Hello everybody! E here. Welcome back to another book haul. These are all the books that I got in February. Many of them are gifts, and then the other half of them are books that I got for little or nothing except for one, and I'm actually kind of mad about it, but we'll get to that in a second. So right off the bat, I found The Phantom Tollbooth. The Phantom Tollbooth is, well, first off, it's a book that I first read when I was in, I'm not sure, I want to say it's junior high school, maybe it was even as far back as elementary school or grammar school, whatever you guys call it, K-6 is what I did. And I remember when my teacher mentioned we were going to be watching the movie and reading the book, I was like The Phantom Tollbooth, that seemed silly. But then we actually saw the movie, for some odd reason we watched the movie before we read the book, and then we discussed the differences. This quickly became one of my favorite books, and I want to reread it now that I'm an adult and see if it still retains, you know, if I still enjoy the book. So I got this one. This is only a quarter, actually no it wasn't. This is the very last one before they went back to quarter books at the library. This is part of my Phillipa bag for a dollar, but I had gotten so many books that the next I think one, two, three, four, five, six. So I only got six in a bag for a dollar, basically I saved 50 cents, but I mean this book brand new was $8.99 at what, books a million here. So Phantom Tollbooth. And you guys read this, this is amazing if you haven't read it. I'm hoping I'm remembering this and this isn't like, you know, what is that Mandela effect. But is this the one with the doldrums? I don't know, let me know down there in the comments. But and then I got this one, I think I'm actually going to read this one because I've never actually read any of her stuff, my buddy Cody doesn't like her work but keeps on buying her books. Actually I think he liked the most recent one, but this is The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. So I got that one. It was part of the library doohickey. And then we have The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart, which just sounds amazing. It's also published by Echo and I've liked just about everything Echo has done. I think they did Ketnes' first two books. I know they're Atria Publishing also, but I think that's a subprint or subsidiary, whatever, of Atria or Simon and Schuster or something like that. Next up is one that I actually have. It's back here behind the Good Mythical Mug, tea cakes, don't fall please. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, but I got an alternate copy. I love alternate copies, I love, no actually I haven't read this one. I've read Where the Line Bleeds and Sing Unburied Sing. I have yet to read Men We Reaped and Salvage the Bones, but I had to pick this up because it was a quarter, well less than a quarter. I don't know, y'all do the math down there. I got six books for a toddler. And then Prime Evil, which I have been looking for forever. It's got a Stephen King story, I have no idea what story it is. It's one of the most talked about, one of the most famous short story collections because it's got King, it's got Barker, it's got Straub, it's got Legotti, which will probably be my first Thomas Legotti. It's got Ramsay Campbell, Whitley Stryber, good gravy. Another one that's pretty famous is, it's the Borderlands Six, I think it is.  Anyways, next up we have Sliver by Ira Levin, yeah and I'm looking back here and it's kind of blurred from Stephen King, Stephen King, Stephen King blurbed everything, whether he liked it or not. I'm pretty sure because he's blurbed some pretty bad books. In fact, any time there's a blurb, he's kind of like Paul Tremblay. Any time that King or Paul Tremblay blurbs something, I am staying away because I know it's going to be hot garbage. Next up we have the book that I am upset about, which is we're buddy reading right now, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danieluski. And I'm not mad about the book, the book's fine. Pages are already falling out of this thing. I didn't buy it new. I did buy it used, and there's another page that I forgot that's in my room, but two pages so far, so this little doohickey, the first page has fallen out and then another page in the narrative has fallen out. So I'm very upset with the seller. I'm of course not going to send it back because we're reading it right now and I don't want to wait all that time.   Anyways, moving on. Now on to the gifts. I had to go back, I got so many gifts this month, I had to go back and check who all sent me what. The only one that I could remember are the two most recent ones that was Wayne and I'm telling all myself, I don't know why I'm telling all myself.  It's the one from Anthony and the one from my buddy Wayne. But earlier in the month, because I have a terrible memory, my friend JB sent me tribesmen, which I'm going to be getting to in March because it's only like a hundred pages. And then he also sent me Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad, which I loved and I wanted a hardcover of. And I buddy read with him, JB Taylor, and our good friend, Jen Bernardini, and I loved the book. And JB was nice enough to send it to me. I think he liked it as well. Jen didn't care for it as much because she thought it was supposed to be historical fiction, but it's an alternate history kind of deal. So she went in not knowing and it kind of sullied her experience. You know how it goes. That next, my buddy Richard Daris sent me the Black Tides of Heaven. Yeah, by, by Ji Yang, I mean, this is Ji Yang, Ji, Ji Yang, Ji Yang. Yes, this covers amazing. By the way, please focus, focus. Did it focus? I hope so. I can't see. And then now we're getting to the last three books. My buddy Wayne Fenlin sent me West Lake Soul by Rio Ewers, Rows, Yowers, Ryeow, Roses. Yes, Rio Yowers. This dude, this dude takes the funniest pictures. He's sitting there, he's almost like duck face. I don't know if you guys can see that or not, but he's like, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, dude, but it's, now I'm tickled. I'm sorry. OK, let me calm down. Let me calm down. But dude, dude certainly looks like, what is it? Blue Steel Zoolander. That's what he looks like in his pictures. So, I mean, it's just a funny pose is all I'm saying. Next up, and I still haven't got to the sticker video. I apologize, everybody. I've been super, super busy. Joe Hills, NOS 482, or Nostra 2, the UK edition. I'm still stoked about this. This is amazing. It is an old library copy, but I am going to get this joker cleaned up. And wonderfully enough, the UK libraries look like they use just regular old scotch tape instead of that impervious titanium tape that American libraries use. But yeah, I'm super excited. In fact, I'll probably end up reading this one, because it's already been well read. I'll probably end up reading this one when I do my reread pretty soon. And finally, last but certainly not least, I literally tried to put these in order that they came. So it's not like I appreciate anything more than anything else. But on writing, the first edition, first Scribner edition of on writing, the US version, been looking for it forever. My buddy Anthony from Boise, Idaho sent me this. And I super appreciate it. Like I said, I've been looking for this forever. And it's one of my favorite books of all time. It was very influential in my own work. And I thank you for sending it, Anthony. But until next time, I have been E, you have been U. This has been another book haul video. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye bye.


