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Butch Furse
Spring has arrived and while my thoughts of maybe only one more snow, the Betterhalf brought up a subject to me that throughout the winter months that subject previously had fallen on my deaf ears. She said, “You need some new clothes!”
Now this comment came just as she just laid down a women’s fashion magazine she had been reading and began to cite the inventory in my clothes closet. She rattled a list that included two pair of khaki pants with the frayed cuffs, a couple of pairs faded jeans, four casual shirts and a few sweaters.
Numerous times during the winter the issue had been sidestepped mainly because the coronavirus was my excuse to avoid crowds. Now that we’ve completed our virus shots the Betterhalf wasn’t fooling me and denied my accusation that she was the one who wanted to go shopping.
I stressed my point telling her that I had noticed she had been reading that spring fashion magazine and emphasized my observation. I built my case by saying I was sure she already had fashions similar to the 2021 styles hanging in her two closets and the one in the basement.
My case crashed quickly on the Betterhalf’s barrage as she made counterpoint after counterpoint.
“You are always saying I have too many clothes, but what I do have hanging in those closets has come back in style . . . plus they still fit me . . . and I never have had a garage sale!” She then continued by adding her final bombshell, “Sometimes YOU dress like a bum!”
I could see my case was shot a few days later when a couple from Lincoln called and wanted us to join them there within the next week for lunch. So what’s the difference – spending a few dollars for clothes or dollars for a meal?
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The City of Omaha is looking into the future and feels one of the key factors is the upgrading of the city’s transportation system in those future years by getting people out of their cars and developing new ways to move around the city. In addition to buses a potential streetcar project for certain areas is on the table.
We recall when Omaha streetcars were common in the early 1950’s. Who says history can’t repeat itself?
RL Furse is publisher emeritus of the News-Register
