Wisconsin Protests Walker Anti- Union Budget

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Coby Products

I purchased both a camcorder and a DVD player from Coby. Granted my main reason for selecting their product was cost as I did not want or need an expensive option for these items. However, what I got was cheap not inexpensive. Neither product worked as advertised and the lack of customer service/support after numerous attempts to get help put them on my list of poorest customer service. The DVD-657 was suppose to have a karaoke function but it does not work. The CAM5001 does not allow for upload to my computer except in format that is not playable by any apps. There are other shortcomings but these were the features that had led me to making the purchase. Lesson learned" Do not buy Coby products. The User Manuals for both appear to have been written in foreign language and then Google translated.

Snow Days

A blizzard is a severe storm condition characterized by strong winds and reduced visibility. By definition, the difference between blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind. To be a blizzard, a snow storm must have winds in excess of 56 km/h (35 mph) with blowing or drifting snow which reduces visibility to 400 meters or ¼ mile or less and must last for a prolonged period of time — typically three hours or more. (Wikipedia)


The weather service continues to report a severe storm for the area and many events have been canceled in anticipation. However, we did not receive the snow yesterday that was predicted and so far today there has been nothing. I know that it is still early in the day  and we could get hit around "rush hour" as is typical but I am predicting that most of the storm will pass south of us and then head north east, perhaps hitting the greater Milwaukee area with some intense lake affect snow before moving on to hit the upper east coast. 

While I do not like driving in the snow, I do like the beauty of a good snowfall. There is a sort of peace that comes over the outside world, a symphony of quiet that is only disturbed by the sound of the snowplows percussion and then the inevitable sound of the neighborhood snow blowers.

Tomorrow being Ground Hogs Day will be the perfect day for overcast skies and I predict that the ground hog will not see his shadow but we will still see six more weeks of winter.