tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82589522031664683322024-03-12T19:29:28.446-07:00Bens PlaceBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.comBlogger560125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-91431665559265532932014-09-16T12:41:00.001-07:002014-09-16T12:41:52.865-07:00" Who is Oscar "<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I</span> don’t know anyone named Oscar, Do you
know Oscar? Who the hell is Oscar!<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Was he one of them people that is found
drinking beer all day long, in one of them joints just outside of town? How can
he do that, he has no job and no home that is known. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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married, was he in the army or what? Was he wounded and unable to work! If so,
which branch of the service was he in and where did he serve? <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This group of citizens (A ladies club
and town gossips) had missed this guy some- how and he slipped right through
their fingers. They must have been really busy with gossiping about someone
else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oscar wasn’t anyone special. He just
didn’t take to doing hard labor or punching in on a time clock from nine to
five. He wasn’t interested in the regular entertainment, like movies, parties
or sports. He preferred to set alone on a bar stool sipping cold beer. But this
wasn’t something that he did on a regular basis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He had a good education and came from a
good family, He was too young to serve in any war and smart enough not to
enlist. What money he earned, came from investments, which he was good at.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He treated women like slaves. He only
socialized with one other person. He was always home and in bed at an early
hour. He never attended church and wasn’t interested in being a member of any
club. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He advised one friend, to invest in a
certain stock, and that person went on to become a multi- millionaire. And this
person was a lot like Oscar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They both
sent large amounts of money to an Eastern country. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This group of ladies were digging fast
and furiously, to learn whatever they could, about Oscar, but if anyone knew
anything about him, they weren’t talking, the lack of information was terribly
distressing for the group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, since
his name was being bounced around, people were hearing his name for the first
time and that did cause some curiosity, but this was soon forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was something about Oscar that no
one could put a finger on. He was </span><span style="font-size: small;">U</span></span></em></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">n</span>-like most men, he appeared to be a
loner and his manner left nothing to be desired. Yet his actions were that of a
hostile maladjusted person. Maybe that made him appear kind of mysterious to
some, yet his actions and movements set him apart from most men. One didn’t
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crowd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">His parents and siblings were common
ever day average people with a nice home and they had all the things that a
family required. They were able to do about whatever they wanted to do. The
family went on vacation together each year and always to the same place. It was
said that the grand-parents came from Afghanistan, or some other country in the
Far East. They were farmers in up-state Pennsylvania until they retired. They
kept to themselves while living in this country and little was known about
them. The children were all Home Schooled and spoke a foreign language along
with English. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One year, the IRS became interested in
Oscar’s tax return and found that most of his income was being sent to an
organization in the East. During this investigation, Oscar left the country and
became a member of a Terrorist group. He was last seen dressed all black, with
black hood covering his head and face, standing over a man with a sword in
hand! <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-78190993492788888452014-09-13T09:45:00.000-07:002016-11-27T08:27:04.293-08:00"Citizen Martha"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Every City that has ten thousand
people, more or less. Has main streets where the businesses are located. Most
city main streets are two lane and have yellow center line in the middle of the
street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other streets with heavy traffic use, are one way only
and there are usually two, each going in the opposite direction. Most people
pay attention to the direction the traffic flow and travel in that direction. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>However, there are some senior citizens,
people with certain problem, such as poor sight, hearing and reaction time, which
continue to drive as they did when they used horse and buggies or when they were young and traffic was little to none. I have one lady in
particular, in mind. She is ninety six years of age, lives by herself and does
everything in and around her home by herself. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Her physical size and condition prevents
her from setting behind a steering wheel in a car and being able to see over
the dash board. She would require several pillows to lift her high enough to do
this. </i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Her name is Martha and Martha has been
experiencing memory problems. At times, she gets lost in her own home and
wanders around until she recovers from this spell. Martha will not admit that
she needs help nor will she accept it. If she has any family in the area, it is
unknown. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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had an appointment on the other side of the city and was driving to keep it. She entered a one way street traveling in the wrong direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She hit or sideswiped several cars and cause
many more cars to become involved<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> i</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>n other accidents. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>The entire City Police department, along with
every emergency vehicle in the city were called out to investigate the damage
and treat those that were injured. This never slowed Martha down for a minute. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Arriving at the destination address, she
found that she didn’t have an appointment after all. She accused the staff of
making a mistake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> After r</span>eturning to her car,
she got in, but the vehicle wouldn’t’ start. With some assistants from another lady, a taxi was
called and she returned to her home. </i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Listening to the news on her radio, she
heard about the disaster on a street in her city and thought how lucky she was
to have missed it. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>It wasn’t long before the Police had
located the car that was involved or had caused the accident and they retrieved
the owners name and address from the registration papers. </i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>A patrol car was dispatched to the address
and they were speaking with the elderly lady, but she said she had no idea of
what the police were talking about, so they insisted that she accompany them, to
the police station. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>One police officer was going to help her
and offered her his arm, so she could steady herself. She objected to him touching her arm and with one mighty swing
of her hand bag, she struck the officer on the side of his head and he fell
unconscious to the lawn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they
arrived at the police station, her anger was out of control and her arms were swinging and legs were kicking and
it took four officers and a wheel chair to get her into the police station. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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dinner, was burning on an old gas range in the kitchen of Martha’s house. It
wasn’t long before the kitchen was on fire. No emergency vehicle could respond,
as they were all at the accident scene on the one way street!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>The house had burnt to the ground and
nothing could be seen but ashes. If fact, houses in several city blocks had
burnt down and the whole east side of the city was about to burn. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Meanwhile, the police didn’t appear to
be getting anywhere with Martha. It was going to take more than the entire
police force to control this senior citizen. Martha was using words and
language that the police didn’t understand and they had to look up some of these words in a dictionary
and some of them words couldn’t even be found in the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Several months had passed and now we
find Martha, living in one of the better nursing homes in the next county.
Lawyers and the news media were having a field day with the story, even the
national news had picked-up the story, of the old lady that had destroyed a
city, single handedly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>We find Martha, relaxing in a covered
swinging lounge, in the garden of the nursing home, </i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>smiling and thinking to herself, that
will teach those people not to mess around with old </i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Martha. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">By; Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-7845106111191111642014-09-04T07:24:00.002-07:002014-09-04T08:14:01.926-07:00"Be yond your normal thinking"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am sure you have all heard others
say things like. (“If you don’t use it you will lose it”) Have you noticed when
you haven’t been using a certain mussel in your body for some time, and when
you do, it hurts and sometime gets sore? Well, that is about how my brain has
been working, so I have decided to exercise it and use it in a broader range. This, you will notice in some
of my latest writings. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em><br /></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">When you ask yourself questions
that you have never heard anyone ask before on things beyond ones everyday
thoughts, it causes you to think in a different pattern. Something beyond our
normal thinking pattern. Most of you, don’t do this because you are too busy
thinking of simpler things, like why is the sky blue or why are the winters
cold. What color should a certain item be? Things that really don’t matter or
make a difference.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em><br /></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Those things I am talking about,
are never taught or studied in school and then only in certain areas of
advanced subject study. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these
things could have been asked by a child, at an early age. They really didn’t
want to know the answer, they were just learning to talk. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em><br /></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Most people are unable to think
that far out of the box. What you don’t understand, you never talk about. When
it comes to something you do know, you are a regular chatter box. Well, that’s
the way it has been with myself. The only time you talk about things you don’t
know about, is when you are in an argument with your spouse or a sibling. Or
maybe when you are trying to make a young person think that you know ever thing.
