Item 1: San Francisco Giants: What else is there to say but “Jolly good show! The SF Giants are a class A organization from the top on down. They have a great ball park, with a grand history. Three World Series in five years and sell outs to every game.Someone somewhere is doing something right and the fans are the winners. Thank you SF Giants.
Item 1A: I just read Monday’s Mold Man.How apropos. Herr Mold Man discussed his and Maude’s love for the Giants (if they are winning). At least he is honest. I think Mold Man has even been to the Yard a few times. Good column Mold Man and be sure to say hello to Maude for me.
Item 2: Putter. Things that old folks do around the house once they retire. What a sweet little word. It has nothing to do with that other word,a noun, describing an elongated piece of metal that is used to softly tap a small dimpled white ball onto an immaculately trimmed green plot of grass into a circular four inch hole. Many retired folks would rather use a putter on the course than take the same time to putter around their home.
Item 3: Missing socks. Since the invention of the washer and dryer there has been a well documented conspiracy concerning the loss of socks in the washer/-dryer cycle. Much has been written about this phenomenon and nothing has really been proven until now.
Just a couple of short weeks ago a rather sickly dog was taken to the vet by his concerned owners. After tests and x-rays it was discovered that the dog’s insides were crammed with some sort of material. Surgery was scheduled. After the surgery the vets made quite a discovery. The dog had consumed over 125 socks.Thankfully the sock emptied dog is resting comfortably.
Item 4: The customer is always right?
I was recently at a Subway sandwich shop ordering my usual grilled chicken sandwich when a young woman strode up to the counter and ordered a salami, ham and cheese sandwich on wheat bread.The counter person grabbed the foot long piece of bread, sliced it down the middle and began to ladle in salami, ham, cheese, etc.
The young customer cleared her throat and said, “Excuse me, I don’t want to be a pain but could you put that on another sandwich roll?” The counter person gave her a smile and began to carefully unload the slices of salami, ham, cheese, pickles, etc. onto a piece of saran wrap. She then pleasantly asked the young woman what type of bread she preferred.The young woman replied, “I still want wheat bread.” The counter person’s smile began to weaken and said, “What is wrong with the bread that I just had?” The young woman replied, “You didn’t cut it correctly.”
The counter person’s smile began to fade. She reached for another bun and began to carefully slice it down the middle. As she was slicing the wheat bread the young customer became chatty. “It was a traumatic experience. I was here a couple of weeks ago and ordered a sandwich and the person who made it incorrectly sliced the bread like you just did. When I got home and began to eat my sandwich bits of food dropped down onto my clothes because the bun was not cut evenly. It made quite a mess and I don’t want to go through THAT experience again.” The counter person stopped slicing the bread and held the roll up to the young customer and said, “Is this cut evenly enough?” The young customer carefully scanned the roll and pondered the slice of bread for a few seconds and replied, “ Yes, I guess that will have to do.”
I don’t know about the patient counter person but for some reason I was bothered by what I had just seen. A customer certainly has the right to order what they want and to get their order right. I think in this case the customer was just a bit too finicky.
My warm aromatic sandwich and I headed for home. I walked into the dining room and sat down. I carefully unwrapped my chicken sandwich. I took a huge bite into it lustily tearing into the tasty bread and watched in satisfaction as bits and pieces of chicken, lettuce, olives, onions, and jalepenos floated down triumphantly onto my shirt. “Take that!” I shouted and for some reason I felt better.
Item 5: From my cousin Bobby in Tracy: For your reading enjoyment…..
A. My good friend Rick told me he was addicted to brake fluid but assured me he could stop any time…..
B.My neighbor banged on my door at 2:30 in the morning. A good thing I was still playing my bagpipes!
C little old lady at the F&M Bank ATM in Turlock asked me to check her balance, so I pushed her over.
D.Statistically 6 out of 7 dwarves are not happy.
Item 6: Elections finally are over. All the lies, half-truths, and downright outrageous misrepresentations about candidates will be over for at least a few more months. Somewhere, in dark, smoke filled, liquor laced rooms are people from both parties creating these political affronts. They should all be ashamed of themselves. I think we deserve better.
Item 7: Enjoy Thanksgiving and whenever someone mentions Black Friday you have the right to get angry and tell them to get a life.
Until December 6: Read a book, hug a child, pet a dog, stroke a cat, eat a bar of chocolate and pay it forward.