Way Back Machine 1996

Weiss Family Chronology 1ST Q 1996

JAN  03   ANN AND BETH HAVE ARGUMENT ON WHO WILL GET TO HAVE GIN (OUR CAT) SLEEP WITH THEM.

JAN  04   STATE OF MARYLAND ACTUALLY GIVES ME A BREAK ON MY CAR. BY PHONE THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEND ME A 6-MONTH WAIVER (CAR FAILED HC PART OF THE EMISSIONS TEST).

JAN  06   SNOW BEGINS (I HAD RECEIVED E-MAIL ON THIS POTENTIAL STORM SINCE 1/3). FORECAST IS FOR 18"-24" TOTAL. GEORGE ASKS, "DO YOU THINK WE CAN COUNT ON A 2-HOUR DELAY ON MONDAY (1/8) SCHOOL OPENING?".

JAN  07   WITH 12" OF SNOW ON GROUND BY NOON, FORECAST IS FOR 24"-30" OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM. REAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, (SNOW, WIND OVER 25 MPH, TEMPERATURE UNDER 20°F, LOW VISIBILITY) FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS DAY AND NEXT. MAYOR OF D.C. PROMISES SNOW REMOVAL BY MONDAY (JAN 08).

JAN  08   FED GOVT CLOSES IN DC.; SCHOOL CANCELLED (PROB FOR THE WEEK). I HAD TO CANCEL MY TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS (AIRPORT HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE EARLY JAN 7 AND WON'T OPEN UNTIL AT LEAST NOON ON JAN 9). SNOW IN FRONT YARD PROBABLY AVERAGES ABOUT 24" BUT HAS DRIFTED.  GEORGE FALLS ON HARDWOOD STAIRS OVER 6 TIMES IN ONE DAY. STREET IS UNPLOWED AND SNOW IS TOO DEEP FOR SLEDDING.

JAN  09   STREET FINALLY PLOWED A LITTLE, (SLEDDING BEGINS). 3" MORE SNOW FALLS.  TOOK SOME PICTURES. GEORGE OPENED CAMERA BY 'ACCIDENT'. WE'LL SEE HOW STUFF CAME OUT.

JAN  10   SNOW FOR 5TH DAY IN A ROW. BETH STATES THAT HER NEW CAREER AMBITION IS TO DRIVE A SNOWPLOW. BETH, GEORGE AND I WALK TO LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER. BETH SCARED CAT BY LETTING HER SNIFF IMITATION BRANDY.

JAN  11   FED GOVT OPENS. COMMUTING DISASTER. TRAFFIC SNARLED ALL DAY, TRAINS OVERCROWDED AND BREAKING DOWN. D.C. GOVT ADMITS THAT 60% OF THEIR EQUIPMENT IS INOPERABLE.

     Real Computer Story - while I was out I had set my work computer to respond to all electronic messages with a return message that I was gone.  Another person down the hall had set his computer likewise, he had also set his computer to automatically forward electronic newsletters to me. So while both of us were gone and our machines turned off, our digitable shadows carried on quite a nice electronic conversation in the cyberspace of the file server. Who needs people or even computers?

JAN  12   5" MORE SNOW. FED GOVT CLOSES AGAIN.

JAN  14   PICKING UP GEORGE AFTER HIS B-MITZVAH CLASS I ASKED:

     M - WHAT DID THE RABBI TALK ABOUT

     G - MOSTLY ABOUT THE POPULATION OF THE EARTH

     M - SO WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF THE EARTH

     G - BEATS ME.

JAN  14   BATTERY IN GEO METRO FAILS (COLD TEMPS DID IT IN).

JAN  14-15 BEN GOLDSTEIN (G'S FRIEND) VISITS.

JAN  15   THIS IS THE 4TH MONDAY IN A ROW WITHOUT NEWSPAPER AND RECYCLE PICK UP (3 HOLIDAYS AND A SNOWSTORM).

JAN  15   ERRAND DAY IS TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE. ALMOST 1 HOUR TO DRIVE 4 MILES. ON 4TH DESTINATION, I WAS GETTING A NEW BATTERY (SEARS IN MONTGOMERY MALL). BETH VOLUNTEERED TO GO TO HECHT AND PICK UP MY RECENTLY ALTERED SUIT. SHE DID. THEY GAVE HER THE WRONG SUIT HECHT EMPLOYEE IS TO STOP BY TONITE AND PICK IT UP, MINE WON'T BE READY UNTIL JAN 17).

JAN  17   IN A.M. GEORGE ALMOST MISSES BUS, GETS DRIVER'S ATTENTION FROM BEHIND BY JUMPING AND WAVING ARMS.  IN P.M. AFTER SCHOOL, BETH TELLS GEORGE TO COOK AN EGG BY PUTTING IT IN WATER IN A STYROFOAM CUP AND PLACING IT ON MICROWAVE FOR 5 MINUTES. THE EGG EXPLODED AT ABOUT 4 MINUTES, BLEW OPEN THE MICROWAVE DOOR AND FLEW INTO GEORGE'S FACE CAUSING A CUT, A BRUISE AND A BURN.  D.C. SNOW STILL NOT REMOVED, TRAFFIC REMAINS NIGHTMARE.

JAN  18   WARM WEATHER HITS. BETH DRIVES HOME FROM ORIENTATION FOR AN ANIMAL GROOMING JOB IN ZERO VISIBILITY FOG.

JAN  19   WARM IN AM. ALMOST 2' OF SNOW MELT IN 32 HOURS, THEN IT TURNS COLD AND BY MIDNIGHT THE RUNOFF HAD REFROZEN.

JAN  19   BRENT PRICE (WASHINGTON BULLETS!!) MAKES 13 THREE POINT SHOTS IN A ROW OVER A 4 GAME PERIOD BREAKING THE NBA RECORD OF 11.

JAN  19-20 BETH IN BALTIMORE, ACTUALLY HOME AT 1AM ON JAN 21.

JAN  20   RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT AND RAIN FLOODING AND FREEZING NUMEROUS LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS, CLOSING ROADS, ETC. WITH BIG ICE CHUNKS SETTING ON NATIONAL MONUMENTS. MEANWHILE IN TOWER AND EMBARRASS, TWO TOWNS ABOUT 60 MILES N OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA, LOW TEMPERATURE WAS -57°F (REALLY!).

JAN  21   BETH HAS HER FIRST PART TIME JOB FOR A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS. MOST OF HER TIME WAS SPENT REMOVING WASTE FROM AND CLEANING ANIMAL CAGES AT A DOG AND CAT BOARDING/GROOMING SHOP.

JAN  28   PEOPLE OVER FOR SUPERBOWL (DAVE G, JERRY BERG, DJR, WALRUS & ROBIN). 

JAN  29   SWITCHED PHONE COMPANIES. GTE-SPRINT PAID ME $100 TO GO OVER. THAT'S LONG DISTANCE SERVICE FOR 3 MONTHS.

JAN  30   TWO HOOK AND LADDER FIRE TRUCKS COLLIDE ON THE WAY TO A BLAZE, PUTTING 7 FIREFIGHTERS IN THE HOSPITAL, DAMAGING A HOUSE, A LAMPPOST, ANOTHER CAR AND A STONE WALL.

JAN  31   AT&T CALLS AND WANTS ME TO REJOIN THEIR SERVICE. I TOLD THEM I WOULD IF THE CHIEF EXEC OFFICER WOULD RESIGN, WOULD REQUEST THE REST OF THE BOARD TO DO SO AS WELL AND PUBLICLY ADMIT HE COST SHAREHOLDERS AND EMPLOYEES $2 BILLION BY MISMANAGING THE PREVIOUS RESTRUCTURING AND THE SUBSEQUENT AT&T TAKEOVER OF NCR. AT&T REFUSED MY GENEROUS OFFER SO I REFUSED THEIRS.

