Subj : Ultimate Back Scratcher? To : Ardith Hinton From : Daryl Stout Date : Mon Oct 05 2020 07:05:00 Ardith, DS> I have no idea what I did with the one I had. Kind DS> of awkward to scratch up against the door frame. :P AH> Yeah. I find the latter unsatisfactory, but I take it bears AH> & other animals scratch themselves on trees when they're moulting or AH> whatever.... :-) I didn't think bears molted, but they likely shed. There's a commercial right now for this Swiffer product for cleaning up hair from your heavily shedding pets...because "Shed Happens". DS> I haven't been to the fair in ages...and this years DS> Arkansas State Fair was cancelled due to COVID-19. AH> Understood. Dallas & I live in a seaport, where it's easy AH> enough to obtain such things if you know who to ask. But anything AH> which involves a trip downtown (except to St. Paul's hospital) is out AH> of the question just now. :-) I finally got that annuity in after my Mom's death...but it's already shot with the 50% to my brother, then repairs on the car, medical expenses, and possibly installing a generator. I don't lose power that often, but when I do, it tends to be for quite a long time...as it was in June and July, 2019...after severe thunderstorms pulled the electric meter off the north side of the house. There was still running water, and no other damage...but with no air conditioning, the apparent temperature was well over 100 degrees. It was like taking a hot shower, then not drying off afterwards, and then climing into bed still naked. People die in conditions like that every day. Thankfully, we're past the hottest part of the year now, and it has cooled off considerably...with a frost advisory in portions of north Arkansas this morning. I'm not sure what the winter will bring, but Arkansas hasn't had much of a winter in several years...so, I'm afraid we're overdue. And, to add insult to injury, another potential hurricane is forecast to hit the Gulf Coast on Friday. DS> Years ago, my late uncle had been separating the DS> recycled items into one container, and the regular DS> trash into another. But, one day, he saw the trash DS> folks putting everything together. He never separated DS> them again. AH> Hmm. I am reminded of a friend who, like us, is getting on AH> in years and finding it increasingly difficult to sort plastics by AH> number... as we were told to do by municipal authorities. When I saw AH> they were all dumped into the same receptacle I quit sorting them, just AH> as he had done. "Plastics go in the plastics bin", as he puts it. And AH> someone with "twenty-year old eyes", as our optometrist puts it, can AH> sort them out if that is actually necessary.... :-)) I like what the late Red Skelton said about his eye doctor, who he called "the optimist" ...he asked Clem Kadiddlehopper (one of Red's characters) to "come in and get your eyes checked". He said "I don't want my eyes checked...I like them brown like they are!!"...adding "I don't know what anyone would want with checked eyes, unless you're a cab driver!!" . DS> At least due to COVID-19, they're not doing disconnects DS> for the non-payments right now, as so many are in DS> financial straits. AH> I'm glad various organizations are recognizing that folks may AH> not be able to adhere to the usual time frame at present. OTOH, they AH> may not be able to work quite as efficiently as usual. The public AH> library here suspended late return fees for awhile... but I'm still AH> waiting for a book I asked for on Aug. 24th even though it's listed as AH> available for loan & I'm #1 in the queue. :-Q As noted above, the annuity came in, but it'll be 2 weeks before I can fully access it. But, I need to get medical work done, and repairs on the car...and I'm debating on a generator. I've decided with my health, and COVID-19, it's not worth traveling outside of central Arkansas anymore. AH> * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716) The name sounds like where I've been at lately. :P Daryl .... "Schizophrenia beats dining alone." -Unknown === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33) .