Have a problem? Don't complain - patch it up!

If we'd only stop trying to be happy, we'd have a pretty good time.

- Edith Wharton

We dismiss a temporary solution as a Band-Aid approach, but, more and more it appears, that's the way we're going with "patch" medications.

Want to stop smoking?

Try a nicotine patch.

Our Augusta GreenJackets begin play in two weeks, opening the season against the Hickory Crawdads on April 3 at Lake Olmstead Stadium. Game time is set for 7:15 p.m.

I can hardly wait.

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MAILBAG: Harry Mercer sends a postcard from Pakistan showing the famous "camel dance." Harry adds his own comments on camels and the men who favor them.

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TODAY'S JOKE: This one comes from Billy Cooper in North Augusta:

A Scotsman was visiting a friend in the North Woods of Canada. Both men liked to hunt. They were hunting for deer when, all of a sudden, a moose popped up in front of them. It was so unexpected, neither of them had a chance to fire.

The Scotsman was shaken. "Hoot mon, wit in blazes was that?"

"That was a moose," the Canadian replied.

"What are ye saying, lad? A moose? Good heavens, I'd hate to see yer rats!"

Reach Bill Kirby at (706) 823-3344 or bkirby@augustachronicle.com.