{"id":12886,"date":"2023-01-22T19:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T02:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12886"},"modified":"2023-01-22T19:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T02:24:38","slug":"12886","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12886","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s lesson is the word<strong> Irony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Food Stamp Program, administered by the US Dept. of Agriculture is proud to be distributing the greatest number of free meals and food stamps ever &#8211; to 46 million people.<\/p>\n<p>  Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the US Dept. of  Interior, tells us &#8220;Please Do Not Feed the Animals.&#8221;  Their stated reason for the policy is because &#8220;the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There will be a quiz at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a photo with a caption from a famous song.<br \/>\nLyrics by Don McLean:<br \/>\n<em>So bye-bye, Miss American Pie<br \/>\nDrove my Chevy to the levee<br \/>\nBut the levee was dry<br \/>\nThem good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye<\/em><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Car-in-canal-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12885\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Car-in-canal-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Car-in-canal-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Car-in-canal-1.jpg 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe question is: Had you been asked to provide a caption to the photo \u2013 what would you have come up with?<\/p>\n<p>On the home front, I got a haircut. This was about 3 weeks late because of the holidays, so I was somewhat shaggy. The 3rd week in March needs an alarm. <\/p>\n<p>Except for fog, the weather is uneventful. <\/p>\n<p>Keeping Track, on the<br \/>\nNaneum Fan<\/p>\n<p>John H.<\/p>\n<p>NEXT POST: late Sunday 22nd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s lesson is the word Irony The Food Stamp Program, administered by the US Dept. of Agriculture is proud to be distributing the greatest number of free meals and food stamps ever &#8211; to 46 million people. 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