Renewed hope for humanity! The lost attachment to my vacuum cleaner has been returned to its nestling place in the mothership! Now, if only the poor, shattered, hooking apparatus that permits the hose assymbly to store upright on the main body, if only it could see a new and repaired day!

Think I whine too much? Think I am a cranky old man who complains about every little detail in my life? I remind you, sir, the oft told tale of the nail.

"For want of a nail, a shoe was lost (refers to a horse shoe and nail).

For want of a shoe a horse was lost!

For want of a horse a rider was lost! (refers to a vital messanger).

And for want of a rider, a kingdom was lost! (Some versians say 'for want of a rider a crown was lost.)

I am thinking this is a reference to Shakespear and one of those king Henrys. Simply put, some doof didn't take care of making sure his horse's shoes were firmly attached. When the king was getting it put to his army in a battle, he summons the very same doof to ride hard for reinforcements. Doof jumps on old Neillie and rides hard, only to have his loyal mount throw a shoe, go lame and not make it to the reinforcements in time. (In the versian I like, the horse throws the shoe, stumbles, throws the rider, who flys into a creek and breaks his neck while drowning!) No reinforcements, good king Henry loses da battle, and his head and crown with it.

So see, if my busted vacuum falls on me when I am walking by, and I lurch to avoid it, and fall, breaking my poor old hip, and I miss work, losing money that pays for the internet service that provides access to this heavily read web page, well, you can see why the vacuum cleaner must be in tip top shape!!! LOL!!!