Sunday, February 16, 2020

Last night I went to bed at 10:45, woke up briefly about 5am, finally waking/getting up at 6:30.


Last night we couldn’t get the small fan that Jim left behind to work in the bathroom outlet.  Teresa tried the living room outlet and it worked fine there.


As usual, I plugged in my notebook to recharge overnight but when I got up in the morning the battery was still empty because Teresa had disconnected the power cord last night to test the fan.


I left the apt just before 8am and quickly was on a Sabaneta bus.  My back was still bothering me and the jolts of the bus didn’t seem to help, although by the time I got off it was back to normal.


When I arrived at the Dann Carlton Bilfort, Jim, Glenn, James, Reg and his wife Erica were there.  Only Joan was missing due to some stomach issues.


We all enjoyed the buffet which was about 41mil for us outsiders.

As usual Glenn, James and I left in a Didi car and I got out in Envigado.


I stopped briefly in the Justo & Bueno grocery store and saw bags of cold milk but no Fab laundry detergent.


Teresa and I took a nap from about 2:15 to 3:30.


I spent most of the day learning more about my new notebook, Windows 10 and my new chess program Chessbase.


3,834 steps today.


Joke of the day

A businessman was in a great deal of trouble.

His business was failing, he had put everything he had into the business, he owed everybody-- it was so bad he was even contemplating suicide.

As a last resort, he went to a priest and poured out his story of tears and woe.

When he had finished, the priest said, "Here's what I want you to do: Put a beach chair and your Bible in your car and drive down to the beach. Take the beach chair and the Bible to the water's edge, sit down in the beach chair, and put the Bible in your lap. Open the Bible; the wind will rifle the pages, but finally, the open Bible will come to rest on a page. Look down at the page and read the first thing you see. That will be your answer; that will tell you what to do."

A year later the businessman went back to the priest and brought his wife and children with him. The man was in a new custom-tailored suit, his wife in a mink coat, the children shining. The businessman pulled an envelope stuffed with money out of his pocket, gave it to the priest as a donation in thanks for his advice.

The priest recognized the benefactor and was curious. "You did as I suggested?" he asked.

"Absolutely," replied the businessman.

"You went to the beach?"

"Absolutely."

"You sat in a beach chair with the Bible in your lap?"

"Absolutely."

"You let the pages rifle until they stopped?"

"Absolutely."

"And what were the first words you saw?"

"Chapter 11."