The 7% Formula

Alas, my distant, ancient cousin, Sherlock,

He of the inflated ego, suffered from a drug addiction.  

I too have a 7% problem that causes me much grief.

I am 93% short of a perfect score in mechanical aptitude.

The same applies to my care and maintenance of plants.

Employing my mastery of special dynamics

I found room for 250, 50-pound motors in a small rental truck.

I knew there was a cargo size limit. It concerned available space.

I had made no assumptions as to weight limit.

If it fit, it was good to go…right!??

Sixty miles later, I called the rental company, the truck was junk.

It had caught fire for no apparent reason.

They just didn’t know how to make quality trucks.

While living in San Francisco I almost made a breakthrough.

My dusting and watering of a large cactus was showing results.

Not too much water, and regular, delicate, dusting was working.

Two months later my wife advised me there was a problem.

The plant was not the living, growing kind.

Water was close to overflowing its ceramic home.