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the Old Timer’s night with me because, if you can believe it, the Bayside Grill & Tavern is not wheelchair accessible! I’ve had some more com-
operate the Alexandria Lamp Shop in Meredith. Recently, a “DanB” on the 13,543 member strong An- tique Radio Forum posted the following question in the forum section known
Meredith, New Hampshire can no doubt help you and they’ll want to because they’re nice folks. Alexandria Lamp Shop/
Tony Governanti alex-
lamp@metrocast.net”
nately, from Diablo’s per- spective anyway, his long time friend and veterinar- ian, Dr. Tevis Kraft retired last December 1st. Since Dr. Kraft’s retirement, Di- ablo hasn’t needed any special attention, but the time for his annual tune up came this month. Dr. Kraft’s patient’s medical records were forwarded to the Meadow Pond Ani- mal Hospital, which is on Route 25 in Moultonbor- ough. Dr. Kraft was also in Moultonborough, but not 17.5 miles away as Meadow Pond is from Dia- blo’s house. At first, I thought that
When a canister of Slim Jim snack sticks says that it contains 16 snack sticks, you should take that with a grain of salt. My last two canisters had 10 & 8 sticks respectively! Each stick is approximately 4 3/4” long. Naturally, I’ve written a letter of complaint to ConAgra. The can of Vernors is for size perspective.
munications regarding my comments on my Schick Tracer razor, which I noted was a relative bargain. The underlying theme of these emails is the outrageous prices per blade that Gil- lette and Schick are fetch- ing for their latest multifac- eted and multi-bladed ex- travaganzas. That’s what originally scared me away from the Schick Midnight Quattro that the company had sent me for free in the mail. I was very impressed until I went to buy refill blades. Periodically, I’ve searched the Internet for some sign of falling prices for these top of the line models, but the so-called state of the art blades are still a king’s ransom! My Schick Tracer blades are delivering a surprising number of shaves per each reasonably priced blade. An article segment that
I wrote some time ago regarding my search for a replacement light sock- et with the elusive Uno thread, reopened some pleasant email exchanges with the good people who
as the Radio Clubhouse, under the topic heading “Antique Lighting.” “Anyone have any expe-
rience with repair parts? This chandelier I have from the 20’s needs some new sockets. They are porcelain based, with the metal socket surrounded by a cardboard insulator. They hang down, and are attached with a screw to the chandelier itself. They are 1.5 inches long
and have leads coated with fabric. Any thoughts where I could find some that fit?” My Reply: “The people at the Al- exandria Lamp Shop in
The Response: “Mal, Tony has already
responded with exactly what I need. Thanks very much.” The Antique Radio Fo-
rum
http://www.anti-
queradios.com/forums/ while huge, is a fairly close knit community of people with an appreciation for the technologies of our past. It turns out that the person looking for the chandelier sockets is from Cincinnati. It’s amazing how the Internet has made us all a part of a much big- ger community. Diablo, being a house-
cat, is supposed to get an annual tune-up. Unfortu-
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I might bring Diablo to a Veterinarian located closer to us, but the vet who is closest to us and I didn’t hit it off very well back when the late Roger B. Smith, our former housecat, and I went there. That vet and I “debated” whether Roger was going to get a costly rabies shot, something of highly questionable value for an animal that never goes outside the house. The vet, with the heavy hammer of a (then) new New Hampshire law re- quiring that housecats be vaccinated against rabies on her side, overstepped polite conversation about this and instead resorted to what I considered to be a threatening posture. I figured she was going to call the Cat Cops on Roger and me! That’s when Tevis Kraft became my veterinarian of choice. Recently, I considered a veterinarian in Ossipee, but Malzy and I found that
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that vet couldn’t be both- ered helping us get a fresh supply of Diablo’s special prescription cat food. Due to that conundrum, we had previously bought a bag of Diablo’s special food at Meadow Pond Animal Hospital. So even though the Meadow Pond Animal Hospital is a 35 mile round trip, that’s where we took Diablo to for his first tune- up, since Dr. Kraft’s retire- ment. None of our cats have
been noted for enjoying a ride in our van. Roger’s bowels used to explode after about 3 miles, which made the rest of our jour- ney a windows down prop- osition. Tevis always acted cheerful about the prob- lem when Roger would ar- rive at her animal hospital. That, and the fact that she would freshen Roger and his pet taxi up might help explain what a nice vet she truly was! (Roger smelled bad!) Diablo is a better rider for sure and only indicates his displea- sure by quietly (for a cat) crying to himself for the whole journey. So that’s how it was last week when we took Diablo to see Dr. Kelly Keenan, at Meadow Pond Animal Hospital. Diablo was surprised to see Crystal Coffin there as well; Crystal used to be Dr. Kraft’s assistant. Diablo and Crystal were both glad to see one another. Diablo was injected and inspect- ed, along with having his teeth and ears cleaned. He said that Meadow Pond
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