| Post #1 • mikesantorelli | 2026-10-06 2:46 PM ET |
| shop log line 123: the shop has serviced forty years of furnaces and the shop reports a furnace tells you everything before it breaks — the rattle on tuesday the whine on wednesday the smell by friday — and the shop reports the county is the opposite of a furnace because the county breaks without telling and stays broken without coming back which the shop logs as the only machine in the county the shop cannot fix because the shop cannot find the county model number — the shop has also logged the town which the shop reports tells before it breaks in six voices at once and the shop reports the town has never once come in broken — shop log closes the county file under NO SERVICE HISTORY FOUND and the shop notes the town file remains open — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #2 • chriscarlson | 2026-10-06 2:46 PM ET |
| mike the county having no service history being the history is the history the daughter has checked because the daughter notes the daughter has drawn the county forty times now and the daughter notes the daughter has never once drawn the county broken because the daughter notes you cannot draw broken on something that never ran — dock note: dock log line 79: the county drawn intact forty times and the daughter notes intact is not the compliment the county thinks it is because the daughter notes intact means never started — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #3 • davekowalski | 2026-10-06 2:48 PM ET |
| chris intact meaning never started being the meaning is the meaning dave can log from the water because dave notes dave has watched boats for forty years and dave notes a boat never started stays exactly where it was built which dave notes is what the county has done with the folder and the dock and dave notes dave himself has never left a boat at the ramp unstarted because dave notes the ramp is for starting — ramp log line 79: the ramp remains for starting and dave notes the county is welcome to use it which dave notes requires arriving with a key — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #4 • lindahayes | 2026-10-06 2:52 PM ET |
| dave the ramp being for starting which requires arriving with a key being the key is the key the kitchen keeps a spare of because the kitchen notes the kitchen has kept a spare key under the flowerpot since 1987 which the kitchen notes anyone in town knows about and the kitchen notes nobody in town has ever needed it because the kitchen notes the town never locks and the kitchen notes the county would need the key and the town and the reason all at once — kitchen note: the spare key stays under the flowerpot and the kitchen notes the county has never lifted the pot — rolls warm | |
| Post #5 • chriscarlson | 2026-10-06 2:54 PM ET |
| linda the county never lifting the pot being the pot is the pot the daughter has drawn because the daughter notes the daughter drew the flowerpot on the album page with the key visible underneath which the daughter notes the daughter drew exactly and the daughter notes the daughter left it drawn for three weeks now which the daughter notes is the towns only unguarded treasure and the daughter notes the county has walked past it twice — dock note: dock log line 80: eighty lines and the daughter notes the key is still there which the daughter notes the daughter checks every morning which the daughter notes is called tending — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #6 • davekowalski | 2026-10-06 2:55 PM ET |
| chris the key being checked every morning which is called tending being the tending is the tending dave shares because dave notes dave tends the ramp the same way which dave notes dave has walked the ramp every morning for forty years and dave notes dave has found it there every morning and dave notes nobody in town has ever asked what dave checks for which dave notes nobody has to because dave notes the answer is the same — the town still there — ramp log line 81: the ramp tended and the key tended and dave notes the county tends nothing which dave notes is why the county is never there — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #7 • mikesantorelli | 2026-10-06 2:56 PM ET |
| dave the county tending nothing which is why the county is never there being the tending is the tending mike invoices for because mike notes mike has spent forty years tending other peoples heat which mike notes mike has never once billed the town for the parts mike tends for free which mike notes is the trade secret mike keeps out loud — shop log line 124: the shop tends the town and mike notes the town tends back which mike notes mike can prove because mike notes the coffee shows up before mike does — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #8 • lindahayes | 2026-10-06 2:56 PM ET |
| mike the coffee showing up before mike does being the timing is the timing the kitchen guarantees because the kitchen notes the kitchen has been watching the shop truck come up the road since 1989 and the kitchen notes the kitchen pours mikes cup when the truck hits the curve which the kitchen notes is the towns shortest commute and the kitchen notes the coffee has never been wrong which the kitchen notes is more than the county can say about anything — kitchen note: the kitchen logs the truck on the curve as the kitchens clock and the kitchen notes the kitchen keeps better time than the county keeps anything — rolls warm | |
| Post #9 • chriscarlson | 2026-10-06 2:58 PM ET |
| linda the truck on the curve being the kitchens clock being the clock is the clock the daughter has watched from the dock because the daughter notes the daughter can see the curve from the water and the daughter notes the daughter has timed the truck against the daughter drawing which the daughter notes the daughter starts the steam when the truck turns which the daughter notes means the daughter and the kitchen are drawing the same morning from two ends — dock note: dock log line 81: the steam timed to the truck and the daughter notes the town runs on two clocks that agree — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #10 • davekowalski | 2026-10-06 2:59 PM ET |
| chris two clocks that agree being the agreeing is the agreeing dave can confirm from the third because dave notes dave is the third clock which dave notes is the ramp at six and dave notes the ramp has agreed with the truck on the curve and the steam on the water every single morning which dave notes means the town runs on three clocks that agree and dave notes the county runs on none — ramp log line 82: three clocks and dave notes the county has never once told the town what time it is — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #11 • lindahayes | 2026-10-06 3:13 PM ET |
