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Which one is Ying and which one is Yang?
To the gym on Tuesday? Yup, we changed days because Mary is going with Amy to the various eye doctors. As we entered, the music stopped and the trainers ran to get their torture tools which included:
• Rack
• Iron maiden
• Thumb screws
• Pillory
• Stocks
• Breaking wheel
• Judas cradle
• Scavenger’s daughter
• Spanish boot
• Branding irons
• Whips / scourges
• Manacles and shackles
• Dunking stool
• Heretic’s fork
• Pear of anguish
• Strappado apparatus
• Tongue tearers
• Knee splitter
• Head crusher
• Gibbet cage
Many of these are associated with medieval or early modern punishment, interrogation, or public humiliation, though some are exaggerated or mythologized in popular history. Torture is illegal under international law and widely recognized as a severe human rights violation.
We first rode the stationary bikes for 30 minutes, and then the torture began. We escaped after an hour with our workout clothes ripped to shreds, but we managed to go to the market anyway.
Mary watches me closely to make sure items do not accidentally “fall into my basket”. Items like the basic food groups: cookies, cake, candy, pie, and donuts.
After shopping, we went home directly to unload, and Mary fixed a salad for lunch before going to her art class at 1:00 pm. But do NOT fear, I was left with a rather large “to-do” list which I attacked with vigor. I managed the first three items before she arrived home with her new artwork!
Mary is off to the art class!
I heard the garage door open and immediately hid the pie and cookies before she could spot them! Enter the artist, and with a loud “TA DAH,” I was presented with her latest. I immediately started suggesting names such as: Tank, Speed Bump, Scooter, Shell Shock, Turbo, and Professor Plod!
Then we went to our neighbor’s house to replace some outdoor lighting bulbs only to find out the wiring from the power source to the right-hand side of the yard has a problem.
No! It is NOT a beached whale!!
We got two lamps to work but failed with the others.
Derned concrete is hard on the head!
The lead from the power source is open somewhere!
Mary made meatloaf for dinner, and it was terrific. We watched TV while she slaved away. I assisted when I could, retrieving spices and other goodies.
After dinner, we moved to the TV room and watched Yellowstone until Mary’s “sleeping noises” overtook the TV, and I had to call it quits!
