WHEN YOU AGE, CHANGE BECOMES MORE OF A CHALLANGE THAN IT USED TO BE... I KNOW MOST OF THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE IMPROVEMENTS...AOL CHANGED THE FORMAT OF THE EMAILS TODAY-- CAUSING ME GREAT CONFUSION...AND SHOWING ME SOME EMAILS I NEVER SAW BEFORE.
AUTO MFG IS VERY SIMIOLAR TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS... WITH TUNNEL VISION-- INTENSE FOCUS ON SOLVING ONE PROBLEM WITH OUT REGARD FOR COLLATERAL CONFUSION...
BECAUSE OF SOME CAPABILITY, DOES NOT MEAN IT IS A GOOD IDEA.....SOMETIMES THE MACHINE YOU ARE DEALING WITH IS MAKING UP IT'S OWN MIND ANYWAY.... LIKE 14 DRIPS OF RAIN AND TEH WINDSCREEN WIPERS COME ON... ALONG WITH THE HEADLIGHTS- DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH... EXCEPT A SECOND DIVISION OF AUTO MAFG DECIDED HEADLIGHTS MUST NOT GO "OFF" BUT STAY ON FOR 30 SECONDS THEN DIM AND OUT.
THAT MEANS I HAVE TO STAND THERE FOR 30 SECONDS WITH FAILED FORCED MEMORY AND SEE WHO OR HOW LIGHTS GOT PUT ON...... BEDCAUSE IF THEY DON'T GO OFF, I WILL HAVE TO USE THAT ( WONDTERFULL) TINY CAR JUMP STARTER INSTEAD OF SIMPLY GLANCING AT A KNOB WITH A LINE POINTING TO "OFF". THER WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE KNOB AND IT'S LITTLE WHITE LINE POINTER. I DO NOT LIKE BEING FORCED TO STAND STILL FOR 30 SECONDS...
AT LEAST MY CAR HAS STOPPED PLAYING THE MUSIC OF TEH AVE MARIA AT ME EVERY TIME I TURNED IT ON... IT ACTUALLY REFUSES TO PLAY ANYTHING UNLESS MEGAN WAS THE LAST TO DRIVE IT. SHE MAKES IT PLAY STUFF I CALL NOISE.
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BUD--- YOU KNOW ---THE GUY AROUND HERE WHO KNOWTICES THINGS.... BOUGHT A NEW WASHING MACHINE-- WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED, THE DELIVERY GUY JUST HOISTED THE NEW ONE ON HIS SHOULDER AND WALKED IN THE HOUSE WITH IT.... BUT WHEN HE STARTED TO TAKE OUT THE OLD MACHINE IT NEEDED 2 GUYS TO HAUL THE WEIGHT OUT THE DOOR... WHY /? PLASTIC VS METAL...
I THOUGHT OF THAT YESTERDAY WHEN DONNA AND I WENT TO "JUST PICK UP A DISHWASHER" WHICH THIS COMPUTER SAID WAS " IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE" AT "MY LOCAL LOWES"- AS "THE GUY" PICKED UP TEH MACHINE AND PLACED IT IN THE CAR WITHOUT ANY STRAIN-
DONNA AND I NOTED THAT LOWES SHOULD GET THE AWARD FOR BEING THE STORE IN WHICH IT IS MOST DIFFICULT TO SPEND MONEY.
I SAID BEFORE I DID NOT LIKE TO BE FORCED TO STAND AROUND FOR 30 SECONDS-- IN LOWES IT WAS A QUESTION OF HOURS... WHICH GAVE ME TIME TO LOOK AROUND.... NOTING THAT 50% BY ACTUAL COUNT OF TEH FEMALE EMPLOYEES WERE CHEWING GUM... ... PLUS TEHRE WAS A DEFINITE DISTINCTION BETWEEN MALE/FEMALE-- THE FEMALES WERE ALL CASHEIRS- AND THERE WAS A BUNCH OF OLDER MEN GREY HAIRED TYPES WHO WORKED IN THE FIND/ LUG AND CARRY DEPARTMENT --- TOO BAD.... BECAUSE SOME OF THE OLDER MEN WERE FAR MORE CAPABLE OF DEALING WITH THE CHECK OUT CONCEPT OF "SALES TAX FREE" WHIEL SOME OF THESE GUM CHEWING GIRLS WERE PERFECTLY CAPAPBLE OF LUGGING OUT WASHERS WHETHER, PLASTIC OR METAL... SOMETHIGN ABOUT WALKING AND CHEWING GUM???