Look there's Alex at work our first bricklaying day back this year We're at the same warehouse. There's been a few Fort lift incidents Doing this thing today. It's on it's on legs and It's been infilled after there's another leg It's been infilled and then bash of the pallet. So We've got to take this out Creepy creepy it's seller with all the big spiders And then we're just gonna block it back up We had a one tie putting my nails So we'll put a couple of bluebirds in that But we're gonna tie them, but this is an independent pillar. So don't want to disturb it. It's like a big solid pillar We'll tie that ending We'll put the bluebird in the center So time lapse as always I've got to take these two out I'm gonna grind them out And then you cut it slow so we're gonna have to cut the bottom blocks as well Do it a bit slow like that But I can get underneath to cut from those sides so it should come off pretty easy Now, push it Well to me done It's patched up Wednesday the 13th I think One of those days but One of those rare days for us We're inside And what we're doing we're inside a warehouse Which is a little bit of Dill fault lift damage again Because it's near a fire door It's a bit serious so We've got to take this whole section out today Look to the beam That's a beam and a half in it So top's got to come off Block work out New block work rebuild it And then we've got this handy light We've got the light But we had to come by the trash and chargers today We've got a good deal on them at Wigan So that's come And we're going to try and patch that up a little bit Try not to knock it all down But again this is the main section today So we've got all our gear in Out of the rain We're going to get a bit wet getting rid of the block But that should probably be piled on the pallet outside To be gotten rid of after So off we go You grab that all I'll get these screws out I need to try and stand as white or shadow Oh yeah Let's check your end as they're all out There's one more, two more Shame there's no nothing sticking out so we can hang this one Yeah It doesn't get this thing off Am I still filming? Just slide it to you Apologies for the sway camera While I'm doing this by the way I need a metal What would it say? It's a picture of wood Here you go Let's rip these out of my ear then When I stood up I don't like that that bit I'm not even listening to anything I just forgot to take them out The reason we've got this is These are held together by rivets Oh sorry Shame We're taking this off in one piece but it's attached to the next one By the rivets I think so yeah Let me just It also makes for a good camera stand this way Difficulties please stand by Can I walk towards me with it? One sec Back to me a bit It's the loose bits caught up on the wire Can I take it out? Yeah some of it's quite good It doesn't have to take much knocking down Well it's not We just have to lift it out Are we still on filming? Yep We're lacking I think that doesn't fall and we're taking it down So we'll just take it down block by block And then we'll take it outside Onto a pallet At least you don't have to smash it down so it's all coming out in full blocks Yeah Okay let's get The time lapse going We can use some insulation again We're going to get that pouring in a tum bag Yeah So we're all down Into the cavern to try it Yeah we're going to bed the damp Just to give it half a chance Not that a A fault lift truck banging it A policy gates the wall is going to stop it Yeah we've got a few blocks ready Drying out I think the rest are being delivered later So we can use to get a start We'll get some sand brought round by the With the fault lift Just to give you an idea how good these lights are Should I kill that light off? There we go We've got a good deal on this We've got a 5 amp power battery And the charger Dual charger for the 12 and 18 volt batteries For 90 quid Made up with that And we have another 18 volt light Back at the house that we haven't brought here Got enough lights I think today So we've got the 12 volt light as well It's got everything covered really It's got the battery in From the Multi-Tool Right let's get ourselves organised Ready for start We're all set up Got the mixer outside the door It's just loading out Going round to the To the other side and got a tumbag Got a barrel full of sand out of the tumbag Put it in the back of the van There's our rubbish Neatly stacked on the pallet Ready to go away And there's the There's our mixer ready to go round It's a bit of a lot of fetching and carrying Messing about but it's good Like I said we mainly endorse This floor though I need to get a mask Here's what I've used today Put it straight that's it Head up, the masks look great But They're not on our Teespring store but I can't say I'm buying them because they're ridiculously expensive I bought these two Across the fortune so I understand they know who wants to buy them But they are good masks, they're like The proper cloth So they can go in the wash machine and get washed That's them, I like going off to get some Get a spot board and get some water Out of blocks as you can tell by the different colour I went off and got to pick some up But obviously it's pouring down all day So they're soaking wet So it's very ugly But it's in a warehouse It's not supposed to be pretty It's never going to be seen behind the pallets As you can see that's what we're up against But it's open it's straight That's the main thing We can always tie it up a bit with a wire brush When we come back Which is just too wet to do anything with So I'm not going to sit down till 7 o'clock Waiting for it to go off Which is not going to go anyway You'll probably be able to do that tomorrow Oh yeah, we've just Chapped all this back into shape and pointed it up That's all they want to do on this side So that's us Maybe I'm done Unfortunately it's face work tomorrow But it's going to rain again tomorrow So it could be another day off


