2023: CHANGES IN RADIO STATIONS

 Still ignoring WCOD except for the occasional Kevin Matthews

spend most of listening hours avoiding holiday music

This will take awhile to sort out but I think there are 3 different radio companies and WOMR now.

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Coxswain radio

Pixy 103- rock I listen to this usually at  night doing dishes

Y101-listen to th9is for new music and Dan Mahoney- and Mason Kelter at night

FRANK 93.5- this I listen to since most of the other stations have holiday music but I prefer 99.9 the Q!

KOFFEE 100.5-101.5-103.5- will have to check this out.

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Cape Cod Broadcasting.com-Capecod.com

 WQRC -99.9 the Q- my favorite except at holidays

WKPE 104 country- no thank you

WFCC- 107.5 Classical- this is one all night every night to drown out any unwanted noises.

WOCN Ocean 104.7- will check this out eventually

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iHeart radio

WCOD 106- miss Dan & Stephanie but all replacements have been awful. I do miss the energetic Kevin Matthews

Cool 102- miss Joe Rosetti and have not listened sincew he left

WXTK 95- ugh a drag

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2023: LIBRARY, TOWN MEETINGS, MONOMOY WILDLIFE REFUGE PATH

 

I was in an email letter writing mood today

Town meeting first- 

Hello William Galvin,

I have been voting in Chatham since 1969 when I turned 21. First few years it was no problem going to Town Meetings. I was within walking distance and not working OR being a caregiver.

Ever since 2001 it has been impossible to attend. And I had to do absentee ballot for elections. But town meetings denied me the vote. Either abolish the town meetings or make it so we can at least vote absentee on the issues.

I have contacted the town about this and told it was the law for town meetings to be attended. I am sure that "law" was written when the population was small and people attended because there was nothing else to do.Then I emailed  Julian Cyr and never heard back. That happens a lot with elected officials sad to say. Not happy about 500 people making decisions for 5,000 people.

So I hope this will be different.

Thank you

Sincerely

Cynthia Moore

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Monomoy Wildlife Refuge-

Please fix the path that goes from the parking lot to the lookout platform. It is extremely dangerous underfoot. The worn out tarmac is tolerable but the sudden drops where  "steps " used to be is not. I had to hold onto a tree to the left going down that  path. The climb back up is crazy steep. Nothing can be done about that other than a roped railing for something to guide and steady people. Thank you.

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Library- they are in the process of removing 2 trees and I wanted photos- then this happened so.

 

ME:

There was a holiday display at the top of the steps front of the library that blocked use of the railing

Hello,

 this may be a violation of ADA rules not sure. But for anyone with only one strong arm it would be impossible to climb the steps safely. The display is in the way of the rail.

 Thank you

Sincerely

 Cynthia Moore

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AMY:

Hi Cynthia,

I actually had the same thoughts about the display.  I have moved it

out of the way of the railing.

Thanks for your thoughtful email

Amy Andreasson

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ME:

 Hi Amy,

Thank you.

 Now while I have your ear- will someone ever do anything about that heavy hard to open door in front? Many of us have to park elsewhere and walk. Then get to that door. Going around to the other side and up that hill is not an option!

 Thank you

Cynthia

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AMY:

Hi Cynthia,

That door is heavy!  It's also 125 years old so not much I think we

can do, but I will look into it.  Part of our upcoming safety and

accessibility updates to the property will include an ADA graded

walkway around the building to the side entrance.  We are working

towards making the building more accessible!

Thank you

Amy

LIBRARY ^^^^

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Wildlife center

October 19 

Cynthia,

Thank-you for bringing this to our attention.  I've reviewed the conditions of this trail and will develop a solution to reduce the steepness of the steps.

Over the past several years we have been experiencing an unprecedented rate of erosion which may ultimately claim this trail as it has so many others on the Morris Island portion of the Refuge. Any railings we install, rope or otherwise, would have to meet safety guidelines and until the erosion stops, the costs for a project like this would make it prohibitively expensive given our current resources and the chance that we would likely have to demolish it in the near future.

