Khan
Gone but not forgotten
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Attended a neighborhood feast. Host smoked pork and turkey, others brought stuff. We brought pumpkin pie made from own pumpkins.
One of the managers was working the customer service desk and I watched in amazement as she worked the register, fielded questions from other workers, while at the same time answering the constantly ringing phone.
Oldest DD got engaged. DH and I knew it was coming, but it was a surprise for her.
Went out and bought a new 24" Ariens snow thrower. I already have an older model that works fine as designed but the problem now is that maneuvering it around is a hard upper body workout that evidently I can't do anymore. Six or eight years ago I'd do our driveway and four or five of the neighbor's. Then that became three or four of the neighbor's, then two or three, and the last time I used it doing just our driveway had me worn out. The two wheels are on a straight shaft so when turning one or both has to drag on the pavement, and that's what makes it hard to turn.
The new one has a feature called auto-turn, which behaves sort of like a differential and makes it very easy to turn. I tried it out in the parking lot before buying and it is no harder to turn than a lawn mower. Hopefully this will keep me able to clear the snow for at least a few more years.
After I bought the first snow thrower we didn't see snowflake one for four years. I'll take that deal anytime!
This morning my wife and I drove to the hospital for my second in a series of six cancer treatments.
Unfortunately, they decided at the last minute that this round needed to be done while on a heart monitor and they didn't have a monitoring room available.
So we drove back home and will wait to hear when the room becomes available.
Oh well.
Very nice.Did an oil and filter change on DW's 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe. It's at 65,050 miles and I have been doing oil changes roughly every 7,500 miles since new. Air filters every 20,000 miles. Great car, never seen a dealer, no issues to date. It's on its second set of tires and original brakes.