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13907. thoughtful - 2/23/2005 4:00:18 PM Murphy's law says that things will go amiss when we travel. So we now have a person come in to check the house, pick up the mail, feed the cat, clean the kitty box, make sure the house is warm, etc. It costs something, but it leads to a lot of peace of mind. And the cat is a lot happier than being kenneled.
Last year when my mother's rental house was vacant and we went to FL to visit her, no one was checking on the house, the furnace went out and all the pipes froze. So much fun! 13908. Magoseph - 2/23/2005 5:41:23 PM We couldn’t open the side door to the garage this morning because it was frozen solid and the garage openers were in the cars--we both carried buckets of hot water until we finally pried it open. Every winter this time, I make plans to leave this area forever, of course knowing that I never will as long as Flexy is alive and well. That could be a long time now that he walks everyday, eats the same food I eat, and take his blood pressure medicine. 13909. thoughtful - 2/23/2005 6:20:17 PM When it was really cold here...like below 0...our storm door freezes shut at the bottom. The front door leaks enough heat that the moisture condenses and drips on the inside of the storm door and overnight freezes solid to the sill.
I defrost it with my hair dryer. Usually takes a couple of minutes. 13910. arkymalarky - 2/23/2005 8:52:32 PM Good to hear Flexy's doing so well.
13911. arkymalarky - 2/23/2005 8:55:35 PM It was cold and rainy today and I had a crap day.
I got a $150 ticket for late tags a few weeks ago and took a personal day off work to go to court today at the policeman's suggestion. After watching the judge banter with dwi and speeding people and reduce their fines significantly, I was less than thrilled to find my fine reduced by a whopping $25.
The day has gone downhill from there. 13912. Max Macks - 2/23/2005 11:10:04 PM hi all just peeking in briefly....
one of those days happen to everyone I suppoose,
arky.... 13913. Magoseph - 2/23/2005 11:11:34 PM Thank you, Arky. I’m sorry that you had to waste a personal day for so little—a day home resting is worth more than that, in my estimation. 13914. Ms. No - 2/23/2005 11:35:53 PM Tiger Shot in SoCal
I've been saying for days that it probably escaped from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch. This hasn't been confirmed --- or even publicly suggested so far as I know -- but I'm still betting this is it. 13915. ronski - 2/23/2005 11:36:17 PM Snow Sunday night, Monday night, last night, and tomorrow night. Bitter cold has never lasted more than a day or two this winter, though, and there have been the usual warm days and rain. Lots of short-lasting extremes this winter. 13916. Ms. No - 2/23/2005 11:38:35 PM Arky,
The system profits by penalizing the well-meaning and generally law abiding. Criminals and habitual law-breakers don't care and the courts figure it's useless trying to get blood from stones so they make up the difference giving a hard time to the people who will put up with it.
It's a lousy way to run things. 13917. arkymalarky - 2/23/2005 11:55:38 PM Thanks Max and Mags.
No, good point. I was thinking 1) he didn't like my looks or 2) the last name was a negative for him--very possible in a town this size with a husband's fam whose name isn't very common and is linked with local politics.
I will have something to say if I'm stopped on that road again. I intend to get my money's worth next time.
45 years old and this is the first ticket I've ever gotten.
Sigh. 13918. arkymalarky - 2/24/2005 12:06:04 AM a day home resting is worth more than that, in my estimation.
You're so right, Mags. And I could've taken a sick day. Oh well.
It really wasn't a hectic day, and I slept a bit later and got home quite a bit earlier. Plus I got to eat out.
I just got mad after the fine, then in Walmart (I still have to go there sometimes, unfortunately) I ran in to grab a few things and brought just my checkbook. The register requested my drivers license, a random thing that doesn't happen very often, so I had to go out in 45 degree rain halfway across the parkinglot with no umbrella, in a dress and heels to retrieve it (oh yes, if you ever go to court dress down--way down--or you'll stick out like a sore thumb).
Needless to say, I wasn't in the best frame of mind after that. 13919. arkymalarky - 2/24/2005 12:43:46 AM I was posting this when my isp messed up:
I could have taken a sick day because I have a bad headcold, that is. I wouldn't take one unless I was sick.
That read funny when I looked at it after posting. 13920. alistairConnor - 2/25/2005 3:10:07 AM Yeah that's rotten, Arks.
... I'm at my sister's house : the door was unlocked, apparently no-one there. So a I'm behaving like a burglar : helping myself from the fridge, plugging into the LAN to use the printers and broadband.
Nephew eventually emerges about 12.30. He is a brilliant 3rd year university student, total geek, socially inept, or rather, oblivious, and somehow very cool.
All I wanted to be at his age, and never quite managed. 13921. arkymalarky - 2/25/2005 3:27:52 AM I know EXACTLY what you're talking about, but you never know--your nephew might see you the same way.
I was very flattered and sort of appalled the other day when one of my students said she wanted to be like me when she grew up--which was a bit of humor, since she's a senior--and I said, no...no you don't. Trust me. I wish I'd been more like her in high school, both studious and cool. I couldn't be both, so I was neither. 13922. Magoseph - 2/25/2005 3:35:43 PM Hello, everyone—Friday is the best day of the week for me—I still look forward to it with trepidation, even though, I don’t hold a job these days. I still want to go to a fish-fry restaurant near us because it is a rite we have since I moved back up here nine years ago. I remember fondly the family reunions we had every Friday when my kids were small. Their dad’s brothers were then big football types, and when they came in the restaurant, the owner assigned a server strictly to our table.— I asked why he did this, and he said that the quicker these boys were fed, the better it was for having a family at our table who didn’t eat so much. Besides, he added, it was painful for him to watch and compute in his mind how much he would net every Friday if the brothers weren’t there.
This man still runs the restaurant, gives a glass of white wine to Flexy when we come in, and stands there until he drinks it. Flexy usually doesn’t drink anything ever, a fact the owner knows well—One day, the owner saw me drinking Flexy’s wine and mine—I suspect that he enjoys Flexy’s discomfort--just like he enjoyed embarrassing other kids when they were summer playmates, this last according to Flexy.
13923. thoughtful - 2/25/2005 4:24:47 PM We're going out for dinner tomorrow night with 2 other couples to a Malaysian restaurant...have never been and not sure what to expect, but it should be fun.
Also decided that this weekend were going to start planning our trip to wyoming...yellowstone & grand tetons. I'm most anxious to see the mud pots.
We tried a couple of years ago and were waylayed by my neck problems. So now we'll try again. Only this time I think we'll shoot for July...last time we booked in june for our wedding anniversary and they were still having snow and temps in the 20s. No thank you. We've had quite enough winter so far this year.
We shoveled about 5-6" off the drive just this a.m. and we're supposed to get more in a few days. I just keep telling myself that it's sunny, in the 70s with green grass and daffodils, but it's not working.
 13924. Magoseph - 2/25/2005 5:25:06 PM 
In springtime, we have those around here, thoughtful.
13925. thoughtful - 2/25/2005 5:51:37 PM very nice!
Daffy's are one of the things we can grow because they are poisonous so they are untouched by deer, mice, moles, voles, etc.
One fall I planted 100 tulip bulbs and all but one were destroyed by the rodents. The one that came up got up about 5" and then the deer mowed it down. I said, no more. 13926. Magoseph - 2/25/2005 6:24:43 PM I had received a bouquet of spring flowers last year around the time the daffodils bloomed--I decided to add some of them, just to make a contrast to the other flowers. To my dismay, the arrangement didn't last very long.
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