<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em><br /></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">With a really good imagination,
this is easy for some people to do! Others have to work at it! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I could tie my shoes at the age of four. Now I have a brain full of space with no obstructions to be found. Did I just say I had a hollow space in my head? </span></span></em><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"><em></em></span><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I am running low on yet to be invented fuel, so I will wait here for instructions. </span></em><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"><em></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"><em>By; Ben R.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"><em>Sept. 4 ,2014</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></em> </div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-87943655210378550482014-09-02T07:50:00.000-07:002014-09-02T08:00:34.762-07:00"As the world turns"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">As the world
turns, some things are being lost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are the important things in our lives and you don’t even know they are missing.
Wake up, take a look around, and open your eyes wide, can you see it now? <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Have you noticed
how dim the sun shine is getting or how thin the air is?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The winter is colder and the heat has been
turned down. The blanket that you have been using has gotten so thin it will no
longer keep you warm!<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nothing tastes
like it once did, quality is being reduced, too many of the good parts are
being removed and portions are getting smaller and shorter measurements, are
being used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Chemicals are being used to grow foods faster and bigger, are they healthy?</span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The cost is
getting higher and our dollars are worth less. Isn’t it about time you did
something about this? That look on your face, is asking, what can I do? Think,
that is why God gave you a brain. “Think simple”, it doesn’t have to be
complicated. Simple things work the best and are not misunderstood. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Stop buying, and
tell your supplier why you are not going to buy from them anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only time they feel anything, is when
their pocketbook grows thin and gets light in weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tell your friend and those in your family, to
stop buying and the word will travel and get to the suppliers! <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you are one
that is starving while working for the minimum, tell your employer that the
wage you receive determines the quality and amount of work,that you do. With a
living wage, you wouldn’t have to work two jobs and your work would probably
improve one hundred percent!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Workers don’t
have to belong to a union if they work together, they can win the battle for a
living wage. Be in charge of your own life, don’t let the boss tell you how you
have to live. Take control of your own life! Together, you can turn the system
around. The working people can be in control. Brown nosing and Ass Kissing are
out and those that do it will soon be gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Point your finger at the guilty and let them know they are going to
vanish or change their ways.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Be strong and
don’t smile while taking charge of your own lives, one step backwards means and
it will take five steps to get back to where you were! Be firm and precise in
what you say and do! You can’t change black to white, but you can change white
to black. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">By; Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sept. 1.2014<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-355589779565148652014-09-02T07:32:00.001-07:002014-09-02T07:50:53.102-07:00"Where did they go" <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>As the world
turns, some things are being lost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are the important things in our lives and you don’t even know they are missing.
Wake up, take a look around, and open your eyes wide, can you see it now? <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Have you noticed
how dim the sun shine is getting or how thin the air is?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The winter is colder and the heat has been
turned down. The blanket that you have been using has gotten so thin it will no
longer keep you warm!<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Nothing tastes
like it once did, quality is being reduced, too many of the good parts are
being removed and portions are getting smaller and shorter measurements, are
being used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>The cost is
getting higher and our dollars are worth less. Isn’t it about time you did
something about this? That look on your face, is asking, what can I do? Think,
that is why God gave you a brain. “Think simple”, it doesn’t have to be
complicated. Simple things work the best and are not misunderstood. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Stop buying, and
tell your supplier why you are not going to buy from them anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only time they feel anything, is when
their pocketbook grows thin and gets light in weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tell your friend and those in your family, to
stop buying and the word will travel and get to the suppliers! <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>If you are one
that is starving while working for the minimum, tell your employer that the
wage you receive determines the quality and amount of work,that you do. With a
living wage, you wouldn’t have to work two jobs and your work would probably
improve one hundred percent!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Workers don’t
have to belong to a union if they work together, they can win the battle for a
living wage. Be in charge of your own life, don’t let the boss tell you how you
have to live. Take control of your own life! Together, you can turn the system
around. The working people can be in control. Brown nosing and Ass Kissing are
out and those that do it will soon be gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Point your finger at the guilty and let them know they are going to
vanish or change their ways.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Be strong and
don’t smile while taking charge of your own lives, one step backwards means and
it will take five steps to get back to where you were! Be firm and precise in
what you say and do! You can’t change black to white, but you can change white
to black. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">By; Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>
</em></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Sept. 2, 2014<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-5795232305127347262014-08-30T13:17:00.000-07:002014-09-02T07:50:53.106-07:00"Could this be our future"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house
we go and no encounter with the big bad wolf or bandits of any kind!</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">But there was a problem when we got to the
toll gate. They wanted us to pay $20.00 a pound to cross over to the other side
and pay homage to their God Olalla.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">Of course we refused and told them this was a free country
and we could travel any place in this country that we wanted to! Not any more,
was their reply! This country is under new management and there are new laws
that have to be obeyed. That was when the shooting started. One of us was wounded,
then drug into the bushes and tortured. Then they drug him back from the bushes
unconscious and dropped him in front of us. The leader said, let this be a lesson
to you. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Now go back to where you came
from! <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">We couldn’t tell if the injured person was dead or not, but
he needed a doctor really bad.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">Our beloved country was gone and we didn’t even know about
it. We heard that this could happen, but we thought, “NO Way”, no one could
take this country away from us, but they did and not a shot was fired. Our
leader were in prison, some were dead, others were being hunted down and tortured
and then they just disappeared. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">We should have paid more attention to what was going on, but
thought we were so strong that nothing could happen to us. We were wrong! We
were taken from within, they came to this country one by one and it all
happened so fast, at the same time as they were really organized and we paid
little attention to them. Yes, you and I gave our country to them, on a silver
and gold platter, with flowers. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">Now you have to live and obey the laws of the new masters.
