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far as it goes. Of course, there is no bacon, but they have a nice touch with dried eggs. Waffles are my favorite of the standard offerings for the staff, with wickenberries in the batter and also on the top. The maple syrup certainly has been made with some maple flavoring in a sugar solution, but it has a good taste.
Waffles are not on the dining room’s menu because they don’t wait well on the steam tables. The locals are asked to eat what looks like cream of wheat. Sometimes wickenberries are served, when there is a good crop.
The choir has been singing its heart out, even though the attendance at each service is very poor. We have recorded several of their anthems, and I hope to send these recordings back to America to help with the Clarkl fundraising. Of course, the modulation system is keeping everybody on the correct pitch, even that froggy tenor.
The women in the choir are really redoubling their rehearsal times now in the hopes we will have more recordings to send to America . I took a picture of the choir gathered around the organ, and we will have that to add to the advertisements. They wanted to show themselves with the modulation system’s microphones, but I decided that would reveal too many secrets.
If I could send the choir home and use only the recordings at the services, I could move into a deluxe cabin immediately.
March 19, 2144 – Back on the prowl for furnishings. The farmhand, still willing to accept twenty dollar bills, drove me to Gilsumo right after the first service today.
I saw many more types of the electrified tiled flooring, and I spent almost $18,000 on enough to cover the room. The salesperson was a Carrier, a curious blend of agility and girth. I believe it was about five and one half feet in height and perhaps four and one half feet in circumference. It ran back and forth between the stockroom and the salesroom while we talked, bringing out the most expensive tiles first and gradually moving down to the ones I was willing to buy.
Most merchants are Carriers, I found out. They have devices that allow them to translate many of the languages of the universe while they sell. The salesperson spoke its language into a box it wore on his chest, and good English came out.
The merchant will send the installation team to our compound tomorrow.
The farmhand and I had just enough time to step into the hotel that caters to Americans for a nice meal. The chef there is much better with the very limited selection of ingredients than our cooks. Still no meat.
I returned in time to accompany the second service. The attendance was very disheartening. Only two locals were at the service, and both left before the offertory.
March 20, 2144 – The merchant arrived with the installation crew just after breakfast. The workers, identified by the merchant as Slinkers, quickly moved everything from my tiny room out into the yard that separates my cabin from my neighbor’s.
While they worked, the merchant opened its truck and showed me a few items it had brought along, things it said I might like.
Here was a very nice lounge chair with an ottoman for $4,500, a bedspread with gold flecks and blue linen for $7,000, and several lamps with silk shades for prices between $1,700 and $10,000.
Of course, after the installation was complete, a task that took just an hour with a cabin of that size, the merchant and its crew dragged the chair, the lamps, and the bedspread into the cabin and placed them so I could see how they would “work together.”
Next, paint samples came out. Three paints were shown to coordinate with the various elements. Then, exterior paint was presented. Finally, a really comfortable mattress was brought into the cabin and placed on my bed for me to try.
The total amount was staggering, but I authorized all the expenditures. The merchant assured me it would return the following day with the painters. It also said it would “throw in” a drapery to match the bedspread.
Within a
Waffles are not on the dining room’s menu because they don’t wait well on the steam tables. The locals are asked to eat what looks like cream of wheat. Sometimes wickenberries are served, when there is a good crop.
The choir has been singing its heart out, even though the attendance at each service is very poor. We have recorded several of their anthems, and I hope to send these recordings back to America to help with the Clarkl fundraising. Of course, the modulation system is keeping everybody on the correct pitch, even that froggy tenor.
The women in the choir are really redoubling their rehearsal times now in the hopes we will have more recordings to send to America . I took a picture of the choir gathered around the organ, and we will have that to add to the advertisements. They wanted to show themselves with the modulation system’s microphones, but I decided that would reveal too many secrets.
If I could send the choir home and use only the recordings at the services, I could move into a deluxe cabin immediately.
March 19, 2144 – Back on the prowl for furnishings. The farmhand, still willing to accept twenty dollar bills, drove me to Gilsumo right after the first service today.
I saw many more types of the electrified tiled flooring, and I spent almost $18,000 on enough to cover the room. The salesperson was a Carrier, a curious blend of agility and girth. I believe it was about five and one half feet in height and perhaps four and one half feet in circumference. It ran back and forth between the stockroom and the salesroom while we talked, bringing out the most expensive tiles first and gradually moving down to the ones I was willing to buy.
Most merchants are Carriers, I found out. They have devices that allow them to translate many of the languages of the universe while they sell. The salesperson spoke its language into a box it wore on his chest, and good English came out.
The merchant will send the installation team to our compound tomorrow.
The farmhand and I had just enough time to step into the hotel that caters to Americans for a nice meal. The chef there is much better with the very limited selection of ingredients than our cooks. Still no meat.
I returned in time to accompany the second service. The attendance was very disheartening. Only two locals were at the service, and both left before the offertory.
March 20, 2144 – The merchant arrived with the installation crew just after breakfast. The workers, identified by the merchant as Slinkers, quickly moved everything from my tiny room out into the yard that separates my cabin from my neighbor’s.
While they worked, the merchant opened its truck and showed me a few items it had brought along, things it said I might like.
Here was a very nice lounge chair with an ottoman for $4,500, a bedspread with gold flecks and blue linen for $7,000, and several lamps with silk shades for prices between $1,700 and $10,000.
Of course, after the installation was complete, a task that took just an hour with a cabin of that size, the merchant and its crew dragged the chair, the lamps, and the bedspread into the cabin and placed them so I could see how they would “work together.”
Next, paint samples came out. Three paints were shown to coordinate with the various elements. Then, exterior paint was presented. Finally, a really comfortable mattress was brought into the cabin and placed on my bed for me to try.
The total amount was staggering, but I authorized all the expenditures. The merchant assured me it would return the following day with the painters. It also said it would “throw in” a drapery to match the bedspread.
Within a
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