Grey Cup

The day after we arrived in Florida the Grey Cup was on and the Tiger Cats were in it. So I tried to figure out a way to watch it. I couldn't get it on Kodi. So I phoned up our friends Larry and Cheryl and invited myself over to their house to watch it on ESPN 2. They have all the television stations possible. So I knew they would have it. Barb and I went over. Barb was talking to Cheryl in the kitchen and I was watching the game with Larry in the den. Barb started to have trouble breathing because she was allergic to their two cats and had not taken her puffer before she went over. She left early and got home and had to use her puffer three times before she could breath properly. The Tiger Cats lost and I got Larry to drive me home. Cheryl was very upset at me for not being more concerned about Barb.

Linux

I had left my Linux laptop in Florida for the summer and when I tried to turn it on it worked for a while and then shut down. I found that it kept doing that and then I heard a terrible noise from the fan. The computer kept overheating and shutting down. Eventually, I heard no noise at all from the fan and knew it was completely broken.

OOMA

We have internet home phone and we have two phone numbers, one for Canada and one for Florida. We have to bring the OOMA box back and forth with us when we go to Florida. I wasn't looking closely when I hooked it up and hooked the phone cable in the output instead of the input. We were sitting around the house thinking everything to okay and then all of a sudden our friend Curvin started talking to us over the phone but it hadn't even rung. It was so weird and I couldn't believe the phone would work with the cables all confused. I had to look closely to figure out what I had done wrong.

Live

Last year when we arrived in Florida we found a dead frog in the toilet. Of course, as soon as we arrive Barb has to go to the bathroom urgently to pee.  This year she was flushing the toilet after she peed and noticed a live frog on the inside of the toilet bowl. He seemed to be looking right at her and Barb totally freaked out. I had to catch the frog with a bowl and a plate and bring him outside and let him out.

Rain

There were terrible rain storms on our drive to Florida. It seemed that every time we changed drivers and I had to drive there was a terrible rain storm. When Barb drove the weather was always fine. Unfortunately, Barb was a very nervous passenger which made my driving even more difficult.

Secret Code

We always change our cell phone plan when we go to Florida but Rogers Pay As You Go makes it very hard to reach a customer service person on the telephone. They try to make you use the online system but you can't change your plan online. And if you try to change your plan on the phone the Rogers people say Pay As You Go is a totally different system but they can't direct your call. You have to phone the Pay As You Go number but there is no menu item to talk to a customer service person on that system. Fortunately, Barb was given a secret code last year that she could use on the phone to get through to a real customer service person.

Mouse

I was showing Ali my refugee crisis model on my computer and transferring it to his computer. I had real trouble remembering which mouse was which. Then just before we were leaving, Ali found my mouse in their study. I almost left it at Sarah's. That's why I hate cordless mice.