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Archive for May, 2020

The Ryobi is my power washer.  It has a Honda motor.  It has a choke, but no throttle, and it’s really touchy about running without a rich fuel mix.  Still, I finished power washing the upper patios, and only have the poolside one left to do.  I’d rather have it run rough on me than […]

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Various Topics

First off, I have a niece who lives in Minneapolis.  Thankfully, she’s safe.  Still, the rioting, looting, and arson have to be unsettling.  The 3rd precinct cops abandoned their building, and let it get torched.  They let the rioting and looting go on for almost three days, with no response, while tear gassing the people […]

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I ordered a sectional sofa and coffee table set for the patio last winter, just to get the super-discount, even though I knew it would have to sit there in boxes until Spring, when I could assemble it, although I did take inventory of the parts when it arrived to make sure they were all […]

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This is really getting to be a drag.  Mom calls, and snail mails me her shopping lists, because she refuses to learn how to use email, even though she has the equipment and wi-fi connection to do so.  I can’t keep fetching, then driving over an hour away to a different state to keep delivering […]

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Mini-Fridge

We’ve lived here for years, but so far, have made do with a cooler for beverages down by the pool.  I finally broke down, and sprung for a kegerator sized mini fridge for the pool house.  The previous owners had something similar down there, but took it with them when we bought the place. It […]

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Woo-Hoo!

This rocks my socks, so to speak.  I finally got through to a live person at my pool company to schedule a pool opening.  It won’t happen before Memorial Day weekend, but it will happen the following Monday.  This makes me really happy. We’ve had to cancel a family wedding, a family reunion, and a […]

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The Three Stooges

In this SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which is already subsiding, may I present The Three Stooges: Moe = Gov. Cuomo (NY) Curly = Gov. Murphy (NJ) Larry = Gov. Wolf (PA) All three issued exucutive orders, which are not law, to mandate that nursing homes, long term care facilities, and hospices take in coronaviris patients, knowing they […]

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YAY!

Our favorite local pub was reduced to selling gift cards to survive.  Jen, the owner’s daughter, stopped by this morning to personally deliver the one I called to order yesterday.  She could have popped it in the snail mail, but has a brother who lives in my neighborhood, so she simply offered to deliver it […]

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GRRRRR

We had to bag out on the annual family reunion this year.  I’d made hotel reservations before any of us had heard of SARS-CoV-2.  But, our veterinarian is not allowed to board our dog, per state government edict.  The cats would have been fine left here for five to six days, with clean litter, and […]

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