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Now I’m a Gatekeeper

Posted on February 3, 2024August 20, 2025 by Paul Woodford

The Amazon delivery guy left a large flat box at our door yesterday.

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SA In the Shiggy

Posted on April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 by Paul Woodford

This morning I looked up shiggy in the Urban Dictionary. Turns out I was pretty close.

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Posted in Consumerism, Critters, Flying, Hash House Harriers, Local Color, Personal, Photoblogging, Products, Social Media, WordsTagged #BigSeikoLittleDick, MyLinguisticMission, SituationalAwareness, StrappingItOn1 Comment on SA In the Shiggy

Full Blast to … Crickets

Posted on April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 by Paul Woodford

The difference I speak of is the level of noise in our house, which has gone from Fast & Furious in Dolby Surround Sound to distant birds chirping in trees on the far side of an alpine meadow.

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Scam O’Clock High

Posted on April 6, 2023April 26, 2025 by Paul Woodford

I can’t figure out the scam, but there must be money in it or they wouldn’t be doing it.

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A Touch of Red

Posted on April 1, 2023April 14, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Well, it was my mail-order bride now, to keep and to care for.

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Expensive(r) Hobby Update

Posted on March 4, 2023April 1, 2023 by Paul Woodford

I think I’m ready now to stop adding watches to my collection (I hear Donna saying “yeah, right” from the other end of the house).

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Way Down Upon the Swanee River …

Posted on February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 by Paul Woodford

The title of this post is, of course, from Stephen Foster’s song, “Old Folks at Home.” Which is where we are, thank goodness.

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Round Dials

Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 by Paul Woodford

In my day, aircraft instrument panels came with round dials, and lots of ’em.

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