Book Board Chat

Hi again. Heard from the techs that they had to remove the card from my old computer since they couldn't get it to boot up, but they think they can get most of the information from it and upload it into the new Win 10. I may actually get it back in a couple days. I see we're still on the subject of what we carry with us...I have for a long time kept extra little salt and pepper packets and napkins and maybe plastic cutlery in the glove compartment...you never know... In my bag that goes in the car always, I have just about everything one could want; though I won't be driving the pilot pickup now since my boss retired, I probably don't need as much, but I have: small 10 power nikon binox, a couple small flashlights (and by the way we've discovered some tiny flat ones about 3/4" x 2" at Family Dollar in the automotive department for $1 that are GREAT.) Then a pair of pliers, a wallet with cards I don'[t often use, a paperback or two, packets of instant coffee or crystal lite drinks, notebooks, small camera, a fanny pack with a little makeup, a pill box, extra inhaler, pens, etc. car charger for camera and hone. My small pistol. Orange gloves that come in handy if you need to stop or the car quits...they can be seen for some distance, and I've used them NOT just on the flagging trips, but even in town when our Expedition quit on us and I had to direct traffic around it. As Jim said, we thought we had died and gone to heaven a few years ago when we discovered cargo pants...we wear them often, especially on trips or to auctions. The aforementioned tiny flashlights (for looking into boxes or under tables), a tape measure, small knife, inhaler, cash, etc. I do like having my hands free. And all those years I carried heavy shoulder bags and I wonder why my head aches??? It's better now, but between that and spending time hunching my shoulder while talking on a phone at work, and typing at the same time... it's a wonder I'm not in worse shape than I am. Now they're saying that people are devloping a sort of dowager's hump from constantly looking at their phones and keeping their necks in a peculiar position for hours on end. Not moi.

Nice travelogue, Jim. gail, good to see you. Kathleen, you could stop by and say hello, you know! We don't bite. Happy Birthday.