Rick Nye

Rick,

Thank you for the  reply.

I understand the constant erosion, and the funding problem. It actually is an unnecessary path and lookout. The causeway or dyke is sufficient though parking sucks at the dyke.

How about placing caution tape or a caution horse blocking the way. There are already plenty of signs that people ignore so a sign would be silly. Steepness is not the real problem but that plank sticking up is.

Good luck.

Cynthia

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2023: FINDING DR, LIVINGSTON

September 1

Started to read this by Stanley mid August. It is slow reading because of a long introduction and the words used are very unfamiliar. Even after looking some of them up I struggle to remember when I come across them later in the story. I have been jotting down thisngs I need explained and will make a list here and look up later! maybe!

matama

manioc

Bagamoyo

Zanzibar

El Dorado

Matuti

Masika

Martin Chuzzlewit

Percys and Douglasses

Women of Kisemo frequently wear lenthy necklaces etc and ankle rings and wrist bracelets were they like Ubangi?

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Burton & Speke

Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a scheduled debate with Burton in 1864. Burton has had the upper hand in subsequent accounts.

Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and officer in the British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria 

Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (/ˈbɜːrtən/; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar,[1] and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke twenty-nine languages.[2]

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Jungles & Forests are mentioned frequently making me wonder the difference. I knew a jungle must be humid!

A forest has many tall trees and can usually be traveled through by humans. The word 'jungle' is usually used to describe a tangled or overgrown mass of vegetation over a large area of land.

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September 27

this books feels like it will never end. I will define these once I finish. :)

Thraldom

Artificial horizon

Libya desolate in 1866

Aster A ???

Webb's River

White Nile

Manyurma

Wag Tail birds.

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need to know now- Wag Tail Birds and Artificial Horizon

Wagtail bird

artificial horizon

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2023: LADY OF THE DUNES CRIME SOLVED

 August 28 

PROVINCETOWN, Mass. —

A notorious murder mystery that's gripped Cape Cod for decades is now a closed case.

A woman's dismembered body, which had her hands cut off in an effort to hide her fingerprints, was discovered in the dunes of Race Point in Provincetown on July 26, 1974.

Police believed the woman was killed several weeks before her body was found.

For years, she was unidentified, known only as the "lady of the dunes." Investigators worked for decades to identify her through various means, including neighborhood canvasses, reviews of thousands of missing-person cases, clay model facial reconstruction and age-regression drawings, officials said.

Just last year, investigators were finally able to identify her as Ruth Marie Terry, 37, of Tennessee, using a process known as forensic genetic genealogy, which can reach deeper into a victim or suspect's family tree.

The official cause of death was listed as blunt-force trauma to the head with signs of strangulation and sexual assault. In addition to both hands being amputated, it appeared the killer also tried to remove her teeth, officials said.'

On Monday, the District Attorney's office officially concluded that Terry's husband, Guy Muldavin, was responsible for her death.

Terry married Muldavin and the newlyweds traveled in the summer of 1974. But he returned alone driving her vehicle, telling her relatives they had a fight during their honeymoon and he had not heard from her again.

"My father, well, he left in '74, he went to California looking for her. And her husband at the time said she sold everything she had and joined a cult," said nephew John Randall Terry.

Muldavin was also the prime suspect in the disappearance of his prior wife and stepdaughter in the 1960s.

Muldavin died in 2002.

Lady of the Dunes

2023: AMAZING FACTS-STONEHENGE,PYRAMIDS AND TAOS PUEBLO

 Amazed recently to find that Stonehenge is older than the pyramids in Egypt.Then I stumbled upon Taos Pueblo

Stonehenge is perhaps the world's most famous prehistoric monument. It was built in several stages: the first monument was an early henge monument, built about 5,000 years ago, and the unique stone circle was erected in the late Neolithic period about 2500 BC.

