.

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GEHA?

Spent 6 hours in the shop, half of them looking for parte.

Pics in C2.

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Ya, for about the last 30+ years

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Fixt

BillH said something about a cross member with new sombreros.

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Party's on the racetrack March 20, U in?

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3 rooms available, right? Kind of a long drive.

Kpooter. I also get my Metformin for free too. A store called Meijer around these parts offers that drug for free.

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Looks like Ken got a new nickname ............ lol

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ME TOO, CLOSE TO 40 YEARS. NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH THEM AT ALL.