ANOTHER DAD STORY PLUS A PHONE AND PURSE ONE

TODAY DAD CALLED THE CHRYSLER DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE AC FIXED AND WAS UNABLE TO GET HIS MESSAGE ACROSS ON THE TELEPHONE, SO NOW HE DROVE OVER THERE TO SET IT UP.
HE ALWAYS SAYS HE HATES TO TALK ON THE PHONE , SO I HAVE A SUSPICION HE SETS THINGS UP NOT TO WORK . HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY. I USUALLY MENTALLY PREPARE MYSELF FOR ONE DAY A WEEK I DO ALL THE PHONE CALLS AND GET IT DONE AND PUT UP WITH THE "YOU'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO US" BS HOLDS. IT TAKES GUTS AND PATIENCE TO DEAL WITH PHONE CALLS NOT FOR PLEASURE AND TO CORRECT PROBLEMS.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND UP UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 40 YEARS OLD, THIS DID NOT GO ON. YOU CALLED ASKED FOR WHAT YOU WANTED AND A REAL PERSON ALWAYS ANSWERED THE PHONE AND YOU COULD GET THINGS DONE
NOW, THEY HAVE PLACED MECHANICAL ROBOTS TO HANDLE ALL OUR WORRIES AND WE ARE ALL STRESSED AND ARE CANDIDATES FOR A HEART ATTACK FROM THE ANXIETY THEY HAVE MADE FOR US.

WHEN I RULE THE WORLD, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A REAL PERSON ANSWER THE PHONE AND GIVE US A WELL THOUGHT OUT AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ANSWER WHEN WE CALL AND THERE WILL BE NO HOLDS ALLOWED.
I WAS A LONG DISTANCE OPERATOR FOR MOUNTAIN STATES PHONE CO. WHEN I WAS 18 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS TO GIVE QUICK GOOD SERVICE , WE WERE MONITORED TO MAKE SURE. OUR OFFICE WAS MANNED BY MOSTLY 18 YEAR OLD GIRLS AND OUR OFFICE HAD A SCORE OF 99.5 ON A REGULAR BASIS. THAT IS NO LONGER TRUE NOWADAYS THE MACHINES HAVE TAKEN OVER AND ARE TOTAL FAILURES AT SERVICE. WE ALL HATE THEM. I GUESS THAT IS WHY OUR IMPATIENT DAD HAS SUCH TROUBLE WITH PHONE CALLS. I HAVE NOTED HOWEVER THAT WHEN A FAMILY OR FRIEND CALLS HE CAN CHAT ALL DAY ON THE PHONE, AND HE SPECIALLY LIKES LIVE CALLS THAT INVOLVE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR POLL TAKERS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM.
HES KINDA A STRANGE BIRD.
YESTERDAY WE WENT TO CHANDLER I WENT TO THE MALL. I WANTED TO REPLACE MY TORN AND WORN PURSE WITH A SIMILAR ONE, BUT, ALAS TIRAPELLI WAS OUT OF MY FAVORITE STYLE. THEY PUT SO MANY METAL DOODADS ON PURSES THAT YOU NEED A ROLLER CARRIER TO CARRY THEM IT WAS A CHALLENGE. I FINALLY SETTLED FOR A SIMILAR ONE BUT ITS NOT REALLY A LIGHT ONE.
BUT I HAVE A PHONE POCKET A KEY RINGS AND A PLACE FOR MY CALLING CARDS.
WE SAW MANY BABIES AND HAD BRUNCH WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND ON THE WAY HOME THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING IT WAS VERY UNPLEASANT. WE ARE SO SPOILED.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE LIVED IN SACRAMENTO FROM 1956 TO 2004 IT WAS A VERY HOT PLACE, SOME DAYS COULD GET TO 112 AND ON OCCASION EVEN 120 DEGREES IN SUMMER, AND IN WINTER IT COOLED ENOUGH FOR HEATERS . WE HAD NO AIR CONDITIONER THEN WE SURVIVED . ONE APARTMENT WE LIVED IN HAD A SWAMP COOLER I GOT SUMMER PNEUMONIA FROM IT.
