Elvis Blog – Post #49

DATELINE: Amelia Island (near Jacksonville, Florida)
Remembering Thursday 13 September 2012

ELVIS QUOTE:
“I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. I know my mother approves of what I do.”

ELVIS TRIVIA:
What U.S. President and fellow southerner said “His music and his personality . . . permanently changed the face of American popular culture?”

ELVIS HISTORY:
Around Late February 1955
The great Chuck Berry played guitar for Muddy Waters, and Waters obviously liked what he heard (who wouldn’t?) He sent Chuck to a record producer and he was signed. His Maybellene was a huge hit, and some people started calling him ‘The First Rock and Roller.’ But surely they must have meant the first rock guitarist. Elvis had already made his mark on Rock and Roll.

AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA:
Thursday 13 September 2012
Yesterday I went to Sam’s Club. Unusual for me. I usually shop Costco. But it was on my way to Jacksonville. I put 4 boxes of protein bars in my basket. I also bought 7 bottles of Monet & Chandon (for a wedding reception) and multiples of several other items. At checkout, the clerk rang up 8 boxes of bars. I asked her if that was a mistake, and she said yes and said she deleted 4 of them. Since it was a long list of items, and because it started to rain, I rushed out of the warehouse without checking the bill. Later, I checked and saw minus signs beside only 2 boxes of bars. That represented about 29 dollars. I went back to Sam’s, driving in the rain, and asked, nicely, for a refund. A supervisor carefully explained to me in her best kindergarten-teacher voice that there was a V beside each minus sign. “Do you see that?” She asked. Now she said, “The V means two deletions have been made.” Then she added, very slowly, “Four from eight leaves . . . ” “She actually waited for me to give the answer. I didn’t say a word, but I wanted to shout, “I have a master’s degree and since when does a V stand for twice? Even in Roman numerals a V stands for 5.” But I just left the place. Is this V code something we, as customers, are supposed to know?

JOKE OF THE DAY:
How many mystery writers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Rules for Dogs, Part II:
The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a race track. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn’t help because I fall faster than you can run.

RECIPE OF THE DAY:
Oh, Nuts:
2 cans peanuts, 1 cup each almonds, walnuts, & raisins
Beat 3 egg whites & add 2 tsp water
Add all the nuts & stir
Mix 1 ¾ C sugar, 3 Tb pumpkin pie spice, ¼ tsp cinnamon & ¾ tsp salt
Add mixture to the nuts
Gently add raisins
Bake 300 degrees for about 25 min
Stir every 10 min or so
Makes 10 cups

TIP OF THE DAY:
Cinnamon lowers blood pressure and protects against heart attacks and strokes.

JOKE OF THE DAY ANSWER:
Two
One to start it and a second one to give it a surprising twist at the end

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Jimmy Carter