By now many folks here in the Northeast are getting tired of the near daily rain fall. We've had more rain in June than Washington State. Its a rough start to summer.
As for the summer, so far I haven't done too much in regards to recreational activities. The sail boat sits land locked as the rains don't make for fun sailing, and the motorcycles are hibernating as wet roads bring out the worst in drivers.
Speaking of motorcycles, Its time to consider purchase of a new one and selling what I've already own. I've only one arse and can't ride two motorcycles at the same time, so selling looks like the way to go. But what to replace the bikes with? I'm leaning heavily towards a Suzuki DR 650. Its a healthy mix of power, speed, and fuel economy. I dislike riding the interstates and have never minded exploring the side roads and rustic byways where pavement is a vague consideration for the future.
So a dual sport bike is looking like a reasonable option.
But as there is more to life than motorcycles, fast women and as this is a PG rated blog I'll let you imagine the rest of that line. I'm also involved with a host of other activities. I'm preparing to run in the Marine Corps Marathon in October, as well as the Army Ten Miler before that. Looking forward to possibly getting some scuba diving in. Some bagpiping and a bit of logging (Timber) before my pilgrimage south for the winter.
So while my days are varied, they are also mundane. About the only thing I don't worry about is worry-ing.
So keep things safe folks, don't sweat the stuff you can't control and relax. Schedule appointments like the cable company does. As long as you show up on the correct day, Life is good.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
America's Choice, not made in the USA
24 June 2009,
The United States of America a nation which doesn't comprehend irony.
Today, I went shopping for a few small items, nothing of any true consequence in the greater scheme of life. but something which give a person a reason to pause and wonder just what the F is going on in corporate America? After all there are the marketing drives to buy American in order to preserve U.S. jobs and industry. But how much do we pay attention to the goods we purchase? Today I stopped in an A&P supermarket, A&P is standard grocery chain prices are a little high but any supermarket is going to try to rip off the consumer in order to make a profit, but I digress. The Name A&P is from the old Atlantic & Pacific chain of stores and probably most people would assume they are American owned.
But what caught my eye today was something that most people will probably never notice. The item in question is bleach. yes, the stuff that gets whites whiter and sanitizes all sorts of childrens toys, sick room items etc,etc. Well I looked at the prices for several different brands and the different bottles. There is basic bleach; there is scented bleach; there is concentrated bleach. What the hell happened to old fashioned plan old bleach? Clorox is still a popular brand name and most people never give it a second thought and clorox was on the shelf in a small bottle of just the size I really needed as I don't use it too often or need much. Still I am on a budget and did a little price comparisons as well. For a slightly larger volume and a lower price there is a product called "America's Choice". That looks like a better deal price wise even though I'll probably not use the full volume of the product.
America's Choice, the name has a nice ring to it. The name implies that it is an American product. Wow a value price product that says on the labeling its is America's Choice! Then on the bottom band of the plastic bottle pritned in clear black letters as easy to read as the product label it self are three simple words that gave me pause after looking upon the America's Choice name. And those three simple words are
"Made In Canada"!
So I guess I can assume that the American choice is for a product not made in the USA.
Is there a message here I'm not quite getting?
The United States of America a nation which doesn't comprehend irony.
Today, I went shopping for a few small items, nothing of any true consequence in the greater scheme of life. but something which give a person a reason to pause and wonder just what the F is going on in corporate America? After all there are the marketing drives to buy American in order to preserve U.S. jobs and industry. But how much do we pay attention to the goods we purchase? Today I stopped in an A&P supermarket, A&P is standard grocery chain prices are a little high but any supermarket is going to try to rip off the consumer in order to make a profit, but I digress. The Name A&P is from the old Atlantic & Pacific chain of stores and probably most people would assume they are American owned.
But what caught my eye today was something that most people will probably never notice. The item in question is bleach. yes, the stuff that gets whites whiter and sanitizes all sorts of childrens toys, sick room items etc,etc. Well I looked at the prices for several different brands and the different bottles. There is basic bleach; there is scented bleach; there is concentrated bleach. What the hell happened to old fashioned plan old bleach? Clorox is still a popular brand name and most people never give it a second thought and clorox was on the shelf in a small bottle of just the size I really needed as I don't use it too often or need much. Still I am on a budget and did a little price comparisons as well. For a slightly larger volume and a lower price there is a product called "America's Choice". That looks like a better deal price wise even though I'll probably not use the full volume of the product.
