Home from down 'e ocean, Hon (good bye ghost!)

(Yes, we had a ghost!)

Well, we are back home after three weeks at the ocean. It was an interesting time. The first week was "biker week".. with 100,000 motorcycle guys descending upon the town. They were everywhere 24 hours a day. It was an adventure trying to drive down the main drag without hitting any of them. One was hit a block ahead of me and clothing was strewn all over the highway.

The next week was "Sunfest" week... Elaine was able to see the "Village People" and also to buy lots and lots of special stuff at the little shops.

The last week was a bit quiet.. lots and lots of fisherguys with trucks parading up and down the sand. I did not see any of the surf fishers catch anything, but that isn't the real reason they are there anyway. Of course, it is to get away from the wife for a few hours.

Our big fun this three weeks was dealing with the "micro ghost." The first morning there, we put Elaine's coffee into the microwave to be zapped. After taking the heated coffee out, the microwave decided to start up again, on its own. It did this over and over for a long time, until I pulled the plug.

When I plugged in again to heat something, it immediately began to heat for 4minutes and 59 seconds. I put water in a cup and placed it in the microwave oven. The micro "ghost" began to heat it for 7 minutes and 45 seconds, on its own.

The next time, it was quiet for a while and let me heat something. After about an hour, it went: beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, and different numbers appeared on the dial. It settled on 2 minutes and took off. After two minutes, it went for two minutes again. After a few iterations, it started its strange beeps again and gave us a cute little melody. I pulled the plug.

For three weeks we suffered the playful vagaries of the "micro ghost". (It was kind of fun, not knowing what the damn thing was going to do next.) The owner, Rose, was contacted and warned about the ghost... I could tell that she didn't really believe me... but, since she showed up just as we were leaving.. I'm sure she got the ghost's treatment. I'll have to call her and find out.

Even though it gave us a few laughs, it was nice to come home to a rational, conservative microwave.

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