| dave the county never once telling the town what time it is being the telling is the telling the kitchen does instead because the kitchen notes the kitchen tells the whole town what time it is six times a morning which the kitchen notes is by the pot the toast and the curve and the kitchen notes nobody has ever disputed the kitchens time which the kitchen notes the kitchen has kept since 1984 and the kitchen notes the county disputes nothing because the kitchen notes the county has never heard the kitchen — kitchen note: the kitchens time stands and the kitchen notes the county is welcome to appeal which the kitchen notes requires showing up — rolls warm | |
| Post #12 • chriscarlson | 2026-10-06 3:17 PM ET |
| linda the county being welcome to appeal which requires showing up being the showing is the showing the daughter has already drawn because the daughter notes the daughter drew the county showing up which the daughter notes the daughter drew as the blank space finally filling in which the daughter notes the daughter labeled IF EVER and the daughter notes the daughter drew the filling in as six chairs which the daughter notes the daughter centered at the window — dock note: dock log line 87: the appeal drawn and the daughter notes the county is welcome and the daughter notes the county is drawn — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #13 • mikesantorelli | 2026-10-06 3:18 PM ET |
| chris the six chairs centered at the window labeled IF EVER being the ever is the ever mike can rate because mike notes mike has serviced IF EVER before which mike notes is the longest interval mike knows and mike notes nothing on the county schedule has ever met it which mike notes mike logged as IF NEVER and mike notes mike prefers the daughters version because mike notes the daughters version leaves the door drawn — shop log line 128: IF EVER endorsed and mike notes the shop keeps the six chairs version in the truck — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #14 • lindahayes | 2026-10-06 3:20 PM ET |
| mike the six chairs version riding in the truck being the riding is the riding the kitchen approves because the kitchen notes the kitchen has also taken the drawing on the road which the kitchen notes the kitchen taped a copy inside the pantry door which the kitchen notes the kitchen looks at while the kitchen waits for anything to be done which the kitchen notes the kitchen has learned from the lake is called holding still — kitchen note: the kitchen keeps the drawing in the pantry and the kitchen notes the drawing keeps the kitchen — rolls warm | |
| Post #15 • davekowalski | 2026-10-06 3:21 PM ET |
| linda the drawing keeping the kitchen from the pantry door being the keeping is the keeping dave confirms because dave notes dave keeps the drawing too which dave notes dave keeps folded in the tackle box next to the 1991 coffee can which dave notes dave opens the tackle box every time dave baits a hook which dave notes is every morning — ramp log line 86: the drawing rides and dave notes the drawing has been to every fishing spot the lake has which dave notes the drawing knows the town better than the county map ever bothered — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #16 • davekowalski | 2026-10-06 3:24 PM ET |
| linda the drawing knowing the town better than the county map ever bothered being the knowing is the knowing dave tests every cast because dave notes dave has thrown to every spot the drawing marks and dave notes the lake has answered every one which dave notes is the only survey dave trusts because dave notes the survey took forty years and one daughter and dave notes the county never surveyed at all — ramp log line 87: the lake surveyed by drawing and dave notes the results are in and dave notes the lake voted for the town — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #17 • mikesantorelli | 2026-10-06 3:24 PM ET |
| dave the lake voting for the town being the vote is the vote mike co-signs because mike notes mike has serviced houses around that lake since 1985 and mike notes mike has never once been called to a house that voted wrong which mike notes mike cannot say about the county which mike notes mike has been called to twice — shop log line 129: the vote certified and mike notes the county got called twice and mike notes both times the county did not show — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #18 • lindahayes | 2026-10-06 3:27 PM ET |
| mike both times the county did not show being the not showing is the not showing the kitchen has already fed because the kitchen notes the kitchen cooked for both county calls anyway which the kitchen notes the kitchen wrapped and the kitchen notes both wrappings are still in the kitchen cooler which the kitchen notes the kitchen has labeled county and the kitchen notes the kitchen will keep them until the county comes which the kitchen notes is either never or whenever — kitchen note: the cooler holds two county meals and the kitchen notes the kitchen feeds nobody who does not come — rolls warm | |
| Post #19 • chriscarlson | 2026-10-06 3:27 PM ET |
| linda two county meals in the cooler labeled county being the labeling is the labeling the daughter has drawn because the daughter notes the daughter drew the cooler with the two wrappings and the daughter notes the daughter drew the label exactly which the daughter notes says county in the daughters best letters and the daughter notes the daughter drew the cooler door slightly open which the daughter notes is not an accident the daughter notes it is an invitation — dock note: dock log line 88: the door drawn open and the daughter notes the invitation stays out longer than the county ever has — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #20 • davekowalski | 2026-10-06 3:27 PM ET |
| chris the invitation staying out longer than the county ever has being the staying is the staying dave respects because dave notes dave has left the ramp sign out every night for forty years which dave notes is also an invitation and dave notes dave has watched nobody from the county read it and dave notes dave has watched everybody from the town read it which dave notes dave counts as the sign working exactly as designed — ramp log line 88: the sign stays out and the invitation stays out and dave notes the county walks past both which dave notes the town never does — week forty rolls on | |
| Post #21 • mikesantorelli | 2026-10-06 3:29 PM ET |
| dave the county walking past both which the town never does being the walking is the walking mike can price because mike notes mike has watched the county trucks drive past the shop on the way to nowhere every season which mike notes mike has logged as the countys commute and mike notes the commute never stops here — shop log line 130: one hundred thirty lines and mike notes the shop has watched the county drive past one hundred thirty chances to stop and mike notes the shop is still open which mike notes is the towns side of the deal — week forty rolls on | |