centre of the universe - the dreaming: You see that?

09/22/2005: "You see that?" You know what's cool about living in a small town? I do.

...yes, I was very tempted to leave the entire post at that. Wouldn't that have been witty of me?

Yesterday, I went to get fuel, and realised after the attendant had already started washing my windows that my purse was on the kitchen table. I blushed, got out of the car, and mentioned that I was a complete idiot and had left my purse at home and would they take a cheque or could I run home and get it?
"You live in town?" the guy asked.
"I do. Do you want my address?"
He looked at me funny. Probably thought I was trying to put the moves on him. "Uh, no. Why don't you just go home and get it?"

I goggled. I got in the car, ran home, and got my purse. When I got back to the fuel station, the fellow said, "Good thing you didn't get all the way into town and realise you'd left it then, huh?"

Later, I went to the post office. I walked in the door, and the post office lady said, "Oh, you have a package! I'll just go get it while you get the card." Because she knows me.

Our kitty-corner neighbour is The Captain's kindergarten teacher, and the kids living across the street from us in two directions are his age. One is in his class, one is in grade one. The Captain is going to a birthday party this Saturday at which the mum has ordered a truckload of sand to be dumped in their yard on the farm, and she's going to give the kids hardhats, little shovels, and other 'construction stuff' and let them run around in the yard all day.

That's what's cool about living in a small town.

Plus you can get iced cappucino if you like, and the butcher doesn't charge too much. Er. Separate thoughts there. You don't get iced cappucino from the butcher. Well, you probably *could*, but you might not want to.

"Other Stuff" "Stupid Stupid Stupid"

4 Comments

Terry , on Thursday, 22nd September:

And they charge you $275 for an abulance ride!

Oh wait... this was cool things about small towns. Sorry.

cenobyte , on Thursday, 22nd September:

That's nothing to do with living in a small town, really. A friend of mine mentioned having to get an ambulance in town and was charged $150 for the service..."in town" meaning "in the city", of course.

Noah , on Friday, 23rd September:

Another cool thing about living in a small town is that you don't (currently) have to deal with people on stike.

cenobyte , on Friday, 23rd September:

We may pay just as much tax as folks living in the city, but we live on 1/4 of an acre, our street is always ploughed, our garbage gets picked up when they say it's going to get picked up, and people wave to you when they drive by. And with more than one finger.

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