jake5270
Gift PremiumLaid-back, easy going guy until my passions are aroused. I've been here 3 other times... I keep trying to get it right, I guess. lol
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Sunday, May 27, 2018, 1:31:23 AM- I figured | ||
Left work a little early to go to a h.s. reunion Friday. By 10:30 pm, most of the people were GONE! Old farts. | ||
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Friday, May 25, 2018, 6:27:48 PM- No | ||
Another senseless case of a school shooting, the 23rd of this year and it's only May. The one was this morning in Noblesville, Indiana, just outside of Indianapolis and only 60 miles from where I live. It made me think back to when I was in high school in the late 1960's. We didn't have gun violence, we had race riots. The solution then was to lock the doors and have policemen patrolling the halls and searching lockers. We, as students, didn't like it, but it stopped the rioting. In our ever-increasing violent society here in the United States, we need to find solutions to this (among others) problem. Children raised in a violent society will become violent. Is gun controll the solution? I'm on the fence on that. I believe we have a right to own guns. I'm not in favor of taking guns away. To me, that could lead to a police state. I am in favor of stricter monitoring of who gets a gun. From personal experience I do know this: When I was growing up in the 1950's and 1960's, people owned guns, but didn't carry them in public. Only criminals did. A lot fewer people were dying of gun violence then, too. I'm just staing what I remember. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. ~ | ||
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Monday, May 21, 2018, 12:21:56 AM- Times change | ||||||
50 years ago: 1. A slut was a very bad thing to be, degrading. 2. If a girl became pregnant, she had two choices: marry the guy (or else for him!) or move out of town. Staying in school was not an option. 3. People (especially girls) were very concerned with having a good reputation. 4. If you got into a fight with someone, there were rules. If you knocked someone down, you asked them if they'd had enough and would offer to help them up. No kicking someone on the ground, and no friends jumping in. Friends were only allowed to break a fight up. 5. If stopped by the police, you answered yes sir or no sir. No one carried guns except criminals. 6. People respected authority, whether it was in school or at work. 7. If you lost a game, you shook the other guy's hand and said good game. Anyone acting up while playing, whether a star player or not, went to the bench. 8. You were taught to be polite: saying please and thank you. Holding doors open for both genders. 9. People took responsibility and apologized when they were wrong. They accepted punishment without wimpering or crying. 10. Everyone in your neighborhood could punish you for acting up or call your parents. Children could play outdoors because grownups kept an eye out for trouble. That's enough for now. ~ | ||||||
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Saturday, May 19, 2018, 11:49:53 PM- He did | ||||||
My older cousin passed Thursday. He went to the emergency room with pain in his abdomen. The surgeons found a gangrenous section of his intestine and removed it. While waiting to see if they had taken all of it out before proceeding, he passed away. So long, Ray. I'm glad you found inner peace before you passed. You were a good guy and you will be missed. ~ | ||||||
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Friday, May 18, 2018, 6:29:18 PM- Pins and needles | ||||||
Got an email from my sister today that says she was told one of our close cousins has died. Still waiting for confirmation. | ||||||
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Sunday, May 13, 2018, 7:05:46 PM- Alone time | ||||||
I'm off to put flowers on my Mother's grave for Mothers Day, and to think about life. ~ | ||||||
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Sunday, May 13, 2018, 12:26:00 AM- Quandry | ||
All of the women my age that show interest in this old geezer either want (1) to get married because they're afraid of being alone or (2) are married and want to have an affair. So I'm still looking for a woman who just wants a fb (and I don't mean facebook). You'd think that growing up in the 'free love' generation would have a lasting affect. Apparently not. | ||
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Friday, May 11, 2018, 6:17:38 PM- Logic | ||||||
When the company I work for was bought out by a new company 91/2 years ago, sweeping changes were made. All but two of the workers from the old company were fired. I was the only worker older than 40. My hours were cut. The new owner hired a bunch of late teens, early 20's people. I was told to my face by the new owner that he thought I would quit when my hours were cut. Out of sheer stubborness, I stayed. Honestly? I wanted to see how far the "new guy" would run the business into the ground. The first three years were tough: I was constantly told my work was sub par, even though his complaints were about things that weren't my responsibility. After a year, I got my old hours back, although i had to do more work than I had been doing before my hours were cut. After three years, the owner backed off and I recieved two raises. The overall quality of work continued to decline by others, and we had a continual overturn of workers. Everything came to a head when we lost our contract and were going to be replaced. At the last second, the new replacement company backed out. I have a strong feeling that the "new guy" learned from almost losing his business. None of the workers now are under 40. Everyone shows up every day and does their job. Everyone gets along. Everyone is paid more money, so everyone is happier. Sometimes, you just have to lay back and let events work themselves out. ~ | ||||||
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Sunday, May 6, 2018, 7:59:38 PM- Lazy day | ||||||
I have cooked breakfast, cleaned, worked out, read the paper (outdoors, to get a little sun) and caught up on my personal mail... and it's not even 4:00 pm yet! Happy, happy day... now what to do next? | ||||||
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Saturday, May 5, 2018, 11:55:03 PM- Quote | ||
"Who is more wicked? He who kills evil motherfuckers, or he who protects them?" Samuel L. Jackson, 'The Hitman's Bodyguard'. ~ | ||
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