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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
WHERE WERE WE BEFORE ALL THIS ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND SERVICES?
In the beginning!
In no particular order!
There was the vinyl record.
And it was all right if you did not mind the scratches and the "Snap, Crackle, Pop sounds!
There was the phonograph.
That could be used with a vinyl record.
And it was great!
Provided you knew when to change the needle.
There was the radio.
And it was good!
There was AM before FM.
If you did not mind the fading from going through tunnels, buildings that had a whole lot of metal because metal was a real blocker as for listening to AM goes.
Then there was the mobile phone.
And it was good!
If you could afford it!
Then there was television.
It had at first VHF before UHF.
With antenna.
What we used to call "Rabbit ears".
Then the phonograph went from mono!
To stereo.
And it was great!
Then there was the 8-track tape.
As well as the brand "Playtape" brand this had only 2-tracks.
The 8-track was somewhat popular type of playback machine.
The only drawback there was!
On some tracks the song would be continued the next track.
Then there was quad stereo.
Which had four separate speakers that would playback the music in each of the four speakers with instruments in each of the speakers.
But! There were people that claimed all quad was stereo with four more speakers to which it was not.
Then there was antenna service.
There is a history about this you can find on the Internet.
This was available to only those who lived in the "rich suburbs" or in places where you could not get TV reception was if you were in the big city.
As in one suburb you could get channels from outside the city, state, even Canada and read the news on one channel. when in the mourning ( in those days most TV stations did not stay on the air during the night unless! You lived in NYC!) you could get other TV stations but the were covered in what we used to call snow on the picture.
Then there was cable.
And it was great!
As I recall! There were HBO only in the evening.
They had some baseball games as well as movies before expanding into what it is today.
The worse tasting chewing gum for the eyes ever!
Then there was the cell phone.
And it was awesome!
Those who could afford mobile phones did!
The there was the VCR.
And it was good!
Then there was beta videotape.
And it was so-so!
Then there was VHS.
And it kicked beta's caboose!
Then there was compact disc's.
And it was expensive.
But! Good!
Then there was the Internet.
And we did not have until later!
Then there was the personal computer.
And then the Internet.
And it is excellent!
The boom-box, PDA, palm, I-pod, Satellite radio,
Walkman, voicemail, email, AM radios that could fit in the palm of your hand.
How did we get along w/o them?
Back then!
We had to take our time in all things.
There was none of that crap!
V-mail?
There was an answering service.
A human person and a voice taking calls for those who were elsewhere/busy.
We knew how to make time our friend not as we today our enemy.
People knew and cared about each other.
Not even knowing each other as we do today!
Here! We are!
Trying to make friends On the Internet.
Instead of making them in real life.
We rely on our electronic devices to help us make it through the day and night.
No longer! Do We depend on ourselves.
Our time!
Is not of our own!
But! Of our devices.
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In no particular order!
There was the vinyl record.
And it was all right if you did not mind the scratches and the "Snap, Crackle, Pop sounds!
There was the phonograph.
That could be used with a vinyl record.
And it was great!
Provided you knew when to change the needle.
There was the radio.
And it was good!
There was AM before FM.
If you did not mind the fading from going through tunnels, buildings that had a whole lot of metal because metal was a real blocker as for listening to AM goes.
Then there was the mobile phone.
And it was good!
If you could afford it!
Then there was television.
It had at first VHF before UHF.
With antenna.
What we used to call "Rabbit ears".
Then the phonograph went from mono!
To stereo.
And it was great!
Then there was the 8-track tape.
As well as the brand "Playtape" brand this had only 2-tracks.
The 8-track was somewhat popular type of playback machine.
The only drawback there was!
On some tracks the song would be continued the next track.
Then there was quad stereo.
Which had four separate speakers that would playback the music in each of the four speakers with instruments in each of the speakers.
But! There were people that claimed all quad was stereo with four more speakers to which it was not.
Then there was antenna service.
There is a history about this you can find on the Internet.
This was available to only those who lived in the "rich suburbs" or in places where you could not get TV reception was if you were in the big city.
As in one suburb you could get channels from outside the city, state, even Canada and read the news on one channel. when in the mourning ( in those days most TV stations did not stay on the air during the night unless! You lived in NYC!) you could get other TV stations but the were covered in what we used to call snow on the picture.
Then there was cable.
And it was great!
As I recall! There were HBO only in the evening.
They had some baseball games as well as movies before expanding into what it is today.
The worse tasting chewing gum for the eyes ever!
Then there was the cell phone.
And it was awesome!
Those who could afford mobile phones did!
The there was the VCR.
And it was good!
Then there was beta videotape.
And it was so-so!
Then there was VHS.
And it kicked beta's caboose!
Then there was compact disc's.
And it was expensive.
But! Good!
Then there was the Internet.
And we did not have until later!
Then there was the personal computer.
And then the Internet.
And it is excellent!
The boom-box, PDA, palm, I-pod, Satellite radio,
Walkman, voicemail, email, AM radios that could fit in the palm of your hand.
How did we get along w/o them?
Back then!
We had to take our time in all things.
There was none of that crap!
V-mail?
There was an answering service.
A human person and a voice taking calls for those who were elsewhere/busy.
We knew how to make time our friend not as we today our enemy.
People knew and cared about each other.
Not even knowing each other as we do today!
Here! We are!
Trying to make friends On the Internet.
Instead of making them in real life.
We rely on our electronic devices to help us make it through the day and night.
No longer! Do We depend on ourselves.
Our time!
Is not of our own!
But! Of our devices.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SECURITY GUARD/MGR.!
I can only go by my experience as one!
I was a security guard for over 4yrs..
And what I have seen and heard and did!
Well! Let me tell you all about it!
In my first day of in-house training.
We were told by the instructor!
That! "It does not matter if you have a gun, permit to carry one, or both"!
"All it means that by giving a guard a gun in his hand!"!
"Just gives him another reason to shoot"!
We were told that if there's a problem!
911 it!
We also learned about how to use a fire extinguisher.
Even though! When we go to a post we are to learn about the machines, units we are to monitor which was not learned at the office.
Trust me folks!
It does get better!
As time went on!
I not only got to learn the job!
But the other guards as well.
Let me tell you!
It's a mixed bag of fruits, nuts, trail mix!!!!!
There are some that are "Want to be cops"!
But! They are so afraid that they may fail at the civil service exam!
That this! Is as close as they want to get to be!
And! The one's that are in charge of the account.
Just as bad!
Give them a title!
And they are drunk with (so-called) power!
And even the guards themselves do the same.
Even Mgr.!
Are no better than the rest of them.
You the client!
Either have to appoint someone from mgt. to supervise the guards!
Or! Have in-house security.
Because when you go for outside private security.
You stand to lose more then the other wise.
Also! The guards will schmooze the employees while working.
Not good!
I have had incidents where the guard is to check the employees badges as they come in to work.
But! When I come in too fill in.
I get from the employees: "Well so en so let's us come in w/o showing h\the badges"!
And I have to say:"Do I .look like s/he"?
They shut up real fast!
It is one of those jobs where it is not bad to do on the wknds..
But don't make it your life's work!
I was a security guard for over 4yrs..
And what I have seen and heard and did!
Well! Let me tell you all about it!
In my first day of in-house training.
We were told by the instructor!
That! "It does not matter if you have a gun, permit to carry one, or both"!
"All it means that by giving a guard a gun in his hand!"!
"Just gives him another reason to shoot"!
We were told that if there's a problem!
911 it!
We also learned about how to use a fire extinguisher.
Even though! When we go to a post we are to learn about the machines, units we are to monitor which was not learned at the office.
Trust me folks!
It does get better!
As time went on!
I not only got to learn the job!
But the other guards as well.
Let me tell you!
It's a mixed bag of fruits, nuts, trail mix!!!!!
There are some that are "Want to be cops"!
But! They are so afraid that they may fail at the civil service exam!
That this! Is as close as they want to get to be!