America's Choice, the name has a nice ring to it. The name implies that it is an American product. Wow a value price product that says on the labeling its is America's Choice! Then on the bottom band of the plastic bottle pritned in clear black letters as easy to read as the product label it self are three simple words that gave me pause after looking upon the America's Choice name. And those three simple words are
"Made In Canada"!
So I guess I can assume that the American choice is for a product not made in the USA.
Is there a message here I'm not quite getting?
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Photos only
OK just some images that may make you go OK nice or just want to hurl your cookies.
I wonder though if there is any irony in the photo of the rusty bus which is operated by the Putnam county Office for the Aging.
As for the feet, Um yeah thats an ugly toenail, it was healing nicely after last year's marathon and a few weeks back i bruised it yet again. I guess it'll be a discolored ugly nail untill I get done running.
The buzzard well its just a buzzard.
The motorcycles, Well the H-D is the aborted Rolling Thunder Ride in DC for Memorial Day Weekend. Then there is the Motorcycle & Sidecar which I've sold. Fun but slow and mechanically unreliable compared to the newer motorcycles available.
As for the white van with the weird load sign. That pretty much sums everthing up.
have a great week everyone.
OK some of this is my addle pated rehashing of earlier events in june and some is actually and updating of stuff. as i'm getting ready to hit the road this week I'm not going to sweat the situation.
21 June, 2009
A very wet start to summer this year. Rumors are about which have no attributes that the forcasters are saying we will have no appriciable summer this year. Just from poorly recorded observations this may be true.
So what has happened of any consequence since my last blog entry? Not much really, there have been a few events which have been fun to participate in. time squandered & wasted, trees cut and prepared drying as fire wood, dogs and cats played with, meals eaten & beers drunks, Rivers canoed, races run, motorcycles sold and many other things done.
Still I guess I can try to elaborate some what. Two weeks ago I had joined the Group, on Saturday, for an annual canoe and raft trip down the Delaware, Now the name may not seem like much but the core of the Group has been making an annual excursion on nthe river for 20 years now. Always a fun event and never without a surprise and or a dunking or multiple dunkings. Yes a canoe when filled with water is much less stable than one that is only carrying two people and has a tendency to take on the attributes of a submarine. Dive Dive Dive.It was upon the first submergence that i lost my specticles and while my visual accuity ain't the greatest i wasn't canoing by braille either., Thankfully I always have a spare set of glasses available in my van or on my motorcycle for such possible events and was able see clearly for the drive home that evening. I would of stayed overnight for a bacchanal but I had commitments for the next day.
On Sunday, I loaded up the motorcycle & sidecar onto my trailer and took it to a flea market, i got a couple of offers on the bike and it'll be sold soon I trust. The bike has been fun but i want something more mechanically reliable and spending much less time being repaired and off the road. The 24 year old Harley Davidson is next and I've got the Kelly Blue Book prices for it and Have an idea for a starting asking price. of just over $3,000.
Monday through Friday its variations on a theme, of running and assisting with my youngest brother's parental duties by taking his autistic oldest son to a sports training activity as a form of physical therapy. On monday evenings the boy has a two hour session and I'll spend a good hour going over pipe tunes with an electronic bagpipe. But that'll be ending shortly as by Tuesday, June 23rd I'll be beginning another road trip. Hello Mississippi and points south & west.
As for last weekend,on Sunday There was the Orange County Classic 10K race in Middletown, NY. My clock time was 1:00:31 and net time was 59 minutes. OK Just under an hour in some very humid conditions. I'm glad I had the forethought to bring a dry change of clothes with me as by the time I had finished the course I was saturated with sweat even onto my socks and sneakers. Possibly the more non sequetur part of the race day happenings occured when I stopped and said hello to one of the race directors, the owner of Frank's custom shoe fitting in Middletown; who also is a Guinness record Holder for fastests runs across America. When another pedestrian runner like myself asked me it the person I spoke to was Frank Shorter the former Olymian Runner. I wouldn't recognize Frank Shorter on the streets or byways of the U.S. even if he was proceded by a brass band and advertising agency marketing hucksters handing out life size cut outs of the man. Hmmm lets string 1 + 1 together and jump to a possible answer. But Frank really is a very common name.
Saturday, it was up to the farm and dress like a modified Jason Vorhees and fire up the chain saw, Oh yes trees were going down. And they go down hard. Some are in such poor physical condition they throw off largre splinters when the hit the ground. Branches have impaled the ground so stoutly I could not roll the tree trunks using a cant pole.and would have to work carefully with the chainsaws to get where I can free and manuever log sections. Most of the trees have been cut for fire wood as disease and insect damage has been sever. But with the wetness of the late spring and summer so far we don't progress as well as we'd like as we try not to tear up the ground with the truck we carry the wood in and pull the log splitter with.
