[at-l] Why I blame Skylander...and, the USPS

[bror8588 at aol.com]

Perhaps the problem began when you contemplated peeing on your windshield.? Why else would your brain tell you to make sure a new wiper blade was required?? Also your putting your two cents in was supposed to be on the letter that you mailed (whether folded correctly or not).? Oh, be sure that you do not pee on the letter as it may loosen the stamps afixed as per USPS regulations.? BTW - did you use a Commemorative Stamp on your letter?? Something with an outdoor theme or a hiking theme?? 

Skylander (also known as Jack)


-----Original Message-----
From: Felix J <AThiker at smithville.net>
To: at-l <AT-L at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:01 am
Subject: [at-l] Why I blame Skylander...and, the USPS



So...yesterday we're talking about postage and stamps and cost and the 
like. Skylander informed me that the cost to mail a standard first-class 
envelope with one
finely-folded letter had gone up two pennies. So, I found me two penny 
stamps in my desk drawer and took them out to the mailbox to affix them 
to an envelope I'd already stamped with one of the old, outdated 
42-centers. (This was NOT the envelope with the finely-folded letter. 
Though, I took it with me and put it in the mailbox, too)  So, on my way 
back from the mailbox...which is right at .2 miles down my driveway...I 
remembered that I had a new windshield wiper blade behind the seat of my 
truck...and, that one of my other trux was in need of this wiper blade 
refill. So, upon parking I reach behind the seat and grab the refill and 
take it to the in-need-of-it truck. After a minute of jacking around, I 
had the refill nearly installed (though, I'm still not certain it is/was 
the right size!). Needing just...a...little...bit...more...I take the 
palm of my hand and add a little extra force...forcing the metal clip 
that holds a wiper blade refill in place deep into the palm of my hand. 
(Deep, in this case, is right at 1/2 an inch. Which doesn't sound all 
that deep in some scenarios...like swimming pool depth and long drives 
to deep center field.) So, after one attempt to extract it myself...and, 
the indication that it wasn't going to budge...I drove myself to the ER 
(after stopping at another 'quickie' medical facility who wouldn't do 
anything to it). After a couple of hours of jacking around with the 
folks there, and spending a lot of my own money, I had the piece removed 
and drove myself home. 

The 'nurse practitioner' who removed it looked just like a mean version 
of the woman who is portrayed as 'mom' on the Columbia Sportswear ads 
(who may actually be the mom of Columbia Sportswear, I don't know) only 
a little harsher. So...I was messin' around with her, and her assistant, 
as I'm wont to do. At some point in the process, I b
elieve when she was 
about to inject the local anesthesia, I said to her "So, on a scale of 1 
to 10, how much do you love me?"  She said "An 8!" and I said "My own 
mom doesn't love me an 8".

I'm proud to say I took none of the pain killers she was wanting to put 
in my IV...and, didn't fill the prescription for oral pain 
killers...and, took no Tylenol or other drugs in the whole fiasco.

Afterwards, I drove myself home. And, here's the best part of the 
story...right before I took the wiper blade refill from behind my seat I 
thought "I should pee first"...as I live in the woods and peeing outside 
is commonplace. And, I'd had a wonderful rainy day off doing little more 
than drinking coffee and folding letters...so, I was needing to de-pee 
my bladder badly. But, for some reason I chose to try to put the wiper 
blade on first. So, almost 4 hours later...when I got back from the 
ER...I was urinating in the exact spot I shoulda urinated in in the 
first place...and, THAT may have made me not decide to put the wiper 
blade refill on the truck that needed it. 

So, anyway...I'm thinking Skylander and the USPS should prepare for a 
'Co-pay' situation we hear so much about these days...

-- 
Felix J. McGillicuddy
ME-->GA '98
"Your Move"
ALT '03 KT '03
http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/


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