And! The one's that are in charge of the account.
Just as bad!
Give them a title!
And they are drunk with (so-called) power!
And even the guards themselves do the same.
Even Mgr.!
Are no better than the rest of them.
You the client!
Either have to appoint someone from mgt. to supervise the guards!
Or! Have in-house security.
Because when you go for outside private security.
You stand to lose more then the other wise.
Also! The guards will schmooze the employees while working.
Not good!
I have had incidents where the guard is to check the employees badges as they come in to work.
But! When I come in too fill in.
I get from the employees: "Well so en so let's us come in w/o showing h\the badges"!
And I have to say:"Do I .look like s/he"?
They shut up real fast!
It is one of those jobs where it is not bad to do on the wknds..
But don't make it your life's work!
Monday, December 9, 2013
IN THIS ECONOMY THERE ARE STILL SOME GOOD JOBS OUT THERE!
Yes! Virgina!
There are still some good jobs to be had out there!
Let's start of by talking about freelancing.
What is freelancing?
As best as can be put.
It is taking what you know or can do!
and make a buck out of it.
There are many websites out there you can learn about.
Some even without investing any money at all.
Let's start of with talking about the things one can do with little investment.
Ever think about starting your own business?
It is easy to do!
You do have to look into the laws in your state to find out what is needed to start a business.
Anyway! In this life and time.
The word freelancing has taken on a new meaning.
It use to be known as a freelance writer.
But! Now any more!
It means that your an "Independent contractor"!
That means you are your own boss.
Doing whatever it is you want on your terms.
Some of the things you can start out with are these.
As well as the dos in freelance and consulting.
Also the do not!
You might want to consider starting your own business.
Like multi level marketing (MLM).
I know! What a lot of people are thinking.
Pyramid scam!
Yes! and No!
The reason it is called that!
Is because of what a MLM'er did long time ago.
But! It is not as bad as you may think.
I have been in it myself.And it is not that bad.
There are some solid MLM's out there.
It does take time to check them out.
One of the things that I do not recommend!
Is not to go into the franchise business!
Going into the franchise business is like buying yourself a job.
There are just way too any costs involved!
And! It does not make any difference to the franchisee.
If you do make any money or not!
As long as they get their money!!!!!!!
The most expensive franchise fees.
What is your hobby/interest?
That! Could lead to a job or career for you.
There have been people that took what they like/love!
And turned it into a business.
Examples: How to Turn a Pastime into a Career.
people who have turned their hobby or interest and turned it into a business/career.
This comes anywhere from little to max. costs it all depends on what you want to get into and can you afford it?
There are still some good jobs to be had out there!
Let's start of by talking about freelancing.
What is freelancing?
As best as can be put.
It is taking what you know or can do!
and make a buck out of it.
There are many websites out there you can learn about.
Some even without investing any money at all.
Let's start of with talking about the things one can do with little investment.
Ever think about starting your own business?
It is easy to do!
You do have to look into the laws in your state to find out what is needed to start a business.
Anyway! In this life and time.
The word freelancing has taken on a new meaning.
It use to be known as a freelance writer.
But! Now any more!
It means that your an "Independent contractor"!
That means you are your own boss.
Doing whatever it is you want on your terms.
Some of the things you can start out with are these.
As well as the dos in freelance and consulting.
Also the do not!
You might want to consider starting your own business.
Like multi level marketing (MLM).
I know! What a lot of people are thinking.
Pyramid scam!
Yes! and No!
The reason it is called that!
Is because of what a MLM'er did long time ago.
But! It is not as bad as you may think.
I have been in it myself.And it is not that bad.
There are some solid MLM's out there.
It does take time to check them out.
One of the things that I do not recommend!
Is not to go into the franchise business!
Going into the franchise business is like buying yourself a job.
There are just way too any costs involved!
And! It does not make any difference to the franchisee.
If you do make any money or not!
As long as they get their money!!!!!!!
The most expensive franchise fees.
What is your hobby/interest?
That! Could lead to a job or career for you.
There have been people that took what they like/love!
And turned it into a business.
Examples: How to Turn a Pastime into a Career.
people who have turned their hobby or interest and turned it into a business/career.
This comes anywhere from little to max. costs it all depends on what you want to get into and can you afford it?
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
FATHERHOOD
I KNOW!
I'M EARLY FOR THIS!
BUT! I GUESS WITH THE HOLIDAYS UPON US.
I COULD NOT HELP BUT THINK ABOUT MY DAD AND HOW HE WAS WITH ME AND MY HALF (I SAY THAT NOT BY CHOICE BUT YET IT IS TRUE MY TWO SISTERS ARE FROM TWO DIFFERENT FATHERS MY ONE SISTER ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF IT!) SISTERS.
HE HAD A TOUGH LIFE GROWING UP.
BECAUSE ONE TIME HIS MOM ASKED HIM TO ACCOMPANY HER TO THE MARKET.
HE SAID NO.
AND HIS MOM SAID "ALL RIGHT ".
THE STORY WAS THAT WHEN SHE CROSSED THE STREET. A STREET CAR (THIS WAS IN THE WINTER) CAME ALONG AND HIT AND KILLED HER.
EVER SINCE THAT TIME!
HE AND WE WERE AND ALWAYS ARE TO BEAR THE BLAME THAT HIS WHOLE FAMILY HAS PUT ON US.
AND WHEN HIS FAMILY HAD DINNER!
HE WAS IN A CORNER EATING SOUP WHILE THE REST WERE EATING STEAK!
WHEN MY MOM MET HIM.
HE WAS AT A BAR WITH HIS HEAD DOWN ON THE BAR.
WHEN MY MOM SEEN HIM.
SHE TOLD THE BARTENDER "GIVE HIM A DRINK"!
AND THE REST IS HISTORY!
HE WAS NOT THE BEST DAD TO HAVE IN THE WORLD.
BUT HE DID HIS JOB AT THAT TIME.
GOING TO WORK, BRINGING HOME THE PAYCHECK AND MOM WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE BILLS, KEEP THE HOUSE CLEAN, TAKE CARE OF US KIDS AND SO ON.
I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR ME!
BUT! HE DID TRY TO BE A GOOD IF NOT FAIR FATHER TO ME AND MY HALF-SISTERS.
HE WAS NOT THE KIND/TYPE OF DAD YOU WOULD NOT WANT! HE DID TAKE ME TO THE PARK AND SWING ME AND KEEP AN EYE ON ME.
AS FOR A HERO?
NOT!
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
HE WOULD STEAL A LOT OF THINGS FROM ME AND MY MOM WOULD BACK HIM UP ON IT!
EVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW THAT WHAT HE DID WAS WRONG!
THE ONLY TIME HIM AND I GOT ALONG!
WAS WHEN I HAD BEER HE WANTED.
THEN!!!!! WE WERE PALS!
MY BROTHERS-IN-LAWS!
SAID THEY LIKE HIM!
BECAUSE HE WAS A "MAN'S MAN"!
"BIG DEAL"!!!!! (BFD!!!!!!!)
BUT! NOT A "SON'S DAD"!
IN LATER YEARS!
I GOT MARRIED!
HAD TWO KIDS!
I TREATED THEM WAY BETTER THEN HE DID ME!
I KNOW IT'S NOT RIGHT TO SAY WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY!
BUT! YOU DON'T KNOW HIM AS I DID!
WITH WHAT HE DID AND PUT ME THROUGH!
I AM EVER SO HAPPY/GLAD THAT HE IS (AND I HOPE HE IS WHERE HE SHOULD BE!) DEAD AND GONE!
NO SON/DAUGHTER SHOULD EVER GO THROUGH WHAT I DID WITH HIM.
SIDENOTE: I HAVE SEEN AND READ AT Q & A SITES!
ABOUT HOW COME THEIR MOM/DAD ARE THE WAY THEY ARE?
IT IS BECAUSE OF HOW THEY (THE PARENTS) WERE RAISED!
