{"id":93,"date":"2005-12-25T16:20:24","date_gmt":"2005-12-25T21:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/?p=93"},"modified":"2007-04-27T12:39:34","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T17:39:34","slug":"lost-an-old-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"Lost An Old Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Up<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas to all. Also Happy Hanukah to our Jewish friends. To the rest of you, Happy Retailers Solvency Day.<\/p>\n

As to the title of the e-mail…No, it’s not a person. If you know me well, you’re probably not surprised when I tell you it’s a toenail. Many of you will remember, but for those who don’t, last year in February I was running on my Sunday long run when a car came up on the curb right at me. I kept my eyes on him to make sure I didn’t get hit, failed to see a raised part of the sidewalk, and stubbed my toe.<\/p>\n

The big toe on my left foot turned black after a couple of days. I got used to it and it was my “runner’s toe”. It’s a badge of courage among runners and tells real runners that you too are obsessed by running. They say it takes about a year for a toenail to grow out. This last week, I clipped the last of the black nail. I’m no longer in “the die hard runner’s group”. I feel like I’ve been booted from the club. It feels like I’ve lost an old friend. Who Knows? Maybe it will happen again\u00c2\u00a0and I’ll be in the loop.<\/p>\n

Jean and I ran this morning…I went six and a half and Jean went just enough\u00c2\u00a0more to say she ran farther than me. It’s that competitive spirit that she has and I don’t. It was warm (mid sixties) and humid so we whined just a bit about the weather. I’ll turn Jean into a “weather pansy” before you know it.<\/p>\n

I’ve attached a picture of me watching TV on my last trip to Michigan. I looked at the thermostat through my frosted glasses and it was set at 57 degrees. It’s fine if you’re working up a storm, but you get a little chilly just sitting. Jean says if you dress appropriately you won’t get cold.<\/p>\n

When she got down here, it was about 60 so she took a chill. She had me turn on the heater in the car on the way back from the airport. I was so hot I thought I’d pass out. Apparently her heat threshold changes depending on who pays the bill.<\/p>\n

Ta Ta<\/p>\n

Just (Maybe The Last E-Mail\u00c2\u00a0of The Year) Jack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00c2\u00a0 Merry Christmas to all. Also Happy Hanukah to our Jewish friends. To the rest of you, Happy Retailers Solvency Day. As to the title of the e-mail…No, it’s not a person. If you know me well, you’re probably not surprised when I tell you it’s a toenail. Many of you will remember, but for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories-with-pictures","category-weekly-email"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jackswriting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}