Party Time!

Party Time! was Originally Posted on December 17, 2003 by

Today I finished shampooing my carpets at the house and the phone line is enabled. Actually, I ordered selective ringing on the line which gives me 2 inbound numbers ringing on the same phone line. The telephone I bought can handle 2 lines like that and give seperate announcements for each.

Speaking of phones, it was with that phone (and a drink or two in me) that last nigbht I went to call one friend and mistakenly dialed another. The first one was awake, the one I reached was not. OOPS!

My local radio station (and I mean LOCAL as it is just up the road from me) plays oldies. One show they import is called “Dave’s Diner”. I used to listen to the show on my satellite dish back in Atlanta. I think it used to be broadcast on the audio channels of Jones Cable systems. I even called in once to answer a trivia question.

In other coincidences, the current trial on Court TV is from Fulton County, right next to where I moved from a month ago.

I have been helping the hotel here by finding some music for their Christmas party and 35th anniversary party. I was invited to the the party as a guest and knew many of the people there. I was even introduced as “da computer guy” who roams the halls, fixing things :)

The presentation was a big sucess and it involved nphotos of peopl,e who started with the hotel all those years ago and I saw a few tears and lots of laughs from people who saw themselves and others in the older photos. I’m sure many of the people have changed quite a bit.

We also had a guest commedian who is quite well known in the islands, Frank Delima. Some of Frank’s humor involves the ethnicity of the island residents, and no nationality is spared. In the islands, people are proud of their ethnic background and it is quite common for people to declare thier roots when asked. They also seem to be able to laugh at themselves and their customs, as long as it is not joked in a bad way. It really is refreshing to see people so comfortable with themselves and their neighbors.

I’ll be occupying the farm permanently soon, even though it looks like yet another snag has occured in the process. At least I can ship coffee soon, that is, if I even get my labels…. Perhaps I’ll just go to the local printer and have a few hundred made up to tide me over.