Stonehenge

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Pyramids

Taos Pueblo

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Pyramids of Giza. National Geographic. All three of Giza's famed pyramids and their elaborate burial complexes were built during a frenetic period of construction, from roughly 2550 to 2490 B.C.

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Likely constructed around 1325 AD, the first Taos Pueblo is now a ruin and sacred site referred to as “Cornfield Taos.” The limited archeological excavation at Cornfield Taos provided evidence that the Pueblo relocated slightly to the west to its current location, around 1400 AD – though at present it is not clear why.

2023: TOASTER OVEN FIASCO

 Must have been a weekday as a worker was below. Story later- video of the smoke alarm blasting and not stopping

Smoke detector blasting

July 5

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well my toaster oven just set off the smoke detectors and I had to call the fire department. They would not stop blasting. They stopped after 20 minutes- they are leaving now.LOL there must have been 15 of them. ha ha 

I would say that toaster oven is toast

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July 11-12

Why the condom was shipped with it I will never know- but I rolled it up for future use.  :)

Toaster arrived late yesterday afternoon. It replaces the smoky remains of my toaster oven. I "toasted " it a few times to get rid of the vinyl smell. Was great having toast this morning!

July 12

first toast

oh and it on the lawn

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2023: RANT- WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT

 I would say Chatham's website is the most non user friendly of all. I composed the note below and clicked to have a copy sent to me. And submitted. what does it do? ends up looking like I sent a message to the "sticker office" it was meant for the board of health. so freaking frustrating

"I live in Commerce Park next to the Waste Water Treatment plant. I can somewhat tolerate an occasional whiff of sewer BUT Saturday July 1 2023 was all day long. It permeated everything. Sunday was just a little less. I feel this is a fruitless effort reporting this as it has gone on for years. But I do not know what else to do. I cannot afford an air purification system.

Thank you for your time.

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2023: CUT OFF JEAN SHORTS

June 25

Laundry day and ironing what I could. Putting away jeans and rotating stuff I finally decided to do something about the Canyon River Blues jeans I keep rotating and not wearing. They are huge now on me. Bought them at Sears around 2005-6. They were the only pair that almost fit right. But fine I usually layered with tights, long underwear etc so it filled up space. But the waist was almost like hip huggers.

So decided to turn them into cut off jeans. Not Daisy Dukes as that would be a sight on 75 year old legs. I rolled the cuffs.

Wearing them today those cuffs are uncomfortable. So...

I stitch ripped the seams I had taken in twice already. Was thinking of making them a skirt- but too much work. So will trim more off of length and fringe a bit. after a few washings they will self fringe and likely be too short and disappear into the trash someday. What I at first cut off is perfect for an iron rest so I will no longer scorch the ironing board cover.

next day

seems like I had problems with the old machine way back them on clumping stitches

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June 26 re do- ripped out seams from when I made them narrower, using a stitch ripper

