It was last Saturday, that the reunion was held from KRUX, a radio station I worked for in the mid 60s.  We had a good turnout, considering that there was little public PR about it.  The auditorium it was held in, was almost totally filled.

I got to thinking about those days and how much I liked working with equipment.  It was what I would consider one of those technology jobs , back then the rules were much different than today,  although with computers and such, the technology has advanced even further.

Back then there was a need for person to actually run the equipment.  Today, a radio station can run itself, from the programing to the transmitters.

No wonder I still like the  “Good Old Days”.

Personally, had it not been more or less completed under the coverage of our home owner’s policy, I think I would have taken a look at Elkay sinks to replace the sink that was in the house when I moved in 13 or so years ago.

I also would have replaced the counter tops as well.  There is nothing wrong with them, they just don’t match the new cabinets, that replaced the old ones that had been damaged.

I’m one of those people who like things to go together.

Last night our house was hit by what the weathermen on the local TV call “Micro-bursts”.

All of a sudden the roof was pelted with heavy rain, the view out our windows was a heavy white gray and you could hardly see to the street or the back fence.   The “Micro-burst” lasted maybe 5 or 6 minutes, then there was a steady rain fall.

The noise was loud.  The pelting rain was heavy.  The Wind was a howl and loud.  And we could hear what sounded like flapping on our roof.

Being waterproof, I went out front to see if our roof was still there.

It was.  But I found in our front yard what looked like asphalt from the roof.  Not one piece, not two, but at least a dozen and they were across the street and two doors down.

And the street was filled with water speeding West to East toward the end of our block.

I went out back, ant there I found , the roof on our patio, ripped up.  It wasn’t all gone, but enough that water was coming through the boards onto the patio itself.  Chairs and other things near the outside wall of the house, normally dry, were soaking wet.

You get the picture, patio roof gone.  I’m happy that I don’t have my antennas up, cause most likely knowing my “Luck”  at least one of them would have thought it was an arrow and been found sticking out of Somebody’s roof a block away, or maybe through their front window.

Maybe I should build a basement and put the antennas down there.

It was fun.  Now that I think about it, it’s the first such Halloween Party I have been to.

We went as ourselves….Fat Boy and Gimp Girl.  This year if we get invited again, I’m going to look for adult costumes.

Maybe I can find something that well make me look my age.  Lord knows I don’t act it.

While I have been happy with the blinds, (shades) but as I look around I would sure like to take a peak at discount shades to see if there is something I would like.

It wouldn’t hurt to look.

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As I mentioned in my last post, I have trouble walking.  I would guess that’s because I really do not take the time to get out of the house and do even a little walking.  If I did on a daily basis, I’m sure my troubles in that area  would come down.

I don’t have a beautiful male body, no matter how you look at it, not through rose colored glasses, not after several hours of drinking.  Let’s be honest, I just don’t have a great bod.

But I do give great phone.

I had been in the habit there for awhile of walking each morning down to the stop sign at the end of the block in an effort to keep me in “shape”, or at least some what of a shape.  I did notice that the daily walks did help me with the simple thing of walking.

Since I gave it up, several months ago, walking is harder for me.  So to have something in the house, where there is Air Conditioning that would help me to “work out”, would more than likely be a good thing.

I didn’t realize how much of our daily life centered around the kitchen. But it does, things that you don’t even think about.  Being able to get cold water from the refrigerator.  Wash of plated, glasses, forks, spoons, and the like.  Having a dishwasher.

I MISS THEM!!!!!