NO ONE COMES INTO THIS WORLD WITH A MANUAL IN TOW!
THIS! IS NOT A BLOCK PARTY!
MAKE IT!!!!!!!
I'M EARLY FOR THIS!
BUT! I GUESS WITH THE HOLIDAYS UPON US.
I COULD NOT HELP BUT THINK ABOUT MY DAD AND HOW HE WAS WITH ME AND MY HALF (I SAY THAT NOT BY CHOICE BUT YET IT IS TRUE MY TWO SISTERS ARE FROM TWO DIFFERENT FATHERS MY ONE SISTER ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF IT!) SISTERS.
HE HAD A TOUGH LIFE GROWING UP.
BECAUSE ONE TIME HIS MOM ASKED HIM TO ACCOMPANY HER TO THE MARKET.
HE SAID NO.
AND HIS MOM SAID "ALL RIGHT ".
THE STORY WAS THAT WHEN SHE CROSSED THE STREET. A STREET CAR (THIS WAS IN THE WINTER) CAME ALONG AND HIT AND KILLED HER.
EVER SINCE THAT TIME!
HE AND WE WERE AND ALWAYS ARE TO BEAR THE BLAME THAT HIS WHOLE FAMILY HAS PUT ON US.
AND WHEN HIS FAMILY HAD DINNER!
HE WAS IN A CORNER EATING SOUP WHILE THE REST WERE EATING STEAK!
WHEN MY MOM MET HIM.
HE WAS AT A BAR WITH HIS HEAD DOWN ON THE BAR.
WHEN MY MOM SEEN HIM.
SHE TOLD THE BARTENDER "GIVE HIM A DRINK"!
AND THE REST IS HISTORY!
HE WAS NOT THE BEST DAD TO HAVE IN THE WORLD.
BUT HE DID HIS JOB AT THAT TIME.
GOING TO WORK, BRINGING HOME THE PAYCHECK AND MOM WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE BILLS, KEEP THE HOUSE CLEAN, TAKE CARE OF US KIDS AND SO ON.
I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR ME!
BUT! HE DID TRY TO BE A GOOD IF NOT FAIR FATHER TO ME AND MY HALF-SISTERS.
HE WAS NOT THE KIND/TYPE OF DAD YOU WOULD NOT WANT! HE DID TAKE ME TO THE PARK AND SWING ME AND KEEP AN EYE ON ME.
AS FOR A HERO?
NOT!
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
HE WOULD STEAL A LOT OF THINGS FROM ME AND MY MOM WOULD BACK HIM UP ON IT!
EVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW THAT WHAT HE DID WAS WRONG!
THE ONLY TIME HIM AND I GOT ALONG!
WAS WHEN I HAD BEER HE WANTED.
THEN!!!!! WE WERE PALS!
MY BROTHERS-IN-LAWS!
SAID THEY LIKE HIM!
BECAUSE HE WAS A "MAN'S MAN"!
"BIG DEAL"!!!!! (BFD!!!!!!!)
BUT! NOT A "SON'S DAD"!
IN LATER YEARS!
I GOT MARRIED!
HAD TWO KIDS!
I TREATED THEM WAY BETTER THEN HE DID ME!
I KNOW IT'S NOT RIGHT TO SAY WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY!
BUT! YOU DON'T KNOW HIM AS I DID!
WITH WHAT HE DID AND PUT ME THROUGH!
I AM EVER SO HAPPY/GLAD THAT HE IS (AND I HOPE HE IS WHERE HE SHOULD BE!) DEAD AND GONE!
NO SON/DAUGHTER SHOULD EVER GO THROUGH WHAT I DID WITH HIM.
SIDENOTE: I HAVE SEEN AND READ AT Q & A SITES!
ABOUT HOW COME THEIR MOM/DAD ARE THE WAY THEY ARE?
IT IS BECAUSE OF HOW THEY (THE PARENTS) WERE RAISED!
NO ONE COMES INTO THIS WORLD WITH A MANUAL IN TOW!
THIS! IS NOT A BLOCK PARTY!
MAKE IT!!!!!!!
Friday, November 22, 2013
THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THOSE AROUND THEM
I CAN SPEAK FROM YEARS OF BEING ONE!
AT THE TIME I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT!
THE WHO, HOW, WHY AND THE EFFECTS TO THOSE THEY THINK DOES NOT EFFECT THEM AND THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM AT ALL.
I COULD POST ANY AND ALL LINKS HERE!
BUT! I WOULD LIKE TO TELL MY OWN STORY.
IT STARTED WAY BACK!
IN THE MID 1960'S.
MY SISTER MARRIED AN ALCOHOLIC, WIFE BEATER, CONVICT, SPENT MORE TIME AT THE BAR THAN AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND SON.
I WOULD GO THERE DURING THE SUMMER AND MY SISTER WAS THE ONE WHO TOOK CARE OF ME.
AND I WOULD GO TO THE CORNER STORE AND BUY MY BROTHER-IN-LAW THE BEER.
BOTH HIM AND I WOULD THINK HE WAS SO COOL (BY THE 60'S STANDARDS OF COOL!) HE WOULD GIVE ME A BOTTLE OF BEER AND WE WOULD WATCH TV AND DRINK THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
HE EVEN TAUGHT ME HOW TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE!
THEN LATER IN THE 1970'S!
I WOULD BE ABLE TO BUY BEER ON MY OWN!
BECAUSE I LOOKED OLDER THAN I WAS AND IT WAS SO EASY TO BUY IT FROM ANY,DELI STORE OR WHATEVER!!
I WAS EVEN ABLE TO BUY CIGARETTES FOR MY BOTHER-IN-LAW AS WELL!
BUT! THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
THEN WHEN I WAS 17!
I GOT MY FIRST JOB!
AND WENT TO RESTAURANT'S AND ORDER BEER, WINE!
IT WAS THAT EASY.
EVEN MY SO-CALLED FRIEND!
USED ME TO BUT THE HARD STUFF.
IT'S BEEN SAID!
THAT THE LAST PERSON TO KNOW WHO'S AN ALCOHOLIC!
IS THE ALCOHOLIC THEMSELVES.
"ALL IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD BUT ME"!
IS WHAT THE ALCOHOLIC THINKS AND SAYS TO HIM/HERSELF!
THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM.
ARE EVEN MUCH WORSE!
THE FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS SUFFER THE MOST!!!!
THE WIFE, KIDS.
EVEN THEY! ARE NOT SURE JUST WHEN AND HOW TO TALK TO THEM.
FOR FEAR OF HOW S/HE WILL RESPOND, REACT WHEN EVEN TALKED OR ASKED SOMETHING.
THERE WAS A BAR NEAR ME.
AND EACH AND EVERY FRIDAY!
THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH CUSTOMERS.
SOME OF THEM WERE OUTSIDE YELLING ON THEIR CELL PHONE TELLING THE WIFE TO "GET THE ELECTRICITY BACK ON"!!!!!!
IT SEEMS! THAT MEN ARE SOMEHOW BROUGHT UP TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S THEIR RIGHT TO DRINK UP THEIR TAKE HOME PAY AND LET THE WIFE WORRY ABOUT THE REST!
I WAS LIKE THAT!
I DID NOT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING!
AS LONG AS I HAD MY BEER!
THAT WAS ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW!
I DID SEEK HELP!
I LATER FOUND OUT THAT MY DRINKING PROBLEM WAS BECAUSE OF ME WANTING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT SOMETHING!
AND DRINKING WAS ONE PLACE WHERE I WAS!
THE JOBS THAT I HAD AT THAT TIME!
I HATED THEM!!!!
I WAS A SHIPPER AT THEN THE OLDEST PRINTING CO. IN TOWN.
THEN A WAREHOUSEMAN.
I HEAR THOSE JOBS ARE BASICALLY!
FOR THE MINORITIES.
THE MOST THAT I EVER HAD AT ONE TIME IN MY LIFE!
