Oh , the Weather Outside is Frightful

.. not really but I froze in the car coming home - shorts and t - shirt.

Wud happend ?? The wind was roaring all day , to boot

Well , it was the well. We received a sub standard report on our well water up on the ' bee. Basically , not fit for anything but washing the car.
We finally , got around to shocking the well w/ chlorine bleach.
This shock treatment is fairly standard.
Job 1 , lift the well cap. Of course , 2 bolts are frozen on the lid. In an act of super intelligence , finally , I used a screwdriver to pry up the recalcitrant lid. Dumped in the chlorine and waited over night.
In the mean time beside calling a neighbour and the health dept , I decided that draining the hot water tank wasn't necessary this time. In the past , yes , I drained the 40 gallons of ' bad ' water , refilled w/ chlorine solution and re- drained and then re - filled the 40 gallons.
This group decision was , not to drain. TG

We are done , shocking the well. Hopefully , when we test , next week , we will get a satisfactory report. We still will take our own water to drink , its what we do every week , anyhow. I suppose its the satisfaction of knowing that the water is safe. In the long run , it would be good to know that the water can be made safe.

Fishing was so - so. Mon AM , in the first ten casts , I caught 1 largemouth bass ( 1 # ) and then an over-sized ( over the slot limit ) walleye , all on a spinnerbait. I'm actually getting quite good at using the spinnerbait when you consider my pat line was ' I can never tell if a fish is on the line w/ a spinnerbait ' . Turns out , that I was not using the spinnerbait correctly. I've changed , apparently.
Then NADA for 1 1/2 Hr. Oh well ,thats the way it is , in the fishing game.

World news. Lake Erie has dead zones again. The algae builds up caused predominantly by phosphate build up from run-off . On dying,  the rotting algae absorbs vast amounts of oxygen creating blocks of lake unable to support living organisms. This same phenomenon occurred back in the 70 s.

Canada is contributing to the medical emergency in W. Africa,
2 Canadian companies are sourcing Ebola medicines that could be used in combating the disease. 1 med is being used experimentally , despite lacking general FDA approval. The premise is that WHO decided anything beats nothing in W . Africa ,and WHO said the drug was OK for use.
The second Canadian drug is almost ready for trials but may be pushed along , as the 1 000 doses of drug 1 is all gone.
BTW - the research funding is primarily American.

The Panama Canal could become twins. A second parallel channel may soon be created - but bigger.
A man A plan A canal Panama   - its a palindrome ( same backward and forward )
Speaking palindromically , ( neat eh ? ) I was watching " NY Med " a reality TV doctor show that features , your fav doctor and mine ,  Mr. Probiotic himself , Dr Oz.   On this show , Dr Oz's daughter appears. Zoe is on TV , learning what surgeons do.
She  , her name is a palindrome too.  Zoe Oz , neat again   ??
Who names their daughter as a palindrome ?       Guess

Yes, I missed blogging about as much as you missed reading the daily entries

You did , didn't you ?????

We shall see said the Zen Master