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*) Remember that neighbor lady for whom we fixed television service over the course of the past year? Well, since then, we've replaced her washing machine, repaired one of her flashlights, put a new stylus in her phonograph...and now Dad has her toaster disassembled on the kitchen table while he figures out why the elements in the middle aren't ( Read more... )

On Facebook, I do NOT Hug, Poke, Mafia, Yakuza, Mob, Sorority, Zoo, Aquarium, Yo, Farm, Pillow, Vampire, Poker, Zombie, Snowball, Hatch, Fluff, Garden or Fling. And there are a lot more things I do NOT do on Facebook. Because if I did any of those, I wouldn't have time to look over the dozen other Social Networking realms to which I belong. (I ( Read more... )

Dad wanted me to check the Blue Book values on cars over at Yahoo. So his old Dodge truck, well, it's pretty far down. Our neighbor's Versa--that's only lost a couple grand from its MSRP. But when he asked me to check on Moonshine, I told him "I want to be put on record: I'm happy with my car, and if I could keep it running and in my possession ( Read more... )

A neighbor gave us an old TV set a couple weeks ago.

Now my brother is taking it back to his place.

I suppose we shall persevere in our efforts to tame the wild VHS/DVD combo unit.

Hey.

Today was a gamer's convention at west Knoxville. I played a matinee session of Pirates of the Spanish Main versus the Dread Buccaneer Kyle, who kicked my poopdeck. I was both outnumbered and out-Captained, and suffered one ship sunk and one captured before I was forced to concede. Not very auspicious...and we were BOTH utter rookies ( Read more... )

*) Just got paid $20 in the course of helping my father bring a neighboring elder lady's TV arrangement closer to 21st Century standards. We're not quite there yet but still have two months to go. $20 used to be the too-much kind of money, but these days it's the nowhere-near-enough kind ( Read more... )

Went to the home of the deceased man today and spoke with his mother. She told me that the wills I found were of no consequence as they weren't signed copies, and that the lawyer in the man's address book didn't have any such paperwork on file. So the dead man's money will be split between his two heirs. And that is the end of that ( Read more... )

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