I think Invictus is better in the high heat than this, but I do think this is better in the cold versus Invictus. Hey, what's up guys, it's Josh here. Today I wanna do a little review on this. Evercrombie's first instinct together. Now, this is one that I saw get released a little while ago. I wanna say it's like Invictus, but there was something holding me back from not saying it was like Invictus, and thankfully I've had enough time. I've picked out enough similarities and enough differences that this has that Invictus does not have. The notes we got here are Green Apple, Pineapple Leaf, Grapefruit, Cardamom, Lavender, Orange Blossom, Musk and Sandalwood, oh and Cedar, Musk, Sandalwood Cedar. Versus Invictus, this is a little bit more full. I think Invictus is better in the high heat than this, but I do think this is better in the cold versus Invictus because based on the cool or the heat, it will kind of change a little bit. It becomes a little bit more full, becomes a little bit more sweet. But I did try this against Invictus Aqua, and the only Invictus Aqua I have is 2016, which is the strongest one. Obviously the Invictus Aqua lasted longer, it's notorious for having extreme projection, but there's something about Invictus Aqua 2019 or Invictus Aqua 2016. What I really smell isn't the full Invictus DNA. I smell kind of one aspect, like one kind of pungent flower aspect to the Invictus, but I don't really smell much of the full Invictus kind of smell, and in my opinion, I don't really like that one note by itself. So although Invictus Aqua does last a lot longer than this, or noticeably longer, the times that I did get whiffs of this, it smelled better in my opinion, just because it kind of retains its full DNA for longer. So let's get into the pros of this fragrance. The pros is that it's very likable. It has good projection for the scent that it is. Now it's nothing insane, it's something groundbreaking, but I've tried a lot of fragrances like this, and I've also tried a lot of Abercrombie fragrances. A lot of them really are like a 45 minute to like a 60 minute projection kind of window. As soon as I sprayed this up, it has more projection than I thought it would. It doesn't last forever, but I think the opening projection is really nice because it was bigger than I expected. More in the cold and with the dry down, you do smell that ANF signature style scent in there, which is what something I really like. I thought that Abercrombie has just a little tint that they put on fragrances and I enjoy when I smell that. Again, I noticed it more in the dry down and in the cold. This is best in the middle temperatures because it has a little bit of that Invictus DNA, which obviously you know is like a fresh summertime scent, but as I was just saying before, it's not the best in the super high heat. However, once you go a little bit cooler, it actually smells good in the cool as well, but also I wouldn't go with extremes. I think right down the middle is good. I actually kind of like that it bounces between both and it kind of smells different in the heat versus the cold. This is the main pros. Let's jump into the cons in my opinion. The cons is that it doesn't really smell like first instinct. I kind of had to put that in there. Also the name together, it really doesn't sound anything like it smells, in my opinion. This has kind of like a Invictus style vibe, but it's almost got like a marini little element and extra little marine element to it, almost like a little bit of seaweed in a good way. It's hard to describe. It doesn't smell like the first instinct whatsoever at all. I do think that the first instinct is a little bit more unique when I sprayed them side by side. There's just something about first instinct that smells good, but it also smells very, very different from anything else we've smelled before. So I do appreciate that. It is a little bit pricey. For some reason, this one is fetching a little bit more money than the other first instincts. I think the other first instincts on eBay, they were kind of in the low 20s for 3.4 ounce, maybe 25 for 3.4 ounce. This is gonna run you definitely a lot more. I think I got this for $40 and it was the half size right here. This kind of smells the most like a normal designer fragrance. So I don't know if they had to put more money into this fragrance or they're trying to market this fragrance as being more expensive because it has a closer to a designery feel. I don't know. Nothing even close to first instinct. They just put it on there because first instinct is famous and people are gonna buy it and it's one of those ones where I really do like it. It's gonna get hype because it has first instinct, but I really don't think it should have been called that. It's nowhere near as unique as fierce or first instinct. I was just saying both those are much more unique. Maybe you could say that it smells similar to Invictus. That's a con, but once you