The Treasure Hunt

Monday March 25, 2013 9:42 am

I imagine a person who becomes a weatherman must have some training, right? If that is true, and it must be... how can all of them be so often wrong and still keep their jobs? In addition, most of their reporting is vague anyway. I mean, how many calendar days are there in any given year when it is not, “partly cloudy” or “some Sunshine.” Please, how is that a report?

I know there are certain jobs, especially in sports, like baseball, when you fail far more often than you succeed, yet you are still considered successful. A 300 batter in the pros is considered a star when he fails 70% of the time. But I would imagine a person who is supposed to be able to give some idea of the type of weather we are to have ought to be right more often than they are wrong!

I understand that we all make mistakes and do and say stupid things, that is just a part of being a fallible human being. However, I don't think you ought to be able to make a decent living as an abject failure at whatever job you are supposed to be the expert.

When I thought of weathermen and stupidity I remembered very recently something stupid I did and I will tell you about it to show that I do understand that all of us, weatherman included are just human. I normally do not carry many things in my pocket when I am going anywhere. Typically I have three things with me: car keys, billfold, and cell phone. I don't even carry pocket change as I have a place in my car I drop all of it there until I have filled the small cup holder and then I cash it in somewhere.

The other day Deb was with me and we were going to Walmart. I don't remember now if Missy called me or if I called her... either way as I got out of the car and was walking toward Walmart I was talking to her. I had taken maybe 30 steps from the car and I did my little ritual to be certain I had everything with me. I touched my back pocket... yep, my wallet was there. My front left pants pocket... keys were in place. Wait... I was missing something. Deb could tell I had forgotten something and I told her to wait there and I would go back and get it. I told Missy I had to head back to the car as I had forgotten something. As I was putting my key in the door to unlock it I saw my reflection in the window and suddenly I remembered where my phone was... it was against my left ear and I was talking on it!

You know I just thought of something. With the type of intellect I displayed in searching for my lost phone as it was in my hand... I bet I could become a weatherman. In fact, I am going to give my very first report for your area, regardless where you live. I know considering that there are still people from some foreign countries who read this blog that might seem like a stretch for me, a novice, or wannabe weatherman to believe that I can predict an accurate weather report in the many different regions. But, I believe I can. Here goes, “In your area today, I predict there is going to be weather.” There you have it, now let's keep our collective fingers crossed and see if I'm right. I know that might sound a little vague but no more so than “partly sunny.” Have a good weather day out there everyone.

A little while ago I had gotten out of my car after I dropped Deb off at school to get gasoline. When I came back Virgil was in my seat and he completely ignored my several attempts to call his name and get him into the other front seat. He just kept looking forward. I guess he was thinking if he ignored me long enough maybe I would just go away? I played with him this way for a couple of minutes calling his name just to see how long he would ignore me. Apparently his patience was going to be better than mine and because I hadn't worn a jacket I was beginning to freeze, so I tapped him on his side... a couple of times before he slowly turned his big head to look at me. Now I was laughing as I pointed and said, “get” and he did: albeit, rather slowly. He has always been so much fun for me :)

This next video is our walk in the moderate, four to six inch snowfall we had this morning. It's really a beautiful sight, that amount of pristine snow might bring a tear to the eye of more than a few people.