pandemo

Several years ago an especially inept burglar plied his trade in Loudoun County, Va. While he was at work one night in an empty house, he was seized by a universal concern. He wondered what the future held for him. So he picked up a telephone, called a psychic on a 900-number -- and used his real name in making an appointment.

The Washington Post reported: "When the homeowner found the charge on his telephone bill and alerted the sheriff, the psychic gave up the suspect's name, dropping a dime on him even though he'd had a $250 reading."

The lady had dropped a dime on him. The Random House Dictionary of American Slang dates the usage from 1966. To drop a dime is "to inform on someone by making a telephone call to police; to inform or betray; to fink, tell, crack on, squeal."

Soon, I suppose, she'll have to drop a dollar on him... or somesuch.

OH, NO! I HAVE CREATED A MONSTER! I told my 80 something mother that I didn't care how she spelled... I'd rather hear than not hear. She took me at my word:

B. judt called on her way home from the store. Her cell phone kept vading so I know just where she was. It is up down and curvy for about a mile.

Two more days and you can sleep when you are sleepy, eat when you are hungery, and play when you want to.

G. and I have enjoyed the warm winter and it is suppose to change soon.

Tomorow-21- winter seltic.

I don't use my spell chck-----

Love,

Mom

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What will I ever do when she's gone?