FEB  01-04 BETH SKIING TRIP TO W. MARYLAND.

FEB  01   FREEZING RAIN OVER SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE MILES FROM OLD MEXICO S OF LAREDO, TEX TO ATLANTA.

FEB  02   ANOTHER DAY OFF SCHOOL FOR SNOW.

FEB  03   TOWER, MINN REACHES -60°F, AN ALL TIME STATE RECORD.

FEB  13   CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE ABOUT HOMEWORK:

     M - SO, YOU HAVE A BIG VOCABULARY TEST RIGHT?

     G - RIGHT.

     M - THEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO STUDY A LOT FOR IT.

     G - NO, BECAUSE I HAVE WORK IN ONE OF MY OTHER SUBJECTS.

     M - THEN WHY AREN'T YOU WORKING ON THEM NOW.

     G - BECAUSE I'M WATCHING TV NOW.

FEB  14-15 M IN MEMPHIS, TN RETURNING ABOUT DINNER TIME ON 15TH.

FEB  15  BETH GOES TO PARTY A RESTAURANT. CALLS ABOUT 10PM AND TELLS ME TO PICK HER UP BUT DOESN'T TELL ME SHE HAD LEFT THE RESTAURANT AND WAS 6 MILES AWAY AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE.

FEB  15   AT 10 PM, FORECAST FOR 16TH IS FOR 1-2" OF SNOW, BY 11 PM FORECAST WAS FOR 2-4".  BY 6 AM FEB 16TH, SCHOOLS CLOSED, 2" ALREADY GROUND AND FORECAST WAS FOR 3-6". BY NOON, 5" ON GROUND AND FORECAST WAS 6-10".  BY 2PM, FORECAST WAS FOR 8-14".  SNOW WAS 6" AT OUR HOUSE - ABOUT 14" IN BALTIMORE. CITIES FROM LYNCHBURG, VA TO HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT NOW AT ALL TIME SEASONAL SNOWFALL RECORD.

FEB  17-18 G AT SAMMY MOORE'S HOUSE. BETH HAS CHAVA OVER HERE.

FEB  18-19 BETH AT McGWIRE'S HOUSE. G AND I PLAY KLABBERJAST (LIECHTENSTEIN CARD GAME) FOR FIRST TIME. 

FEB  20   BATTERY INSTALLED JAN 15 FAILS. THIS PARKING PAD MUST HAVE A CURSE ON IT - OR ELSE ITS THE HIGH VOLTAGE PEPCO TRANSMISSION LINE THAT ABUTS OUR LOT.

FEB  21   MIAMI BEATS PHILADELPHIA 66-57 .  LOWEST SCORE SINCE FEB 27, 1955 (BOSTON 62 MILWAUKEE 57).

FEB  23   5TH DAY IN A ROW WITH HEAVY FOG.

FEB  27  GOT AROUND TO RETURNING THE FAILED BATTERY. SEARS JUST TOOK ANOTHER ONE OFF THE SHELF.

MAR  02   MORE SNOW. PROBABLY 7TH SATURDAY OF THE WINTER WITH SNOW.

MAR  03   BETH DRIVES ON BELTWAY FIRST TIME (SUNDAY LIGHT TRAFFIC).

MAR  05   ELECTION DAY - SCHOOLS CLOSED. BETH TAKES 4 BUS AND 5 METRORAIL TRIPS TO VISIT PEOPLE, MEET ANN, GO TO EYE DOCTOR AND RETURN HOME - SHE FAILS ASLEEP AT 4PM.

MAR  05   IN KLABBERJAST (CENTRAL EUROPEAN CARD GAME), GEORGE LEADING MARTIN 416 - 65 SCHMEISes IN 1ST POSITION, FORCED TO PICK, LOSES HAND 170 - 0. STILL WINS GAME 500+ - 261.

MAR  07   ANOTHER SN0WSTORM, BEL0W 0°F WIND CHILL, SCHOOLS CLOSED ON MAR 08.

MAR  08-09 G IN SILVER SPRING FOR B-MITZVAH OF A FRIEND.

MAR  09   BETH AND HER FRIEND AISHA MEET AT MONTGOMERY MALL. BETH BRINGS ONE OF TWO SHIRT (COULDN'T FIND THE OTHER ONE) THAT AISHA HAD LEFT AT OUR HOUSE 18 MONTHS AGO (AISHA HAD BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY SINCE).

MAR  12  PIPE BURST IN COUNTY. NINE SCHOOLS CLOSE EARLY, INCLUDING B & G'S SCHOOL. THE WATER COMPANY FIXED THE PIPE AND PUT SOME CHEMICALS IN TO REMOVE ANY BACTERIA.  THEY THEN TOLD THE PUBLIC THAT IT WAS OK TO DRINK THE WATER BUT NOT TO USE IT TO WASH CLOTHES. VERY REASSURING!

MAR  13   SIX PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A KNIFE FIGHT AT A LOCAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DURING A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO FAMILIES THAT HAD COME TO THE SCHOOL TO SETTLE AN EARLIER DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO STUDENTS.

MAR  18-20 M IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. TEMPERATURE IN 70s AND 80s. M GETS A COLD WHILE THERE.  SAW NICE FULL LENGTH LEATHER COAT FOR ONLY $150. TEMPTED BUT DIDN'T BUY.

MAR  21   SNOW FLURRIES IN AM. GEORGE GETS DIZZY AT SCHOOL. M BRINGS HIM HOME.

MAR  24   TOOK KIDS OUT TO SEE COMET. LOOKED LIKE FUZZY BALL, DISAPPOINTMENT. HOWEVER, THE MOON HAD A BLUE TINGE THAT WAS ODD. G ASKED WHY THE BLUE TINGE. I RESPONDED THAT SOMEBODY MUST BE HAVING A BARBEQUE.  FINISHED UP GEORGE'S SCIENCE PROJECT - SOIL STRENGTH. HE TESTED A GEO TEXTILE ON SATURATED SILTY CLAY.

MAR  25   COMET STILL A FUZZY BALL. M GOES TO SALEM VIRGINIA FOR MEETING.  HOME SAME DAY AT 830 PM.  GOVT WON'T PAY FOR MEALS SINCE I DIDN'T EAT SUPPER OUT. HAD I HAD A CRACKER FOR SUPPER THEY WOULD HAVE PAID $28 FOR PARTIAL PER DIEM.

MAR  26   GEO WON'T START. HAVE TO TAKE FORD TO GEORGE'S SCIENCE FAIR IN EVENING. 

MAR  27   GEO WORKING FINE AGAIN. MARTIN TESTS POSITIVE FOR STREP.  PROBABLY EVERY ONE AT MEETING ON MAR 25 GOT HEAVY DOSE OF GERM EXPOSURE.

MAR  28  SNOW IN AM.  M FINISHES 5 SETS OF TAXES (FED, VA AND MD FOR ANN AND MARTIN PLUS FED FOR GEORGE AND BETH.  GEORGE'S WAS THE HARDEST BECAUSE OF CAPITAL GAINS ON AN UNDER 14 YEAR OLD'S TAXES.

MAR  29   SNOW IN AM AGAIN.

MAR  31   MADE $253k OFFER ON A NEARBY HOUSE.

Weiss Family Chronology 2nd Q 1996

APR  01   OWNERS COUNTER OFFER ON HOUSE (WE MADE OFFER, MARCH 31.

