Getting used to my new computer, TV, and house
We are overwhelmed by all the new stuff. The I Mac is a beauty with more capabilities than than I will ever learn to use. The enormous TV has all the bells and whistles which
Xfinity has promised us. The beautiful new house is also filled with the high tec stuff associated with modern living. I wonder how to work the fancy micro wave oven and the other regular oven. Perhaps, someday, we will master all this stuff.
Meanwhile, we keep hoping to enjoy the Olympic games which NBC manages to make into a big bore. For some years now they have been foisting this repulsive announcer on us. I can't think of his name right at this moment. Why, I wonder, do they have such so called sporting events such as synchronized swimming . Soccer, baseball, tennis and golf all have tournaments else where. It seems that many minor sports are a big waste of time.The vulgarly large US delegation with the stupid, french looking berets and chinese made uniforms is an emberassement. Sorry to say I cannot find the spellcheck.
More later
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
BEGINNING TO MOVE
It will probably be 3/4 weeks before we actually move to our new home. The logistics are daunting. However, the first baby steps are being taken. It is surprising how much junk one can accumulate over 35 years. Piles of cassettes (No one has the equipment to play these anymore ).
Books , books, and more books we no longer want (Any volunteers to take 28 volumes of encyclopedias circa 1962 ). Piles of phonograph records ( What is a phonograph ? some of the younger generation might ask ), many liqueur bottles ( We never touch the stuff ) , an assortment of board games , not played in many years nor will be played by us ever again, an excess of water and wine glasses. The list goes on and on.
All that is the easy stuff. Old furniture that won't fit in the new digs becomes a problem. We have a huge excess of pictures and lamps. Just thinking of all this is giving me a head ache and an upset stomach.
I wonder how one moves one's computer, telephone and TV. Maybe comcast will take care of that. Ouch ! I better stop here. My stomach just started feeling funny.
Books , books, and more books we no longer want (Any volunteers to take 28 volumes of encyclopedias circa 1962 ). Piles of phonograph records ( What is a phonograph ? some of the younger generation might ask ), many liqueur bottles ( We never touch the stuff ) , an assortment of board games , not played in many years nor will be played by us ever again, an excess of water and wine glasses. The list goes on and on.
All that is the easy stuff. Old furniture that won't fit in the new digs becomes a problem. We have a huge excess of pictures and lamps. Just thinking of all this is giving me a head ache and an upset stomach.
I wonder how one moves one's computer, telephone and TV. Maybe comcast will take care of that. Ouch ! I better stop here. My stomach just started feeling funny.
Monday, June 18, 2012
THIS IS SHOCKING
We can hardly believe our good fortune. We have been rattling about for years in our over sized house. It seemed like a good idea to find something smaller.
About 75 yards from our house a smaller one story ( we don't need stairs anymore ) house was about to be put on the market. It is a completely redone modernized place, quite nice. So we bought it.
The idea of moving is daunting. We have many years of accumulated stuff plus an excess of furniture. Friends and family have first shot at the leftovers. The rest gets given away, sold or thrown out. Maybe a garage sale ( I hate those things)
We should close the deal in a two or three weeks and will start seriously moving shortly afterwards. I think we will be able to keep our same telephone number. Everyone will be advised of our change of address.
About 75 yards from our house a smaller one story ( we don't need stairs anymore ) house was about to be put on the market. It is a completely redone modernized place, quite nice. So we bought it.
The idea of moving is daunting. We have many years of accumulated stuff plus an excess of furniture. Friends and family have first shot at the leftovers. The rest gets given away, sold or thrown out. Maybe a garage sale ( I hate those things)
We should close the deal in a two or three weeks and will start seriously moving shortly afterwards. I think we will be able to keep our same telephone number. Everyone will be advised of our change of address.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
THINGS I DON'T BELIEVE
1) One must drink 8 glasses of water a day.
Why would one need or want 1 gallon of water per day ? I lived the first 80 years without drinking any water at all. My kidneys and bladder tell me one or two glasses should suffice.