Again Monday through fireday a variation of a recurring theme and starting preparations for my road trip. New shocks and exhaust on the van along with a full servicing. Hopefully the vehicle has a few thousand more miles in her as she's passed 143,000 miles now since buying her in 2002. As for a deviation on the variation of a theme on Friday I did a 15&1/2 mile run. The long run was the opening act for my train up to run the Marine Corps marathon again this year.
As for this weekend, Well yesterday there was the Hudson Valley Volunteer Fireman's Parade in Lake George Village, NY. I saw two of my old coworkers there and said hello. I was performing with thr Fratenal Order of Police Pipes & Drums. The folks with thr P&D are way more polished performers than I am and I feel that I need much more work before i canb rise to their level of performance. But as I'm headed south this week that point is now moot and I am grateful to have had the opprotunity to of practiced with them. Biggest downside was the level of humidity during the parade yet the plus side was that the rains held off untill the buss ride back last night. a 20 hour day befor hitting the hay.
And today, Sunday the 21st I hope to deliver the motorcycle & sidecar to person who had express a very desirous interest in it. Well that pretty much should cover these past few weeks. and shortly it'll be time to shut down and disconnect the computer in preparation of the road trip. I'm glad I choose the laptop and small scanner printer setup.
21 June, 2009
A very wet start to summer this year. Rumors are about which have no attributes that the forcasters are saying we will have no appriciable summer this year. Just from poorly recorded observations this may be true.
So what has happened of any consequence since my last blog entry? Not much really, there have been a few events which have been fun to participate in. time squandered & wasted, trees cut and prepared drying as fire wood, dogs and cats played with, meals eaten & beers drunks, Rivers canoed, races run, motorcycles sold and many other things done.
Still I guess I can try to elaborate some what. Two weeks ago I had joined the Group, on Saturday, for an annual canoe and raft trip down the Delaware, Now the name may not seem like much but the core of the Group has been making an annual excursion on nthe river for 20 years now. Always a fun event and never without a surprise and or a dunking or multiple dunkings. Yes a canoe when filled with water is much less stable than one that is only carrying two people and has a tendency to take on the attributes of a submarine. Dive Dive Dive.It was upon the first submergence that i lost my specticles and while my visual accuity ain't the greatest i wasn't canoing by braille either., Thankfully I always have a spare set of glasses available in my van or on my motorcycle for such possible events and was able see clearly for the drive home that evening. I would of stayed overnight for a bacchanal but I had commitments for the next day.
On Sunday, I loaded up the motorcycle & sidecar onto my trailer and took it to a flea market, i got a couple of offers on the bike and it'll be sold soon I trust. The bike has been fun but i want something more mechanically reliable and spending much less time being repaired and off the road. The 24 year old Harley Davidson is next and I've got the Kelly Blue Book prices for it and Have an idea for a starting asking price. of just over $3,000.
Monday through Friday its variations on a theme, of running and assisting with my youngest brother's parental duties by taking his autistic oldest son to a sports training activity as a form of physical therapy. On monday evenings the boy has a two hour session and I'll spend a good hour going over pipe tunes with an electronic bagpipe. But that'll be ending shortly as by Tuesday, June 23rd I'll be beginning another road trip. Hello Mississippi and points south & west.
As for last weekend,on Sunday There was the Orange County Classic 10K race in Middletown, NY. My clock time was 1:00:31 and net time was 59 minutes. OK Just under an hour in some very humid conditions. I'm glad I had the forethought to bring a dry change of clothes with me as by the time I had finished the course I was saturated with sweat even onto my socks and sneakers. Possibly the more non sequetur part of the race day happenings occured when I stopped and said hello to one of the race directors, the owner of Frank's custom shoe fitting in Middletown; who also is a Guinness record Holder for fastests runs across America. When another pedestrian runner like myself asked me it the person I spoke to was Frank Shorter the former Olymian Runner. I wouldn't recognize Frank Shorter on the streets or byways of the U.S. even if he was proceded by a brass band and advertising agency marketing hucksters handing out life size cut outs of the man. Hmmm lets string 1 + 1 together and jump to a possible answer. But Frank really is a very common name.