APR  02   WE MAKE COUNTER-COUNTER OFFER AND IT IS ACCEPTED.

              Address of new house is:

              8211 Postoak Rd.

              Potomac, Maryland 20854

    

APR  03   RUSHING HOME FOR PASSOVER, M LEAVES $66 WORTH OF METRORAIL TICKETS IN POCKET WHEN PUTTING SHIRT IN LAUNDRY. TICKETS SHREDDED IN WASHER/DRYER.

APR  04  BETH FINDS $500 SAVING BOND (FROM K. LINDSEY).  BETH HAD MISPLACED IN AUG 95.

APR  06  MORE SNOW AND SLEET. 

APR  09   MORE SNOW AND RAIN.  BASEBALL GAME IN BALTIMORE IS POSTPONED.  THE ONE IN NEW YORK IS PLAYED IN SNOW.

APR  11   PASSOVER ENDS. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE HAVE NO MATZO LEFTOVERS.  HOWEVER, WE HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN UNOPENED BOXES OF MIX, STARCH, ETC. 

APR  11   AT 9PM, WE APPLY FOR FINANCING ON HOUSE.

APR  11   AT 10:30 PM, M GOES TO SAFEWAY TO BUY BREAD, ETC. CHARGES GROCERIES ON 'DISCOVER' AND ASKS FOR $30 BACK. CLERK FORGETS TO GIVE HIM THE MONEY. M FORGETS TO ASK AGAIN.

APR  13   BASEBALL GAME IN DENVER POSTPONED FOR SNOW.

APR  14   M GOES BACK TO SAFEWAY AND DISCUSSES THE APR 11 EVENT. THE MANAGER WENT TO HIS OFFICE, PUNCHED SOME KEYS AND SAID, "YEP, WE TOOK IN ABOUT $30 OVER LAST THURSDAY." AND GAVE M $30 - NO PAPERWORK.

APR  17   WASHINGTON BULLETS SUFFER 7TH INJURY TO A STARTER (WEBBER PF - 65 games, PRICE PG - 70 games, PACK PG - 65 games, WALLACE SF, MURESAN C, MACILVAINE C AND LEGLER SG).

APR  18   JUST BEFORE GETTING IN,  ANN NOTICES GEORGE'S SHOES.

     A -  TIE YOUR SHOES BEFORE YOU TRIP.

     G - MOM. IT'S ONLY 4 FEET TO THE DOOR.

     A -  SO.

     G -  I'M JUST ABOUT TO TAKE OFF MY SHOES...OOPS (HE TRIPPED).

APR  20   HAD 3 NICE 4 HANDED CRIBBAGE GAMES HERE. BETH, GEORGE, BETH'S FRIEND ELEANOR, AND MIKE POSTAL (NEIGHBOR/FRIEND).

APR  21   BETH GETS BOOKBAG TAKEN (SUNDAY STUDY SESSION).  THE THIEF OR PRANKSTER TOOK ALL HER THINGS OUT (INCLUDING MONEY AND KEYS) AND PILED THEM NEATLY ON THE GROUND.

APR  21   CHICAGO BULLS WIN 72nd GAME OF SEASON - PREVIOUS HIGH WIN TOTAL FOR A BASKETBALL TEAM WAS 67.

APR  21   BRADY ANDERSON (OF BALTIMORE) HITS HR TO LEAD OFF FOR THE 4TH GAME IN A ROW.  IN ALL 4 GAMES, BALTIMORE HAS LOST.

APR  21   IRWIN, CHERYL, M'S MOM AND 4 OF US AT DINNER IN BALTIMORE AT A PERSIAN-CHINESE-AMERICAN KOSHER RESTAURANT.

APR  22   POSSIBLY DISTURBED BY THE BOOK BAG INCIDENT (ALSO w/o STUDYING), BETH FAILS MD DRIVER'S PERMIT WRITTEN TEST. 

APR  23   DINNER CONVERSATION

     ANN- I'M GOING TO BUY A WATCH THIS WEEK.

     M -  BETH, DIDN'T YOU LOAN YOUR MOM ONE OF YOUR WATCHES? 

     B -  NO.

     M - WHY NOT?

     B - BECAUSE 2 OF THEM ARE BROKEN, 2 ARE MISSING AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OTHER 4 ARE.

     M -  ?????

APR  24   MINN BEATS DETROIT 24-11, MOST RUNS IN A GAME SINCE PHIL BEAT CHI 23-22 ON MAY 17, 1979. MOST RUNS SCORED AGAINST DETROIT SINCE PHILADELPHIA SCORED 24-2 VICTORY ON MAY 18, 1912 IN A GAME WHEN THE DETROIT REGULARS WERE ON STRIKE.

APR  27   MIDDAY SOME GIRLS SHOWED UP AT OUR DOOR. THEY WERE CLEAN CUT, WEARING LONG SKIRTS AND NO MAKE UP SO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE FROM SOME OF BETH'S HEBREW ACADEMY FRIENDS.  THEY WERE MORMONS - LOOKING FOR CONVERTS.

APR  29   FIRST TIME EVER THAT KIDS HAVE TAKEN TRASH & RECYCLING TO THE CURB (G) AND TAKEN EMPTY CONTAINS BACK (B) BY THEMSELVES. IT WAS SPOILED THOUGH AT SUPPER WHEN (WITH ONLY 25 MINUTES LEFT UNTIL DRUG STORE CLOSED) G REMEMBERED THAT HE NEEDED A NEW PROTRACTOR THAT EVENING.

APR  30   SEATTLE FINISHES APRIL WITH 44 TEAM HRs, MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD; BALTIMORE LOSES TO NEW YORK 13-10 IN 9-INNING, RECORD LONG 4:21 HOUR GAME - BALTIMORE LOST A 26-7 4:15 9-INNING GAME APR 18 (TEXAS SCORED 16 RUNS IN THE 8TH INNING).  THE RECORD HAD BEEN 4:18 HOURS ON OCT 2, 1962 (LOS ANGELES OVER SAN FRANCISCO).  JEFF KING OF PITTSBURGH BECOMES ONLY 3RD PLAYER TO TWICE HIT 2 HRs IN A INNING (HE HAD DONE SO AUG 8, 1995 VS SAN FRANCISCO AND THIS TIME VS CINCINNATI). OTHER PLAYERS TO DO THIS WERE WILLIE McCOVEY (73 & 77) AND ANDRE DAWSON (78 & 85).

APR  30 - MAY 1  M IN MEMPHIS AGAIN (4TH TIME IN 10 MONTHS).

MAY  04   B AND G SEE A 'GIANT' BUG, SUPPOSEDLY AS BIG AS A DINNER PLATE. M CAN'T FIND IT.

MAY  04   DURING A PAMELA ANDERSON LEE PROFILE ON TV, G SAYS (UNPROMPTED), "I DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE COULD THINK A GIRL THAT OLD COULD BE PRETTY."

MAY  07 G - WHEN I'M A SUCCESSFUL SCREENWRITER, I CAN LIVE              WHEREVER I WANT.

        M - BUT  HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE A SCREENWRITER WHEN YOU             DON'T LIKE TO WRITE AND DON'T EVER WRITE ANYTHING?

        G - I DO LIKE TO WRITE. I JUST DON'T WRITE ANYTHING             BECAUSE... WELL, BECAUSE.

MAY  08   BETH NEEDS TO DO A RESEARCH PAPER ON SOME SUBJECT IN PHYSICS. SHE ASKED ME (INDIRECTLY) TO HELP:

        B - DAD, IS THERE ANYTHING PRACTICAL ABOUT QUANTUM THEORY?

