Comments on: Such Is Life! http://mommascorner.com/2006/08/such_is_life/ The Golden Years Suck! Mon, 21 May 2012 19:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Maria http://mommascorner.com/2006/08/such_is_life/comment-page-1/#comment-1353 Maria Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:59:53 +0000 http://mommascorner.com/2006/08/such_is_life/#comment-1353 <p>All that schooling that Brandi has been through and she still doesn’t know how to mop the floor?  </p> <p>The rasberry jam sounds like itis going to be really delicious. </p> All that schooling that Brandi has been through and she still doesn’t know how to mop the floor? 

The rasberry jam sounds like itis going to be really delicious.

]]> By: MrsDoF http://mommascorner.com/2006/08/such_is_life/comment-page-1/#comment-1352 MrsDoF Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:18:34 +0000 http://mommascorner.com/2006/08/such_is_life/#comment-1352 <p>My Pappap liked elderberry juice.  Grandma would press it out and treat ‘em like grapes, maybe add a little sugar before processing the jars.  She might have made jelly with some, too.<br /> It’s more a memory of the folks for me, rather than the taste of the product.</p> <p>A couple summers ago, I filled in as a clerk at the coffee shoppe while someone went on vacation.  One of my duties was cleaning the floor of the front (customer) area.<br /> There was a small mop, real cheap, and already old.<br /> The floor seemed to get wider, no matter the time of day I brought out the bucket.</p> <p>One afternoon, not a customer around, so I figured I could get half washed now, and half after closing.  The mophead fell off while I was wringing it out in the squeezey gizmo.<br /> I finished the floor on my hands and knees, using the mophead.</p> <p>Then I told the manager where to get a real nice janitor’s mop, with a changeable head.  She went out and got one, even though the cost was $36.  She didn’t want anyone to see me doing the floor on all fours again!!</p> <p>When the owner got the bill, he about had a stroke.  All that money for handle and two heads!!<br /> He did admit that the new mop is much easier to use with its long handle, and being able to take away the head and run it through the laundry is fine.<br /> They are still using that same mop, two years later.  The money up front must have been worth it.<br /> Here at home, we have a good janitor mop and bucket with wringer, but I don’t use them often enough anymore. <img src="http://jenkinsonline.net/images/smileys/tongue_rolleye.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="tongue rolleye" style="border:0;" /> </p> My Pappap liked elderberry juice.  Grandma would press it out and treat ‘em like grapes, maybe add a little sugar before processing the jars.  She might have made jelly with some, too.
It’s more a memory of the folks for me, rather than the taste of the product.

A couple summers ago, I filled in as a clerk at the coffee shoppe while someone went on vacation.  One of my duties was cleaning the floor of the front (customer) area.
There was a small mop, real cheap, and already old.
The floor seemed to get wider, no matter the time of day I brought out the bucket.

One afternoon, not a customer around, so I figured I could get half washed now, and half after closing.  The mophead fell off while I was wringing it out in the squeezey gizmo.
I finished the floor on my hands and knees, using the mophead.

Then I told the manager where to get a real nice janitor’s mop, with a changeable head.  She went out and got one, even though the cost was $36.  She didn’t want anyone to see me doing the floor on all fours again!!

When the owner got the bill, he about had a stroke.  All that money for handle and two heads!!
He did admit that the new mop is much easier to use with its long handle, and being able to take away the head and run it through the laundry is fine.
They are still using that same mop, two years later.  The money up front must have been worth it.
Here at home, we have a good janitor mop and bucket with wringer, but I don’t use them often enough anymore. tongue rolleye

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