Monday, October 23, 2023

DD 10 23 2023

THESE are the times that try men's souls. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly:

Somebody said that ... including my mother who used to run around saying weird things ---  like flour sugar soda salt eggs milk and butter... to be sure she had not forgotten anything  before she put whatever in the oven.. she was very well read (Vassar  ’24)  and also said things like   “out of the night that covers me...and “If you can keep your head”

I was not a reader but if you crossed my palm with some cash, I would memorize the punch lines at least..

Between congress and the rest of the world...it seems mundane for me to mention electric cords....

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Nick got my “old” frig in place ---( and clean)\!!—and we left the old one in the middle to be removed tomorrow.. – small kitchen ... 2 big friges... but who’s counting??  All was well til I decided to microwave one of the frozen dinners I keep for emergencies.. --- 30 seconds into the 7 min s  the microwave died..—I figured both frigs must have asked for more elect at the same time—I gave the food to carlie- who ran across the tunnel ( that needs a name) to her apt and her micro....

This is intellectually going somewhere so hang on....... carlie offered to click the surge cord button, but being a tired pessimist I said  it would probably just pop it again... so I got up at 3am all set to start cooking whatever was in the old freezer and must be thawed by now....

 

I opened the door to check temps---- it never occurred to me—the fridg light was on ( so much for mind function  at 3am) the old freezer was still at 60 degrees- but freezer steak still frozen hard.. ?how come? 

 The kurig coffee maker was dead along with the  micro..  those had to be plugged into the same wall socket but the kurig and micro were on a surge protector Extension cord... —so that had blown... before the wall socket went dead...

That is the intellectual bit for the day..—the damn thing worked !   but seeing as it was down ankle high behind stuff,, I had to get the kurig out on wheels.. and have now made coffee..

As soon as I find my double stick “Great Tape” that thing will be stuck on the frig... and all others attached waist high on furnature...

 

I could invent.......messy cords flopping about if the wall socket is waist high?????  Take a piece of 1 inch pvc pipe – slice out ½ inch in 2 passes thru the table saw and screw it to the wall ...and leave only the ends loose at the top...- for some that would be critical...  for me? does it work?

 

Second problem of last night was that #$%^&*()_+ chair!! ... manufactured by “Golden” has once again totally malfunctioned... being stuck in the up/forward help to stand position... meaning I had no place to sleep.. luckily judy had set out a new pillow and heavy quilt to cover dog beds in case.... and it was just that case....  so I battled sizzle for the twin bed size “sofa”. Which gave lackey and jiminey the queen mattress/bed—and siz the big “footstool ( a favorite)   they play merry go round beds about midnight every night. But luckily left me out!!

 

LOBSTERS... I STAND CORRECTED...OR AT LEAST HERE IS ANOTHER VERSION  WHICH MAYBE SOUNDS BETTER.... THERE IS A GUY—DOUG BRENDEL. ... LIVES UP THE STREET—AND YOU CAN SEE HIS WEEKLY RAMBLINGS IN THE IPSWICH NEWS ALSO--- INTERESTING GUY.. A MUCH MORE PROFESIONAL RAMBLER THAN I AM.. SO HE MAY BE RIGHT....

 

“   Nope. Lobsters for prisoners is an old myth. “ 

 HE WROTE ABOUT MEN IN THE SUPERMARKET—I SHOULD WRITE AN  TO COMPLIMENT HIM....”OBSERVATION MEN IN SUPERMARKETS THRU THE AGES.” MEN IN MARKETS NOW IS  PLAIN NORMAL... WHEN I WAS A KID.. A MAN IN THE SUPERAMRKET WAS LIKE “  A MAN CAUGHT IN THE LADIES ROOM BY MISTAKE.”