Book Board Chat

Hi Jo Anne. Glad someone found the information of interest.

First, HI good friend Jo Anne.
Just had to report in with info about one of the finest as seen on TV products I've ever had. It's that Car Cane that is advertised.
For those of us not young anymore with wonky knees, weak legs or any of the other wonderful things that happen I can tell you this products is a God send.
It just makes getting out of the car so much easier.
I did NOT get it off the TV, got it from eBay and it was here in three days with free shipping. I am giving the thing rave reviews. http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAR-CANE-Deluxe-Auto-Mobility-Aid-Flashlight-Glass-Breaker-Belt-Cutter-New-/321821072265?hash=item4aee07db89

Patsy we have a front that keeps moving up and down. In the 30's this morning and now pushing 70. Still cold just to the north of us. Every time the front decides to move we get big thunder. Right now it's calm and sunshiny. Typical March in NW Ohio.

Good afternoon. Many thanks. This birthday sure snuck up on me. Update? Well I'm still breathing and that's a plus. Turning 73 today. If I could just remember how I would post a picture taken this morning.
Woke up to an email from my high school reunion committee. They told me that two that I graduated with died this past week. Now if that doesn't cheer up the birthday girl I don't know what can. GEEZ.
Let's see, Granddaughter Emily and Grandson Ryan are 20 as of April 1st and Emily in July. Grandson Matt is 12 in July.
I'm still fairly healthy considering what an old crock I am. Kidney still working feverishly and heart functioning. Bill and I still traveling but find I can't shlep around places like I used to.
Thankful for my friends especially Jo Anne. We've become really great friends although we've never "met!"
Again. thanks for the wishes. Always think I will come here more but then I don't. I do look in once in a while to see that all are well.

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Jim just got back in October on a cruise from Southampton to Gibraltar, to Barcelona, Mallorca, and ports on the south of Spain. Went up to Lisbon, Portugal and to Vigo, Spain. That was on Royal Caribbean and was a totally great trip.
Leaving in three weeks for some sun in the Easter Caribbean. Just have to get through these winters somehow.
Did love Barcelona. One of the cleanest cities I've ever seen.

Certainly from what I've seen, Lady Antebellum isn't in a class with the Cyrus type. She seems to have some class.

And of course all of us flower children and old crocks will remember the ever popular Louie Louie. Yessir I'm almost sure I knew what they were singing.

And a bit of strange history. Moon died in the same flat as Mama Cass had four years earlier and at the same age. No she did not choke on a ham sandwich. It was a heart attack.

Well now I was an old hippie. Now I'm just old and a bit hippie. A child of the late fifties and sixties and remember the Mamas and Papas, Morrison, and oh yes, Joplin.
Beats the heck out of the filth put out by rappers and the soppy music of today.
Still loving and listen to the music of the 80's too. Journey and Queen and the great bands of that time.
How we would have laughed at the likes of Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and that ilk. Had you told us that was a glimpse into the future we wouldn't have believed it and laughed that people of today considered it music.

That is where I am sending a card. Still stunned that he is gone.

Hi Beth. He is at the O'Connell Funeral Home in Hudson, Wi. Actually that's where his service will be held as Diane has donated his body for research. The Obituary has come up. What a remarkable, brilliant man he was. http://www.oconnellfuneralhomes.com/obit.php?id=1210

Oh thanks. I wondered knowing he lived in, I believe Lakeland MN. How great it would be if you could go to the visitation. Please do let Diane know how highly regarded Bill was and is. I would love to meet her. She is such a very nice lady.

That is the address to leave memorials on line. Arrangements are still not complete. I know Diane will appreciate your thoughts.

http://www.oconnellfuneralhomes.com/obit.php?id=1210

Oh here is the waited for info. I got this from Diane. Cards would be most welcome. He is at O'Connell Funeral Home - Hudson, WI. If you need more info, just let me know.
I will ask Diane if he is originally from WI. I thought he lived in Minnesota. I know that cards will be a great comfort to her. It is so darn sad and I can tell she is so lost. Next week on the 31st would have been their 49th anniversary. She said that his body has gone to science to research the 4 cancers study will help others. OMG, helpful to others even at the end.

His full name is William Stoetzel. He lived in Lakeland, Minnesota. I am hoping to find out the name of the funeral home where we can perhaps leave our memorials on line.

