*** I AM SORRY THAT I HAVE NOT POSTED IN A WHILE . BUT MY CABLE TV AND INTERNET HAVE BEEN OUT SINCE JUNE 15TH .
COMCAST REALLY CRAPPED OUT THIS TIME . POORLY POORLY HANDLED THE SITUATION .
I AM CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS .
IF NOT FOR MY GENIUS DAUGHTER -IN-LAW IWOULD HAVE HAD NO TV AT ALL .
AS IT WAS IT WAS REALLY BAD. IF YOU CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WITH 200 CHANNELS WHAT IS YOUR CHANCE WITH 20 CHANNELS ?
ONCE AGAIN MY LOVE TO READ CAME TO THE RESCUE .I WAS ABLE TO READ A LOT WHICH PREVENTED ME FROM GOING COMPLETELY BAT - DOO .
BUT THINGS ARE WORKING NOW & LET'S HOPE FOR THE BEST
*** FUNNY HOW YOUR MIND PLAYS TRICKS ON YOU .
TODAY I VISTED THE MEDINA GYM WHERE WE USED TO PLAY BASKETBALL .
IN MY MIND THE SEATS REACHED TO THE SKY , A COUPLE OF THOUSAND FANS YELLING FOR THE HORNETS . I COULD SHUT MY EYES AND SEE JOE -MAC , BIG JUNIOR , DINGLE & THE REST OF THE HORNETS SNATCHING REBOUNDS & SINKING SHOTS.
BUT IT WAS ONLY A VAPOR .
AS I LOOKED AROUND THE PLACE WAS TINY . I BET THE BLEACHERS DIDN'T GO TEN HIGH .
IF YOU PACKED THE CROWD IN BUTT TO BUTT YOU MIGHT GET 400 MAYBE .
JOE-MAC & BIG JUNIOR ARE PLAYING IN THE JESUS' LEAUGE NOW . DINGLE AND THE REST OF THE HORNETS ARE DRAWING SOCIAL SECURITY & HAVE MEDICARE CARDS NOW .
THOSE MEMORIES ARE SO STRONG AND SO REAL THERE HAS TO BE A MISTAKE .
*** SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH A FOR SALE SIGN WAS A JAGUAR
I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED ONE BUT THINGS NEVER WORKED OUT . THIS ONE WOULD BE A BIT OVERPRICED BUT POSSIBLE .
PROBLEM IS I AM NOT SURE I CAN GET INTO A JAGUAR ANYMORE .
THAT IS ANOTHER RIDDLE OF LIFE ; YOUR OPPORTUNITIES & TIMING NEVER SEEM TO SYNC UP .
*** HOPE THIS CABLE KEEPS WORKING !!!
Monday, June 29, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
*** 1 PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE HIT WITH AN INFLUX OF TEACHERS AS NEVER BEFORE .
ALL THE MASTER TEACHERS BEYOND THE REACH OF THE PRIVATES ARE GOING TO BE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR .
WHY ? THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAVE LONG HAD BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS BUT THE PUBLICS PAID MORE MONEY, MUCH MORE!
NOW PUBLIC SYSTEMS HAVE STOPPED PAYING FOR ADVANCED DEGREES , CUT OUT STEP RAISES , & GREATLY REDUCED BENEFITS SUCH AS INSURANCE .
THESE CHANGES PLUS AN OPRESSIVE EVALUATION METHOD HAVE SENT TEACHERS RUNNING FOR THE DOOR . ALL OVER THE STATE OF TENNESSEE .
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW LAWMAKERS ARE DESTROYING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM .
*** 2. WHILE THE ACESS TO TEACHERS IS GREATER , PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS ARE FALLING .
MOST PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE MEMPHIS AREA ARE REPORTING A DROP IN ENROLLMENT .
DECREASING NUMBERS CAN BE THE DEATH OF A SCHOOL
WHY ARE THE NUMBERS FALLING ALL OVER THE PRIVATE SCHOOL WORLD ?
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE UNDER-CUTTING THE PRICE .
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ALLOWING OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS TO ATTEND IF THEY PAY A TUITION .
THE COST IS 50 - 70 % LESS THAN THE PRIVATE SCHOOL .
SINCE THE STATE KICKS IN AN AMOUNT PER STUDENT THE PUBLIC SYSTEMS ARE MAKING OUT LIKE BANDITS .
IN HARD TIMES TELL A DUDE HE CAN GET THE SAME OR BETTER PRODUCT FOR A DOLLAR OR DOLLAR- FIFTY WHEN HE HAS BEEN SHELLING OUT THREE BUCKS
NOT MUCH DECISION .
