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GALOSHES
« on: December 05, 2010, 11:35:01 PM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were reminiscent of the Truman Capote character Holly Galoshes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently in search of galoshes as they don't want to get their tender feet wet or muddy.
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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2010, 11:36:37 PM »

And the word of the day is: FOOTLE!
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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2010, 01:23:25 AM »

Woke up early as I am still feeling the effects of hate poisoning. I had been sweating and woke up very cold. I guess that's a good thig.
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« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2010, 02:25:24 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.
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« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2010, 02:25:49 AM »

Oatmeal, dried cherries, cinnamon, pecans and coffee.
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« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2010, 02:26:12 AM »

Up early as usual.

A day of bag packing lies ahead.
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« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2010, 03:01:03 AM »

I sure hope you get back to normal again soon, Michael S.
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« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2010, 04:47:40 AM »

Monday morning greetings!  I've already been up for about an hour - WHY?  Because I crashed into bed last night at 9:30 when my early wake-up and a full day finally caught up with me.
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« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2010, 05:01:18 AM »

It is ver-r-r-r-ry cold here in SW Ohio this morning!  Temps in the teens, with wind chills about zero.  I'm thinking of sending Richard or Rob to the grocery because I've developed an intolerance to the cold - must be the blood thinners...
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« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2010, 05:29:33 AM »

It is 8 degrees here.....EIGHT DEGREES!!!
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« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2010, 05:30:05 AM »

TOD:

I worked at a warehouse when I was sixteen, moving boxes around and stacking candy and cigarettes.
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« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2010, 05:38:04 AM »

Very light snow flurries are in Manhattan right now.
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« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2010, 05:40:46 AM »

Bag Boy at Holiday Village North in Fridley, MN
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« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2010, 05:44:30 AM »

Good morning, all! I slept well, with a peculiar dream involving my grandmother's very haunted and terrifying house at 711 Tenth Avenue, Middletown Ohio, its renovation, its housewarming party with guests Kristen Chenoweth, Joshie, other friends, and the cast of THE APPLE TREE revival. I have no idea where the hell in my subconscious this megillah was created!

So, today's another convoluted day I wish I had not committed myself to: edits at Toyland at noon, followed at 6pm with meeting concerning McGlinn inventory going to the Library of Congress. Zak Stains needs the help but I'd rather chill out and stay home.

I think my first job was iin the periodicals dept of the Miami University library, Sept 1965. It lasted through grad school, 1970.

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« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2010, 05:51:18 AM »

TOD - I did a lot of babysitting in our neighborhood and, then, the summer between high school and college, worked in the pediatrician's office where my mother was bookkeeper.
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« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2010, 05:52:26 AM »

Morning, all!

Re: the strangeness of the word "Galoshes:" The Vestibules, a Canadian comedy trio, have a somewhat surreal sketch called "Bulbous Bouffant" which features that word rather heavily. Gives me a chuckle when I'm in the right mood for it.

TOD: Other than babysitting, my first regular job was in college, helping out my uncle in his desktop publishing business during the summer. Also worked at my school's instrumental analysis laboratory, calibrating and maintaining equipment. Good times...
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« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2010, 06:00:52 AM »

TOD:  On the holidays, I worked for a couple who had a florist shop.  I would take all the deliveries of plants and flowers to the various hosptial rooms (when you could still do that and not have to check thme on at the nurse's station).  It was wonderful to be able to cheer up so man people like that.

After that, I was a bag boy at a grocery store.
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« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2010, 06:10:28 AM »

Morning, all.
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« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2010, 06:11:43 AM »

Waiting for the doctor's office to open in a half hour. I still have this ear infection, which cleared up a little under a round of antibiotics, but is reverting to bad this morning. It's starting to block up and chewing isn't pleasant. Ugh.
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« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2010, 06:12:33 AM »

Feel better vibes for DR John G!
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« Reply #20 on: December 06, 2010, 06:14:22 AM »

TOD: When I was 12, I started delivering newspapers. Back then, there were two. The Louisville Courier-Journal in the morning, the Louisville Times in the evening.

It wasn't necessarily easy work, especially on mornings after a snowstorm. But the money was good. In the four years that I delivered papers, I was able to fund a summer in Europe and 2 1/2 years of college.

Unfortunately, it was the first of too many newspaper jobs.
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« Reply #21 on: December 06, 2010, 06:14:46 AM »

Thank you, Ginny. At least I can report that the crick in my neck is gone!
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« Reply #22 on: December 06, 2010, 06:16:30 AM »

Woke up early as I am still feeling the effects of hate poisoning. I had been sweating and woke up very cold. I guess that's a good thig.
Vibes for a quick recovery.
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« Reply #23 on: December 06, 2010, 06:17:26 AM »

And the word of the day is: FOOTLE!

What's the muddle in the middle?
That's the puddle where the footle did the fiddle.
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« Reply #24 on: December 06, 2010, 06:20:25 AM »

Woke up early as I am still feeling the effects of hate poisoning. I had been sweating and woke up very cold. I guess that's a good thig.

Who hates you enough to poison you? Seems alwfully harsh.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recovery vibes to DRs MichaelS and JohnG! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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« Reply #25 on: December 06, 2010, 06:38:17 AM »

It is 8 degrees here.....EIGHT DEGREES!!!

It is 54 degrees here! FIFTY-FOUR DEGREES!





They had the heat on at the church yesterday.
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« Reply #26 on: December 06, 2010, 06:41:44 AM »

* * * * * Recovery Vibes for DR Michael S. * * * * *
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« Reply #27 on: December 06, 2010, 06:44:17 AM »

* * * * * Healthy Ear Vibes for DR John G  * * * * *
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« Reply #28 on: December 06, 2010, 06:46:21 AM »

It's 31 degrees here in the South of Jersey, so I guess I shouldn't complain (though it is cold...)
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« Reply #29 on: December 06, 2010, 06:50:03 AM »

TOD: Babysitting. Then when I was in high school, one of the local car dealerships was clearing out their old sales files, and they hired a bunch of us to write the name of the buyer, the date of purchase, and the type of vehicle bought on index cards before they threw the file away.

I learned a couple of important things on that job.
1. Make the coffee bad the first time so it won't end up being your job.
2. Older men will hit on young girls (not me, one of the pretty girls). 
3. You will suddenly have more friends when you get paid, and said friends will expect you to pick up the check.
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