You do the work that is assigned to you or you lose your head. You are told
when, how and what to do every little minute of your life. You no longer are
free to think for yourself, the word, freedom is no longer used in any
conversation, and if you are caught looking sideways, you are punished! <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">In The Harbor Of New York City, On The Statue Of Liberty, it is Written, Send us your Sick, you’re Tired, your Poor
and your Young….<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">By; Ben R.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sept,1,2014<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-46785394078123658792014-08-28T12:51:00.001-07:002014-08-28T12:51:29.597-07:00"Do You Care? "<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Who cares, do you
care? Sometimes I don’t give a damn which way it goes. But I am concerned, the
way things are going! All those Deadbeats, in Congress need to be replaced, but
where do you find the good people to replace them with? <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Did you know,
once you serve in the Senate or Congress, even if it is for just one term, they
have it made for the rest of their lives. We need people that are there for the
right reasons, not just for the money. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>We need a Leader
in the White House. Where did this guy, which is in the Oval Office now, come
from? He has sure made a mess out of things and I believe he is working for
some other country and not the citizens of the United States of America. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>If you voted for
him, ask yourself why? If you did, you sure wasn’t thinking very clearly, on
that Election Day!<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>A lot of People
never think or bother to check a canadate out for any election. They just vote
and think they are doing their duty. If one doesn’t know what they are doing,
they should leave it alone. This is where and why, the danger come in. It is
like, putting your trust in a wild animal, not unlike a mad dog or a wild
Buffalo. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>The people of
this country are not remembering what our country is all about and why men have
given their lives to keep it free. There are too many uneducated people in this
country. They just set back and let someone else take care of things for them.
People getting assistance of any kind, need to be tested, before they are
allowed to vote. If they are brain dead, then be sure that they understand why
and what they are doing! A vote is a dangerous thing in the wrong hands!<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Some people, even
those with a Collage degree don’t understand what they are doing, they vote and
call themselves good citizens. Select your canadate carefully, there have been
just too many mistakes made already. What is good for the Nation, may not be
good for you, this is why the Majority wins over the Minority. We all learn
from our mistakes or we should, but we all learn to live with what we do. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>This country belongs
to you and me and we are responsible for what is happening to it.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Think and think
again and when you are sure, than act. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>As for being
Brain Dead, I am half way there, I am just not understanding why or what is
going on. Do You ? ‘WILL WE SURVIVE’ or, Are we going down for the third time? <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>It is in your
hands, this time, do it right! <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Do away with
Democrats and Republicans, All they do is disagree and use slander and fight
with each other. Become an American Citizen of America. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Let’s take our
Country Back!<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>An Outlander in a
boat, <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></o:p></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-74872351174760336552014-07-14T08:16:00.000-07:002014-07-14T08:23:33.217-07:00"When the moon was Green and Moldy"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yes, it did
happen once and it will happen again, how do I know, well I have a direct line
on history and know more about you, than you want me to know. Should I talk or
would you like to buy me off?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Half of
your income each month, will do for a start.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Do you dare not to believe me, then go ahead and gamble?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gamblers only
win, one tenth of a thousandth of a moments, </span></em></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">in a life time. In fact, they win
more after death than they do in their living time. If you are dead, you already know
this! <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Winners always die first and try to take their losses with them. There is only one lane to travel, and it
goes one way, forward!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The winnings always stay
here, for the poor and the Government, after the IRS has reviewed your tax filings
from the beginning!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">People with
money, have paid for your privileges, since the beginning. Your laziness and
lack of education is what has kept you poor or on welfare since, Moses parted
the ocean to set his people free. If you think that, what I say is untrue, go
ahead and check it out. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Devil has
several names, one of them is the same as yours, Repent and give away your
fortune, I, will send an address, of where to send it to. You need not pay it
in a lump sum, payments can be arraigned and of course, there will be interest
to pay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">“Who the Hell am I”, Well, I will soon
be the richest person on earth and keeping an eye on the poor!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></em></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Move over
Lucifer, I’m taking over. </span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Would you like a table for two or a larger party?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm Just looking out
for my own interests,<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">By; You know who<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">June 2014<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em> </em></o:p></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-67742872710568856442014-07-10T14:18:00.002-07:002014-07-13T14:36:47.040-07:00"My trousers, where are my trousers "<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Where’s my pants? <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I don’t lose them very often, but I can’t
remember of taking them off or where I would have done so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I know is people were pointing at me and
laughing, I know my legs are short and crocked, but I am not one to laugh at
people with those kind of legs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Legs
were built to walk on and not for looks. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well. That is not exactly true, a girl with
pretty legs get a lot of looking at. What can be nicer to look at, than a body
by Fisher that weights in around 110 or so!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It makes ones mouth drool, just thinking about it.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">An overweight girl has to have a lot going
for her to hold ones attention. I know of a number of guys that were either
smothered to death or almost smothered to death, by going to bed with a girls
that was built like a tow ton truck or a mountain called “Maria”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the guys got trapped in between them
hidden valleys and crevasses, just ask Jonesie,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>he was crippled when they were trying to rescue him. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">But this wasn’t my case, I know I put them
pants on when I woke this morning, as I couldn’t decide what shirt to wear,
that would go with orange trousers. I got them over thirty years ago and they
had never been worn. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">They were about three sizes too small. But
I sucked in my big belly and got my old butt in them anyway. There was a bow
tie in the pocket, one of them already tied, quick connect ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trousers had button down back pockets
with black peril buttons. I also found some missing house keys that turned up
missing a long-long time ago. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I can remember putting on some black and
white socks to go with my black shoes. Hey, I just checked my socks and they
are not black and white. What’s going on here, is someone funning with me? <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyone having information on the missing
trousers and those socks, let me hear from you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was a foot print of a Big Foot found in Louisiana, do you think!
Nah, He would have to be able to fly to get here and back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can Big Foot people be Witches or Warlock people
or from outer space?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think, I saw one in the park last week. Maybe
that is where all those bodies are coming from that are found in the creek, in
and around Rapid City!<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">By: Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">July, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-6413634597251588212014-07-10T12:01:00.001-07:002014-07-10T12:01:52.085-07:00" Things do Happen "<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">My name is Avia.
I am a young Bunny Rabbit, I have a soft and fluffy gray coat, white cotton
tail and long ears that are pink inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One day I was walking through the woods, on my way to school, when this
big red squirrel said to me. Where are you going so fast?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I said to school
and he responded, why? I said, to learn things. He said, like what, and I
replied good things and how to avoid the bad things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He replied, I know all that stuff and I
didn’t have to go to school to learn it. And now I have more time for fun
things, like playing in the trees and setting in the sun or shade, whatever I
want to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I eat all day
long and gathered food for the cold winter months, when you can’t find anything
to eat under the snow. At night, I curial up in my nest, with a couple of
cuties to keep warm. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Besides, he said:
when you go to school, you have to learn all the other stuff that you will
never use. Why don’t you come and play with me and I will teach you all that
you need to know. I said to him, it must be nice to be a Squirrel and play all
day long, He said; there is no better way to live than that. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I continued on my
way to school, along with all the other kids. The teacher taught us how to
spell and how to add and subtract and do other things with numbers, like
dividing and working with fractions. I’ll bet that old squirrel can’t do any of
that stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">We learned about
what life was like in the early years and how people had to go through hard
times. Learning new stuff made it easier to do things and do them better. And
how to make things last longer and taste better. And by keeping clean, I
smelled better and was healthier. And I don’t have to curial up in a cold old
nest with another smelly old squirrels, all winter long. When I go to school, I
can have fun and play the whole year long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">One morning, a
year or so later, while on my way to school, I stopped to say “hi” to my old
friend, the old Squirrel. I was told he no longer lived there, the lady
squirrel told me, he had starved to death in that cold old tree nest last year.
