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George Eldredge gives Dorsey Keaton and Broderick Crawford the low down.

Partied last night with George Eldredge and Dorsey Keaton in episode "Mistaken Identity". Eldredge had a busy career playing middle-aged and elderly men in bit parts. This episode is one of the very few appearances of Keaton on the screen. Little is know about her. Too bad.
Wayne Heffley looks over boss Broderick Crawford's shoulder.

Followed this up with Bing Russell and Wayne Heffley in episode "Hostage Family Copter". Russell was a busy fellow, though never winning a leading part, as far as I know. Heffley had a long varied career, ending with soap "Days of our Lives".

Got to thinking this morning. Can't chew on the right side of my mouth. Need three crowns and a root canal, but don't trust my dentist. One scooter is on its last legs. The other needs a new battery. The living room TV no longer listens to the remote. Mary's recliner chair won't un-recline. The office to garage door will not close. My computer and internet connection needs serious upgrading. And, the unthinkable...Mother's bank statement comes end of next week.

A veritable cascade of bad news. But, that's alright. Cause, you know what? Mary and I have each other and I can still chew on one side. So, there!

Called brother Marion to find out how he was doing after his final procedure Tuesday. He was worried. Asked me if I could come over and explain how his monitor works. Didn't even know if it was on or off. The explanatory DVD ran too fast for him to absorb. And, he couldn't make head nor tail out of all the documentation that came with the apparatus. I said sure. After lunch.


Took a lot of encouragement, but Mary agreed to cook carrots the way I wanted for lunch. We had them with snap beans, spicy cheese tamales, squash casserole and tomatoes. She admitted that the carrots tasted alright.

Marcelino fixes Mary's recliner.

Our invaluable handyman Marcelino was in the neighborhood, dropped in to help Mary with some repairs. Unblocked the recliner mechanism. Unblocked the TV's remote sensor and adjusted the garage door. All in about half an hour. No charge, this time. :-) Wish Marcelino were a dentist too.

John doing what he's always has.

Mary and I now had time to pay Marion a visit. We found him in fair spirits. I watched his instructional DVD a couple of times and carefully showed him how all the buttons and dials worked, then explained that the device is only for checking and programming his implant. The doctor had taken care of the programming. I divined that Delores already understood all this, but for some reason was unable to communicate it to her husband.

We talked Dentists. What Marion and Delores told me did nothing to increase my confidence in Dr. Rector. :-(

Mary with Delores' aloe. As always, Delores hid from the camera as best she could.

Before leaving, Delores showed Mary her big aloe plant, then gave her some of its offspring to take home. Marion followed me to the car. Hated to see me go.

Since we were already out, Mary and I headed for Walmart to get gas and buy pots to replant aloes and our little bamboo plant. We also purchased a sack each of pebbles and potting soil. Mary saw a large carpet marked way down and decided it was time to replace the old smelly one in the living room. All totaled less than a hundred dollars.


Mayor Bingham

At check out, I was glad-handed by our new mayor, Jim Bingham. Knew him from the days we were both on the County Board of Commissioners. He recalled the services my late father and brother had done for the community. Jim is a true politician.

Mary was worn out from man-handling all her booty. She will be sore tomorrow.

76.8 °F, clear. (Chapel Hill)