get into this fragrance, it is a good amount different than Invictus. People say like the green apple, the pineapple leaf, I can maybe spill a little bit of something that smells like green apple. I don't get it that much. I don't really get much pineapple but it says pineapple leaf. There is some sort of other small little elements in there. I've smelled straight mandarin. I've smelled straight orange and it's not vast. They're definitely putting little extra bits in there to kind of make it a little bit more unique. Even on fragrance, I saw somebody saying that this had orange blossom and lavender. I do smell a very small hint of lavender, mainly in the dry down and then also in the more heat, I do smell a little bit of that orange blossom. Orange blossom to me can almost smell a little bit like sunscreen. If I were to give it a smell rating, I'd give it a solid eight out of 10. Like if this smell hadn't been copied Invictus, if this was its own smell, I'd probably give it 8.5 to a nine but because it has some similarities, I have to give it an eight but not any lower than eight because I was actually surprised by the extra stuff this does. And again, you smell the more extra stuff in the cool environments versus the heat. A likability actually did not write down a likability rating but I would give this a nine out of 10. This is a very likable style fragrance. It copies that Invictus style smell. Invictus is very likable. I'll say most Abercrombies are very likable. For longevity projection, I would give this between a seven to a 7.5. I'd probably land on a 7.5 by rating this for the kind of scent that it is because this kind of scent usually does not last long, especially these fresh fruity scents. Even with the Invictus Aqua 2016, yes, it lasted but the main aquatic notes and that kind of aspect did not last. So usually this doesn't last. I'd give it a solid 7.5 but if this was another scent, like a normally a really thick scent, I'd give it a 7. So it is not a powerhouse cold weather fragrance. It is not a powerhouse warm weather fragrance. Like I said, it does not really excel in extremes but I would rather have a fragrance that is better in the middle temperatures than something that's only good for the heat and only good for the cold. For the gym, I'd probably give this a four out of five. It smells like Invictus. It's light, I think light and fresh works good for the gym, I'd give it a four out of five. A date, I'd give it a three out of five. It's good. It's okay, it's passable. It's not the first thing I would go with but it is likable. It isn't something that, you know, it's hard to get into or it's kind of challenging. It just is likable at three out of five. School would probably give us a 4.5 out of five because most Abercrombies, they project the best in kind of school situations and this one is no different. School is kind of not hot but not cold. Usually it's air cooled and then on top of that doesn't have extreme projection but it's got just enough to where people will probably smell you three, four rows over in a classroom. So it's really, really good. Work, I'm gonna give this a 3.5 out of five. It's okay, it's solid but it's again, it's not something that screams work. There's a certain kind of vibe that I like with work.  I'll give this a 3.5 out of five. I would say this is a good casual everyday wear. The marketing campaign just does not match the smell. I don't know what they came out with the Summers time fragrance recently or a little while ago. I don't know what I would call this but it's more marini, it's more summery, like first instinct together. It just does not sound like the way it smells. If this fragrance were to be as cheap as the other ones I would highly recommend you get into it. And I do think that they actually took time making this and trying to make something that wasn't just a throw away fragrance. I feel like they spent a little bit of time with this which I can't say about every release. So I'm happy of what they've been doing recently and if this goes on sale cheap, I'd say definitely pick it up and if you like what I'm saying definitely pick it up as well. So anyways guys, that's been my little review of first instinct together. Let me know if you tried this fragrance, let me know what your favorite first instinct is. I would probably go with my favorite first instinct as first instinct extreme. I smelled all the first instincts again when I was making this video. My original opinion stayed strong. The original first instinct is much more transparent. It is probably the most unique out of all first instincts hands down. But there's something about first instinct that is very, very, very youthful. You go to first instinct extreme, it's less in your face, it's less unique. It takes a little bit of robust, normal stuff that you'd find in fragrance but keeps that little unique zest of first instinct. Although it's hard to not pick the original, my favorite is probably first instinct extreme. Then you have first instinct blue but that's kind of like its own fragrance. First instinct blue is just a really nice fierce blue style fragrance. That's kind of what it smells like to me. Thank you so, so much for watching the video. We're on the road of 50,000 subscribers and I could not do without any of you guys's help. You guys are the best. I'm having a great day out here. Hopefully having a great day at home. See you all in the next video. Peace.