I asked how old he was and the lady squirrel told me he was real old, he had to
be two or three years old. I said:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that
was too bad and I was sorry to hear he had died, had he went to school, maybe
he would have lived longer and had a better life. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">There were many
young squirrels running around and having fun and she said they were all his,
sons and daughters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her, she
should send them all to school and they will learn how to live better and
longer, she did, and I visited with them for many years to come. Now they live
to be six or seven years old, is that old for a Squirrel? <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">By: Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">July, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-58259237086027105902014-07-05T14:37:00.001-07:002014-07-07T10:53:04.081-07:00" Land of the Free "<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>Those that have and those that don’t. When
I was a baby, I was the prettiest baby of all. People just couldn’t keep their
hands off of me. They would laugh and coo and speak to me in languages that few
could understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone had to hold
and squeeze me and some times, so tight, it would cause gas to come from the
far end.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>This is the way it was for several for
several years, in the early part of my life. In fact I was kidnaped over a dozen
times, while I was young. The sad part was, I was returned to where they found
me, each time, with a note saying, I was a defective child. No one ever said
what that was, and it is still a mystery today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was loved, but those people are all old and have gone to a far better
place to live or to a place called Heaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>I have had a normal life, was well
educated, married and had several children. <o:p></o:p></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>I was married six times and after a year
or two, my wifes would disappear and they were never to be found again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>Most people though I was a perfect mate,
I always had a good job and plenty of money, dressed nicely and had no bad
habits, to speak of, I was generous and spoke well of everyone. Whatever my
family ask for, I provided, if at all possible. When the children turned
sixteen, or even younger, they each moved away from home and were never to
return again. <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>But the answer to that same old
un-answered question, why I was always left
alone?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could it have been the Gas that I
couldn’t control, or was it because I was always chasing Fire trucks and
Emergency vehicle’s or was it that my head was always turning to look at a
pretty girl?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could it have been because
I would occasionally bring one of them home with me and keep her around for a week or
so? Could it have been for a reason unknown to me? <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>Over a thousand years ago, Moses said to
the children of Israel, pick up your shovels, mount your Asses and Camels, and
I will lead you to the Promised Land. <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>Nearly seventy five years ago, (when
welfare was introduced) Roosevelt said; lay down your shovels, set on your
asses and light up a camel, this is the Promised Land.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>Today, Congress has stolen your shovel,
taxed your asses, raised the price of camels, and mortgaged the Promised Land. <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>I was so depressed last night, thinking
about Health Care plans, the economy, the wars, lost jobs, savings, Social
Security, retirement funds etc. … I called the Suicide Hot line. I had to press
1 for English. Then I was connected to a call center in Pakistan, I told them I
was Suicidal and they got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck?<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>How can one win without a gun in hand
and a mask to cover his or her face?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 8pt;"><em>By; Ben R.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 8pt;"><em>July 2014<o:p></o:p></em></span><br />
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-63221008859348260402014-07-03T14:53:00.003-07:002014-07-03T14:54:17.922-07:00"Cave Living"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Living in a cave
can be fun, cheap, inventive, exciting and dangerous, all at the same time.
That is, if you don’t get rid of all those Critters and prehistorically cave
dwellers before you try to move in. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Once, I got lost
in a cave. There were six adjourning rooms and they each had an entrance with light
showing. But I still couldn’t find my way out. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">From each
entrance, looking out, nothing looked the same. As I moved around in there, I
could hear Growling and snoring sounds and the smell of something dead or
dying. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is said; that
the Big Foot creatures have an un-mistakable odor and if you were to wake one,
while he was sleeping, he will chase and catch you and you will become hi mate.
It will make no difference if you are male or female. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Everyone knows
that the Big Foot critters are all Gay or By-sexual. Little Big Foot’s come for
a planted seed that grows in the back of them caves.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">But this part of
Cave living is the easy part. Wait until you try to put an address on your new
property, the paper work will drive you insane and the Government has no idea
of what to do, should they should classify you as an illegal alien or a foreign
dignitary or just a visiting relative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">And the IRS
already has a tax amount in place for Cave living. But these, are for the caves
with running water, waste disposal, and electrical power. If you don’t already
have these things in place, it will be nightmare trying to arrange for
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number of people that can live
in one cave depends on the cubic air volume available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many Bats there are in the cave and the
type of floor in the cave and there is an additional book of form, 108 pages,
that has to be filed and approved by seven federal agencies,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Or, you can do
like I did, I told them to go to Hell. With no address, they can’t find me. Me,
and all the other critters, are getting along great, with each other. We take
turns carrying out the trash!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The stream
near-by, provides clean drinking water and bathing for those of us that want a
bath. Finding a spot to go to the bathroom, is getting to be a problem. Most of
us know enough to go down stream. But there is always someone <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Who doesn’t use
his or her brain, and she is not going to be with us for long!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, one must always watch where they
step, inside or outside of the cave.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you can afford
the rent or house payment, live in a house like the rest of your family and
friends!<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">July<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2014<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-57472711875221245292014-07-01T11:45:00.001-07:002014-07-02T12:44:58.645-07:00"Tooth brushes, Toothaste & Toothpicks"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">These are some of
the things you might need for good oral hygiene, you will </span></em></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">need to have
some teeth in order use these items. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">But where do you
stop, if you only have half a mouth full of these crusher or choppers, as some
would call them, do you think that TOOTH brushes, or TOOTH paste and TOOTH
picks, will be necessary if you only have two or three teeth left in your mouth?</span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">You had baby
teeth that you lost as a child and then you grew a permeant set of teeth, they
came free at the start and it was up to you to take real good care of them, but
candy and sweets were so good, as you know sweets are great for bribing kids. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The permeant set
of teeth were supposed to serve you for life. Neglect them and you will be
starting a long time relationship with a Dentist and there are so many to
choose from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can work miracles as
long as you have money to spend. Who can say, just how much that million dollar
smile will cost you, but you will have them for the rest of your earth time to
enjoy and use. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">What about some
of us people that have no teeth or money to spend for replacements. We can only
eat soft foods, while we set and watch you and others eat Steak Apples or Corn
on the cob and all that good stuff like raw carrots, celery. Yeah, I know, we
can have all of this also as long as it is crushed, mashed, strained through a
sieve or pounded to a pulp. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Remember when you
heard that George Washington, chopped down that cherry tree! Did you ever hear
why he did it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had some teeth made
out of the wood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While they were
carving, they made some tooth picks and chop-sticks also. Did you didn’t know,
that George invented them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>George was a
thrifty person, he used the cherry blossoms to make toilet water for the ladies
also. His whisky sales were down so he had to do something to earn a living,
The Smith brothers were giving old George some real competition. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">By; Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">July 2014<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-65415266424522214502014-06-30T13:18:00.000-07:002014-06-30T13:19:13.374-07:00" Big Foot " <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Not the one everyone wants to see and learn
more about, but the one that is always stepping on your toes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ouch! Watch where you are going, don’t track
on my clean floor,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wipe your feet before you come in here, Are
those shoes specially made for you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Where do you dock them and do you need a tug boat to help!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Are you hiding something in them? Will
those things fit in a car or between the rows of seats in a theater?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your feet are over the line, please stand
behind the line! <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Are you able to come a little closer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They looks like they can be used as tent
poles. I’ll bet it takes a long time and a can of polish to make them things
shine. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yes, big feet are not wanted by anyone, yet
most feet are bigger than what you desire and that is why you always buy shoes
that are too small and hurt your feet.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Where do you put them when you take them
off and go to bed at night?<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">You always go for, how do they look and not
how they feel. And the manufactures do their best to keep the prices high.
