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[vixmom]

We got back home around 1030 and parked in the side street and started to walk back to our house

[vixmom]

But the officer recognized us and offered to move the tape so we could get the car back in our driveway

[vixmom]

The power pole guys were working away trying to get the bottom part of the pole out of the ground

[vixmom]

We were delighted to find that the lights were on and the stuff in the freezer was still frozen

[vixmom]

We didn’t have internet or television or landline telephone but at least we had electricity

[vixmom]

The power guys worked all through the night

[vixmom]

I woke up at 5 am to use the necessary and took a peek outside to see them still working away.

[vixmom]

When I woke up again at 8 there were still three trucks there but the new pole was erected and the wires had all be transferred over

[vixmom]

And the old pole was gone

[vixmom]

We still didn’t have internet, tv or telephone though

[vixmom]

This evening we went to the cable customer service place with our cable box, where they said it had gotten fried in the power surge

[vixmom]

They gave us a  new box gratis so now we have TV

[vixmom]

And the internet came back at some point today

[vixmom]

We still don’t have landline telephone service though, so I’ll have to call about that  tomorrow

[vixmom]

I tried calling tonight but I got a recording that they were closed and to call during normal office hours

[vixmom]

They didn’t actually say what their normal office hours ARE, but I guess I’ll try between 9 am and 5 pm

[vixmom]

Oh, when they took away the broken pole, the flag went with it .

[vixmom]

It seems somehow poetic that an electric car made the disagreeable rag go away

[vixmom]

Or maybe that’s just me

[vixmom]

Sorry about all the short posts Ron, but I do have to make up for being errant and truant

[vixmom]

And we passed the dreaded page seven

[vixmom]

Pain free vibes for John G

[vixmom]

And happy 97th birthday to John's mom!

[vixmom]

Oh and tonight we finally had the Taco Bell Vixdad had been craving

[George]

Bought tickets today for Mom’s 97th.

Hope you have a great trip, John!

[George]

A forest ranger at Yosemite National Park on why it is difficult to design the perfect garbage bin to keep bears from breaking in:

"There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists."

Me thinks the bears are gaining.

[George]

My mother just attended a birthday party for a friend of hers - 100 - who still lives alone at home. To the consternation of her children.

Congrats and a Very Happy Birthday to your mom's friend!

[George]

This made me think of DR elmore3003, for some reason...

My niece has six, count 'em, SIX cats!

[George]

Nothing quite like looking at the way someone else has loaded the dishwasher to remind you that the mind of another is truly unknowable.

[George]

  Do her children want her to live with them?

Oh, yes. But she refuses.

I can understand that but it is nice they asked.  We offered for Keith's mother to live with us.  His brother moved in with her which was best for her as she didn't have to move.

I knew this 98 year old woman who had been living alone since her husband died a few years ago.  Then, for about a year, her son just had someone come in twice a day to help with her breakfast and meds and to help her get ready for bed.  Then about six months ago, she went from that to needing 24 hour care, to needing to be moved to a home facility, to dying just a couple of weeks ago.