Yes, Howard is welcome. February not so much. Snow overnight. Not sure if it is continuing. With my eyes, I can only see snow out the window if it is heavy or the flakes are particularly large. Predicted to drop below zero tonight. Just looks like more January to me.
I can relate. Snow and rain can both be quite difficult for me to see. At night I enjoy watching the snow in the light from the streetlamp that is not quite in front of our house. The lamp sheds a golden circle of glow in which the snowflakes sparkle and dance, making even very small ones visible.
I just had my tea, a nice cup of Starbucks vanilla and some cheese danish. Simple,but satisfying. I love my Starbucks!
The other day I tried cinnamon-vanilla tea. With the addition of two sugars, it was rather nice. Strange thing about tea: I never take sugar in ordinary tea, just milk. But herbal teas always seem to need sugar or honey.
listener--re useful life skills--being the son of a grocer I was taught when young how to make change, and since we lived in the West, where coin shortages were frequent, I was taught to pay in a way that would minimize the number of coins needed in change. I remember when the first cash registers that calculated the change came out--Sweda brand, significantly less expensive than the traditional NCR cash registers, and the cash drawer was a separate unit connected to the register by an electrical cable, which was convenient. But after that new clerks, and even many of the older ones, lost the ability to make change. When I give payment in a form that makes change easier, the young clerks are simply confused.
BTW, I went to two hardware stores today (Home Depot and Orchard Supply) looking for an orchard ladder. By and large the clerks had no idea what it was. They didn't have any in any event, so---off to look at Amazon. There might be one or two places here in town that have them, but I don't feel like running all over Hell and gone to find out. Maybe on Monday I will check one directly, and phone the other. But Amazon will give me an idea of price.
TTFN
Alan
P.S.: Our tulip tree is in full bloom, so are the (early) flowering pears. Buds on the peach trees are not swelling yet, so I was in time to spray them with fungicide (copper soap rather than lime sulphur) for peach leaf curl. I sprayed same on the roses as well--some, but not all, are just starting to leaf out. I got a difficult part of a flower bed dug up, pruned one peach tree and started on a cherry. I mean to get at least three trees pruned tomorrow.
I have difficulty making change, which is to say I'm slow. But, ahem, I am coping with the ongoing effects of severe brain damage and my hands don't work so well. But, if I'm given time and not pressured I can do it. Which makes me wonder why folks with perfectly adequately functioning brains and hands can't do it! We're talking a decimal currency system here, not the British system before the decimal conversion. There are so many simple skills people don't seem to have anymore. I keep hearing that children are no longer taught to tell time on analog clocks (All clocks nowadays are digital, right?) or to write or read cursive (Everything nowadays is printed, right?). It's unsettling.
Alan, I knew immediately what an orchard ladder is, and I am sure we have them in Vermont. I recommend trying a small, rural hardware store, or look on Craigslist.
Regarding making change, around here all the shops keep a "penny pot" so that people (including the clerks) can make the right change swiftly and easily. Need a penny, take a penny; have a penny, leave a penny. Some folks leave a nickel or dome too. It really helps.
Howard Dean is welcome anytime.
ReplyDeleteHowdy, Howard!
DeleteAlan and Bill, i left a couple of notes on the last thread.
ReplyDeleteYes, Howard is welcome. February not so much. Snow overnight. Not sure if it is continuing. With my eyes, I can only see snow out the window if it is heavy or the flakes are particularly large. Predicted to drop below zero tonight. Just looks like more January to me.
ReplyDeleteI can relate. Snow and rain can both be quite difficult for me to see. At night I enjoy watching the snow in the light from the streetlamp that is not quite in front of our house. The lamp sheds a golden circle of glow in which the snowflakes sparkle and dance, making even very small ones visible.
DeleteBill, your snow and rain are coming through here now. I hope cold temps don't also follow.
DeleteCat, your description of the snow in the glow in the lamp was beautiful! I could almost see it!
I just had my tea, a nice cup of Starbucks vanilla and some cheese danish. Simple,but satisfying. I love my Starbucks!
ReplyDeleteThe other day I tried cinnamon-vanilla tea. With the addition of two sugars, it was rather nice. Strange thing about tea: I never take sugar in ordinary tea, just milk. But herbal teas always seem to need sugar or honey.
BTW lovely photo!
ReplyDeleteWalking in a winter wonderland
Thanks, Cat! :-)
Deletelistener--re useful life skills--being the son of a grocer I was taught when young how to make change, and since we lived in the West, where coin shortages were frequent, I was taught to pay in a way that would minimize the number of coins needed in change. I remember when the first cash registers that calculated the change came out--Sweda brand, significantly less expensive than the traditional NCR cash registers, and the cash drawer was a separate unit connected to the register by an electrical cable, which was convenient. But after that new clerks, and even many of the older ones, lost the ability to make change. When I give payment in a form that makes change easier, the young clerks are simply confused.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I went to two hardware stores today (Home Depot and Orchard Supply) looking for an orchard ladder. By and large the clerks had no idea what it was. They didn't have any in any event, so---off to look at Amazon. There might be one or two places here in town that have them, but I don't feel like running all over Hell and gone to find out. Maybe on Monday I will check one directly, and phone the other. But Amazon will give me an idea of price.
TTFN
Alan
P.S.: Our tulip tree is in full bloom, so are the (early) flowering pears. Buds on the peach trees are not swelling yet, so I was in time to spray them with fungicide (copper soap rather than lime sulphur) for peach leaf curl. I sprayed same on the roses as well--some, but not all, are just starting to leaf out. I got a difficult part of a flower bed dug up, pruned one peach tree and started on a cherry. I mean to get at least three trees pruned tomorrow.
Perhaps I should have said the the new clerks didn't learn how to make change and many of the older ones lost the ability.
Delete--Alan
I don't offer that extra four cents (to make even dollars in change) any more because it seems to muddy the waters of the transaction. . . .
DeleteI have difficulty making change, which is to say I'm slow. But, ahem, I am coping with the ongoing effects of severe brain damage and my hands don't work so well. But, if I'm given time and not pressured I can do it. Which makes me wonder why folks with perfectly adequately functioning brains and hands can't do it! We're talking a decimal currency system here, not the British system before the decimal conversion. There are so many simple skills people don't seem to have anymore. I keep hearing that children are no longer taught to tell time on analog clocks (All clocks nowadays are digital, right?) or to write or read cursive (Everything nowadays is printed, right?). It's unsettling.
DeleteIt has to be said: How absurd that Orchard Supply couldn't supply an orchard ladder!!!
DeleteAnd we'll be wanting a photo of that Tulip Tree! If you send one to me, Alan, I can post it for you.
The last man in the USA who is still making Wooden Orchard Ladders
Deletehttp://bangordailynews.com/2013/10/29/uncategorized/brooks-man-the-last-to-make-wooden-apple-ladders/
Alan, I knew immediately what an orchard ladder is, and I am sure we have them in Vermont. I recommend trying a small, rural hardware store, or look on Craigslist.
ReplyDeleteRegarding making change, around here all the shops keep a "penny pot" so that people (including the clerks) can make the right change swiftly and easily. Need a penny, take a penny; have a penny, leave a penny. Some folks leave a nickel or dome too. It really helps.
ReplyDeleteAlan, here are two possibilities in the SF Bay area:
ReplyDeletehttp://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/tls/4313302062.html
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/tls/4285492304.html
Listener, you are a sweet, helpful person.
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