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Greene County, Indiana ~ Sunday, September 7, 2008
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A Day Off
Posted Friday, January 11, 2008, at 3:10 PM<< Previous | Read comments | Respond | Email link | Next >>
It is nice to have a day off to catch up on projects that I have procrastinated about for such a seemingly long time. My first chore was to meet the junk man in Linton to get my daughter's car hauled off. The car had for some reason outlived its' usefulness...right after I paid it off. The junk man gave me $100 for the beast. That's quite a handsome sum of money. That worked out well and I headed to The Big Store That Has Almost Everything, had a little Dylan on the CD. It is payday today so I had to fetch some vittles and pick up some objects that I probably don't need. Actually I do need the underwear, but you probably didn't want to hear about that. I managed to pick up some interesting stuff that will allow me to procrastinate further and I filled the car with enough vittles to feed the entire Jed Clampett family for a month, including Jethro. I ran into Joe Hart, who was also shopping at The Big Store That Has Almost Everything. It is just something that bloggers do. Joe, however, didn't look to be the discerning shopper that Ol' Simmons is, because he was going way too fast. It is always good to see Joe, he cheers me up. But I had to head to Bloomfield and get the crock pot fired up, so I aimed the Mustang toward the river and moseyed on toward home, listening to Johnny Rivers singing Memphis and Maybelline. Coming into town I saw a sign that advertised a New England Beer Rifle. That seemed odd, I'd never heard of a Beer Rifle. I'm going to have to look at that sign again, that might have said Deer Rifle, now that I think about it. Got the goodies unloaded, the beef stew started, and folded some clothes before I started on my projects. I had bought three lights with clamps at The Big Store That Has Almost Everything, now I have two above my bed to read by and one overhanging my 'puter so I can see what I'm typing. I dusted the furniture, cleaned the bathroom and vacuumed the carpet before I started another project. I bought a couple of shelves at the local hardware awhile back and I hung one in the kitchen today. It now holds my toaster, blender, knife block and can opener and it is conveniently located right above my kitchen sink. Looks great and I've still got one shelf left to hang somewhere else. I'll have to think about where to put that one. It is time to go get my Grandson, Aden. He's spending the night with Poppy and will no doubt get to sample some of that fine smelling stew. What a great day off, I sure hope you all get to enjoy days like this. Comments Showing most recent comments first [Show in chronological order instead] |
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No kidding. Ol' Simmons owed that blender its own shelf.
A nice photo of one of the hardest working blenders in the county.
As an innocent bystander that has a little inside information. Wiglund can tell you that Ol Simmons is trying to impress his good looking older brother. Remember the kid that wore a tie in an earlier blog?
It is amazing that Keith can get a response from an Arctic Warrior.
Chris&Jemermy'sDad needs to know that Ol Simmons carpentry effort is a surreptitious scam. He showed just enough to make it look like his work. But in actuality the pretty outside brown trim was already there. The bottom part, just barely shown, is what he did.
A board he bought for a dollar.
Steve, we are in the presence of greatness!!
As you well know, I lost my mind a long, long time ago. Someone told me recently that I should keep an open mind about things and if I could ever find mine, I'd keep it open.
I just try to write about different subjects from time to time to ease the boredom of the vast readership. Got to go, Aden is wanting to play.
This was the first of your blogs that I thought wasn't any good when I first read it. I thought, "He's lost his mind and now he's writing about what he does on his day off! No one will want to read about that, much less comment on it." Now I see that you somehow knew there were people out there that wanted this blog, no, they needed this blog. And to top it off, you connect with a former Arctic Warrior you hadn't heard from for 30+ years. We are indeed in the presence of greatness!
M. Boyd? I remember a Mike Boyd from Goose Bay back in the late 70's, is that you Mike? If so, where are you?
If you can do all that in one day, and remember it all, it is not time for you to retire. The saying must be true, people from the Army do more before noon than well, people like me do in six months.
Boyd, cool post, no pun. Well done soldier, and as you were.
Sir: I wonder why in the world someone would advertise a New England rifle in Indiana. Surely they don't shoot their beer...but you never can tell. I probably had a rifle like that once, in Alaska. A 7mm Remington Magnum, and that rifle almost beat me to death. I hauled it around because I was more scared of the bears than the rifle. So here's to Alaska and a brilliant leader of men. I always wanted to say thank you, and now I have.