Yo momma’s so stupid she things Charlie Hall is a perfume museum.
Use the first three ratios in the box and you’ll have an easy time passing everyone this weekend. It takes a smaller gap to pass people at lower speeds, especially if you can get from 30 to 100 in a quarter mile. 'Course, if it’s packed going the other way you’d be better off using the back-back roads.
I have a theory that the slow traffic on leaf-peeper weekends isn’t because of the added congestion - it’s no worse than rush hour. It’s because we get a lot of flatlanders out here who don’t know how to drive worth a damn. This is borne out by the extremely low standard of driving out in Cleveland - people don’t know how to hurry it up, tighten the line, or open the throttle.
If I beat you away from the light, you’re doing something wrong. My bicycle has flat pedals and knobby tires. Get a move on, people. You don’t need to go 15 past the cop. You don’t need to slow down to 25 to take a wide-radius flat corner.
Curses, Eutychus ! You may have won *this * time, but I’ll be back and when I do, I’ll have a witty, Arlene Violet-related comeback.
<giggle> My parental units have been visiting since wednesday evening and we went to the Barnum museum in Bridgeport today [absolute fun, by the way - not huge or splashy, just WAY cool seeing the tiny clothing actually worn by Gen. Tom Thumb and his wife …] and I found out that the circus is going to be in New Haven on my ^birthday^ <happy dance 
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Although sob I just lost half a filling on one of my molars at dinner [it cracked a couple days ago and I was hoping it would stay in place for a few more days] 
I found the same thing this fall about the cider at Carver Hill, but I still try to buy there whenever possible; they’re terrific people. I can’t always say the same about Honey Pot Orchards… Thanks for the tip about Derby Orchards; I seem to recall seeing their sign so I’ll check them out (I work in Concord, so it’s not too far).
We spent the weekend cleaning the house. We tore up the remnants of carpet, got rid of remaining tack strips, and scrubbed and cleaned the hardwood floor, then weeded out and straightened up MilliCal’s toys, which had threatened to take over the room.
We now have a clear and clean living room floor, with that Zen-like emptiness that comes from a bar hardwood floor. We hated that thousand-year-old carpeting that was tired even before it started getting our spilled food, child throw-up (MilliCal once threw up vivid red after eating a whole box of Valentine candy) and cat urine stains.
MilliCal kept out of our way by playing downstairs. She disappeared into the front room/basement (we live in a Raised Ranch) with an armful of books and magazines.
“What are you doing with those?”
“I’m making a waiting room,” she replied.
When we went downstairs later we found that we had to sign in and out on a podium, and put on Halloween I.D. badges.
Next weekend maybe we can go Apple Picking, or something.
Applefields, just up from Stow center towards Bolton on 117 is an organic farm. They never applied for the label because the paperwork was such a hassle, but they practice organic farming techniques. And there’s Shelburne Farms, and Small Farm (another organic) along with the others. Shelburne has the hayrides, etc, where Small Farm is not as “activity” oriented, but has the neatest “teepee” that the husband-owner built himself out of sticks and vines. All of the farms are family-run businesses and very hospitable. Honey Pot has quite a lot of kids’ activities. All of this being why I avoided Stow for most of the weekend, even with the heavy rain.
Did you guys see the reports from Keene on the flooding? Wow. My ex works in downtown Keene. I haven’t heard from him yet whether the business is underwater.
Everyone here ready for Rotten Weekend, Part Deux?
My Maine weekend is coming up, and it looks like it will just be shades of gray. I think foliage will be a disaster this year.