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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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More than half a century ago when I was in high school, I bought myself 3 less-than-high-quality wigs. I doubt they cost more than $20 each, and probably lots less since I was making $2 an hour for maybe 5 hours of work a week, so…

Anyway, one was a pageboy in a color very close to my dirty blond/light brown. One was a mop of soft curls, also nearly my color, and one was a short, tapered cut in a shade close to chocolate. I’d wear them to school once in a while and I was amazed that some people didn’t notice the changing lengths and colors. Or maybe they just didn’t notice me - dunno. But for all that they were cheap synthetic hair, they were fun.

My first was in Coronado, CA - a studio for $150/mo all utilities included. It was a stretch for me, but since I didn’t own a car, I could afford it. The building is long since gone, but I looked up an apartment building a few blocks from where I lived. A 1BR/1BA is $3K and a 2/2 is $3650. Whew!

Tomorrow is my EEG to see how my brain is doing since the seizure 2 years ago.

And I find the bottled (yes, plastic) tastes better than canned. Different palates…

Weeding went well - I filled 2 five-gallon buckets before my back demanded respite. Then a shower and a grocery run. All purchases have been stowed and I had my leftover Mexican for lunch. Now…? We’ll see. I bought some sweet cherries and I’m thinking I need some. I also got a poke tenderloin on sale ($1.99/lb!) so I’ll look at recipes and maybe plan that for supper.

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That’s the thing that blew my mind. Sometime in the last thirty years, the premium wigs started to be the synthetic ones. I think the selling point is that you don’t have to restyle them after washing.

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Have had the usual 2sday Soup and Sammiches, so belly is nicely packed. Will dress and head over to the gym here in a little bit because habits are hard to break. Temperature has reached 90F and probably will add a degree or two.

Cookie, glad the nephew is looking ahead, but he also needs to have options (IMHO) if things don’t go as planned.

It seems to be doing just fine IMHO. Hope the EEG agrees with me.

Never wore a wig, despite not have much hair left up top. And given the pricing quoted here, I think folks will have to tolerate my balding dome.

Can’t remember what my first apartment rented for, it was in Bedford, Ohio and that’s about all I remember.

Need to put on the gym stuff and head on out. Take care all.

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We shall see. no gaurentees I’ll get anything.. I JUST started that job.. but ya never know unless you try, Eh? Besides I got an email that says they want more information but nothing about what they actually want.. so it looks like another 3 hours on the phone for me.. Good times.

Moooom I love mexican.. and now I wants some…

Hippie Birdies to your Dad, Mollie!

Well, I am geting a sloooooowww start to the day, but maybe I needed to sleep in… I still have plenty of hours to do the job hunt thing ( while I wait on hold, grrrrr ) before I go see my massage client tonight (Every Wednesday I go have dinner with my folks and give my Daddy a backrub. I got the best parents in the world, and I got to pay it back a little, yanno? Besides I get a free dinner out of the deal and the Scungy Brothers ™ fend for theirselves)

Other than that, not much planned for the day, maybe a little cleaning.. Ya’ll have a great day.. and consider yerselves hugged!

Oh, Yeah..

:musical_note: :musical_notes:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOO YOOOOOUUU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOO YOOOOOUUU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SWAMPY…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOO YOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUU
:musical_note: :musical_notes:
Love ya, big guy!!! :bear:

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Happy Swampy Day! :partying_face:

Nearest studio apartment (375 sq ft) is 1190 CHF = 1450 USD. But that’s brand new and not in town.

Our mortgage is less than that - we’re really glad we bought when we did - otherwise we’d be paying a pretty penny in rent.

Today’s the beginning of the intense heat portion of the current heat wave. I would love to get some rain, days and days of it. We do have a bit of humidity - the sky’s not so blue. Might get some thunder boomers on Friday, which I wouldn’t mind at all.

Glad the office has AC, and I’m glad I have a company jacket, because I wore it all day.

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Happy Birthday swampy! Im so happy you are part of my world :slight_smile:

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We know you’re having a great birthday!
:birthday_cake::bear::top_hat:

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I just got back from delivering lunch to the Band Directors. It was odd to be in a teachers’ lounge that didn’t smell of stale cigarette smoke.