WAS 2 1/2 CASES OF BEER EACH AND EVERY WEEK!
BOUGHT ON THURSDAY!
GONE!!!!
BY THE WEEKEND (IF THERE WAS ANY LEFT BY THEN!).
LATER!
I DID CONTROL IT.
BUT! SLIPPED BACK TO WHERE I WAS BEFORE.
AT THAT TIME I WAS A SECURITY GUARD.
AND THE HOURS I KEPT WERE SO GRUELING!!!
BECAUSE I WAS HAPPY THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO GO ANYWHERE! EVERYWHERE!!!
AND AT THAT TIME I NEEDED SOMETHING TO HELP ME SLEEP BY.
AND AGAIN!!!! THERE WAS THE BEER!
NOT W/O HARDSHIP TO THOSE I LOVED EVEN THOUGH!!!!
THEY DID IN A WAY LOVE ME.
BUT! SINCE THAT TIME!
THINGS HAVE CHANGED FOR THE WORSE!
I WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT IT HERE!
I WOULD HAVE TO SAY!
THAT! THE REASON WHY I AM WRITING THIS.
IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF SOMEONE DOES READ THIS AND KNOWS SOMEONE WHO IS ONE!
CAN HELP AND POINT TO THIS POST AND SOMEHOW UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY OR YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC.
THERE IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!!!!!!!
I'M GOING TO LET YOU DECIDE FOR YOURSELF!
ARE YOU ONE?????
SIGNS OF ALCOHOLISM - Bing
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR!
AT THE TIME I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT!
THE WHO, HOW, WHY AND THE EFFECTS TO THOSE THEY THINK DOES NOT EFFECT THEM AND THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM AT ALL.
I COULD POST ANY AND ALL LINKS HERE!
BUT! I WOULD LIKE TO TELL MY OWN STORY.
IT STARTED WAY BACK!
IN THE MID 1960'S.
MY SISTER MARRIED AN ALCOHOLIC, WIFE BEATER, CONVICT, SPENT MORE TIME AT THE BAR THAN AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND SON.
I WOULD GO THERE DURING THE SUMMER AND MY SISTER WAS THE ONE WHO TOOK CARE OF ME.
AND I WOULD GO TO THE CORNER STORE AND BUY MY BROTHER-IN-LAW THE BEER.
BOTH HIM AND I WOULD THINK HE WAS SO COOL (BY THE 60'S STANDARDS OF COOL!) HE WOULD GIVE ME A BOTTLE OF BEER AND WE WOULD WATCH TV AND DRINK THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
HE EVEN TAUGHT ME HOW TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE!
THEN LATER IN THE 1970'S!
I WOULD BE ABLE TO BUY BEER ON MY OWN!
BECAUSE I LOOKED OLDER THAN I WAS AND IT WAS SO EASY TO BUY IT FROM ANY,DELI STORE OR WHATEVER!!
I WAS EVEN ABLE TO BUY CIGARETTES FOR MY BOTHER-IN-LAW AS WELL!
BUT! THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
THEN WHEN I WAS 17!
I GOT MY FIRST JOB!
AND WENT TO RESTAURANT'S AND ORDER BEER, WINE!
IT WAS THAT EASY.
EVEN MY SO-CALLED FRIEND!
USED ME TO BUT THE HARD STUFF.
IT'S BEEN SAID!
THAT THE LAST PERSON TO KNOW WHO'S AN ALCOHOLIC!
IS THE ALCOHOLIC THEMSELVES.
"ALL IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD BUT ME"!
IS WHAT THE ALCOHOLIC THINKS AND SAYS TO HIM/HERSELF!
THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM.
ARE EVEN MUCH WORSE!
THE FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS SUFFER THE MOST!!!!
THE WIFE, KIDS.
EVEN THEY! ARE NOT SURE JUST WHEN AND HOW TO TALK TO THEM.
FOR FEAR OF HOW S/HE WILL RESPOND, REACT WHEN EVEN TALKED OR ASKED SOMETHING.
THERE WAS A BAR NEAR ME.
AND EACH AND EVERY FRIDAY!
THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH CUSTOMERS.
SOME OF THEM WERE OUTSIDE YELLING ON THEIR CELL PHONE TELLING THE WIFE TO "GET THE ELECTRICITY BACK ON"!!!!!!
IT SEEMS! THAT MEN ARE SOMEHOW BROUGHT UP TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S THEIR RIGHT TO DRINK UP THEIR TAKE HOME PAY AND LET THE WIFE WORRY ABOUT THE REST!
I WAS LIKE THAT!
I DID NOT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING!
AS LONG AS I HAD MY BEER!
THAT WAS ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW!
I DID SEEK HELP!
I LATER FOUND OUT THAT MY DRINKING PROBLEM WAS BECAUSE OF ME WANTING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT SOMETHING!
AND DRINKING WAS ONE PLACE WHERE I WAS!
THE JOBS THAT I HAD AT THAT TIME!
I HATED THEM!!!!
I WAS A SHIPPER AT THEN THE OLDEST PRINTING CO. IN TOWN.
THEN A WAREHOUSEMAN.
I HEAR THOSE JOBS ARE BASICALLY!
FOR THE MINORITIES.
THE MOST THAT I EVER HAD AT ONE TIME IN MY LIFE!
WAS 2 1/2 CASES OF BEER EACH AND EVERY WEEK!
BOUGHT ON THURSDAY!
GONE!!!!
BY THE WEEKEND (IF THERE WAS ANY LEFT BY THEN!).
LATER!
I DID CONTROL IT.
BUT! SLIPPED BACK TO WHERE I WAS BEFORE.
AT THAT TIME I WAS A SECURITY GUARD.
AND THE HOURS I KEPT WERE SO GRUELING!!!
BECAUSE I WAS HAPPY THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO GO ANYWHERE! EVERYWHERE!!!
AND AT THAT TIME I NEEDED SOMETHING TO HELP ME SLEEP BY.
AND AGAIN!!!! THERE WAS THE BEER!
NOT W/O HARDSHIP TO THOSE I LOVED EVEN THOUGH!!!!
THEY DID IN A WAY LOVE ME.
BUT! SINCE THAT TIME!
THINGS HAVE CHANGED FOR THE WORSE!
I WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT IT HERE!
I WOULD HAVE TO SAY!
THAT! THE REASON WHY I AM WRITING THIS.
IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF SOMEONE DOES READ THIS AND KNOWS SOMEONE WHO IS ONE!
CAN HELP AND POINT TO THIS POST AND SOMEHOW UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY OR YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC.
THERE IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!!!!!!!
I'M GOING TO LET YOU DECIDE FOR YOURSELF!
ARE YOU ONE?????
SIGNS OF ALCOHOLISM - Bing
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR!
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Friday, November 15, 2013
IN MEMORY OF JFK
I KNOW!
THAT I HAD A POST ABOUT JFK.
BUT THIS ONE IS FROM MY OWN LIFE & TIMES GROWING UP AND VIEWS ABOUT THAT TIME AND PLACE IN MY LIFE WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS ABOUT JFK.
WHERE WERE YOU AND WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO JFK? I THINK THIS I WILL ALWAYS BE ON EVERYONE'S MIND FOREVER PLUS TWO DAYS!
HE GAVE US HOPE, TRUST, RESPECT TO US AS A NATION.
A NEW VISION FOR AMERICA!
SO FAR! NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER EVEN COME CLOSE!
IN MY FURTHER READING OF JFK.
I FOUND THAT WHEN HIS FATHER JOSEPH P.KENNEDY WAS AMBASSADOR TO THE UK.
JACK WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL TO MANY COUNTRIES AND THAT IS WHAT MADE HIM WHO HE WAS.
BIO OF JFK
IN SEARCH OF JFK
HERE IS A MAN!
WHERE HE AND WE COULD SEE TOMORROW!
WHEN OTHERS COULD NOT!
