Beautiful sunny day, in the low 60's! I was out without a coat. Nice. Tomorrow, it's supposed to be in the middle 70's and on the next day... 76 degrees!
Toyota
I took my Rav4 in to the dealer for a maintenance check. I was prepared to get a bill for at least $700.. but, it came to only $291. Not bad these days. Everything looked fine on their checklist except for a couple of minor things that needed fixing... so they said. While there, they were able to take care of two of Toyota's four recent recall problems. The other fixes aren't ready yet.
The maintenance guy said that he would be glad to tow Elaine's Toyota in and get it in shape again. I'll be working that out very soon. I need to make sure that the plates are valid.
Remember: A Toyota is a Palindrome.
Old Time Political Observation
Mental Floss magazine quotes Abraham Lincoln on the ideas of his opponent, Stephen A. Douglas.
"...as thin as the ... soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death."
Abraham Lincoln on Height:
I was concerned that I have lost 4 inches in height until I read this quote by President Lincoln:
"In my opinion, a man's legs ought to be long enough to reach the ground." .... although he did poke fun at a man (I can't remember who) whose short height meant that when he walked into a snow drift, his head wiped out his footprints.
Caregiver's Concern
I was talking to someone at an AARP meeting about caregiving. Mr. X says he was caring for his mother, but he got overwhelmed with the job and so he said in perfect Baltimorese: "I put 'er in better." Translated: that means that he was able to transfer his mother to a place where she could get better care.
More "Toilet" Thoughts:
A recent hospital study showed that jet-air hand dryers throw microscopic drops of germ carrying bacteria around the bathroom. (Better to use the paper towels, if available.)
Also, it suggested shutting the toilet lid before flushing, because flushing also causes dangerous spraying around the bathroom.
Scary, isn't it?
Tough Grannies:
Mental Floss magazine listed some grandmothers that everyone would be pleased to be related to.
One lady marched with Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr and at the age of 85, she did ballroom dancing on America's Got Talent. Now, at the age of 97, she is teaching yoga.
Another lady started pumping iron and won a body-building competition at age 65. She is in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the oldest competitive female bodybuilder at the age of 77.
RIP, Mama:
Chuck Shepherd writes in the Funny Times that a young Frenchman had a stone table and benches built over his mother's grave, so that he and his friends could enjoy "munchies and wine" while he talked with his mama.
OMG!
Chuck also tells us about a Tennessee County Commissioner who wants all state officials, including the Governor, to prepare for "God's wrath" because of the recent nation-wide policies of things like "same sex marriage." (She probably will vote for Ted Cruz.) (We have a paranoid County Commissioner who thinks as the Tennessee Commissioner does.. and also thinks that our County will soon be taken over by either aliens or United Nations employees.)
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Enough for now.. I have to go prepare for Armageddon.....
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