Impulse. “Let’s ask all of Andrew’s friends up to the farm to swim in the swamp.”“boys and girls?”“The whole bunch.”“What about the risks?”“Risks?”“Someone could drown…pushing and pulling…water will be muddied up.”“Never going to happen….”
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES: BARN BUILDING FIASCO
From: Alan Skeoch
Subject: Barn Building – a skill I seem to lack
Date: January 5, 2018 at 3:01:48 PM GMT-5
To: alanskeoch
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES: A HARD LESSON LEARNED IN BARN BUILDING
alan skeochjanuary 2018
“Marjorie, stand beside the car…Pregnancy getting close to term…we are going to have a baby!”“Alan, when the baby arrives you will have to pay attention to other things.”
“Meaning what?”
“Meaning, I will need help.”
“Right! You can count on me.”
“We can no longer pile farm equipment and planks on the roof rack.”
“Why not? The baby isn’t going be put on the roof rack, is it?
“Think…think…think, Alan. Or is that too much to ask?
“Act like an adult for once in your life.”
So that is when the great idea came to mind…like a flash of lightning.
END OF TOUR: DISASTER AND THE BOOT!
No, I have not joined Star Wars. This is my #$%$ boot. Read on if you have the time and the stomach for disaster.
“YES , NOLAN, OLD ENGLAND DOES EXIST.”
“YES, VIRGINIA, OLD ENGLAND DOES EXIST”
Title change to
“YES, NOLAN, OLD ENGLAND DOES EXIST.”
alan skeoch
Dec. 2017
Jan. 2018
MARJORIE … TAKES CHARGE OF TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL NOV. 16,2017
MARJORIE SKEOCH…”MY GOOD HEALTH IS ALL DUE TO MY HUSBAND ALAN”
Nov. 16, 2017
“Are you physically active Marjorie?”, asked Mary, her nurse at Toronto Western Hospital.
“Well, let me put it this way. See that man over there, my husband. He does not know how to start the washing machine or the dryer. “
Sick and tired of Skeoch…??
From: Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com>
Subject: Sick and tired of Skeoch…??
Date: November 13, 2017 at 6:58:15 AM GMT-5
World is strange
Today I will be on TV CBC re the island ferries…you might have opinions
Why me? They needed a willing person with stupid ideas and an eccentric father (if they use that memory)
Why tell you? Egomaniac
Why me? They needed a willing person with stupid ideas and an eccentric father (if they use that memory)
Why tell you? Egomaniac
THE LAST FLIGHT OF HX 313
On May 27, 1944, a Halifax Bomber, HX 313, was ripped and torn by a German night Fighter after dropping its bomb load on Bourg Leopold, Belgium.
A cousin who I had never met was the upper Middle Gunner and was killed as the night fighter shells ripped across the underbelly of the plane. Over the last few decades I have been able to reconstruct much of what happened before, during and after that fateful evening. My use of dialogue may offend sensitive ears. Sorry about that. This will be a long story…to be sent in segments.
FIRST DANCE…AND SHE WAS THERE…64 YEARS LATER SHE IS STILL THERE
alan skeoch
So the 125th is over. Return of the Native has happened. Lots to think about…old friends, older teachers, still older hallowed halls of the old school. Mistakes made.
Achievements that surpassed me. Probably a few grads who considered me a fool. And a few good friends who liked me in spite flaws. That is how you know colleagues are more than just fellow travellers.
Continue reading “FIRST DANCE…AND SHE WAS THERE…64 YEARS LATER SHE IS STILL THERE”
MY DAYS ARE IN THE YELLOW LEAF
alan skeoch
Nov. 3, 2017
“Long ago I hung a little sign in the old pantry of our farm house….before we gutted and rebuilt everything. It said, “My Days Are in The Yellow Leaf”. It is a quote from Lord Byron which he may have borrowed and changed from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, “My way of life is fallen into the sere and yellow leaf.” Both quotes are depressing…expressions of dread…
Before and After the Lizard Got Loose
THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL DINNER AND SOCIALISING…YOU MIGHT FIND THIS STORY AMUSING OR HORRIFYING
hope I spelled Torgunn’s name right. Excuse typos…my machine does weird things to words.
BEFORE AND AFTER THE LIZARD GOT LOOSE
alan skeoch
oct. 22, 2017
(You may be surprised where the thread of this story leads you.)
“Alan, could you and Marjorie come for dinner at Chad’s house on Sunday. Dirk and his kids are coming as well?” Continue reading “Before and After the Lizard Got Loose”