        M - NOT REALLY, UNLESS YOU HAVE AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.

        B - WELL IS THERE ANYTHING PRACTICAL ABOUT X-RAYS?

        M - MEDICINE AND ASTRONOMY.

        B - ANYTHING MORE INTERESTING THAN THAT?

        M - THEY MAY BE USED IN WEAPONS SOME DAY TO KILL PEOPLE              WHILE LEAVING BUILDINGS UNHURT.

        B - REALLY! COOL! I'LL DO RESEARCH ON THAT.

MAY  08   GEORGE, WATCHING ATLANTA-COLORADO BASEBALL GAME ON TV.

        G - WHY ARE THEY BATTING KLESKO 6TH AND LOPEZ 7TH.

        M - MAYBE BECAUSE ONE BATS LEFT AND ANOTHER RIGHT.

        G - SO WHAT.

        M - I'M SURE THE ATLANTA MANAGER HAS A GOOD REASON.

        G - I DON'T THINK BOBBY COX KNOWS MUCH ABOUT BASEBALL.

        M - BUT DIDN'T HIS TEAM WIN THE WORLD SERIES LAST YEAR.

        G - OH YEAH. NEVERMIND.

MAY  12   BETH INTRODUCES ME TO HER CAT FRIENDS AROUND THE CORNER AFTER FIRST WARNING ME NOT TO INSULT THEM AS IT WOULD HURT THEIR FEELINGS.  THE OWNERS LEAVE A WINDOW OPEN SO THE CATS CAN GET IN AND OUT FROM THE 2ND FLOOR TO A GARAGE ROOF, THEN DOWN A TREE. ALSO TODAY, SNOW IN NY AND NEW ENGLAND. G'S SOFTBALL SEASON ENDS WITH A TOURNAMENT.

MAY  13   GEORGE GETS BRACES (AGAIN) THEN DENTAL SURGERY TO LASSO  (W STEEL) TOOTH TO BRACES) THAT HAD BEEN GROWING SIDEWAYS (INSTEAD OF UP AND DOWN). SURGERY (LOCAL ANESTHETIC ONLY) TOOK ALMOST 2 HOURS WITH LOTS OF BONE REMOVED BUT OTHERWISE OK. GEORGE ON PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDICATION.

MAY  14   EDDIE VAN, WASHINGTON DC ENTREPRENEUR AND PHILANTHROPIST, WHO ALMOST SINGLE HANDEDLY FINANCED THE 'JUST-SAY-NO-TO- DRUGS' BASKETBALL LEAGUES FOR 6 YEARS, WAS SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR SELLING CRACK COCAINE FOR THOSE SAME 6 YEARS (DRUG DEALING, APPARENTLY, WAS THE REAL SOURCE OF HIS WEALTH).

MAY  14   HEAVY FROST IN AM.

MAY  17   BALTIMORE BEATS SEATTLE 14-13 (ON A 2 OUT GRAND SLAM HR) IN A 4:20 HR 9-INNING GAME, JUST 1 MINUTE LESS THAN THE RECORD ESTABLISHED 18 DAYS AGO.

MAY  18   THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILS TO COME ON (2-WEEKS AGO ON A LESS HOT DAY WE CHECKED IT AND IT WORKED). LANDLORD NOTIFIED-DOESN'T RETURN CALL.

MAY 19   PURCHASE OF NEW THERMOSTAT (TWICE - PURCHASED WRONG ONE 1ST TIME).  WHILE STARTING TO INSTALL, I REALIZE LEASE COULD BE INTERPRETED TO FORBID ME FROM INSTALLING IT. I CALLED AN EMERGENCY SERVICE AND GAVE HIM THE MODEL TYPE, ETC. AFTER SOME ADDITIONAL INFO, HE SUGGESTED I CHECK TO SEE IF THE FURNACE DOOR WAS SECURELY CLOSED. IT WASN'T. I CLOSED IT. THE AIR CONDITIONER CAME ON. NO CHARGE.

MAY  20   GEORGE GOES TO BALT 13-1 WIN OVER SEATTLE BUT BUYS AN ATLANTA BRAVE HAT AND VOTES FOR 8 BRAVES ON THE ALL STAR CARD. I SUSPECT HIS LOYALTY IS CONNECTED WITH THEIR POLICY OF BROADCASTING EVERY GAME. I PICKED THEM UP FROM BUS POINT AND HAD THEM HOME ABOUT 1230 am MAY 21.

MAY  21   M GETS UP AT 445 am TO CATCH 640 am FLIGHT FOR MEETING IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI (HOME MAY 22).

MAY 23,24 KANSAS CITY PLAYERS BOB HAMELIN AND DAVID HOWARD STEAL HOME ON CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS (vs TEXAS, DETROIT). PROBABLY FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN MANY DECADES.

MAY  23-25 BETH AND GEORGE BOTH VISITING FRIENDS IN SILVER SPRING.

MAY  26   SHAFSKOFT GAME AT BERG'S W DSG, ARS, WALRUS, M & G. ON LAST HAND, I PICKED. G TRIED TO CRACK BUT I TOLD HIM HE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL I BURIED AND CALLED PARTNER. I CALLED J OF DIAMONDS AND TOLD G HE COULD CRACK. HE SAID, "NEVER MIND."

MAY  27   I WAS INTERROGATING BETH AT BREAKFAST.

     M - SO, HOW MANY PAPERS DO YOU HAVE TO DO BY WEDNESDAY?

     B - THREE. BUT I'LL HAVE THEM DONE.

     M - YOU'LL HAVE THEM ALL DONE TODAY?

     B - DON'T YOU HAVE TO GO AWAY THIS WEEK?

MAY  27   G HAS BEEN ASKING TO BUY THE BOARD GAME, 'RISK' FOR TWO WEEKS NOW. ON THE WAY TO THE STORE?

     M - SO ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THE GAME TO (SUMMER) CAMP?

     G - NO. THEY DON'T PLAY IT THERE.

     M - BUT THEN YOU WON'T HAVE BUT TWO WEEKENDS TO PLAY IT.

     G - OK. LET'S BUY A BOOK INSTEAD.

MAY  27   COLDEST MEMORIAL DAY IN MEMORY. HIGH TEMP IN MID 50s WITH RAIN AND DRIZZLE.

MAY  29-JUNE 1 BETH AT CAMP (UNHEATED) IN PENNSYLVANIA. NIGHTTIME TEMPS IN THE 30s MOST MORNINGS.

MAY  30   GEORGE GETS SICK AFTER SCIENCE CLASS FEATURES DISSECTING GRASSHOPPERS SOAKED IN FORMALDEHYDE. I GO PICK HIM UP.

JUNE 02   GINGER (OUR CAT) GOES TO CAT HOSPITAL WITH FEVER & OVER ACTIVE THYROID, ETC.

JUNE 03   GEORGE GOES TO ORTHODONTIST FOR BRACE TIGHTENING.

JUNE 05   GINGER BACK FROM CAT HOSPITAL WITH THYROID, APPETITE PILLS.

JUNE 06   GEORGE BACK TO ORTHODONTIST FOR BRACE LOOSENING (IT WAS BITING INTO HIS SKIN)

JUNE 06   BOSTON'S JOHN VALENTIN HITS FOR CYCLE IN SAME GAME AS BOSTON'S TIM NAEHRING GROUNDS INTO A TRIPLE PLAY IN 7-4 VICTORY OVER CHICAGO.

JUNE 07-09 BETH AND GEORGE AT FRIENDS HOUSES FOR WEEKEND. BETH AND FOUR OF HER FRIENDS SPENT 20 MINUTES DISCUSSING HOW WEIRDLY M ANSWERS THE PHONE.

