Remember the machines they used to have at carnivals? The deal was, you guessed your weight, then put in a penny. If your guess was close enough to your actual weight, you got your penny back. Of course, the likelihood that the scale was remotely accurate was another story. I get that feeling at my doctor’s office.
Without leaving indelible images in your mind’s eye, let just say that when I check my weight at home, it’s mostly just me on the scale. At the doctor’s office, the scale is in the public hallway. My old doctor explained before offering today’s one-liner. She said that they record the weight shown on the scale with no allowance for clothing. I tried to explain the concept of ‘tare weight’ which I learned while studying chemistry. She said she hated chemistry classes more than any classes she took on her way to becoming a doctor, and she added:
“Remove as much clothing as you like, but I’m recording the weight shown on the scale.”
My Doctor for One-Liner Wednesday by Linda G. Hill
My annual checkup was yesterday. My goal for that visit, given me by my doctor during my last visit, was to be under a certain weight, as measured in the office on that scale. I made it by 4.8 ounces (136 grams). Please don’t ask me what I ate to celebrate.
I’ve been promoting the #1Day4Cee challenge all week, but I want to add a piece of new information for those of you in time zones way ahead of mine. My post will go live at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, November 6th, so you can more easily link to it. If you want to schedule your post to publish after mine is live, please see the instructions in the excerpt in the sidebar for the link.
This Friday, November 7th, several of us bloggers are asking you to post a flower or a black and white photo on your blog, in memory of Cee Neuner. Your photo can be the subject of your post, or just a photo you add to a different post. Visit either my blog (https://noFacilities.com), or Marsha’s (https://alwayswrite.blog/), or both and leave a link to your post. The black-and-white pictures can be on any topic, but Marsha reminded me that Cee particularly loved bridges and old barns. Post a photo and, if you like, add a thought about Cee or your experience with her challenges. Reminders, links and the publishing schedule will follow in the coming weeks. You can also link up at Cee’s Which Way Challenge which is now managed by Deb Waters. Deb will be featuring Which Ways with B&W photos beginning on the 7th.
Note: I plan to put my post up early enough for the folks in Australia to join as their day starts. You can use the hashtag #1Day4Cee and you can use the badge below if you like.
If any of those look interesting, you can find them all here. PS, they are all also available in audiobook format. I used KDP’s Virtual Voice, but I edited each book in its entirety, and I really like the way they turned out. And, as far as audiobooks go, they are a bargain.
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