291. I think Murphy ought to repeal his law.
292. I think turtles should be required to make their own soup.
293. I think the Texans football team will win three more games next season than last, with the new quarterback.
294. I think I need a break from from stress.
295. I think the wildflowers will be more glorious than normal this year.
edgarblythe wrote:294. I think I need a break from from stress.
We all could use use a break from it.
Last Friday, I had before me: a refrigerator not working and a resident move-in there the same day; the swimming pool pump moter quit working; a woman tried to stop her toilet from overflowing by jerking up on the float, which broke off the top of the valve and flooded the apartment. Had to clean up the water and take up the wet pad from beneath the carpet. Got the pump working at ten after quitting time, and it circulated the water a few minutes before it lost prime and started leaking. So, tomorrow, I have to rob a refrigerator from an empty apt, fix the pump, put new pad under the carpet, etc. This in addition to the door to door trash run and various other duties. My sole help is a female temp, who has been a lead maintenance on other properties. She seemed capable Friday.
296. I think the Tony Bennett recordings of the 1960s are truly mellow. I still play his vinyl records I bought then.
297. I think Emily Dickinson was nobody. I am nobody too.
298. I think red has to be my favorite color. So dynamic, so out there.
299. I think my new working partner is a hoot. A 42 year old woman maintenance person. A temp. She does it all. Keeps me hopping.
300. I think my wife has made remarkable progress toward regaining normal use of her arm. She has been going to therapy three days per week.
You like sardines? Not everyone does... but I do too. Make a fish soup with this and that and a couple of broken up sardines from a can of sardines in hot sauce...
Sardines and salmon make up a large part of my diet. Nothing fancy; just eat a lot.
edgarblythe wrote:300. I think my wife has made remarkable progress toward regaining normal use of her arm. She has been going to therapy three days per week.
I think that's excellent news!
301. I think that when even many Texans start criticising Bush, as they have, he really is in trouble.
302. I think cowboy movies and stories are still wonderful, in the 21st Century. Can't get enough of the good ones. Just watched a film biography of Wild Bill Hickock. He was, to me, a man worthy of admiration, despite a few debunking articles that pop up occasionally.
303. I think John Lennon was a voice too early silenced. Who knows what else he might have produced, musically, intellectually. He still seemed to be evolving.
304. I think Fess Parker was the best film Davy Crockett.
305. I think Burr, by Gore Vidal, is my favorite historical novel.
306. I think HEB's chocolate chip ice cream is all I need for happiness.
307. I think my four favorite radio programs, from the Golden Age of Radio, are The Great Gildersleve, Suspense, Gunsmoke and The Whistler.
308. I think it wonderful that the elderly have taken to computers. Many otherwise boring and lonely hours filled with whatever they have taken to online.
309. I think it remarkable that the public never digs in its heels, and says, "Enough already, with the new innovations in electronics. Give us something that works that we can use year after year, with gradual improvements, instead of making us chuck the systems we have for newer ones every few months."
310. I think my ex helper has a lot of damn gall, after sleeping on the job half of the time, and burglarizing the customers the other half, to come into the office this morning, requesting his job back.
I think edgar is a model of restraint.
(I am assuming he didn't shoot his ex-helper, or else he'd be in jail now instead of posting on A2K.)
edgarblythe wrote:307. I think my four favorite radio programs, from the Golden Age of Radio, are The Great Gildersleve, Suspense, Gunsmoke and The Whistler.
Gunsmoke used to be on radio?
So, the TV version of that show was an adaption?
Yup.
Mat Dillon: William Conrad
Kitty: Georgia Russell
Chester: Parley Baer
Doc: Howard McNear
You might recall William Conrad as the fat man on Jake and the Fat Man.
Howard McNear played Floyd, the barber, on The Andy Griffith Show.
Eva wrote:I think edgar is a model of restraint.
(I am assuming he didn't shoot his ex-helper, or else he'd be in jail now instead of posting on A2K.)
The ex helper was charged with a crime, but, the victim dropped the charges for fear of retaliation.
Did I say I've been to Houston on my motorbike, a bit of a trek from my home. Edgar Rawks!
Chumly wrote:Did I say I've been to Houston on my motorbike, a bit of a trek from my home. Edgar Rawks!
That is one hell of a trek. Did I mention one of my last temp helpers came here from Nova Scotia?
edgarblythe wrote:You might recall William Conrad as the fat man on Jake and the Fat Man.
Howard McNear played Floyd, the barber, on The Andy Griffith Show.
Yes, I remember Conrad. The man with the booming voice. I also remember him from the TV show, Cannon, which I enjoyed.
A lot of the old favourites are gone now.
Is Andy Griffith still kicking around? I don't know if his lawyer show is still in current production. Somehow I don't think so.
I believe Andy Griffith is alive. Probably retired.
edgarblythe wrote:Yup.
Mat Dillon: William Conrad
Kitty: Georgia Russell
Chester: Parley Baer
Doc: Howard McNear
You might recall William Conrad as the fat man on Jake and the Fat Man.
Howard McNear played Floyd, the barber, on The Andy Griffith Show.
Correction: Georgia Ellis
311. I think the second greatest invention in history is cardboard. Lots you can do with it. Especially when used with the first greatest invention: Duct tape.
312. I think I would like to be under the sea in an octopus's garden in the shade.
313. I think God would be the ultimate emoticon, if he were there.
314. I think of all the good teas out there, how strange that I stick mostly with Lipton. But, I do love it.
315. I think my heart has been broken too long. Come on, humanity, grow up.
316. I think James Bond films may be enjoyable. Don't know for sure, having never watched one.
317. I think Randy Travis sings like he's groaning with a very deep bellyache.
318. I think American news media has become something else.
319. I think the mustang grapes that hang over the fence at the apartments may be a bumper crop this year. They make good jelly.
320. I think The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has more Mormons than anything else belonging to it.