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So The Supreme Shouting Officer’s bright idea today was too take the 2 ladies who clerk stuff in Smalls, and have them label packages in Irregs, and have a couple of the Irreg people do something else. The problem being, quite apart from things that need data entry, is that several of the business parks, shopping centers, and N.C. State demand you pick a suite number from the pop up menu in the Package program. Which doesn’t work with the auto labelers, or the portable iSPA machines. So that got dumped on the 300 Slide. Normally I would go over to help, but oops, I had to work on the 100 Sort Table because they were short handed. It was a disaster, and the drivers left 30+ minutes late. The damages and rewraps weren’t absolutely horrible, but I didn’t get out till noon. But I’m having my bowl of frosted dry, flavorless bits now.
Roomie, swinging at gnat in kitchen: “COME HERE YOU LITTLE BASTARD!”
Spot: < runs into kitchen > “Mew?”
:rofl:

:bottle_with_popping_cork: :birthday_cake: :partying_face:HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWAMPY!!!:partying_face: :birthday_cake: :bottle_with_popping_cork:

Maybe you could pinch a railman’s lunch on the train to work Friday? :wink:

Gordie and I once saw one wandering through the complex. Oddly enough, it’s one of the few creatures he didn’t try to fight.

You could get a box from Walmart.com for $40. I wonder if they ship it in a box?

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His dad knows the perils of life as a musician and that most musicians fail at making a living from it. But it’s the kid’s passion and he was just accepted to the State Honors Orchestra as one of their three French horn players, and the kid is only 14.

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Good for him! I’ve enjoyed the various military bands in various genres over the years and there are some talented musicians among them.

You may want to consult with doggio for recommendations.

Groceries are bought, lunch et and fixing to take Nelson out for his post-lunch constitutional. Otherwise, RDOS today.

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I’ve been a slackard posting in the MMP this week. I’m going to continue to be a slackard by failing to acknowledge many of the things Mumpers are currently going through. Somehow I feel sure you won’t miss my contributions. :wink: Except it must be said:

(Further slacking:) Ditto. ^

We’re enjoying a final week of comfortable temperatures before the heat returns next week. Today started at 58Ferrets and will climb only to 81F, currently 74F. Even next week isn’t too bad, with morning temps forecast at mid 50s.

My close friend was in the horse-pistol yesterday and diagnosed with diverticulitis. Sent home last night with some new instructions for her diet. I know it can be serious. I’m just glad it wasn’t more serious.

Ollie is comfortably sacked out at my side snoozing belly up. Several days of meds and regular yeast baths have finally done the trick. Hard to say how long before his fur grows back.

Wildlife sightings: Bun is out most mornings around 6:00 a.m. Early Sunday morning, I saw something really rare. A cat! Obviously feral, and it was huge. I had arisen for a bio break and just wanted a glance out the slider before opening it to let cool air in. I flipped on the exterior light, not the brightest. There it calmly sat, about 20 feet away. We stared at each other through the glass for a few beats while I tried to figure out if it was a large feral cat or a smallish lynx. Pretty sure cat. Then I put my hand against the side of the slider, which made a noise and the cat boogied. I never see them here, but I hope this one sticks around. No further sightings since, though.

I’m sad and struggling to gin up much enthusiasm over anything this week. Hopefully this will soon improve. More when I can. Lucky for me this is the week for slacking!

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Howdy Y’all! First, thanks for all the bday wishes! They made a grumpy old man almost crack a smile! We went to the Asia hog trough buffet for lunch and I et my fill of sushi and other stuff. 'Twas good! Nappage then ensued. It’s cloudy out and we have a tstorm watch in effect, so hopefully I’ll get a big tboomer for my bday. I had a martini in honor of the day cause I am all suave and sophisticated like that. Plus I get more cheesecake in a little while! All in all not a bad day.

BrightTree Happy Doperversary!

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Heard from my sister - her husband is going to have surgery to remove the tumor on the right lymph node, and his larynx will likely have to go, too. They’re waiting for more details, including a date.

Blurred because it’s kinda depressing.

FCD and I were talking about it - there’s a possibility that BIL might not survive the surgery. I know that’s always a possibility anyway, but he’s been deteriorating in recent years and he’s little more than a skeleton, he’s lost so much weight. So I guess we’ll see how it goes from here.

Supper tonight may just be corn on the cob. That’s easy enough. Maybe not well-balanced, but that’s the thing about adulting - you can do it you way!!

