Povey Prattle

Most days I have my main meal at about 1:00 p.m., and have a simple sandwich later in the day. There are few things better than a tomato sandwich, so that is frequently my evening repast. I have "sort-of" noticed that I often get very itchy after eating such a sandwich. Today I at some grilled tomatoes with my mid-day feast. Sure as heck, I began to itch about 90 minutes later. I have begun to wonder if I have an allergy to tomatoes/love apples. Has anyone else ever thought about, or encountered this? "Love Apple"  a.k.a. Tomato.

Four days after buying a Smart 'Phone from Best Buy, and signing up with Verizon, I have been bombarded with e-mails from those Companies. Have they no idea that these floods of e-mails cause customers to become irritated, annoyed, and downright hostile towards them. -------------------------------------------------------- Here is an example -  (it was a header on an e-mail from Verizon.) "Get the accessories that fit your lifestyle". My instant reaction was along these lines:-    "Dammit Verizon, I do not have a lifestyle. I have a Life.     I haven't the slightest interest in Lifestyle products ." ====================================================== BUT ONE  FEATURE OF MY 'PHONE IS UTTERLY COOL! When someone records a voice mail, it is immediately converted into written text  Thus I can read it, rather than listening to it. That's particularly useful when such a voic...

I was at the Sarasota National Cemetery this morning for the Committal Service for Roger Lampton. Lampton, Roger David  May 21, 1937 - Jan. 22, 2016  Roger Lampton, 78, of Sarasota passed away peacefully on Friday, January 22, 2016.  He was born in Vincennes, Indiana to the late Oscar 'Dick' and Aline Allega Lampton.  Roger was a proud veteran of the  U.S. Marine Corps ., moving to Sarasota upon completion of his service in 1958. Roger was a patrolman with the Sarasota Police Department and a state trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol. He worked as an examiner with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and, in 2003, became a founding member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  Survivors include his wife, Cali Miller Lampton, his daughter, Kristin Pena, his stepdaughter, Sterling Larnerd (Brian), his stepson, Miller Sandow, and grandchildren; Max, Audrey, Skailar, Logan, Alec, and Hunter. He was deeply l...

I forgot to add this: 1. As part of the purchase  Best Buy gave me a Gift Card for $300 (yes $300!) as a part of "the deal". I'll be able to use this towards  the cost of a new Washing Machine ----   (which I truly need ???   maybe). ). Of course a washing machine   would not be a need in so many places in our global village. In those places it would be an unimaginable  luxur y, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. When sending texts I can use a stylus to hand write them, and the machine will automatically translate my "scrawl" into printable text, This is just perfect for old farts such as I,  whose thumbs and fingers suffer from age related retardation when it comes to texting.

I cannot be said that I am ahead of the curve with regard to information technology. In truth I was a computerphobe until about 1996 .  I would not even dare to turn off the office computer if the parish secretary had forgotten to do so when her day's work was ended, convinced as I was that I could cause irreparable damage. One day I said "I'll never understand this computer age". A couple of weeks later I thought "that was a damn stupid thing to say" So I bought my first computer, monitor and printer, and signed up for Internet access with a local ISP in Western Massachusetts called "Berkshire Net".  I was hooked. (That was in  the old "dial-up" days - can you remember them?) Impulsive as I am  I waited until 2004 before I bought my first cell phone. It was a nifty little flip-'phone which soon became my favourite toy, and an essential part of my life as a "communicator" (preacher). Not to be hurried , I gave...