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1. 3 days ago on Drabble

   Husband and I are not big sports fans.

   That having been said – as a boy he went to several NY Yankees World Series games. His dad was in business and a salesman would say to him something like “Hey, I have tickets for the Series game – I’ll bring my son and you bring yours” and they were box seats not the nose bleeds.

   When he was in graduate school he agreed to join some friends from his class at a (regular season) Mets game. (Mets games do not involve bridge and tolls, Yankee games do). He convinced me to come along as I had never been to a professional baseball game. I should have been suspicious at the US$3 price of the tickets – it was in the nose bleed section. I am afraid of heights. Going up to the seats was not that bad and I closed my eyes a lot of the time during the game. But when it was time to leave I had to keep my eyes open and see how high up we were as I walked down. He had a friend Big Al (tall, heavily built fellow) who was nice enough to walk down in front of me – one step at a time so I could not see how high up we were.

2. 3 days ago on JumpStart

   Husband is very good at remembering our anniversary (45th this year and we went together for 4 years, then were engaged for 2 years before we married) and lets face it, it is the terribly not romantic date that the Interfaith chapel was available, the catering place our parents liked (actually said by my mom when the catering manager was asking me a question about wedding details – “It does not matter what the bride wants”) was available, and he was on summer vacation from work.

   And my birthday my birthday, well, my birthday is a on a holiday so it is hard to forget – and since I hate that it is on the particular holiday I keep telling him to please forget about it, prefer it to just be a normal day.

3. 3 days ago on Lola

   I have always been a klutz – was not able to jump rope whether I held rope for myself or two others were holding it. (Did not learn to ride a bike until I was in 6th grade…)

4. 3 days ago on Stone Soup

   Is the 29th a local thing near you? Have not heard anything about same.

5. 3 days ago on Stone Soup

   When we are home for a full day so that I can sit on hold when I call, I will call township sanitation and ask them about this.

   I am sure it will start with the same conversation as when I call for a special (large item) pickup. They will ask what “town” I live in. I will tell them that I live in (“town of” name of the township – them) and they will then tell me that I have to contact the incorporated village which has the same name – and nothing to do with us. I have learned to say that we are in the village of “X” in the township of “Y” so that hopefully they will understand I do not mean the village of “X” and that they are the garbage pickup for us.

6. 3 days ago on Stone Soup

   Our local recycling is so confusing. For years it said only #1 and #2 plastics. Then I read also #5 is accepted. Since I rarely seem to find #1 or #2, but find a lot of #5 items I was glad to read that and started tossing the #5s in also.

   We get weekly municipal pickup of recycling on Tuesday. What we use in a week is not worth putting out – especially since our small recycling box – 4th one we had – was again left in the street by the garbage pickup and again destroyed – when I went to get a new one they only had cans. For some time I would just put the recycling out in whatever corrugated cardboard box I had to put out anyway. Then Covid came along and we had a lot less stuff – especially to recycle, so I started putting it out once a month (generally the same day of the month our reenactment unit had its Zoom meeting for the month in whatever box I had to go out.

   Now we are using the can, but still putting it out about once a month.

   Last week the township sent out a new info paper – and again – only #1 and #2 plastics are to be recycled!! So I will have to go through what is in the box and throw out the #5 plastic items!

   Also our newspaper comes in a thin “film” plastic bag. Never had a place to recycle it. Again, I recently read that there is suppose to be a bin to leave them in at various retailers who accept recycling. I went into Home Depot as I though that I had seen a box for same some time ago – none there or anywhere else!

7. 3 days ago on Pluggers

   We reached the point some time ago where husband will start to tell a story and not only do I know the story – but it is MY story not his!

8. 4 days ago on Pluggers

   All it takes is water, cold and time. (A line from some movie or TV show – I forget which.)

9. 4 days ago on Pluggers

   Same with that middle fridge we bought.

10. 4 days ago on Pluggers

    Lye la lye…