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My name is Dirk Oliver von Landen. I am working for the Swiss Federal Office of Communications in the Department of International Affairs. It is a very important conference. It is the first WTDC after the adoption of the Agenda 2030 by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The opportunity of this conference is to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in the field of ICTs by ITU. ITU is a trusted partner of the member states and it is the great opportunity to organize our work for the next four years to implement the SDGs with the help of ICTs. ITU also can draw back on a huge experience with the World Summit of Information Society where ITU is a facilitator in many domains and this experience of ITU, this collaboration it has with member states will be extremely useful also in assisting member states in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. ITU, I think, needs to assist member states in the field of climate change, to use the ICTs to mitigate the consequences of climate change in the domain of e-waste. We also hope that ITU is going to assist member states to manage waste, which is an important topic to have a sustainable world to hand over to our children and also security. Cyber security is, of course, a topic where member states would like to draw on the help, assistance of the ITU.


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Leroy, just because you're on your way home from school doesn't mean I'm going to close the office.  Well, I guess I could leave a little early. It's been a good day. Yeah? Look at this letter I got from a customer this morning. What does it say? You will read it. Okay. He likes doing business with the Summerfield Water Department. He must be new in town. Now Leroy? Dear Water Commissioner, I've only been a resident in town for a couple of months. See? Read on, Leroy. Okay. But I'd like to take this opportunity to compliment you on the way you've handled our water problems and the new subdivision. You bet. All too often our good public servants go unheralded. Hey, not bad, huh? No, sir. I may just have that framed. Yeah, you can hang it over the mantle. It isn't a fish, but it sounds fishy. Watch it, Leroy. Only kidding, lads. Well, I've worked hard building up this department, my boy. I've made a good Water Commissioner if I do say so myself. Probably a lot of people in town would like to express themselves about the service. I'm sure there are. Ah, I'm sure there are. Oh. I've been toying with an idea. Yeah? I'll invite all the customers to send comments about the water service. I'll enclose a note when I send out last month's bills. You mean you haven't set them out yet? Yeah, well, I'm a little late, but... Maybe that's why this guy's so happy with the service. He hasn't received the bill. Well, he'll get one. Right, George. I think I'll take this fellow's nice letter down the hall and show it to the mayor. Come on, Leroy. Let's lock up. Oh, boy. Now you're on this outfit the way it should be run. Well, I may leave the office a little early once in a while, but whether I'm on the job or not, I'm always thinking of ways to make the department better. Even when you're out with Mrs. Ransom? Leroy, you wait here. Okay. That boy. Mr. Mann. Is that you, Gilda Fleve? Yes, indeed. Come in. Come in. Thank you. What's on your mind? Well, I have a little something to show you. You have last month's water report for me? Well, it isn't that. Oh, oh, you're bringing me a written excuse. No, not exactly, Your Honor. Your report is past due, you know. Well... Or can I be mistaken? Now, what day is this, Gilda Fleve? It's March 4th. And when is your report due? March 1st. Well, goody-goody for me, I'm not wrong. Well, I'm glad you're not upset, Mr. Mann. Gilda Fleve! I want that report on my desk this weekend at the latest. Yes, sir. No excuses, no alibis. Is that clear? Yes, your alibi. Your Honor. Now then, why did you come in here? That's what I'm asking myself. The voice sounds. I can hear him way down the hall. Yes, yes. Was he yelling for joy when you told him your great idea? Well, I didn't like his attitude and decided to keep it to myself. You run along home, Leroy. I'm stopping at Mrs. Ransom a minute. Can I tell Bertie you'll be home for dinner or do you want to wait and see what's cooking at Mrs. Ransom? Leroy, I'll be right home. I just want to tell her I have to work tonight. Okay, see you later, hon. Goodbye, my boy. Yeah, I hate to do it. But I'll have to break my date with Leroy to get out my report. Yeah, I've been later than this and the mayor hasn't growled. Besides, he knows I haven't had a secretary since that day Bessie went down for a maul and never returned. Martin. Hello. Thank you. Oh, I didn't expect you until later. Or did you come to take me out to dinner? Well, I'm afraid we'll have to call everything off this evening. Work is piled up at the office. Oh. I have to burn the midnight oil. You can do that with me. What? Trock, Martin. Wouldn't you rather spend the evening with Leela than with those soggy old water bills? No, Leela. Don't put the pressure on the water commissioner. Oh, I wouldn't think of it. I wonder what that good-looking intern is doing tonight. Leela. I'm just teasing Trock, Martin. Good. Of course, I'm disappointed. But if you have to work, I'll stay home and work, too. Well, knitting a sweater? No, I'm just paying my bills. Are those your bills? Your