I (finally!) finished my painting gig this morning, which put a hundred bux in my pocket. And I was performing my favorite and also most painful mental exercise while driving away, which is deciding where the money is going to go. Of course there’s an extensive list of possible destinations, grouped roughly into the two categories of “What I want to get” and “what I’m actually going to get.” Yesterday, for example, I hooked up my last full propane bottle. On the principle of two is one and one is none, that means I am officially out of propane. If all goes well I actually have enough for six weeks to two months at this time of year, but things don’t always go well. So I’ll be spending about 40% of this windfall on propane. Then there’s the new telephone I’ve been putting off, (the battery on this one here is dying, and I consider a telephone essential safety gear) and that pretty much kills payday.
This made me grump grumpily, because I was hoping to squeeze a bottle of whiskey into that list and it’s not going to happen. But so it goes. I drove down J&H’s ridge to the next thing, which was to visit my occasional neighbor TC. While shit-shoveling I’d noticed he’s here this weekend. And we were in his RV talking, and he said, “There’s something I’ve been meaning to give you.”
And he handed me this strangely-stained bottle of Jimmie Beam…
“I’ve had it for years,” he said. “It got a little cooked when my fifth-wheel burned down, but the booze should be fine.”
And it probably will at that, or at least we’re certainly going to find out. So there’s serendipity.
I got home and was working on the book when Ian and his dad came by bearing gifts. Remember how a week or so ago I said the cheap plunger I was using as a laundry agitator came apart? Well, a faithful reader decided to do something about that.
He sent me a genuine laundry agitator! And – presumably on the aforementioned principle – he also sent me a second one. And I was going to hang on to that tidbit for a product review, but unfortunately we’re getting into Monsoon season so it decided to rain. I was actually looking forward to playing with my new toy, but it’ll have to wait a day or two.
Are you looking for a keyboard type tracephone? I have a Motorola 431G, Looks like Blackberry type of phone. I have the charger. My boss made me upgrade to smart phone for work I can send it to you if you want.
That’s certainly similar to the one I’ve been looking at.
If you want it it is all yours I can drop it in the mail anytime.