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Well home from work, change into my jeans, and off to make good use of my PHD. Never found any use for it what so ever in my field of fluid mechanics. All the deep thinking is better left to computers. Makes my head hurt remembering the days of slide rules[ for those born after 1970 thats a bamboo calculator with log scales from hell...
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Well, the little baby Merlots are in the ground. 5 years to wait for red & white Merlot to flow freely, yes, you can make both with the same grapes, just jike Zinfindel. Olive trees are thriving, should have olives in 2 years. Praying for rain, gettin' tired of watering. Good to be back in TN, but I have found tho that there are some...
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Yes, you're right, Mme. R, D's not all that bad. Charley's Crab is second to none there. I'm back to TN tomorrow afternoon. Long weekend will help with the horticultural catch-up. Biggest project is to get the Jag alive for the summer. Brits don't set well, so it could be a weekend bloody this and bloody that mostly directed at the bloody carbureters. Maybe the...
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Been in D too long. Do I leave Wednesday or Thursday, can't remember, better find out. At least it quit snowing up here. Got to get back and string some grapevine trellis[did I spell that right].Haven't mowed the lawn in 10 days either, could be bad. Need to get back to TN and plant the Merlots. Don't want them to dehydrate[number one killer of baby...
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Well, all the little angels in the vineyard survived the Winter. I bought them some more French buddies of the Merlot clan to get them excited. French cuties always get me excited anyway, especially the one in my bed. I'm allowed to look at the others as long as I don't act out my thoughts. Been able to stay out of trouble for 22 years...
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Escaped from D last Saturday. Didn't realize the old Honda could go that fast. Now Detroit will be a place to visit. I like it in that context just fine, couldn't ever call it home I don't think. Madam LaPlace and Jr are happy with this plan as well. The vineyard got neglected last Winter, so there is allot of catch-up work so the vines...
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Escaped from D last Staurday. Didn't realize the old Holda coud go that fast. Now Detroit will be a place to visit. I like it in that context just fine, couldn't ever call it home I don't think. Madam LaPlace and Jr are happy with this plan as well. The vineyard got neglected last Winter, so there is allot of catch-up work so the vines...
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Will probably dwell in D thru the end of April, then back to my vineyard in TN. Hope to be horticulturally occupied for many years to come. Should have some good wine stock in 5 or 6 years.
Detroit is a great place to visit, but I don't think I could ever move my family there. Great food and immense cultural diversity. Too bad about...
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Got the job back home, so its just a matter of finishing up some things in D before heading home to TN. The problem is they are pretty massive things and the local help is pretty much useless. It's one of those deals where you just have to do it yourself. The prospect of getting out of D eventuallly keeps me going.

Well the babysitting of adults was not successful. I now have to be there full time to do their job for them. This is not a family friendly situation.