The other day at Silver's Gym, a very, very short woman got on the treadmill next to me. I don't think she was actually a dwarf, but she was certainly in that range, height-wise. There is a TV monitor on each treadmill, but it is way up on top of the frame. She was trying to reach the controls, and just as I thought I should offer to help, she maxed out the incline button, which raised the bed of the platform high enough to make the adjustment she wanted, then she set the belt back to level and took off. Clever.
Driving through the central part of California, in an area that produces a large percentage of the nation's crops, we began to see small, round, red objects on the shoulder of the highway. After several miles of this, we decided that they were tomatoes, based on some that had been squashed. Not sure how they got spread along the roadside, but I suspect some grower was pretty hacked off when he got to market and found the gate on his produce hauler was ajar.
I have long been aware that even if you click on the Southwest Airlines "check-in" screen exactly 24 hours before your flight, your chances of getting an "A" boarding pass are slim. I was pretty sure that all the "A"s were going to Business Elite, etc. Sure enough, while waiting to board in San Jose, they made an announcement that you could purchase an A1 to A15 pass for a mere $40 each. Very tempting when you are looking at a full flight with very high number "B" passes in hand. I thought I should announce to the crowd "If we all pass on that offer, we will all get bumped up 15 positions in line."
We are used to seeing seagulls on the beach. They feed in the surf, swoop out over the breakers and catch the sea breezes, soaring overhead. We were not, however, used to seeing seagulls perched on tree limbs, because of course, there are no trees on the beach we are most familiar with. Very surprised to see them roosting outside our balcony.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment