Breathe a Sigh of Relief: Maynard's Snowed-In

An update from our New England correspondent:

We had about another foot of snow yesterday and they are predicting another foot on Saturday. We have a good three to four feet so far and are finding it difficult to find a place to put it. Don't think we'll get into our detached garage for a while. Oh well, it has always been gone by June and am sure it will be again this year. Miss you all and hope to see you all soon. Don't think we'll get into our detached garage for a while. Temp here this AM was 0 degrees Fahrenheit  -18 degrees Celsius.

As you will see, the cold and delirium has set in, he is repeating himself. Though many a wise person says this has been happening for many years...

Wild West Snow News

News from America from (non-blood!) relative Maynard:

When we returned from Florida this past Monday this is what greeted us as well as -3 degrees Fahrenheit or -20 deg Celsius. We had left 64 degree Fahrenheit and it was great. Almost a 70 degree difference. It has done nothing but snow since and the next two days we are supposed to get another 12 - 24 inches with high temperatures in the teens.  We Love It. 

  

Word is that things haven't been as frosty since the whisky ran dry in the Winter of '94.

Though apparently people in Florida have been celebrating for a few days for some reason...

British visitors/readers can only stare in wonder at the sight of U.S. rural roads cleared of snow in -20 temperatures and two feet of snow! Authorities here have a job clearing motorways and town centres in conditions half as bad.

Calling All American Relatives!

It has long been known to me that a branch of my maternal family settled in America (initially a Huzzey, but the family name has changed since, via marriage).

I have noticed some visitors from the States looking up info on my maternal great-grandfather Henry Vivian Pugh Huzzey (the international rugby and baseball player) and can only surmise a possible familial link with these browsers.

So I'm asking anyone related to or descended from HVP Huzzey in the States: please do get in touch.

Please don't be put off by our links (through my in-laws) to Maynard in New England (I won't be any more precise for the shame!) -- he isn't a blood relative, more an in-law of the in-laws and so our mutual genetic codes are quite safe ;-)

It would be great to hear from some of our American cousins - literally or otherwise.

Financial Planning

Financial Planning

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business. 
 
When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife with whom to share his fortune. 
 
One evening at an investment seminar, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away. 
 
"I may look like just an ordinary man," Dan said to her, "but in just a few years my father will die and I'll inherit $200 million."
 
Impressed, the woman obtained his business card ... and three days later she became his stepmother.
   
Women are so much better at financial planning than men.

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This joke was sent to me by my "uncle" Maynard in America (hope that makes him feel old). Some of his jokes are amusing, and a few are even printable!