tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post4250985652734550055..comments2024-03-28T22:42:50.909-05:00Comments on Unbagging the Cats: A Tale of Two BiddiesValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-81666220365693165682013-10-03T20:02:16.092-05:002013-10-03T20:02:16.092-05:00Stephen,
I am not nearly so good a writer as you a...Stephen,<br />I am not nearly so good a writer as you are a painter. I feel quite comfortable here in my lower-middle-class niche in the literary class system. <br /><br />"Getting published should be the hard part, not hunting down books." I KNOW, right? I hardly ever break a sweat when I'm writing, but that hunting-down business is for the birds!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-34867753863491621462013-10-03T19:57:26.300-05:002013-10-03T19:57:26.300-05:00Birdie,
Yes, the inflection and accompanying facia...Birdie,<br />Yes, the inflection and accompanying facial expression were perfect for that "Sometimes."Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-89734258343151381192013-10-03T19:45:52.448-05:002013-10-03T19:45:52.448-05:00joeh,
Before I read on down the page, I was about ...joeh,<br />Before I read on down the page, I was about to inform the world that Val herself has taken the rural carrier exam, and even been called to two interviews before returning to her calling of educating the future of tomorrow. But since I don't want to be thought of as a weirdo, I won't mention it. Wait. You're all raising your eyebrows at each other when I look away, aren't you?<br /><br />Thank you, New Jersey, for reinventing the wheel. Although your spirit of choice to lift in celebration leaves a little to be desired.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-2471309433435420022013-10-03T19:41:23.025-05:002013-10-03T19:41:23.025-05:00Linda,
Okay, SOMEBODY is trying to pull the wool o...Linda,<br />Okay, SOMEBODY is trying to pull the wool over Val's eyes. City post offices are no different? Maybe you haven't heard. One of your very own pen-wielding women has clearly stated that she has found an old time post office where people are nice.<br /><br />And if the post offices are the same, why should I get out of the back woods? Huh? There are more holes in your story than in the business end of a well-worn Croc. I'm starting to wonder where YOU were on the day my books disappeared...Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-52005864155046363472013-10-03T19:36:19.879-05:002013-10-03T19:36:19.879-05:00Becky,
Don't be a stranger. Then you won't...Becky,<br />Don't be a stranger. Then you won't miss me. I know my writing can't be described in one word. Because it's a pattern of letters and spaces with punctuation arranged in horizontal rows! Yes. That's the perfect description of my writing.<br /><br />The lost books are Not Your Mother's Book...on Being a Parent. I'm sure they will fall into the hands of people who need to learn how to be parents.<br /><br />What's with you city folk and Cheeto-encrusted hands? Do you eat your Cheetos with a knife and fork? That's only for candy bars, you know.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-45629678978494207862013-10-03T19:29:54.307-05:002013-10-03T19:29:54.307-05:00Lynn,
I can't help picturing your old time pos...Lynn,<br />I can't help picturing your old time post office as a Pony Express outpost, where waiting riders play checkers on an upturned barrel, and white-bearded geezers offer you a chaw that they carve off their plug of tobacco with a Bowie knife.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-38144863114731410622013-10-03T19:25:51.143-05:002013-10-03T19:25:51.143-05:00Perhaps, Madam, you are feverish and delirious. Or...Perhaps, Madam, you are feverish and delirious. Or your feet are being tickled by a daddy longlegs who just broke up with his Chex Mix Cheerio.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-62805346281455274142013-10-03T10:07:22.467-05:002013-10-03T10:07:22.467-05:00I love that more people are discovering what I'...I love that more people are discovering what I've known for some time---that you're a very good writer. I do hope your books are found. Getting published should be the hard part, not hunting down your books.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-41168913164286943862013-10-03T09:50:22.098-05:002013-10-03T09:50:22.098-05:00My husband just retired from the post office and h...My husband just retired from the post office and his hub was WEIRD. The staff, the building. The majority of the people that work there are some of the strangest people I have ever met. The stories my husband has told me about his coworkers over the years could fill a book. What make them so WEIRD? Maybe it it the weather but I think Newman had it down pat...<br /><br />"Seinfeld: The Old Man (#4.18)" (1993)<br /><br />George Costanza: Let me ask you something. What do you do for a living, Newman? <br /><br />Newman: I'm a United States postal worker. <br /><br />George Costanza: Aren't those the guys that always go crazy and come back with a gun and shoot everybody? <br /><br />Newman: Sometimes. <br /><br />Jerry: Why is that? <br /><br />Newman: Because the mail never stops. It just keeps coming and coming and coming. There's never a letup, it's relentless. Every day it piles up more and more, and you gotta get it out, but the more you get out, the more keeps coming in! And then the bar code reader breaks! And then it's Publisher's Clearinghouse Day...! <br /><br />(I love that one word. "Sometimes")Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-14903619979477428992013-10-03T08:05:37.301-05:002013-10-03T08:05:37.301-05:00In defense of postal workers, and I have known a f...In defense of postal workers, and I have known a few...the stories they tell...their supervisors are notorious a-holes known to time bathroom breaks, and frown at unnecessary courtesy. <br /><br />I will wait for about a minute and then say. "excuse me, I know you see me, I don't mind waiting, but am I at the right window or is there one somewhere else. But then it does help to be old and crotchety!<br /><br />You have described every post office and DMV in the country...well they privatized the DMV in NJ and it actually is much better...but we pay $7 for dirty water cocktails, so what do we know!joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-21562869533240757362013-10-03T06:44:35.930-05:002013-10-03T06:44:35.930-05:00You have to get out of the back woods, although I ...You have to get out of the back woods, although I don't think these city slicker P.O.s are any different other than the odors. I do hope you find your books.Linda O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-17089045649336390692013-10-03T05:38:26.909-05:002013-10-03T05:38:26.909-05:00Val, I've missed you! Your writing is always s...Val, I've missed you! Your writing is always so...so...what's the word? I can't describe it in just one word, because it's amazing, funny, hilarious, unique, entertaining, and real! I haven't been around blogland much....what books are lost? Before you take the time to answer that, I'll go read some of your older posts. P.S. I REALLY loved this description: "Cheeto-encrusted hands.".....Eewww! <br />BECKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184458949017900541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-34129199252887370612013-10-02T23:32:28.307-05:002013-10-02T23:32:28.307-05:00I had a favorite post office, but they closed. But...I had a favorite post office, but they closed. But I was lucky enough to find another one... it's an old time one and the people are super. Hope you find your box of books!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05296300032567383021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937038870722238271.post-60036782662118589052013-10-02T22:58:00.088-05:002013-10-02T22:58:00.088-05:00Cheeto-encrusted hands? Apple Head?
You had me la...Cheeto-encrusted hands? Apple Head?<br /><br />You had me laughing out loud, and that is not done very often...Not over the written word...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.com