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   Richard Silk to All   
   2022/12/23 Friday (Delivering a *slice*    
   23 Dec 22 06:14:37   
   
   From: dicksilk@gmail.com   
      
   Well, this *would've* been my late Father's 92nd birthday today, so "Happy   
   Birthday, Dad!" 👠  
      
   Meanwhile, the only significant *dream* I had, that I can recall, involved the   
   dreamer out delivering a *slice* of cake in a pizza box— In the dream, the   
   dreamer was driving a vehicle along something *akin* to Greenland Drive,   
   *perhaps* east of    
   Scottland Drive (heading away from the center of town) yet west of Park Manor,   
   turning south onto a street named "Courtland" (or "Courtyard"?) in the dream.    
   (IRL, the somewhat "newer" street in that area has a different name, entirely,   
   and the "real    
   life Courtland" is over on the west side of where TN Blvd intersects with   
   Greenland, running south off Greenland.)   
      
   At any rate, the dreamer / driver is having a bit of an uncertainty issue   
   regarding the street name he's supposed to be on (fairly sure this was a   
   version of myself as the dreamer) and, in what may have been an attempt to go   
   to a door, ended up on foot,    
   still looking for *any* street name (and was in need of double-checking the   
   name listed on the box with the name on the street sign, etc.) but had the   
   general impression of being in the right neighborhood, nonetheless.   
      
   There were at least 2 or 3 or more people standing around, at least two males,   
   somewhere in the ages of 20-40 (somewhat guessing on that upper limit, as they   
   weren't *closely* observed for physical characteristics) and the   
   dreamer-driver was in an "ask    
   for direction" type mode that drivers sometimes rely upon:  when in doubt, ask   
   the locals for direction.  I know, it's not something a guy would normally do,   
   but as a driver who's often "on the clock" or "under the gun" so to speak, it   
   is a valid way of    
   finding the address faster.   
      
   There was the passing thought that one of the pedestrians (bystanders) might   
   have been consulting a smartphone app (map) for directions.  It also occurred   
   to the dreamer that it might be possible to call the recipient (customer /   
   client / delivery target)   
    for directions, but that is often a "last tactic" before calling the store to   
   "return the pie," as they say in the pizza business.  Plus, even using a   
   "stupid" (simple-feature) flip phone (4G) these days can also produce GPS-type   
   guided directions to a    
   destination.   
      
   At one point *prior* to getting out of the vehicle, the dreamer did get a look   
   at the inside of the box, and while there was a question in the dreamer's mind   
   as to why would someone order a single slice of pizza; the visual item in the   
   box was a standard-   
   large sized piece of chocolate cake, roughly 2½"x3½" (x2½" tall, maybe 3"   
   including the chocolate icing.)   
      
   The dreamer was getting back into the vehicle to begin the double-checking   
   everything procedure when the dream ended, visually a clarity 8+, while   
   mentally around an 8-, possibly even in the 6+ range.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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