JUNE 09   RYAN HANCOCK GET 13TH INNING HIT DRIVING IN WINNING RUN VS. CLEVELAND. FIRST CALIFORNIA PITCHER TO GET A HIT SINCE NOLAN RYAN (SEPT 30, 1972 AT THE END OF THE LAST PRE-DH YEAR IN THE AL).

JUNE 13   FOUND OUT OUR LANDLORD HAD SIGNED A NEW TENANT FOR JULY 1. THAT'S THE DAY THE MOVERS ARE COMING FOR OUR HEAVY FURNITURE. DIDN'T EVEN FIND OUT FROM THE LANDLORD. WE FOUND OUT FROM HIS AGENT.

JUNE 13   M AT AM MEETING NEAR FRONT ROYAL, VA. MEETING IN AFTERNOON NEAR LEXINGTON, VA.

JUNE 15   BETH UP UNTIL NEAR MIDNIGHT BEATING EGGS FOR A CAKE. CAME OUT GOOD.

JUNE 18   THE CEREAL BOX I BOUGHT 3 DAYS AGO IS ALMOST GONE. I

     M -  (TO BETH) HAVE YOU BEEN EATING CEREAL FOR A SNACK?

     B -  NO, BUT I DID HAVE TWO BOWLS FOR SUPPER.

     M -  SUPPER??? (M TOOK G TO A PARTY AND WAS ABSENT FOR SUPPER)

     B -  YES. IT HAS A LOT OF SUGAR SO IT WAS SOOOO GOOD, BUT NOW           I FEEL SICK.

JUNE 20   G BACK AT ORTHODONTIST. HE HAD BROKEN A WIRE WHEN HE "RAN" FACE FIRST INTO HIS LOCKER JUNE 17, APPARENTLY AN END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR STUNT.  IT WAS FIXED, BUT FOR HIS NEXT STUNT, HE BROKE A DOWNSTAIRS WINDOW.

JUNE 23   G TO BALTIMORE FOR SUMMER CAMP.

JUNE 24   TORNADOS AND HIGH WINDS COME THROUGH AREA. ELECTRICITY OUT FOR OVER 24 HRS. TREE IN FRONT YARD FALLS ON POWER /PHONE LINE TAKING OUT SIDING, FACING AND GUTTER. METRORAIL DOWN BECAUSE OF DEBRIS ON TRACK.

JUNE 26   ABOUT 4 A.M. G CALLS FROM BALTIMORE. COMMODE STOPPED UP. WANTS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. I TOLD HIM HE WOULD HAVE TO WAKE SOMEONE UP WHO KNOWS HOW TO USE A PLUNGER.

JUNE 26   M GOES TO ATLANTA FOR MEETING, RETURNS SAME DAY.

JUNE 27   IN A.M. M GOES DOWNTOWN TO GET CERTIFIED CHECK, MID DAY WALKTHROUGH OF NEW HOUSE. AT 330 PM SETTLEMENT ON NEW HOUSE.  AT 7 P.M., FIRST TWO CARLOADS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

          Address of new house:

              8211 Postoak Rd.

              Potomac, Maryland 20854

          New phone number is:

          301 294 7479    The alphamemonic is AWI-RIRY

JUNE 28  ABOUT 6 CARLOADS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS, SOME TREE TRIMMING, KEYS MADE. PAINT CONTRACTORS IN TO PAINT STAIRWELL. WORK BEGINS ON KITCHEN. 

JUNE 29   CARPENTER CONTRACTOR STARTS WORK.

JUNE 30   ABOUT A ZILLON CARLOADS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

 

Weiss Family Chronology 3rd Q 1996

Address of new house is:

              8211 Postoak Rd.

              Potomac, Maryland 20854

                   NEW PHONE: 301 294 7479

JULY 01   MOVERS COME. MORE ZILLON CARLOADS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS. BETH AND M FINISH CLEANING OLD HOUSE ABOUT 330 PM.

JULY 02   SOME PICTURES PLACED. MOSTLY KITCHEN WORK.

JULY 03   PUSH REEL MOWER PURCHASED.

JULY 04   COOL DAY - MAX IN 70s. REEL MOWER ASSEMBLED. SEEMS TO WORK.  HAD TO SET IT AT 2.5" CUT TO AVOID IT CHOCKING ON THE APPLES AND TREE BRANCHES. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS (MILLERS) MET. COMPUTER HOOKED UP (NO PHONE JACK YET TO CONNECT TO MODEM). BOUGHT WOOD AND PUT UP ABOUT 100 SQ FT OF STORAGE SPACE IN ATTIC. STORED FIRST 8 BOXES.

JULY 08   PHONE JACK INSTALLED NEAR COMPUTER. E-MAIL FUNCTIONING AGAIN. THIS WAS ALSO THE DAY I MADE 4 TRIPS BETWEEN D.C. AND BALTIMORE: GET GEORGE BRING HIM TO DOCTOR AND BACK TO BALTIMORE.

JULY11-13 M & ANN IN ATLANTIC CITY (SPECIALIZES IN TACKY AND GARISH - ANN DRAWS FLUSH IN VIDEO POKER) AND PRINCETON (SPECIALIZES IN DIGNIFIED AND TASTEFUL) - BOTH IN N.J. WEATHER COOPERATES: GOOD WEATHER 11,12 FOR SIGHT SEEING; HEAVY RAIN NIGHT OF 12-13 (HURRICANE BERTHA); GOOD WEATHER FOR DRIVE BACK HOME (LATE PM THE 13TH).

JULY 12   ANDRES GALARRAGA (COLORADO) HIT BY PITCH 2x IN 7TH INNING (BY PADRES).  TIES RECORD - WILLARD SCHMIDT, CINCINNATI (APR 26, 1959); FRANK THOMAS, NY METS (APR 29, 1962).

JULY 13   CLEVELAND BEATS MINNESOTA 19-11 COMBINING FOR 18 DOUBLES BEATING PREVIOUS AL RECORD (16 BY CLEVELAND AND NY, JULY 21, 1921). THE MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD IS 23 (BY ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AND CHICAGO CUBS JULY 12, 1931).

JULY 18   PURCHASED 2 HALF GALLONS OF MILK AT SAFEWAY (THE SAME SAFEWAY DISCUSSED ON APR 11 AND 14 THIS YEAR). 5 MINUTES FROM HOME AND PUT THEM IMMEDIATELY IN REFRIGERATOR. NEXT MORNING BOTH WERE SPOILED.

JULY 19   ANOTHER ACTUAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN LOCALLY (OTHER WAS JUNE 24) THIS TIME LITTLE DAMAGE NEAR US, NO LOST OF ELECTRICITY. 

JULY 21   BECAUSE HER EXISTING PART TIME JOB AT BASKIN ROBBINS IS HAVING HER WORK LESS THAN 10 HRS/WK, BETH INTERVIEWS FOR JOB AT NORDSTROMS. SHE IS CALLED LATE JULY 27 AND TOLD TO REPORT FOR WORK JULY 28 (she did and will work the rest of the summer there).

JULY 27   SAN DIEGO, TRAILING 7-1 IN 3RD, SCORES 16 RUNS IN LAST 4 INNINGS TO BEAT FLORIDA 20-12 BECOMING 6TH TEAM THIS YEAR TO SCORE 20 OR MORE RUNS- MOST RUNS SAN DIEGO EVER SCORED; MOST FLORIDA EVER GAVE UP.  THE 9 INNING GAME TOOK 4 HRS, 10 MIN - NEW NL NIGHT GAME RECORD (PREVIOUS RECORD 5:02 BY SF AND MILW JUNE 22, 1962).

