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Ardith,

 DS>  I have no idea what I did with the one I had. Kind
 DS>  of awkward to scratch up against the door frame. :P

 AH>           Yeah.  I find the latter unsatisfactory, but I take it bears
 AH> & other animals scratch themselves on trees when they're moulting or
 AH> whatever....  :-)

  I didn't think bears molted, but they likely shed. There's a commercial
right now for this Swiffer product for cleaning up hair from your heavily
shedding pets...because "Shed Happens". 

 DS>  I haven't been to the fair in ages...and this years
 DS>  Arkansas State Fair was cancelled due to COVID-19.

 AH>           Understood.  Dallas & I live in a seaport, where it's easy
 AH> enough to obtain such things if you know who to ask.  But anything
 AH> which involves a trip downtown (except to St. Paul's hospital) is out
 AH> of the question just now.  :-)

  I finally got that annuity in after my Mom's death...but it's already
shot with the 50% to my brother, then repairs on the car, medical 
expenses, and possibly installing a generator. I don't lose power that 
often, but when I do, it tends to be for quite a long time...as it was 
in June and July, 2019...after severe thunderstorms pulled the electric 
meter off the north side of the house. There was still running water, 
and no other damage...but with no air conditioning, the apparent 
temperature was well over 100 degrees. It was like taking a hot shower, 
then not drying off afterwards, and then climing into bed still naked. 
People die in conditions like that every day.

  Thankfully, we're past the hottest part of the year now, and it has 
cooled off considerably...with a frost advisory in portions of north 
Arkansas this morning. I'm not sure what the winter will bring, but 
Arkansas hasn't had much of a winter in several years...so, I'm afraid
we're overdue. And, to add insult to injury, another potential hurricane
is forecast to hit the Gulf Coast on Friday.
 
 DS>  Years ago, my late uncle had been separating the
 DS>  recycled items into one container, and the regular
 DS>  trash into another. But, one day, he saw the trash
 DS>  folks putting everything together. He never separated
 DS>  them again.

 AH>           Hmm.  I am reminded of a friend who, like us, is getting on
 AH> in years and finding it increasingly difficult to sort plastics by
 AH> number... as we were told to do by municipal authorities.  When I saw
 AH> they were all dumped into the same receptacle I quit sorting them, just
 AH> as he had done.  "Plastics go in the plastics bin", as he puts it.  And
 AH> someone with "twenty-year old eyes", as our optometrist puts it, can
 AH> sort them out if that is actually necessary....  :-))

  I like what the late Red Skelton said about his eye doctor, who he called
"the optimist" ...he asked Clem Kadiddlehopper (one of Red's characters)
to "come in and get your eyes checked". He said "I don't want my eyes
checked...I like them brown like they are!!"...adding "I don't know what
anyone would want with checked eyes, unless you're a cab driver!!" .

 DS>  At least due to COVID-19, they're not doing disconnects
 DS>  for the non-payments right now, as so many are in
 DS>  financial straits.

 AH>           I'm glad various organizations are recognizing that folks may
 AH> not be able to adhere to the usual time frame at present.  OTOH, they
 AH> may not be able to work quite as efficiently as usual.  The public
 AH> library here suspended late return fees for awhile... but I'm still
 AH> waiting for a book I asked for on Aug. 24th even though it's listed as
 AH> available for loan & I'm #1 in the queue.  :-Q

  As noted above, the annuity came in, but it'll be 2 weeks before I can
fully access it. But, I need to get medical work done, and repairs on the
car...and I'm debating on a generator. I've decided with my health, and
COVID-19, it's not worth traveling outside of central Arkansas anymore.

 AH>  * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)

  The name sounds like where I've been at lately. :P

Daryl

... "Schizophrenia beats dining alone."  -Unknown
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