Sunday News

 

The Palmville Globe Volume 2 Number 2

Man Covers Old Scar 

Joe McDonnell, 78 and residing in Palmville TWP, MN, recently repainted a corner of his TV room. "It's a small room," McDonnell tells the press. "It's really just a big bay window. The TV is at one end and there used to be a PC on a built-in desk at the other  end. Once the PC was gone the desk became redundant so we ripped it out last summer and put a recliner in its place. We always planned to fill in the nail holes and repaint the wall where the desk had been and we found a couple of spare hours this weekend to do the job. The most difficult part was the heavy lines the carpenter had drawn on the wall to make sure the desk was level. He never foresaw that the lines would cause a problem 25 years down the line." McDonnell showed a reporter the faint lines that are still visible after painting. "I'll be putting another coat over those lines tomorrow," he says.

Man Uses Ladder To Good Advantage

Joe McDonnell, 78 and someone who likes to get to the bottom of things, recently got a track light unit working that had quit working. "One of the two bulbs in a track light array in the TV room burned out  after 25 years" he tells reporters. "I got my five foot ladder to remove the bulb, but could not get it out of the barrel so I took the whole unit down. My wife has small fingers and was able to unscrew the bulb. The local stores did not have the bulb so I ordered it online. It only comes in packs of two. I decided to replace the other bulb and took that unit down. Then I decided to put it back until the new bulbs arrived, but the light would not come on. YouTube said to be sure the polarity was right. It was. I checked for power at the track. There was power. I checked for power at the switch. There was power there too. I was ready to get another switch when my wife suggested I try the unit back in the track before I switched switches. I did and it worked.” In a follow-up communication, McDonnell says  that the difference was that he used a seven foot ladder the second time. "I like to see exactly what I'm doing, especially high up by the ceiling," he says.

Squib Cellar

When the passive person turns aggressive, it’s the worst. 

You think he’s cooperating, all the while he’s pouring sugar into your gas tank. 

The elderly spend time in the attic of life, taking comfort in their souvenirs;

descending only for a quick meal and a bathroom break. 

Newspaper editors worry about filling all the white space on their pages. Yet social media is meeting the much greater challenge of filling the void of the world wide web. 

Conservatives control the population with rapid deportation; liberals with easy abortion. 

There’s no certification for being a mystic. It’s all OJT. 

Contemplating all that exists, I realize I am nothing. But what a fabulous nothing!

What is It like getting to know God? 

When I started down the Grand Canyon the view was like all the pictures I’d seen. 

But as I went down the zigzag trail, a never-ending series of ever more stupendous vistas revealed themselves to my eyes.