JULY 31   LAST 16 DAYS OF JULY ALL BELOW NORMAL (TEMPERATURE). ALSO, NEW YORK CITY CENTRAL PARK HAS HAD NO DAYS IN EITHER JUNE OR JULY AT 90°F OR HIGHER. FIRST TIME THIS HAS OCCURED SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT (1869).

AUG  01   REAL BAD DAY. HOUR AND HALF COMMUTE DUE TO METRORAIL PROBLEMS. BETH, WHO KNOW HAS POISEN IVY, HAD TO MAKE 2 ROUND TRIPS TO WORK WHEN HER BOSS DIDN'T REACH HER BY PHONE (STORE HAS NO PHONE YET). BETH LOCKS HERSELF IN BATHROOM (I HAD TAKEN OFF DOOR KNOB TO GO TO STORE AND GET COMPATIBLE ONE) JUST WHEN HER MUSIC FRIEND CAME OVER TO PLAY DUETS. THEN TV/VCR CONNECTION BREAKS - WE HAVEN'T UNPACKED VCR INSTRUCTIONS YET - CAN'T FIND THEM.

AUG  02   BETH'S WISDOM TOOTH EXTRACTION WENT FINE. SHE HAD VERY LITTLE PAIN, VERY LITTLE INFLAMATION. WITHIN 24 HOURS HER POISEN IVY HURT WORSE THAN HER MOUTH. ANOTHER GOOD THING. OUR 85 FORD PASSED THE EMISSION TEST. IT HAD FAILED BADLY IN DECEMBER - I WAS GIVEN 6 MONTHS TO FIX IT. I PUT SOME 'SLICK 50' IN THE GAS TWO WEEKS AGO, BEFORE THE EMISSION TEST I RAN THE ENGINE AT 80 MPH FOR SEVERAL EXTRA MILES (ON I-270) AND THEN, NOTICING THAT THE MOTOR WAS PURRING AT HIGH SPEED BUT IDLING ROUGH, I HAD THE EMISSION STATION DO THE DYNAMOMETER TEST INSTEAD OF THE STATIC IDLE TEST. THIS TIME IT PASSED EASILY.

AUG  05   ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I HAD CALLED THE COUNTY STREET DEPARTMENT AND TOLD THEM THAT THERE WERE 2 POT HOLES IN THE STREET AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN I CAME FROM WORK TODAY THEY WERE FIXED.

AUG  07   BUS THAT BETH TAKES TO WORK WAS RUNNING 20 MIN. LATE. THE BUS DRIVER ACKNOWLEDGED THE LATENESS AND TOLD HER SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY AND GAVE HER A TRANSFER FOR THE TRIP HOME AS IF SHE HAD PAID.

AUG  07   TODD ZEILE OF PHILADELPHIA HAS 4 ERRORS IN A GAME (ACTUALLY AN 8 INNING GAME) BECOMING THE FIRST NL 1B MAN TO DO THIS SINCE FRED TENNY OF BOSTON DID IT ON JULY 12, 1905. SIX AL 1B MEN HAVE DONE IT THIS CENTURY.

AUG  08   MOUSE FOUND DEAD ON BACKYARD PATIO DECK. SPECULATE THE CAT BORED IT TO DEATH. MORE EXCITING, A TANKER TRUCK OVERTURNED ON THE OUTER LOOP OF THE BELTWAY IN BETHESDAY SPILLING 1,500 GALLONS OF GOOEY TAR ON THE ROAD, TIEING UP TRAFFIC FOR 4 HOURS AND BACKING UP CARS 10 MILES.

AUG  12   BETH SPENDS OVER 50 MINUTES WITH SEAMSTRESS DISCUSSING ALTERATIONS - FINAL COST OF CONSULT + ALTERATIONS = $27. FOR 3 DRESSES YET.  ALSO, SHE HAD HER FIRST 30 MIN. PARALLEL PARKING SESSION (I HAD TAKEN HER OUT ONCE BEFORE, BUT I GOT SEASICK AFTER A FEW MINUTES). I HUNG A MOSES-IN-CRADLE PLANT (GIVEN BY M'S MOM) IN BREAKFAST NOOK. BETH GAVE IT A LOOK AND SAID, "THIS PLANT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT BELONGS IN OUR HOUSE - IT'S TOO HEALTHY."

AUG  15   PICKED GEORGE UP FROM CAMP.

AUG  16   GEORGE HAS POISON IVY ON NECK.

AUG  17   BETH AT WORK (STORE SELLS BASIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES INCLUDING BACK PACKS) IS ASKED BY A MAN WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT, "PARDON, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHERE I COULD OBTAIN A SATCHEL." BETH RESPONDED, "ENGLAND, I GUESS."

AUG  18   GEORGE'S NECK POISON IVY HEALING BUT HE NOW HAS IT ON HIS FACE, ALSO.

AUG  20-22 AT BEACH (M, ANN, GEORGE). WATER COLD. AIR COLD ON THE 21ST AND ONLY MODERATELY WARM ON 20TH, 22ND. WENT GO KARTING AND JET SKIING IN ADDITION TO SWIMMING.

AUG  20   OUR CAT (GINGER) DISAPPEARS. ALSO BETH LOSES NEW 5IN1 REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE.

AUG  22   FIRST DAY 90°F SINCE JULY 14. LONGEST EVER JULY-AUG PERIOD WITHOUT A 90°F DAY.  ONE OF THE LONGEST SUMMER PERIODS EVER (1979 HAD A LONGER PERIOD FROM JUNE 1 TO JULY 11).

AUG  23   A SIMILAR SUB 90°F DAY PERIOD ENDS IN NY CITY.  THERE WERE NO DAYS OF 90°F SINCE JUNE 1.

AUG  25   3 NEW HALF GALLONS OF MILK PURCHASED. BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME ALL 3 HAD GONE SOUR (SELL BY DATE WAS 8/29).

AUG  26   AT CAMDEN YARDS FOR ORIOLE GAME. BALT BEAT OAKLAND 12-11 IN 10 INNINGS.  HOME EARLY AM ON THE 27TH.

AUG  27   GEORGE BREAKS THE CABLE CONTROLLER. WE FIND THE 5IN1 REMOTE.

AUG  28   JIM WRIGHT, A SEATTLE MARINER FAN, LEANS OVER FENCE TO CATCH AN OTHERWISE PLAYABLE BALL HIT BY EDGAR MARTINEZ VS. NY. THE UMPIRE RULED IT A GROUND RULE DOUBLE ROBBING MARTINEZ OR A PROBABLY TRIPLE.  WRIGHT HAD DONE THE SAME THING TO MARINER MIKE BLOWERS ON JUNE 29, 1994 VS. DETROIT. BOTH TIMES, MARINER MANAGER LOU PINELLA PROTESTED THE UMPIRE'S DECISION SO HEATEDLY THAT HE WAS EJECTED FROM THE GAME, HOWEVER, IN 94 HE ALSO THREW A BASE AND WAS FINED. WRIGHT, INTERVIEWED ON TV, SAID HE CAUGHT THEM BELIEVING THEM TO BE HRs.

AUG  31   GEORGE TEARS SUIT PANTS. TO MY RECOLLECTION, THIS IS THE 3RD TIME IN A YEAR FOR THIS.

SEPT 08   EMERGENCY BORROWING OF BOOK AND PHOTOCOPYING OF IT WHEN G DOESN'T GET SCHOOL BOOK (NOT G'S FAULT).

SEPT 09   G LOSES MATH BOOK (G'S FAULT).

SEPT 08-11 M IN BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI.

