A Free Breakfast

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Saying for the Day
The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money. ~Author Unknown


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More backyard

On Wednesday Betty , Pennie, and I went to Perkins for a free breakfast. My perspicacious mind said that free is good.

The breakfast consisted of three large pancakes with plenty of butter and syrup, two eggs, any style, and two strips of bacon but we could have had two sausages instead.

All of this for free.

Of course we had to have something to drink so we ordered two coffees and a diet Pepsi.

not free

Then we felt we needed toast to go with the eggs so we ordered a side order of toast for each of us.

not free

So what do you think was the cost of the free breakfast after Betty added a generous tip?

$14.95

Free ends up costing $14.95.

Now anyone involved in the study of Numismatics would find this amount to be trifling but to be honest with you on my retirement income I can’t afford many free breakfasts.
Not that I caused a fracas over the entire incident.
The eggs, after all ,were good and nobody made us buy the toast..

It wasn’t all bad though. Each of us took our pancakes home and reheated them for lunch.

They were pretty good.

They also gave us coupons good for a free piece of pie with any dinner.

But quite frankly I can’t afford free pie.

News from Pigeon Falls

The little town in my basement where the trains still run, dragons fly, and life is back to normal.
Yesterday Tommy UK could stand it no longer so he stopped in at the Mayor’s office right after school. He knew Mrs. Trumble, his co-conspirator in the whole White Rabbit thing would listen to him now as she had so many times before. Over the next hour he poured out to her how he had taken the rock and helped Herman . He told he her how confused he was and that he couldn’t even remember where he got the rock yet alone how to use it. Through his entire story Mrs. Trumble just listened.
When he finished Mrs. Trumble put her arm around him and said” Tommy , I wish I could help you. I really do but at this point I can’t. “ She seemed so sad as she comforted him. Then she added,” I want you to go to your father and tell him that Mrs. Trumble said “ It is time to tell him.” He will know what that means and will do what he thinks best.
Eino who doesn't believe in dragons, poltergeists, or ghost piano players because they aren’t rational even though he sees all three at least every week does believe that a virus can come from a computer into a human and cause them to blow up things. He believes that because it is scientific. Since he has read the e-mail intercepted by Homeland Security he has worried about such a bomber in Pigeon Falls. The latest information he has received from his friend is that the virus is now being sent to people’s e-mail not as Santa Claus but as a Valentine message. People love to receive Valentines and so Eino is really scared.
The Tommy Club has continued to meet without Tommy UK and to try to track down the man in black. There is a rumor that a man in black was seen on the day that Herman defeated the demon. One person says he not only saw him but he was happily whistling. But he can’t remember if it was before or after the big fight. The witness had a few too many to drink and so his memory wasn’t clear. It might have been a man in blue, humming.
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Wrap UP

I got up next to a beautiful lady, I already have some comments, the sun is shining, my big pill went down without trouble, and my oxygen level is up . Friday the thirteenth just might be my lucky day. My sister Dawn called and that always , well almost always, makes the day a little brighter. Betty went to therapy and didn't need an ice pack when she came back. I posted the coming Sunday's bulletin to the Church website without any trouble. I took some pictures of the back yard. My valentine's gift for Betty came and she loved it. I will post a picture tomorrow. I visited the blogs of everybody that left a comment yesterday or the day before. I even got to visit"Today's Link." All in all it was just a grand day. If I had seen a black cat I would have hugged it. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA

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