1/26/12, Thursday,,now what? I Got no clue.

I guess I should just be thankful I woke up on this side of the grass this morning. And I am of course.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not feeling like I'm near the end , it's just that  sometimes something or the other , or someone, some song,  some news event  or someone's name in the obituary column will give me a slight jolt  of Hey!! I remember so and so or I know that guy ( girl )  !!!  And on closer examination that  memory turns out to be  50 frigging years old!!!

Tell ya what set it off yesterday ...  Phone rang and caller ID showed it was my Doctors office. It was her office manager/receptionist with bad news.  Doc is no longer seeing Medicare patients!!   Hell, I use her cause she is a geriatric specialist! And becsuse  she is methodical and really listens when you ask her a question of tell her about some sore spot or glitch in your gitalong.


Anywho, she offered me a couple of doctors names in the area as referrals and said as soon as I picked one they would forward all my records over.
I got one picked out to call and make an appointment with to interview.
YEP, I'm going to treat him just like I was hiring him to work for me. Because he will be working for me and I want to make sure he's not just a pill pusher. You know, just in and out and "Next Patient".

So,, what else set me off this morning?  :-)  OH!!  Hold that thought.. let's get weather out of the way first, fore I let it slip my mind.

45.3 °F
Light Rain   
Windchill:     43 °F
Humidity:     85%
Wind:     4.0 mph from the WNW
Wind Gust:     10.0 mph
Visibility:     3.0 miles
Dew Point:     41 °F
Precipitation:     40% chance of precipitation
Pressure:     29.94 in (Rising)

Today: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 58. North northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph.
Raining out there right now as a matter of fact, but it's not a big line of showers so it'll probably move out quick.

I got a call  from an old school buddy. He lived not far from me up on the highway back when. All though HS and after, we were running buddies. We even preformed in one of the “talent” shows in school. Did a lip sink/ad lib to a Jose Jimenez bit of the first Mexican astronaut.
He was artistic and could draw anything. Also leaned to play guitar and the Hawaii steel flattop from his dad.   Could fix any car or gas powered motor.
I had forgotten and he reminded me. When it came time to graduate HS I had to help him read the final exam because he couldn’t read!!  Said he took classes later and finally learned too. 
Then we remembered another of our high school buddies, Owen.. He, I remembered not being able to read either.  But both of those guys were great guys and did fine afterward in the real World.

He went to work at General Motors and retired from there,
Married, divorced, remarried .   Now days he is medically on disability from 3 heart attacks and surgeries. But hanging in and just above water with his bills and what not .
Dang,  seems like All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down 

Speaking of our/my younger days. My first NEW car was a 1966 VW BUG, loved it for several reasons but one thing I remember about it was the jack.
Didn't use a bumper jack but one on the side below the running board thing. Odd looking gadget  .   To raise it you   insert that square part in the receiver in a hole under the running board located behind the door. Using the handle. pumped the top lever up and down .. To lower it, use the bottom one.  Only problem was that if it got wet , like in a rain, it's would slide down with any weight on it.  Happened to Joe and me late one night beside the road in middle of no where. Finally had to drape a poncho over me to keep it dry till we got the tire changed.  That socket looking thing, one end was for lug nuts, the other for spark plugs!!

..Another thing I noticed lately that strikes me. Maybe you can explain it.  Quart Milk cartons with the screw off lids located on the side of the top. What happen to simply pulling open the folder top on one side and making a simple pour spout?  Kids too stoopied today to figer that out?

Got to have a screw off cap?



Lazy bunch of Fat Burger sucking weirdos








Seen any American Airline Commercials on TV lately?  Me neither..

Speaking of old farts and what we remember.  Here's a link you can waste some time with.
Those were the Days..  Pick a year and read some of the events that happened that year.  I defaulted it to the  year I was born. Change it on the left side to what ever year you want too. 
Click!!

Opened the blinds and it's quit raining, in fact looks like the sun may actually come out in a bit.. So.. Mo Coffee and find some breakfast.. C'ya later I betcha.

Quick update... Went in to get mo' coffee and noticed my list on the board. Geek is due today to fix what ever I screwed up on my cameras.  IF I can get him to set it up , I hope to have at least one of the 8 that you can look at on occasion. 
and BTW. breakfast this morning is tamale with over easy egg on top and some Wolf Brand chile topping.   Of course onion and cheese on top..Want me to make up one for you? :-)

Near Noon .   I just had  walked from one end of the house to the other and the thought stuck me.. Why do I need such a big house?  It's just me an the two carpet sharks..  I counted 24 paces length, and 11 paces wide.  Measured it and it's 65X25!  I don't use the "game room area"  nor the guest room, and the old office is pretty much just stuff that needs to go away.   The living room a ( full width by 16)  I only really use about half of. The kitchen of course I use, but it could be smaller if I had a place to put the washer and drier. In all reality I could close off ( board up) half of it and still have plenty of room. Maybe I need to do some research on  one of the "tiny houses"  that they put up on site?   guess I could contact my architect brother an see what he knows about that ..

Don't panic.. just what popped in my mind while I was thinking, or wool gathering. :-)

OK then, 5PM, cats ate and are right now playing TAG all through the house.
And Hermit just a notice since you missed breakfast on your comment ,, Fixin to  put th pizza in the over. :-)