*** 3. I HAD A SCHOOL TELL ME THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THIER NEW COACH AS MUCH AS THE LAST COACH .
THE OLD COACH LEFT FOR A NEW JOB & THE OFFICE BOYS SAW A CHANCE TO CUT EXPENSES .
THE NEW BOY MIGHT MAKE 2/3 WHAT THE FORMER COACH MADE .
WHEN THE ENROLLMENT DROPS YOU HAVE TO REDUCE SOMEWHERE
***4. WRESTLING LOST THE BEST MIC- MAN EVER .THE MASTER OF THE INTERVIEW DUSTY RHODES PASSED AWAY .
SO LONG AMERICAN DREAM !
ALL THE MASTER TEACHERS BEYOND THE REACH OF THE PRIVATES ARE GOING TO BE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR .
WHY ? THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAVE LONG HAD BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS BUT THE PUBLICS PAID MORE MONEY, MUCH MORE!
NOW PUBLIC SYSTEMS HAVE STOPPED PAYING FOR ADVANCED DEGREES , CUT OUT STEP RAISES , & GREATLY REDUCED BENEFITS SUCH AS INSURANCE .
THESE CHANGES PLUS AN OPRESSIVE EVALUATION METHOD HAVE SENT TEACHERS RUNNING FOR THE DOOR . ALL OVER THE STATE OF TENNESSEE .
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW LAWMAKERS ARE DESTROYING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM .
*** 2. WHILE THE ACESS TO TEACHERS IS GREATER , PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS ARE FALLING .
MOST PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE MEMPHIS AREA ARE REPORTING A DROP IN ENROLLMENT .
DECREASING NUMBERS CAN BE THE DEATH OF A SCHOOL
WHY ARE THE NUMBERS FALLING ALL OVER THE PRIVATE SCHOOL WORLD ?
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE UNDER-CUTTING THE PRICE .
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ALLOWING OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS TO ATTEND IF THEY PAY A TUITION .
THE COST IS 50 - 70 % LESS THAN THE PRIVATE SCHOOL .
SINCE THE STATE KICKS IN AN AMOUNT PER STUDENT THE PUBLIC SYSTEMS ARE MAKING OUT LIKE BANDITS .
IN HARD TIMES TELL A DUDE HE CAN GET THE SAME OR BETTER PRODUCT FOR A DOLLAR OR DOLLAR- FIFTY WHEN HE HAS BEEN SHELLING OUT THREE BUCKS
NOT MUCH DECISION .
*** 3. I HAD A SCHOOL TELL ME THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THIER NEW COACH AS MUCH AS THE LAST COACH .
THE OLD COACH LEFT FOR A NEW JOB & THE OFFICE BOYS SAW A CHANCE TO CUT EXPENSES .
THE NEW BOY MIGHT MAKE 2/3 WHAT THE FORMER COACH MADE .
WHEN THE ENROLLMENT DROPS YOU HAVE TO REDUCE SOMEWHERE
***4. WRESTLING LOST THE BEST MIC- MAN EVER .THE MASTER OF THE INTERVIEW DUSTY RHODES PASSED AWAY .
SO LONG AMERICAN DREAM !
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
OLD MEMORIES
*** MURDER IN A SMALL COMMUNITY
IT HAS BEEN ALMOST FIFTY YEARS .
SHE WAS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD & A BASKETBALL STAR AT HER TINY HIGH SCHOOL .
SHE DIDN'T LIVE IN A TOWN JUST A COMMUNITY .
A COMMUNITY IS A FEW SCATTERED HOUSES AND MAYBE A STORE .
IT WAS JUST HER AND HER MOM TRYING TO MAKE IT
O'YES ,THERE WAS A HIRED MAN WHO LIVED ON THE PLACE IN A SMALL HOUSE BEHIND THE MAIN HOUSE .
NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED THAT DECEMBER NIGHT .
ONLY ONE LIVED THROUGH THAT NIGHT & DID NOT DO MUCH TALKING .
THERE WERE TALES OF ROMANCE BUT NO ONE CAN SAY FOR SURE . WE CAN ONLY GUESS .
THE FACTS WE KNOW ARE , THE YOUNG STAR PLAYED IN AN AWAY BASKETBALL GAME . MOM AND THE HIRED MAN ATTENDED THE GAME .
AFTER THE GAME THE YOUNG STAR CHOSE TO RIDE THE BUS HOME RATHER THAN RIDE BACK WITH MOM AND THE HIRED MAN .