Saturday, it was up to the farm and dress like a modified Jason Vorhees and fire up the chain saw, Oh yes trees were going down. And they go down hard. Some are in such poor physical condition they throw off largre splinters when the hit the ground. Branches have impaled the ground so stoutly I could not roll the tree trunks using a cant pole.and would have to work carefully with the chainsaws to get where I can free and manuever log sections. Most of the trees have been cut for fire wood as disease and insect damage has been sever. But with the wetness of the late spring and summer so far we don't progress as well as we'd like as we try not to tear up the ground with the truck we carry the wood in and pull the log splitter with.
Again Monday through fireday a variation of a recurring theme and starting preparations for my road trip. New shocks and exhaust on the van along with a full servicing. Hopefully the vehicle has a few thousand more miles in her as she's passed 143,000 miles now since buying her in 2002. As for a deviation on the variation of a theme on Friday I did a 15&1/2 mile run. The long run was the opening act for my train up to run the Marine Corps marathon again this year.
As for this weekend, Well yesterday there was the Hudson Valley Volunteer Fireman's Parade in Lake George Village, NY. I saw two of my old coworkers there and said hello. I was performing with thr Fratenal Order of Police Pipes & Drums. The folks with thr P&D are way more polished performers than I am and I feel that I need much more work before i canb rise to their level of performance. But as I'm headed south this week that point is now moot and I am grateful to have had the opprotunity to of practiced with them. Biggest downside was the level of humidity during the parade yet the plus side was that the rains held off untill the buss ride back last night. a 20 hour day befor hitting the hay.
And today, Sunday the 21st I hope to deliver the motorcycle & sidecar to person who had express a very desirous interest in it. Well that pretty much should cover these past few weeks. and shortly it'll be time to shut down and disconnect the computer in preparation of the road trip. I'm glad I choose the laptop and small scanner printer setup.
Monday, June 8, 2009
OMG, I've been slacking
OK, I've been slacking when it comes to adding mundane content and blurbs. Not too much of any importance has been going on. I'm still stirring the pot and occasionally creating a WTF moment for some other people. But hey, its me, what would you expect?
I've made the move and decided to put the motorcycle and sidecar up for sale, I've gotten two offers on it this past weekend and I'm waiting for a call back from a third person. I'll give a call to the luckey winner (Bwahahahahaha) tuesday afternoon. Seems like $1,800 may well take it off my hands. But at least they are going to get the spare parts, shop and parts manuals with it.
After I get the old H-D fixed for the final time it goes too. I need to check the kelly Blue Book to make a solid asking price though.
Now for the rest of the stuff covering the past couple of weeks.
I am learning to love copy & paste functions.
8 June, 2009.
OK so I haven't paid too much attention to the blog for a few weeks, lets see if I can do a half decent job of bringing things up to speed.
As of this morning, I finished running just shy of 11 miles in 2 hours 3 minutes and 50 seconds. Not blazing speed by any stretch but fast enough considering the elevation changes I deal with. Dropping 50 feet in the first 1/10th mile, followed by a climb of 80 feet to finish off the first mile. from mile 1 to mile 3 there is a 160 foot drop in elevation followed by a climb of 90 feet to 4.8 miles. Droping 21 feet at 5.1 miles an climbing again 239 feet by my 6.25 mile mark. Then by the time I arrive at 6.9 miles I've desended 106 feet only to start climbing 177 feet by the time I read my 8.2 mile position. this is followed by a drop of 20 feet in 1/10th mile and no significant change till I reach the 9.15 mile mark where I begin a 314 foot drop in the lenght of 1&1/10th miles then a 75 foot climb back to the current domicile.
Sunday,June 7th, I spent the better part of the day at the Brewster Elks Flea Market with the Motorcycle and side car and a for sale sign upon it. I've recieved a offer of 1,800 dollars for it and I'm waiting for another person to check his finances. I'll call the older fellow who offered 1,800 on tuesday if I don't hear back from the other person later today (Monday June 8th). In the evening I brought the motorcycle back up to my younger brother's yard and parked the trailer there. Then set about doing some brush cutting before dinner and heading down to the domicile for the night.
Saturday, June 6th, I and a few other drunk, dazed and dizzy dimwits decided to go canoeing on the Delaware river, Conditions where nice over all and the water comfortable on the unexpected dunkings.
