Daily Archives: November 7, 2016
Bazinga !
It was really nice to be able to sleep in this morning. No getting up at 5:30am.
After a quiet morning with our coffee and catching up on conversation, we headed out about 12:30 for lunch and shopping.
On our way we stopped off at Lone Star Real Estate to pick up an Amazon package. It was actually delivered by the PO on Saturday, but the office was closed. So it got delivered this morning.
What it contained was two new watches for Jan and I. And this time we both went old school . . . Analog.
Probably the first analog watch I’ve bought in 40 years.
My first digital watch, the Sinclair Black Watch, was a kit I built myself in around 1975.
And I’ve had digital watches ever since.
But digital watches aren’t much good at night when you’re trying to log in trucks and you need to press the little button so your watch lights up so you can read the time.
But this one has glow-in-the-dark numbers and hands so that problem is taken care of. And it was only $16.
Jan went with pretty much the same thing, for pretty much the same reason, again with a big, easy to read face. And hers was only $10.
Our lunch destination was once again Barth’s Restaurant, where we’ve been working our way through their daily buffet menu over the last couple of weeks.
This is number 5, with only two more days to go after today. And today was really, really good.
Chicken Fried Steak, Chicken Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Cheese Soup, and the Salad Bar. And all for a senior citizen-discounted $6.50.
Delicious and Cheap, a real two’fer. And only two more days to go . . . Wednesday and Thursday.
Next stop was Wal-Mart for a few things and a big laugh.
After we’d finished with the grocery shopping, I waited down front on the main aisle in front of the registers while she shopped for some clothes.
You may have noticed that there will often be an associate standing along that aisle offering to help people find things. In fact she even has her own place to stand.
When we walked in, there was a young lady standing there dressed up in Christmas garb. As we passed her, I commented that it was just too early for the Christmas stuff. She smiled and agreed, saying she didn’t really have a choice to wear it.
So, waiting for Jan, I was trying to stay out of the way and ended up standing there. A few minutes later the young lady walked back over, and seeing where I was standing, she hesitated, I think, trying to figure what to do.
At this point I looked up and said, “I’m in your spot.” After a couple of seconds you could see something click and she started to smile.
Then I said, “Bazinga!”, and she pretty much lost it, and walked off, still giggling.
Finally our last stop was for a few last things at HEB that Wal-Mart didn’t have, and then it was home. Just in time for it to start pouring down rain.
I’m hoping that we get our bank cards in the next couple of days. SiteWatch is putting money in there and I can’t get it out. As least not without actually driving to the bank.
And who does that anymore?
Thought for the Day:
“…even a newspaperman, if you entice him into a cemetery at midnight, will believe in phantoms, for everyone is a believer if you scratch him deep enough. – W.B. Yeats
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