Those people that design women’s shoes, know that the design needs to be
changed as often as possible, because that keeps the money circulating, they
have tried everything, with the exception of painting the women’s foot, and its
coming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What colors would you like? Have
you noticed what they are doing to toe nails and finger nails lately? <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Transparent shoes have been available for
some time, they just haven’t caught on yet. Most people have, what is call Hammer
toes, that is a toe that is not straight, and they grew crocked because you
wore shoes that were too small. Some shoes are designed to draw ones eye away
from this condition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should going
barefoot, be against law and be punishable, with a fine? Like, when not wearing
a helmet when riding on a Motor Cycle?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">By:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ben R,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Century","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">July 2014<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></em></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-72518508976599661972014-06-27T08:06:00.000-07:002014-06-27T08:07:15.254-07:00" Mud puddles and Kids"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Many years ago, I
lived in a house close to a vacant lot and it was located on a downhill slope.
One day I heard a number of children<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Laughing and
hollering and having a fun time. It had rained for several day days and the
ground was wet and muddy. The laughter had went on for the longest time, so I
decided to see what was going on. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I approached the
area and found maybe seven or eight children, each covered with mud from head
to toe!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ask one of the older girls,
well I think it was a girl, what are you doing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She replied, we are making our skin beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What, I ask,” you don’t look very beautiful
to me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said: that comes later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently they had overheard some women
talking about facials and mud baths. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">They all wore clothing,
but it was hard to tell what it was, you couldn’t tell where skin or clothing
began or ended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stood there and
watches as they through mud at each other, one little girl or boy, was standing
there crying as he or she picked up a handful of mud and splattered another kid
with it, then he or she laughed and laughed. I just stood there wishing that I
could join them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mud and kids have
been one thing that has always went together since earth, rain and kids have
been around. This made me thing of a time as a teenager, I was going to escort
a young & pretty girl, to a dance. We were about to cross a muddy street
and she couldn’t get across without getting her feet and shoes dirty. So as a
gentleman would, I picked her up to carry her to the other side. About half way
across, my feet and legs separated and causing me to set down in the center of
a very muddy street. She just sat there, on top of me and laughed and laughed.
We had to return to her home, and find something for me to wear and get myself cleaned
up. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Another time,
coming home from work, my car got stuck in the mud and it was late in the
night. I had to jack up the car to put tire chains on the tires and that made
me muddier than the mud itself. Having finished with the chains, now I couldn’t
get into the car being so muddy, had to strip off all my clothing and drive the
rest of the way home, naked. My clothing was so covered in mud, I had to put it
in the trunk of the car. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arriving at home. The family was still awake,
and I had to get someone to bring me something to put on, in order to get into
the house and take a bath. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can believe
me when I say, it is better to play in the mud as a child than to find yourself
in Mud trouble. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">By; Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">June 2014<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-35883812482754109442014-06-26T09:02:00.003-07:002014-06-26T14:25:06.407-07:00" My Shadow and I"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Me, and my Shadow have been
companions for as long as I can remember. Shadow has been with me, be it in front,
behind or on my side, he is like a sun dial that moves with time. He has never
made any requests or ask for pay, for his services. He has gone through thick
and thin, Heat & cold, Wind, Rain, Hail and Storms, with me, at their worst, never
to complain. There have been good times and bad times, but he was always there.
<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I never had to provide food, clothing,
shelter or anything, for him, as required by we, the partners of our shadows. He
has always been very quiet and never disorderly at any time. Shadow has never
remarked about any of my mistakes or commented on what I should have done or
suggested what I should do. No Friend, Relative or Family member could be trusted
or as cooperative as my shadow. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">If I wake during the night, he is
there, the only time I do not see him, is in, pitch dark of night. Everyone has
a Shadow, how often do you pay tribute to him or her? No shadow has a name,
they all weight the same although some are large and some are small. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sometimes they can provide shade for
a companion when the hot sun beats down on them. They are never in the way of
anything you do. Their good deeds are never ending and yet you pay so little attention
to your shadow. They are never a problem to you and will never leave you alone. He
is almost like a pet dog, but physically, he cannot do the same things that
your pet dog does. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now you have two, that are the
closest thing to perfection and they both belong to you, and don’t forget your spouse,
of course you can’t own him or her, but you can order them around, but remember
to duck!!<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please, try to take better care
of them!<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">By: Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">June 2014<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-8486673381098589852014-06-25T10:28:00.006-07:002014-06-25T13:57:20.685-07:00"Along the banks of the river Phonda Lea"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can find many
things like, Old tires. Brush and fallen trees, Trash of almost any kind, car
bodies. Pieces of destroyed homes, fences, every-thing except for a lost soul
and broken hearts. What you see on them banks, could give you a full story of
the life that was once flourishing up stream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now, the
population has diminished as no one wants to go through anything like this,
again. No lives were lost this time, but no one in their right mind would want
to experience this again. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you are, or
were in the salvage business, you might profit from what you can salvage along
the banks. This reminds me of a story I read a long time ago. It was about an
old beachcomber. He would walk up and down the beaches and make a fair living
from the items he found. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Once that he had
enough money, he bought himself a metal detector and he struck it rich. Within
a short time on a beach, he could earn himself a thousand dollars or more in a
short time. It was all free, as no one could claim it and he wasn’t breaking
any laws. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">He had been in
business long enough to have a number of other shops that would buy his
findings. He had an old beach hut, but he lived in a fabulous apartment
building with beautiful grounds and he employed a maid and a cook. He was
living like a king. People carry expensive thing to the beach as they really
don’t want to leave them in their cars for someone to steal. Then they forget
them or lose them. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">One day, the old
boy found a bottle on the beach that had washed up on shore. He took it to his
hut. He put it in a corner and forgot about it. One day an intruder entered his
hut and all he found was this bottle. He popped the cork and out came this mean
but very beautiful girl. For setting her free, she would grant him one wish.