WHY THAT WAS A PROBLEM I DON'T KNOW .
BUT WHEN THE GROUP ARRIVED AT HOME .AN ARGUMENT ENSUED .
THE FINAL RESULT ,THE HIRED MAN SHOTGUNNED MOM AND DAUGHTER TO DEATH .
WHY IN THE WORLD ? WE WILL NEVER KNOW .
TWO LIVES ENDED . A YOUNG STAR DIMMED FOREVER
THE HIRED MAN DIED IN PRISON WHICH WAS FITTING BECAUSE IT WASN'T HIS FIRST REDEO
MOM AND DAUGHTER REST TOGETHER IN THE LONELY COMMUNITY CEMETERY.
12/6/69
**** SAVE MONEY BEST BUY
I RENEWED MY DRIVERS LISCIENE TODAY .
I CHOSE 4 YEARS FOR 24 DOLLARS , CHILI PEPPER TOOK 8 YEARS FOR 47 DOLLARS .
I GAMBLED A DOLLAR THAT I WOULDN'T MAKE IT EIGHT YEARS . DON'T WANT TO PAY THE STATE FOR TIME I DON'T USE .
PLEASE DON'T TELL ME HOW THE STORY ENDS!!!!!!
IT HAS BEEN ALMOST FIFTY YEARS .
SHE WAS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD & A BASKETBALL STAR AT HER TINY HIGH SCHOOL .
SHE DIDN'T LIVE IN A TOWN JUST A COMMUNITY .
A COMMUNITY IS A FEW SCATTERED HOUSES AND MAYBE A STORE .
IT WAS JUST HER AND HER MOM TRYING TO MAKE IT
O'YES ,THERE WAS A HIRED MAN WHO LIVED ON THE PLACE IN A SMALL HOUSE BEHIND THE MAIN HOUSE .
NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED THAT DECEMBER NIGHT .
ONLY ONE LIVED THROUGH THAT NIGHT & DID NOT DO MUCH TALKING .
THERE WERE TALES OF ROMANCE BUT NO ONE CAN SAY FOR SURE . WE CAN ONLY GUESS .
THE FACTS WE KNOW ARE , THE YOUNG STAR PLAYED IN AN AWAY BASKETBALL GAME . MOM AND THE HIRED MAN ATTENDED THE GAME .
AFTER THE GAME THE YOUNG STAR CHOSE TO RIDE THE BUS HOME RATHER THAN RIDE BACK WITH MOM AND THE HIRED MAN .
WHY THAT WAS A PROBLEM I DON'T KNOW .
BUT WHEN THE GROUP ARRIVED AT HOME .AN ARGUMENT ENSUED .
THE FINAL RESULT ,THE HIRED MAN SHOTGUNNED MOM AND DAUGHTER TO DEATH .
WHY IN THE WORLD ? WE WILL NEVER KNOW .
TWO LIVES ENDED . A YOUNG STAR DIMMED FOREVER
THE HIRED MAN DIED IN PRISON WHICH WAS FITTING BECAUSE IT WASN'T HIS FIRST REDEO
MOM AND DAUGHTER REST TOGETHER IN THE LONELY COMMUNITY CEMETERY.
12/6/69
**** SAVE MONEY BEST BUY
I RENEWED MY DRIVERS LISCIENE TODAY .
I CHOSE 4 YEARS FOR 24 DOLLARS , CHILI PEPPER TOOK 8 YEARS FOR 47 DOLLARS .
I GAMBLED A DOLLAR THAT I WOULDN'T MAKE IT EIGHT YEARS . DON'T WANT TO PAY THE STATE FOR TIME I DON'T USE .
PLEASE DON'T TELL ME HOW THE STORY ENDS!!!!!!
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
*** THINK AGAIN
THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT CLOSING THE SOUTH BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER .
THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE BRIDGE FOR NINE MONTHS IN 2017 TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS .
MAYBE THEY NEED TO THINK AGAIN .
PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE CLOSURE WILL ADD ONE TO TWO HOURS TO THIER COMMUTE .
CONCERNS ARE THE NORTH BRIDGE CAN NOT HANDLE ALL THE TRAFFIC . A GOOD POINT
BUT MY CONCERN IS - YOU KNOW THAT IN NINE MONTHS THREE WILL BE AT LEAST THREE MISHAPS THAT CLOSE THE BRIDGE .
THEN THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO CROSS THE RIVER .