Yes I do have Diane's permission. About nine years ago he had cancer and it was treated and really was successful. Whether that cancer returned or something new I don't know but only about four weeks ago they found it again in many parts of his body. It was stage four and couldn't be treated. Thank heavens for Hospice to take care of him.

Beth thankfully he didn't know until about a month ago how serious and hopeless it was. Really in the scheme of things rather sudden how it all happened.
Paula he had an amazing wit. How I wish I could post some of his emails but of course out of the question. He was so special.

Bob yes especially on the old book board and of course here. He posted on the glass board and pottery. He had such knowledge and was so helpful. Remembering his fabulous finds he got with Nippon.

Diane no, Bill lived in Minnesota

OMG Patsy. I didn't know those nuggets were that good. Of course that is rather like my act in the morning if the coffee isn't ready.

It is amazing to me that someone we only meet on a computer and never in person can affect our lives. There was a time that I truly thought that certainly if you only met that way that you could never judge what kind of person they would be. I was wrong because the true decency of a person DOES come through with only with the written word. Strangely enough you get a sense of a true lack of decency that way. It was that discovery that made Bill and I good friends. I will SO miss him.

Early this morning one of my good eBay friends passed away. Bill (itsagas) passed away at 12:05. He was a brilliant guy, witty and an all around good fellah. I hope you all will keep his wife Diane in your thoughts.

Now that is a good idea, never thought of asking for a chair. Some sales are just marvy with the books actually on shelves or on tables with the spine side up and neat as can be.

Lots and lots of books at the yard sales today and many good hard cover ones. My complaint is the way the people show the books. They have deep storage tubs, boxes or laundry baskets with the books piled in there. Too darn hard to bend over and root through. To hard also when it's 90 and the books are sitting out on a hot driveway. Wondering what good books I missed.

Thanks for that info Jim. Will have to keep a careful watch. We've booked a cruise to Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and Mallorca for September. I will check every day and hope we can get in on a deal.

Paula my mom said Bob's your Uncle to me all the time. Of course then I used it to. My kids thought how stupid was that because their dad's brother is BOB. Thus Bob really was their uncle.

Spring finally came to Ohio. It was in the 80's today.
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I resent paying Time Warner Cable for several dozen home shopping channels. I don't want their crap and don't want to see it. Thank heavens for the few stations we do watch, smart TV where we can get hundreds of good Youtube programs and of course The Smithosonian channel, Nat Geo and the like. History channel 2 is good but the regular History channel is all Pawn Stars and Pickers. And to get even crabbier I would like to TLC blown off the face of the earth. Public Television is fine when they are not constantly begging.

June our Time Warmer cable dropped it but there was such an outcry from subscribers that they brought it back. It's a welcome channel from all the garbage on the TV.

June the Artful Detective, Inspector Murdoch series is on the Ovation Channel. Just love the programs. The characters are wonderful as well as the plots and the period costumes.

BTW I had never heard of the novels by Maureen Jennings.

I'll say the odds are something else. What an excellent plot it would make for a TV show like The Artful Detective another mystery program.
I have become so addicted to the Artful Detective series on Ovation channel. It takes place in Toronto in the late 1800's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdoch_Mysteries

Not even "Midsomer Murders" would attempt to capture this mess. This is an Unbelievable twist of fate!!!!
At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, AAFS President, Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal
complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story:
On March 23, 1994... The medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus ,and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head.
Mr. Opus had jumped from the top of a ten-story building intending to commit suicide.
He left a note to that effect indicating his despondency. As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window, which killed him instantly.
Neither the shooter nor the deceased was aware that a safety net had been installed just below the eighth floor level to protect some building workers and that Ronald Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide the way he had planned.
The room on the ninth floor, where the shotgun blast emanated, was occupied by an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing vigorously and he was threatening her with a shotgun! The man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger, he completely missed his wife, and the pellets went through the window, striking Mr. Opus.
When one intends to kill subject 'A', but kills subject 'B' instead, one is guilty of the murder of subject 'B.'
When confronted with the murder charge, the old man and his wife were both adament, and both said they thought the shotgun was not loaded,
the old man said it was a long-standing habit to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun.. He had no intention to murder her.
Therefore, the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident, assuming the gun had been accidentally loaded.
The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident.. It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support, and the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would shoot his mother. Since the loader of the gun was aware of this, he was guilty of the murder even though he didn't actually pull the trigger. The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of Ronald Opus.
Now comes the exquisite twist...
Further investigation revealed that the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus.
He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's murder. This led him to jump off the ten-story building on March 23rd, only to be killed by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth story window. The son, Ronald Opus, had actually murdered himself.
So the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.
A true story from Associated Press

Paula 75 yesterday and still 70 last night when I went to bed. 72 today but clouding up for rain. I picked several bunches of daffodils.
Next Thursday in the 30's with snow flurries. BTW I have a hibiscus that comes in for the winter and there are 8 flowers and more buds on it. Have had outdoor ones but they didn't make it either. Remember I sent you those little blue star flower bulbs? WELL ya want more because there are billions of them all over the place. Carpets of blue. I pull up the little bulbs and have thrown them out back by the fence and there are zillions of them out there too.

Carol. Liz is Ohliz. Used to be on the way old Pottery Board and Book Board. Sold on eBay for years. Kinda miss all that but it's nice not to have a dining room table covered with stuff and packing material all over the place. LOL.

Thanks guys!! At my age I celebrated by taking an extra long afternoon nap. These birthdays sure do creep up more quickly every year.

We spring clean our wood deck with a mixture water, bleach and TSP. It comes up like new.
Two gallons water, 1/2 gallon bleach and 1/2 cup TSP. Scrub and rinse but don't splash it on bare legs I found out.

Patsy what a beautiful little face. Lovely smile already.
Happy spring. Pushing 60 here tomorrow but then really cold again and the happy little bunny forecaster on the Toledo station, aptly named Blizzard Bill, said we will have one more snow storm.
They always have to wipe the smile off your face don't they.

Standard trash pickup here too. We have four bins in the garage. One is plastic and glass, one is regular cans, one is for aluminum and another for piles and piles of newspapers. We get the local paper and then four days of the Toledo paper. Multiple copies of the same ads and our local paper sometimes feel it necessary to give us multiples of the same ads. Really don't need four copies of the big Kohls ad and then another in the Toledo paper. Bill load up and takes them to our recycle place that is open most of the time Litter Landing. THEN there is our yard stuff recycle center. I don't know how two retired people can generate so much but of course four cats that eat canned food do make some.

Paula there is a spray bottle of carpet cleaner that I got out to clean a little spot on the carpet. That was two days ago. I set the cleaner on the bookshelf to go get a sponge. It went down hill from there. Finding the sponge I saw the copper cleaner and remembered I had to clean a copper kettle. Went to get the kettle and saw the hibiscus was wilted. Went to get the water and decided to add fertilizer so went to another cupboard. Need I go ON????? NO. Cleaner still on shelf, hibiscus looking wiltier, kettle getting more tarnished and I'm getting used to the spot on the carpet. I am going to take a nap because all this housework has buggered me up completely.

Oh and while it didn't get above freezing this morning it did get up to 5 degrees above ZERO. It is now fifteen thanks to global warming.

Well this time last year our snowdrops were blooming, the daffies were up and the crocus had buds. SO I'm sure all that is happening however being as they are under drifts of snow two and three foot high then I can't prove it this year. Does this cheerful floral post count? Didn't think so.

For Paula!

WELLL I was going to wish my friend birfday greetings but now I am in a snit. Back to evil, vile mode. Woke up to howling wind and snow so figger she was getting her snotty revenge on me already Now I ask you how would you feel if you were Phil and some old phart in a top hat hauled ya outta your warm nest on a cold February morning and held you up to flashing camera bulbs? I'd wish every darn polar vortex on all humanity.

So Paula that is a birfday pressie to you from Mother Nature.

Oh Yes June. There is a huge Penneys outlet in Columbus we go to. We've gotten some nifty stuff there. Excellent prices. Like the area where you can get things that people ordered, didn't like or didn't fit and they are marked way down. Wish we had one closer.

Beth indeed. I quit going in there when they had an ad that advertised 25% off storewide. SO in I went with expectations of some savings. I had two Polo shirts for DH and a purse and some other bits and pieces. When I went to pay I was told all my choices were not included. She showed me the ad and when I got out my glasses and held it in the light there is all was in the fine print. Now that does NOT happen at my very favorite store Kohls. I get my 30% off card and in I go. Even stuff on the 80% off rack is included.
The Penneys thing was over a year ago and I never have been in there again.
Another good thing about Kohls is that if you order on line in the store then the shipping is free.

