The Superior Express -

With the massive storm forecast for the weekend, I kept close watch on the weather and had trouble focusing on other topics.

It should be no surprise that Monday arrived before I was ready for it. Among the undone things on my to do list was the selection of an idea around which to build this week’s notebook entries.

Now facing a deadline, I am going to fill this space with a collection of unrelated stories.

The first one reminds me of my days working at my father’s gasoline station. We had customers who knew they had a problem but didn’t know how to explain it.

I remember the hig...