desk looks as loaded as mine. I always have such a time keeping my camp straight. Now, look at this telephone bill. Isn't that awful? Well, you do a lot of talking, Leela. Of course, a lot of people call me, but I shouldn't be charged for that. Well, you aren't. I suspect I pay for most of those incoming calls. Don't I? Trock, Martin. I've got news for you. If I got calls from only one bow, I'd have my phone taken out. Now, what if they put on this bill? Yeah, let me see. Have they added the unit messages to the toll calls? Well, of course, Leela. Well, I better check them on that. Let me see here. If I call an 8 or 12 with one to carry, then one and two or three plus four makes eight. No, Leela. Four plus three comes to seven. But there was one to carry. If you added the one to the two to make three. Well, then why didn't I get seven like you did? Eh... Yeah, I'd better run along home, Leela, so I can get back to the office. Oh, you poor man. Trock, Martin, I have an idea. Why don't I come down and help you with your figures tonight? Oop. It's a nice thought. But you have enough to do right here. Oh, but I'm tired scrambling, Martin. I want to come down to the office and help scramble yours. Ah, sorry, Leela. The mare is too hard-boiled. I don't want to dish him up anything scrambled. Mr. Gilsey, you sure rushed your dinner this evening. Well, there's work to be done. Yes, sir. But it never pays to rush your meals. If I don't get out my work, we don't get paid and we don't eat meals. We don't? Well, let's get out the work. Well, that's why I'm rushing, Leera. Yes, but as long as we got meals, it don't pay to rush them. Yeah, I know, Bertie. A man's gonna live happier and longer if he don't rush it. Yes, yes. A man's gonna live happier and longer if he don't rush his meals. All right, Bertie. I don't want to rush it, but you ready for your second cup of coffee? Yes, it's gonna be a long night. I'll need a lot of coffee. Yes. Why don't you take along a pocket full to keep you awake?  Hey, how about letting me come down and help you? You, Leera? Sure, I'll be glad to help you out of your jam.  Unless you want to. Yes, yes. Yours is the second offer I've refused. Yeah? Leela wanted to come down, but of course I had to say no. Can you imagine her working in an office? She got a little upset when I refused her. But I pointed out I would accomplish more working alone. Yes. Of course I could use some help right now. But I need somebody who knows what three plus four equals. Seven. I'm impressed, Leera, but I'm not taking you to the office. Oh, for corn's sake. Say, Grace Tuttle once offered to help me at the office. She says she enjoys secretarial work. She wouldn't be bad. She's a school teacher. I think I'll give her a jingle. Yes. Mr. Guilty, I thought you told Ms. Ransom you'd get more done working alone. Well, it wouldn't be like having Mrs. Ransom there. Ms. Tuttle has had an office experience. Oh, yes. I knew you'd end up spending the evening with one of your girls. Leeroy, this is strictly business. Young man, watch it. It's nice of you to come down and help me tonight, Grace. I'm sure it'll be very interesting, Brock Morton. I've never seen your office. We're coming to it. Oh, it's way in the back. Well, it is this side of the broom closet. Now, here's the mayor's office right there. To Williger. He certainly has to Williger and big letters on the door. Yeah, he'd make them bigger. But you have to hyphenate his name. And here is where you get Mary's license. How exciting. Is this why you brought me down? You don't know. Come along, Grace. I was only joking. You didn't have to turn pale. And here is where the important water decisions are made. In fact, I'd like you to help me with one of my big ideas tonight. Oh? Come in, Grace. My, you have a very nice office. Thank you. Looking at your desk, I see you do have work to do. Well, I'm a little behind. But the mayor doesn't seem to appreciate the fact I'm without a secretary. Where do we start? Well, first I want you to listen to this letter that came in the morning's mail. Dear Water Commissioner, I'd like to take this opportunity to compliment you on the way you've handled our water problems in the new subdivision. What do you think of that? That's very complimenting. I thought so, too. So I conceived the idea of enclosing a little note in every water bill, inviting customers to express their opinions of my department. Isn't that like poking a hornet's nest? Grace, you don't seem to realize the good job I've been doing. Oh, I'm sorry, Throt Morton. This letter was unsolicited, voluntary. Think of the flood of mail I'll get if I give the customers a little prod. That's what I'm thinking about. Yeah, then I'll dump the letters in the mayor's desk and he'll never roar at me again. Fine. Now, how do we start your monthly report? Before we get into that, I'd better compose that note to the customers, asking them to criticize me. I've never known a man with such a low threshold of pain. What? Never mind, Throt Morton. Start composing. Oh, well, let's see. A dear customer. Say, you know shorthand. For short notes so we can get to your water report. Oh, well, we'll get that out. Dear customer. Do you have that? Twice. Oh. Right, George. Grace, this is a great idea of mine. Throt Morton, stop dawdling. I'm not dawdling. I'm thinking. Could that be the same thing? No, Grace, this will do me a lot of good with the mayor. Yes, sir. We're up to dear customer. Hell, yes. Dear customer. Grace, can you stop to answer the phone? Yes, I think I can remember where we were. Hello? Is this the water department?  