Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Very nice anniversary dinner with wife. Got our senior flu shots first at Walmart.

A couple of friends arrived at restaurant just prior to us and invited us to join them. Made for a nice evening visiting. They have been married longer than us. They also have one of Kalani’s pups from her second litter. We finally got to treat them in return for something they did awhile back. Kinda took them by surprise, but am sure they were pleased. We are.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. We are supposed to be having a break in the weather today, which should let me get on and point up the very last section of wall, by our utility door. It is already raked out and only about 4 sq yards, all I need now is for the rain to give it a rest, like the forecaster promised.

Roy, not the best way to escape from an audit, hope you are feeling better today.

A few years ago I started boycotting retailers that put Christmas decorations out before Thanksgiving. I no longer shop at Lowes, and it sounds like Walmart should be on the list, too. Any others?

My wife says you need to add Laura Ashley's soft furnishings store in Nantwich, Cheshire to that list. If that's destroyed your plans for this week, maybe Randy knows an alternative place to get those cushions for your Vanagon

 

[Thomas]

63F raining upper 60's for high clearing sky later today.

As I enter shed last evening ruffle grouse decided to exit same time...that was interesting for moment. :shocked:
Today I clean out my goodies from over the years at work and start my walk about visiting places and saying my good bye's.
E muffin feed little critters slow roll to work.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

Roy.
Dang glad your feeling better :thumbsup:

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
Thanks Jay. I was pretty unusual for an agent because I started out as a company underwriter, and then an insurance trainer.
Made for a wonderful arrangement with carrier underwriters, they slowly realized I could quote them chapter and verse on anything insurance
and with an exceptionally low loss ratio, I was also a good earner for them. Most importantly, particularly in a town of 2000, you knew everyone fairly well
and there was no question of saying, well call this 800 number and good luck. The fact that my partner was fire chief and I usually drove the first engine out or was first-in nozzleman was not lost on local folk. Unfortunately most of Bucks County is so expensive now I couldn't buy a retirement farm within an hour of my old home.
So I'm living a champagne life on a beer budget in Beaufort County NC. For a while yet...

64 going all the way up to 93 today, going to present challenges for painting.
Biggest problem is dripping sweat on oil paint. I wear a headband but I still seem to drip...
Try to position myself just off to side of paint line and not drip over wet paint. Such a problem...
This is gloss oil paint, with some plastic in it, something I don't normally paint with but my it's pretty when all done. Two years later of cleaning ladies mopping it,
yup that's the booby prize for doing my house, 75 feet of porch, has left the paint without any sheen.
Plus anything hit by the sun on the edges has peeled like mad. Lot of scraping yesterday, arms are sore but have to keep going while furniture
is off porch. I admit I never put it back after hurricane, knowing this job was coming. Honestly would have loved to pay someone to do this but finding
good help is, well, you know...

 

[Buppies]

70 high of 93 today August in October maybe some rain Monday next week

Roy hope you feel better maybe a drug reaction

Sodamo sounds like you and Sophie went thru a nightmare with beaucrats but got her done

Prayers for all in need silent or spoken

 

[daugen]

Roy, take care of yourself and don't dismiss anything, try to get some answers. Take it easy on your ticker.

 

[Buppies]

Thomas congratulations

 

[daugen]

Thomas, today or tomorrow your last day?
gonna miss the slow roll to work, but doubt you will...

 

[toppop52]

Thomas, take the day to reminisce, then don’t look back again. Too much in front to worry about behind.