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Another Dog Story

Posted in AI, auto repair, customer service, dogs, humans, memoir, neighbors, pit bull, rats, retirement, robot, veterinarian, water company, windshield replacementLeave a comment

My water bill for the beach house arrived. It was $2500. Someone had left the hose running in the front yard. It could’ve been me. It could’ve been my neighbor. At any rate, I finally got the adjusted bill with $1900 taken off. Yes, I still have to pay $600, but that is much more… Continue reading Another Dog Story

Antique Dolls Get a Bad Rap

Posted in childhood, COVID, dance floor, dancing, dolls, girlfriends, Monterey county, Nancy Ann dolls, online dating, pandemic, robot, Rossmoor, store, texting1 Comment

(re-run) Fifteen years ago, my second cousin died an untimely death. She left me all of her dolls that had passed down on two sides of the family until they ended with her. She had no children, no one to pass the dolls to. I’ve been dragging around my childhood dolls for half a century.… Continue reading Antique Dolls Get a Bad Rap

Antique Dolls Get a Bad Rap

Posted in childhood, COVID, dance floor, dancing, dolls, girlfriends, Monterey county, Nancy Ann dolls, online dating, pandemic, robot, Rossmoor, store, texting1 Comment

Fifteen years ago, my second cousin died an untimely death. She left me all of her dolls that had passsed down on two sides of the family until they ended with her. She had no children, no one to pass the dolls to. I’ve been dragging around my childhood dolls for half a century. When… Continue reading Antique Dolls Get a Bad Rap

Antique Dolls Get a Bad Rap

Posted in childhood, COVID, dance floor, dancing, dolls, girlfriends, Monterey county, Nancy Ann dolls, online dating, pandemic, robot, Rossmoor, store, textingLeave a comment

Fifteen years ago, my second cousin died an untimely death. She left me all of her dolls that had passsed down on two sides of the family until they ended with her. She had no children, no one to pass the dolls to. I’ve been dragging around my childhood dolls for half a century. When… Continue reading Antique Dolls Get a Bad Rap

How to Self-quarantine in California

Posted in 401K, airplane, Boomers, California, coffee, Coronavirus, Costco, drive-through, germs, hand sanitizer, humor, Iowa, memoir, public bathrooms, robot, scientist, self-checkout, social distancingLeave a comment

The Corona virus Covid-19 is upon us.  We need to practice social distancing, especially if we are old. I am doing my darnedest to distance myself. My plan today was to be at Costco at 9:00 a.m. to get a few things.  100 people beat me to it. I saw the line at the door… Continue reading How to Self-quarantine in California

U is for Undo

Posted in AI, artificial intelligence, Aspen, cell phones, flip phones, hot tub, insurance, iphone, mammogram, robot, technology, Tesla, VerizonLeave a comment

Okay, so I’m not a complete techno-phobe, but I did come late to the party with smart phones. I still had a flip phone in 2013 when it broke on my Aspen trip. The Verizon guy in Aspen looked at it (it didn’t flip anymore) and said, “We don’t have those.” Of course not. It… Continue reading U is for Undo