GETTING RICHARD UP TO SPEED*

I was telling The Old Girl about my trip to Wellington and staying with Richard and Shelley enjoying their wonderful hospitality. Thanks guys.

Sometimes things get a bit chaotic in Casa Testore and here's an excerpt from our conversation:

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THE CURMUDGEON: ..... so Shelley as you know works in the Library business and was teaching Richard how to access OVERDRIVE on his phone.

THE OLD GIRL: OVERDRIVE? You mean LIBBY?

THE CURMUDGEON: No, OVERDRIVE. LIBBY would be a bit too complicated for him.

THE OLD GIRL: Right. So how did it go?

THE CURMUDGEON: Have you ever seen an Abbot and Costello film? You know, the 'Who's on first routine?

THE OLD GIRL: OK, that bad huh?

THE CURMUDGEON: Diabolical. Shelley was explaining to him how to set up an account using his library card number. You'd think that'd be easy but ....

THE OLD GIRL: Why? You just put in the number, search for a book, go to filter to enter audio or reading, enter the language .....

THE CURMUDGEON: ....I'll stop you right there.

THE OLD GIRL: Why?

THE CURMUDGEON: He wants everything to be in Italian.

THE OLD GIRL: Italian. Why?

THE CURMUDGEON: I told you, he's nuts.


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* A very long ongoing series