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I was making breakfast this morning. I was our usual - my World-Famous Breakfast Drink and tea. I had just finished blending the last peaches, they're in season right now, had just turned off the teapot as it was whistling loudly, when the phone rang.
Karol answered it. She didn't seem to be saying much. I figured it was probably a telemarketer. I was thinking, "Boy, they're starting early these days."
When she hung up, she said it was ADP. The alarm had gone off at the office. I turned off the teapot and put our breakfast drink in the refrigerator. We jumped in the car an drove the ten minutes to the office. No one was there. We went inside and the alarm had been tripped, but there was absolutely no sign of even attempted entry. All the windows were secure and there was not sign of anyone having been in the office.
I had wanted to stop by the office at some point today so I checked the backup to make sure it was running OK. It was. I then grabbed my Outlook 2002 CD, as I needed it at home. About that time a patrolman showed up. We conversed shortly and then he left. We reset the alarm, locked up, and came back home to eat our breakfast.
Later today, I trimmed the hedge again. Although it wasn't growing thickly, some of the shoots were a foot long. I think I need new hedge trimmers. They are running much more slowly than they used to - and I keep the blade well lubricated.
We two doors stripped some time ago. Karol wanted to have them sanded. I took out my sander and turned it on to test it. It's a small palm sized vibratory sander. When I turned it on, it vibrated very slowly. I only left it on a few seconds as I didn't what to put it to the smoke test. I did some disassembly on it, but couldn't see how to repair it. It looks like we'll need to buy a new one. This will be the third sander I've had to buy. I think they just don't last very long. Sanding is pretty rough duty for an appliance - what with the dust and all.
I'm slowly getting my computer back in shape. I just ordered a copy of Norton Firewall from my favorite store - eBay. Symantec wanted $70 for the software, I got it on eBay for $25 - not bad. I'm going to try to keep my internet connection unplugged as much as possible, until I get the firewall up and running. I chose Norton because I also run the Norton Antivirus and System Works software. I figured this way they could all run together as one big happy family.
Tomorrow Karol has another church for us to try. One of my tests will be to see if I walk out feeling like I have been drugged. That was the experience of the last church we tried as well as the church we used to attend. It comes from sitting through a long sermon.
I don't understand why preachers feel they must talk for so long. As a long standing member of Toastmasters, I could tell them, if they can't make their point in 15 minutes, they're certainly not going to do it in 40 minutes. They'll only wind up confusing their audience and likely putting them to sleep. Remember, advertisers who what want to sell you something, confine their message to 30 seconds.
Posted by Ted at August 23, 2003 7:57 PM