july 4 2018

i am getting this age bit down pat--- yesterday i decided not to go anywhere-  giving me a chancew to tackle some very annoying problems.. name ly the   TIME CLOCK   WEEKLY WE POUR OVER THE MASHED IN DATES AND TIMES ALL MUSHED TOGETHER IN TH MIDDLE OF THE TIME CARD- IMPOSSIBLE TO READ---I DIDN'T WAN T AN "OUTSIDE JOB" --  it was TOO HOT--- i decided time had come to fix teh time clock... mostly because  ..... IT IS A/C IN HERE (THANKS TO WASHER'S PARTNER'S HUSBAND WITH THESE A/C HEAt exchanger things  I DON'T UNDERSTAND) .. i find fixing things has fallen into a perfect  age related storm--- *    get an idea *    take something all apart *    sit around lookng helpless *    til some younger brighter person comes along and fixes it for you... in the  case of the time clock- it was amy who could not resist the cahllange.. and immediately got into all the buttons like "change"  and "set"  and "laqnguage" ( english, spanish  or portuguese????  an  odd choice???)  i was so impressed as she altered  everything --- time date seconds and what country we were in--  both upside down and right side up.... amy was   "very adept" with those buttons  while i haD THE INTENSLY CRITICAL JOB OF HOLDING THE FLASHLIGHT----but she  cdoudl not get it to move the print action  to the correct place ON THE TIME CARD WHERE HOU COULD ACTUALLY READ IT.. TYPICAL OF " THESE YOUNGSTERS" SHE TURNED TO THE INTERNET AND SHE GOT OUT HER TRUSTY PHONE AND HAD TEH TROUBLE SHOOTING ANSWER BEFORE I HAD EVEN SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF THE  PASSWORD  TO MY PHONE. SO After all the analyzing  the changing of teh settings bb aa dd  -----IT SAID TO  move the print head, turn the machine over and push the little white lever... .  i was ashaMED OF MYSELF FOR NOT TRYING THAT AN HOUR AGO... I WAS ALL SET TO BE CONFUSED BY THE  WORDS LIKE "CHANGE... SETTINGS... SELECT AND SAVE" WHEN IN FACT THE SOLUTION WAS A MIKE ROWE KIND OF THING... LOOK IT OVER AND WIGGLE ANYTING THAT LOOKS WIGGLEABLE. *** ..---- THE COSTCO RUN...... IF THERE IS NO ONE  TO GO WITH ME,, PAM IS INCLINED TO TAKE HEAVY THINGS OFF THE LIST--  LIKE ALL THOSE 3 BOX CONTAINERS OF CHLOROX.., OR  50 POUNDS OF RICE,-- YOU KNOW- HEAVY STUFF..  I KNOW THAT  BY . STANDIN G NEXT TO SOMETHING HEAVY  AND LOOKING  OLD AND PATHETIC   AND SOMEONE WILL HELP.... THAT IS WHERE IT GETS TOUCHY.. BECAUSE-- I AM VERY CAPABL;E OF SOLVING ALL THIS MYSELF-  THOSE BOXES OF 3 JUGS OF CHOLOROX CAN BE BROKEN AND LIFT JUST THE JUGS INTO THE CART PROBABLY 18 SECONDS MNORE TIME... ... THE 50 POUNDS OF RICE CAN BE BOUGHT IN 2 BAGS OF 25 POUNDS FOR 38 CENTS MORE.  YEARS OF HAY BALES AND 40 POUND BAGS OF DOG FOOD HAVE MEANT.... I CAN LIFT PRETTY  HEAVY THINGS... WHAT I CAN NOT DO IS WALK AROUND WITH THEM.   I CAN  PICK UP THE 50 POUNDS OF RICE, BUT IF THE CART MOVES 6 INCHES AWAY I  CAN'T MANAGE THAT 6 INCH MOVE. JUST STAND BY THE REAR OF MY CAR-- SOMEONE ALWAYS COMES ALONG TO HELP.. IT IS GETTING THE PATHETIC LOOK DOWN PAT   WHICH IS TEH KEY TO GETTING HELP.. HERE'S TEH KICK...98.4% OF  PEOPLE LOVE TO HELP  -  THEY  LIFT AND THEN GO AWAY SMILING AS OPPOSED TO THE VERY FEW THAT DO NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT AND JUST SLITHER BY. *   REMINDING ME OF THE GUY IN THE MENS ROOM  WHO  WALKED PAST JANINE AND I  ON A TARP[, ON THE FLOOR  IN THAT MENS  ROOM   CLIPPING FUZZ OFF  THE REAR OF A SHEEP- HE WALKED BY  TO AND FROM AND NEVER SMILED OR ACKNOWLEDGED OUR PRESENCE.**  HOW DEAD IS HIS HEAD?   THERE  ARE A FEW WHO  JUST DO NOT PARTICIATE, RECOGNIZE, - OR  HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR COMMUNITY--- OR WORLD FOR THAT MATTER..   IT DOES GO Bck to individuals--- i notice from afar... someone will go get a can of soda from the fridge and turn to the group "anybody else need one ?"    them is teh givers... they aint "takers." ***  a quick "goldie"  for those of you who think  " the ghost of the left hand drawer" does not exist.....  janine was here 2 days ago carrying all her icecreaqm and frozen dinners  because her fridge had just broken...  she put it  all in our fridge.... yesterday  deb-- our neighbor called   tehy had an extra fridge and freezer in the garage if i knew of anyone.......  that is a goldie moment--- there must be 100 of them now... *** happy 4th ** from the book about the start of   sdp... dogs donkeys and circus on amazon. janine wrote it... funny book.. all stories are true-- except the boyfriends names... :)