By Jim Hagarty
The coffee shop behind my house is open 24/7.
This is a blessing because the one down on the corner recently changed the hours it is open for business from 24/7 to 18/7. I used to take up a chair there 2/7 but in protest of the new hours, I’m now there 0/7, while the shop behind my house enjoys my patronage 3/7 (The proximity to my home makes me an extremely frequent guest there).
Now, this gets a little complicated, but try to stay with me. The shop downtown, is part of a chain of coffee outlets, the other three of which are open 24/7/363. On leap years, they’re open 24/7/364. Unfortunately, they close on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
On those two days, undaunted, I get my coffee from the brew centre in a convenience store across town that’s open 24/7/365 (24/7/366 in leap years).
I’ve become spoiled, I’ll admit. There are two variety stores in our neighbourhood, one open 16/7/363 and the other open 24/7/365. We also have two local grocery stores. Though I complain, I really do like all these places, even though sometimes their beverages interfere with my sleep.
I am normally unconcious about 8/7 but after a large double-double in the evening, I have been known to have konked out only 3/7 or 2/7. Occasionally, I’ve slept 0/7.
These days, I try to work 9/5, though if a big project is underway I will stretch that to 10/5, 10/6 or even 10/7.
I was born 21/1/51 and I’ve been tearing about the planet 24/7 ever since. Well, I’ve slept a bit, up to 11/7 in the early years, 2/7 in my all-nighter university and party years, 7/7 more recently.
And now I am a blogger, publishing 24/7/365.
Got it? Test on Monday. No cheating.
