Boy did we ever have a frantic morning at The Reporter last Wednesday. After being a good and faithful servant for many years, our old dot matrix printer which we use for the mailing labels for the paper, decided to bite the dust. We didn’t know how we were going to get all the subscriptions out.
One possibility was printing them on our copier but that would have required us peeling off each label and sticking it on each paper. We could have handled that for one week though. Walmart didn’t have the right sized labels, but the good folks at Main Printing did so I ran over there to get them as fast as I could. Don’t tell Sheriff Clore, but I might have been speeding.
Then when I got back Mary Lou and Shannon found out that the good folks at Brady’s Pest Control had the exact same printer as ours and they let us borrow it.
We installed their printer, but it still wouldn’t work for a while. It was a slow process. We were all standing around Suzy’s computer nervously praying and sending good vibes that it would work. About that time Mavis decided to run across Suzy’s keyboard and the computer screen went blank. That did not help our nerves one bit.
I’m seriously rethinking this office cat. We also noticed that she is not pooping in her little box anymore, so we did a little investigative work and found poo in some plants. But that is a whole other story.
After a while of doing a few computer-y things to make it work, the labels finally started printing and that noisy sound was music to all of our ears. So, if you’re reading this and you have your subscription mailed, know that we did everything in our power that morning just to get it to you.
And a special shout out to Sherri Nelson with Brady Pest Control for letting us borrow the printer. You saved our day! —kwc— Also, in last week’s paper I wrote a nice column about my parents’ upcoming anniversary. I thought it was their 64th anniversary, but it turned out it is their 65th on Dec. 21. Math was never my strong suit. Dad told me not to worry about it. He said, “It’s still a very long time.” —kwc— Only in This World...do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
Only in This World...do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in This World...do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet Coke.
Only in This World...do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
Only in This World...do we buy hot dogs in packages of 10 and buns in packages of eight.
Only in This World...do they have drive-up ATM machines with braille lettering.
—kwc— Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
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