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Monday, February 21, 2011

I Can Fax

A week ago were someone to ask me if I knew to send a fax I would have said that I had forgotten. Back in 1995 when I was ten years old Dad showed me how to use a fax machine. Eventually I came to forget because I was never called upon by anyone to send a fax. Besides, I found the telephone and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Whew!

Yesterday was a long day at Location B with twenty power outages having occurred. We had some serious wind blowing, and the lines did not take well to the wind situation. When I say a power outage, I mean that everything went out. I am talking automatic touch frees, self-service bays and vacuums.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

No Hip Needed

Nearly fourth months back I blogged about how it was looking like Dad was going to be getting a left hip replacement in the spring. Things have changed since then. A couple months ago Dad made an appointment with the surgeon. Dad also made the appointment because his knees were acting up. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Not a Retirement, A Sabbatical

A couple weeks after abruptly retiring on January 1st of this year on account of feeling exhausted, Harry James informed Dad that when the weather warmed up he would be willing to return to Location B. Harry explained to Dad that he was no longer looking to work his nine hour Wednesdays any longer.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 14, 2011

He Wants to Stay

Marty Goldberg is a great friend of Dad and is the owner and operator of Location Y. From January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009 Dad leased Location Y from Marty. Dad ended up giving the keys back to Marty when they could not come to terms on a rental figure. Marty was kind enough to let Dad opt out... Sign in to see full entry.

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