WILL TRAFFIC BE DIVERTED TO DYERSBURG OR HELENA ? WHAT A MESS !
BETTER RETHINK THIS ONE BEFORE HAND .
*** ALL THE SAME
ON OUR RECENT TRAVELS I WAS STRUCK BY A BOLDT OF ENLIGHTMENT .
NOT IN THE DEGREE OF SAUL ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD BUT AN EPIPHANY NON- THE -LESS
THE SMALL TOWNS HAD LOST THIER IDENTITY . THERE WAS NOTING DISTINCT ANYMORE .
NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SWEETWATER OR MEDINA OR HUNTSVILLE .
EVERY THING WAS THE SAME . THE SAME STORES ,MERCHANTS , VENDORS ALL LINED UP . YOU COULD GET THE SAME PRODUCTS EVERYWHERE .
FOR EXAMPLE - EATING LUNCH
IN THE PAST IN MILAN YOU HAD PAPPY'S
MEDINA - HANDY HOUSE
DYER - TOOT-N-TELL IT
TRENTON - FROSTY'S
AND ON AND ON
NOW WHEN YOU ROLL INTO A SMALL TOWN IT IS ALL THE SAME NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE .
MCDONALD'S - BURGER KING - SUBWAY - SONIC - YOU NAME IT .
IT IS THE SAME EVERYWHERE
SWEETWATER TENNESSEE OR TEXAS OR ALABAMA OR CALIFORNIA .
IT IS THE SAME EVERYWHERE . THE SMALL TOWNS HAVE LOST THIER CHARACTER
WE HAVE BEEN NATIONALIZED !
*** BOOK REPORT
A VERY VERY GOOD ONE, IS IN CHRIST ALONE BY SINCLAIRE FERGUSON
THE BONE TREE BY GREG ILES
NO SURRENDER BY BILL GIBBONS
*** HOLD ON TIGHT TILL NEXT TIME !!!!!!
THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT CLOSING THE SOUTH BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER .
THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE BRIDGE FOR NINE MONTHS IN 2017 TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS .
MAYBE THEY NEED TO THINK AGAIN .
PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE CLOSURE WILL ADD ONE TO TWO HOURS TO THIER COMMUTE .
CONCERNS ARE THE NORTH BRIDGE CAN NOT HANDLE ALL THE TRAFFIC . A GOOD POINT
BUT MY CONCERN IS - YOU KNOW THAT IN NINE MONTHS THREE WILL BE AT LEAST THREE MISHAPS THAT CLOSE THE BRIDGE .
THEN THERE WILL BE NO WAY TO CROSS THE RIVER .
WILL TRAFFIC BE DIVERTED TO DYERSBURG OR HELENA ? WHAT A MESS !
BETTER RETHINK THIS ONE BEFORE HAND .
*** ALL THE SAME
ON OUR RECENT TRAVELS I WAS STRUCK BY A BOLDT OF ENLIGHTMENT .
NOT IN THE DEGREE OF SAUL ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD BUT AN EPIPHANY NON- THE -LESS
THE SMALL TOWNS HAD LOST THIER IDENTITY . THERE WAS NOTING DISTINCT ANYMORE .
NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SWEETWATER OR MEDINA OR HUNTSVILLE .
EVERY THING WAS THE SAME . THE SAME STORES ,MERCHANTS , VENDORS ALL LINED UP . YOU COULD GET THE SAME PRODUCTS EVERYWHERE .
FOR EXAMPLE - EATING LUNCH
IN THE PAST IN MILAN YOU HAD PAPPY'S
MEDINA - HANDY HOUSE
DYER - TOOT-N-TELL IT
TRENTON - FROSTY'S
AND ON AND ON
NOW WHEN YOU ROLL INTO A SMALL TOWN IT IS ALL THE SAME NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE .
MCDONALD'S - BURGER KING - SUBWAY - SONIC - YOU NAME IT .
IT IS THE SAME EVERYWHERE
SWEETWATER TENNESSEE OR TEXAS OR ALABAMA OR CALIFORNIA .
IT IS THE SAME EVERYWHERE . THE SMALL TOWNS HAVE LOST THIER CHARACTER
WE HAVE BEEN NATIONALIZED !
*** BOOK REPORT
A VERY VERY GOOD ONE, IS IN CHRIST ALONE BY SINCLAIRE FERGUSON
THE BONE TREE BY GREG ILES
NO SURRENDER BY BILL GIBBONS
*** HOLD ON TIGHT TILL NEXT TIME !!!!!!
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