HOW WINDY WAS IT? WELL I CAN'T SEE THE ARENA ON THE CAMERA YET.. THAT IS A "FABRIC" ROOF... BUT THE ELECTRICITY WENT OFF ( AND ON WITH OUR INSTANT GENERATOR...) HERE IS THE TRICKY PART.... THAT COULD MAKE ME CONCERNED..... MY CLOSET LIGHT--- I TURN IT ON AND OFF BY TWISTING THE BULB AND I MUST HAVE TWISTED IT JUST TO THEON-OFF POSITION... BECAUSE .. SEPARATE FROM THE LOSS OF ELECTRICITY IIN GENERAL, THAT BULB FLICKERED ON AND OFF ALL BY ITSELF LAST NIGHT.-- SO EITHER THE HOUSE WAS SHAKING OR A SQUIRREL IS CAMPED OUT IN THE WIRING... ANOTHE DISTINCT POSIBILITY...
BULB TWISTING--- WHEN I DESIGNED THIS HOUSE ( I SAY..DESIGNED.. VERY LOOSELY... IT WAS ON GRAPH PAPER NOT A RESPECTABLE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING....) I DECIDED THAT 8 FOOT CEILINGS WERE THE NORM ONLY BECAUSE THE LUMBER COMES IN 8 FOOT LEGNTHS... BUT THAT EXTRA FOOT OF HEADROOM WAS A WASTE OF CUBIC AIR THAT NEEDED HEATING--( IN TH E PART OF THE HOUSE THAT WAS NOT CATHEDRAL CEILING) BUT MORE THAN THAT--- I KNEW ME... AND I KNEW IF A BULB BLEW OUT AND I NEEDED TO GET A STEPLADDER TO CHANGE IT, IT WOULD BE OUT FOR YEARS... SO I STUCK MY ARM UP, AND MEASURED THE HEIGHT OF A BULB-- AND WROTE IT DOWN ON MY GRAPH PAPER..AND THAT IS HOW THEY BUILT TH E OUSSE
I DID NOT KNOW ANYONE 7 FEET TALL ANYWAY...
NOW ADD THAT TO THE FACT THAT THE "OFFICIAL ELECTRITIAN" YEARS AGO WHO WIRED THIS HOUSE, HAD WHAT I CONSIDERED A DRINKING PROBLEM--NOT ONLY DID HE WIRE 220 TO THE DISHWASHER AND DISPOSAL - BOTH OF WHICH BLEW UP THE FIRST TIME I USED THEM-- BRAND NEW HOUSE AND I AM RUNNING FOR THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TWICE IN ON E DAY... BUT ALMOST WORSE, THE SWITCH INTHE UPSTAIR HALL TURNS ON THE LIGHTS IN THE BACK ROOM, AND THE ONES IN THE LIVING ROOM WORK THE UPSTAIRS BATHROOM...- RATHER THAN REMEMBERING THIS , I I JUST TWIST BULBS.. WE HAVE TRIEED TO LABEL TEH LIVING ROOM SWITCHES- BUT I NEVER HAVE LEARNED WHAT THEY DO. SO BUD PUT IN PORCH LIGHTS THAT AARE MOTOIN DETECTION LIGHTS-- WHICH DON'T WORK IF ANYONE FLIPS THE BATHROOM SWITH UPSTAIRS.
YOU GET THE PICTURE.
TECHNICALLY I DON'T THINK I EVER GOT A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THIS PLACE.... MR CRANNEY ( A LIC ELECTRITIAN ) WAS NEARLY IN TEARS LOOKING AT THE "SPAGETTI BOWL" OF WIRES IN THE CELLAR
LAST YEAR- AMID ALL THE DEMANDS ON ELECTRICITY,AND INSTALLING THE GENERATOR, I DID HIRE TEH CRANNEY COMPANY TO INSTALL ENTIRE NEW PANNELS AND STRAIGHTEN OUT THE WIRES MANY OF WHICH HAD BEEN ADDED SINCE 1979. THAT DOES NOT HELP WHIT THE WIERD SWITCHES, BUT IT SURE LOOKS BETTER...
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PROJECT OF THE WEEK-- ASSUMING THAT THE ROOF IS STILL ON ALL THE BUILDINGS,---- IS THE CALENDAR.
THE PROBLEM IS...KITTY HAS A BIG JOB AS CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE......-- BETWEEN WILLIAM'S IDEA ABOUT ARTISTIC, MY IDEAS ABOUT AMUSING, AND MEGAN'S CONCEPT OR BEING ABLE TO PULL OFF THE DOG MANAGEMENT, IT AIN'T EASY.--- IT IS ALSO NEARLY NOVEMBER... WE STARTED THIS CALENDAR IN ALL EARNEST LAST JAN 2nd. THE SHOTS SO FAR ARE... PRICELESS PER USUAL--- ALL 6 OF THEM --- WE NEED 13... BUT WHO'S COUNTING? (KITTY.... WITH THE 6 TAKING 10 MONTHS...... SHE KEEPS AFTER US....)
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THE OTHER PROBLEM OF THE NEXT 2 WEEKS IS TO GET THE 990 FILED.. WHICH WILL BE MEETING WITH THE IRS,ACCOUNTANT AND LAWYER-- I USED TO DO THE FOOL THING MYSELF, BACK WHEN WE WERE A VERY SMALL OUTFIT... NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE GRANTS, THE SYSTEM DEMANDS WE SPEN TOO BIG A LUMP ON ACCOUNTING-- WHICH I WILL WAGER NO ONE READS ANYTHING EXCEPT THE BOTTOM LINES... IF THAT.-- THEY ARE INTERESTED ON **SALERIES OF OFFICIALS -- ZERO *** THE 5 HIGHEST PAID ( SDP IS SKATING ON THE MINIMUM WAGE)**** HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISERS...? THE CHICKENS??? PLUS ANNE-- ZERO... *********OF COURSE THEN THERE IS THE #14 QUESTION ABOUT SWEARING WE DO NOT RUN A TANNING BOOTH..-- IT IS PAINFUL TO ME TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY... BUT I MUST.. --- SOMEONE SOMEWHERE HAS TO CHECK OFF A LITTLE BOX THAT SAYS "FILED".
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I AM CALLING DR BRYAN ABOUT MAES FOOT
AND SO IT GOES....
