It’s Saturday, and we are visiting the bar early because in an hour or so, we will be under a Winter Storm Watch. High winds are forecast, along with snow, sleet, freezing rain and regular old rain. Since this isn’t supposed to end until tomorrow afternoon, we decided it was safe to have an adult beverage. Linda gives us the prompt on Friday, so we’re good to go.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “stickler.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
If we were having a beer, you’d be uncomfortable.
“Good afternoon, Dan. You’re early today. Will David be joining you, or should I pour your beer now?”
“David is supposed to be joining me, Curley, but he wasn’t happy when I said I was coming early. He’s a stickler for an established routine.”
“This I know. I put his cherries in the seltzer last week.”
“I heard the word ‘cherries.’ Can I assume I’ve been the subject of conversation?”
“Welcome, David. I’m glad you decided to break tradition and come an hour early.”
“It’s not something I enjoy, breaking with tradition, but I looked at the weather forecast, and you were right, there is a Winter Storm Watch beginning this afternoon.”
“Do you plan to watch that from behind a John Howell’s Bourbon Special?”
“I do, Curley. Thanks.”
“I’ll try to put the cherries in the bourbon.”
“Oh, is that what you guys were talking about?”
“Actually, we were talking about your being a stickler for details.”
“Well, I don’t know about that, but I guess I’ve been called worse, Dan.”
“I’m sure you have.”
“I’m going to let that slide, since you’re buying and since I’m hungry.”
“So, why did you have to check the weather? Didn’t you believe me?”
“It’s not that I didn’t believe you, but for things like this, I like to check them out for myself.”
“Things like what? Like going to the bar an hour early?”
“Things like changing well-established plans on account of what might be someone’s perception rather than facts.”
“I said ‘there’s a winter storm watch starting at three o’clock.’ How is that my perception?”
“Well, you know you, you have a habit of rushing to judgement.”
“A) I do not, and B) I was reading what the Weather Service published on the official National Weather site.”
“Yes, that’s where I verified your information.”
“I get that. My question is…”
“Your question is irrelevant, Dan. My question is, would you like another beer?”
“I guess you’re right Curley, and yours is a better question. Yes, I’d like another beer and give our doubting Thomas another splash of bourbon.”
“Thanks Dan. Did I mention that I was hungry?”
“You did. Curley, please put in a couple orders of Teagan’s Mushrooms.”
“Does your snowblower work well with the kind of mess we’re getting, Dan?”
“It does, until the snow gets too wet. At some point the stuff turns into a slurpee.”
“What do you do then?”
“I try to be done before then. It’s a tricky call. If you remove the snow too soon, you’re left with a sheet of ice. If you wait too long, it’s not going anywhere.”
“Well, it’s going to turn to rain in the afternoon, that should wash everything away, right?”
“Only if it can drain, David. If the water pools up, we’ll have a skating rink instead of a street. That’s what happened yesterday.”
“At least it’s a holiday weekend.”
“They’re all holiday weekends, David.”
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