2) 5,000,000 children in the US go to bed hungry every night.
I have never heard of anything more ridiculous. Who do you suppose counted those hungry children ? Where are the parents ? A box of macaroni and cheese costs about one buck. Add water or milk and, if possible, a bit of butter and it will serve 4. Maybe not the worlds best diet but it will fill an empty stomach. I suspect the nanny state is behind this absurdity.
3) The spotted owl is an endangered specie.
The timber industry in the Pacific NW was almost destroyed by imposed restriction on their operations. It happens that the spotted owl , often under a different name, lives in great profusion up and down the Pacific coast.
The snail darter is supposed to be threatened also. Why would anyone care ?
4)The average salary of CEO's of publicly traded companies is $9,300,000. 244 times the average pay.
Certainly, the paychecks of huge companies might be that large and perhaps more. There are thousands of small cap.corporations with more modest salaries. My guess, maybe 2,000,000
as an average.
This only scratches the surface of those things I don't believe. We may continue with this theme at a later date.
Why would one need or want 1 gallon of water per day ? I lived the first 80 years without drinking any water at all. My kidneys and bladder tell me one or two glasses should suffice.
2) 5,000,000 children in the US go to bed hungry every night.
I have never heard of anything more ridiculous. Who do you suppose counted those hungry children ? Where are the parents ? A box of macaroni and cheese costs about one buck. Add water or milk and, if possible, a bit of butter and it will serve 4. Maybe not the worlds best diet but it will fill an empty stomach. I suspect the nanny state is behind this absurdity.
3) The spotted owl is an endangered specie.
The timber industry in the Pacific NW was almost destroyed by imposed restriction on their operations. It happens that the spotted owl , often under a different name, lives in great profusion up and down the Pacific coast.
The snail darter is supposed to be threatened also. Why would anyone care ?
4)The average salary of CEO's of publicly traded companies is $9,300,000. 244 times the average pay.
Certainly, the paychecks of huge companies might be that large and perhaps more. There are thousands of small cap.corporations with more modest salaries. My guess, maybe 2,000,000
as an average.
This only scratches the surface of those things I don't believe. We may continue with this theme at a later date.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
VERY OLD MEMORY
When I take my early morning walk I like to clear my febrile mind of all thoughts and let whatever appears come to the surface. Like magic, Mr Gallager and Mr. Sheen appeared. The names were vaguely familiar, but who were they ? Through the magic of the internet I was able to refresh my memory. They were the most famous vaudeville act of the 1920s. Since I was not yet born, I never saw their act and strangely, I can nor imagine where I had ever heard of them.Yet, somehow there they were, two names, stuck in some cranny of my mind.
I quizzed everyone I could find, even very old folks, and no one in my purview had ever heard of this most famous comedy team. I wonder if any of my readers know of them. I am betting that no one has. Too bad , they really were funny. I wonder whatever happened to vaydeville. I miss it alot even though I never did see a vaudeville show.
I quizzed everyone I could find, even very old folks, and no one in my purview had ever heard of this most famous comedy team. I wonder if any of my readers know of them. I am betting that no one has. Too bad , they really were funny. I wonder whatever happened to vaydeville. I miss it alot even though I never did see a vaudeville show.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
A RARE BOOK FIND
As I browsed in the dusty back rooms of the used book store I was surprised to find an old slim volume, long ago out of print, by B.H. Obama. I was astonished to discover that it was a cook book. Who knew that Mr. Obama was an epicure ? I fully intend to try many of the unusual recipes. Herewith, a partial list of the dishes. Upon request I will be glad to send actual recipes
of any or all of them.
Beagle with cream cheese
Pup tarts
Chicken poodle soup
Spaghetti and mutt balls
Eggs rover easy
Baked a Lassie
Beagle bites
Mellon collie
Cool whippet
Chow Chow mein
of any or all of them.
Beagle with cream cheese
Pup tarts
Chicken poodle soup
Spaghetti and mutt balls
Eggs rover easy
Baked a Lassie
Beagle bites
Mellon collie
Cool whippet
Chow Chow mein
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