two wendell `` chip '' mcavoy was at the deli counter , weighing up a pretty sizable order of sliced honey-cured turkey for mrs. tassenbaum , and until the bell over the door rang , once more turning chip 's life upside down ( you 've turned turtle , the oldtimers used to say when your car rolled in the ditch ) , they had been discussing the growing presence of jet skis on keywadin pond ... or rather mrs. tassenbaum had been discussing it .