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   Ardith,   
      
    DS>  I have no idea what I did with the one I had. Kind   
    DS>  of awkward to scratch up against the door frame. :P   
      
    AH>           Yeah.  I find the latter unsatisfactory, but I take it bears   
    AH> & other animals scratch themselves on trees when they're moulting or   
    AH> whatever....  :-)   
      
     I didn't think bears molted, but they likely shed. There's a commercial   
   right now for this Swiffer product for cleaning up hair from your heavily   
   shedding pets...because "Shed Happens".    
      
    DS>  I haven't been to the fair in ages...and this years   
    DS>  Arkansas State Fair was cancelled due to COVID-19.   
      
    AH>           Understood.  Dallas & I live in a seaport, where it's easy   
    AH> enough to obtain such things if you know who to ask.  But anything   
    AH> which involves a trip downtown (except to St. Paul's hospital) is out   
    AH> of the question just now.  :-)   
      
     I finally got that annuity in after my Mom's death...but it's already   
   shot with the 50% to my brother, then repairs on the car, medical    
   expenses, and possibly installing a generator. I don't lose power that    
   often, but when I do, it tends to be for quite a long time...as it was    
   in June and July, 2019...after severe thunderstorms pulled the electric    
   meter off the north side of the house. There was still running water,    
   and no other damage...but with no air conditioning, the apparent    
   temperature was well over 100 degrees. It was like taking a hot shower,    
   then not drying off afterwards, and then climing into bed still naked.    
   People die in conditions like that every day.   
      
     Thankfully, we're past the hottest part of the year now, and it has    
   cooled off considerably...with a frost advisory in portions of north    
   Arkansas this morning. I'm not sure what the winter will bring, but    
   Arkansas hasn't had much of a winter in several years...so, I'm afraid   
   we're overdue. And, to add insult to injury, another potential hurricane   
   is forecast to hit the Gulf Coast on Friday.   
       
    DS>  Years ago, my late uncle had been separating the   
    DS>  recycled items into one container, and the regular   
    DS>  trash into another. But, one day, he saw the trash   
    DS>  folks putting everything together. He never separated   
    DS>  them again.   
      
    AH>           Hmm.  I am reminded of a friend who, like us, is getting on   
    AH> in years and finding it increasingly difficult to sort plastics by   
    AH> number... as we were told to do by municipal authorities.  When I saw   
    AH> they were all dumped into the same receptacle I quit sorting them, just   
    AH> as he had done.  "Plastics go in the plastics bin", as he puts it.  And   
    AH> someone with "twenty-year old eyes", as our optometrist puts it, can   
    AH> sort them out if that is actually necessary....  :-))   
      
     I like what the late Red Skelton said about his eye doctor, who he called   
   "the optimist" ...he asked Clem Kadiddlehopper (one of Red's characters)   
   to "come in and get your eyes checked". He said "I don't want my eyes   
   checked...I like them brown like they are!!"...adding "I don't know what   
   anyone would want with checked eyes, unless you're a cab driver!!" .   
      
    DS>  At least due to COVID-19, they're not doing disconnects   
    DS>  for the non-payments right now, as so many are in   
    DS>  financial straits.   
      
    AH>           I'm glad various organizations are recognizing that folks may   
    AH> not be able to adhere to the usual time frame at present.  OTOH, they   
    AH> may not be able to work quite as efficiently as usual.  The public   
    AH> library here suspended late return fees for awhile... but I'm still   
    AH> waiting for a book I asked for on Aug. 24th even though it's listed as   
    AH> available for loan & I'm #1 in the queue.  :-Q   
      
     As noted above, the annuity came in, but it'll be 2 weeks before I can   
   fully access it. But, I need to get medical work done, and repairs on the   
   car...and I'm debating on a generator. I've decided with my health, and   
   COVID-19, it's not worth traveling outside of central Arkansas anymore.   
      
    AH>  * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)   
      
     The name sounds like where I've been at lately. :P   
      
   Daryl   
      
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