Last night we had numerous tornado watches and warnings. We also had a little hail and lots of rain.
I have the closed captioning feature turned on in my computer room tv. Sometimes funny things show up when the stenographer hearing the voice types the results. This job has to have a person who can listen, spell and type accurately! (I had to Google that to see how closed captioning works.)
We have a town here in Kansas called Arkansas City. It is pronounced the same way we say the name of the river: R Kansas City. Everywhere else it is the R Kansaw River. So last night during the weather coverage, the closed captioning person typed "Our Kansas City." Several times. I thought it was funny.
I am easily amused.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Friday, May 3, 2019
A Coincidence
A trip to the store this morning and to the bank within the store to draw out some cash. We are so old fashioned that we use money instead of a debit card.
I already had cash in my wallet - $81 - which I knew would be more than enough to get whatever things I needed to pick up: coffee, paper towels, TP, mayonnaise, bread, soup, hamburger, milk, some breakfast bagels and some more Ensure to make me strong and full of protein.
I got to the cashier who was new to me and very friendly. The previous customer tried his charge card about six times and finally had to abandon his groceries. He asked her if she could hold them for him. I guess he was going for cash. He said he'd be back.
She rang up all my purchases and the total was $80.81. I told her she emptied my wallet!
The lesson here for me is always go to the bank before shopping for food - even if you think you have plenty of money.
P.S. $6.74 of that amount was sales tax. It's 9% here in our town.
I already had cash in my wallet - $81 - which I knew would be more than enough to get whatever things I needed to pick up: coffee, paper towels, TP, mayonnaise, bread, soup, hamburger, milk, some breakfast bagels and some more Ensure to make me strong and full of protein.
I got to the cashier who was new to me and very friendly. The previous customer tried his charge card about six times and finally had to abandon his groceries. He asked her if she could hold them for him. I guess he was going for cash. He said he'd be back.
She rang up all my purchases and the total was $80.81. I told her she emptied my wallet!
The lesson here for me is always go to the bank before shopping for food - even if you think you have plenty of money.
P.S. $6.74 of that amount was sales tax. It's 9% here in our town.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
May
May has brought showers. I thought they were supposed to be in April.
Cooler temperatures have us wearing coats. Still we see people in t-shirts with short sleeves. Age must make our blood run cold.
Cooler temperatures have us wearing coats. Still we see people in t-shirts with short sleeves. Age must make our blood run cold.
Monday, April 29, 2019
A While Back
This is a circular cut from a tree that was cut down in our back yard since we moved here in 2007.
It reminds us of the blind date we had sixty-seven years ago. It was a picnic which Lee's mother fixed for us with fried chicken.
Ever since that date, he has been in my thoughts every day.
I think it's the same for him.
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Ceiling Fan Woes
In our middle bedroom which I guess you could call the guest room, we have a tiny little ceiling fan. It is really cute. I went in to turn on the light so we could see the area when the new O2 machine was delivered.
No light. I pulled on the chain for the fan. No fan. So of course I tried the light pull again. The glass globe fell off, hit the bed, the carpeted floor and bounced off the bed leg and broke.
So now we have no "globe" in there or in the computer room. It seems the one in the computer room doesn't want to stay in place either.
The naked light bulbs remind me of pictures from the depression with bare light bulbs in a room.
I try not to look up at them.
No light. I pulled on the chain for the fan. No fan. So of course I tried the light pull again. The glass globe fell off, hit the bed, the carpeted floor and bounced off the bed leg and broke.
So now we have no "globe" in there or in the computer room. It seems the one in the computer room doesn't want to stay in place either.
The naked light bulbs remind me of pictures from the depression with bare light bulbs in a room.
I try not to look up at them.
Saturday, April 27, 2019
More on Miss Smith
I turned on Smerconish at 8:00 CDT this Saturday morning (CNN) He had the story about Kate Smith with this follow-up.
A transcript (no audio is available) of a radio program from 1945 has been found with a long section of Miss Kate Smith commenting on tolerance and the need for hatred to be taken away from our society. It was very moving. This was right after WWII had ended and reminds me of Frank Sinatra singing "The House We Live In" which can be found on YouTube.
In the words of a black man who was beaten in California after a traffic stop, "Can't we all just get along?'
And later: Sunday morning, April 28th, CBS Sunday Morning program stated that the New York Yankees had played the recording of God Bless America by Miss Smith during the seventh inning stretch. They have stopped doing this now. They also mentioned many other singers who sang songs similar to the ones mentioned before. George M. Cohan, Al Jolsen and others that I do not remember.
It was a different time - not a "good old days" time but different.
You can't change what happened but you can learn from it.
A transcript (no audio is available) of a radio program from 1945 has been found with a long section of Miss Kate Smith commenting on tolerance and the need for hatred to be taken away from our society. It was very moving. This was right after WWII had ended and reminds me of Frank Sinatra singing "The House We Live In" which can be found on YouTube.
In the words of a black man who was beaten in California after a traffic stop, "Can't we all just get along?'
And later: Sunday morning, April 28th, CBS Sunday Morning program stated that the New York Yankees had played the recording of God Bless America by Miss Smith during the seventh inning stretch. They have stopped doing this now. They also mentioned many other singers who sang songs similar to the ones mentioned before. George M. Cohan, Al Jolsen and others that I do not remember.
It was a different time - not a "good old days" time but different.
You can't change what happened but you can learn from it.
Friday, April 26, 2019
Non-Political
I hope no one thinks this offering is political. I don't mean it in that way.
The way I want this to be viewed is just STUPID.
When I was a kid, we listened to Kate Smith on the radio. She had a wonderful voice. She was even in a few movies. She introduced the song, God Bless America.
She was inspiring and I admired her success. She showed that people could do well without being a typical model figure. (She and my mom were quite similar in build.)
This item has not received much notice in the news or maybe I have missed it on the tv media. I did see it on the internet. Because she sang two songs in the early thirties that mentioned black people as "darkies," they have wrapped her statue at the Flyers stadium in cloth and are considering removing it altogether. I understand the Flyers played a recording of her singing before the game or at the half. They have also stopped that tribute.
I do not agree with removing our history.
What will they remove next?
The way I want this to be viewed is just STUPID.
When I was a kid, we listened to Kate Smith on the radio. She had a wonderful voice. She was even in a few movies. She introduced the song, God Bless America.
She was inspiring and I admired her success. She showed that people could do well without being a typical model figure. (She and my mom were quite similar in build.)
This item has not received much notice in the news or maybe I have missed it on the tv media. I did see it on the internet. Because she sang two songs in the early thirties that mentioned black people as "darkies," they have wrapped her statue at the Flyers stadium in cloth and are considering removing it altogether. I understand the Flyers played a recording of her singing before the game or at the half. They have also stopped that tribute.
I do not agree with removing our history.
What will they remove next?
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