I’m feeling a bit logy today as the effects wear off from
the anesthesia that I was subjected to this morning for my colonoscopy. But I don't think they meant computer when they told me not to operate large machinery.
Most of you out there who have been in my
shoes know, of course, that the colonoscopy itself is far less irritating than the prep
day before. But what gets me even more
than that is, in my case, to finish off the prep, I had to take the last dose
at 1:00 am. Then, of course, it’s a good couple of hours before you can
actually get to sleep after that. Since
my procedure was at 8:00 am, I was up at the crack of dawn and out the door on
about two and a half hours sleep.
Soooooo, if I make some mistakes here today, it’s the fatigue
speaking. BUT, I will say this, it’s all
a small price to pay to make sure that there’s nothing untoward going on in the
old plumbing down there and I'm free for another five years.
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When we were in Bangor in August, we didn’t have a lot of
time to look around, but if you saw my last post, you know that we did spend an
hour or so driving around town looking at stuff, which is one of my favorite
things to do.
I was very surprised to see that The World’s Best Drunken
Noodles are served in Bangor. But my surprise was mainly because I have no idea what a “drunken
noodle” is. I’d try one though.
I like looking in people’s windows while we
drive around. But I’m not a voyeur. I don’t want to see the people who live in
these places; I’m just interested in their stuff. I liked the looks of this place with the fan
and the orchids in the window. The
building itself was nice and strong looking.
In case you’re driving in Bangor and forget where
you are, I recommend driving by this sign.
This is The Thomas Hill Standpipe. “Standpipe” is just a fancy way of saying “water
tower.” According to the website 10Places Every Stephen King Fan Must Stop While in Bangor, Maine, “The Thomas
Hill Standpipe served as the inspiration for the haunted and dangerous water
tower in It and it's said King wrote
much of the book, published in 1986, on a park bench in the small park at the
base of the tower. The Standpipe was built in 1897 and holds 1.75 million
gallons of water for the city.”
It is one of my favorite King
books. He confirms the utter and total
creepiness of clowns in this book. I
remember It keeping me awake at night
when I was reading it. I couldn’t get
the line, “We all float down here” out of my head for months. Well, the line is obviously still in there even now.
But I would say that even if you aren’t a fan
of Mr. King's work, this is worth a stop if you’re ever in Bangor. It is one fantastic building. Made me wish I had brought my wide angle lens
along. Oh, well…
So that I will be able to link up with Theresa’s
Good Fences today, I’m throwing in this
pic. If we had had more time, it looked
like a place that would be a very nice stop for a draft beer. Well, at least it would be on a nice day,
which it wasn’t when we were in Bangor.
And that’s why my pictures of the Standpipe (above) look like they were
converted to black and white. Nope. Those shots are in living color. It was just a black and white kind of day.
