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Refusing.
Daughter found a new set of tires for the car I’d bought her last month. She shopped around and found a pretty good deal. A little less than $800 including all the extras. That should be a few ye...
The blink of an eye.
The only good thing about a nuclear war is that the majority of humanity wouldn’t even know it had happened. That is, if the missiles and warheads actually work. I’d bet that the US made W88 ALT ...
Mission accomplished!
Their plane didn’t land until 11pm, but it was just as we drove past “Arrivals” because I’d been checking the flight status app. They were here for three full days and left yesterday morning. An...
A few more hours!
I’ve saved everything for the last hours. Not that there’s much to do. I’m going to clean the bathroom. The kitchen pretty much always stays squared away. And the rest of the place isn’t used. Th...
The plan.
Daughter has been busy. She’s bought insurance for the car. She bought plane tickets out here for her and her boyfriend for $210 total. And she might have figured out the temp tag thing for the f...
Done deal.
The credit union in Missouri cut the cashier’s check on Tuesday the 8th. I found it in my mailbox yesterday afternoon. An hour after that the car was parked under my carport. I sent a picture of ...
Spending money, again.
I finally found what I’ve been looking for for maybe a year or a bit more. It was sitting up beside the activity center. A 2007 Honda CRV. Blue. The for sale sign said $5995. I called the number ...
war, by Charles Bukowski
war war, war, war, the yellow monster, the eater of mind and body. war, the indescribable, the pleasure of the mad, the final argument of ungrown men. does it belong? do we? as we approach the la...
Final steps.
My oldest niece texted me yesterday. The Willed Body Donation folks from the medical school called her and said that Mom’s ashes will be shipped to her. She’ll then take Mom to her hometown and b...
Everything peachy keen!
Daughter called last night. Everything looked good on the sonogram. And she couldn’t wait, or I thought it would be cruel to make her wait to tell me it’s a boy. A Grandson. I’ve got to get used ...
The bottom of the mountain.
For seven days it was cloudless and eighty to eighty two degrees every day. Yesterday it was rainy and cloudy most of the day. A quarter inch of rain and a high of sixty-two degrees. And now it’s...
I called it.
Facebook stock is tanking. (26% just today) So far to the tune of about 200 billion in value. Let’s do the zeros: $200,000,000,000. The Zuck holds 55%, therefore the kid just lost over $100,000,0...
Finally got it done.
I had charged the scooter up on Sunday. So yesterday morning I was out the door at 9:30. I stopped at Fry’s pharmacy and got the booster. Even after sitting for the required fifteen minutes after...
Best three weeks ever!
It was a glorious three weeks. The best ever. We only managed two visits to the pool before our “Winter” weather set in, with highs only in the low sixties with clouds and then 1 7/8’s of rain ...
Best X-mas present ever!
Daughter arrived on the 19th. She handed me a sonogram picture and said “Merry Christmas Grandpa”. We’ve managed two afternoons hanging at poolside. And then last night at midnight it started ra...
Counting the days.
Another end of the month routine completed. Doing the one load per month laundry on the last day of the month. After washing my sheets I put them away and made my bed with Mom’s flannel set. Just...
Mystery solved!
About a week or so ago I had one of those rare incidents. The one where your stomach cramps and then once on the crapper (hopefully!) your butt just explodes. I couldn’t for the life of me figure...
Boomer bumbles along?
My new phone arrived by FedEx yesterday, just when I’d laid down for my afternoon nap. So I decided to just switch over then instead of later. Unboxed the new phone, figured out to insert new SIM...
It didn't work.
For good and bad reasons. I was hoping to get through the month without buying anything but food and the usual “household” bills. No such luck. The first item to pop up was a flyer from Boost Mo...
Feeling stupid!
I’ve always known that I wasn’t the smartest person in the world, but at the same time I was certain that I possessed a little common sense. The day before yesterday proved me wrong. It all start...
More rain!
I finished reading “A Renegade History of the United States” by Thaddeus Russell. That makes nine books read so far this year. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in US history. It e...
Quietudeness?
I finished reading “Devoted” by Dean Koontz. I’ve found about four inches of rain in my rain gauge in the month of July. That was more rain than the whole last two years or more. The grocery bi...
Mission accomplished.
I found a pressure washer for $80. I got half the trailer washed before it got too hot outside to do any more. I finished reading “The Machiavellians” by James Burnham and “The Righteous Mind” by...
Going thru the list.
May expenses: Food $111.25, transportation $0. Accumulated miles on the scooter to date: 102. I couldn’t be happier with it. I’ve had to charge it twice since the initial charge. And there is 53...
We're free?!
At least those of us not ignorant and are now fully vaxxed. No more masks! CDC just announced the news. One week after my fourteen day waiting spell. It couldn’t have been timed better. Be well ...