SEPT 11   BASEMENT FLOODED - WATER AND MUD - NOT SURE ABOUT HOW MUCH DAMAGE. AFTER TESTING THE SYSTEMS, ETC. THE PROBLEM PROBABLY CAME FROM A SIMULTANEOUS ELECTRICAL OUTAGE AND HEAVY RAIN DISABLING THE SUMP PUMP. THIS REMAINS A PROBABLY HOWEVER, SINCE THE ELECTRIC COMPANY CAN NOT VERIFY THAT THERE WAS AN OUTAGE.

SEPT 13   G CALLS FROM HOME.  HE IS WORRIED THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD TOO MUCH COFFEE (HE HAD A MILD CAFFEINE OVERDOSE EARLIER THIS SUMMER).  AFTER INQUIRY, I FOUND HE HAD ONLY TAKEN ABOUT 1.5 TEASPOONS OF AN INSTANT MIX AND TOLD HIM NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. NOT EASILY REASSURED, G SAID, "BUT I HAD SUGAR IN THE COFFEE, TOO."  

SEPT 15   BALTIMORE BREAKS ML RECORD FOR SEASON HRs (MARK PARENT'S 1ST HR AS AN ORIOLE WAS 241ST BREAKING THE NY YANKEE'S 1961 RECORD), TIE ML RECORD FOR MOST BACK TO BACK HRs IN A SEASON (16- HELD BY 77 BOSTON AND 82 MILWAUKEE) AND AL RECORD FOR LEAD OFF HRs (11 BY BRADY ANDERSON).

SEPT 17   G PROCLAIMS THAT HIS PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATOR (TI-82) DOESN'T WORK RIGHT - AMAZINGLY, I STILL HAVE THE SALES SLIP.

SEPT 19   G PROCLAIMS THAT HIS PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATOR NOW WORKS RIGHT. HE SAYS A FRIEND HAD A SOFTWARE VIRUS KILLER THAT FIXED IT.

SEPT 19   BETH HAS FIRST REHEARSAL FOR JCC ORCHESTRA - THEY ARE PLAYING SOME DIFFICULT BRAHMS AND TCHAIKOVSKY - SOMEWHAT TRAUMATIC.  ON THE WAY HOME WE PASSED A DEAD DEER (ABOUT 3 YR OLD BUCK) LAYING ON THE MONTROSE ROAD MEDIAN STRIP. SEVERAL WEEKS EARLIER THE COUNTY HAD ANNOUNCED IT MIGHT HAVE TO START A DEER HUNTING SEASON - GUESS THEY WERE RIGHT.

SEPT 20   GEORGE BECOMES FIRST IN HIS SCIENCE CLASS TO ACCIDENTALLY BREAK LAB EQUIPMENT.

SEPT 22   MARK McGWIRE HITS TWO HRs IN AN INNING WITH BOTH TRAVELING OVER 470'.

SEPT 23   FOR 3RD YEAR IN A ROW WE WENT TO BASKIN ROBBINS AFTER YOM KIPPUR FAST.

SEPT 28   PENN STATE AND NEBRASKA WIN THEIR 700th GAME ON THE SAME DAY (PENN STATE OVER WISCONSIN 23-20; NEBRASKA OVER COLORADO STATE 65-9). THE OTHER TEAMS TO HAVE WON 700 GAMES WERE NOTRE DAME, ALABAMA AND MICHIGAN.

SEPT 29   BASEBALL SEASON ENDS. NUMEROUS TEAM HR RECORDS BROKEN. ALSO, GEORGE COMES HOME FROM VISITING SOMEONE'S HOUSE HAVING BROKEN A METAL BOOKCASE LEG.

Weiss Family Chronology 4th Q 1996

Address of new house is:

              8211 Postoak Rd.

              Potomac, Maryland 20854

                   NEW PHONE: 301 294 7479

OCT  02   OPENED CHECKING ACCOUNT FOR BETH (DEPOSITED SOME OF HER PAYCHECKS FROM SUMMER). SINCE SHE IS 17, SHE CAN'T WRITE CHECKS WITHOUT MY SIGNATURE - MUCH TO HER DISGUST. LATER THAT DAY, AFTER BUYING SOME CONCRETE BLOCK AT THE HARDWARE STORE, WE WENT TO A NEARBY MALL TO GET SOME KITCHEN STUFF.  WHEN WE PARKED, I OPENED THE TRUNK TO INSPECT THE BLOCKS. BETH (IN BAD MOOD FROM CHECK SITUATION) SAYS SARCASTICALLY, "WOULDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO THOSE FRAGILE CONCRETE BLOCKS - NO TELLING WHEN YOU COULD EVER FIND THOSE AGAIN."

OCT  05   BALTIMORE WINS DIVISION PLAYOFF (VS CLEVELAND) IN 12 INNING GAME DESPITE 23 BALTIMORE STRIKEOUTS AND THE VICTORY TAINTED BY ROBERTO ALOMAR SPITTING ON AN UMPIRE.

OCT  08   THE WARDEN OF THE WASHINGTON D.C. MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON AND THE RECENTLY RETIRED D.C. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONS WERE SENT TO JAIL (FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR RETALIATION AGAINST A FEMALE SECURITY GUARD WHO HAD FILED SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES). THE NEXT DAY, CHARGES FILED THAT PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIES WERE BEING MADE (AND PROSTITUTION AND DRUG BUSINESS BEING CONDUCTED) IN THE D.C. PRISON CHAPEL.

OCT  13   BETH, WHO HAD APPLIED TO TAKE THE SAT ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AT A LOCAL SCHOOL RECEIVED (OCT 10) A NOTICE TO TAKE THE TESTS AT A SCHOOL ACROSS THE COUNTY. SHE DROVE THERE (WITH ME) AT 8am. WHEN WE ARRIVED, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE MULLING AROUND AND THE SCHOOL WAS LOCKED.  SO, AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, I DROVE HER TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL - WHERE 1 HOUR LATER, THEY DID THE TESTING (3 HOURS).  ANOTHER VICTORY FOR U.S. EDUCATION.

OCT  13 M TO BETH - DEAR, YOU ARE WONDERFUL BUT THERE IS SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT DOING THAT YOU SHOULD DO.

        B TO M    - IT'S NOT MY FAULT... UH WHAT IS IT?

OCT  22   FIRST TIME I'VE ALLOWED A POLITICAL SIGN IN MY FRONT YARD. THE CAUSE THAT MADE IT WAS 'NO ON PROPOSITION E' (PROP E WOULD HAVE PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON THE OPERATION OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT).

OCT  23   ALMOST GOT A TRAFFIC TICKET FOR DRIVING WRONG WAY ON THE 200' DRIVEWAY TURNAROUND AT THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ACADEMY (I WAS PICKING UP A FRIEND (S A COHEN TO WATCH THE WORLD SERIES). BETH (IN THE CAR) WANTED TO MAIL A LETTER BUT, IRONICALLY, THE POSTAL SERVICE ACADEMY DOESN'T HAVE VISIBLE BOXES.

OCT  24   HARD WORKING BETH. GOT TO SCHOOL AT 715AM. STAYED AT SCHOOL UNTIL 630PM TO WORK ON SCHOOL NEWSPAPER THEN DROVE HOME. THEN LEFT AT 730 FOR ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL UNTIL 1015. THEN DROVE HOME. THEN HOMEWORK.

OCT  26-27 BETH IN CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS FOR A 'RETREAT'.

OCT  30   G'S BIRTHDAY PER ENGLISH CALENDAR

NOV  03   BIG LEAF RAKING DAY. TRYING NEW SYSTEM - PUTTING MOST LEAVES UNDER TREES (MAGNOLIA IS VERY GOOD FOR THIS).

