Oh, God! Why are you reading this?

I have this bookcase with doors on the bottom, and it's been collecting stuff for 35 years. I found a box of 450 bank checks. I write 1 check a year, so I won't need to order more checks till 2475. Times have changed. Inside the box was a re-order slip. You had to mail in via the Postal Service. And the slip didn't even have a ".com", where you could do this online. Paying bills 35 years ago was having stamps, envelopes, checks, and balancing your check book. Now, it's all just one click away.
 

I went to Ollies, a kind of dollar store. I buy cheap stuff I will never use. They had big camping tents for sale- the kind you can walk around in. And there were nice comfy sleeping bags, and air mattresses for sale. I thought about getting them and it'd be fun camping out in my back yard in summer. Then I thought, well there's a lot of bugs out there. And, in summer, it's hot and muggy, and I do have a bad back..... Am I going to give up a nice soft bed, in a bug free, air-conditioned room?
The pioneer spirit in me said, NO WAY.
 
New Year's Eve snuck up on me. I kept thinking it was further in the week. Way back in the 70s, I was in Times Square. It was fun. You could tell when the cameras were on your section, by the lights. So, you jumped up and down, waving hands, and screaming. When the lights shut off, you just stood there. Ahh show biz.....🙂 It was way below freezing, but there were so many warm bodies that it was rather comfortable.
Since I was a little kid, I promised myself I'd be in Times Square for 2000, and I was. My first being up for New Year's Eve was 1960. Yup, 1960, when things were so ultramodern.
It's amazing at 12 AM, there's a million people standing in the area, by 12:15 tumble weeds drift down Broadway.
 
There was a news alert on my phone. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have reached a divorce settlement. Thank God, now, there won't be any more senseless lives lost. It just goes to show that human beings can put aside differences to attain world peace, when you have a good lawyer.
 
I have a snow blower, but it's in the shed. That's kind of dumb, because I'd have to shovel a path of 40 feet to get it, so it's just easier to shovel around my car , without the blower. So, I moved my blower to the side of my house. I'll get some kind of cover from Lowe's tomorrow. That's not exactly world news.
I don't know if it's having the snow blower sitting there, but I keep thinking I have to let the cats in. All night long I've just about to open the door to let them in. I haven't had furry friends for at least 10 years. Every time I look at the clock, I think " OMG, I left the cats outside". I had a cat, Turkey, who used to chew me out if she got cold outside. She'd meow and meow at me. You didn't have to understand cat language to know she was pissed.
 
A long time ago, I got a Facebook acct. At that time, I didn't realize that my friends were chronic F.B. users. My ex is not happy with the results of the last US election, and lets it be known 10-15 times a day. I attended my next friend's wedding, not knowing she could find another 10-15/day "items of interest". I have a Navy recruiter sending me "Join the Navy" ads, even though I entered the Navy 57 years ago. I'm being kept up on the true meaning of Kwanza and Hanuka with multiple texts.
Yeah, I could block annoying messages, but then what's else is Facebook for?
 
I'm getting old. When I was a young buck, the cold didn't bother me. Yeah, it was cold, but I could take it. Now, I can't take the cold. I moved my snow blower next to the house. It's not doing me any good if it's in the shed and I can't get to it. I needed to get measurements to get a covering for it. It was way to cold to get accurate measurements- that's something I could have done wearing just a tee shirt years ago. I'm not complaining about being old, considering the alternative. But still.....
BTW, Lake Erie is 300 miles to the west, but somehow my area gets "lake effect snow" and areas 6 miles from me don't. :unsure:
 
I feel sorry for 2024. Everybody is trashing this poor little year. It wasn't his fault people did stupid and bad things during his year. He didn't choose to be 2024, we shoved that on the guy. Now, the new kid on the block is all shiny, and not dented, while we kick poor 2024 to the curb - all used up. We'll have to wait another 60-70 years till seniors fondly remember the little guy, 2024.

BTW. The TV stand I want is on sale. It was $899, but now, they've chopped $100 off the price. And I can scoop it up for only $899.
 
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Right now, there are snow flurries. I'm going to miss the huge 21 state snowstorm, but I get "lake effect snow" from Lake Erie, 300 miles away??????
I'm trying to figure out why a snowflake wants to travel 300 miles to land on my driveway. I have a 100+ foot driveway. Apparently, there's some kind of snow magnet underneath my driveway. If there's a big storm, I can get 2, 3 &4 feet of snow drifts on my driveway, but two feet away, the grass is peeking through an inch of snow. If I had just put my driveway about 2 feet the other way, I'd probably never have to shovel it. That huge snowstorm is supposed to miss me, but I'll bet the weather reports will say "except for the higher elevations of the Poconos", which is weather talk for my driveway.
 
OMG!!! Put me in a home. I woke up about 1AM, my restless leg was restless. Went to the kitchen to get my restless leg med, when I could hear water dripping. At first, I thought it was raining, but it's 17 F(-8C), it can't be raining. OMG, a busted pipe!!!! When I was in the hospital a pipe burst, costing $15,000 to fix the mess. I got my flashlight out checking every pipe, and faucet. I couldn't find anything, but there still was that dripping sound. After a half hour of looking for the leak, my dishwasher started sloshing. I set the thing for 1AM.
 
My back had been acting up, and when it does, I don't want to do anything. That includes bathing. I had my haircut appt. with Eddy, but Fuzzy was scuzzy. So, all I had to do was hop in the shower and head off to Eddy's.
I turned on the tub faucet, and went to pull the little knob to send the water from the tub to the shower head, but the damn thing would not budge. It felt like it was welded in place. Not a drop was coming out the shower head. I tried ripping oil, yanking on it, jiggling it. After a half hour of yanking and jiggling, it was getting late. Finally I had to get pliers and a hammer, with oil I got it to work. That is the story of my life. There's always something that comes out of left field to mess me up.
 
