JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING: It's Friday! No, it doesn't mean I'm released from my life of too-many-pets bondage. But it does mean I'm reaching the end of the week with just enough gas in my metaphorical tank to roll down hill into Saturday. So instead of my thoughts, I'm sharing my questions:
1. What is is with those yards filled from door to sidewalk with Halloween decorations? I mean, yes, I get the idea, but... where the heck do people store those skeletons and monsters the rest of the year? I have an entire closet plus some space in the attic reserved for Christmas - how does anyone manage to keep decorations for both holidays?
2. Also thinking of fall decor: why are pumpkins so expensive? I saw a photo of an attractive fall front porch display I thought I'd try. I have nice branches and bittersweet; all I needed was some interesting gourds. Imagine my shock when I priced them out at the local farm stand and realized I could get an overnight at The Parker Hotel in Boston for the same price. C'mon, dudes, they're inedible; we know those giant squashes are just compost-in-waiting.
3. Why do I always fall for the sale-priced grocery item that's JUST about to be unappealing because the weather is changing? I had to toss a hermetically sealed package of kielbasa that I bought in the summer. Turns out all the dishes I use the sausage for are, you know, cold weather meals. Now I've got two containers of mixed salad greens about to decompose in the veggie drawer of my fridge, because it was 78F/25C when I bought them and now... it's too cold for salad. Is this a me problem?
4. This is a little out of the ordinary, but why are people who work in the ER (aka the ED) so attractive? No, I don't mean in The Pitt, and I'm not saying that because the last time I had to go in for an emergency I was given excellent drugs. At Maine Medical Center, 85% of the doctors, nurses and techs look like LL Bean athletic wear models. Are people just better looking in Maine? (Feel free to say yes.)
5. I was filling up the car the other day and used my loyalty card for an extra five cents off, and I was suddenly reminded of my youth, when my Mom would get a water glass every time she bought a full tank of gas. Really nice amber ones, too - very seventies. We all know you can get glasses at the Dollar Tree for $1.25 each, which means they must wholesale for something like forty cents. Why don't they do those gas station giveaways any more?
6. Does anyone know what the heck Bruno Mars and Rosé (yes, I had to look up the artists) mean when they sing, "Meet me at the A.P.T. uh huh, A.P.T. uh huh," etc. Is it a store? The initials of a nightclub? Does it have anything to do with AI? Speaking of which...
7. Am I the only one who would pay a monthly subscription if I never had to see or hear anything about AI again?
8. Finally, and I think I speak for all of us of a certain age, when you go to buy readers/cheaters why do they never have sample glasses you can put on to determine how much magnification you need? I can slip on sunglasses before I buy - even expensive ones! - but check out the differences between 1.5 and 2.5 at TJ Maxx? No way, those 3 for $9 babies are staying sealed in plastic. I feel there may be some age discrimination at play here.
Okay, dear readers, you have my questions. What are the answers?
1. Not a clue . . . maybe they have a shed in the back yard to store them in????
ReplyDelete2. Everything is expensive these days . . . .
3. I’d have eaten them, even if it seemed to hot/cold for that meal . . . but that’s just me.
4. Isn’t everyone attractive in one way or another?
5. And there used to be green stamps that you could trade in for all manner of stuff . . . .
6. APT ["apateu" in Korean] is a Korean drinking game . . . and, yes, I looked it up . . . .
7. I will happily join you in hearing/seeing nothing about AI ever again . . . .
8. Since I’ve worn glasses my entire life, I have absolutely no experience with those readers . . . I guess packaging them like that means you may end up buying more than one pair . . . .
You’d be surprised at how many people rent storage units for years to store all their extra crap.
ReplyDeleteFarmers have to make a living like everyone else.
I would eat “off-season” food, but then I don’t switch out my wardrobe either. Everything is accessible in my closet and drawers all year round.
Luckily I have not spent enough time in ERs to know what they look like for comparison
My first set of dishes and glasses was from the grocery store acquired a few at a time with purchase of groceries. Growing up we got a dishwasher with S& H Greenstamps. It wasn’t built in. You hooked it up to the kitchen faucet with a hose that pulled out.
Have not heard that song and have no clue what APT is. I do know that in pickleball ATP is a great shot you make around the post.
I just assume everything is AI now and just move on.
I wish I could see well enough to just need off the rack cheaters. Maybe one day cataract surgery will get me there.