Now you are thinking you have heard this story before, but you are wrong!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The girl was so beautiful, the guy had a
heart attack and died right there. Since the girl didn’t grant the guys wish,
she had to return to the bottle and the cork was put back in the bottle. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, a huge
storm came up that night and water from a flood, washed the hut and the bottle
back out to sea and the hut and the bottle sank to the bottom of the ocean
floor and has been there since. But the old beachcomber found himself a girl,
ever-bit as beautiful as the one in the bottle. They made mad love every night
and the old guy just couldn’t handle it, he died of a heart problem and the
beautiful girl inherited the, fortune he left behind. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">But she never got
to keep it. She bought a small yacht and went on a long cruse, when she came
back to her home port, the IRS was waiting for her, it seems that she had not
filed an income tax form, for the past six years and they wanted to know why.
Come to find out, the old beachcomber never reported his income on or for his
findings either. The IRS will even stick their noses into fairy tales also, so
you just can’t win. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Take my advice
and get yourself on Welfare, it is the only way to prosperity, and you can live
like a king! As for myself, I am over the legal age and don’t have any taxable
income and for that reason, I need not file again. The smartest thing I ever
done was to grow old. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">by; Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">June 2014</span> <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-76463061157780413612014-06-24T12:12:00.005-07:002014-06-24T12:15:17.031-07:00"It's hard to act young when you are old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em>I<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">t’s hard to act
young when you are old,<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Act your age,
stop acting like a child, how old are you anyway? I have heard something like
this most of my life! Have you ever been told to stop acting like a child and
why do children always want to be older? The truth is, those child hood years
are the best years of one’s life, just try to tell that to a teenager. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Have you noticed,
how a teenager always wants to start a job at the top of the salary ladder and
go up from there? If you, an older worker, are earning $15.00 an hour the
teenager wants $30.00 an hour. They have never had a job before and don’t know
anything and can’t do anything, yet they think they are worth more money!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">They say, to stay
young, you have to think young, but thinking and being young are two different
things. We all put on a few pounds when we slow down and doctors will tell you
to do two things to prevent it. First they tell you to stop smoking that is the
standard thing. Then comes, lose weight. Have you noticed that it is always the
thin young Doctors, which have never had this problem, is always telling you
this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have gained enough weight
so that you haven’t been able to bend over and tie you shoes, you have a
big-big problem. Welcome to my Group! <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Back to being young.
How much allowance did your parents give you, when you were growing up?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And are they still giving you an allowance?
Paying your way through college or because you don’t have a job. You must be
one of them rich kids. I never even knew there was an allowance that parents
gave to their kids. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I had chores to
do every day and I never even got a dime to go to a Saturday morning movie, we
poor kids had to find old empty soft drink bottles and sell them or do some
work for that dime to go to a movie. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Once at the
movies, we had to sit and watch the rich kids eat their popcorn and candy
bars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some parents gave big allowances
to buy off their kids, it was called “Black mail”. If I was misbehaving, I
received a lick or two with a leather strap or a stick. These days, parents
will pay almost anything to not have a problem with their kids. Parents want to
be loved, but they don’t know how to teach love. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Spanking was a
way of life and if you didn’t get one or two a week, you have no idea what you
missed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were things that built
character, my character grew with redness and sore spots and I was a good
kid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I thought I was! <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I don’t remember of the girls ever getting
spanked, but then, little angels are never punished. Could I have been the whipping
post for them girls? <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">If Mother had a
favorite, it sure wasn’t me. I always got the burnt piece of toast, the neck of
the chicken, crumbs from the cake if there was any. Mom never spanked me, she
just said: wait until you Father gets home and made me wait in the wood shed.
When Dad got home, he had to rest for a few minutes and look at the daily
paper. If he came to the wood shed feeling cranky, he was a bear. There was
character in every blow and he would say, this hurts me more than it does you!
Once, I almost said: than don’t do it! <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The little Angles
all went into their bedroom and covered their heads with pillows, so they
didn’t have to hear me cry out. I wasn’t allowed to come back in the house
until I had composed myself. Then no one would look me in the eye. I got so I
enjoyed that part, as I knew they were feeling guilt. What was it that I done
anyway. And was it all that bad? My father said I was lucky as his father used
a whip on him. Grandma said he lied. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dad, if you are
reading this, pay no attention to </span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">it !</span></em></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">By; Ben R.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">June 2014<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-35198610324737977092014-06-22T12:13:00.002-07:002014-06-22T12:13:43.448-07:00"The Big Race<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">“The Big Race”<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Celebrating a big day was approaching
and many events had been planned. The band would start on the east side, come down
Main Street and stop In front of the Flat Land Hotel. Where a platform had been
erected with seating for City officials and guest speakers. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">First to speak, would be Pastor
Simms, who would give the benediction and introduce the town Mayor, who always
made a boring speech. Then the Ladies Club Representative would speak and then the
Chief of Police. He is one of them guys who would like to put every citizen in
jail, one day each month. Just to show his authority! The Guest speaker would
be: “Old Blow Hard himself” State Congressman would speak!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He never knew when to stop talking and people
suffered through everything he had to say!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His speech lasted so long, that some events had to be postponed until
after lunch. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A local Beer distributor was
providing all the cold beer you wanted to drink, along with lunch. The hour
when the race was to start and the loud speakers called for all race participants
to come to the starting line. At the sound of the gun, I was off and running.<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">We had to cross a field, go
around a big Elm tree and back to the starting line. The grass was wet and mud
made it slippery. I fell about a hundred yards from the big Elm, but back on my
feet, I limped to the tree and set down in the shade. My hip hurt and the
mussels in my legs were call for relief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An ambulance was sent for me, but I declined as I was not going to forfeit
the race. <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">After resting for a time, I was
back on my feet and headed for the finish line. Arriving there, I was given a
big hug from my wife and several pats on my back from spectators. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that I was the winner of the race and
at age eighty five, that was conceded to be a great accomplishment, not to
mention that the Cold Beer had taken its toll, and I was the only contestant in
the Race! <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Want to know what I won. There
was nothing in the box! <o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-62047775687129806482014-06-22T11:59:00.000-07:002014-06-22T12:02:57.457-07:00" Help Needed <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">As the end grows near, well not the near. I have been
sending out feelers to find where the best place is for me. What I have found
out is very disturbing. No one wants me! Heaven has no vacancies and there are
no hard cases allowed down below as reservations have been processed from a
very large number of you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">No place for me, this is somewhat surprising! I am so good
natured and a barrel of laughter and fun and I require very little care and can
be handled roughly, no need for kid gloves. Some days, I do not eat anything, I
make my own bed, but I do require the prettiest girl over twenty years of age. To
help me wash behind my ears and between my toes. I am told that I do snore, but
it is done very quietly and I would doubt if you would ever hear it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am able to pay my own way, but I do not like to travel
because of my nasty end problems, which are offensive, even to myself. My
quarters must be close to a bathroom in case of an emergency and toilet tissue
must be kept on hand and Laundry service is mandatory. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyone want to collect some money for care giving to an
older citizen? Silver dollars are fun to hold and count! They have that certain
sound that really gets ones attention. I like to bite on them when in pain. You
can’t find anything better on a windy day, to hold you down, than a pocket full
of silver dollars. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I promise, I won’t make any promises that you and I don’t
like to promise!<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>Floating down the creek on a patched
enter tub, was one of the most fun things to do in the summer time. When that
became too easy, you looked for water that was swifter and deeper. Now you have
grown into a professional and you are surfing the oceans and the wild rivers of
the land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve heard about clubs and
how they participate in competition and you are now on your way to surf down
one of the wildest rivers in the USA. <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>No name are to be given of where these
locations are, until relatives of the bodies found, are notified. Yes, one of the
group is missing and a search is in progress. Days have gone by and no sign of
a body has been found as yet. <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>The number of these accidents can be
tenfold across the country on any given day, in the summer months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In one place, they installed a net and
recovered seven bodies in one day. Not one fish was found in the net, I wonder
why? <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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together, they must have been Democratic and Republicans Senators, as they each
had their hands in someone else’s pockets!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One was a women that served on the local City Console, it looked like someone set
her wagon on fire. One was a little guy, could have been an Elf from the South Pole.