Yes, it is, dear. Dear? A mutual friend of ours. Great, ma'am. Just a moment. Are you in, Throt Morton? Oh, yes. Always glad to talk to a mutual friend. Catch. Oop. Grace, you shouldn't toss the receiver. I never hold a hot potato very long. Hello? Free. Well, I thought as long as I could get some confident help. Well, I never. Grace is a school teacher, you know. School was added. But... What about my offer to help? Well, Leela, let's face it. No reflection, but you couldn't add four and three. Well, I can... This is what happens when a man tries to do a conscientious job. Gildesley will return in just a moment. If you could get beautiful nylon stockings at half price, wouldn't you jump at the chance? That's exactly the bargain offered at any store that sells Kraft's new parquet margarine. In every package of Kraft's new parquet, you'll find how to order famous power's model nylons for only 75 cents a pair, just half the price you'd ordinarily pay. 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Complete instructions for ordering your nylons are given inside every package. Well, let's get back to the great Gilda sleep. Operating without the services of his secretary, he got a little behind with his work, so he decided to get the most capable help he knew. Leroy's school teacher helped him at the office last night. Hi, honk. Good morning, Leroy. Did you and Miss Tuttle get any work done at the office last night? Yes, we did. I hope they didn't keep her up too late, so she'll be cranky in school today. No, we left the office early. To go to a movie? No, Leroy. I dictated a little note to the customers, asking for their comments on the service. You really went through with that, huh? Yep, we enclosed it with the bills, and all we have to do tonight is get out the report. Now, where's my other shoe? Oh, I forgot to tell you, the dog took it downstairs. Oh, my goodness. Well, I've been teaching him to retrieve. He gets confused. Well, I hope he didn't bury it under the house. Let's go downstairs and look for it. Okay. Dog, where are you? Yes, Bertie. Here's your shoe. Oh, just looking for it. Thank you. Bertie wrestled the dog for it. Bertie won two out of three falls. Good. I'm glad you caught him. Yes. Miss Gilsley did Miss Ransom get you at the office last night? Yeah, she caught me red-handed. Miss Tuttle answered the phone. Uh-oh. Well, I'll fix that up. I'm going to invite Mrs. Ransom to lunch. I know how to handle women. Spending money on them, huh? Well, these things have to be smoothed out. Were you taking her to the crystal room? No, my boy. I can't spare the time from the office for a long, expensive lunch. I'm taking you to Peetie's. Oh, you've got Peter the baloney there. I've accomplished quite a lot at the office this morning. I'm sure Grace and I can wind up the report tonight. Hello, Peetie. Mr. Gilsley. What can I do for you today? Mrs. Ransom is meeting me here for lunch. What's on the menu? Baloney. Oh, my goodness. Peetie, I want something a lady likes. Well, Mrs. Peetie likes it, and she's a lady. This lunch has to be a little special, Peetie.  That should be fit for your queen. Yes, yes. That was a little whitishism, Mr. Gilsley. Chicken-Ola King, Queen. I get it, Peetie. Yeah, I'm laughing. Well, I have my problems. I asked Grace to help me out at the office, and Lila found out about it. Now, what's wrong with that? Lila volunteered first, and I told her I was going to work alone. My, my. Well, I'm still glad I asked Grace. We got all the bills out last night. Yeah, I received mine this morning. Peetie, what's so funny? Mr. Gilsley, I've spent quite an amusing morning composing an answer to your request for criticism. Well, Peetie, you know there are two kinds of criticism. Good and bad. You should have thought of that before you sent these things out. Now, how did this sound, Mr. Gilsley? I, for one, have no gripes. Good. About the drip inside of the pipe. Yeah, I thought that was pretty good. Of course, I could send this other one in. It's a little more personal. Yeah, I'd rather not hear it, Peetie. Yeah. Well, here's Lila. And here's the busy water commissioner. Yep. How are you today, Mr. Granton? Hello, Mr. Peetie.  Well, Lila, I'm glad you're in such good spirits today. Oh, I felt better about everything since the mail came this morning. Get a letter from an old bow? No, Peetie, let's not get curious. Okay. Did you, Lila? You might call this a note from an ex-bowl. Ex-bowl? Lila, what are you talking about? I'll give you a hint. As far as Lila's concerned, he's so much water under the bridge. But, Lila... I've got your invitation to comment on the way you run your water department, Drachman. Uh-oh. I've been working on that, too. Mr. Peetie, may I use your stamp machine? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Peetie, what do you think of a city official who has dates at the office and tells the mayor he's working nights? Doesn't sound very good. No, Lila, if that's your complaint about the water department, why waste a stamp? I'll take it now.  He doesn't? I just assumed you wanted the letters to go to his honor, the mayor. The mayor?  