Friday, April 21, 2017

Good morning crew,

We've run into a little snag in our landscaping project. It occurred to me that if I dump a couple tons of stone up against the fence, I will just have to dig it back up again when I get around to replacing the warped boards, and re-staining the whole thing.

So the landscaping project is now on hold until the fence project is complete. That means tonight I have to go to the home improvement store and buy a half dozen gallons of primer and stain, some sand paper, paint brushes and rollers, and drop cloths. And I need to find somebody I can borrow a pressure washer from.

At least I won't be bored this weekend.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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Manning the computer help desk for the local school district was my first job. And though I was just an intern, I took the job very seriously. But not every caller took me seriously.

"Can I talk to a real person?" a caller asked.

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As I serviced an alarm system at a jewelry store recently, the saleswoman let me know that the store was having a 20 percent off sale.

"I bet your girlfriend would love it if you bought her something." she suggested.

"I don't have a girlfriend," I answered.

"No girlfriend? Why not?"

"My wife won't let me."