Gosh our K Mart went out and stayed out. Also Home Depot and now the big Sears in the mall is closing. I don't do malls and can't remember the last time I was in ours. They are saying the big Penneys in the mall will be going too. Malls attract less people all the time and I understand they raised the rent in there. SO from collecting some rent to nothing.
Big malls up in Toledo have closed down and have been torn down.
Beth every so often our Big Lots has the Pepsodent and also 20% off the whole order so get it at 80 cents a tube. Then I stock up.

A dental surgeon once told me that the very best toothpaste was Pepsodent. Devilish hard to find but sometimes I do. Remember the old saying "you'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent." It's only 98 cents for a big tube also. The dentist told me that all those claims by most toothpastes are a load of old cobblers.

Senile is right Paula.Now you know when it IS your birthday I will forget. Yeah had some melt today but but cold front coming through and back down to near zero some nights next week.

Bill it's almost 40 here and everything is dripping. Some of these piles of snow will take forever to recede. Back down towards zero for lows next week. Just can't give up. Last year the snowdrops were blooming in our yard. This year under three feet of snow where Bill shoveled the stuff.
The knee rehab was hard. I hated every minute of it. After all done I would go to the senior center exercise machines but OMG that was so difficult with the osteoporosis. Now the most wonderful think is the water aerobic classes. It was twice a week but now am going three times. I feel like I'm 17 again in the water but getting out gravity takes over.

Actually DH just told me someone he knows just had it done recently and is having a tough time as the swelling won't go down. Maybe it is a crap shoot.

Jim that is not the answer I would want. We have quite a few friends have had knees replaced including myself. Two friends had both done at the same time. None have had that kind of problem. Have they done an x-ray or scan to have a look in there? Sorry to hear she has such problems.

I am thinking that today is Paula's birthday. Of course I'm a tad senile so I might be wrong but if I'm right then HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAULA.

Good morning. We are already way up to 10 degrees so 21 degrees warmer than yesterday at 11 below. I actually saw several robins. They didn't look too happy though. I can't imagine what they are eating because of deep snow everywhere.
Paula I don't like a lot of the sports like hockey and certainly curling. Who on earth came up with curling? I don't care for any sport that involves sweeping the floor.

Hi Bill. Just watched the weather and the crack team of weather reporters on our Toledo stations are waxing poetical about the temps. The are telling us how wonderful it is that we are 22 degrees warmer than yesterday . Sounds good until it hits you that it's 7 degrees F.
They are also blowing sunshine that it actually MAY hit 32 degrees next Monday.

We make our own fun out here in BFE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3niR-2OA0hE

The best investment we have made is our LG Smart TV. We watch so many programs from Youtube and other programs that aren't on our cable. No more Swamp Wars, Ax Men, Bridezillas and Honey Boo Boo.

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Carol in all my days dealing with hospitals I have never seen myself getting myself down to the door to leave by myself even small same day procedures. What if you had a dizzy spell and fainted?
Many times I've told them that I was fine and could do it but NO not allowed.
With all the advances in modern medicine and all the surgeries I've had I would absolutely draw the line at being operated on robotically. Just not right. LOL. Have a vision of R2D2 probing around in my innards.

Many businesses around here have a giving tree with names on them of people who need help. It might be a little late for that but it's worth a look.
We give generously to the Salvation Army as they don't take most of the money given to pay themselves. Even the Goodwill is a private money making business. I sure hope they get some help.

Well not this year Bill as of course the harvest is in. LOL

You must come and visit us Bill. Gorgeous cornfields around here and huge crops from the perfect growing season.
Yes and a couple of corn mazes too. Sometimes on a fall evening when it's misty and a full moon the movie Children of the Corn comes to mind. Reminds one of all the creepy things that can hang out in cornfields.

We noticed that the chicken in England had a faint fish taste. Found out that they were fed fish meal. Another good use for CORN meal.