Note; I said the South pole. It was near impossible to tell much about the last guy, He still had a big
smile on his face<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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sport, and that you will be able to win over the violence of old Mother Nature?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she is angry she becomes very angry and destructive. One
has to be a bit retarted to put their family in a boat or on a raft and shoot the rapids, on a
river like the wild Colorado River, and there are others! <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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baptized, do in a church baptismal, where it is safe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course some people only take a bath, maybe
once or twice a year and it will take a strong current to loosen the crust, and chip it away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finding white skin
under all that dirt and scales is often a reason to celebrate. That is, if you are more
than a little involved with a certain person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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bathing suites are found floating down a stream or a river? Most of them fit so
tight, how can one be lost. Yet, there are others that have so little material,
they can hardly be seen. Must be because, there is more fun, than what meets
the eye, on some outings. Hey, wait for me, I want to have some fun also!<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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have a suit, a boat or an enter tube. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
do have a beach towel that has never been we used. I laid it on the grass once, for a moon light lunch, but
the girl refused to lay down on it. Said it wasn’t proper for a lady to do
things like that. That was okay with me, I ate all the sandwiches, chicken, salads and other
stuff by myself, while she "walked herself home." <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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What are you going to bring in your food basket? I don’t care for wine, but
cold beer would be nice! Bring along an umbrella to keep the sun off my back, I burn
so easily. <o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 8pt;"><em>By: Ben R.<o:p></o:p></em></span><br />
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-90240633812671181622014-06-20T10:01:00.005-07:002014-06-22T12:02:57.469-07:00" Shoes for Kids "<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My Dad used to buy shoes for me at $5.00 to 6.00 dollars a pair. They lasted long enough to be handed down to the next in line many times. The soles were the first to show any ware and it was a hole about the size of a quarter, in the sole. A piece of cardboard would cover it for a brief time until it could be half soled by a shoe maker. This usually cost two or three dollars and lasted for years to come. The rest of the shoe remained in good shape. </div>
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It was always, a lace up shoe, with six or seven or more eyelets with shoe strings. Even the girls wore these shoes unless it was a Sunday dress up day. Then it was a black leather slipper with a one buckle strap. There wasn’t much too them, that is why they were only worn on Sundays. </div>
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As a young kid, I was alw<b></b>ays off to someplace, down the street or the other side of town, always curious as to what was going on around the town. My parents tried everything to keep me close to home. They let me go without shoes. But my feet were soon celeste hard like leather and I was off again. Mother even put small smooth stones in my shoes to slow me down, then she would tie the shoe laces in tight knots so I couldn’t undo them. But it took so long for her to get the knots untied, in the evening, so she stopped doing that. </div>
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The stones hurt my feet, so I would lay on my back with my feet up in the air, to get the stones to fall out. Mother always said, you have a brain, use it, so I did! </div>
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Today, shoes will cost any-where from eighty to a hundred and eighty dollars and upward, if one can afford them.
Leather and canvas was used in all shoes back then, now they are made out of everything and some only last long enough to be worn a few times. Some have heals so high, if you fall you might break a leg. Some girls dance in them and I never understand how the can do that? They must only dance on their toes. </div>
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The first really good pair of shoes I ever had were the ones I received in the Navy. I have stuck with that type of shoe, most of my life.
Once I had a pair of wooden shoes, like the Dutch people wore. I wore them in water when collecting pretty stones from creeks and one floated away never to be seen again. The other shoe was placed on a mantle, over the fire place, as a decoration, for years to come. Where ever it is now, I have no idea! </div>
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Shoes come and shoes go, while the sales people enjoy the profits, But Kids are around forever and some never do grow up to be responsible adults. Like myself, I am somewhere between eighty and one hundred and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up! </div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-48379403874714602132014-01-05T13:16:00.001-08:002014-01-05T13:16:29.288-08:00Winter Fun,<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Winter means snow and snow means fun, that is, after you have spent two days of moving the stuff out of the way. Now your back hurts so bad, you can hardly move. Laying in a hot bath socking, only made the other pains hurt more! Your are too damn old to go out and help the kids build a snowman, There is no more good stuff in the bottle, to warm your insides and you have already drank a full pot of coffee and you know how hard it will be to get your snowsuit off, when you have to go! </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Eggnog would be good, but you can’t remember how to make it and if the kids know you have it, they will all be right back in the house. Better forget that idea and find something to read. Remember that book you just received in the mail, the one on Income tax filing, maybe you should start reading up on that stuff. I think there is a chapter, on how to make a bad day worse. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You keep wondering what is worse, paying the government all that money or having all those little tax deductions. Remember, if you have to pay money, it is only the one time and the deductions are for years to come. You don’t get to keep any of your earnings no matter which way you go. Also remember, when you first spoke of being in love and getting married ? All of your friends told you, “ you’ll be sorry! You let all those other little things pass, but this paying taxes is serious stuff. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>How many things is there now, that you can no longer do, since you married? Painful to think about, isn’t it? It would have been a lot cheaper to have paid for the love of a women. But the woman wiggled her butt and rubbed it up against you and purred like a kitten and of course </i></span><i style="font-size: x-large;">Your were weak like most men are. You said you wanted a girl just like your mother. But you never dreamed that you mother was all that bad.</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Remember that talk, you never had, with your Father, you were too much in a hurry and now you will regret it. You never thought that your friends knew what they were talking about, but they all had a talk with their father’s.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Oh-oh, here they come, all eight of them and you will not be able to get into the bath room until late afternoon. Better put your coat and hat on and drive down to the service station. Maybe you should stop by “Joe’s Place” and see what the boys are doing! Hey, they look to be having a great time, one little beer with them, won’t hurt anything. Now you have missed lunch, dinner and the bartender wants to close up. Did you remember to have a designated driver?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>It’s cold outside and looks to have snowed another six or so inches. You can’t tell which car is yours. As you are removing snow from the cars, a patrol car pulls up along side of you. You are lucky, both officers know you and offer to drive you home. Once inside you find your wife waiting.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>She is very angry and spiting fire when she talks. She tells you that her brother and his girl friend came to dinner, He acted as one of Santa’s helpers and help to get the kids all tucked in. Then she stomped off to bed while you made yourself a cup of instant coffee, was was really bad. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Up the stairs you go, almost falling backwards a number of times, The bed room door handle wouldn’t turn, she had locked it from the inside! </i></span><i style="font-size: x-large;">On the way back downstairs, you missed that first step and found yourself on the floor at the bottom of the steps. Oh. That pain was back again. You make it to the living room sofa and put a cushion under your head. </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You wake the following morning and do not recognize where you are. You pound your head with the heal of your hand and shake it a bit. You look out the window and think to yourself, I’ve seen this place before. In a few more minutes you remember, this is where you lived when you were single. You must have ha a bad dream.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You spent the day watching foot ball games on TV and went to bed. Early the next morning, there was knock on your door, you open it to find a distinguished looking gentleman standing there, he tips his hat and hands you an envelope, than tips his hat again and walks away</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You have been served with a summons to appear in Court. But for what?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Was that a Dream you had, or was it? </i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Dec, 18, 2013 </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-44040050205582840212014-01-02T14:52:00.001-08:002014-01-02T14:52:44.815-08:00Day after Christmas report,<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It
was really sad when we heard that Frosty had disappeared, But this morning I
had a message from my brother in Connecticut, that Jack Frost had died. He had frozen solid on an aluminum storm
door, in Manchester Connecticut. He
apparently was trying to get the door open so he could warm his hands and
fingers. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>This
seams to be a day for bad news, Santa was delivering toys some where over New
Galas, his slay hit something really hard and went down scattering toys all
over the New Galas aria. There has been no word if<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Santa had completed his rounds, or not !
