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EVER TRY TO REACH A COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE, A LIVE PERSON, TO MAKE A COMPLAINT BY TELEPHONE AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET PAST AN AUTOMATED MACHINE? TODAY'S COURANT LISTED A WEB-SITE WHICH TELLS HOW TO GET TO A REAL LIVE PERSON. HERE'S THE SITE:

MOE AND NOONSKI WERE HONORED RECENTLY BY BEING FEATURED ON A "MEET THE MEMBERS" POSTING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER . SHOWN WITH US IS OUR FRIEND, ROB, WHO IS A SENIOR AT EASTERN CONNECTICUT, AND A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE IN THE FITNESS CENTER. MANY EMPLOYEES ARE UCONN OR EASTERN STUDENTS. THEY HELP CREATE A VERY PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE. iT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO BELONG TO THE CENTER.

THE ORIGINAL BLOG STILL EXISTS, AND CONTAINS MANY MONTHS' WORTH OF POSTINGS. YOU CAN FIND IT AT: HTTP://NOONSKI.BLOGSPOT.COM

WE HAD A NICE GET-TOGETHER TODAY. BOB WAS IN TOWN ON BUSINESS. BOB, MARY, PEGGY, TOM, MOE AND NOONSKI WENT OUT TO BREAKFAST FOR A RARE MEAL TOGETHER. THE MEETING WAS LATER ADJOURNED AND RECONVENED AT
THE HOUSE TO CONSIDER SOME INTERESTING SITES ON THE WEB. YOU TUBE, FACEBOOK AND MY SPACE WERE FOUND TO BE WORTH SEEING.




THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST, ALSO, IN NOONSKI'S PLASTIC DOG STANDING GUARD IN THE WOODS. PRIOR TO TODAY, ONLY A FRIEND'S GRANDDAUGHTER HAD PROCLAIMED IT "ART", AND THE WOODSMAN THOUGHT IT COULD BE SOLD ON E-BAY. WE WILL GIVE MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OUT-CREATE NOONSKI. SEE SEPARATE POSTING

NOONSKI'S POOCH, AFTER LANGUISHING IN THE WOODS , AND WARDING OFF BEARS, COYOTES, RHINOS FOR ALL THESE YEARS, FINALLY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE RARE AND PRECIOUS ART FORM IT IS.

1. MUST BE CAPABLE OF FRIGHTENING NEIGHBORHOOD DOGS, AND OTHER CREATURES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO RACCOONS, SKUNKS, BEARS, OR REPUBLICANS.

2. ABILITY TO INSPIRE AWE AND DELIGHT FROM YOUNG CHILDREN.

2. 3. ELICIT LOOKS OF INCRUDULITY, EVEN SCORN, FROM OTHERWISE UNENLIGHTENED ADULTS.

A friend of ours gave us tickets to the Orange Bowl, so we went down to Miami Tuesday night Jan. 2 to see Louisville play Wake Forest. We had preferred parking and Club seats .... the only way to go. Air conditioned, carpetted, clean bathrooms, food and drinks. Pretty nice.

Louisiville fans outnumbered Wake Forrest, but since Wake is the ACC champ we decide to cheer for the Demon Deacons since FSU plays in the ACC. We had to learn their chants and cheers - including "WAKE" ...... "FORREST" ..... "WAKE" ..... "FORREST". Louisville fans sitting next to us asked where Wake was from, we had to tell them - we have no idea!

The coin toss had Arnold Palmer representing Wake, and Muhammed Ali representing Louisville. It was pretty impressive to see 2 legends of our time. Oh yeah .... Dwayne Wade of the NBA champion Miami Heat was also there. The Orange Bowl half time show is legendary, but they could have had some bigger names. We were glad to see Gladys Knight, but American Idol winner Taylor Hicks didn't impress us.

One of the coolest things happened during the the pre-game. Just as the National Anthem finished 3 Navy F-18 Hornets buzzed the stadium. The timing couldn't have been more perfect. Just as everyone was singing and cheering the last bit of ".... and the home of the brave ....." they came roaring over the scoreboard at super low altitude in full after burner. It gave us chills .... proud to be Americans.

This was our first Bowl game, but we're sure to go to more after getting a taste of it. It was so much fun, even if none of our teams were in it. We're wishing we could be in Arizona to watch the Gators win the national champoinship Monday night.

THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE KIND OF WINTER WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SO FAR. THIS IS THE 6TH OF JANUARY, AND ON OUR BACK PORCH, IT'S 64, OR SO.