... be willing, those of you not living in a metropolis, to give up your car and use either public transportation or walk?

Just curious.

?

Due to a power outage, I lost my t.v. and internet for 17 hours.

I watched some t.v. on my phone last night, then went to bed.

Today, I swept and dusted my place, then had a cup of tea and read the newspaper.

And now that I'm back online I have, as promised, faster internet free for my inconvenience.

All things considered, not a bad ordeal.

Now I'm off to wash my car free of winter salt and sludge before it rains again.

Peace!

From 1972, Mr. Al Green:


Heart & soul.

Sing it, baby:


Hits ya where ya wanna be hit.

We clock in/out at work through an app now.

It's pretty simple.

Last week a woman at work told me she had been working for a couple of hours when she realized she had forgotten to clock in.

I thought that was pretty funny and laughed.

BUT

It's not funny when you yourself forget to clock in and don't realize you haven't until it's quitting time.

I wonder how many employees will be laughing after I've told on myself?

Karma can sometimes be a real bitch.

Benny Hill style:

You find the perfect picture you want to save off the internet.

But first, you want to save the picture you're looking at - you can always go 'back' to get it.

Wrong!

It's not there any more and no matter how many times you try to search for it, you can't find it.

Arrrrrrrrrgh!

I've decided to make my 5 alarm homemade chili.

It will burn all the way through you.

Which reminds me of something I remember from the t.v. show 'The Big bang Theory':

Sheldon & Amy were walking up the stairs and Sheldon goes into a monologue about the human sphincter.

He pretty much stated that, since it sometimes burns when you go to do a #2 after eating spicy food, that it proves your asshole has a sense of taste.

I'll keep that in mind on my next bathroom visit after I've finished enjoying my home cooked meal.

Today I'm making pancakes. Not really a big deal,

except for the syrup:

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons Hershey's Cocoa powder
Pinch of salt

Heat on stove & pour over pancakes -

It's like eating chocolate pancakes.

My Mom used to make this for us when we were kids.

A delightful experience.

I took my new car into the dealership for an oil change Friday.

I drove in, they took the car and I went in to the waiting area.

When your car is finished, the person who checked you in comes to the waiting area to let you know it's time to go.

So I waited.

And waited. And waited.

When I saw someone who had come in after me leave, I got up and started to go ask if there was a problem.

I happened to look out the window and saw what looked like my car sitting in the parking lot.

So

I went outside, walked up to the car and could see from a newspaper I had left on the passenger seat that it was indeed my car.

I walked through the outside door to the service area and asked someone (not the person who checked me in) why my car was sitting out in the parking lot. If it was finished, why didn't someone come to get me?

Well, after a quick check of my paperwork, which somehow had been filed away, the apologies started. It seems a 'newbie' couldn't find my check in person so they parked the car outside.

Then went to lunch.

My check in guy wouldn't look me in the eye. He did some paperwork on his computer and, without looking up said there would be no charge for the oil change and told the other person there to get my keys.

He never apologized. The other guy apologized twice as he handed me my keys.

I turned around, walked out the door, got into my car and drove away.

Sure, I was a little pissed at having waited an extra hour before I got my car,

BUT

Getting a free oil change and watching some people either grovel or get pissed

and

knowing the 'newbie' was about to get chewed out for his ineptitude -

well, that just made it all good.

How was your Friday?