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Good morning from Collegeville,

 2008 is history.  Not a great year in some ways.  My mother passed on in January and that kind of set the tone.  The good news is she will never be forgotten.

 My 403-B has suffered but I still have a job.  I really never planned on quitting working anyway so what difference does it make.  I turned 65 years of age and my only health problem is acid reflux.  I have given up real coffee and gone to de-caf tea in the morning plus one can of Diet Pepsi. 

 I got 88,000 miles on a set of tires that I purchased from Upsala Motors.  I do rotate every 10,000 miles and that seems to help.  I am very pleased with the Bonneville and I probably will drive it for another 88,000 miles.  I am upset that Pontiac dropped the model, but if I don’t trade what difference does that make.

 The Morning Show is no more, but now I listen to Radio Heartland on my lap-top.  The only thing that is missing is the skits.  I know you will find it hard to believe, but some folks don’t miss the Morning Show at all.  Go figure.  Maybe Dale Connelly will put out a cd with just skits from The Morning Show.  Go to www.radioheartland.org and register your vote.

 Barby and I celebrated Christmas with her family yesterday due to the birth of twins Ayda Lee and Jillian Bea on December 22^nd.  They are beautiful and healthy.  That makes nine grandchildren between the two of us with two more on the way.  Life is good.

 The APHC show is no longer sponsored by Select Comfort Sleep Number Beds, but hopefully some other company will see the wisdom of sponsoring a beloved institution.  The show this week is a special Second Annual Year-End Rewind with a compilation of 2008’s most memorable moments.  Special guests will be Nick Lowe, Nellie McKay, tenor Raul Melo and Yo-Yo Ma.  Enjoy the show.

 “It’s not important that everyone is just like you, but it is very important that there is someone just like you.”       Charles “T” Jones