Reasons Not To Shave

Oh, there are so many. I will offer just one.



Today I was returning from the donut store with a well stocked trailer when, in a snitzy neighborhood on Capital Hill, I came upon a dumpster nearly full of stuff generated by a remodeling project. Of course I stopped to have a look and was rewarded with some useful stuff. Since a worker was standing nearby, before helping myself, I asked it that would be OK. He replied, "Take all you want, Sir."



Now I affirm to you dear reader, absent a white beard, no dumpster diver ever gets addressed as Sir.

Flying on Delta and Other Disappointments

Once, when I was young, people treated doctors with reverence. We listened uncritically to what they had to tell us and we meekly trusted their advice. These days - not so much.

I recently found myself seated in the fuselage of a rather large aircraft which was about to leave the ground. Or maybe it was already airborne when the cabin attendant announced, "We're flying today with Capt. Bob and First Officer Eric."

Listen, unless the guy is Capt. Sully, I don't want to know him by his nick name, if you don't mind.

The Would-Be Runner's Prayer

The difference between a would-be runner and a real runner is that a real runner likes to run, whereas a would-be runner, when he or she runs, is doing it for some alternative motive. The would-be runner's prayer is:

Lord, deliver me from thinking how good it would feel to stop.

This I'd Like To See

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You may know of a little flap at the UN these days arising from a letter from a departing official that was strongly critical of the secretary general. The letter got leaked to the press. I just read a report stating that several current officials have now come out in support of the secretary general and one was quoted as saying that the offending letter was full of ommisions. Think about that.

Never before in 72 years and 1 day

Around noon today I was sitting on the side porch in the sun when a pair of copulating flies landed on my forearm. I saw them approach and thought they were one bee, but when they landed they were very easy to see. One was mounted on the back of the other. They were very still and I watched them for what seemed a long time. It seemed like I could swat them easily, but what would be the point? What I really wanted was a picture, but when I eventually rose to go inside for a camera, they flew away.

I guess I have not yet seen it all.

An idium is born?

In a recent post to our neighborhood forum a person described an encounter with a solicitor.

A nice looking young man came to the door this evening....When I asked him for identification and his permit he hesitated, wasn't able to produce proper ID...He had one page filled with the names, addresses, phone/email and signatures. In this day and age of rampant identity theft, and home robberies would it not be wise to side with the air of caution...?

Toilet Paper - Beyond Wikipedia

Wiki has about two pages on toilet paper. Some history. Some alternatives. Some descriptions. One paragraph is worthy of reproducing here.

Recent studies have also shown that hanging toilet paper in the 'overhand' manner significantly reduces usage when compared to hanging in the 'underhand' manner. Researchers speculate the overhand method reduces the likelihood of uncontrolled unwinding occurring. Other studies have suggested that those who prefer hanging toilet paper in the 'overhand' method have statistically significant higher socioeconomic status vis-a-vis those who prefer to use the 'underhand' method.

I think there is a little more that might be said on the topic in general.

So far as I know there are two things to do with TP between the time it is taken from the roll and when it is put to use. It can be folded or it can be scrunched. (I can imagine a third option, but it seems so unlikely that anyone would tear off individual pieces and stack them that I will not address that approach.) Actually I don’t have much of an address on the other two options. Really all I have are questions.

Which method is most commonly used? Is the choice gender linked? Which method uses the most material? Is one method faster than the other? Do scrunchers get a second or third application from a single tear off? For a given length of material is break-through more common with one method than the other? Is finger nail length a factor in this? Are there those who use both? If so, on what basis do they decide which method to adopt?

Just wondering.