Boring class bingo7/11/2023 Even untucked my shirt didn’t come close to covering it. Ordinarily that might be a slight discomfort that I could endure but, I was wearing light brown slacks, and the “Watermark” was in an obvious, non-strategic area and was very visible. I caught it, but not before it bounced off the pew seat and a substantial amount of liquid beverage landed in my lap. That didn’t turn out so well last week while warming up with the choir prior to the service when my cup slipped out of my hand. “Aha!” Said I, and now take my coffee in with me disguised in a water traveling mug ever since. My fellow choir partner responded that it was coffee in their cup. (Too’s galore I guess)Ĭafé’ a-Lappe’: Having observed fellow church choir members sipping on occasion from what was presumed to be a water travel mug, I commented to one of them that I wish I could bring my coffee cup in with me so as to be able to partake of that beverage over the nearly two hour’s from start of Choir practice leading into and through the Sunday sermon. Over the last two weeks I have noticed a significant, new, “Paint scraping rub-off” and, a new paint chipping ding in my car door. This too, also happens with too much frequency. The second, and this one explained to me by a past perpetrator, results from someone with a new vehicle that is trying to prevent their adjacent “parking neighbor” from getting too close, and who might open their door too carelessly. First, and most common, is that of the driver in a hurry, or too lazy to back up and pull straight in, resulting in tying up two parking spots by overlapping into the adjacent spot. This inconsideration occurs, I think, based on two sets of circumstances. Your vision is momentarily impaired and if a pedestrian or object is on or near the edge of the road, as often, all too often, is the case, then catastrophe is only a nanosecond away.Ĭockeyed Parking: As long as I am on a driving related rant I might as well throw in my peeve about people, most likely in a rush, that park diagonally in a perpendicularly lined parking spot. Their brightness and intensity can momentarily affect your vision. Vehicles coming at you with those high intensity LED headlights are irritating if not downright dangerous. LED Lights: LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights are terrific. Then, of course, that becomes the vehicle by which scam calls attempt to worm their way into my life. Therefore, I use that number when I have to give out a phone number. Since my Cell phone isn’t a major part of my life it isn’t on me or near me for large parts of the day. If you order any amount of anything online, you often can’t avoid giving out a phone number. I’m already headed to the phone as it’s in the other room, only to discover that it was a blocked call. Out of deference to those not caring to go back to English class as I devote a significant portion of this article to “ Wiser’s Wordplay Wramblings,” I will reserve that topic for the last “page” allowing you to take wing and fly away, or aweigh, as I grammaratize.Ĭall Blocking: Call Blocking is a convenient option to avoid unwanted calls but, at least on my phone, it doesn’t prevent the incoming call from intruding, albeit with only one ring. Some likely feel like I’m trying to captivate them in an English, perhaps their most hated high school subject, classroom. Some, like my “sidetracks” taken mentioning them. As regular readers know, or surmise, I love the language and, in particular, all of the quirks of grammar in our language. Reading an article using the word Invalid the other day made me stop and think as the wording of the paragraph was such that my mind strayed to the wrong, of two possible meanings of the words. By Chuck Wiser, I write the words to share what my eyes see and my heart feels
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