It was a lovely start to the day; leisurely, calm, not harried...lovely. No speeding, just taking everything as it came. I see these guys working on various railroad tracks around the area, but never got to see one up close and obstructing the forward motion of the vehicle in which I was riding. I even made it to Costco and the dentist (cleaning time) without a tremendous amount of angst. But then these is the cook top. We have been trying to get it repaired since the beginning (or maybe the middle) of April. Every time they fix one thing, they break another thing and have to order more parts. Today, they broke the glass of the cook top. And they did not turn the gas service back on. But, none of it was their fault...according to them. This time, it was caused by crumbs getting down in to the bowels of the cook top. Just to be clear, we cannot remember the last time we cooked crumbs, so I can neither confirm or deny the credibility of the repair people.Piebald -- Adjective. 1. composed of incongruous parts. 2. of different colors, especially. spotted or blotched with black and white. "What they did find, though, were some surprise photos of a piebald deer, something few people ever get to see in the woods." Brenda Carpenter, New Hampshire Sunday News, January 3, 2016
Did You Know? To many people, the noisy black and white birds that go by the scientific name Pica pica - better known as magpies - are nothing but pests. But the Latin root that was adopted for their name isn't a linguistic nuisance. It played an important role in the development of piebald. The pie of piebald (pie is another name for magpie) derives from pica, which is Latin for "magpie." The other part of piebald comes from the word bald, which can mean "marked with white"; it can also be found in skewbald, an adjective used to describe animals marked with patches of white and any other color but black.
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