{"id":6903,"date":"2018-03-16T22:44:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T05:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2018-03-16T22:44:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T05:44:25","slug":"this-weeks-not-so-nasty-news-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=6903","title":{"rendered":"This week’s not so nasty news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Item #1: Fun in snow<\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n

There seem to be dozens of Corgi-in-snow videos on the web.
\nSnow \u2013 one Corgi deep <\/strong><\/a>
\nThis appears to be the most recent, as the mountainous west has been getting lots of snow.<\/p>\n

Item #2: Ghosts are fun too<\/span>
\n\"\"Windsor, Canada had a courthouse and jail, built in the mid-1800s and named after Alexander Mackenzie, the second Prime Minister of Canada. It is now called the Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre and used for many different social functions.
\nPrior to an event a local group thought to search it to see if there where ghosts or spirits about.
\nOne of their EMF detectors, short for electromagnetic field sensor \u2014 was missing after the society completed a sweep for spirits.
\nThe police were not amused.
\nthe little blue light will flicker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The spokesperson said there were “strong signs of paranormal activity \u2014 especially in the old jail, dressing room and basement.<\/em>”
\nOkay, then! I’m thinking the person either needs a glass of wine or psychoanalysis.<\/p>\n

Item #3: Win big or not<\/span><\/p>\n

My father attended the University of Maryland for a short time. I seem to recall he was a “sprinter” and got some financial aid. For no other reason, I report the score of a basketball March Madness game:
\nU of M versus Virginia, 74 to 54. Not even close.
\nThis is considered an historic upset.
\nBracket Buster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Two of the blokes I prune vines with are interested in March Madness and fill out brackets (See image here<\/strong><\/a> ).<\/p>\n

There are lots of bets on these games and then there is Warren Buffett’s NCAA tournament bracket challenge: Perfection earns $1 million a year for life for a Berkshire Hathaway employee. [ LINK<\/strong><\/a> ]<\/p>\n

I wonder how many people picked Maryland over Virginia?<\/p>\n

Item #4: A little win for the good guys<\/span>\"\"
\nA part of Seattle is called SoDo. SoDo was originally named for being located south of the (King)dome, but since the stadium’s demolition in 2000, the name has been taken to mean south of downtown. This is an old industrial district, but now there are artists’ lofts, art galleries, and an assortment of other businesses, one being a large Costco warehouse store.
\nThree people decided that 5:30 Wednesday afternoon would be a good time to do some shoplifting. This did not work out well.
\n Busted<\/strong><\/a>
\nWhat were they thinking?<\/p>\n

Item #5: A strawberry story<\/span>\"\"
\nJapan, curling, snacks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Japan and South Korea are in a tiff over strawberries. This became international news when the ladies of Japan were seen eating large strawberries as snacks during and after curling matches.\"\" A South Korean newspaper claimed $200 Million in losses because Japan “Plagiarized” Korean Strawberries. It didn’t help matters when the South Korean women\u2019s curling team bested Japan, taking the silver medal.
\nFun story from my point of view. I have 75 plants due to arrive at the end of March. They are the variety called Cabot, and produce the largest berries we’ve ever seen. The best berries in Japan sell for $6.75 – – per berry.
\nSay we get 4 from each of 75 plants. That works out to be over $2,000 worth. All I need is to invite those ladies to the Naneum Fan.<\/p>\n

And that, for this week, is the not so nasty news.
\nJohn<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Item #1: Fun in snow There seem to be dozens of Corgi-in-snow videos on the web. Snow \u2013 one Corgi deep This appears to be the most recent, as the mountainous west has been getting lots of snow. Item #2: Ghosts are fun too Windsor, Canada had a courthouse and jail, built in the mid-1800s … Continue reading “This week’s not so nasty news”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-issues"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p72iNf-1Nl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6903"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6910,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions\/6910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}