Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a
rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and
in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry ... To apply a rule with
natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases
where it fits, and without ever letting the words of the rule obscure
the purpose of the action or the opportunities of the situation, is
mastery. -George Polya, mathematician (13 Dec 1887-1985)
Michele Darrow-Sutherland Fiat 0 Tow truck 1. .. got rear ended by tow truck yesterday - concussion and whiplash will be fine but my little car may need to be replaced 🚗😖😖
Grazie, carissimo amico! Voi chiamare a Aarturo e Josinta domani. Ci vediamo nel Sabato sera, Renato Thank you, dear friend! You call at Aarturo and Josinta tomorrow. See you on Saturday night,Renato Hi Patrick, We can pick up Renee.
Just wondering what his time frame is. Please let us know.We are gone again tonight, but home tomorrow morning Jos
About two weeks ago the front set of rollers came off the pocket door to our bathroom, much to our dismay, of course. While door could still be shut, [Necessary as steam from shower would sometimes set off fire alarm!], it was a real drag, as you can well imagine. Lady Dar was on at me to fix it but upon inspection I knew solution might well entail removing frame, some surrounding drywall, etc., a route I was loather to embark upon, given my limited technical abilities. I did, however, ask my terribly handy neighbour, Norm, across the back-lane if he would have time for a quick peek to see what he thought. At the time he was busy with building a cabinet so I didn't wish to press him with our problem. Anyway, the weeks passed and I managed to stick my head intot he sand, hoping the door would heal itself!
When Branko arrived he had barely unpacked when a more than desperate Lady Dar asked him if he could take a look at door! Well, we managed to get around o it yesterday afternoon and after an initial investigation I decided to see if Stormin' Normin' was around. Fortunatley, for the two bumbling nincompoops, he was and in short order had the rollers reattached without having to rip and tear wall or mouldings! As a reward we sat in living room and sipped Single Malt, congratulating him on his fine work and ourselves for "hiring" such a skilled tradesman! When she returned from her book club Christmas Lunch, Lady Dar was ecstatic as well. She was quite fussed about the very real possibility that door wouldn't be working properly for Open House when guests might need to use our bathroom. Anyway, all's well that ends well!
Pics: Pocket-door specialist and Ragin' Bull of the covered nose! Lady Dar preparing dinner with closed eyes, so well does she know her new kitchen! Netflix viewers/nappers!
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