Well… we had a ‘biggie’ a “frog-strangler” cum “ditch-digger” yesterday just about 6PM – But it barely got the bottom of the rain gage wet! (Oh maybe a ‘little’ more)
Nonetheless it got my backseats a little wet because I’d left some windows ‘cracked’ for heat release…and at that time of day you don’t know that it’s going to really do nothing… or damage the whole neighborhood.
A telephone tech told me yesterday they’ve seldom been so far behind in catching up trouble tickets. And he was unable to fix mine. We are in a sort of inflexible fix. The teleco has only so many pole-climbing fixers… who can also crawl under your house at $85 minimum… [to discourage one from idly calling for a repairman.] But when you have a phone ‘trouble’ that comes and goes when a cable gets wet… well if the repairman doesn’t come for several days (which was the best I could wheedle out of the nice lady on the repair phone) well… by then the trouble (in this case a ‘hummmmml’) has fled…. Gone away… ‘tis no more a trouble because the cable has gotten dry… it’s the wet that causes the hummmmm’ – and the phone company can’t break its own rules! No … of course not… the sky might fall!
OK… so I’m a curmudgeon… I just can’t figure out how to fix it… when you can’t get around the roadblocks.
Oh yes… here I am writing again at about 1:30 in the AM… But we just had some fabulous friends visit us… and ate all together at a nice restaurante (see my Espan~ole has not *entirely* abandoned my two-celled brain.) So we were preparing to enjoy an evening meal when the 45-second storm hit… and gave us a spectacular wind and rain display… but shortly went away.
It is really nice to meet long-lost relatives again… and all of these were not relatives *except* for some of our grandchildren. And it is really a joy to have family and a bit of time to talk and enjoy one another.
But my wife said I was SO cheery early yesterday… when I’d slept well… now what’ll I do for an encore in the morning when this is read? I’ll be pleasant – that’s what… like a cool breeze on a hot-humid South Carolina Day!
Have a great weekend everybody … including all the relatives!!!
Cordially, IN HIM
Barbara and Jack
“JUST A MINUTE”
THE END OF AN ERA – BEGINNING OF CHANGE
Just a Minute: Today’s program began at 4:49 yesterday morning when the crew of the Atlantis started the slow-down for its arrival back in
Before daylight Navy Captain Christopher Ferguson, mission commander concluded the 135th shuttle mission after 26 years, 126 million miles and four thousand 800 and 48 time around the earth 307 days in space. Somebody used spray paint to mark the final spot of the space shuttle program.
Just before landing, Captain Ferguson said: “Beautiful view of the Yucatán, I think.” But he was actually crossing the coast of
Well done. Hat’s off to the entire air and ground crew. Welcome home!
<>I’m Jack Buttram. (END)
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