May day! May day! (Heh, I like doing that every May 1st, but I'm weird.)
Reposted from yesterday's FB status update: So, I just got back from the thrift store. I picked out two books to buy - a paperback and a hardcover. When I get to the register, the chick there tries to tell me the paperback is $5. When I balked at that, she said 'well, it was printed in the '40s, so it's vintage. I told her no and that was the original print date. She tried to tell me it was the only print date in there, so I opened it to the copyright page, scanned it briefly, and then pointed to where it said 20th printing 1975. She backed down and only charged me $1, but she was kinda snotty about it. Kids these days. She's probably never opened a damn book in her life.
It's bad enough that this thrift store jacked the prices of their books up from 5 for $1 to 4 for $1 to $1 each for paperbacks, from 50c to $2 for hardcovers, and $5 for anything older than 1970 (vintage to them). The other two nearby stores charges 25c ea for paperbacks. Last time I get books at today's place, lemme tell ya. I can handle the price, but dealing with snotty little twits just ruins the experience for me. =o\
This morning, Hubs looked out the window and saw what he thought were several deer, then he realized one of them was actually the neighbor's dog, Copper. (He's an old red-bone coonhound, so deer colored and about the same size.) Well, ol' Copper was just sniffing around he own yard and the deer were standing there watching him - no more than 10-12 feet away. They'd advance a step and then back up a step while Copper continued sniffing and not paying attention to them. Finally, he wandered over to sniff another part of the yard and the deer walked away. It was pretty funny, but I guess you had to be there.
I want cinnamon rolls, but I'm too lazy and I'm trying to cut back on the baked goods anyway.
Right now, there are all sorts of birds twittering away in the trees every morning. I'm pretty good at identifying birds by their songs usually, but I'm hearing some stuff I've never heard before. Fun.
We had a big ol' rat snake in the yard the other day. Hubs and I went out to encourage it to leave, and it was going pretty well until the snake decided to turn and confront us. I took the rake and got the tines up under it and flung it into the woods. It was last seen headed down the hill and away from the yard. No snakes were harmed in that encounter. It better not come back, though. Our courtesy only extends so far with snakes - harmless or not.
Okay, that's about it for me. Have a great day, wherever you are. :hugs:
I love snakes -- from a distance. They eat mice so I'm pleased when they move under my house.
ReplyDeleteHey! The 1970s were prime time, not vintage! Silly young kids. I can still get 20 for $1 at the used-book store, but the pickens be mighty slim in that bin. Everything else is half price. I've found some great books there, and a lot of weird stuff.
I want fudge brownies! It's almost cool enough to turn on the oven... YUM!
Dogs and deer. Infinitely entertaining. Clueless clerks not so much. Hope the books are worth the hassle. Cinnamon rolls sound good. I'm too lazy and don't need the carbs either. Rat snakes are good for keeping the really scary snakes out of the area. I would consider inviting him back to visit. But that's me.
ReplyDeleteWe've had big sploosh. Almost 13 inches for the month. Lots of flooding in the area. We're good so there's that.
RL stuff keeps interferring with the stuff I want to do.
I need a nap. Also, I need to stop getting distracted.
On that note, I've been typing on this since I got back from Wallyworld but...distractions. Anyway, Hope your day has been a good one if not great!
Later, tater.