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> Since the age of 18 I have kept a daily journal of my life. (I would
say
> diary, but that sounds a little girlish). Save for three periods of my
life
> every day is recorded. If I should write my memoirs it would be rather
> easy, just look up the event as it
I envy you. I wish I had a record, at timies, like when I'm trying to
recall the order of events 20+ years ago, or particulars of the occasion. .
.
I don't have the stick-to-itiveness or initiative to start a journal. . .
I'm prettyu good at filling in blanks. . . probably they're pretty much
exctly whjat happened, but if not, oh well. . .most who could contradict me
are long gone. . .
> (Two periods are missing wwhile I was in the Navy. One six month
period
> was never written since too busy with booth camp, etc. The other is a
> period towards the end of my Naval career that was lost. Plus the
I don't think you're supposed to even allude to those kinds of missions! ;)
entire
> year 2000 when I went from handwritten
to digital & then the HDD crasjhed? (lost so much good stuff on dead hard
drives over the years *sigh*); now I'm better at noting the signs & taking
action (just by getting a bigger external & doing a data(not sectors) dump,
usually)
I'm liking these 512Gb USBs my wife found on Amazon. . . :)
> One summer I was part time cashier at a local amusement park.
Admission
> at the time was 25 cents. (They made up for that on costs of rides,
> concessions, etc).
> Occasionally a group of people would come in and I would count heads
> then pretend to add them up in my head. They were amazed I could sound
an
> odd number with the right amount so quickly. They didn't know there was
a
> cheat sheet taped to the register and
> "Forty seven people in your group? That'll be (slight pause)$11.75"
Good one!
I worked at an A*W Drive-In & had to do things the hard way.
I'd be at the car window, they'd rattle off burgers, sides, & drinks for 4,
& then ask, "How much is that?"; we were trained to ask for time, then go
ring it up first on the till. Thart took too much time & walking for my
likes, so I told them, including the tax on taxable items (only apple
turnovers pretty much); I'm sure they appreciated the quick info
tuyrnaround, coz I made good tips, even from Canadians! (somehow nobody
senior to me saw it, so I ended up serving an American-plated car, & the
guy only wanted a $2 burger, paid with a $20 & told me to keep it!
It al;ways amazed me & made me appreciative, to get tipped, as most only
tip for the breasts & [teen female] butts.
One regular became a friend for several years afyer I was there. > I'm a bad person, I think, because I refuse to use euphemisms to talk
> > about death.
> He's dead, Jim.
I loved ST:TOS. My mom collected EVERY episode's book version release, & I
read the entire series in a couple weeks one summer(1978) when I was 11!
> > Most of my menmories are of times I'l never be able to relive,
>
> You and me both.
> I do enjoy re-reading my old journals and reading just line the whole
> event is replayed in my mind as if it happened minutes before.
> And a whole lot of things I had completely forgotten about.
> Good and bad in both of these cases.
I definitely envy you -- now I have yo strugle througgha brokemn indexing
system to recall events as best as tyhey survived some purges (mostly
adolescently tested chemical, one medical trauma)
> > So you're a Yankee?
> Sir, I take that as a personal insult and request your appearance
> tomorrow at sunrise on a field of honour. :)
My apology, I thoght West was south of Virginia itself. Or is this one of
those vagaries of the civil war era & politics?
> > & your radio stations begin with W, not K?
> W is east of the Mississippi (except KDKA in Pittsburgh and maybe one
or
> two others) and K is west of the Mississippi.
> Matters not if north or South.
Sorry, I couldn't recall the stations near me, in Seattle, & thought maybe
they were Wxxx's. & I've no idea which side of the M-D is Cincinatti (WKRP
sitcom was anold favourite)
> > until I foolishly stated an opinion. .
> Opinions are no longer allowed, unless they agree with current group
> think.
Yeah, I've notiuced that, but I've always been a rebel, so I even went on
Facebook, prior to our big national election this past Monday, & stated my
opinions on all 5 parties running. My choice is NOT the groupthink's
favourite, or even allowable one. . .
I figure if I convinced eben ONE voter nott o vote for the incumbent, I'd
have succeeded (in changing nothing; we just spent $600M on a pre-emptive
early plague times election that changed absolutely nothing!)
> I sometimes enjoy tweaking the nose of some self righteous people who
Oh, me, too -- it's especially fun when I can insult them in such a way
they're the only one not aware that I did so!
I find racists & other bigots to be quite unread & basically stupid.
> "Follow the science!"
> You mean the same science that says men can be women and women men
when
> the mood strikes them?
> The same science that says men can have babies, etc?
This is science now?! Not the science I've read.
The only objective fact in determining a person's rightful sex is the XY
chromie that is in EVERY cell of your body.
Gender, fair enough, is externally defined & applied per regular usage, &
this has shifted vastly from plumb.
I don't cware what people call themselves, or if they play dressup with
clothes or surgety to be a different sex, in appearance; I'll call you he
or she,. whatebver you prefer, but I'm well-read in my native language & I
refuse to use a plural pronoun to refer to a singular human.
I'll simply avoid using pronouns & only use his/her/its name!
When in a modern group's meeting & asked my preferred pronouns, I say,
"just 'you'; I'd rather you talk TO me, not ABOUT me!"
> Most of us are too old to do any serious fighting, esp when its near
nap
> time. :)
i hear ya -- same! I love a fair debate using actial facts & references,
though. & even a lighthearted political or religious argument, because I
know the secret: it doesn't matter! & my thoughts on politics online are
generally 100% irrellevant, as I don't have a vote in any US electoral
level/domain, as I'm 100% Canadian. But, like everyone, I have an opinion &
a rectal orifice & I know how to use both.
A political argument not involving only the principals involved in an
election is as meaningful to real life as is a farting contest between the
same two people!
I want to see a political debate operate as we used to do debate
originally, in grade school!
> > But good times while it lasted as a casual chitchat place. . . &
that's
> > all I seek in here. . . :)
> Seek and you shall find. That's the way it is here.
> I've been a mod for years and have never had to step in on a
> conversation. But then we are a much smaller group than in years past.
> I think the worse I've had to do is write something "that's a bit too
> close to current events. (And I may need to give myself a warning re:
the
> lines above about science...)
> > Enjoy your day(Sunday) & week ahead. . . Stay safe
> And also with you.
> Joe
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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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