FDR CAME CLOSE!
BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO JACK!
IN OUR GENERATION!
HE WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE THINKING "WHAT IF"?
FROM WHAT I READ.
HE KNEW PEOPLE.
TO ME HE SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU!
NOT AT YOU!
HE WAS MORE THAN THE "PRESSING OF THE FLESH" KIND OF MAN.
HIS WIFE JACKIE!
HAD THAT ONE OF A KIND WAY ABOUT HER.
AND HOW SHE RELATED TO THE PEOPLE OF OTHER LANDS.
NO FIRST LADY EVER COMES EVEN CLOSE TO HER.
WHEN HE WAS ASSASSINATED.
I WAS AT HOME AND WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS.
I DID NOT AT THAT TIME.KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THEN LATER ON.
IT HIT ME.
I REMEMBER I WAS AT MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND SHE WAS CRYING WHEN SHE HEARD THE NEWS LATER THAT SAME EVENING AND THE NEWS MADE IT OFFICIAL RIGHT THERE ON THE TV SCREEN "PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS DEAD".
I WAS SEVEN ROUNDING EIGHT YEARS OLD (ON NOV. 25 ,1963 I WOULD BE TURN 8).
IT WAS SO VERY QUIET!!!!!
THE WHOLE AREA THE STREETS.
NO CARS MOVING ALL WAS A STAND STILL BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE TIME WHEN THINGS WERE LIKE THIS "9/11".
I DON'T RECALL! ANYTHING OPEN.
ONLY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WAS RUNNING.
ALL THREE (AT THAT TIME THERE WERE ONLY THREE TV STATIONS) WERE CARRYING THE PRESIDENTS FUNERAL ALL DAY (AND IT SEEMED!) AND ALL INTO THE NIGHT.NOTHING ELSE BUT THAT!
I REMEMBER MY MOM.
SAYING THAT THE PRIEST WHO DID A READING FROM THE BIBLE.
AS HE WAS READING FROM IT THE WIND BLEW A PAGE OVER BUT HE KEPT ON READING.
THE ETERNAL FLAME!
WHOEVER THOUGHT OF IT!
GENIUS!
I KNOW! I WOULD NOT EVEN HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT NAME.
TO ME!
HE HAD ALL THE THINGS WE NEEDED AT THAT TIME!
AND THEN SOME!
WHAT WE NEED!
EVEN THOUGH!
WE CANNOT GET JFK!
WE DO NEED A JFK TYPE.
AND A JACKIE TYPE AS WELL.
TO BRING BACK STYLE AND CLASS TO THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN!
EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT MEET!
R.I.P. JFK!
DEAR FRIEND!
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The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
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This is one of the songs of the Bacharach-David songwriting team.
Before Dionne Warwick made them a household name!
This is one of the songs of the Bacharach-David songwriting team.
Before Dionne Warwick made them a household name!
Sunday, November 3, 2013
CONSUMERISM STRIKES AGAIN!
I AM ONE THAT DOES NOT LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MUCH OF ANYTHING! BUT! SO FAR! I HAVE FOUND 3 COMPANIES THAT ARE SO VERY ANYWHERE FROM! IGNORANT, IGNORING, UNCARING AND ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO MORE!!!!! NO LESS!!!!!!!!! ABOUT THE CONSUMERS! THEY ARE ((((DRUMROLL)))))!!!!!!!! ASSURANCE-WIRELESS (O & O BY VIRGIN MOBILE USA), DOMINO'S PIZZA, PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA!
FIRST! ASSURANCE-WIRELESS! THIS IS WHAT I FIRST THOUGHT WAS A CLASS CO.!
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!
THE CSR'S (AS THEY CALL THEM "SERVICE ADVISER'S" VERY MISLEADING IN ITSELF!) THIS IS A GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED CELL PHONE COMPANY THAT IF QUALIFY CAN GET A FREE CELL PHONE WITH 250 TALK/250 TEXT MINS. EACH MONTH.
THE ISSUE HERE!
IS THE CSR'S DO NOT KNOW WHICH END IS UP 24/7!
EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM WILL GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT RESPONSE TO THE SAME QUESTION EVEN WHEN YOU EMAIL THEM!
THEN! IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH!
WHEN IT COMES TIME TO RE-CERTIFY!
YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS TO DO SO.
1. CALL THE RE-CERTIFICATION LINE.
2. ASK FOR THE PAPERWORK TO BE SENT BY MAIL.
3. TALK TO A CSR AND DO IT.
KEEP IN MIND!
ALL THREE OPTIONS BEGIN AND END RIGHT WHERE YOU START!
I THINK THAT THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF AMAZON HAS A MUCH BETTER GRIP/HANDLE ON HIS CO. THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF VIRGIN COMPANIES DO NOT!
THIS! IS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCES I SPEAK FROM!
SINCE THAT TIME.
I HAVE SWITCHED TO SOME OTHER CELL PHONE CO..
ONE'S LOSS! IS ANOTHER ONE'S GAIN!
NEXT! IS DOMINO'S PIZZA!
DURING THE FREE GIVEAWAY OF THEIR ARTISAN PIZZA.
THEY LIED FROM START TO THE END!
I HAVE EMAILED THEM THREE TIMES! BOTH TIMES NO RESPONSE AT ALL!
NEXT! PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA!
FROM WHERE I AM!
THE CLOSEST STORE IS three MILES APART FROM ME!
DO YOU EVEN THINK!
THEY WOULD MAKE SURE!
THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS HAVE A STORE IN THE CLOSEST LOCATIONS AS DO PIZZA HUT AND (UGH!) DOMINO'S DO?
NO!!!!!!!
THEY INFORMED ME THAT!
THEY LET THEIR STORE OWNERS DECIDE HOW FAR THEY ARE WILLING TO GO!
PERHAPS!!!!
WITH THIS POSTING THAT THEY WILL BE LISTENING AND BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS BOTH NEAR AND FAR!
DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I ALSO!
WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO POST HERE AS WELL.
IN HOES FOR THESE AND OTHER COMPANIES TO START LISTENING AND BE MORE RESPONSIVE THAN JUST GIVE LIP SERVICE TO US!
THE ONE'S THAT THEY DEPEND ON FOR THEIR INCOME BOTH FOR THEIRS AND THE SHAREHOLDERS AS WELL!!!
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF NAMING NAMES!
BUT! WITH THE WAYS AND MEANS THAT CONSUMER'S HAVE BEFORE THEM!
IT IS THE USE THAT MAKES IT SO POWERFUL FOR US!!
NO.1. "IF YOU DON'T LET IT BE KNOWN"!
"THEN NOTHING GETS DONE ABOUT IT"!
I HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE SAY TO ME!
"KEEP QUIET"!
SIT DOWN AND JUST TAKE IT"!
PLEASE REFER TO RULE NO.1 !!!!!!!!!
A BUSINESSMAN BY THE NAME OF STEW LEONARD!
HAD A BUSINESS.
AND HE HAD THIS SIGN THAT READ: RULE NO.1 "THE CUSTOMER IS SWAYS RIGHT"!
RULE NO.2 "IF YOU THINK THE CUSTOMER IS WRONG"! "ALWAYS REFER TO RULE NO. 1"!
HE BECAME A SUCCESS IN HIS BUSINESS!!!!!
UNFORTUNATELY! EVEN IN TODAY'S BUSINESS CLIMATE!
BUSINESS STILL DOES NOT GET IT RIGHT AT ANY TIME!
THOSE WHO DOES (LIKE WALMART DOES! FAULTS AND ALL!) ARE THAT MUCH AHEAD OF THE GAME!!!!!!!
IF!!! YOU ARE A BUSINESS THAT IS RUN BY PEOPLE WHO YOU NEED THEIR MONEY TO STAY AFLOAT IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO OR HOW YOU DESCRIBE THEM TO BE!
IF YOU DO NOT TREAT THE CUSTOMER RIGHT AS YOU WOULD WANT IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!