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2023: RANT- CAPE COD MALL& FLAT TIRE BLOWOUT & MACY'S ESCALATORS

 Saturday I headed to Macy's at the backside of the Mall to get an 8" stainless steel fry skillet. In an attempt to add variety to my life I allow myself some Alexia sweet potato fries ( 12 of them) a couple of times a week for lunch.Seemed a huge waste of electricity  to use the oven. And toaster oven took 30 minutes so.I get down there a little after 3. Driving that back road and passing Best Buy on my left I approached where I need to park. All of a sudden-loud noise , jolting of body and felt like my brain rattled in my skull. what the ??? I ran over something but what? Park truck and spent too much time trying to find the fucking pan. 2 people in the department didn't know and one said "we don't have them". So on tippy toes I am trying to see the top of shelves in the aisles. No signage no prices. But I see Cuisinart and grab  it. Go over to the clerk and ask the price. "don't know yet" she says. It turned out cheaper than the price online. good I sped on out of there. oh wait- escalator out of order to go down. No obvious signs of elevator. someone hollered at me- elevator in sheets. Well that is camouflaged well. Get out to the truck  and look around the passenger side just in case someone is lying under the truck for me to run over. ( or later gruesome thought- a mangled body of what I drove over). yikes not just a flat tire but a blow out. How the fuck did that happen? Called AAA. must have said "I cannot understand you" 15 times. They said someone would be there by 6:30pm. It was around 5pm. I groaned. okay. I called a few people on my cell phone just to disperse the tension I was feeling and no one answers LOL Finally catch an old friend and we chat about how much he hates cars. Then AAA shows up. So being me it is not a simple tire change. He had to break the lock holding the spare in place etc. I retraced my tracks on the way out and saw what happened. The road curves out and then all of a sudden straightens I will send the mall goons a note telling them to paint that curb WHITE- it is like shrapnel.Finally headed back to Chatham waiting any minute for the tire to fly off and take me with it.

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note to simon mall

How about painting the invisible curb facing Goodwill WHITE! I got a blowout there on Saturday afternoon. It curves and straightens unexpectedly. And is sharp.

Thank you

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once back here- new spare on truck

The curb with view of Goodwill in the background

more mall curb

the trip to Hyannis did not start out well LOL

loading the truck with too much in my arms my grape juice bottle slipped, I  caught it then it dropped and rolled under the truck. I was going to back up but just knew it would roll under the tire and make a mess. So I took pix under the truck to see where it was and then got my litter grabber and retrieved it.

* June 13 I heard back from the Mall Hello Ms. xx I received the below inquiry regarding your unfortunate incident at Cape Cod Mall this past weekend. Would you be kind enough to be more specific on the location as we do not have a Goodwill store? If you could reference a major store in the vicinity (i.e. Macys, Target, Marshall’s, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, etc) that would be helpful. If you would prefer to call, my information is below. Thank you, Jason * my reply with some of the photos above Hello Jason, I was parked near the back side Macy's and could see the Goodwill store across the way. photos attached. Thank you for the prompt reply.

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June 22

more to add later.

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July 7

just heard back from Macy's at last!

"Dear Cynthia,

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback regarding your recent experience with Macy’s. Your comments are important to us, as they provide us an opportunity to better serve you.

I do apologize that our escalator was not working when you were shopping with us last week, and yes you are right we should have done a better job with signing to indicate where our elevator is located on the second floor.  While we do have stairs, they are emergency exit stairs and are not typically open for public use on a regular shopping day.  We can escort customers that do not want to ride the elevator so if that is something you need in the future, you can ask a colleague to call for someone to help in that instance.  The good news is that our escalator is up and running now! 

With regards to how one of my colleagues just pointed and said "in sheets", I have shared your comments with my leadership team and used this as a coaching opportunity on how that experience should look like in the future.  I also want you to know that Jason from the mall did reach out to me to ensure that I received your feedback.

We appreciate the choice you make to shop at Macy’s and look forward to the opportunity to serve you in the near future.

Sincerely,"

my reply to that!

"Dear Deneen,

Thank you for the reply and assurances.

Now to get Jason to act on my suggestions of a painted yellow line in the middle of the roads ( they are faded)in the parking lot. And a white line along the edge where the curb is. As it is now it is hazardous.

Thank you.

Sincerely

Cynthia Moore"

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and another reply! I now love Macy's again.

"Hello Cynthia 

I can certainly connect with Jason regarding your parking lot concerns.  

Have a great summer. 

Regards, 

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mine back

Hello Deneen,

Thank you, maybe he will listen if it does not show my name. we have had a lengthy exchange of emails! I never give up. 

Hope your Summer is a pleasant one as well.

Sincerely,

Cynthia 

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June 24

drove down to Hyannis to buy  what I do not remember but I drove by the scene to see what was visible on a clear day. Faded yellow line very visually deceptive on the approach.

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