Costly part of the day; Loosing my glasses on the first dunking. Not good but I always keep a spare pair in my vehicles for emergencies. Well after the conoe experience i headed to my younger brother's place to pick up the motorcycle & side car for the flea market on the 7th, But a short side trip was made to the optical shop where the lost glasses where purchased so a replacement set could be ordered
So that covers the look back in more recent events. Now changing the time line and working forward from the end of May, I am of course keeping up with the running. and covered a total of 13 miles from Monday the 25th to Sunday the 31st. As for many others who will use the high school track (where I go when I try to do speed work) I refer to them as cattle and cows due to there bovine limits of intellegence. Using every track lane even when there are other using the track and staying in just one or two lanes as they run the track not waddle about. So a ne insult is being constructed Track Cattle for the bloated bovine bumblers.
Also during this period, my younger brother and myself have prepared a few trees for next winter & the heating season. Burned the brush piles of tree parts we won't or can't use. Cut a load of brush and serviced a bit of equipment.
Monday, June 1st through Friday, June 5th;
Monday, a 6 mile run on the rail trail, and a day of goofing off. Ok I wish. I also had my bagpipes out to practice with and took my autistic nephew to Karate practice. One of the things we are attempting to do is have hime become more socially involved with others. The Karate seems to help and now we are pushing him to assist his classmates in other ways. Such as wiping down the equipment at the end of the night's session. He's protesting the extra 5 minutes of effort and wasting 10 minutes in the process. Its a contest of wills. But mine is stronger. The Sensi for the Dojo has said the kid now needs to progress to proper boxing gloves weighting 16 ounces.
Tuesday, a 3.18 mile run along a NYC resevoir, did some laundry took in the new Star Trek Movie, Its OK. Has nice special effects and a fast enough paced story line. But it stretches the story lines a bit too. Still it opens the door for another Star Treck franchise.
Wednesday, 8.4 miles on the Putnam County Rail Trail. Actually had to take the cover off the Camel Back and wash it out today. The salt stains where more than heavy. They were turning the black shoulder straps brownish white. Then later in the evening I met up with the Fraternal Order of Police, Pipe Band for a bit of practice. I'll be joining them in Lake George for the Hudson Valley Volunteer Firemans Parade. Then its I'll be headed for the Gult Coast to visit family this summer. Mom is 83 and Dad is 80.
Thursday, 3.18 miles along the resevoir followed by a relaxed day and taking the one nephew to Karate. On the trip to the karate class, I learned that the kid needs glasses for vision correction. He has some trouble with distance. I learned this after asking him to read the writing on the back of a police car maybe 30 to 40 feet ahead of us. He said he couldn't read the smaller print. OK, chalk up another reason he may have some difficulties with socialization. I had suspected issues with vision earlier but confirmation wasn't a revealation.
Friday, 3.24 miles on the high school track, Mixed sprints into the normal run finishing the track session in 31 minutes. Fortunately I was done before the rains came to visit all day. About the hardest thing done this day was posting out my Auto Insurance for the year and Voter Registration change of address.
OK so that pretty much covers the mundane existance and events for the past week or so.
As for today, Watch out world, laundrymat here I come! hey my running clothes reek and need the cleaning.
Oh and one final thing. I did take part in a Volunteer Fireman's Parade in Pleasantville the other week. It is supposedly the first time the parade has gone off without a serious rainfall in a few years.
OK Have a safe time everyone, Benny be careful with the school bus this final week or so of school. Don't try one of my tricks like Armor Alling the vinyl seats and then yelling at the kids to stay in the seats.
Cheers!
I've made the move and decided to put the motorcycle and sidecar up for sale, I've gotten two offers on it this past weekend and I'm waiting for a call back from a third person. I'll give a call to the luckey winner (Bwahahahahaha) tuesday afternoon. Seems like $1,800 may well take it off my hands. But at least they are going to get the spare parts, shop and parts manuals with it.
After I get the old H-D fixed for the final time it goes too. I need to check the kelly Blue Book to make a solid asking price though.
Now for the rest of the stuff covering the past couple of weeks.
I am learning to love copy & paste functions.
8 June, 2009.
OK so I haven't paid too much attention to the blog for a few weeks, lets see if I can do a half decent job of bringing things up to speed.
As of this morning, I finished running just shy of 11 miles in 2 hours 3 minutes and 50 seconds. Not blazing speed by any stretch but fast enough considering the elevation changes I deal with. Dropping 50 feet in the first 1/10th mile, followed by a climb of 80 feet to finish off the first mile. from mile 1 to mile 3 there is a 160 foot drop in elevation followed by a climb of 90 feet to 4.8 miles. Droping 21 feet at 5.1 miles an climbing again 239 feet by my 6.25 mile mark. Then by the time I arrive at 6.9 miles I've desended 106 feet only to start climbing 177 feet by the time I read my 8.2 mile position. this is followed by a drop of 20 feet in 1/10th mile and no significant change till I reach the 9.15 mile mark where I begin a 314 foot drop in the lenght of 1&1/10th miles then a 75 foot climb back to the current domicile.
