I just happened across some lists of the top ice cream brands.  The list of 25 contained mostly brands I've never heard of!  My favorite brands are Prairie Farms (local Midwest dairy) and Blue Bunny.  

    On the list of 25, Blue Bunny was #22.

    Other brands I recognized are: Blue Bell, Haagen-Daz, Ben & Jerry's, & Baskin-Robbins. Of those...I've only had Ben & Jerry's (not a fan).  On the Top 10 List were those 'other' brands & more that I've never heard of.  

• Ben & Jerry's.
• Baskin-Robbins.
• Haagen-Dazs.
• Talenti.
• Blue Bell.
• Tillamook.
• Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams.
• Graeter's Ice Cream.

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I 'found' this when looking for something else; I think I'd written & posted it a number of years ago--and accidentally deleted it: 

   Now that we are 'older', sometimes we think of the past. Recently, I was listening to a couple of my favorite 'oldies': "In Your Wildest Dreams" and the sequel " I Know You're Out There Somewhere" (by The Moody Blues).  That made me think of my youth.  

I remember my first kiss; it was with a neighbor boy who became the captain of the high school football team when school started that year. Sadly, my family moved not long after that. But I do have fond memories of that summer. And I guess I was fickle, because I remember crushing on another boy before the summer ended!

A few years later I briefly dated what my grandma considered a 'bad boy'. He seemed nice to me. He was kind, polite, and a complete 'gentleman'--which was important back then. We met while I was spending the summer with Grandma. I think she was relieved when I had to return home for school! Actually, though I remember his name, that's about all I remember. Except for one amazing thing: he actually proposed! I was flattered, but I was a high school senior who planned on finishing high school and going to college. We corresponded by letters for a while, but that was it. I suppose if I was really interested, I'd have given him my home phone number--which I didn't do.

Thinking of that reminds me that somewhere I had heard or read--don't remember where now--that a girl "should never accept a first proposal"--and I didn't  !  I know, in today's world that seems not only archaic, but hysterically funny.

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At this time yesterday, I awoke to find the dreaded 'blue screen'. It started the day before, when my computer couldn't "see" either of the 2 external drives I wanted to use for back ups. I had hoped to use one for the Back Up & Restore and the other for my Paragon (best) back up. By the way: my 'Back up & Restore' on here won't let me change the 'destination' drive! That's why I haven't been using it lately. But I was hoping to fix that.

I 'googled' the problem, which told me to open Disk Management, but I couldn't even open Disk Management! I tried everything I could think of: changing USB ports, not using my USB 'hub', & other things I can't even remember right now.  The funny thing was: when I checked Properties on my C drive (Windows), it 'showed' those two external drives & said they were 'working properly'.

Then, because my brain just wouldn't stop 'worrying' about it, I didn't sleep well; so at 4am, I was sitting here trying to 'fix' it. I thought I had figured it out. But, then, as I said, I woke up to find the blue screen. I tried several things: system restore--didnt work; then, doing a 'system image', etc. I wish I could remember exactly what DID work; I'm thinking it was a system image from the first of May--but I am not sure. Anyway, whatever it was, it worked & now I'm back to normal. PS--after I re-installed Acronis Disk Monitor, I found that my old back up drive was only 30% 'healthy'--so it's now gone. It was only 1T--which is why I just got a new one, 5T. I can save not only back ups, but copies of all my 'important' files.  I'm just glad my 2 yr old laptop is working again!! I sure can't afford to replace it this soon--or for a long time. 

My suggestion for everyone: make sure you have good back ups (for your files) and a good System Image--saved where you can get to it!

If this hadn't worked, I had two other options: call Hp Support (and I've had bad experiences with them previously!) or use one of my Repair Keys and at least let Cloudeight (TC/EB, the owners of NOTH) take a look to see if they could figure out the problem.  I wasn't sure they could 'do' anything, but they could at least let me know if it was a software or hardware problem.  I'm just  glad I didn't have to do either of those things this time! 

UPDATE: The 'back up & restore' is now working!! I was finally able to change the 'destination' disk. That was a nice surprise.

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For the last few weeks, I've been seeing a tv commercial that features an 'oldie' song I like. That reminded me that I hadn't listened to any 'good old rock and roll' for some time. 

A few years ago, I used my favorite 80's songs as the 'theme' on my page.  I decided it was time to do that again!  So I dug out some of the cds/dvds that I 'made', using those songs.  I made a list of my favorites; and believe me, it was hard to choose which ones to use!

So last night, I went to YouTube and 'found' those videos--and chose which ones to put on my page.  I had a lot of fun doing it!   

While I was at it, I dug out one of my mp3 players so that I could listen to some of those songs when I'm not online. Well, sadly, even leaving that thing plugged in all night didn't charge it! I chose that one--the cheap, generic one--because it's the one I have those songs already 'on', and it's easy to add songs to.  My other mp3 player, an iPod Shuffle, needs songs added by iTunes--which isn't as easy to do! Not to mention I'm not even sure that iTunes still works; I think I heard where it's being de-commissioned, or someting like that. But, we'll see; I'll find it and see what happens! 

Now that I've "remembered" my favorite videos, I just might go back to the video music group I joined years ago--and see what's there! I know I added at least 2 or 3 vids there; and I might add more now. 

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