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Monthly Archives: July 2004
More Of My Bad Memory
More Of My Bad Memory
Tonight, when I was driving home on the freeway, a car in the middle lane honked its horn, so I looked over to see what was happening. There was a man driving his car so it was pacing mine, and the man was looking at me and grinning! I looked at him for two long seconds, but I didn’t recognize him, so I looked away. He didn’t look like any of my high school classmates, so I had no idea who he could be. Later on, I saw him get off the freeway, and I noticed he was driving a BMW. Then it occurred to me that the man might have been the guy who sold me my car! That man had said that he was planning on buying a BMW after he sold me my Porsche. I felt so bad! That man had probably been driving behind me for a while, and then got excited when he realized that I was driving his old car, and so he wanted to say hi. I wish I had remembered his face! Continue reading
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たなばた
■2004/07/07 (水)
今年の七夕はあまり晴天には恵まれず。。
deble家でも30cmくらいの笹を学校に生えている竹林から
とってきてプチ七夕を演出。
短冊はと。。ないので小さな付箋を使用。
たまにはこういうもんもいいもんです。
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ふとんや
■2004/07/06 (火)
よるにインターホンがなるので、出てみると、
恒例のふとん屋のセールスマンが。
セールスマンは34歳のリストラされてそっちの業界にきたらしい。
同情する気にもなれないので、
「この間ジャスコで買い換えたばかりで。。(もちろん大ウソ)」
というとあっさり退散。
何回も来られているから、対応法が分かってきたぜ!
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Dr. Yoko Kelley のネブラスカ便り 18
7月4日の合衆国独立記念日を祝う各種の行事のうちでも、花火大会は夏休み中でもあり、家族連れに人気があります。当市では大きな湖のある公園で開催されます。
湖の南岸に花火の仕掛けが設置され、見物人は持参の椅子や敷物を北岸のなだらかに傾斜した芝生の上にひろげます。花火の打ち上げが実際に始まるのは、暗くなる10時過ぎですが、その日は、ピクニックを兼ねて早くから 近隣の町や村から人が集まります。
雷雨の予報が出ていましたが、雲間にときおり稲光が走る程度で、昨年のようなどしゃぶりにはならないようだと、空を見上げているうちに、稲光は予想以上 に急速に広がり、まもなく、盛大に挙がる花火をも圧倒するようになりました。生暖かい風も吹き始め、ゆっくり花火を楽しんでもいられなくなりました。花火 を挙げる人達も天気の変化に気がついたらしく、花火の間隔が、ぐっと短くなって、普段は10分かかるところを5分で終了したように思えました。そして、花 火の終了とほとんど同時に雨も降り出しました。
といった具合に、落ち着かない花火大会だったのですが、考えてみると合衆国独立も多大な犠牲をはらって達成したのであって、花火大会が予定どうり何事も なく終わっていれば、そのことに思いを馳せることもなかったでしょう。
近所の子供たちが昼夜の別なく打ち上げる花火の騒音も、不思議な事にあんまり気にさ わらなくなりました。(2004年7月5日)
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ラムー
■2004/07/04 (日)
今日は夜に一度いってみなければ、と思っていた
福山は松永にあるスーパー、「らむー」にいってみた。
ここは24時間でいつ行っても煌々と光を放っている。
店に入って驚いたのがお菓子売り場の多さ。普通の5倍くらい
売り場面積が多い。そして天井が高く、広々とした印象。
特筆すべきは物が安い!三原もかなり物価が安いのだが、
それをはるかに超えている。
500mlのおーいおちゃPETが50円、プリン具留守ロング缶が100円、
冷凍食品は常に定価の半額!なんかすごすぎである。
またいこ~っと☆
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日帰り
■2004/07/03 (土)
きょうは連れ合いの就職説明会が大阪であるということで、
衣類の輸送など実家に用事のあったdebleも一緒に車で行くことに。
朝6時に出発し、明石で連れ合いを降ろしてから一路実家へ。
なんか久しぶりに帰った気がする。愛猫モモは少し顔がふけていた。
家族で久しぶりに昼飯を食べに行く。行き先は最近お気に入りの
まわる寿司「ハコイチ」。
炙りトロサーモンは一皿300円と高価だが、
口に入れると「ふわっ」とトロケル!うますぎ。
そして近くのホームセンター、ディすカウントショップで日用品を買い込み帰宅。
1時間ほど寝てから連れ合いを迎えに行く。
帰りはトコトコゆっくり帰って帰広は23時。
1日おつかれでした!
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