[Rhodes22-list] Fw: Home projects

Wed Aug 13 21:45:17 EDT 2008

Brad,

Yea..kinda like locking myself out of the house when I went somewhere with a friend. I didn't drive, that trip,  so I didn't take my car keys w/house key on the ring.....didn't even occur to me until I returned home...Now a set of house keys resides in the bottom of my purse....

We just have SO darned MUCH stuff in our heads..how can we be expected to deal w/minutiae?

;^)

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)

--- On Wed, 8/13/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fw: Home projects
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 9:27 AM
> Elle,
> 
> My hangar mate called me on my way to work last week and
> said he'd locked
> his truck in the hangar with the keys to the hangar in the
> truck.  I phoned
> my students to let them know I'd be late and turned
> around to rescue my
> partner.  This weekend I put an electronic door lock on the
> hangar door so
> we don't have to keep-up with keys.  The new lock does
> have two keys in case
> the batteries are dead.  I put one key on my key chain and
> looked all over
> the hangar for the other one, finally giving-up and
> deciding to have a
> duplicate made.  I e-mailed my partner with the keypad
> combination for
> access and he called me a few hours later, "what's
> this key taped to my
> toolbox?"  "Uh, that's where I put your key
> so I wouldn't forget where I put
> your key."
> 
> Sometimes "de-seniorization" projects don't
> go so smoothly.
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:24 PM, elle
> <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm in here...where are you??? :^)
> >
> > elle
> >
> >
> >
> > > > You are in the middle of some kind of
> project around
> > > the house: mowing the lawn, putting a new fence
> in,
> > > painting the living room, or whatever.  You are
> hot and sweaty,
> > > coveredin dirt or paint. You have your old work
> clothes on.
> > > You know the outfit - shorts with the hole in
> crotch, old
> > > > T-shirt with a stain from who knows what,
> and an old
> > > pair of tennis shoes.
> > > >
> > > >               Right in the middle of this
> great home
> > > > improvement project you realize you need to
> run to
> > > Wal-Mart
> > > > to get something to help complete the job.
> > > >
> > > >               Depending on your age you
> might do the
> > > > following:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >               In your 20's:
> >
> > > >
> > > >               Stop what you are doing.
> Shave, take a
> > > > shower, blow dry your hair, brush your
> teeth, floss,
> > > and put
> > > > on clean clothes. Check yourself in the
> mirror and
> > > flex. Add
> > > > a dab of your favorite cologne because you
> never know,
> > > you
> > > > just might meet some hot chick while
> standing in the
> > > > checkout lane. You went to school with the
> pretty girl
> > > > running the register.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >               In your 30's:
> > > >
> >
> > > >               Stop what you are doing, put
> on clean
> > > shorts
> > > > and shirt. Change shoes.  You married the
> hot chick so
> > > no
> > > > need for much else. Wash your hands and comb
> your
> > > hair.
> > > > Check yourself in the mirror. Still got it.
> Add a shot
> > > of
> > > > your favorite cologne to cover the smell. 
> The cute
> > > girl
> > > > running the register is the kid sister to
> someone you
> > > went
> > > > to school with.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >               In your 40's:
> > > >
> > > >               Stop what you are doing. Put a
> > > sweatshirt
> > > > that is long enough to cover the hole in the
> crotch of
> > > your
> > > > shorts. Put on different shoes and a hat. 
> Wash your
> > > hands.
> > > > Your bottle of Brute Cologne is almost empty
> so you
> > > > don't want to waste any of it on a trip
> to
> > > Wal-Mart.
> > > > Check yourself in the mirror and do more
> sucking in
> > > than
> > > > flexing.  The spicy young thing running the
> register
> > > is your
> > > > daughter's age and you feel weird
> thinking she is
> > > spicy.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >               In your 50's:
> > > >
> > > >               Stop what you are doing. Put a
> hat on,
> > > wipe
> > > > the dirt off your hands onto your shirt.
> Change shoes
> > > > because you don't want to get dirt in
> your new
> > > sports
> > > > car. Check yourself in the mirror and you
> swear not to
> > > wear
> > > > that shirt anymore because it makes you look
> fat. The
> > > cutie
> > > > running the register smiles when she sees
> you coming
> > > and you
> > > > think you still have it. Then you remember
> the hat you
> > > have
> > > > on is from Buddy's Bait & Beer Bar
> and it
> > > says,
> > > > 'I Got Worms.'
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >               In your 60's:
> > > >
> > > >               Stop what you are doing. No
> need for a
> > > hat
> > > > anymore. Hose the dog shit off your shoes.
> The mirror
> > > was
> > > > shattered when you were in your 50's.
> You hope you
> > > have
> > > > underwear on so nothing hangs out the hole
> in you
> > > pants.
> > > > The girl running the register may be cute,
> but you
> > > don't
> > > > have your glasses on so you are not sure.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >               In your 70's:
> > > >
> > > >               Stop what you are doing. Wait
> to go to
> > > > Wal-Mart until they have your prescriptions
> ready,
> > > too.
> > > > Don't even notice the dog shit on your
> shoes.  The
> > > young
> > > > thing at the register smiles at you because
> you remind
> > > her
> > > > of her grandfather.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >               In your 80's:
> > > >
> > > >               Stop what you are doing. Start
> again.
> > > Then
> > > > stop again. Now you remember you needed to
> go to
> > > Wal-Mart.
> > > > Go to Wal-Mart and wander around trying to
> think what
> > > it is
> > > > you are looking for. Fart out loud and you
> think
> > > someone
> > > > called out your name. You went to school
> with the old
> > > lady
> > > > who greeted you at the front door.
> >
> >
> >
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