books and such

On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 05:21:12 -0700 "Clint *****" <Clint*****@S****.net> writes:
> Hullo Boss!  Going through my shit, I have run across (again) more
> books and such.  Most are older computer books.  Win 3.1 ,95,98,2k,
> xp.  There are some Novell networking ones as well.  I won't use
> them.  Are you interested before I send them to the library or the
> trash?
>
> ;-)
>
> I will be home tonight.

   Thanks for the offer but I'm going to have to decline.  My learning from books days are over.  I've been staring at the pages of a Yaesu service manual for a couple of months now, trying to relearn what I used to know in my sleep, and found that my retention rate is about nil.

   After Moose died, I buried him in the back yard.  Then to mark his grave, I planted a Peach tree on top.

    Moo was always a good listener.  I have discovered that death has not diminished his listening ability in the slightest bit.  In fact I would have to say that it has actually improved it measurably.  In life, he was a master at focusing his attention on your every word, for long periods.  But eventually the random flea or thought of food would distract him beyond his uncanny ability to focus intently on the subject matter, at which point he would no longer be able to contribute anything useful to the conversation.  Whereas now he is unencumbered by these distractions and can remain focused long after I have lost sight of the point and become a blithering idiot.

   I find myself wondering at the depth of my dementia.  I've found that it's rather difficult for a person to gauge their own sanity.  I  keep arriving at the same conclusion though and I am pretty sure that consistency is a good sign.  That conclusion is this: " Of all the things I've ever lost, I miss my mind the most ".  That being said.  I think I have found a stable reference point from which I can gauge my descent into oblivion.  I toss around the ideas in frequent conversations with Moose (the Moo) via the peach tree.  As of yet Moo and the Peach have not made any rational contributions to my theory.  The beauty of it (my theory on how one can gauge ones own sanity ) is this:  When Moo and the Peach begin to make insightful and meaningful contributions to the conversation, and are able to point out things that I had not previously considered, then two things will happen.  First, I will know that I have descended far past the half way point.  Second, my theory will have been proven (to be a reliable measuring tool for one to gauge where they are on the path from dementia to total nucking futs.

  Funny thing is, I find myself looking forward to hearing more of Moo's views on the matter.  And Peaches too.  Peach seems to think that I could incorporate my sudden interest in Moo's opinions as another, entirely different yardstick (marker) on my theoretical path to insanity.  I hate to say it but I think Peach might just have something there.

Rod