Well, the good ones. Yeah, I mean... Lila, let's order lunch and talk this over. Order anything you want. Yeah, this looks like a good time to take your honor. Drachman, I consider cooperating with your plan much more important than lunch. But... And before I do another thing, I want to get this letter in the mail. Wait a minute, Lila. Lila! Oh, well, she won't mail it. She won't get me in Dutch with the mayor. No, I wouldn't say that. I'm scared, yeah. I found it. I didn't think Lila would mail that letter to the mayor. But she did. And I couldn't get it out of the box either. Not even with an old coat hanger and some chewing gum. And that pushy policeman wouldn't believe I was trying to mail the coat hanger. Oh, well. We're going through to have Grace come here to the office tonight. I'll just phone her and call it off. Hello? Grace, this is Drachmorton. Oh, yes, Drachmorton. I want to thank you again for helping me last night. It was fun. I'm looking forward to this evening. Well, about this evening, I won't be needing you. Oh, you have quite a lot of work to do. Is this because of the phone call from Lila? Oh, no. You're sending in another shift, are you? No, no, indeed. I'll be working alone tonight. I know you need help. I'll bet you're just trying to be nice. Oh, not me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a lot of work to do. Thanks again. Goodbye. Ta-ta. He sounded a little disappointed. I just can't take any chances on upsetting the mayor. That letter Lila sent was going to take some explaining anyway. You think I'll just hot-foot it into his office before he gets it? Sure. I'll say, Mr. Mayor, if you get a letter about me, don't pay any attention to it. It's from a disgruntled customer. A very disgruntled customer. Mr. Mayor, Gelder sleeve. Oh, yes, Gelder sleeve. You have your report. Zeke. Not yet, Mr. Mayor. Working on it. Well, come in. Thank you. What's the trouble? Oh, no trouble, Mr. Mayor. I just don't want any. That's all. What? Has your afternoon mail come yet? No, it hasn't. Well, I have a feeling you'll get a letter about me from a disgruntled customer. What's he disgruntled about? He's a she. Oh. And she's disgruntled because I had to break a date with her. You know how it is. I'm not so sure that I do. You, Ali, it might be implied that I've had dates at the office when I was really worthy. Oh, Gelder sleeve, forget it. Good. I know you wouldn't live so dangerously. You know my business policies. I've always demanded that the city employee keep his social life separate from the office. Oh, you're absolutely right, Mr. Mayor. And I wouldn't tolerate any exceptions to the rules. Oh, I can see that. I, Gelder sleeve, I don't even permit Mrs. de Williger to come to the office. Really? I always tell her I see enough of her at home. Very good, Mr. Mayor. So, Gelder sleeve. Yes. If I can tell that to my wife, you can tell it to your girlfriend. Yes, sir. Total gallons of water. Who could be that? Oh, it's Lila. Guess she's checking on me. Here, come in, Lila. I'm here this hour, but I just had to see you. Who? I want to apologize to you. Well, if it's about the letter you wrote to the mayor. Isn't it a little late to apologize? Drop my heartin'. Yes, Lila? I was just teasing you. Teasing? I didn't write the mail letter. That was just a blank piece of paper, ma'am. It was? You know Lila wouldn't really do anything to embarrass her best boss. Oh, good old Lila. I just couldn't stand another girl being down here with you. Right, George. Everything worked out great. Gelder sleeve. Uh-oh, it's the mayor. You'll have to hide, Lila.  Gelder sleeve. One moment, Mr. Mayor. Quickly, leave in the coat closet. Come in, Mr. Mayor. Gelder sleeve, what are you doing? Just filing things away. Oh, well, I was just leaving my office and I thought I heard a woman's voice. A woman? In here? Drockmorton. Grace. Oh, excuse me, Mr. Mayor. Drockmorton, after you phoned, I thought I really should come down. Uh-huh. Yeah, Mr. Mayor. Miss Tuttle is Leroy's teacher. Well, what is she teaching you? She came down to assist me with my work. Gelder sleeve, this is highly irregular, but if she's helping, get out the report. She's helping, I'm going to help, too. Gelder sleeve. Why? He even has some coming out of the woodwork. Gelder sleeve. The great Gelder sleeve will be right back. Remember Kraft's new Parquet margarine when you go shopping? Parquet is the delicious margarine that spreads smoothly, even when ice cold. And with every pound of Parquet you buy, you can order famous Power's Model nylon stockings at half price. Yes, only 75 cents a pair. Your family will enjoy the appetizing fresh flavor of Kraft's new Parquet margarine. And it gives you a wonderful chance to build a glamorous hosiery wardrobe at half price. Thanks for the coffee, Gelder sleeve. Oh, not at all, Mr. Mayor. I'm glad I had the opportunity to explain things. See, it was the girls who insisted on helping me. Let's see how they're doing it. The month of February, 3,89621. Have you got that great? Uh-huh, thank you, Leela. I'll add that in this column. By George, with the girls working like this, I'll have you report out in no time. Yes, they will. This gives me an idea, Gelder sleeve. Yeah? I wonder how the city of Somerfield would react to a lady water commissioner. I'd better get busy. Good night, folks. The great Gelder sleeve is played by Willard Waterman. The show is written by John Elliott and Andy White of his partially transcribed. The tutors in the cast are Walter Tetley, Lillian Randolph, Stanley Ferrar, Mary Schiff, Shirley Mitchell, and Dick Lagrange. Musical composition by Jack Meakin. 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