Friday, September 21, 1984

Larry paid me $86.00 today, which is like making $114.50, if I were declared to the government.

Pope John Paul has launched a verbal assault on Canada, because of their high unemployment rate. The Pope is saying the same things I have thought for a long time: put people to work! Why do people give to charities, instead of taking their charitable contributions and doing something with their contributions that would put people back to work?

When I went home today, one of Greg's friends was in the house. Greg was asleep and my frig/freezer was making a horrendous noise, when it was running. I told the 'friend' to have Greg pull the frig out from the wall, while I was working at Alma's. I had hoped that Greg had the gumption to look at it himself, but so such luck. He partially pulled it out, but not enough to see behind it. After working at Alma's, I pulled the frig completely out from the wall, and quickly saw what was wrong with it. Two screws, that connect the fan motor to a brace that's fastened to the frig body, had vibrated loose. I screwed the screws back in and pushed it back in place.

I replaced the bath tile around the top of the tub, and put the woodwork on around the tub.

My appearance has gone to hell. My eyebrows need plucking, my legs and underarms need waxed and shaved, my hair and eyebrows need to be colored , my nails and toenails need everything, my feet need attention, and I'm gaining weight eating at Alma's. The weight gain was needed. I hurt physically though.

My car will need replacing soon, since I don't have any third or passing gear now, and I need a fuel efficient car, like a Volkswagen. I was told that many years ago, a car was designed to run on air instead of tires, but it was never developed, because it would have put too many people out of work. I know we have the technology to design a car that runs on sunlight or air, if it hasn't already been designed, but it will not be developed either, for the same reason. "Me" thinks that the government snaps up these new innovative inventions and hides them away somewhere, and the average American isn't enlightened enough to realize it.