I remember my mother frying pork chops and they were so tasty and wonderful. They have bred the pigs so there is no fat at all just so dry. Any fat around the edge is trimmed to about a sixteenth of an inch and like the t-bone steaks the tail is trimmed off. Now certainly not advocating a diet of pork fat but every once in a while some decent pork would be nice. Maybe once a year I fix the big leg of pork that has the crunchy crackling on the outside. OH, so yummy.
I do like potted meat but buy the Underwoods deviled ham now instead.
Our markets have lotsa parsnips. I roast them in the oven with some olive oil.

BTW we out here in the CORNFIELDS love most veggies.

LOL Bill. My Dsil and I are the only ones that like the liver and onions (cooked in bacon) of course.
Mayhap I'll try the collards. Love beets and we love parsnips. DH is particularly fond of turnips and carrots cooked together, smashed a little with butter and pepper and salt.
Now I'm one that thinks that cilantro tastes like soap but don't mind a little bit. I think the first time I had it they had put so much in I thought I was eating a cake of Ivory.

Love liver and onions and truly should try collards before I say I don't like them. So many of those greens are bitter.

DH is out decorating up the outside. Just don't go nuts like we used to. Wreaths and lights in every window and all. Just don't want to haul the ladder out to do the second floor. I always had to "hold" the ladder which I could never figure out. If it goes I'm supposed to save him?
Glad you all had a nice Thanksgiving. Food all sounds so good.
I must admit I've never had collard greens. I did fix kale one and we didn't like it.

lol Sam I knew that. I was just trolling for sympathy.
That was an exciting game though and surprisingly held my attention. Great and tense ending wasn't it.

Who me an obnoxious fan? Not really. Not a sports fan but we live in Ohio and my son went to OSU.
OSU has been kind to me too with a new kidney and a fixed heart. I don't watch football but did watch that game while reading. It was a squeaker wasn't it.

BUWAHAHAHAHAHA. YEAH Buckeyes.

Also Bob some people do like the real thing once in a while instead of the health nut craze of taking flavor out of everything. That includes pork with no marbling so it's darn dry and flavorless, lard out of pie crusts and mince not made to "Ye Olde Recipe!" I suppose it's a good thing but just once in a while it's nice to have the authentic item. I cannot find plum puddings with suet anymore even in speciality shops. My aunt is sending me one for Christmas from England.

No Bob, meat in the mince is a Medieval English thing. They did use a lot of raisins and currants too in their sweetmeat recipes back in the day.

Oh yes it is rather amazing how good those little boxes of mince are. I do use those sometimes.
I used to make fruit cakes every year and always send one to Miz Shu. I baked it in a heart shaped pan and she said they were the best in the whole world. Prolly had something to do with the brandy I poured over the top when they came right out of the oven. She said she was going to let Claxtons know that there was a better fruit cake out there than theirs.
It is sad that some people judge fruitcakes by those horrors that they sell in discount stores and such.
I did learn to use the dried pineapple in the bags from the fruit area of the grocery instead of those horrible candied pineapple things. Plus way less expensive.

Mince did have beef and suet in it. It goes way way back to the 15th century and earlier. It's hard to find the good stuf with suet in it and used to go up to Canada to get it. I like the jarred Nonsuch brand.
My mom always made steamed plum puddings with suet in them. So darn good. Now I get those in Canada but can't find them with real suet. Too lazy to make my own.
So many of those old traditions hark back to the Medieval times. Of course they ate stuff like Dormice and swan's tongues too. Glad some things didn't get handed down.

We like thaat breffus menu for din din too.
You are exactly right Diane, we can do just as we darn well please can't we.

LOL I think pie for breakfast is a wonderful thing. Better than bacon, eggs and such. ON THE OTHER HAND bacon, eggs and home fries is great too. Bill got it right. Fruit, carbs and dairy. Half the food pyramid ain't it? SO?

I have to make these every year at Christmas. My family would be disappointed if I didn't. Usually make about 3 or 4 dozen.
I have the tins my mother brought from England about 60 years ago. The little pies are about 3 3 1/2 inches across.
https://www.google.com/#q=english+mince+pies+pictures

Happy Anniversary to Beth and Jerome. Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
LOL Paula aren't those pics something? Gives selfie pics a whole new meaning. Made me cut my snuggie up for dusters I'll tell ya.
For the first time in about fifty years I don't have to wrestle a cold wet fowl and stick my hand up it's nether regions. I'm thankful for that and thankful to my niece Sherri for inviting us. There will be about 20 of the Killian clan and I don't think we've all been together for years.
I of course will prolly doze off in a recliner after the feast.

