How about a laugh, (hopefully)

Hans and Olga woke excited. They got up early to get all their chores done and have everything spic and span. Ole and Lena were coming to visit today for the first time. Ordinarily the trip would take two days, but now that the new super highway was done they would be able to make the trip in one day. By 11 am Hans and Olga had everything cleaned and a nice meal cooking. The table was set with their best dishes and linens. A mason jar of field flowers sat in the middle of the table. Finally there was nothing left to do but wait. They decided to take cups of coffee to the front porch and watch for Ole and Lena to come down the road. At noon Olga went in and turned off the stove. There was no sign of Ole and Lena. They should have been there by now, they had left at 3 am. At 2 pm Hans and Olga could wait no more and went in to eat something. Olga stowed the food and started something fresh for dinner. Then they went back to the porch to watch and wait. Growing more and more anxious they waited all afternoon until they had to do evening chores. They waited until 9 pm to eat some of the dinner and stow the food. Hans and Olga were extremely worried by now. It was after dark and they began to wonder if Ole and Lena had been in an accident or some other tragedy had befallen them. At 11 pm Hans and Olga gave up and went to bed, only to be woken at 2 am by the arrival of Ole and Lena. The friends all hugged and shared greetings, followed by Olga getting out food and making coffee for the late travelers. After eating and resting a bit, Hans asked Ole why it took them so long? Had they had trouble along the way? "No," Ole responded, "It was the new highway"
Hans did not understand how the highway could make their trip so long. This time Lena responded, "It was the rest stops. They were every 20 miles!"
Hans and Olga were still baffled. How could rest stops make their friends' trip so long?
"Well," Lena replied, "Every one had a sign that said Clean Rest Rooms!"
As Hans and Olga still appeared confused, Ole added, "We had to stop at every rest stop to clean the rest rooms! Some of them were a real mess!"

@2011panc
Thank you for the jokes.
Those were funny.
Jake

@karenn00

Hi,
I am going to reply to you question . The emails that show up in your email account every day are the current ones...the newest ones. When you go to that group or click on view and reply you will see the complete post and also all the other ones. In the right hand corner there is an option to view posts from oldest to newest or from newest to oldest. I usually choose the later because I have been on this site for a while. If you want to see all the posts for that group, then choose oldest to newest. When you go to home page, you will see all the groups that are available...like hearing loss for example. Click on the ones you want to follow on a regular basis and , in your daily digest (the email that you get in your email account from Mayo everyday) it will show you how many updates there are for that day in those groups that you want to follow...in other words how many new posts there were for that particular group.

Hope I was able to answer that correctly. If you reply to this post, it will show up in my gmail account right away.

Regards from FL Mary

@imallears
Hi Mary,
Thank you for answering Karen’s question. You did a much better job than I would have.
Thanks much,
Jake

@karenn00

Hi,
I am going to reply to you question . The emails that show up in your email account every day are the current ones...the newest ones. When you go to that group or click on view and reply you will see the complete post and also all the other ones. In the right hand corner there is an option to view posts from oldest to newest or from newest to oldest. I usually choose the later because I have been on this site for a while. If you want to see all the posts for that group, then choose oldest to newest. When you go to home page, you will see all the groups that are available...like hearing loss for example. Click on the ones you want to follow on a regular basis and , in your daily digest (the email that you get in your email account from Mayo everyday) it will show you how many updates there are for that day in those groups that you want to follow...in other words how many new posts there were for that particular group.

Hope I was able to answer that correctly. If you reply to this post, it will show up in my gmail account right away.

Regards from FL Mary

@imallears Hi Fl Mary. I understand about choosing oldest to newest, but that doesn’t explain why those posts aren’t sent to my email.

@karen00, you receive emails for all new posts for the groups you follow and discussions you have participated in. Additionally, you receive a Daily Digest with the summary of the day's activity. It is possible that you discover different emails in your Digest, which is great.

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@karen00, you receive emails for all new posts for the groups you follow and discussions you have participated in. Additionally, you receive a Daily Digest with the summary of the day's activity. It is possible that you discover different emails in your Digest, which is great.

Click on your name to see your profile details and which groups you follow. Learn more about setting your notification preferences in this guide: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/get-started-on-connect/

@jakeduck

Hi Jake,

And you tell better jokes than I ever did. That’s why my email starts out as hahamary.....those were very drawn outs hahas...not real laughs if you get my drift. But I am a funny person...more of a comeback type rather than a story teller , except when it comes to my family when growing up.....then I have real stories that should one day wind up in a book...cast of characters my family was.....ah...so good to laugh, chuckle, smile....keep them coming.

Regards from FL Mary