Dick Van Dyke's Input

Sa 6/4/11

Saturday was another day of stifling heat and humidity. I was given "A Window of Opportunity" to expect delivery of the new refrigerator between noon and 4pm. I called the store right at 9am thinking that this would put me near the top of the list, but this was not the case.

I was watching a rather dull and dreary French film called, DRY CLEANING, and I finished the film, and left on the bike to return library materials, and pick up a new DVD player at Walmart. I got back shortly before noon, and called Dick Van Dyke's to find out where the driver was on his route. However, I still got the same answer, "between noon and 4pm". The clerk offered to call the driver, and then call me back. But, I heard nothing. Later in the day I found that somewhere along the line, the bell had been turned off on the family room phone.

Just about 3pm the driver showed up, and pulled around from the North, but could not make the turn to my section of the condos. He backed around to Durkin, and then drove in adjacent to the old day care center. He had to remove one half of the sliding glass door, but this was not a problem. The fridge was up and running within five minutes. Three hours to cool, and six hours to freeze.

"Paint It Black, You Devil"!