YOU "WILL"! GO DOWN IN FLAMES!
YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY CUSTOMER AT ANY TIME AT ALL.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY TODAY'S BUSINESS AND RETAIL IS!!!!!
THEY (THE CUSTOMER!) AND DO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE WHEN NOT TREATED RIGHT!
WHEN THAT HAPPENS!!!!
WHERE ARE YOU THEN????????
Thursday, October 31, 2013
A TRIP DOWN TREMONT
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAPPEN TO LOVE ABOUT CLEVELAND,OHIO USA!
IS THAT THERE IS A PLACE WHERE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE TIME I KNEW IT!
IS AN AREA CALLED "TREMONT"!
LOCATED ON THE NEAR WESTSIDE.
EVEN UNTO THIS DAY!
I STILL DO NOT KNOW WHY IT IS CALLED THAT.
BUT! ANYWAY!
TREMONT IS A PLACE WHERE FOREIGNERS COME TO BOTH LIVE AND WORK AND CALL HOME.
LONG AGO! TREMONT WAS WHERE STEEL WAS KING!
ALL YOU COULD AND STILL SEE IS THE STEEL MILLS AND RAILROAD TACKS AND THE SOUND OF SHIPS AND TRAIN HORNS BLOWING NOT TOO FAR AWAY.IT'S NEAR THE CUYAHOGA RIVER ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE EASTSIDE WHERE YOU COULD SEE FROM HERE ARE THE PETROLEUM PLANTS AND THE OIL FLAMES SHOOTING OUT INTO THE AIR 24/7 AND SEE IT AT NIGHT IS SOMETHING TO SEE. THE SLAG FROM THE STEEL MILLS VATS LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT TIME SKY!
WHERE TODAY! WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT LIGHT UP THE NIGHT TIME SKY!
ONLY! WE CALL IT "LIGHT POLLUTION"!
THE ONLY THING BACK THEN WAS AIR POLLUTION.
ALTHOUGH! THERE WAS AN AREA NOT TOO FAR AWAY!
WHERE YOU COULD SMELL WHAT SMELLED LIKE "BURNT TOAST" WAS COFFEE ROASTING.
THE INTERESTING THING! ABOUT ALL OF THE THIS IS NO MATTER WHERE YOU TURNED TO!
YOU WERE ALWAYS CLOSE TO A BAR!
THERE WAS (AND! FOR ALL I KNOW THERE IS!) A BAR WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF WERE YOU WORK! SO YOU COULD GO THERE ON PAYDAY AND CASH YOUR CHECK AND HAVE A FEW AND/OR HAVE DINNER THERE BEFORE YOU WENT HOME.
I THINK WE ARE IN SOME WAYS! A UNIQUE CITY!
BECAUSE! IT TAKES A BRIDGE TO GO FROM THE EAST END! TO THE WEST END OF THE CITY.
EVEN THE MOTORWAYS/HIGHWAYS HAVE BRIDGES AS WELL!
EVEN IF YOU TRIED TO GO AROUND THESE BRIDGES!
AND GO WHERE WE CALL "THE FLATS"!
YOU STILL NEEDED TO CROSS A BRIDGE!
BUT! THAT'S ANOTHER STORY!
MEANWHILE! BACK AT THE RANCH!!!!!!
TREMONT HAS SO MANY THINGS!
THAT BACK THEN! YOU COULD JUST WALK TO GET WHAT YOU NEEDED!
THERE WERE MINI-SUPERMARKETS, LAUNDROMAT, DRY CLEANERS, DRUG STORES, BARS (I SAID THAT BEFORE DID'NT I?), BARBER SHOPS, RESTAURANTS,VFW POSTS,CORNER GAS STATIONS,DELICATESSENS, BANKS, WAT WE USE TO CALL "5 & $10 STORES, CLOTHING, APPLIANCE, HARDWARE, TV-RADIO REPAIR, SHOE, FLORAL, GO BOWLING ON CHURCH PROPERTY (YES! YOU HEARD RIGHT!),A GRAD SCHOOL, PAROCHIAL SCHOOL,BEVERAGE, INSURANCE OFFICE, BUTCHER SHOP, IMPORT STORE, PUBLIC PARK AND POOL, FUNERAL HOMES,BEAUTY SHOPS, (IT'S EVEN THE PLACE WHERE THE MOVIE "THE CHRISTMAS STORY WAS FILMED,CHURCHES (THE REAL CHURCH(S)! NOT THE CHICKEN PLACE!,SNACK SHOP, PRINT SHOP.RECORD STORE,RECREATION CENTER,LIBRARY.
IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE SCENES OF THE MOVIE "THE DEER HUNTER WAS FILMED (I REMEMBER MY BOSS TOLD ME HIS SISTER WAS AN EXTRA IN THE FILM AND THEY SET UP THE CHUCK WAGON AT LINCOLN PARK AT THAT TIME THEY PAYED THE EXTRAS $25.00 USD A DAY!).
WHEN YOU SEE A SCENE FROM THAT MOVIE!
THERE IS A LOCAL JAZZ DJ WHO HAD HIS NAME SHOWN ALL BY ITSELF.
HIS NAME IS CHRIS COLUMBI JR..
HE IS THE ONE WALKING OUT OF OR LEM-KO HALL WITH HIS ARM AROUND ONE OF THE STARS.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE ON ONE SIDE YOU COULD SEE DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND.
AT THAT TIME! THE TERMINAL TOWER WAS THE TOURIST ATTRACTION THEN! NOT NOW!
EVERYWHERE YOU WENT! YOU WERE SURROUNDED BY TREES.
VERY FEW STREETS DID NOT HAVE ANY!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
IS THAT THERE IS A PLACE WHERE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE TIME I KNEW IT!
IS AN AREA CALLED "TREMONT"!
LOCATED ON THE NEAR WESTSIDE.
EVEN UNTO THIS DAY!
I STILL DO NOT KNOW WHY IT IS CALLED THAT.
BUT! ANYWAY!
TREMONT IS A PLACE WHERE FOREIGNERS COME TO BOTH LIVE AND WORK AND CALL HOME.
LONG AGO! TREMONT WAS WHERE STEEL WAS KING!
ALL YOU COULD AND STILL SEE IS THE STEEL MILLS AND RAILROAD TACKS AND THE SOUND OF SHIPS AND TRAIN HORNS BLOWING NOT TOO FAR AWAY.IT'S NEAR THE CUYAHOGA RIVER ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE EASTSIDE WHERE YOU COULD SEE FROM HERE ARE THE PETROLEUM PLANTS AND THE OIL FLAMES SHOOTING OUT INTO THE AIR 24/7 AND SEE IT AT NIGHT IS SOMETHING TO SEE. THE SLAG FROM THE STEEL MILLS VATS LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT TIME SKY!
WHERE TODAY! WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT LIGHT UP THE NIGHT TIME SKY!
ONLY! WE CALL IT "LIGHT POLLUTION"!
THE ONLY THING BACK THEN WAS AIR POLLUTION.
ALTHOUGH! THERE WAS AN AREA NOT TOO FAR AWAY!
WHERE YOU COULD SMELL WHAT SMELLED LIKE "BURNT TOAST" WAS COFFEE ROASTING.
THE INTERESTING THING! ABOUT ALL OF THE THIS IS NO MATTER WHERE YOU TURNED TO!
YOU WERE ALWAYS CLOSE TO A BAR!
THERE WAS (AND! FOR ALL I KNOW THERE IS!) A BAR WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF WERE YOU WORK! SO YOU COULD GO THERE ON PAYDAY AND CASH YOUR CHECK AND HAVE A FEW AND/OR HAVE DINNER THERE BEFORE YOU WENT HOME.
I THINK WE ARE IN SOME WAYS! A UNIQUE CITY!
BECAUSE! IT TAKES A BRIDGE TO GO FROM THE EAST END! TO THE WEST END OF THE CITY.
