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Presently there are more public libraries than MacDonald’s in the United States. Hurray!

In a few weeks we will be introducing our new Limited Time Offerings to our customers for December. They include our Coconut Shrimp, Tilapia with Lump Crab Topping, Pepper Corn New York Strip and a Sirloin and Crab leg Combo. Look for these to be featured after November 19th and we look forward to another successful promotion.

THIS IS A NONPARTISAN JOKE THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY All PARTIES!
While walking down the street one day a ‘Member of Congress’ is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
‘Welcome to heaven,’ says St. Peter. ‘Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we’re not sure what to do with you.’
‘No problem, just let me in,’ says the man.
‘Well, I’d like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we’ll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity.’
‘Really, I’ve made up my mind. I want to be in heaven,’ says the MP.
‘I’m sorry, but we have our rules.’
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.
They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly & nice guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises…
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him.
‘Now it’s time to visit heaven.’
So, 24 hours pass with the MP joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.
‘Well, then, you’ve spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity.’
The MP reflects for a minute, then he answers: ‘Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell.’
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
Now the doors of the elevator open and he’s in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.
He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.
The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. ‘I don’t understand,’ stammers the MP. ‘Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there’s just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable.
What happened?’
The devil looks at him, smiles and says, ‘Yesterday we were campaigning.. ..
Today you voted.’

Congratulations to our Outbackers in Fremont who raised over $4700 at their luncheon to benefit Friedreich’s Ataxia Seek a Miracle fund with MDA. Each Outbacker donated their time and gratuities for this event. Congrats and thank you to all of you for a succesful fund raisor.

Today we are having our third Friedreich’s Ataxia fund raisor in Fremont. With the help of Phillip Bennett, MDA and our great Outback Volunteers we will raise money to continue to support the research in curing this desease that affects so many children and young adults. As you can see we have created our own theme for the event, “Steaking Out The Cure”. No it wasn’t my idea, it was Phil Bennett’s, the young man that has Friedeich’s Ataxia and will be helping to make this a succesful event.

Fall Back
Here is a friendly reminder to make sure we Roll our clocks back on November 2nd at 2am. Daylight Saving Time (DST) is here.
Fun Facts About DST
In the U.S., 2:00 a.m. was originally chosen as the changeover time because it was practical and minimized disruption. Most people were at home and this was the time when the fewest trains were running. It is late enough to minimally affect bars and restaurants, and it prevents the day from switching to yesterday, which would be confusing. It is early enough that the entire continental U.S. switches by daybreak, and the changeover occurs before most early shift workers and early churchgoers are affected.

Okay, I know you all have been waiting to see this years Halloween costume this year. Yes, Toby decided to go NASCAR this year. He changed his last name to Gordon. What about you. Have a safe and fun Halloween.

It’s late and I’m thinking about this whole baby thing we have been experiencing lately. Then I realized that I have forgotten to make mention of the first one to have a baby in September, Pamela. Now who is Pamela? Pamela is our resident pigeon that decided to make her nest on top of our TV cabinet in Fremont. Needless to say she has made a bit of a mess, however, in our attempt to relocare her we found that she had actually laid three eggs. Once we realized this, by law we could not remove the nest until the eggs hatched and the birds had left the nest, well we have two new additions in our Fremont Outback, appropriately named Lloyd and Eric. Well hopefully we will be seeing them leave the nest soon.