Ray's Thought for the Day - Rainfall Update

Here it is, Day 32 of DY 1 in the Season of the Polar Bear. This Polar Bear is the most Polar Bear these parts have experienced in quite a spell. For example, we had frost again this morning. However, fickle Ogma is now heating these parts up with all the radiance he can summon up, maybe.

This morning the gauge had 0.4". So that gets us up to 8.98" + 0.40" = 9.38" for these parts, narrowly defined. If we double that before the onset of Hope Remains, the next Beelzebubberific may be more tolerable for man and beast plus everyone else.

Many have specualted on the symbolism constrained in the first icicle photo, below. Let me go ahead on and explain all that. The snuff can lid symbolizes the fickle nature of Ogma. There he is at his most ineffectual, maybe. That arm that is reaching up to Ogma is attempting to tune him in better. A simile for that would be, like a radio dial. The range wand symbolizes the art of measurement. Whoa! Make that the symbolism constrained in the second icicle picture below and constraining the range wand symbolism. The rest of the stuff in the photos is not symbols.

Meantime,

Crumby, where the heck is the flash shoe cover for the camera?

Flash shoe cover?

Yes Crumby, the flash shoe on the camera is supposed to have a cover. Now where is it?

Gee whillikers Rayetta, I didn't know it ever had a cover.

Hmmm. Listen up Crumby. According to the manual it has a cover. See! Here the cover is in this picture.

Er. That appears likely to be so Rayetta, but I do not recollect ever espying any such artifact.

For Goddess Sakes, Crumby, you need to find that hot shoe cover, or else get another one for the camera.

How come, Rayetta?

Be-cause Crumby, the camera is supposed to have one. Now go find one.

All righty then.

The downtrodden ovate, Crumby, must now somehow find a flash shoe cover for the camera.

Dang it. That camera works fine without a flash shoe cover. Why do ye need a flash shoe cover when ye aint got a flash, anyhow? Where could the dang thing be? I could have lost that flash cover in any one of a bunch of counties or even a different state. Mercy!!!! Oh well, I'll just get us a new one or two. How much can an item like that cost?

Crumby, uses his ovational skills to discover the cost of a new flash shoe cover for the discontinued C-5060 WZ.

Mercy!!!! That can't be right!!!! Mercy!!!! Er. Maybe I can fabricate a flash shoe cover out of a semi-rubberized flower pot.

Later,

All righty then. Rayetta shall never know the difference between this flower pot flash shoe cover and a very expensive regulation flash shoe cover. I know, I'll take a picture of the flower pot flash cover to show Rayetta how it looks just like the one in the manual. Only this one is better because it has an elevated part on the end to pull it out by. A person can hook right on to that puller out thingy which was formerly situated along the rim of the bottom of the semi-rubberized flower part. That flower pot is exactly the same thickness as a regular flash shoe cover. It fits, perfectly.

All righty then. How the heck am I going to take a picture of the flower pot flash shoe cover, installed? This situation is exactly why we need two cameras. So we can take pictures of the other camera. I need to tell Red that's why we need two cameras.

Er. I know, mirrors. I'll use mirrors to take a picture of the flower pot flash shoe cover, installed. There we go. Perfect. Now I'll just e-mail this puppy to Rayetta. Down the dusty hallway it goes.

Almost instantaneously Rayetta, working industriously at her many tasks, receives an e-mail from Crumby.

Ray-et-ta!!!! You need to check yer e-mails.

Not now Crumby. I'm busy.

Please check yer e-mails Rayetta. You have new mail.

Crumby! Stop that hollering. I'm busy.

Dang it! But Rayetta, the camera has a brand spanking new flash shoe cover, documented, in an e-mail you need to open.

Good Goddess Crumby!!!! All righty then. I'll check it out. Hmmm. All righty then Crumby it looks as if you have the flash shoe, shod. Good work.

Yepper Rayetta. That is the top of the line Easy Pull Flash Shoe Cover from Umbycra Electrics and Rare Insulators (UERI). It was pert near the last one they had in stock. It took me forever to find this 100% compatible flash shoe cover fer our discontinued camera.

All right then Crumby. I'm glad you found a new shoe flash cover so expeditiously. Hmmm. I may have some questions about all this later, like why you didn't clean off your personal mirror before you took its picture. But right now, I'm too busy.

All righty then, Rayetta. Er. Huh, huh. Rayetta shall never know that the Easy Pull Flash Shoe Cover from Umbycra Electrics and Rare Insulators (UERI) is homemade. Now I have to get to work on an invoice.