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I used to keep my snowblower in my shed. I moved it to the side of my house, so I don't have to dig my way to the shed, and dig out the drifts that pile up on the doors. I bought this cover for it. Yesterday, it was windy and frigid outside. I put the cover over the snowblower. The cover is thick plastic, which froze, and I had to beat it into place. I froze my butt off. Today, it's super windy and my cover flew off and landed deep into the woods. It's 12F (-11C), and frikken windy-ain't no way I'm going outside.
BTW- On TV, I learned that the Official Snack of the State of Utah is Jello.
 
Today, it's the good, bad, and the ugly

The good:
I have been living in silent agony for 6 weeks. that's when I dropped an egg on the floor, so there are an odd number of eggs in the carton. I don't know why, but this bugs the hell out of me. The universe was meant to have an even number of eggs in a carton. Today, I cracked an egg and splat-all over the place. But now there's an even number of eggs, YEAH!!!!!!!!
The bad:
I bought a cover for my snowblower, but the wind blew it off. It's way in the woods. I'll have to climb over all kinds of brush to get it- and it's 16F (-9C).
The ugly:
No water. Must have a frozen pipe. Hopefully not a well pump. The plumber will be here between 1-4. Now, he can afford to buy the Rolls, he always wanted.
 
Yesterday, no water was ugly. Today, it's getting uglier. Dwayne and Lisle ( I could not have made up better names) are coming to replace my well pump, and the blue thing, plus some updates to my plumbing. I have no idea why, everybody says when you replace a pump, you replace the blue thing. When they showed me the proposed bill, I thought it was extremely reasonable. Then I realized that the last 2 digits weren't cents, they were dollars.
I ordered another cover for my snowblower. The other one blew off with the wind. It's gone. I got my binoculars out and couldn't fine it. Unfortunately, I ordered it to be "pick up", but I didn't notice it was a Lowe's 60 miles from me. Had to cancel, and re-order.
BTW, the stupid things you do when you forget you don't have any water.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Yesterday, no water was ugly. Today, it's getting uglier. Dwayne and Lisle ( I could not have made up better names) are coming to replace my well pump, and the blue thing, plus some updates to my plumbing. I have no idea why, everybody says when you replace a pump, you replace the blue thing. When they showed me the proposed bill, I thought it was extremely reasonable. Then I realized that the last 2 digits weren't cents, they were dollars.
I ordered another cover for my snowblower. The other one blew off with the wind. It's gone. I got my binoculars out and couldn't fine it. Unfortunately, I ordered it to be "pick up", but I didn't notice it was a Lowe's 60 miles from me. Had to cancel, and re-order.
BTW, the stupid things you do when you forget you don't have any water.
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Better add a couple bungee cords to the order, fuzz!
 
Lisle & Dwayne did a great job revamping my water system. It cost an arm and two legs. I have to admit being a plumber, today, isn't just pipes. Lisle had all kinds of gadgets telling him how many amps my well pump was using.
I didn't have any tap water for 24 hrs. And it's amazing the stupid things you do, knowing there's no water, and yet turning on the faucet. I kept telling myself do not flush the toilet, do not flush the toilet!!!!!!! Then when I was finished, I flushed the toilet.
 
Today, I have lots of water, and my checking account is a lot smaller. But I guess it's just knowing I'm keeping Lisle and Dwayne into the lifestyle they are accustomed to.
I like watching this game show, "Switch". I'm amazed at some of the professions contestants have. I'm not sure what a "project manager" does. Nor what a "life coach "does. I have two exes, who have no problem telling me what the hell I'm doing wrong.
 
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I have to bring a book on Egypt back to the library, today. It's due back today. That brings up a lot of grief for me. As a kid, I found this tiny book written in all ancient Greek in the Library, I took it out. I don't know why, I can't read ancient Greek. Well, I lost it. And the 4 cents/day overdue fine just kept adding up till it was over $40, and that's like $240 today, plus I'm a kid.
When I was in the Navy, I got a letter from the library declaring the book "unreturnable", and rules stated, instead of fines, I had to pay what the library paid for the book. Luckily, the book cost 99 cents in 1896. Ever since then I've been wary of having a library card. I'm not one of those annoying punctual people. Only got one a couple of years ago.
 
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I have to bring a book on Egypt back to the library, today. It's due back today. That brings up a lot of grief for me. As a kid, I found this tiny book written in all ancient Greek in the Library, I took it out. I don't know why, I can't read ancient Greek. Well, I lost it. And the 4 cents/day overdue fine just kept adding up till it was over $40, and that's like $240 today, plus I'm a kid.
When I was in the Navy, I got a letter from the library declaring the book "unreturnable", and rules stated, instead of fines, I had to pay what the library paid for the book. Luckily, the book cost 99 cents in 1896. Ever since then I've been wary of having a library card. I'm not one of those annoying punctual people. Only got one a couple of years ago.
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I had a similar experience,

I was charged for damaging a book that someone else had highlighted several passages in.

I haven’t taken a book out on loan since.
 
Last night, there was more "lake effect" snow- about an inch. It's just swept away. But, I still get my nightly visit from "the animal". There, in the snow, are fresh paw prints. It comes up the steps across my deck and jumps off. It's been doing this for years. According to Yahoo "experts", it's a feline. I 've had cats all my life and know pussy cat paw prints-these ain't no pussy cat's. There about twice the size of a house cat's paws. Whatever it is, comes regularly early in the morning 3-4 AM. I've never seen it. The tracks come down my driveway, and veers off to hop onto my deck. I can't figure out why it wants to come up on my deck and jump off.
 

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