Monthly Archives: July 2016
It’s Scary When Your Cat Can Tell Time . . .
With today’s temps pushing 100°, I’ve really been happy with the performance of the new Coleman Mach 15 AC unit that we installed last August
The old Coleman Mach V was still working, but seemed to have lost its oomph. I probably could tried topping off the Freon, but I really wanted a bigger unit that handled the Texas temps a little better.
And going from a 13,500 BTU unit to a 15,000 BTU one, plus a stronger fan, really makes a difference. Today, with the thermostat set at 75°, and the outside temp at 99, the unit was still able to cycle on and off all afternoon. So it’s doing its job. Nice.
Unlike a lot of other RV parks, if we hadn’t looked at the calendar, we would have never known it was the 4th of July weekend. No golf cart parades, no fireworks, no nothing. Of course the whole no fireworks thing was probably due to the ‘Absolutely No Fireworks! signs posted around.
We did drive down to the river area Sunday on the way back from Schobel’s and there were more people down there, but I’ve certainly seen the park busier on non-holiday weekends in the past.
After I mentioned about getting a 30 day gate code here, and wondering if they had annual and employee codes, Barbara Spade, friend and Ranger here, confirmed that they do have both annual and employee codes, as well as remotes.
Miss Karma can apparently tell time, or maybe her stomach can. Every day at 4:30, plus or minus about 5 minutes, she comes out from where ever she’s been sleeping, (usually on the dashboard) parks herself in front of Jan and starts meowing.
It’s dinner time, and she knows it. Scary!
The WE Channel has been running a Law & Order marathon tonight, starting with the very first episode in1990. Either I didn’t see these at the time, or I’ve completely forgotten them in the intervening 26 years, I imagine it’s the latter, but it’s like watching a brand new show. The first things I noticed is that everyone is smoking, and that Chris Noth looks about 18.
But one thing that kept bugging me was the opening musical theme. It just didn’t sound right. But after a couple of episodes, I finally figured it out.
it’s in the wrong key. And it’s in the wrong key because they’ve sped it up. And they’ve sped it up.
And they’ve sped it up to make it shorter so they can cram more commercials into the hour.
Thought for the Day:
The History of Star Trek
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Happy Anniversary to My Sweetie!
No, not that Anniversary. That one’s in September.
Although this is officially the blog for July 4th, most people, including Jan, will be reading it on July 5th.
No, this one is the one that Jan always forgets, but I never do. July 5th, 1967 is the date Jan and I met for the first time.
As I mentioned before, she was working at Florida Wonderland, a slightly seedy amusement park in Titusville, FL, with rides, animals, and a western town with daily gunfights.
Jan was one of the saloon girls at Miss Kitty’s Pleasure Palace,
while I had just been hired that day to do the animal acts at the Marine Life Aquarium right across the highway.
I had come down from Alabama to visit my Aunt and Uncle in Sanford, and then find a job for the summer. And after seeing an ad in the Florida Today paper I ended up in Titusville.
Several times a day I had to cross the road and bring back ice to keep the fish fresh that we fed to the porpoises, the elephant seal, and the alligator. And guess where the ice machine was?
The first time I went in I was immediately taken by this tall, long-legged beautiful redhead. I don’t have a photo from then, but here’s a photo from 8 years later. Still a tall, long-legged beautiful redhead.
Needless to say, I probably got more ice than I really needed. Bu it took me a couple of weeks to get her to go out with me. She said later she thought I was a “stuck-up college guy.”
But here it is 49 years later, and I’m still in love with my beautiful redhead.
Jan and I celebrated the holiday by watching a 4th of July family classic . . . Jaws. Well, it did take place over the 4th of July weekend, right?
Then after 3 hours of Jaws, bulked up from a 2 hour movie with an hour of commercials, we segued right into Jaws 2, for a total of 5 and a half hours of gory goodness.
I mean, ‘red’ is a 4th of July color, right?
BTW Roy Scheider’s, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” was ad-libbed.
I’ve added another category to Greg’s Favorite Apps. This one, Map Utilities, is the next one on the list.
Check it out.
And if you’ve got some favorites that aren’t on my list, let me know.
Happy 4th of July:
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