Sunday,June 7th, I spent the better part of the day at the Brewster Elks Flea Market with the Motorcycle and side car and a for sale sign upon it. I've recieved a offer of 1,800 dollars for it and I'm waiting for another person to check his finances. I'll call the older fellow who offered 1,800 on tuesday if I don't hear back from the other person later today (Monday June 8th). In the evening I brought the motorcycle back up to my younger brother's yard and parked the trailer there. Then set about doing some brush cutting before dinner and heading down to the domicile for the night.
Saturday, June 6th, I and a few other drunk, dazed and dizzy dimwits decided to go canoeing on the Delaware river, Conditions where nice over all and the water comfortable on the unexpected dunkings.
Costly part of the day; Loosing my glasses on the first dunking. Not good but I always keep a spare pair in my vehicles for emergencies. Well after the conoe experience i headed to my younger brother's place to pick up the motorcycle & side car for the flea market on the 7th, But a short side trip was made to the optical shop where the lost glasses where purchased so a replacement set could be ordered
So that covers the look back in more recent events. Now changing the time line and working forward from the end of May, I am of course keeping up with the running. and covered a total of 13 miles from Monday the 25th to Sunday the 31st. As for many others who will use the high school track (where I go when I try to do speed work) I refer to them as cattle and cows due to there bovine limits of intellegence. Using every track lane even when there are other using the track and staying in just one or two lanes as they run the track not waddle about. So a ne insult is being constructed Track Cattle for the bloated bovine bumblers.
Also during this period, my younger brother and myself have prepared a few trees for next winter & the heating season. Burned the brush piles of tree parts we won't or can't use. Cut a load of brush and serviced a bit of equipment.
Monday, June 1st through Friday, June 5th;
Monday, a 6 mile run on the rail trail, and a day of goofing off. Ok I wish. I also had my bagpipes out to practice with and took my autistic nephew to Karate practice. One of the things we are attempting to do is have hime become more socially involved with others. The Karate seems to help and now we are pushing him to assist his classmates in other ways. Such as wiping down the equipment at the end of the night's session. He's protesting the extra 5 minutes of effort and wasting 10 minutes in the process. Its a contest of wills. But mine is stronger. The Sensi for the Dojo has said the kid now needs to progress to proper boxing gloves weighting 16 ounces.
Tuesday, a 3.18 mile run along a NYC resevoir, did some laundry took in the new Star Trek Movie, Its OK. Has nice special effects and a fast enough paced story line. But it stretches the story lines a bit too. Still it opens the door for another Star Treck franchise.
Wednesday, 8.4 miles on the Putnam County Rail Trail. Actually had to take the cover off the Camel Back and wash it out today. The salt stains where more than heavy. They were turning the black shoulder straps brownish white. Then later in the evening I met up with the Fraternal Order of Police, Pipe Band for a bit of practice. I'll be joining them in Lake George for the Hudson Valley Volunteer Firemans Parade. Then its I'll be headed for the Gult Coast to visit family this summer. Mom is 83 and Dad is 80.
Thursday, 3.18 miles along the resevoir followed by a relaxed day and taking the one nephew to Karate. On the trip to the karate class, I learned that the kid needs glasses for vision correction. He has some trouble with distance. I learned this after asking him to read the writing on the back of a police car maybe 30 to 40 feet ahead of us. He said he couldn't read the smaller print. OK, chalk up another reason he may have some difficulties with socialization. I had suspected issues with vision earlier but confirmation wasn't a revealation.
Friday, 3.24 miles on the high school track, Mixed sprints into the normal run finishing the track session in 31 minutes. Fortunately I was done before the rains came to visit all day. About the hardest thing done this day was posting out my Auto Insurance for the year and Voter Registration change of address.
OK so that pretty much covers the mundane existance and events for the past week or so.
As for today, Watch out world, laundrymat here I come! hey my running clothes reek and need the cleaning.
Oh and one final thing. I did take part in a Volunteer Fireman's Parade in Pleasantville the other week. It is supposedly the first time the parade has gone off without a serious rainfall in a few years.
OK Have a safe time everyone, Benny be careful with the school bus this final week or so of school. Don't try one of my tricks like Armor Alling the vinyl seats and then yelling at the kids to stay in the seats.
Cheers!
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