Spring was here and left us dry, Summer came and tried to burn us to death. Now Fall is upon us and that means the winter will be here soon. I don’t think we got any of the summer fun things done this year and the flowers and grass went to pot from the start. Had we had enough money to pay a huge water bill, those things could have had a longer life.
It seems that we have less time and no excess of funds for anything extra. Haven’t had a new winter coat for a dozen or more years. But then, I am one of them people that try to get the most out of everything. My last pair of shoes were gotten eight or ten years ago and they were of some quality and have lasted longer than I thought they would.
We look at shoes, every time I get out to a store. We usually go to Wal-Mart, Maybe Shop-Ko or K-mart and every thing there is cheap, cheap, cheap. Every thing you look at comes from China, Taiwan or Mexico. If you buy American made stuff, you have to use a time payment plan and you are charged extra for that.
Some times we go to a second hand stores, or a bargain and consignment shops. There are so many yard and garage sales going on, there is never enough time to go to them. We stopped at an American Legion store, where all the things they sell are donated to them and it is ran by Native Americans, It provides a jobs for many of them and they work whatever hours they want.
While there, I found a pair of Italian made shoes, made by Gucci, for twenty dollars. They usually would cost a person, two to four hundred dollars. The manufactures of the better quality shoes, always make the right shoe a little larger, than the left shoe, as most people’s right foot is larger than their left foot. On this pair of shoes, the heel on the left shoe was a half of an inch higher than the right shoe. One shoe was black and the other a dark brown. I thought about buying them, but I didn’t want to have to limp when I wore them. Then when I told someone about them, they said: you could have build the heal of one shoe to match the other. Well, my brain don’t always work like it once did!
There was a second pair of shoes that fit real good. They were loafers and were never used, for a little of nothing. They were two tone, tan, gold and white. They had a tiny toy bear on the toe of each shoe. Yeah, I bought them. You can’t go wrong for ten dollars. I have been wearing them and no one has ever said anything about them being a different. They squeak a little when you walk in them. I have some miss-matched socks in my drawer that go along with them really nice!
I never wear a tie, but we found a bow tie, one about twice the size as a normal one, with a string attached. When the string is pulled, the ends of the tie move back and forth. “It for a Christmas gift”, we do all of our Christmas shopping at these third hand stories and from alley trash cans.
We once searched the better neighborhoods, backyard clothes drying lines for quality items, but times have gotten so bad that even the middle class are patronizing the same stores as we do. The Rich, still buy Paris originals and they don’t have clothing lines in their back yards.
Uncle Albert is in the can again, No, not the city jail, the one at our home. He has been in there for three days, We knock on the door but get no response, We drilled a hole in the wall and he is just setting there staring at the wall. He takes a deep breath, now and then, so we know he is alive. We have to go down to the corner gas station to use a bath room, we men go out behind the shed. Flies are getting thick back there!
Aunt Emmy went shop lifting again and was caught. It was a self service store and she can’t understand why they got so mad. Being deaf and not able to read, she doesn’t understand what people are saying. Most of the time she gets away with stuff and brings it home.
We have a resale business on the side. We sell everything, even peanuts for pop-corn! What we don’t need or sell, we give to a Chinese family that no speak the English. There are fifteen of them that live in an old out house, behind an old grocery store. When you see them all come out at the same time, you know that some one is using the single hole toilet.
There was some trouble just down the street last night, a bunch of white guys were beating the crap out of a nigger, then a bunch of Iranians showed up. they went up and down the street all night, yelling “down with the infidels”, Bodies are still being picked up and fires are still smoldering. There will be some building sites for sale soon, but you have to remove all the burnt down stuff yourself.
The street was named, Lincoln Ave. Now it is called Obama Blvd. The fountain and statue of Lincoln that was at the end of the street is now a bird bath. Behind that is Momma Bomma Park! And the fifteen motels in town have been taken over by: you know who ! We don’t have a cab service in this town, but there are city buses, but you will need funny money to ride on them. Have you noticed that all the cab drivers in New York City are from those troubled spots in Iran?
