"G' morning, Kubota. What's up?" I answered the phone call.
"Is a temperature of 101.9 considered a fever?" Kubota asked me.
"Yes, Kubota. Yes it is" I replied. I was impressed that he had a thermometer.
At noon, I sallied forth with a stupid face mask* on and purchased blue-gatorade (I don't think anybody knows the actual flavor), two gallons of spring water, ramen noodle soup, minestrone soup, mucus-thinner and elderberry syrup.
Upon re-entering the minivan I goobered all over my hands with hand sanitizer and waited ten seconds before touching any of the interior.
He was at the doctor's office when I dropped them off at his bachelor-pad.
Trimming trees
I installed a fresh battery into my electric pole saw and carried a 1/4 mile to the back of the property. My goal was to trim a grafted chestnut tree back to the branch that was grafted.
It took me about two seconds to realize that somebody had installed the chain on the bar backwards.
I trudged back to the house. Used the Allen wrench and flipped it around.
Then I tried again. It cut much better when the sharp end of the teeth were hitting the wood.
I whittled the chestnut tree down to the grafted branch. Then I trimmed another chestnut tree. Then I limbed two oak trees up as high as I could reach.
God told me it was time to stop by putting some sawdust in my left eye.
Quicksilver detail
I am recovering more quickly than Mrs ERJ.
The tentative plan is to have me go over to Southern Belle's house on Thursday to watch Quicksilver so Mrs ERJ can continue to recover.
Handsome Hombre still has the crud, so he will be watching Quicksliver tomorrow. Or at least that is the plan.
NCAA Football National Championship
I like it that at the start of the season that the National Champion could be almost any Division I team. Who would have picked Indiana in mid-August?
While the years of "Will it be Georgia, Alabama or Clemson" were great for those programs, it did little to excite nation-wide interest through the entire season.
The fact that Indiana was able to transform from Big-10 boat-anchor to National Champion in two-years is because of the portal and transfer rules.
Let's be real. Sports-ball is entertainment. It is an escape from sometimes crappy lives. If Name-and-Likeness and portals increase the chances of Eastern South Dakota University playing against Cal-State, Needles...then I think those are good ideas.
*Yes, I know that virus are very, very small. I believe that most virus are distributed in droplets of mucus and saliva. I KNOW the mask stops them. Masks, wearing or not-wearing is not a hill I will die on....unless I am working in a factory 50 feet away from other people and the temperature of the air is 104 F.
Ah-HA! The Creeping Crud! I KNEW it!!! In your FACE, Michael!!! Dr. Filthie! Thee BEST internet physician!!! 😎👍
ReplyDeleteYou sure you should be oot n’ aboot yet Joe? I’d be worried about spreading it… hope ya get over it soon.
Darn Canuck, busted me again LOL
DeleteA mask properly worn does protect you from droplet carried viruses.
ReplyDeleteProperly worn IE nose AND mouth fully covered. Not that idiot with his nose uncovered.
Yes, they are smaller than the pore size of the mask for the nitpickers. BUT that very micro-size means they don't travel very far WITHOUT the carrying droplets of that sneeze.
There small size also means that they are attracted to the fibers of the mask by electro-static attraction, especially in dry weather.
Deletereally, who the fuck cares.
ReplyDeleteNOT going to go there... that ship has sailed...
ReplyDeleteI'm a Clempson Cow College* fan, but I am glad to see Indiana win the whole shebang.
ReplyDeleteI'm not against the NIL in college football, but my pet peeve is the players who commit to a college and the minute another university offers them a better deal, they break their original contract. Clemson has a possible legal claim against a player who signed with Clemson, but then Ole Miss college dangled a bigger paycheck in his face.
Some of these players have three or four colleges on their resumes. The Quarterback for Miami, Carson Beck, in his sixth year of eligibility, bragged about not having attended class for the last two years.
The Quarterback for Ole Miss, Trinidad Chambliss is suing the NCAA to try and get a seventh year of eligibility because the college offered him 6 million bucks to come back.
Something needs to be done to stop the tampering by other colleges to hijack players and penalties are needed to retard the use of the portal.
* It's hard to say Clemson without it sounding like there's a 'p' in it. It's a running joke and there is also a short meme video about it.
Your comment about the chain on the saw being backwards reminds me of the new electric hedge trimmer we bought. The bar has teeth on both sides, so you expect it to cut in both directions. It didn't. Looking at it more closely with the aging eyes showed that the main bar on the machine has teeth on both sides, but the oscillating cutting part only has teeth on one side. Took me a while to stop and actually look at it and find the reason why the stupid thing was not cutting properly.
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