EVEN THE MOTORWAYS/HIGHWAYS HAVE BRIDGES AS WELL!
EVEN IF YOU TRIED TO GO AROUND THESE BRIDGES!
AND GO WHERE WE CALL "THE FLATS"!
YOU STILL NEEDED TO CROSS A BRIDGE!
BUT! THAT'S ANOTHER STORY!
MEANWHILE! BACK AT THE RANCH!!!!!!
TREMONT HAS SO MANY THINGS!
THAT BACK THEN! YOU COULD JUST WALK TO GET WHAT YOU NEEDED!
THERE WERE MINI-SUPERMARKETS, LAUNDROMAT, DRY CLEANERS, DRUG STORES, BARS (I SAID THAT BEFORE DID'NT I?), BARBER SHOPS, RESTAURANTS,VFW POSTS,CORNER GAS STATIONS,DELICATESSENS, BANKS, WAT WE USE TO CALL "5 & $10 STORES, CLOTHING, APPLIANCE, HARDWARE, TV-RADIO REPAIR, SHOE, FLORAL, GO BOWLING ON CHURCH PROPERTY (YES! YOU HEARD RIGHT!),A GRAD SCHOOL, PAROCHIAL SCHOOL,BEVERAGE, INSURANCE OFFICE, BUTCHER SHOP, IMPORT STORE, PUBLIC PARK AND POOL, FUNERAL HOMES,BEAUTY SHOPS, (IT'S EVEN THE PLACE WHERE THE MOVIE "THE CHRISTMAS STORY WAS FILMED,CHURCHES (THE REAL CHURCH(S)! NOT THE CHICKEN PLACE!,SNACK SHOP, PRINT SHOP.RECORD STORE,RECREATION CENTER,LIBRARY.
IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE SCENES OF THE MOVIE "THE DEER HUNTER WAS FILMED (I REMEMBER MY BOSS TOLD ME HIS SISTER WAS AN EXTRA IN THE FILM AND THEY SET UP THE CHUCK WAGON AT LINCOLN PARK AT THAT TIME THEY PAYED THE EXTRAS $25.00 USD A DAY!).
WHEN YOU SEE A SCENE FROM THAT MOVIE!
THERE IS A LOCAL JAZZ DJ WHO HAD HIS NAME SHOWN ALL BY ITSELF.
HIS NAME IS CHRIS COLUMBI JR..
HE IS THE ONE WALKING OUT OF OR LEM-KO HALL WITH HIS ARM AROUND ONE OF THE STARS.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE ON ONE SIDE YOU COULD SEE DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND.
AT THAT TIME! THE TERMINAL TOWER WAS THE TOURIST ATTRACTION THEN! NOT NOW!
EVERYWHERE YOU WENT! YOU WERE SURROUNDED BY TREES.
VERY FEW STREETS DID NOT HAVE ANY!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
I SEEN THAT AND JUST HAD TO!!!!!IMAGES FROM THE MOVIE THE DEER HUNTER
INFORMATION ON THE DEER HUNTER
IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS RELATED SEARCHES!
YOU WILL FIND IT ON YOU TUBE.
IT IS ALSO THE AREA WHERE THE MOVIE A CHRISTMAS STORY WAS FILMED AS WELL.
TREMONT ALSO HAD WHAT WAS CALLED AT THAT TIME "THE PROJECTS"!
THIS! WAS AN AREA NEAR THE CUYAHOGA RIVER.
IT TOOK UP THREE STREETS.
ALL ROWS APARTMENTS.
IT HAD BEEN TORN DOWN AND NEW APARTMENTS BUILT.
IT WAS CALLED VALLEYVIEW HOMES.
NOW! IT'S CALLED TREMONT POINTE.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE 1990'S THAT IT EXPERIENCED A COMEBACK OF SORTS.
IT BECAME WHAT WAS CALLED A "HOTBED" ALL OF A SUDDEN!
IT WAS THE COOL PLACE TO BE!
IN IT'S HEYDAY! FOREIGNERS CAME HERE TO SETTLE IN AND FIND WORK.
THEY DID WHEN THEY HEARD THAT THE PRIEST HAD CONNECTIONS AT THE STEEL MILLS AND HE COULD PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR YOU.
"BEER"! WAS A STAPLE AT THE DINNER TABLE!
IT WAS SAID THAT THE FATHER COULD SEND HIS SON TO THE BAR WITH A PAIL AND QUARTER TO BUY BEER FOR HIM.
IN THE STEEL MILLS!
WORKERS COULD PUT A TV DINNER NEAR THE WINDOW WHERE IT WAS IN FRONT OF A FURNACE AND BY LUNCHTIME!
HE HAD A HOT TV DINNER!
BUT! AT NIGHT!
IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY!
YOU KNEW WHERE YOU PARKED YOUR CAR AT NIGHT!
BUT WHEN THE DAYLIGHT CAME!
ALL THE CARS WERE COVERED WITH SOOT AND DIRT OVERNIGHT FROM THE MILLS.
GOOD LUCK IN TRYING TO FIND IT!
SOME LIVED CLOSE BY THE MILLS.
AND ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS EITHER WALK TO WORK!
OF CLIMB DOWN THE STAIRS ON A BRIDGE THAT WAS NEAR THE MILLS.
IT WAS SO BORING!
SOME EVEN COUNTED THE NUMBER OF STEPS IT TOOK GOING UP & DOWN.
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IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS RELATED SEARCHES!
YOU WILL FIND IT ON YOU TUBE.
IT IS ALSO THE AREA WHERE THE MOVIE A CHRISTMAS STORY WAS FILMED AS WELL.
TREMONT ALSO HAD WHAT WAS CALLED AT THAT TIME "THE PROJECTS"!
THIS! WAS AN AREA NEAR THE CUYAHOGA RIVER.
IT TOOK UP THREE STREETS.
ALL ROWS APARTMENTS.
IT HAD BEEN TORN DOWN AND NEW APARTMENTS BUILT.
IT WAS CALLED VALLEYVIEW HOMES.
NOW! IT'S CALLED TREMONT POINTE.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE 1990'S THAT IT EXPERIENCED A COMEBACK OF SORTS.
IT BECAME WHAT WAS CALLED A "HOTBED" ALL OF A SUDDEN!
IT WAS THE COOL PLACE TO BE!
IN IT'S HEYDAY! FOREIGNERS CAME HERE TO SETTLE IN AND FIND WORK.
THEY DID WHEN THEY HEARD THAT THE PRIEST HAD CONNECTIONS AT THE STEEL MILLS AND HE COULD PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR YOU.
"BEER"! WAS A STAPLE AT THE DINNER TABLE!
IT WAS SAID THAT THE FATHER COULD SEND HIS SON TO THE BAR WITH A PAIL AND QUARTER TO BUY BEER FOR HIM.
IN THE STEEL MILLS!
WORKERS COULD PUT A TV DINNER NEAR THE WINDOW WHERE IT WAS IN FRONT OF A FURNACE AND BY LUNCHTIME!
HE HAD A HOT TV DINNER!
BUT! AT NIGHT!
IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY!
YOU KNEW WHERE YOU PARKED YOUR CAR AT NIGHT!
BUT WHEN THE DAYLIGHT CAME!
ALL THE CARS WERE COVERED WITH SOOT AND DIRT OVERNIGHT FROM THE MILLS.
GOOD LUCK IN TRYING TO FIND IT!
SOME LIVED CLOSE BY THE MILLS.
AND ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS EITHER WALK TO WORK!
OF CLIMB DOWN THE STAIRS ON A BRIDGE THAT WAS NEAR THE MILLS.
IT WAS SO BORING!
SOME EVEN COUNTED THE NUMBER OF STEPS IT TOOK GOING UP & DOWN.
KIDS IN NEED!
THIS! IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT I SUPPORT!
KIDS IN NEED
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CHECK INTO IT!
