Woke up yesterday morning and looked out the window and saw it was raining. It would rain the rest of the day. Rain and temp in the 50’s. Miserable weather.
All I had left yesterday was a session with an OT (Occupational Therapist), talking to Ashley, the seating specialist about a new chair, and the final medical review. I got a hand mirror to check my skin (my old one that I got from Shepherd in 1988 broke when I sat on it a few weeks ago) from the OT and she’s ordering me a raised toilet seat. She asked me the name of my blog and I told her. I also warned her that I was a raving right wing loon, at least that’s what the trolls call me, and she might not like me after reading my stuff.
I sat down with Ashley and we selected a new chair for me. The really neat light weight carbon fiber chair I got two years ago broke, so this time we’re gonna try titanium.
I always like going to Augusta because it’s still a southern city. Atlanta has so many transplants that you can go days without hearing a southern accent, and of course, the news readers at the local TV stations all have what I call Midwest news speak accents. Not so Augusta. For the record, I like southern accents. My favorite is the South Carolina Midlands accent, which my sister’s mother-in-law, whom I adored, had. My BIL lost his in college. He doesn’t have a trace of south mouth. I also like the Georgia accent which you hear if you get outside of Atlanta.
I got out of the VA around noon and drove home in the rain. Fortunately, the traffic wasn’t bad so I was able to stay on cruise control for most of the drive. What is it with the milk shake machines at Mickey D’s? When I drive home from a trip, I often get a desire for a chocolate milk shake. I can’t believe how many times I stop to get one and am told that their milk shake machine is broken. What’s up with that? What’s wrong with them that they break so often? Anyone who has worked there know? What breaks on them? Are they that unreliable? Where’s six sigma when you need it?
They do not like to clean the milk shake machines so they tell everyone they are out of order or they are out of supplies. Weekends are the best time to actually get a shake.
Why not try a Wendie’s Frosty? They have both vanilla and chocolate.
Why not try a Wendie’s Frosty? They have both vanilla and chocolate. Right down the road from the VA Center.
Ray Crock would be spinning in his grave if he knew you couldn’t get a milkshake at even one McD’s. Ray was selling milk shake machines when he stumbled across the Mc Donalds brothers stand. He liked the operation so much that he bought it, tuned it up and franchised it. You could say that the whole giant corporation started with a single milkshake machine.
Voice I usedta like ta hear was Dandy Don Meredith. Great relief to the mind after the abrasive style and lexicon of Howard. Meredith just sounded right when he said things, even when he wasn’t. I coulda listened to him read a fone book and been entertained.
Now Dolly Parton, there’s a voice with personality. She talks and the room lights up, even if she ain’t sayin nothin worth nuthin. Not hard to mimic, but nobody does it quite like she does.
I liked “Dandy Dan” as well. “Turn out the lights, the party’s over.” He added humor to the game and I agree that he was a very welcome relief to the abrasive Cosell.
I for one can tell you that the milk shake machines do not break much if they are taken care of. Yes, the workers are lazy and don’t like making shakes or sundaes. As for cleaning, they only get cleaned every 14 days. The machines pasturize the mix every night, and the 14 day cycle is mandated by the health department, otherwise they could go for 90 days.
What Jim said is 100% true. I’ve had friends who work there tell me as much.
Steak N Shake, bruddah!
Unfortunately, Steak N Shake’s are not as ubiquitous on the interstates as Mickey D.’s which is why I stop at Mickey’s when traveling. Being from St. Louis I love Steak N Shake. Also unfortunately, the closest one to GOC Central is 15 miles away. In St. Louis there was always one close by. And trailertrash, I love their hamburgers.
Yep, Steak and Shake when you can find one. Don’t care for their hamburgers though.
Hell, when I was a kid they had me convinced that by now we’d all have flyin’ cars. Maybe they’ll come up with a rocket-powered, winged wheelchair for ya, Denny.
Hi to Ashley, if’n you drop in here to see what kind of ol’ reprobates hang out here.
Denny has been kind enough, over the years, to provide a place for us senior delinquents to hang out and solve all the world’s problems, such as the shortage of milk shakes in Georgia.
Six sigma is an excuse hire a whole crapton of project managers who spend all day making spreadsheets, and power point presentation and not actually doing any work, other than turning a 1 month project into a 12 month project.