The late late show
We had a very late funeral today. It was scheduled for 4pm. Usually funerals come in anywhere from 10 to noon. Sometimes a really late one is 1pm. I don't like funerals this late. The 'what if's' abound. If it had been winter, it would have been pitch black by the time we were done. If we had to fill it in by hand, we would be there until 5:30 or later. If there were, god forbid, a problem with the truck... Well, anyway, as it was we were trying to beat the rain. We did sort of.
While we were waiting for the funeral, a car parked on the street apparently opened their door while another car was going by, and tore off the mirror on the other car. There was a group of four in the parked car. When the woman who's mirror was torn off came back, I could see the attitude from the group of 4. They seemed to exchange words rather than papers, and the woman walked back to her car and apparently drove away. The funeral came in and after we helped put the casket on, Biv (unseen by me) went over to the car with the four and said something to them about the funeral being there, and that they should go before the cops showed up. She said they were staggering and reeked of alcohol. I didn't notice anyone stagger, but they did seem full of attitude. Oh well.
The woman we buried today died of asphyxiation by submersion. She had MS and I'm guessing she drowned in the bathtub. Pretty sad.
We had a young man come in today asking about the charge for foundations for a headstone. He said he was inquiring about his partner's lot, who died last year. Biv didn't catch that, and I let her keep thinking he was buying a stone for his 'friend'. She looks at it as a thoughtful gesture, and if she realized he was gay, and he was buying a stone for his lover, I'm sure it would color her thinking. She was very 'helpful' offering suggestions to the young man.
As a side note on the gay issue, I heard on NPR that PM Gorden Brown has apologized for the treatment of Allen Turing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/6170112/Gordon-Brown-Im-proud-to-say-sorry-to-a-real-war-hero.html
You shave two years off WW2 and they arrest you for having an adult relationship. Give me a frigging break.
I also heard today that it is STILL illegal to sell sex toys in Alabama. http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-al--court-sextoys,0,1192393.story Yes, the same people who won't let naked women on wine bottles. See July 31 post. You know the phrase "We're all adults here"? It's illegal to say that in Alabama.
Also today, after watching a tutorial on line, I adjusted the chain on the chain saw. I also sharpened it. I also figured out why my father kept it so loose. While it seemed perfectly fine and free flowing when I started, the chain tightened considerably after a while, to the point I had to loosen it again. I'll be curious to see how it is after it has cooled down completely. I also started a small fire on the tree I was cutting. Well, not a fire per say, but a dry clump of very dead wood became glowing embers after I had been cutting the tree for a bit. I really need just a bit of a bigger chain saw. But I have what I have. I picked off the piece of wood and stepped on it on the stone wall. That worked. I didn't finish cutting the tree. I had to take the pieces I had already cut up and get rid of them so the kids didn't roll them around on the weekend.
Just read in the Ledger that a Quincy woman is suing Dunkin Donuts because she gave her 15 month old hash browns and they were actually (wait for it) really hot and he burned his mouth and neck on them. Well DUH! Fried foods tend to be, well, really freaking hot, and potatoes, cooked any way, tend to be molten for quite a while after they are cooked, esp. if they are boiled or fried. So if you are giving your kid any food, you should make damn sure what the internal temperature is of the food. That's like giving your kid hot coco and they burn their lips because they don't' know to blow on it. So now, because this MORON greedy woman wasn't up to doing her parental due diligence, I'll have to eat cold hash browns. Well, more likely they will have to put, if they don't already have it, wording on the side of the hash brown container stating the obvious. "These hash browns cost $7.95 because too many greedy people don't know how to eat food, or in reality are looking for a free ride.
I found a small bag of what I believed to be pot today on the road at the cemetery. I think Biv actually raked it out of the grass but didn't spot it. I did not give it to her, or even mention it. lol. She might have teared up knowing I dumped it out. Its the only drug she admits to approving of. Do you inject pot?
While we were waiting for the funeral, a car parked on the street apparently opened their door while another car was going by, and tore off the mirror on the other car. There was a group of four in the parked car. When the woman who's mirror was torn off came back, I could see the attitude from the group of 4. They seemed to exchange words rather than papers, and the woman walked back to her car and apparently drove away. The funeral came in and after we helped put the casket on, Biv (unseen by me) went over to the car with the four and said something to them about the funeral being there, and that they should go before the cops showed up. She said they were staggering and reeked of alcohol. I didn't notice anyone stagger, but they did seem full of attitude. Oh well.
The woman we buried today died of asphyxiation by submersion. She had MS and I'm guessing she drowned in the bathtub. Pretty sad.
We had a young man come in today asking about the charge for foundations for a headstone. He said he was inquiring about his partner's lot, who died last year. Biv didn't catch that, and I let her keep thinking he was buying a stone for his 'friend'. She looks at it as a thoughtful gesture, and if she realized he was gay, and he was buying a stone for his lover, I'm sure it would color her thinking. She was very 'helpful' offering suggestions to the young man.
As a side note on the gay issue, I heard on NPR that PM Gorden Brown has apologized for the treatment of Allen Turing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/6170112/Gordon-Brown-Im-proud-to-say-sorry-to-a-real-war-hero.html
You shave two years off WW2 and they arrest you for having an adult relationship. Give me a frigging break.
I also heard today that it is STILL illegal to sell sex toys in Alabama. http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-al--court-sextoys,0,1192393.story Yes, the same people who won't let naked women on wine bottles. See July 31 post. You know the phrase "We're all adults here"? It's illegal to say that in Alabama.
Also today, after watching a tutorial on line, I adjusted the chain on the chain saw. I also sharpened it. I also figured out why my father kept it so loose. While it seemed perfectly fine and free flowing when I started, the chain tightened considerably after a while, to the point I had to loosen it again. I'll be curious to see how it is after it has cooled down completely. I also started a small fire on the tree I was cutting. Well, not a fire per say, but a dry clump of very dead wood became glowing embers after I had been cutting the tree for a bit. I really need just a bit of a bigger chain saw. But I have what I have. I picked off the piece of wood and stepped on it on the stone wall. That worked. I didn't finish cutting the tree. I had to take the pieces I had already cut up and get rid of them so the kids didn't roll them around on the weekend.
Just read in the Ledger that a Quincy woman is suing Dunkin Donuts because she gave her 15 month old hash browns and they were actually (wait for it) really hot and he burned his mouth and neck on them. Well DUH! Fried foods tend to be, well, really freaking hot, and potatoes, cooked any way, tend to be molten for quite a while after they are cooked, esp. if they are boiled or fried. So if you are giving your kid any food, you should make damn sure what the internal temperature is of the food. That's like giving your kid hot coco and they burn their lips because they don't' know to blow on it. So now, because this MORON greedy woman wasn't up to doing her parental due diligence, I'll have to eat cold hash browns. Well, more likely they will have to put, if they don't already have it, wording on the side of the hash brown container stating the obvious. "These hash browns cost $7.95 because too many greedy people don't know how to eat food, or in reality are looking for a free ride.
I found a small bag of what I believed to be pot today on the road at the cemetery. I think Biv actually raked it out of the grass but didn't spot it. I did not give it to her, or even mention it. lol. She might have teared up knowing I dumped it out. Its the only drug she admits to approving of. Do you inject pot?