Flu Report: Day Four

"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.