The Restless Mouse

I was going to advertise

FREE GRAIN OF RICE WITH EVERY PURCHASE

but Teresa (The “Head Cheese” around here) nixed that idea. I thought it was kind of clever.

From the Snohomish County Freecycle mailing list:

I have about 8-10 pounds of palm oil and another 8-10 pounds of coconut oil that have
gone rancid (they stink). They might be good for bio-diesel.

… Has it come to that? Do people have cars that you can dump any old kind of oil in the tank and drive away? Like on Back to The Future III? I need to look into that- Paid $3.69-9 a gallon this morning… For Regular… apparently Ethel is getting too big for her britches…

It’s rare that I laugh out loud at three jokes in a row… Maybe we overdid it with the Kahlua in the coffee this morning…

Did you hear about the dentist who married a manicurist? They
fight tooth and nail!

Did you hear about the dyslexic Satanist?  He sold his soul to
Santa.

Did you hear about the guy that lost his left arm and leg in a
car crash?  He’s all right now.

My new shoes must be most excellent because they are from the “Exalto” series, they have a “Drilex” lining and a “Phylon” midsole. Sheesh! what planet did they come from.

Seriously though, they have great arch support, and the lacing system is wonderful, the top eyelet is an actual eyelet instead of halfhearted hook that releases the lace as soon as you take your shoes off- These shoes are always fully laced and ready to tie & go, no fumbling with hooks.

They also have webbing most of the way up the tongue, so if I am out mucking around in the woods looking for a geo-cache, my feet stay dry.

Overall they are well built and comfortable, I thought the high arches would be a problem but I just got back from my warehouse job, first night with these shoes and my feet don’t hurt. Lastly, the Michelin name- now I can say, “Well, I put a few more miles on my Michelins” at the end of the shift, you would be surprised how hard it is to come up with shift-change repartee for the day shift people coming in, all bleary eyed and cranky from the traffic. I couldn’t live like that.

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Michelin - Men - Work - Hiker Men’s Michelin Velocity Safety Steel Toe Waterproof Chestnut Price $148.99 Description: Check out this completely waterproof, slip-resistant boot from Michelin’s Pilot Exalto Series. As always, this boot is also fuel, oil and chemical-resistant also!Features:Molded rubber entry pull tabFull grain, waterproof leather uppers and waterproof full membrane Indoor/outdoor ”Michelin” outsole Combination hooklet eyelet fasteners Easy-pull lacing system Scuff-resistant toe Light, flexible Strobel construction Internal ankle foam protection Drilex breathable, antibacterial lining Solid chassis with removable orthotic Non-woven insole Air suspension system Lightweight, Expanded Phylon midsole Contoured shank and extra toe support Extended coverage toe liner Maximum depth, wide flanged safety toe ANSI Compression, Impact, Electrical Hazard and Slip-Resistant approved

I just discovered that (at least in Windows XP) There is an “On screen keyboard” option. If your keyboard acts up sometimes (I had one of light-up keyboards that turned out to be krap) - Try this…
Start menu->Select Run->Type OSK->Press OK

You will get a virtual keyboard , you can use your mouse to type on it. It makes me wonder what other treasures are hidden in that beige box by my knee.

Here’s a story about a family that picked up the dog after vacation and got the wrong dog, apparently the kennel operator thought it would be fun to put some other black lab in the same “room”.

As a Westie owner, I can certainly see how the mixup could happen, Westies look a LOT alike, if my parent’s westie gets groomed around the same time and we go over there, it’s downright uncanny.

This situation finally got sorted out, but with this comment from the kennel operator…

[the kennel operator] told The Oregonian newspaper she had no comment about how the confusion might have occurred.

“We tried to do everything we could, and it’s really unfortunate we had two customers who couldn’t identify their dogs,” she said.

What she should have said: “We regret the mixup and we are taking steps to make sure it never happens again” and then describe what she plans to do about it. Hello? Customer Service 101? Sign up for it next quarter.

It’s a beautiful spring day here at The Restless Mouse, naturally there’s folks that have to jump in their cars and race up and down the street, or fire up various chittychittybangbang lawn equipment, and there is a little girl down the lane who just discovered screaming, and she’s very good at it. I was going to buy the whistle she had last week, guess that won’t do much good now. I’ll have to dig up the earplugs.

That’s my story. What’s YOUR major malfunction today?

Why is it that when your car catches on fire, it burns up, but if your house catches on fire, it burns down?

I would ask my insurance guy, but it would probably make my rates go up.

We’ve got all the political stuff, Hillary Clinton fake money, and a Bill bill, PLUS a great deal on Monica Lewinsky’s Driver’s License. Check out all our political funny business, on sale now, super cheap!

You folks who are googling us for Weird Novelty Gifts, Funny Gifts Novelty Store, Giant Desk Stuff, and stuff like that, we are building an EVEN BETTER cheap novelty store at NoveltyTradingPost.com - Does this imply that we accept other novelties in trade? Perhaps. What have you got for us?