A VERY MERRY Christmas, to all the children in that area. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>After
having dinner, we all sat and listened to Christmas songs on the radio, when it
was reported that a “DC 999 Texas Air“ passenger plane was missing in that same
area. When searching for that Airplane, Air Force One was found on one of
the Hawaiian Islands, in the Pacific. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It
was parked along the side of a hut and they tried to camouflage it so it couldn’t
be seen from the air. Who knows what that man from Washington, is up to now?
His office said: He was at a Family reunion! <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The
dogs and birds all started to acting up on, Christmas Eve, when Santa was
supposed to be here, he didn’t stop, he just went on to his next scheduled stop
for milk and cookies. Did you ever
wonder why the big guy was so fat? People have reported that they make fudge
and all kinds of cookies for treats at Christmas time, and when the fat boy has
been there and gone, most everything goes with him! This is why he always uses the door when he
leaves. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Santa
lost his long time Elf Leader, “Wolff” He went to Florida with Old Nick one
year and decided to stay there. No, it
wasn’t because the rent was cheaper, it had something to do with girls! Why is it, when there is a problem some where
it has something to do with girls? Remember what the Easter Bunny did? Now there are little bunnies rabbits everywhere.
This is what happens when a word is misspelled, the word was to communicate and
they thought it said, formicate. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Well
, enough of that, I’m getting cold, and I am going back to where the Sun
shines. Remember, if you have gifts to
exchange, you have to be there early or you won’t have a good selection. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Those
Pink panties, that you gave me, are just too damn large, they were for a larger
elephant and they were not water proof. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>See
you next Year, but not at Christmas, I am going on an extended vacation with a
friend. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Ben
R. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Dec,
28, 2013 </i></span><span style="font-family: Century Schoolbook; font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511881470895425272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258952203166468332.post-62281531557222788832013-11-06T18:39:00.003-08:002013-11-06T18:51:03.692-08:00I duz like my Tea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I has traveled the world, over land and sea, and
bartenders I know a plenty. Many friends
have I made, under sun and in shade, where we’ve have </i></span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">downed many of toasts to those of the past.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>When I leaves a place, I has one for the road,
with me hat and me coat I goes walking, till I comes to a hut, where one can
get ale and a place to sleep. The nights are much too long and when the sky
becomes light, I am on me way, for another day with me friends. Because I likes
me Tea, the fun and the cheer, in a place just down the road. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Deep in the south, in a place known as the
“Cotton Mouth”, where they serves a special drink. It’s cool and high with
foam, that can choke you to death, if you drink too fast. and will cause you to
fall to the floor. Then they tells you ta go home, as you has had enough and
you can’t have any more. But I duz like
me Tea. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>In a place called York, close to the sea, where
ships crews and the Captains hang out.
The bar maids, old and the young, hurry back and forth, with beer trays
in hand, they spill a little here and a little there, and the hound are quick
to lick it up, as the hounds duz like the beer. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Sometimes you can see a sword or two, cutting
through the air. And blood showing on shirts, and cuts on the flesh that will
need some time to heal, but not until after. a second round has been served. As
friendships are renewed and with cheer, things are back as they were to began . Cause I duz likes me Tea!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The building shakes and doors swing open,
A monster of a man is standing there. One leg is of wood and a steal hook, on
the end of one arm and a black patch covering an eye. You wonder if it is, for
him, hard to see, He smiles and you notice that a number of teeth have been set
free. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>He enters the bar and men are hurrying to get
out of his way. The place is crowed, men are jumping out of windows, and
falling as they are trying to get out the door. Others just move to the other
side of the room. There is no place to
set, so they sit down on the floor. The monster of a man chooses a table and it
is vacated for him. He up-rights a chair
from the floor and sets himself down with ease. A bar maid approaches and stops ten feet away,
and asked what the master will have. With
a soft gentle voice, he says, “bring me
pot of tea with lemon slices”, “if you will please”, and waves her away with
his flip of a hand. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>After some time, he motions to the bar maid
again. Bring me another pot of tea and this time be sure it is hot. And I’ll have a three slices of cheese. “Thank
you, me lovely maiden”. Then from his
sleeve he pulls a hanky of lace and touches the corners of his mouth, then he
tucks it back in the cuff of his sleeve. And a few times, his fingers pet a
little mouse, as he runs and hides, back up the sleeve. </i></span><br />
<i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></i>
<i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">The hour is late and the bar has closed and all
have gone, except for one, A bar maid that has fallen in love with a man of the
sea and the way he used his hanky of lace to wipe the corners of his lips.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Just one more, he says, to the bar maid, before
I leave, then he waves Good By and blows
a kiss and wipes his lips on his sleeve. The sun come up on the horizon </i></span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">and his ship is no longer iin the harbor where it should be, it has
sailed in the morning tide with the old man on board. And the bar maid is seen. Setting on the
beach, building castles in the sand.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>By: Ben R. </i></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Nov, 2002</i></span></div>
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