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05/01/2004: "Meanwhile, back at the home nest..."

... it seems Tubby saw fit to wander down to Carlsbad today, and go to LEGOLAND for a visit. Sort of your typical last-minute outting for him, from what I gathered from a brief but painful conversation with him (which is typical). On preparing to leave, he made the usual purchase of LEGO stuff. (Note: It's not LEGOs -- LEGO is a plural.) As a passholder, he gets 10% off purchases, and the Big Store was also offering a buy one keychain, get a second one half off. So he went to the register, drawn not only by the short line, but the cute cashier, Valorie. At the end, the sale rang up the keychains fine, but the register just gave a discount on some items, versus all (which was a noticable difference, as he buys LEGO the way most guys buy tools and beer). He asked the delightful brunette on the matter, and we got it all worked out. (Although independent of this story per se, the guy behind Tubby was quite rude, but manager Jennifer shuffled him off elsewhere). In the end, Tubby figured Valorie needed a smiley FRANK pen as a reward for her patience and calm approach to the situation, as well has having to dealing with Tubby... which is a challenge in and of itself. (And I'm sure she was rather pretty, since he does tend to have an eye for such things.)

Anyway, back in South Dakota, it's warm, but I'm busy helping retrofit the place as a Frank Office -- including doing up the bathroom in ducks. They didn't have my sort of duck in the bathroom section of the Mitchell Wal-Mart, so I made do with the yellow ducks, but they're okay, too... even if they're of a slightly lesser breed than myself. But we can't all be brown, articulate, and type at above average speed.