IN JULY OF 1964 A TENANT WE HAD SOLD US A WINDOW AIRCONDITIONER FOR $50 AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNIGN 0OF OUR AC DAYS. WE HAD TO INSTALL A 220 PLUG TO WORK IT BUT IT WAS SOO VERY NICE. TO WE WHO HAD NEVER HAD ONE IT WAS DELSISHUS.
I REMEMBER MANY TIMES WHEN IT GOT SO WARM OUT I WOULD PACK APICNIC LUNCH AND TAKE ALL 4 KIDS TO THE RIVER ON MEISS ROAD AT SLOUGH HOUSE WHERE IT INTERSECTED THE ROAD AND WE WOULD SWIM AND COOL OFF IT WAS JUST SHALLOW ENOUGH TO BE SAFE AND DEEP ENOUGH TO BE FUN.
THE KIDS LOVED THESE LITTLE EXCURSIONS WHICH WE DID ABOUT ONCE A WEEK WED START OUT ABOUT 1100AM AND GO HOME ABOUT 100PM THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE AC ON AND TAKE A REST WE ALMOST ALWAYS HAD AN AFTERNOON NAP IF NOT SLEEPING WE HAD BOOKS WE READ IN OUR BEDS. IT WAS REALLY PLEASANT.
LATER ON WE GOT A HUGE OVAL ABOVE GROUND POOL AND WE SWAM A LOT. WE WERE WILLING TO INVITE THE NEIGHBOR KIDS, BUT FOR SOME REASON THEIR REACTION WAS PURE ENVY AND THEY WOULD NOT COME OVER TO SWIM. THEY DID THROW ROCKS INTO THE POOL ON OCCASION, BUT WE LIKED IT ANYWAYS. SOME NIGHTS WED SWIM IN THE BUFF AT MIDNIGHT DAD AND I. WE FELT SO DARING
IT WAS WAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY SO THERE WAS NO ONE TO ACTUALLY SEE ANYTHING ANYWAY.
WE HAD 2 ACRES, THEN BOUGHT 2 MORE BUILT TWO HOUSES AND LATER MOVED A HOUSE FROM DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO TO OUR 1 ACRE PLOT. WE SOLD 2 HOUSES ONE OF THE TWICE.
WE ALSO BOUGHT A PLACE DOWNTOWN THAT HAD AN APT DOWNSTAIRS AND A HOUSE UPSATIRS, WHICH WE COULD RENT OUT. THEN WE BUILT A CABIN IN THE REDWOODS WHERE WE HAD 40 ACRES CLOSE TO THE COAST. AND WE BOUGHT ANOTHER NEW HOUSE IN ELK GROVE AND SOLD IT AND MOVED OUT HERE AND HAD A HOUSE BUILT HERE.
WE ARE NOW DOWN TO ONE HOUSE . A RELIEF.
IT WAS A FUN LIFE. AND WE BOUGHT EVERY SINGLE HOUSE FOR NO DOWN PAYMENT CAN YOU BELEIVE THAT?
OUR FIRST LITTLE HOUSE COST $7.000 TO BE BUILT BUT WEHAD 2 ACRES THAT COST 2500 TO PLACE IT ON. THEN WE BOUGHT THEADJOINIGN2 ACRES AND BUILETANOTHER NEW HOUSE IT WAS A NICE SIZE. THE BEDROOMS WERE MUCH LARGER THAN NOW ADAYS. YOU HAD ROOM FOR BEDS AND DRESSERS. IT COST 13,000 WITH THE 2 ACRES.
EVERYTHING COST LESS BUT OUR INCOME WAS SMALL I BABYSAT A WORKING MOMS DAUGHTER TO MAKE ENDS MEET AT HOME. SHE IS NOW ONE OF MY LONGEST AND CLOSEST FRIENDSHIPS IN MY LIFE. I HAVE MANY FRIENDS NOW BUILT OVER THE YEARS. THEY ARE EVEN CLOSER THAN MY RELATIVES. MANY I LOVE LIKE MY VERY OWN DAUGHTERS AND GRAND CHILDREN.
I HAVE HAD A LUCKY LIFE WITH FRIENDS. SOME FEW FELL AWAY DUE TO MOVES OR CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES OR MINE. BUT THYE REMAIN IN MY HEART FOREVER.
AMEN .