ClaireBear, thanks very much for doing that.

Mom, when she says "if you will go to this page," she means you need to click on the blue letters "this page" with your cursor. The computer will automatically go there. "Clickable" means the same thing. When you get to the other page some of the words will be colored. Click on them with your cursor and you will get the American Standard English.

So far I only have Sinsull's and Charley's address. Anyone else want postcards?

This weekend Gordon and I tried to figure out why the kitchen sink was draining so slowly. We opened cleanouts and flushed water down into them and watched hunks and chunks of old grease and other disgusting items come up out of the holes. There's nothing like playing in sewage on a hot weekend morning. In the end we still had a slow drain so I called in the plumber on Monday. They took a couple of hours with their power snake and finally cleaned out the whole system.

I called about an appointment to get the MRI done. The person on the phone asked my age and weight. When he heard I weighed 335 pounds he regretfully informed me that their machine is only rated to 295 and that they would not help me. Once more Wakana was astonished at the American medical system. My doctor is looking at sending me to Hawaii to get the MRI and to consult with a neurologist. I guess I can live with that. Let's see, bathing suit, sandals, sunblock...