On Friday I went out
in the late morning to pay for my March phone service. After that, since I was
dressed and a third of the way there I went down to No Frills to do the
shopping I would normally do on Saturday. I bought several bags of two kinds of
grapes. The “Sweet celebration" grapes were on sale so I got some of those
and I also got more of the black sable grapes. I grabbed some strawberries, two
packs of roasted seaweed, a can of coconut milk and two cartons of soymilk. At
the counter the cashier put all the grapes on the scale together and almost
gave me the price of the grapes that were on sale for the black sable grapes.
She caught herself afterwards and had to void them to start over. She smiled
when I told her that I’d been hoping she wouldn’t notice.
After getting home I went back out
to buy some Creemore at the liquor store because I didn’t want to have to go
outside again for the rest of the weekend. Even getting dressed to cross the
street in the winter and then to come home and change again takes almost half
an hour of my time, so while I was dressed it made sense to get everything
done. I couldn’t see the Creemore in its usual place. I asked a staff member
and she pointed right to where I was looking. I suddenly saw that they’d
changed the design on the cans. She pointed out to me that they also no longer
have eight-packs but now six-packs and twelve-packs. That must have been why
Creemore had been on sale recently because they wanted to clear out the old
cans. It’s also probably why the computer had tried to charge me for a
twelve-pack instead of an eight-pack a couple of weeks ago. They must have
already set up the system to accommodate the new cases. I bought a six-pack.
When I got home I paid my rent by
email transfer and then I called up Financial Services at U of T to find out
why I’m only getting $334 for my grant when I owe over $1600 in student fees. I
didn’t have to wait very long on hold and the person I spoke with had a very
kind voice. She looked at my account and then put me on hold for another few
minutes. When she got back to me she assured me that I would be getting $1800
in a couple of days. She explained that the $334 showed up because this year I
also had to apply for OSAP, which complicated the assessment. It was a relief
to know I wasn't going to have to drop out because of not having the funds to
pay for my courses.
I tried to take a siesta in the
afternoon but I barely slept and got up after an hour.
I started working on my review of
Shab-e She’r.
I had a slice of ham with a potato
and gravy for dinner and watched an episode of Rawhide.
This story begins with Rowdy looking
for some missing cows and finding them being re-branded. He confronts the
rustlers but is knocked out from behind. Later Gil and some of his men go after
his steers and when he finds the rustlers he recognizes their leader as an old
trail boss that he once worked under named Jess Hode. Jess is bitter about
having been retired from trail bossing because of his age. After leaving the
drives he built a large ranch by stealing cattle. He claims that it’s a law of
the range that any stray cattle are up for grabs. Gil gets his cattle back from
him Jess has the only watering hole for days that hasn’t been dried out. He
refuses to share with Gil’s herd and sets up men with guns to guard it. Jess’s
son Jim decides to join the drive. They move ahead but every watering hole and
creek is dried up. They are forced to turn back and fight if they have to let
the herd drink Jess’s water. Jim stays with the drovers as they approach Jess’s
men. Suddenly Jess’s wife Carrie comes up behind Jess with a shotgun and says
she’ll kill him if he hurts her son. Jess gives in.
Carrie was played by Jean Innis.
Jess was played by Jean Innis’s real
life husband, Canadian born actor Victor Jory.
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