Things I worry about but have no control over – Mary Carton Part I

Mary Carton

Editor’s note: Mary Carton, one of our favorite correspondents, worries about a lot of stuff. We don’t know why; don’t have a clue. But she does. Worry, worry, worry… Here’s a small sample: Things I worry about but have no control over.-Mary Carton   Why do wiper blades wear out on driver side first even though they get the same wear as the passenger side?

Levi, Patches, Blackie – “The Hooligans”

Why do my three hooligans stand and paw at walk through door on the barn at feeding time, trying to rush me to open it instead of going through the doggie door? They are in such a rush for me to feed them, but when it’s finally time they start chasing birds or looking for mice.

Patches

If you’ve been away someplace and petted another dog, your’s act like you’ve been cheating on them when you get home.  They give you the “Look”. Why do dogs think they can chase and catch a bird that’s on a power line? The lights on Court Street are not synchronized. You get caught at each and every light between Veterans and Tennessee St and beyond. 1. The car behind you passes you on left then pulls back in front of you stops and makes a right turn even if you are going the speed limit.  Most times they don’t signal. What’s the rush? 2. You are in the left lane and the car in right lane will pull over into your lane when turning right. 3. Why do people who drive in the left lane ten or fifteen miles under the speed limit find it necessary to spend money painting a sign on the back of their vehicle asking the driver behind them to stop tailgating?  I have a novel idea, why can’t they drive in the right lane?  Maybe the tailgating will stop. 4. On the other hand, why does a driver tailgate the car in front of them even though that driver is going five to ten miles above the speed limit?  They continue the tailgating even though the police have radar set up.  Why should the driver in front get a speeding ticket? 5.This is for the driver in front of you who keeps tapping their brakes, then stops and makes a right turn.  Don’t you know where your signal lever is?  Just because you know you’re stopping and making a turn, the driver behind you is not a mind reader.   I’ve named the condition “dis-signalitis”.  It is the inability of the brain to tell the driver’s hand to reach up and grasp the signal lever. Why do certain phrases gets you wondering about a name or a place and the question just keeps going around and around in your head?  Recently I went into Foodland in Tuscumbia looking for peppermint tea for the congestion I had from the flu.  I couldn’t find it and asked one of the employees if they had it and was told that they only carry it on “special occasions” such as Christmas.   Special occasions?  Now what was the name of the two sisters on the Andy Griffith show who had the moonshine still and only made and sold the recipe on “special occasions”?  I worried about that for two days and asked several of my co-workers who grew up watching the show their names and got them wondering also.  What did you do pre-Google days? Why do certain songs just get stuck in your head and keep playing and playing and won’t go away?  Every time I hear the song “Sweet Caroline” and ‘Flying Purple People Eaters”  it hangs around for days.  Now I’ve done it.  I’ll have Neil Diamond and Shep Woolie singing in my head all night and the next couple of days.  A certain Willie Nelson song does also.  I’m not a Willie or fan of country music, so I’m not going to think or mention the name of the song. I refuse to have that song circling around in my head.   I recently found out there is a scientific name for the condition.  It’s called an ear-worm. When rain is threatening, why does it hold off just until you get into the parking lot at work, then the bottom falls out? As a Microbiologist by trade, why can’t people wash their hands after using the restroom in a restaurant?   That health department sign if for everybody.  You go to the buffet and grab a spoon and get what ever is on your hand on the spoon. Then it passes to the next users hand and gets on their food.  Afterwards the restaurant gets blamed for a food borne outbreak. Want more? Mary’s worries, Part II, runs tomorrow!