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The Kitchen Table
irissto

Happy Birthday, Ole Joyful!

Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
4 years ago


Have a very happy birthday and many more! I hope I have the date right, but pretty sure :)

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  • joyfulguy
    4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Frustration1

    I had written a song and dance about my activities up till now ... looked up ... and it was gone! Sometimes has been posted ... but not this time!

    I've been working on a project for several days, after finding a rather ancient box with a couple remaining of 10 individual packets of oatmeal cereal, about 250 grams (1/4 lb.) probably cost about $2.50 - 3.00, and produces some cardboard and a bunch of paper packets for recycling/garbage.

    That's about the cost of a kilogram (2.2 lbs.) of quick/minute oats in one double paper bag. So I've put about two - three tablespoons of that cereal into a bowl with some salt, sugar and cinnamon and 1/2 cup water ... and it takes something like a half dozen 1 - 1.5 min. sessions in the microwave to make it reasonably edible. We'll see how it goes.

    Visited the "ROMEO"s (Retired old Men Eating Out", that I call the "Old Farts' Club" for coffee, cookies (and the odd tart) and conversation at the village church.

    Then visited the bank to offer them some ideas about money management, and when hearing of my age they offered a dish of Werther's candies, so I took a couple - who says that one can never get anything free, at a bank?

    Showed them a note on my phone from a bank that I've never used, telling of security issues having turned up, please visit a website to deal with it, asking whether they'd contact them, they said, "No", as it was almost certainly a scam, a physhing expedition. I told them that's why I don't do online banking, or investing. Same message from another bank that I used years ago, call a certain number ... and another message, supposedly from the same bank ... and to call a different number.

    May visit those banks later today, or soon.

    Last week when at that nearby grocery, I bought a bag of over-ripe bananas at 50% usual price, there were 7 in it and I, living alone, would take some time eating them, but figured if I threw three away, I'd still be ahead.

    Took the bag with me into the credit union and offered three fairly respectable bananas to the three visible ladies there, saying that who says one can never get anything free at the credit union. Visited there this morning, and they wished me "Happy birthday".

    To pick up a report dealing with future planning, I'm on the committee, at the suburban church, and leave some papers for the scouts, and pick up some water (my well water tested bad a few years ago when the farm was sold, so I haul some of the water that I use in jugs from the city).

    Sort of dumb, really, for when I spent a couple of months with step-uncle at the farm after his wife's death, till his cattle went on pasture, I drank the water, as he did, and it didn't cause me any trouble. He'd had three replacements of left hip, leaving him with bad back, bad hip, bad leg, he needed to use a cane, and we were a bit worried that he might fall into a snowbank and not get out, though we thought that rather improbable, when there was no wife to raise alarm if he didn't come in from chores. Well, too close to barnyard, water tested bad prior to farm being sold 15 years ago.

    No cattle there for 16 years, so a good idea to test the water again, would one suppose?

    Then to visit son, go out for birthday supper, and home later in the evening.

    Likely get a call from daughter in Atlanta.

    I was born in '29, ten years old when World War II started in 1939, so not too hard to figure my age being 90 in 2019 ... but at 2020 (lacking 20:20 vision) it gets somewhat more difficult.

    A number of people have said that I don't look my age, and I'm thankful that, though I've had some health issues, they haven't restricted me too much and I'm thankful for the energy and agility that are still part of my being.

    We have a province-wide phone-in program on our national radio weekdays at noon for an hour, and today they were discussing our reactions to current events in the U.S. I only heard part of it, due to visits to store, bank and credit union, but there was some concern re the risks to democracy. You may be able to get it, is interested: I'll do some checking: maybe www.cbc.ca/london, or toronto, or ontario, or ottawa.

    We have a consultation regarding driving at 80 and every 2 years thereafter: I just attended my sixth, where there's consultation, discussion about driving safety, eye test and exam. Did mine on Tues. and am good for another 2 years.

    Again ... thanks for the good wishes: I do enjoy my visits here with all of you various kinds of people.

    ole joyfuelled



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