Did you hear about the guy who worked as the parking lot attendant at the zoo in Bristol, England?  The lot had space for 150 cars and 8 buses, and he charged $1.40 per car and $7 per bus (equivalent).  He worked there religiously for 25 years, then one day just stopped showing up.   

The zoo management called up the city council and told them they needed to fill the position, and to please send someone over.  The city council said, no, that’s your lot, you fill the position.  Turns out both thought the other was responsible.  Best they can tell, the “attendant” took in up to $7,000,000 over the 25 years he was there.  They have no idea where he is today, or even what his real name is.  

Sweeeeeeeet!!

S

PS…if it turns out this story is NOT true, please don’t tell me.  I SO want to believe it.

No, Bush hasn’t landed on an aircraft carrier again.  But I did talk to lovely betrothed daughter and she confirmed she loves Brandon and is getting married for the right reasons, and besides he can change tires and has a really cool TV.

Hahaha!  Gotcha.  I’ve reported back to the wife, so now maybe I can get some peace.  (Yes,  I’m aware of the double entendre, thank you.) 

S

Today I need to contact my daughter Andrea and visit with her while she has some private time.  I need to do this so wifey will GET OFF MY BACK and call off her dogs (that would be YOU  ).  Somehow K has it in her head that Andrea might be getting married for all the wrong reasons, just because in the past K did.  Andrea is 30, VERY social, traveled the world (while in the Navy), and has now settled down into a very responsible job.  Meanwhile all her friends are married and most have kids, and K is worried she might be getting married just so she won’t be a fifth wheel. She has been a bit flighty in the past, having been engaged twice before.  I’m confident none of this is the case, but I’m gonna ask her point blank; 1….look me in the face and tell me this is the guy you want to grow old with, and 2….how do you spell his last name.  Haha!

I’ve been thinking about topics to write about and I’ve come up with a couple of ideas.  Your thoughts:  We’re fixin’ to start construction in a few weeks on a big custom home.  Back at JS I tried to do a several-posts-a-week progress report, complete with pictures, of the construction process.  Would this be of interest to many/any of you here or just a big bore?  Tell me straight.

Second, I’ve always been intrigued by the people behind the story, whether it’s in history or just something casual like KCL.  Would anyone like to do a multi-part introduction of yourself with some (but not too much) detail of your life and how you got to this point?  If so I’ll go first.  I just don’t want this to seem like a big ego trip.  I hate egomaniacs.

Gotta get to work.

S