Camping in the rain isn't all that bad. Today I had time to read books, write out postcards, attack a very hard sudoku puzzle, organize my day planner, and take a nap.
Gary did much the same with the addition of washing the camper which is easier to do when it is raining. It doesn't make much sense to me because he'll do the same when he brings the camper back, but he tends to be obsessive about such things.
Earlier, we went the six miles to Iron River for an outing. Gary went to Ace Hardware for some gizmo he needed, but it is a huge warehouse of a place full of stuff I haven't the least interest in. Other than watching the employees going around on little silver scooters to help customers (amusing), I would rather stay in the van reading.
I could have done the same at the thrift shop since we had already been there this week and bought what we wanted in a two dollar bag sale. We were in and out in ten minutes.
At Angeli's supermarket, we got our cappuccino and free doughnuts and sat down to read the store's flyer, but the television was blaring in the food court with the usual Fox News misinformation. (Fox News viewers always score worst in current events test.) This time, the pundits were blaming President Obama for the Great Recession, which began in 2007, long before he was President. They blamed him for the cuts in Medicare, when the cuts were inserted in the budget in the Republican controlled House of Representatives. The female hosts were shrieking their opinions.
It is always Fox News at Angeli's, just as it is in doctors' offices, repair shops, anywhere there is a captive audience. Not this time, however. Gary went to the television console and turned the sound down.
We fully expected the old timers in the food court to object. One table is usually filled with five old men who discuss (and I mean parrot) whatever Fox News has fed them. They weren't at their usual station. When Gary turned down the sign he got a thumbs up from the rest of the people who were there. Later, he turned the TV to another station entirely with no complaints.
Gary says next time he is going to study the television console more carefully and bring along a remote so he can switch the channel while the old farts are watching.
Gary did much the same with the addition of washing the camper which is easier to do when it is raining. It doesn't make much sense to me because he'll do the same when he brings the camper back, but he tends to be obsessive about such things.
Earlier, we went the six miles to Iron River for an outing. Gary went to Ace Hardware for some gizmo he needed, but it is a huge warehouse of a place full of stuff I haven't the least interest in. Other than watching the employees going around on little silver scooters to help customers (amusing), I would rather stay in the van reading.
I could have done the same at the thrift shop since we had already been there this week and bought what we wanted in a two dollar bag sale. We were in and out in ten minutes.
At Angeli's supermarket, we got our cappuccino and free doughnuts and sat down to read the store's flyer, but the television was blaring in the food court with the usual Fox News misinformation. (Fox News viewers always score worst in current events test.) This time, the pundits were blaming President Obama for the Great Recession, which began in 2007, long before he was President. They blamed him for the cuts in Medicare, when the cuts were inserted in the budget in the Republican controlled House of Representatives. The female hosts were shrieking their opinions.
It is always Fox News at Angeli's, just as it is in doctors' offices, repair shops, anywhere there is a captive audience. Not this time, however. Gary went to the television console and turned the sound down.
We fully expected the old timers in the food court to object. One table is usually filled with five old men who discuss (and I mean parrot) whatever Fox News has fed them. They weren't at their usual station. When Gary turned down the sign he got a thumbs up from the rest of the people who were there. Later, he turned the TV to another station entirely with no complaints.
Gary says next time he is going to study the television console more carefully and bring along a remote so he can switch the channel while the old farts are watching.
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