29 October 2019
Story #969
R. Linda:
Okay, so I use pencils. Yes, I be one of the only adults I know who does. In me abode, it is me, the six-year-old, and no one else. I catch flack for it by EVERYONE, including the six-year-old who accuses me of taking his pencils, "That I need fur school, Da!" Yup.
I use pencils for crosswords—YES, I BE ONE OF THOSE! I am always erasing words that don't fit or aren't right, and I enjoy the process, which is all I can say for meself. This use of graphite has, of course, led me to invest in an electric pencil sharpener. I've had the machine for years, and only recently has the wife decided it is not her duty to empty the shavings.
I never thought about that process because the shavings drawer always seemed to be magically emptied. Ner' a thought I tell ya! When something is automatically done for years, one expects it to continue, right? Well, in my case, wrong!
I went to sharpen me pencil for a challenging crossword, and there, under the sharpener, was a note! A note for the first time regarding the emptying of the shavings drawer! It was from TW (short for THE Wife, which be how I have her on me contacts list) and it said THIS:
To which I wrote back, "Wife empties it!" And I sharpened me pencil and went away to do me crossword.
I pushed the drawer back in, sharpened me pencil again and left, drawer still out and full and not thinking much of it. Then I came back for one last sharpening to find THIS:
She decided to turn the machine upside down to make her point.
OKAY, POINT TAKEN. I will TRY to remember to empty the drawer, but old habits die hard, TONYA!
Gabe
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Story #969
R. Linda:
Okay, so I use pencils. Yes, I be one of the only adults I know who does. In me abode, it is me, the six-year-old, and no one else. I catch flack for it by EVERYONE, including the six-year-old who accuses me of taking his pencils, "That I need fur school, Da!" Yup.
I use pencils for crosswords—YES, I BE ONE OF THOSE! I am always erasing words that don't fit or aren't right, and I enjoy the process, which is all I can say for meself. This use of graphite has, of course, led me to invest in an electric pencil sharpener. I've had the machine for years, and only recently has the wife decided it is not her duty to empty the shavings.
I never thought about that process because the shavings drawer always seemed to be magically emptied. Ner' a thought I tell ya! When something is automatically done for years, one expects it to continue, right? Well, in my case, wrong!
I went to sharpen me pencil for a challenging crossword, and there, under the sharpener, was a note! A note for the first time regarding the emptying of the shavings drawer! It was from TW (short for THE Wife, which be how I have her on me contacts list) and it said THIS:
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| THE Wife left me "It does not empty itself! Check Drawer" |
To which I wrote back, "Wife empties it!" And I sharpened me pencil and went away to do me crossword.
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| I returned to see the drawer pulled out after sharpening me pencil several times. |
I pushed the drawer back in, sharpened me pencil again and left, drawer still out and full and not thinking much of it. Then I came back for one last sharpening to find THIS:
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| Nice, eh? |
OKAY, POINT TAKEN. I will TRY to remember to empty the drawer, but old habits die hard, TONYA!
Gabe
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