HANDICAP LICENSE PLATE

When I pull into a parking space for people with disabilities, people often glare at me with disgusted looks. I can understand their expressions, because when I sit behind the wheel of my car with my make-up and hair done, people assume I do not have a disability. But yesterday when it happened again, the elder man who thought I parked illegally actually surprised me. When I stepped out of my car he could see immediately that I walked with difficulty. I guess it made him feel guilty, because he walked right up to me and asked if he could help me into the library. Year’s ago the first time someone offered to assist me, I went home and cried. But now, I always say yes, with a smile on my face, because sometimes I meet the nicest people.

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RICK’S FIRST FATHER DAY

Yesterday, the day before Father’s Day, I realized with dismay that I had forgotten to send my son a Father’s Day card. But then I came up with a great idea that, in fact, I think is even better than a store-bought card. I went to yahoo.com and created an email account for my granddaughter, Lily who is six-months old. Then I went to 123greetings.com to send an electronic Father’s Day card to Rick from Lily. I also sent a general greeting card from Lily to my daughter-in-law, Jen, wishing her a belated Mother’s Day as I hate to admit, but I also forgot to send her a card.

I would love to see the expressions on their faces when they read the cards and I’m assuming they will probably guess it was I who sent them. But just in case, I left a message on their phone to ask how they liked their cards. Although I am so very pleased with myself and my cleverness, I can’t help but remember my Father’s words (G-d rest his soul), “Don’t pat yourself on your back too hard, or you will break your arm.

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SMART CAT

Today, when I told my friend, Sam, about my daughter’s cat, Jafar, disabling the “PgUp” and “PgDn” keys on my laptop computer, he immediately replied, “What a smart cat.” I don’t know why, but his response immediately reminded me of a quote I heard years ago, "If you have enough monkeys banging randomly on typewriters, they will eventually type the entire works of William Shakespeare”. And it made me think that perhaps, with the accomplishments of Jafar and enough monkeys, animals really are smart.

After all, it took Jafar only a few minutes to tap the F7 key, followed by the enter key to disable the “Caret Browsing” feature on my computer. But it took me 24 hours and lots of frustration to fix it.

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CONDO INSURANCE

Whenever we have to pay a condominium bill, we need two signatures on the check. And so, today our treasurer, Laurie, stopped by for me to sign the check for our condo insurance. As she handed me the check she told me how thrilled she was at the reduced rate we received. Or I should say the reduced rate she managed to negotiate with the insurance company. When the bill came our rate had increased by $100. But Laurie said, “There is a guy at work named Benny who said you should always try to get a better price for almost everything you buy and especially for insurance.”

So she took his advice and contacted our insurance carrier. They not only removed the hundred dollars, but decreased it by another twenty dollars. “Laurie,” I said, “Great job. Can I hire you to be my financial advisor?”

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THE F7 KEY

I sure wish I didn’t waste so much time on my computer. On the other hand, I find this little machine is incredibly fascinating and as I work on it, hours can pass by without my even noticing it. At the same time, it often “DRIVES ME CRAZY”!!!!

Yesterday after my daughter’s cat walked across my keyboard, the “PgUp” and “PgDn” keys stopped functioning properly. At first I though the cat might have jiggled a key in such a manner that it went out of alignment. I thought about pulling off the caps and putting them back on, but I might cause some major damage. Then it occurred to me that maybe it wasn’t the cat’s fault and perhaps my computer caught a virus. Oh no, I thought, do I have to reformat my hard drive again. And what a hassle that would create. But as a first line of defense I simply ran the Malwarebytes antivirus program and luckily learned there were no viruses on my machine.

However, I still had no answer for solving the problem. And so I decided to turn to Google. But that also can be frustrating. I don’t know for sure, but perhaps I spent an hour typing in a wide variety of keywords in an effort to identify the exact problem. You can imagine my relief and sheer delight when I FINALLY discovered the problem. On some forum another user wrote, “Try tapping the F7 key, which enables and disables the caret browsing function. Heaven knows what caret browsing is, but I tried it and voilla – my problem was solved. As they say, “The thrill of winning and the agony of defeat.”

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KITTY ON THE KEYBOARD

Years ago, my cat often jumped on my lap and curled up as I worked on my desktop computer. But I no longer have a cat and I have long since forgotten about those warm, cuddly moments. However, today when I babysat for my grandchildren, I once again remembered those special times.

While my grandsons played outside, I placed my laptop computer on the kitchen table and began typing. Within a few minutes, my daughter’s cat jumped on the table next to me. Since I love cat’s I was pleased and smiled at the attention she gave me. At first she sniffed my face, but then instead of curling up on my lap she stepped on my computer’s keyboard. Unfortunately, she not only made it impossible for me to finish my work, but she also somehow damaged the keyboard. And now I’m having trouble with my computer. The up and down arrow keys are no longer working properly and I can’t figure out how to fix it !!!!!

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COMPANY AND HOUSE CLEANING

In a couple of weeks, two of my high school friends will be staying at my house for our “Ladies only” high school reunion. And although I always keep my house neat and fairly clean, there are some relatively unimportant things I tend to overlook, like sweeping out the garage. However, in order to impress my guests, I have undertaken major tasks that I have been avoiding for awhile.

In the past few weeks, I cleaned my refrigerator, stove, and toaster oven. I dragged out a can of white paint in my basement to touch up spots on my walls. And I even polished my furniture, etc. Like many other people, the urge to really clean only seems to arise when we expect company. It’s too bad, because I like how nice the house looks. Still, I’m sorry to admit that once my guests leave, I will no doubt return to my old habits – cleaning what absolutely must be cleaned and letting the other stuff go.

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