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Butch Furse
This column may be a little (or a lot shorter) than previous columns. I took a tumble this week and injured a shoulder, thus also affecting the use of the right arm and fingers. My computer keyboarding is now pretty slow with the limited use of my right hand fingers. In fact, right now the way I figure I’m hitting about 10 words per minute.
The Betterhalf has observed my predicament, and of course, threw out a few humor-laced remarks related to my typing speed. She was an administrative secretary in her younger years so she knows about typing speed and accuracy.
Indirectly, I’ve been getting even with her because she has to drive places and help me dress when shirt buttoning is required. I can’t say I was delighted with the past week’s heavy snowfall, but it did give me a break. The Betterhalf learned to run the snow blower and I learned to snow blow handling the machine with one arm and what a team we made... and what a sight that must have been for the neighborhood. It must have been a “sympathetic sight” because two of our neighbors came over to give us a much-appreciated assist.
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A southern newspaper reports the case of a man who was defeated ignominiously when he ran for sheriff.
He got 55 votes out of a total 3,500, and the next day he walked down Main Street with two guns hanging from his belt.
“You were not elected, and you have no right to carry guns,” fellow-citizens told him.
“Listen folks,” he replied, “a man with no more friends than I’ve got in this county needs to carry guns.”
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Sometimes you only get one chance to put aside your pride and say humbly, “I was wrong;” to explain a misunderstanding that, if ignored, would sour a friendship; to hear what a child very much needs to tell you; to defend a person when slighting remarks are made against him; to accept a shy but sincere offer of friendship; and to stand up and be counted when you won’t agree with the crowd.
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More than the clothes in your wardrobe, or even the way you do your hair... your most important fashion accessory is the expression you wear.
RL Furse is publisher emeritus of the News-Register
