Blogging along on my New Delly
Maxing usage to justify the fee
The reset starts on Friday night
Trying to drain the last gigabyte
Wracking my brain for events today
No particular thing to say
Nothing much happening here at the ol' homestead today. As usual, I've put off writing until late in the day. I've got nothing. Nothing planned, nothing I'm fired up about, nothing that gets my creative juices flowing. I guess there's not a second total solar eclipse to save me anytime soon.
Hick went to Goodwill on Sunday, and he heard from a lady there that a group of Japanese folks had rented out the Catholic Church over in Bill-Paying Town. They had flown over to see the eclipse, and were planning to camp inside the gymnasium. Thank goodness Hick didn't find a Farbman chest of drawers while he was at Goodwill, and try to lure them home to sleep in it.
Since I didn't leave the grounds yesterday, I was itching to hit the road this morning, and got up at the crack of 8:20. I turned on the TV and went into the kitchen to take my thyroid pill. While chugging the full glass of water it requires, I heard something LOUD on the TV that caught my attention. It was still on Hick's channel from last night. Looks like he'd been watching The History Channel, with the volume turned up to 40. I keep it around 18 myself. Anyhoo...Modern Marvels was on, and you'll never guess what the subject was.
PENNIES!
Technically, the show was about coins, and things relating to them (Modern Marvels: Coin Operated II, from Season 15 Episode 26 ? in 2008). But when my TV came on, the segment was about a cave with a wishing well area (Luray Caverns in Virginia), and how the pennies are harvested out of it with shovels and buckets, bagged, wheelbarrowed a half mile to the entrance of the cave, carried up flights of stairs by the local football team, and washed by a guy with a cement mixer who charges a small fee, then donated to charity.
Oh, and when I left Walmart over in Bill-Paying town, I was waiting to make a left turn out of my parking aisle. A truck driving in the lane in front of the building stopped, blocking me, because a woman had walked out in the road in front of it. She bent over, to pick up what looked like a manila folder. Or so I thought. That darn lady didn't touch the folder. She picked up a PENNY and smiled, putting it in her purse.
I just can't get away from them, I guess.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to watching YouTube videos of slot machine play, and The Top 25 Big Brother Moments, so I can use up all of my internet allotment by Friday at midnight.
Those Japanese might not need lodging in a Farbman chest of drawers, but they could probably use some oranges.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I can buy them some if I cash the 12-cent residual checks they send me for my proposed TV show!
DeleteKathy B. Goode.
ReplyDeleteShh...what's that? I think I heard Beethoven rolling over.
DeleteBut were you riding along in your calaboose?
ReplyDeleteNot that I am aware of. The most riding I did was on my rolly chair in my dark basement lair. I don't think I have reservations for the Cross-Bars Hilton.
DeleteSome other woman got the penny that could have been yours?
ReplyDeleteOh well, better luck next time.
Now I have to google Farbman chests of drawers.
YES! But I suppose that penny was meant for HER. Both of my favorite parking spaces there were taken, and I thought of going up the next aisle, but didn't. That would have taken me across that area on the walk in.
DeleteA few more seconds earlier or later, depending on the speed of the checkout line, would have meant that I was happily unaware of the lady picking up that penny. I suppose there's a reason that Even Steven rubbed in the fact that I missed one!
Well that was fun. I googled Farbman chest and found a whole page of funny Seinfeld quotes.
ReplyDeleteI love Seinfeld! Can't pass up the opportunity for a reference.
DeleteI think I know what would trigger your interest: Burger Bros. Casino play? Enjoy a do nothing day.
ReplyDeleteI am re-amassing my casino bankroll from a portion of each winning scratch-off ticket. I'll probably make it back there next month. I'm sure the weirdos have telepathically picked up this message, and will be waiting for me.
DeleteJust think if you had gotten up at the crack of 8:10 maybe you could have beat that lady to the penny that was rightfully yours....unless of course it was rightfully hers, but we know the truth don't we.
ReplyDeleteThat's the thing! The slightest variance in your routine determines whether you are at the right place at the right time. It was obviously her day to get the penny, and maybe a message for me to get out of bed earlier!
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