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That sounds very scary. If that does happen I have had patients I took care of who used an artificial ‘voice box’ to talk after similar surgery. It will take some work with a speech pathologist but he’ll be able yo communicate. Also, nowadays there are incredible technological augmentative devices to communicate with-think iPads that speak for you just by touching keys or icons.

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Mooooom Praying for your BIL HUGS
Aspen Hippie Dopeaversary! Cheers! :tropical_drink:
Swampy Glad you’re having a good Birfuleday! :confetti_ball:

After over three and a half hours I FINALLY got thru to the Unemploment folks.. only to find out the email I got is a glitch and I didn’t have to do anything.:headdesk: I got aother slew of apps put in while I was on THE ENTERNAL HOLD OF DOOM so I think I may nap for a bit before I head out…

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Had a nice message but deleted it so need to sulk for a half-hour watching TV and then I’ll try again.

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Is raining here. Ms Peach hates the rain, so she is refusing to go out, but also whining that she needs to go out. Instead she’s sulking on the top of the couch, and throwing toys behind said couch.

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When we were moving, Hubs ordered a lot of boxes from somewhere…they came in a box. (Perfect size for some of my wall art, I considered it to be a bonus.)

Gotta love it when they finally learn to respond to their names!!!

I always get heart palpitations when looking at rental prices. How are folks supposed to be able to save up a down payment when their rent is twice what a mortgage payment would be? (Oh, wait. That’s the plan, nobody gets to own anything and should pay rent for even the smallest of things.)

Fox or those recorded health things are all the rage out here. Back in AZ I would check in and then wait in my car, happily wait times here are short enough that its not worth the walk back to the parking lot.

It certainly is sweet enough! It’s popular enough out here that the bakery always has some on display, but we want at least 25 pieces so thought we should pre-order it. Its mostly a nostalgia thing, everyone will put a piece on their plate and then talk about great grandma making it for special occasions but nobody will want seconds and most of the first pieces won’t be finished.

:people_hugging:

I hope things go better than expected.

ARGH!!! I hope you were able to get it straightened out in the end.

So my shoulder is really achy today. We had some thunderboomers and George plastered himself to my back so I couldn’t move. I’ve been doing all of my stretching exercises and whining a whole lot.

Mom didn’t raise no quitter. She did, however, raise a whiner. I’ll get it done, but you’re going to hear about it.

I’m still noshing on cherry tomatoes every afternoon which is nice because we’re not trusting grocery store stuff anymore. We both have spoken to people who have gotten sick, it sounds pretty miserable and we would rather avoid it if possible.

Hubs thinks he’s tired of being sweeping up after the fuzzbutts every day and has ordered one of those robot sweeper/mopper things. It should arrive tomorrow and I do hope it lives up to his expectations. My first test will be under our bed. It gets so dusty under there and we can only reach it all with a specific dust mop. If the sweeper works well, I will be able to get that big dust mop out of the laundry nook, it really is taking up a lot of room in a pretty small area.

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And Pardon the Interruption (both for not redoing my response immediately and the name of the TV show I watched), but I’m back and ready to try communication again. Been to the gym and had a bacon sammich when I got home, will shortly head over to the soccer fields to help with a 10U ‘jamboree’ (kids show up, get some training and then play games, I get to coach and ref) to get me back into the soccer routine. 96F (heat index 107F) so won’t be running around too much. After that some ham-n-cheesers for a late dinner should finish the night out.

Pearl, your Dad is a lucky man. Best of luck with the job hunt and the unemployment office. And I see it was all for naught, but at least you got some things accomplished.

Dicey, stay cool, as I note above, it’s a bit warm here in N. Ali-bama too.

They smoke cigars?? :grin:

doggio, at least Spot knows his role to perfection…

Cookie, my best wishes to the lad, sounds like he’s a real talent, will cross appendages for him.

Bright Tree, hope friend is good about following medical instructions and does well. And glad Ollie hasn’t met giant cat beast yet.

FCM, good wishes for BIL but sounds like an uphill battle. And now you have me thinking about corn on the cob…

JtC, keep on exercising and and least make it a fine whine… I still have lettuce and tomatoes from Kroger, don’t think Ali-bama has been hit yet, but keeping an eye on my health. And await your report on the robot sweeper, have thought about getting one but since this is Slack week on the MMP…

And there, have the message all set to go–now as long as I hit the reply instead of the discard button…