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MOVING ON....
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I AM NOT TOO SURE WHY IT WAS NECESSARY FOR US TO TAKE THE EXPECTANT MOTHER DONKEY - NOT A PROBLEM, IT WAS FUN TO WATCH AND GET THE BABY STARTED OFF ON IT'S OWN 4 FEET- YESTERDA Y TEH 4 PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE STALL WITH THEM WERE APPARENTLY THE ONES WHO OWNED THE DONKEY AND PERHAPS WANT HER AND TEH BABY BACK NOW THAT THE EXCIETMENT IS OVER...I DUNNO-- WE RESPONDED CORRECTLY IN SOME STRANGE EMERGENCY-- WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND-- IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO WATCH....
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BETTER GET READY FOR OUR NEXT "PRODUCTION UNIT" -- LAINIE WHO IS NOT ONLY BULDGING, BUT HANGING.. ALREADY--- WITH 2 WEEKS TO GO ( I AM TOLD, BUT MAYBE SHOLD CHECK???)
MEANWHILE YESTERDAY --- GABBY WANTS NO MORE OF ANY ROMANTIC ADVANCEMENTS BY BENTLEY--- WE WILL CHECK HER AGAIN THIS MORNING WITH WILBUR SO SEE IF SHE IS OUT OF HEAT... OR JUST IS ANNOYED WITH BENTLEY.... RUMOR HAS IT ONCE THEY CONCIEVE, THEY ARE OUT -- NOT INTERESTED AT ALL.
THERE ARE ALOT OF RUMORS ABOUT DOGS ...
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I AM GOOD FOR ONLY ONE POLE A DAY... THIS "RUN IN SHED" WE ARE BUILDING--- I HAVE NOTICED THE 4X4 " POSTS ARE NOT EVEN THE 3.5 X 3.5 " ONE MIGHT EXPECT--AND REALLYT LOOK TINY NEXT TO THE 4 X 6 OR 6X6 I HAVE ALREADY IN THE AREA.. IT IS SOOOOOO BAD THAT I PULLED UP A 6X6 AND PLUNKED IT IN A DEEP HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEW SHED... HOPING IT WILL HOLD ALL THESE SMALL 4 X 4'S TOGETHERE.
YOU MIGHT NOTE I PULLED IT UP FROM T HE COMFORT OF MY AIR CONDITIONED BACK HOE.. NOT TO BE IMPRESSIVE... THAT THING IS EASIER TH OPERATE THAN A SEWING MACHINE-- OR THIS ^&*()_(*&^%$# COMPUTER.
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POISON IVY- JUDY GOT A LITTLE BIT ON HER ARM WHEN SHE WEEDED THE WILDFLOWER BANK... AND IT HAS SPREAD... WELL... ACCORDING TO MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE WHICH I HAVE TESTED AT GREAT LEGNTH.... THE OOOOZZZZ DOES NOT SPREAD THE ITCH...I TRIED THIS BY PUTTIN A SMEAR OF OOZZZ ON MY MID THIGH-- AND GOT NO ERUPTION OF RASH... APPARENTY-- TE ONY WAY IT SPREADS , IS YOU HAVE SOME PLACE WHERE THE "RESIN? FROM THE PLANT IS STILL THERE-- LIKE SHOE LACERS- STEERING WHEELS-- SOMEWHERE... AND SOAP IS THE SAVIOR.. ONCE YOU HAVE WASHED AWAY ALL POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION IT WILL NOT SPREAD...
I HAVE HAD SOME HISTORIC CASES OF POISON IVY-- BEING A RED HEAD/ LIGHT SKIN... I ARGUED WITH MY HUSBAND AND TRIED VERY HARD TO PROVE HIM WRONG... I WAS VERY UPSET TO LEARN IT WAS ONE CASE WHERE A REAL MEDICAL EDUCATION WON OVER CURRENT CONVICTION.
I REMEMBER 100 YEARS AGO CURRENT CONVICTION WAS THAT YOU HAD TO REST 1 HOUR AFTER EATING OR YOU WOULD GET POLIO.
SO MUCH FOR EDUCATION.
SOMETIMES.