My Country tis of thie, sweet land of Hostility.
Anyone got a book on the New Rules?
Me, Ben ®
It seems that we have less time and no excess of funds for anything extra. Haven’t had a new winter coat for a dozen or more years. But then, I am one of them people that try to get the most out of everything. My last pair of shoes were gotten eight or ten years ago and they were of some quality and have lasted longer than I thought they would.
We look at shoes, every time I get out to a store. We usually go to Wal-Mart, Maybe Shop-Ko or K-mart and every thing there is cheap, cheap, cheap. Every thing you look at comes from China, Taiwan or Mexico. If you buy American made stuff, you have to use a time payment plan and you are charged extra for that.
Some times we go to a second hand stores, or a bargain and consignment shops. There are so many yard and garage sales going on, there is never enough time to go to them. We stopped at an American Legion store, where all the things they sell are donated to them and it is ran by Native Americans, It provides a jobs for many of them and they work whatever hours they want.
While there, I found a pair of Italian made shoes, made by Gucci, for twenty dollars. They usually would cost a person, two to four hundred dollars. The manufactures of the better quality shoes, always make the right shoe a little larger, than the left shoe, as most people’s right foot is larger than their left foot. On this pair of shoes, the heel on the left shoe was a half of an inch higher than the right shoe. One shoe was black and the other a dark brown. I thought about buying them, but I didn’t want to have to limp when I wore them. Then when I told someone about them, they said: you could have build the heal of one shoe to match the other. Well, my brain don’t always work like it once did!
There was a second pair of shoes that fit real good. They were loafers and were never used, for a little of nothing. They were two tone, tan, gold and white. They had a tiny toy bear on the toe of each shoe. Yeah, I bought them. You can’t go wrong for ten dollars. I have been wearing them and no one has ever said anything about them being a different. They squeak a little when you walk in them. I have some miss-matched socks in my drawer that go along with them really nice!
I never wear a tie, but we found a bow tie, one about twice the size as a normal one, with a string attached. When the string is pulled, the ends of the tie move back and forth. “It for a Christmas gift”, we do all of our Christmas shopping at these third hand stories and from alley trash cans.
We once searched the better neighborhoods, backyard clothes drying lines for quality items, but times have gotten so bad that even the middle class are patronizing the same stores as we do. The Rich, still buy Paris originals and they don’t have clothing lines in their back yards.
Uncle Albert is in the can again, No, not the city jail, the one at our home. He has been in there for three days, We knock on the door but get no response, We drilled a hole in the wall and he is just setting there staring at the wall. He takes a deep breath, now and then, so we know he is alive. We have to go down to the corner gas station to use a bath room, we men go out behind the shed. Flies are getting thick back there!
Aunt Emmy went shop lifting again and was caught. It was a self service store and she can’t understand why they got so mad. Being deaf and not able to read, she doesn’t understand what people are saying. Most of the time she gets away with stuff and brings it home.
We have a resale business on the side. We sell everything, even peanuts for pop-corn! What we don’t need or sell, we give to a Chinese family that no speak the English. There are fifteen of them that live in an old out house, behind an old grocery store. When you see them all come out at the same time, you know that some one is using the single hole toilet.
There was some trouble just down the street last night, a bunch of white guys were beating the crap out of a nigger, then a bunch of Iranians showed up. they went up and down the street all night, yelling “down with the infidels”, Bodies are still being picked up and fires are still smoldering. There will be some building sites for sale soon, but you have to remove all the burnt down stuff yourself.
The street was named, Lincoln Ave. Now it is called Obama Blvd. The fountain and statue of Lincoln that was at the end of the street is now a bird bath. Behind that is Momma Bomma Park! And the fifteen motels in town have been taken over by: you know who ! We don’t have a cab service in this town, but there are city buses, but you will need funny money to ride on them. Have you noticed that all the cab drivers in New York City are from those troubled spots in Iran?
My Country tis of thie, sweet land of Hostility.
Anyone got a book on the New Rules?
Me, Ben ®
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