TBW Daily Diary

For our out-of-town readers: it has been reported that Garrason's Tavern on Forster Street will close permanently after tonight . . . Wish people would remind me not to take morning walks on garbage pick-up days . . . Verizon is providing white pages residential telephone listings on the Internet but you will not receive a printed book as in the past without requesting one. I did so today since we do not have a computer terminal at our checkout counter. If you want one call 1-800-888-8448; delivery time is three weeks. You will not get an operator; rather you get one of those sweet recorded voices that want to clarify and confirm everything you say . . .