3 October 2012

…and speaking of no good, rotten, slimy illegitimate male offspring of female canines: the Triangle Square Circle driveway sign has been stolen once again.  Not only is the sign gone, but so is the bracket that attached the sign to the post, which means that the SOB had the very special Allen wrench that is needed to undo the security bolts that were holding the bracket in place.  To add insult to injury, Marty & Merry’s Jelly Bean Place driveway sign was bent beyond recognition, but not stolen, as they had the foresight to have the attaching bolts tack-welded in place.  The State Police said they would put out a press release…  As it was another totally rainy, nasty day, spent some quality time this afternoon at the local John Deere dealer drooling all over myself.  Does anyone have $35,000 they would like to contribute to the Doug-Needs-A-Backhoe fund?  On a positive note, for a grand total of $13.55 and an hour of my time, there is now a light over the workbench in the shed upper level, which will make working at that bench a lot less touchy-feely.  Late afternoon I noticed that Marty & Merry had returned from their latest foray south, so stopped down to say hello and commiserate about the driveway sign theft / damage. They left last Friday before Dolores and I got back to Fern Lake, so we haven’t seen each other for almost a month.  One thing led to another and ended up taking down to their place an excellent 2005 DeLormier Cabernet Sauvignon (to ease our collective pain) and the beef stew dinner I had planned to serve them in the RV tomorrow night. Another great evening, in spite of the signage issue and weather.