IT IS A REALLY WORTHWHILE CAUSE FOR CHILDREN & TEACHERS.
AS I HAVE READ AND ALSO DONATE MY BING REWARDS TO IT AS WELL.
AND KNOWING HOW LIFE WAS LIKE FOR ME GROWING UP!
EVEN THE CHILDREN OF TODAY!
HAVE A HARD TIME HAVING THE SUPPLIES THEY NEED TO LEARN AND GROW AND COMPETE IN THE EVERYDAY WORK A DAY WORLD.
KIDS IN NEED AND TEACHERS AND HOW IT WORKS
IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO FIGURE OUT AT BING REWARDS WHICH ONE'S TO GO FOR!
BUT! WHEN I SEEN KIDS IN NEED!
IT WAS A NO BRAINIER!
EVEN IF YOU DONATE JUST 100 POINTS OF YOUR BING REWARDS.
IT REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT TO THEM.
I HAVE MADE THIS!
MY PERSONAL CHARITY FROM NOW ON!!!!
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Money 101 - Financial Advice & Lessons Made Easy by CNNMoney.com
This! Is where it ”all” begins!
Learning to grab, contain, control, your money!
You do not (even in this economy!) have to squander to make a decent living. Even frugal (The meaning of the word frugal) living is better than squeezing by.
Once you learn the how to’s!
The rest is easy to live by.
Living frugal does not mean buying bathroom tissue that is 2-4 ply!
And take it home and dissect it into single ply.
Or taking frozen orange juice lids and making wind chimes out of them.
Or even!!!!!!
As I heard on person does!
S/he claim's to control their bowel movements so they can use their employers toilet paper.
It means to live as comfortably as one can expect.
Then! There is another person who has learned how to recycle everything in his house!
But! He still gets billed from his city for trash removal!
In the long and short of things!
We all can recycle!
To use again and again!
Even! Recycling for (fun?) and profit Recycle for a profit!
The only thing I would not recommend!
Whether your on the selling or receiving end of things!
The only items I would not sell is shoes.
Because it could lead to the buyer health problems from wearing someone else's footwear.
But! Here are something's to think about when planning to figure out what, where, how to.
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Sunday, October 27, 2013
ROCK-N-ROLL HEAVEN
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE SONG.
I DID NOT GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT.
BUT NOW!
I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HOW GREAT IT WOULD BE TO HAVE SUCH A MASSIVE PERFORMANCE JUST BEFORE WE GO TO OUR DESTINATION(S).
WHERE WE COULD JUST SIT! AND JUST GET INTO IT!
NOT THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL BUT THE MUSIC AND THE ARTISTS WHO MADE THEM GREAT!
THE SIZE OF THE STAGE THE COLOR OF THE LIGHTS, CURTAINS, HOW ONE AND ALL ARE DRESSED UP JUST FOR THIS ONE SO VERY SPECIAL WHAT MAY SEEM LIKE (AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE A SO VERY LONG NIGHT INTO THE NEXT AND THE NEXT AND SO ON!)A VERY LONG NIGHT!
ALL THE SONGS WE BOUGHT IN BOTH VINYL AND CD'S!
AND THOSE PLAYING WITH OUR MINDS. THOSE SONG THAT YOU COULD NOT GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD BUT DID YOU REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF IT?
AS THE MUSIC IS PLAYING!
WE JUST DRIFT BACK IN TIME TO THAT WONDERFUL PLACE IN TIME.
WHERE WE WERE, WHAT WE WERE DOING, WHO WE WERE WITH.
AND! THAT VERY SPECIAL "MAKE OUT" SONG WE HEARD EITHER ON THE RADIO OR THE CASSETTE, 8-TRACK WE HAD AND HEARD.
THAT SPECIAL WEDDING SONG AND EVEN THERE! WHEN IT IS PLAYING! WE GOT UP AND DANCED TO IT ON MORE TIME!
RIGHT THEN! AND THERE!
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE!
ALL THE ARTIST AND GROUPS HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR LOOKS AND SHAPE.
IF! AT ALL POSSIBLE!
IF WE COULD GET TO JUST TALK TO THEM!
NOT ONLY HAVE A PRIVATE JAM SESSION WITH THEM!
BUT! ALSO TALK TO THEM ONE-ON-ONE LIKE WE ALWAYS WANTED TO.
IF! AT ALL POSSIBLE!
JUST A THOUGHT!
WE COULD "MAKE OUT" WITH OUR FAVORITE ROCKERS A ON TIME THING!!!!
I HAVE MY FAVORITES!
DO YOU?
IN MEMEORY OF A GREAT ROCKER LOU REED
I CAN REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I HEARD LOU REED DO TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE.
I WAS LISTENING TO WGCL-G 98.5 FM (AS THE STATION CALLED ITSELF).
AND RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME.
THEY WENT FROM PLAYING AUTOMATED MUSIC.
TO USING LIVE D.J.'S..
AND WHEN I HEARD IT!
I THOUGHT "WOW"!!!!!!!!!!
THIS! IS DIFFERENT!
DAVID BOWIE WAS RIGHT ON LOU'S COAT TAILS THEN.
LOU'S NEXT SONG WAS VISCOUS!
ANOTHER GREAT TUNE.
I SEEN ON NETFLIX!
A ROCKUMENTARY ABOUT LOU.
AND IN IT HE SAID THAT HIS MOM ALWAYS SAID TO HIM:"TAKE UP TYPING THIS WAY IF ANYTHING SHOULD GO WRONG YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON"! (THIS WAS IN THE 1970'S WHEN HIS MOM TOLD HIM THIS!)
AND THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE WAS GREAT!
THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY REMEMBER HE ALSO DID A MOTORCYCLE AD.
AND HE SAID AT THE END:"HEY! TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE"!
TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (RARE VIDEO!)
IN CASE THIS LINK DOES NOT WORK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsVLIiI8Vfo&feature=youtu.be
AND! OTHER OBSERVATIONS OF WHAT THE SONG MEANS: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1724
I WAS ABOUT 16 WHEN I HEARD IT!
THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS EDITED THE PART OF GIVING HEAD!
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT.
ROCKERS SUCH A LOU WERE ALWAYS IN TUNE! ALWAYS IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR MEMORIES AND COMMENTS ABOUT LOU REED.
TY!
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I WAS LISTENING TO WGCL-G 98.5 FM (AS THE STATION CALLED ITSELF).
AND RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME.
THEY WENT FROM PLAYING AUTOMATED MUSIC.
TO USING LIVE D.J.'S..
AND WHEN I HEARD IT!
I THOUGHT "WOW"!!!!!!!!!!
THIS! IS DIFFERENT!
DAVID BOWIE WAS RIGHT ON LOU'S COAT TAILS THEN.
LOU'S NEXT SONG WAS VISCOUS!
ANOTHER GREAT TUNE.
I SEEN ON NETFLIX!
A ROCKUMENTARY ABOUT LOU.
AND IN IT HE SAID THAT HIS MOM ALWAYS SAID TO HIM:"TAKE UP TYPING THIS WAY IF ANYTHING SHOULD GO WRONG YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON"! (THIS WAS IN THE 1970'S WHEN HIS MOM TOLD HIM THIS!)
AND THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE WAS GREAT!
THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY REMEMBER HE ALSO DID A MOTORCYCLE AD.
AND HE SAID AT THE END:"HEY! TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE"!
TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (RARE VIDEO!)
IN CASE THIS LINK DOES NOT WORK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsVLIiI8Vfo&feature=youtu.be
AND! OTHER OBSERVATIONS OF WHAT THE SONG MEANS: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1724
I WAS ABOUT 16 WHEN I HEARD IT!
THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS EDITED THE PART OF GIVING HEAD!
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT.
ROCKERS SUCH A LOU WERE ALWAYS IN TUNE! ALWAYS IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR MEMORIES AND COMMENTS ABOUT LOU REED.
TY!
Follow @mark2555 Tweet
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