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Whew! I spent all morning out at the memory care singing for the old folks (of which I’m one). The good thing about that is they forget as soon as you’re finished.

And now the solution to yesterday’s question. “T” is the time it takes for the trains to meet. The train from Philly leaves 1/2 hour after the train from Cleveland:

Tp=Tc-1/2

The distance each travels is Dp or Dc.

Dc+Dp= 400 miles

Dc=400-Dp

The time it takes the train from Cleveland is:

Tc(h)=Dc(m)/60(m/h)

Dc=60Tc

The amount of time it takes the train from Philly is:

Tp= Dp/80

80Tp=Dp

Plug in stuff and you get:

Tc=400-Dc

Tc-400=Dc

So:

Dc=60(Dc=400)

And:

Tp=Tc-1/2

Tp=Dc/60

Now the train from Cleveland leaves at 8:00. So the time of day when the trains meet is:

T= 8:00+Tc

Which is the same as the time the Philly train gets there which is:

T=8:30 +Tp

So that:

Tp+Tc-*;00+

Shit.

Robert R bought the more expensive Sunday Brunch book, and he told me how much better the quality is. So what I’ve done today is make a second version of the two Sunday books, one in the standard version and one in the premium version. The list price of the premium version is $28, but Robert said it was discounted to $23. The standard version is $16. If you’re thinking about buying a premium version of one of the two books, wait for a couple days until I’m sure everything is right.

I fixed the problem with the price of the #2 Sunday collection. Now it’s $16. It hasn’t passed review yet, but if there is a problem, which there often is, I know how to fix it.

Also Russ Brooks is having trouble loading one of the Kindle books on his
Chromebook. I think it’s because the file is very big. Does anyone else have a problem loading a Kindle? Email me.

I just now read an email from Robert F. He ordered the expensive version of #2. He said the quality is much higher. Tomorrow I will see if I can make both versions available. Also he said that the price was discounted down from $28 to $23.

Here’s a week of stand-alones…

Don’t buy the paperback version of Sunday Brunch #2. For some reason they are charging me a printing cost of $15 when it should be $8.35.  I’m going to shut down that book and start it over again tomorrow. I spent all day today reducing file sizes, but that didn’t help.

I was asked about an app for Chrome Book in comments. Here is some info.

Also I was asked about the paperbacks in other countries. I’ll look into expanded distribution tomorrow and let you know what I can find out. From what I’ve seen so far, it raises printing costs considerably. But I’ll look into it.

About 50 years ago my little Indian friend, Karnick, and I went to French Town in Tallahassee to Minor’s Bar-B-Que and Fish Market and bought a couple plates of take-out tripe. Have you ever tried to eat it? Oh my God! It’s very chewy and it smells and tastes like rancid pee-soaked Depends. I took one bit and spit it out. Karnick ate both his and mine. Well last week Loinfruit bought a turkey for Thanksgiving. Along with the turkey they gave him, absolutely free, a hamburger patty AND (you guessed it) a pound of tripe. So yesterday Frau G gets into her grandmother’s Italian cookbook and finds a recipe for tripe. First off you have to boil it for two hours. The whole damn house smelled like Grandma Horsewipe’s dirty underpants. Geeze! The worst part is they don’t collect the garbage till tomorrow.

And speaking of butcher shop free samples, here’s Mr. Shultz …

I believe that the paperback and Kindle versions of all the collections are now available, or very soon will be. But if you had intended to buy the two Sunday collections in paperback, hold off. I am going to try to reduce the printing cost of book 2 significantly. The cost of the Brunch #2 book is much higher than the Brunch book, and I think I know why. File sizes in book 2 are higher than in book 1. I think it’s because of all the color gradients in book 2. I should have it done in a few days.

BTW, today FSU (9-0) is playing the North Alabama Lions (7-3) 

Sorry I was late yesterday.

Howdy. The daily Kindle books should all be available tomorrow, and if not, Friday. The second Sunday collection, Ernie & the Piranha Club Sunday Brunch #2, should be available Friday, and the two Sunday collections on Friday or Saturday. The Sunday collections each have 165 Sundays. I have one more Sunday collection to do and then it’s Miller Time.

I’ll let you know when the Kindle versions are available. Should be by the end of this week.

Guess where I went to college. I believe that this was the year Charlie Ward won the Heisman and FSU won the championship.