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.livescience.com ^ | October 5, 2018 12:57pm ET | Brandon Specktor

[ArGee]

Hopefully it’s smart enough to understand that I don’t want the furnace on, even though the temperature is 68.

Resistance is futile!

Or, for those who are old enough.

We control the horizontal. We control the vertical.

[Tax-chick]

I am that old.

[Monkey Face]

Good luck to Sally!

When I was working, we would periodically get note pads (quarter sheets) that had gone to the recycler as outdated legal forms and come back as note pads with one end glued so we could just tear off a page. I still have quite a few of them and use them for my grocery lists during the month and names, addresses and phone numbers as I get them, before I transfer them to the Rolodex. (Not all pages are blank on both sides, but if I can find room for five or six items for a trip to Walmart, I can use up all the blank paper!)

Anyway, I ran across one that was from the Paratransit office I worked in. Flashbacks both good and bad.

[Tax-chick]

I had the boys bring all their clothes downstairs so I can sort them. What a mess!

[Monkey Face]

Yes, ArGee, I am that old too! I have two seasons of Twilight Zone, if that counts for anything!

[Monkey Face]

That sounds like a job for SuperMom!

[NicknamedBob]

"Good morning. Officially."

It's a greeting, not an observation.

Despite everything, we're having nice weather. I've been ignoring it.

I'm sure by the time I decide to go out and do something, the weather will be miserable.

[Silentgypsy]

Yes, Vogon poetry mechanism is fershimmeled.

[Tax-chick]

Well put.

We have nice weather, too. Vlad and I picked Pat up from school. Then we stopped at Walmart and got Pat a new jacket and Vlad a pair of long pants that aren’t too short. He has grown again.

[Silentgypsy]

Not Wapping any Hens, thanks.

[Silentgypsy]

Oldasrocks plants frozen veggies, if that’s any help....

[Silentgypsy]

Darling, thank you!

[Silentgypsy]

I’m much older.

[Silentgypsy]

Haz a good dai to y’all, too!

[Tax-chick]

Pat discovered the jacket is a pullover, rather than one that zips up, so he doesn’t want it. Fortunately, it still has the tags on. GAH.

[Monkey Face]

Oh, fercryinoutloud.

I’m going to go check the mail to see if I’ve won the lottery, and then I’ll come back in and crochet for a while, as I wait to see if I’ll have some feathered company/boarders.

Lately, my hands have seemed very dry, and I couldn’t figure out why. This morning I realized it was because I’ve been petting Bella and Shooby on an almost daily basis, and when I come in, I’ve washed my hands because both dogs are very dirty. I’ve neglected to put lotion on my hands when they’ve been dried. *sheesh* My bad.

[Tax-chick]

At least I got their clothes sorted and put away and their room vacuumed. I can do it again over the weekend while Pat, James, and Dan are at camp.

Off to swimming lessons next.

[NicknamedBob]

"Oldasrocks plants frozen veggies, if that’s any help...."

I've discovered that if you're trying to raise laying hens, don't boil the eggs before you plant them.

Same with bird seed. If you plant it too deep, the worms eat it.

[Monkey Face]

Heh...

[Monkey Face]

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