Growing up in my house there were two choices for meals – eat it or get a job, even if you are only ten, and go buy your own food. If any of my siblings expressed distaste, there was always somebody to say I’ll take it. Nobody got by with being fussy. Consequently at 77 I will pretty much eat anything. Can I have seconds and what is it?
Growing up in my house there were two choices for meals – eat it or get a job, even if you are only ten, and go buy your own food. If any of my siblings expressed distaste, there was always somebody to say I’ll take it. Nobody got by with being fussy. Consequently at 77 I will pretty much eat anything. Can I have seconds and what is it?
Back in the day while working my way through college I went through several transportation specials costing between $100 and $150. Usually they leaked oil, so fill it up with oil and check the gas. Often they were smokers because they burned so much oil. One car had a problem where the starter would get hung up so you had to rock the car and or bang on the starter with a wrench to free it up. I had a Hillman Minx with a reverse shift pattern. These junkers were always an adventure and some went on for a lot of miles. Did you have any back of the lot specials?
Back in the day while working my way through college I went through several transportation specials costing between $100 and $150. Usually they leaked oil, so fill it up with oil and check the gas. Often they were smokers because they burned so much oil. One car had a problem where the starter would get hung up so you had to rock the car and or bang on the starter with a wrench to free it up. I had a Hillman Minx with a reverse shift pattern. These junkers were always an adventure and some went on for a lot of miles. Did you have any back of the lot specials?
I had a friend who would always put a smile on your face with responses like:
Never had a bad day in my life.
If it got any better I'd have to be twins.
Every day is like Christmas.
If you voted for a felon convicted of financial crimes to be in charge of our economy, then you have Trump Derangement Syndrome. Trump is bankrupting our country like he did his Atlantic City Casinos. Our debt now exceeds GDP while Trump continues to burn through billions for his war and his ballroom. On top of that he has grifted billions for himself and his family. If this does not concern you at all, then your thinking is deranged. If you think Trump is a perfectly normal person who shows gorilla videos of Barack Obama and images of Joe Biden tied up, then you must respect this man who says presidents must be respected, but not by him. Trump routinely insults journalists, particularly females who are always “nasty” and you are okay with that. Trump promised if he was elected there would be no more foreign wars but then he went right ahead and started one anyway. He also promised to lower prices but his tariff plan raised prices. If you’re okay with all this, then you are the one with derangement. Normal people are alarmed at these actions from a president; that’s a normal reaction. To act like everything is just fine, that is deranged thinking.
If you voted for a felon convicted of financial crimes to be in charge of our economy, then you have Trump Derangement Syndrome. Trump is bankrupting our country like he did his Atlantic City Casinos. Our debt now exceeds GDP while Trump continues to burn through billions for his war and his ballroom. On top of that he has grifted billions for himself and his family. If this does not concern you at all, then your thinking is deranged. If you think Trump is a perfectly normal person who shows gorilla videos of Barack Obama and images of Joe Biden tied up, then you must respect this man who says presidents must be respected, but not by him. Trump routinely insults journalists, particularly females who are always “nasty” and you are okay with that. Trump promised if he was elected there would be no more foreign wars but then he went right ahead and started one anyway. He also promised to lower prices but his tariff plan raised prices. If you’re okay with all this, then you are the one with derangement. Normal people are alarmed at these actions from a president; that’s a normal reaction. To act like everything is just fine, that is deranged thinking.
If you voted for a felon convicted of financial crimes to be in charge of our economy, then you have Trump Derangement Syndrome. Trump is bankrupting our country like he did his Atlantic City Casinos. Our debt now exceeds GDP while Trump continues to burn through billions for his war and his ballroom. On top of that he has grifted billions for himself and his family. If this does not concern you at all, then your thinking is deranged. If you think Trump is a perfectly normal person who shows gorilla videos of Barack Obama and images of Joe Biden tied up, then you must respect this man who says presidents must be respected, but not by him. Trump routinely insults journalists, particularly females who are always “nasty” and you are okay with that. Trump promised if he was elected there would be no more foreign wars but then he went right ahead and started one anyway. He also promised to lower prices but his tariff plan raised prices. If you’re okay with all this, then you are the one with derangement. Normal people are alarmed at these actions from a president; that’s a normal reaction. To act like everything is just fine, that is deranged thinking.
It seems everybody smoked back in the day. I smoked from my teens until late thirties when I finally quit for good. Often I would say that when I’m old I’ll just go back to smoking again but never have. How about you?
The generation that raised us has been called the “The Greatest Generation” by Tom Brokaw and others. They came of age during the Great Depression and fought in World War II. They would repeat words of wisdom for us to live by. A couple things my mother used to repeat:
Be thankful for what you have.
If you don’t have anything good to say about somebody, don’t say anything.
What words of wisdom did you hear growing up?
Sometimes I read in the paper about people in their 70’s getting injured doing something dangerous and I think, what’s that old fool trying to do that for? Then I realize that I’m older than the guy in the story and I do the same stuff. I still see myself as way younger than 77. I’m often thankful that my inner child is still around and hasn’t lost touch.