STEVEN AND I ( MEATCUTTER STEVEN) HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE A WEIGHT LOSS CONTEST.. AND . INSTEAD OF POSINT WEIGHTS....TO START IT WE DECIDED WE WOULD BOTH BE AT GROUND ZERO AND THE WEIGH-INS WOULD EITHER BE PLUS OR MINUS FROM THERE...
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCEPT.... WHEN I BOUGHT THIS PLACE IN 1979-- IT WAS PURE FOREST... A FEW STONE WALLS AROUND TEH PROPERTY LINES. BUT .. FOREST. SO I PLANTED MYSELF HERE AFTER BULLDOZING, AND CUTTING TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT...
THAT ESTABLISHED WHAT IN MY MIND WAS "TEH NORMAL" .-- ....SO TO HAVE A DEVELOPER CLEAR CUT ALL THE TREES FOR A DEVELOPEMENT WAS ANNOYING TO ME, AS THE TOBINS AND I STOOD AND LISTENED TO THOSE MASSIVE TREES FALL WITH A THUMP. BUT IT WAS NOT MY PROPERTY AND IT WAS ACTUALLY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NORMAL FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT HOUSES THERE... PROBLEM COMES WHEN ANY CHANGE- HOWEVER MINOR- GETS NOTED ON THIS GRAPH OF PLUS OR
MINUS. SO WHEN I CUT EVEN THE BRUSH AND STARTED TO USE MY OTHER DRIVEWAY, IT BECAME A HUGE PROBLEM FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT-- AND I WAS FORGETTING HOW THE TOBINS ...MUST HAVE FELT WHEN I MOVED IN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
NOBODY IS REALLY THE ORIGIONAL OWNER OF ANYTHING..
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I HAVE WRITTEN TO THE STATE RE THE BRIDGE REPAIR.
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SPEAKING OF BRIDGE REPAIR TIME MAGAZINE CAME UP WITHT HE PROJECTS WE ( AMERICANS) ARE FACING... AND ONE WAS INFRASTRUCTURE--SAYING THAT 20.9% OF ALL BRIDGES IN MASS AND RHODE ISLAND ARE IN SORRY NEED OF REPAIR.. THEY DID JUST FIX THE RT 95 BRIDGE OVER THE MERRIMAC RIVER ( A PRETTY GOOD SIZE RIVER)---- MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO A BIG CHUNK FELL INTO THE RIVER- AND "THE OFFICIALS" SAID WE COULD CONTINUE TO USE TH BRIDGE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A NECESSARY CHUNK......
HOW IS THAT FOR REASSURING??
SEEMS LIKE HAVING ALL UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE GET JOBS DOING SOMETHING W/R/T FIXING NFRASTRUCTURE STUFF...BY THE TIME WE REPLACED ALL TEH "YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US" MACHINES WE COULD CURE TEH ENTIRE UNEMPOYMENT SITUATION...
AND IF I GOT TO PICK.... I WOULD PUT AT THETOP OF SOME LIST, THE FACT THT THERE ARE NO TRAIN TRACKS THAT GO THRU BOSTON.. EVERYBODY HERE IS TOTALLY USED TO THE FACT THAT IF YOU WANT TO GO FROM NEW YORK TO PORTLAND MAINE, YOU RIDE NEW YORK TO SOUTH STATION- THEN GET OUT AND WALK ABOUT 2 MILES TO NORTH STATION, AND GET ON A TRAIN FOR MAINE.
WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL IN MAINE, I USED TO BREAK THE TRIP AND STAY OVERNIGHT IN THE MADDISON HOTEL AT NORTH STATION-- SO I COULD GET A TRAIN TO MAINE.
THAT IS BEFORE I STARTED FLYING TO MAINE-- IN 4 INCH HEELS- CLIMBING UP THE ANGLED AISLE OF A PLANE THAT HAD ONE SEAT ON EITHER SIDE... DRAGGING MY MATCHED LUGGAGE MYSELF.
"WE GET TOO SOON OLD AND TOO LATE SMART." (? AMISH?)
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NEXT TREMENDOUSLY UPSETTING IDEA.. WHEN I WAS DEALING WITHTEH BUILDING INSPECTOR AND ARCHETEC I BLITHELY SAID 8 FOOT WALLS. AS 8 FOOT IS A FAIRLY NORMAL NUMBER. I SAID THAT KNOWING I WOULD BE STANDING HERE WHEN THEY DID IT AND I THOUGHT I COULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS I SAW FIT.... WELL 7 OR 7.5 FOOT CEILINGS WOULD BE FINE... AND USE LESS HEAT. SO IF I TELL THE CEMENT GUYS TO QUIT AFTER THE NEXT FEW ROWS, IS THT GOING TO CAUSE AN ACT OF GOD TO GET THE BUILDING INSPECTOR INVOLVED... OR DO I HAVE A RIGHT TO STAND HERE AND SAY "THAT IS TALL ENOUGH"
HERE WE GO AGAIN....
TODAY MY BE TEH DAY THEY AR E AT THAT HEIGHT.
ACTUALLY, THE CEILINGS IN THE HOUSE ARE 7.5 FEET SO I COULD CHANGE LIGHTBULBS WITHOUT NEEDING A STEP LADDER... SO I CAN'T DO THAT IN MY DOG HOUSE???
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APPARENTLY JANINE WILL BEHOLDING A WALKABOUT WITH DONKEYS AT 10:30 TODAY... SHOULD BE EXCITING... I MADE NEW SHORTENED LEADS FOR ABOUT 7 OF THEM..
IT WOUDL BE NICE IF THEY LET THEM GRAZE ON THE GREEN GRASS BY THE POND FOR A SPECIAL TREAT AS THEY WANDER....
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Bellas afternoon was better than her morning. Finally around 1 we got her pain under control. Dr Karlin had to stop by and open her cast up to give her some room because Bella kept saying it felt like her heart was in her foot. So the swelling was a bit to much so thankfully opening the cast an inch helped the situation.
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THREE CHEERS FOR BELLA'S RECOVERY -- MAYBE I SHOULD NOT ADMIT IT... BUT WHEN THEY SEND PICTURES, I AM ONLY LOOKING FOR PICTURES OF WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME GEORGE IS HAVING....
( sorrry bella)