HOOOOOO Boy Bill, I'm seeing lotsa fugly things today and that's just one of them.

Wishing you all a very happy Thanksgiving. We are going to my niece's house so no turkey roasting for me this year. I am taking a pineapple upside down cake and Pumpkin Supreme pie. The whole tribe will be there, about 20 of us.
Bitter cold and wind here. I was wrapped up in my hooded snuggie but decided I looked like Lurch from the Munsters. Turned the furnace up instead.

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Can I call this my Christmas decorating?

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One day green, next day color, today starting to fall. It's a peak around here now.

All I ask is to be able to get outta the recliner without gruntig.
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I thought we wouldn't get many because of howling wind and rain. Sigh of relief. BUT
the city in it's wisdom moved it from last night to next Monday. Another sigh.

Diane yup I know it's weird. Now my DGD Emily eats her cereal at the kitchen sink because it might get the dreaded SOG if she lingers. LOL. I know it's nothing that I inculcated in her because I never made a big issue out of it.
There is an Italian soup that calls for chunks of bread mushed up in it to thicken. SHUDDER.
Our Trick or Treat night has been canceled and moved to Monday here because of the rain. Geez it's pushing 70 and really not raining so much.

Just the idea of soggy bread or crackers makes me break out in a sweat. DH puts crackers in his chili until it's a pile of mush. I eat at the other table.
Maybe hereditary because DGD is the same. If cereal for breakfast I have two bowls. One has the milk and the other the cereal. I put a spoonful of cereal and dip it in the milk.
Must be something from childhood. I dunno. I think if someone made me eat bread pudding I'd faint dead away.

Did my weekly shop at Walmart and then into the mall for a treat. Got myself a Starbucks coffee.
Jim yes, cannot do touchy feely stuff. Cannot do bodice rippers either. A good historical novel without heaving bosoms and dastardly men who finally see the light and turn into loving pussycats.

Paula will be thinking of you and Dan. So great you will be there for him. Bill always was there for treatments and doctor's visits. Just what a good partner does isn't it.
Wouldn't want to face driving home from some of those treatments alone.

Happy Birthday CHRIS!! Hope all is well with you.

LOL Paula, you going to keep them until spring then? Frosty morning but tomorrow into the sixties and Thursday pushing 70.

Bill yes even though I don't have that much faith in Snopes. My friend asked me to post it here as she has friends who visit here.

A friend asked me to post this:

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We got this this morning from our computer person, who is very reliable. Thought my friends should be warned.

"Over the past few weeks, a new ransom-ware infection has popped up called Cryptolocker. This infection is typically delivered by the following methods:

1. This infection was originally sent to company email addresses that pretend to be customer support related issues from Fedex, UPS, DHL, Xerox etc. These emails would contain an attachment that when opened would infect the computer.

2. Currently dropped by Zbot infections disguised as PDF attachments

3. Via exploit kits located on hacked web sites that exploit vulnerabilities on your computer to install the infection.

4. Through Trojans that pretend to be programs that are required to view online videos. These are typically encountered through Porn sites.

Once this attack is launched, the infection begins encrypting all user generated documents on your computer and attaches to any network shares on your PC and encrypts those files as well.

The only known method of recovery at this time is to pay the ransom of anywhere from $100 - $500 to receive the decryption key. This has NOT worked in all cases. Typically, you have 72 hours to pay after which time the unique decryption key is deleted.

Please do not open any email attachments unless you are 100% sure they are legitimate.. Especially if they claim to come from FedEx, UPS, DHL, Xerox, etc

I can not stress enough how damaging this infection may become. I have had 3 computers belonging to clients who have lost all of their documents because of this attack because they were fooled into opening an email attachment, thus granting the infection entry."

Again, THIS IS NOT A JOKE. The computer person who sent this on to us is highly reputable and trust-worthy. Feel free to pass it on to friends and family, you may save them $500 and a lot of problems.

Of course on Friday nights it's all you can eat lobster night. Maybe that would be a better instinct.

We are going up to the Hollywood Casino in Toledo tomorrow for a little gambling and dinner.
I will follow my instincts and prolly come hope poorer.