Howard is always first. Thanks for posting the picture, listener. We call the twins "The Ladies", and we think they're pretty cute, and they liked their quilts which each have their initial on one of the blocks so there's no confusion.
Spent a good chunk of this day putting up wallpaper in our living room. We are actually good at doing things like this together. Had a really tense moment when the paper tore at a tough spot, but with perseverance it came out great! So grateful we bought really good quality paper.
Wish I could go to bed, but sort of need to finish a section of the grant application. I think my client is far too concerned about that end-of-May deadline, but he's the client.
Bill--$200 for a 27-inch monitor? That's certainly not hard to take. We have a 27-inch iMac (which I am using as I type this) and I find it to be a very good size for desktop use--big, but not too big, plenty of room for multiple windows. I'm running it at 2560 x 1440 pixels.
Relatively easy weekend at work; I made it most of the way through a book of short ghost stories by Miyuki Miyabe that are set in Edo (the old name for Tokyo). Some are better than others, of course; but there isn't a poor one in the lot. Every book of hers that has been translated into English that I have read is good--the novels can of course be much more complicated than short stories. The fellow who wrote the introduction to this book detects strong influences of American and English horror story writers in her work, which I can agree with although I can't discuss it knowledgeably. If you ever chance upon anything by her, give it a whirl. Listener--I have a slightly blue nose about such things, but I think it would be quite acceptable for a library to allow her works into the hands of young adult readers, although it is more sophisticated than that.
Thinking of the price of Bill's monitor reminds me of a little checking on the price of gasoline I did. I specifically remember that in the summer of 1968 the cheapest gasoline in San Jose went up from 27 cents to 28 cents per gallon (with double trading stamps and a free glass with every fill-up). The Bureau of Labor Statistics' inflation calculator estimates inflation at 6.74-fold since then, so 28 cents per gallon would equal $1.89 per gallon now. Back then 12 miles per gallon was OK, and vehicles that got 8 to 10 mpg were not rare. If we figure that a modern automobile gets 24 mpg, that 28 cents per gallon is equivalent to $1.89 x2 = $3.78 per gallon, which is about what we are paying now. It's no trick to find a modern automobile that gets 36 mpg, so someone driving that sort of car would have to pay $1.89 x 3 = $5.67 per gallon to equal that 28 cents per gallon in 1968. Averaging the two modern fuel efficiencies [(24 + 36)/2 = 30 mpg] means the gas price would have to rise to $4.72 per gallon to bite as hard as that 28 cents per gallon did in 1968 (ignoring the free glass and double trading stamps). If you drive a gas guzzler that gets 20 mpg coasting downhill with a tailwind, of course the picture isn't quite as rosy.
Howard is always first. Thanks for posting the picture, listener. We call the twins "The Ladies", and we think they're pretty cute, and they liked their quilts which each have their initial on one of the blocks so there's no confusion.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous grandbebes, Susan, and gorgeous quilts!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, puddle. They're turning 8 this month.
DeleteHard to believe it's been that long!!
DeleteAs my friend Arlene says, "It's a good thing they get older and we don't!"
DeleteWow, Susan, 8 yrs ago this month we threw a baby shower for our first Grand, who was born in August. :-)
DeleteGrandma Susan is AMAZING!!!! The ladies could not be happier with their new quilts. They go everywhere with them....and I mean everywhere!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a FUN blog thread. Double fun! :-) Thanks, Teresa! ♥
ReplyDeleteVery fine indeed.
ReplyDelete--Alan
Spent a good chunk of this day putting up wallpaper in our living room. We are actually good at doing things like this together. Had a really tense moment when the paper tore at a tough spot, but with perseverance it came out great! So grateful we bought really good quality paper.
ReplyDeleteStill haven't had two minutes to rub together to check out your link, Alan. Still want to.
ReplyDeleteMust go sleep now, as I have to be up and out early.
The days are just packed!
Wish I could go to bed, but sort of need to finish a section of the grant application. I think my client is far too concerned about that end-of-May deadline, but he's the client.
ReplyDeleteBill--$200 for a 27-inch monitor? That's certainly not hard to take. We have a 27-inch iMac (which I am using as I type this) and I find it to be a very good size for desktop use--big, but not too big, plenty of room for multiple windows. I'm running it at 2560 x 1440 pixels.
ReplyDeleteRelatively easy weekend at work; I made it most of the way through a book of short ghost stories by Miyuki Miyabe that are set in Edo (the old name for Tokyo). Some are better than others, of course; but there isn't a poor one in the lot. Every book of hers that has been translated into English that I have read is good--the novels can of course be much more complicated than short stories. The fellow who wrote the introduction to this book detects strong influences of American and English horror story writers in her work, which I can agree with although I can't discuss it knowledgeably. If you ever chance upon anything by her, give it a whirl. Listener--I have a slightly blue nose about such things, but I think it would be quite acceptable for a library to allow her works into the hands of young adult readers, although it is more sophisticated than that.
Thinking of the price of Bill's monitor reminds me of a little checking on the price of gasoline I did. I specifically remember that in the summer of 1968 the cheapest gasoline in San Jose went up from 27 cents to 28 cents per gallon (with double trading stamps and a free glass with every fill-up). The Bureau of Labor Statistics' inflation calculator estimates inflation at 6.74-fold since then, so 28 cents per gallon would equal $1.89 per gallon now. Back then 12 miles per gallon was OK, and vehicles that got 8 to 10 mpg were not rare. If we figure that a modern automobile gets 24 mpg, that 28 cents per gallon is equivalent to $1.89 x2 = $3.78 per gallon, which is about what we are paying now. It's no trick to find a modern automobile that gets 36 mpg, so someone driving that sort of car would have to pay $1.89 x 3 = $5.67 per gallon to equal that 28 cents per gallon in 1968. Averaging the two modern fuel efficiencies [(24 + 36)/2 = 30 mpg] means the gas price would have to rise to $4.72 per gallon to bite as hard as that 28 cents per gallon did in 1968 (ignoring the free glass and double trading stamps). If you drive a gas guzzler that gets 20 mpg coasting downhill with a tailwind, of course the picture isn't quite as rosy.
--Alan
Kiddle's packing for a week's work trip to Cuba. Some peeps from his church are going to help rebuild a church in Havana. He sounds excited.
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