[CH] package has arrived
Alex Silbajoris (72163.1353@compuserve.com)
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 07:50:47 -0500
The book on the national parks has arrived, and it's very pretty.
(Wonderful blue tones in those shots, I wonder if they used AGFA film...)
I'm surprised at how closely the countryside resembles the Great Lakes
area. Many of those shots, including the dunes, could have been taken in
southern Michigan.
However the package seems to have passed through the same Office of Parcel
Destruction as your printer cord - both ends of the envelope were torn
completely open, and it was actually just a sleeve. The book itself is
undamaged. I hope there was nothing else, that had fallen out of the
package.
We finally have temperatures above 70, but the weather is unpredictable.
I'm watcing three completely different forecasts for the weekend. One says
sun, one says thunderstorms ... and today they have snow and rain in
Arizona. I put all of my plants outside, and it's nice to see the patio
looking green again.
My gum infection is back, exactly as it was last year. In a day it became
swollen and tight under the same tooth that covered it before. I'll call
Hart this morning and see if I can get another round of antibiotics.
I got the Escort back from the garage yesterday, for about $330. The labor
was more than $200 of that sum. The new water pump cost about $85, but I
probably could have bought it for less if I had picked it up at the NAPA
parts store myself. For some reason, they run a 2-tier pricing system, and
I think the higher, nominal price is what appears on service bills.
This morning I'll be in the office; if all goes well, I will finally be
able to log on to their network. I've had continuing problems with the
web-based Hotmail service.
- A