This is the sort of day that I really like. Sunny, but cool, light breeze, and I’m off work! Unfortunately, the last part was not true. I still could enjoy it on the way to work, and at lunch, and on the way home. Tomorrow on the other hand, I plan to take advantage of all aspects of a picture-perfect late-summer day by being off work. K. D. Parfitt & Sons Construction plan to install rafters on our one-and-a-half-story “addition”. I call it a quote-unquote “addition” because it’s really the main house. We built the addition four years ago. Please notice also that I used the plural verb-form of “plan” when referring to the activities of K. D. Parfitt & Sons because it is the proper way in the Queen’s English to refer to an organized body. For example, IBM are going bankrupt. Not that they really are; that was just an example. The stock market doesn’t need any more bad news.
Now, back to rafters. The rafters on our “addition” are fabricated from 22-foot 2x12s. I would like to get the roof on and the windows and doors installed before my next entry which will be titled “A Picture-Perfect Late-Autumn Day”.
Sincerely Yours,
Kenneth Parfitt
Wow, that was random! I’m glad you enjoyed your day. I hope you get a lot done on the house today.
I learned something I didn’t know today, by reading your blog–the proper use of the Queen’s English regarding plural verb forms. Now if I can only master Castillian.
Oops! I meant Castilian!!
Of course, in Latin America, they may refer to it as castellano!! (there are real debates about the term castellano, castilian, vs. espanol (if anyone really cares).