NOV  04   G'S BIRTHDAY PER HEBREW CALENDAR - HE LED MAARIV AT BETH SHALOM. ALSO I FINISHED INSULATING ATTIC AND PUT DINING ROOM CHANDELIER LIGHTS ON ELECTRIC TIMER.   

NOV  04   M GETS 88 POINTS IN 3 CONSECUTIVE HANDS OF KLABERJAST.

NOV  07   OUT OF TOWN GUESTS BEGIN ARRIVING FOR G'S BAR MITZVAH.

NOV  09   G'S BAR MITZVAH.  AFTER BAR MITZVAH, G'S FRIENDS HAD ICE SKATING PARTY, WHILE SOME ADULTS WENT TO JCC ORCHESTRA CONCERT (BETH PLAYS VIOLA IN THE ORCHESTRA). LAST KIDS PICKED UP ABOUT 11 PM. THEN I PICKED UP BETH AND OTHERS AT JCC. EVERYONE HOME BY 1130 PM.

NOV  12   LAST OF OUT OF TOWN GUESTS (ANN'S MOM & ADOPTED AUNT) FOR B-MIITZVAH LEAVE. AT UNION STATION I FIND $0.25 IN TELEPHONE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 60s.

NOV  18   CAT ADVENTURES. AFTER G'S ORTHODONTIST APPOINTMENT, WE WENT TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY AND APPLIED FOR A CAT - THE CAT WAS MENTIONED IN G'S BAR MITZVAH SPEECH. (OUR PREVIOUS CAT DIED IN AUGUST).

NOV  19   TOOK ANN AND BETH TO HUMANE SOCIETY SO THEY COULD APPROVE OF G'S CHOICE OF CATS.

NOV  20   PASSED 45 HOME INTERVIEW - THE HUMANE SOCIETY AGREES THAT WE ARE WORTHY OF HAVING A CAT.

NOV  21   PICKED UP CAT AT HUMANE SOCIETY.

NOV  21   G'S REPORT CARD COMES. NOT BAD. AS USUAL G HAS PERSUASIVE REASONS FOR EVERY GRADE BELOW EXPECTATIONS.

     22   BETH'S REPORT CARD COMES. VERY GOOD. ALL A'S (OR A-'S) EXCEPT ONE SUBJECT.

NOV  24   GBURG AND KSHAW OVER FOR SHEEPSHEAD. G REVOKES ON ABOUT 4 HANDS.

NOV  28   MY MOM, IRWIN AND CHERYL AND DVGOLDSTEIN OVER FOR THKGVG. FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THE DRESSING WITH AN ELECTRIC STOVE - CAME OUT PRETTY GOOD.  ONE OF G'S FRIENDS PLAYS JOKE ON HIM LEAVING HIM A PHONY PHONE MESSAGE.

DEC  02   BETH AT MVA FOR UNSUCCESSFUL DRIVER'S TEST. WHILE WATCHING RERUN OF 'MY SO CALLED LIFE', I HEARD ANGELA SAY, "I MUST BE THE LAST PERSON IN PITTSBURGH TO...". I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE SHOW WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE NORTHWEST (BECAUSE OF THE WAY PEOPLE DRESSED).

DEC  09   MR. LARAH HENDERSON WAS SHOT WHILE WALKING NEAR HIS RESIDENCE (SE DC) ABOUT 900 PM.  THE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED ABOUT 920 PM AND HAD PLACED HIM IN AN AMBULANCE WHERE THEY WERE TREATING HIM. ABOUT 925 PM, A GUNMAN AND ACCOMPLICE FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE AMBULANCE, SHOT HIM IN THE CHEST AND SHOT A FIREFIGHTER (WHO WAS IN THE AMBULANCE HELPING THE PARAMEDICS) THEN LEFT THEIR GUN AND ESCAPED. BY DEC 11, THE POLICE HAD NO LEADS BUT BELIEVE DRUGS MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

DEC  9    G LOSES ASSIGNMENT NOTEBOOK (PROB AT PUBLIC LIBRARY).

DEC  10   BETH GOES TO DENTIST UNACCOMPANIED (FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS, THE DENTIST IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF OUR HOUSE)

DEC  10   WEISS FAMILY REJOINS ATT (AFTER 4 MOs W MCI AND 12 BEFORE THAT W SPRINT.

DEC  12   G MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN REDOING NOTES.

DEC  15   G FIGURES OUT HOW TO PLAY ONE OF HIS FAVORITE COMPUTER GAMES WITHOUT THE PASSWORDS. THE GAME IS MEGAFORTRESS (SIMULATED SUPER B-52). HE JUST SACRIFICES A FLYER AT FIRST WAY STATION (FLYER DOESN'T KNOW CODE AND GETS KILLED BUT NEXT MISSION DOESN'T REQUIRE PASSWORD).

DEC  15   DISASTER AVERTED. G HAD BORROWED SOMEONE'S NOTEBOOK TO COPY NOTES (SEE DEC 9). WE WENT TO 7-11 TO COPY SOME PAGES AND HE LEFT THE NEW NOTES AND CLASSMATE'S NOTEBOOK AT THE 7-11. FORTUNATELY WE REMEMBERED BEFORE LEAVING PARKING LOT.

DEC  18   B GETS TWO MORE IMPACTED WISDOM TEETH EXTRACTED. SHE GOT ONE EXTRACTED AS PART OF AN EXPERIMENT AT NHI SPONSORED BY A DRUG MANUFACTURER. FREE TO OUR FAMILY. SHE WAS OUT THE NEXT DAY FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE OF RESIDUAL PAIN.

DEC  18   G DECIDES TO USE SOME OF HIS MONEY TO BUY A BOOK OF INSULTS. ON THE WAY TO THE BOOKSTORE I ASKED HIM,

     "WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BUY AN INSULT BOOK?"

     "BECAUSE SOMETIMES I CAN'T THINK OF A GOOD ONE."

     "NO. WHY INSULT PEOPLE AT ALL?"

     "TO BE POPULAR."

DEC  19   ABOUT 0.5" OF SNOW.

DEC  20   PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN 2 HOURS LATE??????

DEC  26   ALL FOUR OF US GO TO MALL FOR SALES. GEORGE AND M GOT G'S STUFF PURCHASED BY 820 PM. WE FOOLED AROUND FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THEN WENT TO WHERE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET BETH AND ANN. ANN WAS THERE BETH WAS NOT (LATER LEARNED THAT BETH WAS TRAPPED IN SALES LINES). ANN LEFT TO GET BETH BUT BETH CAME FIRST. THEN BETH WENT TO GET ANN. ETC.  GEORGE AND M HAVE 1 HOUR WAIT ON TOP OF ONE HOUR WAIT.

DEC  28                 Erin Zukor 1978-1996

          (DAUGHTER OF ONE OF ANN'S BEST FRIENDS - WE'VE KNOWN ERIN ALL HER LIFE - 1ST IN ILLINOIS- THEN IN METRO D.C.)

DEC  29 - JAN 01 (29) TOOK BETH TO McGWIRE'S IN VA. BROUGHT ROBBIE BROWN TO POTOMAC. (30) PICK UP BETH AT McG'S FOR FUNERAL AND INTERMENT. THEN TO CONSOLATION MEAL THEN BACK TO McG'S AND HOME. ROBBIE AND GEORGE HAD HOMEMADE PIZZA (FROM TOTAL SCRATCH - ROBBIE TAKING GOURMET COOKING IN SCHOOL). PIZZA CAME OUT VERY WELL.