Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound…I think. I added that little tag because lately I seem to be a step behind my own shadow or maybe a better description would be…more “scatter-brained” than usual. I think it started when I found a full container of ice cream in my car that had fallen out of one of those silly little plastic bags, and it had been there all night. Not sure how I did not see it because it was on the front seat floor…and thankfully it was in one of those big sealed plastic containers or I would have had melted stinky ice cream all over the floor of the car coupled with that awful spoiled milk smell. Then I was out using my gas powered weed eater and I noticed that the plastic shield had come loose. I took the remaining bolt off so I could get a match at the local hardware store. I left the bolt by the car so I would remember it in the morning…but of course I forgot it…so at lunch time I had to go back to the house and retrieve my bag of hardware, and head over to the local hardware store. That evening I got my newly acquired bolts and proceeded to re-attach the shield. Hmmmmm… that is strange…this bolt will not fit. Then I noticed that I did not need two bolts. The other side of the shield was just a slip fit that had come loose, so I inserted the loose end and used the old bolt to tighten the shield back in place. Now the question remained…where did the bolt belong that I just matched at the hardware store? Needless to say it drove me nuts wondering what was missing that bolt…as I said…I was not walking a very straight line. Anyway…later that evening…out of the clear blue sky…it finally hit me…I knew where the bolt came from! I had taken the blade off my mower so it could be sharpened. I had taken the wrong bolt to the store! Grrrrrr! Driving me nuts…or at least more nuts!
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“You are only as beautiful as your last action.” –Stephen Richards
At an annual Bosses’ Night dinner in Helena, Montana, lawyers, sponsored by legal secretaries, it was time to announce the Boss of the Year. The master of ceremonies began: “First of all, our winner is a graduate of the University of Montana. So that already eliminates some of you as candidates. “Our winner also is a partner in a downtown Helena law firm. That eliminates some more of you. “Our nominee is honest, upright, dedicated…” A voice from the audience cut in: “Well, there go the rest of us!”
That is all I have for today. As always, be good, do good, play safe and remember actions do speak louder than words.
JR
