HOW ARE WE ALL DOING TODAY - JUST BECAUSE WE CARE

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I once rolled a truck upside down and had gasoline running into cab and I was literally hanging upside down. The ditch was so deep that the tires of the truck were lower than that of the pavement of the road. I was not speeding or anything, but it was a road I was not familiar with and it had a sharp turn in the road with no signs marking the corner. This was back in the early 90s. This was back in the day when cell phones were rare and few people traveled this road. But somebody did pass by while I was just coming up to the roads edge and called 911 from a nearby house.
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Yesterday was my birthday and the first anniversary of Poppa's death. A couple of my neighbors came by to share a drink and converse. Long story short, we were up until around 1:30 and I had to run them off.
Woke - up this am when lightning struck around 10:30! I'm usually up around 7:30 or 8:00. It was so dark outside! I rolled - over and caught some more zzz's.
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Whoa! Nothing on the local radar but I just saw a glimmer of light and I heard thunder!
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I would like to know when winter is going to show its face here in the North East...this grief of freezing rain and sleet is just a bunch of hog wash. It started late yesterday afternoon and is still going this morning. I can drive in almost anything but this is not one of those things, but I have little to no choice as the education system for homeschoolers does not stop for nothing.
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beaverpond wrote: Thu Jan 05, 2023 6:10 am I would like to know when winter is going to show its face here in the North East...this grief of freezing rain and sleet is just a bunch of hog wash. It started late yesterday afternoon and is still going this morning. I can drive in almost anything but this is not one of those things, but I have little to no choice as the education system for homeschoolers does not stop for nothing.
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Your last word should have been "anything".
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Ain't nothing going to make me happier than to teach my girls the proper use of double and triple negatives...Try reading the writings of CS Lewis sometime and get past some of those double negatives and go ... what did that character just say.
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I was speaking of simple prose and the english language, Something that youngsters need to to get ahead these days. Don't start your job interview by saying "I beez like"
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My bad.
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I totally get what you're saying about a job interview...that is a totally different subject all together. That is where you teach them proper respect for those in authority over them, teaching them about respect for the customer, reminding them about where that paycheck comes from, showing them how spreadsheet works, how a profit and loss statement works and the list goes on and on. These were things my uncle tried to teach me when he had his own store.
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