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Thursday, November 07, 2002 Closed for the Weekend
Having worked 23 years in one job has some benefits. You know where all
the skeletons are buried and you accrue vacation time at a higher rate.
I’m in the comfortable position of having too much time on the books so
every year I have to use up vacation days or loose them. It’s fun having
the boss say you have to take a vacation. I get a kick out of it.
I decided to use up two of my days by taking today and tomorrow off. I hit the grocery store to stock up on junk food and locked the
gate behind me when I arrived home. Catherine’s visiting her brother so
it’s just me, Clancy the cat, four peacocks, two chickens and a parakeet.
 When Catherine
goes out of town I get some kidding about wild parties on the ranch but the
kidders roll there eyes when I tell them what I really
do.
I'm spending this long weekend working on the
Town
Hall membership data base. I was asked to sort it out and put it into
some sort of functional shape so it could be used to print labels and list
members by various criteria. I’m no database expert but I enjoy that sort
of thing. I’ve played with different data base programs since the mid 80’s
and
I was looking forward to seeing what sort of set up the town hall was
using. The first problem was transferring the file to my computer. I could
read the floppy disk but I got an error when trying to move it. Experience
told me I was in for trouble but I plunged forward. From the file
extension I could see I was dealing with a Works data base and I tried to access
it straight off the floppy. Didn’t work. The file is corrupt and I’m now
spending my time trying to track down a new copy. That will probably mean
unlocking the gate and taking a trip to town. Dang!
Peepers the
peahen has been really sick for the past week and we've been trying to
nurse her back to health. Before Catherine left, she mixed up some
antibiotics and I saw some positive results today. She was feeling well
enough to go outside and wander around a bit. For now, she's sleeping
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May 17, 1966
Tuesday
There are so many things I have to leave behind! Our shipping weight is limited to
7,000 pounds which seems like a lot but it really isn’t. Over the years a
family tends to accumulate quite a lot of stuff and our family is no
exception. We have two garages and both are stacked nearly to the roof
with boxes and other odds-and-ends. Some of the stuff that we can’t bear
to leave behind we’ll put in storage but most of the other stuff we’ll
either sell or give away.
I have approximately 30 to 40 model airplanes and ships, 110 lb. barbell set,
foot balls, base balls and over $200 worth of aquarium equipment that I
have to find owners for. I almost forgot, we also have a parakeet that we
all love but it’s impossible to take him along
There are many things I’ll miss about Coronado but with so much stuff to
keep me busy I don’t get much time to think about it.
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