Apr. 8th, 2012

Boring

Apr. 8th, 2012 09:43 am
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Yesterday was my first foray into lawn mowing for the season with the push reel mower. I'm still not done but, darn, this really does take me a long time to do, so this morning I bought a battery powered an electric lawn mower on Amazon. $150 - it's plugged in, so that's what makes it cheaper. I bought a cord reel & I bought an extension cord last year so I'm good there.

For the last year I've been puzzling over getting a plugged in/battery powered lawn mower.
"Well, yes, it has no gasoline fumes but it's still charged/plugged in and the power station is making pollution.... blah blah blah blah, fade off into the distance with your endless futzing....,"
But dammit mowing takes me a while - hours & I'm not done - & I don't like the thought of having to spend hours of every week doing this unsuccessfully.
likethebeer: (Old time radio)
My Favorite Husband: "The Gum Machine "
This is the sitcom starring Lucille Ball. She gets in trouble b/c of a penny gumball machine after her husband told her to stick up for herself, and there's an unbelievable brat who shows up.
CBS Radio Workshop: "Jacob's Hands"
Jacob is a farmhand who can heal animals, then people, gets fired, goes to LA with the woman whose lame leg he healed. He works on healing those on skidrow, gets stuck with hucksters, then leaves and goes back to work on the farm.

And just so you remember, this week is Sunday School Week. No matter your religion, give a thought to Sunday school.
Crime Classics: "The General's Daughter"
I must be too used to the emoting on old time radio, b/c some of these people are speaking with no emotion.
"You love her?"
[dead pan]"Yes. Yes I do."
"But you can never be with her."
[dead pan]"Yes, and that breaks my heart." The expected line after that is, "Could you give me that newspaper?"

Well, now, the General's daughter (who the deadpan guy loves), is about to be whipped until she dies. How delightful. And she stuck her lover in a linen closet - which is a trunk - and he suffocated. Her nurse says, "Oh, don't worry your pretty little head. It will be fine."

No - it's a Russian story. It doesn't end fine - there's lots of vodka drinking, and murder and people isolating themselves in their bedrooms until they die.
X-Minus One: "Star Bright"
Super-genius little girl who can read minds, eventually figured out how to travel out of our reality. She's 4 or so, and takes off with a 6 year old. She calls herself a bright, and her smart father, she calls a "tween" - in between brights & stupids.

I feel like I've read this before, some sci-fi I picked up in high school.

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