Hi Canie,

I am thrilled to see there is someone on the other side of the world who is sensitive. Last year when I was getting my low back pains for Ocotillo Wells I told a seismologist about this and gave him a full prediction. I actually missed it by 3 hours. I was given rather a bad time about it and decided to just let it go. You can't convince a non-believer unless you can record it on a graph, meter or something else tangible. Its irks me to be honest.

However, like fine wine, in time some things seem to come of age, and earthquake sensitivity seems to be making the global rounds these days with more and more acceptance. I am so glad that I can be considered almost normal.

Speaking of which, I had another one of my novel experiences with machinery yesterday. I thought I'd use the drive up teller window as no one was there. I hadn't used it before, so I drove up. I extracted the canister from the little holder and at first was puzzled because neither end of the canister opened. Then I saw it opened in the middle. So I put in my papers and tried to put it back into the holder. Its was most difficult as it wouldn't go into the location from whence it came. I tried several times and it just wouldn't go in there. Much like trying to put a round peg into a square hole. It was very perplexing. So I pushed the button for the teller and asked her what was going on. How is it that the canister is larger than the hole. She told me to do it differently, so I turned it sideways, and that was less likely to work. No, she says, horizontally, and it wouldn't fit. Then I tried tipping it just a bit and that's when it fit. One has to insert part of the canister into the tube in which it goes in order for it to fit. Golly, all of that just to make a deposit. I don't care much for ATM machines as I don't trust them, so now I know how the canister fits and how to walk into the bank, so I think I'll be alright from now on. *smile*

Pat