You Could Buy That – #SoCS

The perfect place and beverage to share some casual conversation.

Psst, Dan, over here.

“Hey Donnie, what’s up?”

“Just a head’s up, your buddy is complaining about your being late.”

“I guess I better get in there, thanks!”

“You’re late.”

“I am ten minutes late, and that’s only if we’ve somehow established three o’clock as an official starting time.”

“You’re late, Dan. He’s already ordered – here’s your Bourbon – do you want a Yuengling?”

“Yes, I mean no, – I mean I’m not late! – but yes to the Yuengling. What else did he order? I think it’s my turn to buy.”

“Just the Bourbon, there’s no charge for the side of ice. I’ll be right back with your beer.”

“Thanks Cheryl.”

“So, why are you late?”

“I’m not…oh, for the love of Pete, I was working on a project in my garage.”

“Not more doors, I hope.”

“Actually, yes, two more doors.”

“Are you so hard up for Thursday Doors material that you have to keep building your own? I thought you had door photos from Chicago.”

“I have doors from Chicago. I have more from Boston. I was recently in New York. I still have leftover doors from Pittsburgh. That’s not the point. These doors have nothing to do with Thursday Doors.”

“So, you won’t be sharing them?”

“Of course I will, but…”

“My point.”

“One Yuengling in a nice chilled glass. You boys want to order some food, or are you still fighting?”

“We’re not fighting.”

“Yeah Cheryl, we’re not fighting.”

“OK, but you sound like a married couple, you know, the kind that stayed together for the sake of the children…just sayin.”

“She’s right. I don’t care what doors you share on Thursdays, but you know I’m not a fan of do-it-yourself projects.”

“I love these projects.”

“Well, in the spirit of friendly support, what doors are you building now. Feel free to keep it brief.”

“I am building new doors for our shed.”

“You just finished the shed.”

“No, that hanging shed is just for my wife’s garden tools. I’m talking about the shed shed, you know, where the snow blower goes.”

“Don’t start talking about snow. I threatened to toss a couple out of here earlier ‘cuz they were talking about snow.”

“OK, Cheryl… you know, where the lawn mower goes.”

“Much better.”

“Doesn’t your shed have doors?”

“Of course it has doors, but they are getting a little hard to open.”

“So buy a new shed. Why is that so difficult for you? You accuse me of being cheap, but you’re going to repair an old shed that you could easily replace.”

“I was planning to tear this shed down and build a new one in the spring, but I think by replacing the doors, I can work with the shed as is.”

“What? Tear down? Build? You know Home Depot sells sheds. The guy up the street sells sheds. They sell sheds at the Big-E, for crying out loud. You could probably order a shed from Amazon!”

“Listen to you. You’re always defending your ‘frugal’ – as you like to say – tendencies, but you want me to go spend three thousand dollars on a shed, when I can replace the doors and wrap it in vinyl siding for less than a third of that.”

“OK, since you’re fighting again, would guys like a refill?”

“That’s a good idea, Cheryl.”

“Sticking with Bourbon?”

“Yes, I think Bourbon goes well with wings.”

“When did we order wings?”

“Just now, ten will be fine, I’m not very hungry.”

“You really seem to like spending my money. Bourbon, wings, sheds…what’s going into my cart next?”

“Sorry. Anyway, why not just repair the doors you have? I’m assuming you built them.”

“I did, but they open out, like regular doors. We decided that we would like sliding doors.”

“Like a barn door?”

“Exactly.”

“You can build those?”

“Yes, they’re quite easy to build.”

“I love barn doors, but they look complicated.”

“Regular doors are complicated, they have to fit into a precise opening. Barn doors just have to be bigger than the hole they are covering.”

“It’s the bigger part that scares me. I’d worry about building big things.”

“It’s a shed, not an airline hangar. The biggest door is four by eight.”

“How do you hang them?”

“You buy a barn door track and barn door hardware.”

“You’re not building that?”

“No.”

“Ok boys, here’s a splash of Willet, sorry, ‘John Howell’s Bourbon’, some new ice, a Yuengling and a fresh glass. Wings will be right up.”

“Here’s to success with your doors.”

“Aw, you guys kissed and made up. Here’s your wings.”

“I think he’s learned his lesson.”

”Yeah, next week I’ll be on time “

In addition to the bar banter, this post is part of Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday series.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “psst, or any other attention-getting noise or word.” Find a word or noise that you’d use to get someone’s attention, and start your post off with it. Enjoy!

And please be sure to check out Cheryl’s page. This is my favorite from this week.

Birdy birds – That’s what I tell Maddie when we walk by. How many can you find?

Most days, when I get up, Maddie brings me a toy so that I’ll follow her to the family room and sit with her.

This is the toy she has chosen to bring me today.

It’s a little blurry because she’s in motion. She’s heading into the family room. I have to follow.

That’s Sammy up there. “Just leave the nuts on the ground, I’ll be down a little later.”

Sammy at sunset. He’s on the edge of the garden. He’s also begging for the peanuts I’m carrying.

“Um, that’s where I sit…”

“Thanks big guy!”

I only see this sunset from late fall to early spring.

From the train on my way to New York last week.

Sally

Heading to track #12 – Union Station, New Haven, CT

The Javits Center

This sign got my attention