Round Dials
In my day, aircraft instrument panels came with round dials, and lots of ’em.
"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
What’s going on in my life
In my day, aircraft instrument panels came with round dials, and lots of ’em.
This is one of those situations where I want to jump up and do something, but have to be patient instead.
If asked, I’d say Donna and I would rather cook with gas.
Twelve years ago today, as I drove home from a medical appointment, the local NPR station on the radio, the first live report of a mass shooting in the Safeway parking lot in northwest Tucson came on.
If they instate it before midnight, they can still nege on the promise!
I was floored & delighted with my son’s family’s gift of the latest edition of the Associated Press Stylebook, an indispensable aid to anyone who writes, a tool I’ve relied on since the mid-1980s.
When Donna and I take road trips, I post Facebook and Twitter (and now Mastodon) updates with the prefix OTR (for “on the road”).
“Ankles are deceptively large. Even the pretty delicate-looking ones.”