When this blog was started it was to try to make economics simple. Over the years the focus changed. Understanding economics was not enough. It was felt that there was a more urgent need, urgent enough to temporarily supersede more important things like art or literature.
Connie was not interested in subtle distinctions between socialism, communism, progressivism, or any similar set of ideas. As far as she was concerned, they might as well all be the same, and all needed to be opposed. She believed that Jeb Bush would make a good president, and never wavered from that belief even as she became a fervent supporter of Donald Trump. I was surprised, and once asked about the difference in manners and character between Jeb and Donald. Connie said of Trump, "I know he's an asshole, but he's an asshole who loves America, and that's what we need right now." I think she never wavered from that belief either. She will not be changing her beliefs, because she is now beyond all of the mundane affairs of this world. She had been increasingly ill with lung, heart, and circulatory problems. She was hospitalized, in ICU for over a week, and insisted on coming home. She did come home, to be assisted by Treasure Coast Hospice, but she lasted just a few hours. Connie passed away peacefully on February 1, 2018, in the early morning hours. This post is by her son, Jackson. The sadness and emptiness will ease in time, leaving her signature attitude: cheers.
2/1/18
8/19/17
POST 372 A "STIFF UPPER LIP" DON'T LET THE MACHINES BREAK YOUR HEART!
HI,
SINCE THIS BLOGGER HAS SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS DEALING WITH AN EYE PROBLEM AND LOSS OF CLEAR VSION IN HER RIGHT EYE, IT SEEMED TIME TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF MODERN MEDICINE SELDOM TOUCHED WITH A 19 FOOT POLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
"MODERN MEDICINE" INCLUDES MUCH OF THE WAY IT IS HANDLED AND CARRIED THROUGH. SOME OF IT IS VERY SATISFACTORY AND SOME OF IT IS THE SAME AS THE YEARS BEFORE AND SOME OF IT IS NOW DEPLORABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOPS--
A WORD DISCOURAGED WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH MANAGEMENT !!!!!!!!!!
LET'S START WITH THE WORST ASPECTS FIRST !!!!!!!!!!!! BEFORE THIS BLOGGER TURNS CHICKEN !!!!!!!!!!!!! CLUCK..........CLUCK..........CLUCK !!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER ABSOLUTELY ABHORS THE "EFFICIENCY" AND MACHINES OF MOST SPECIALISTS' OFFICES THESE DAYS. THEY ARE NOW THE HEART OF THE BUSINESS !!!!!!! LET'S SAY YOU ARRIVE AT THE PRESCRIBED TIME AND SIT FOR HALF AN HOUR OR MORE WHEN YOU ARE FINALLY CALLED. YOU THINK, IF INEXPERIENCED, THAT YOU CAN NOW TALK TO THE DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WRONG--WRONG--WRONG.
YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO MEET YOUR ........FIRST OF MANY MACHINES !!!!!!!!!!!! THESE MACHINES ARE EACH DESIGNED TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR INSTEAD OF YOU. AFTER ALL, ALL YOU KNOW IS YOUR DISCOMFORT OR PAIN OR WHATEVER WHICH YOU CAN ONLY REPORT IN SELF-PITYING TONES AND NEVER RELAY ACCURATELY TO THE DOCTOR. HOWEVER THE MACHINES WILL EACH DELIVER ACCURATE, STRAIGHTFORWARD INFORMATION WITHOUT THE TEARS AND ARE THEREFORE PREFERRED BY DOCTORS FOR ASSESSING YOUR ILLESS WHICH IS PROBABLY MAJOR TO YOU (AFTER ALL YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT) AND FAIRLY MINOR TO HIM OR HER (AFTER ALL THE LAST PATIENT HAD REAL PROBLEMS) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO YOU, THE PATIENT, ARE RUN THROUGH THE GAUNTLET OF MACHINES INCLUDING A PHOTO MACHINE THAT WON'T ASK YOU TO "SMILE PLEASE" SINCE IT'S NOT YOUR SMILE THAT WILL BE DIAGNOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFTER THIS TIME CONSUMING AND DISCOURAGING EXPERIENCE IF YOU FINISHED MACHINE HEAVEN, YOU ARE SEATED SOMEWHERE TO AWAIT THE NOW TERRIFYING INFO THAT WILL DECIDE YOUR NEXT FATE. BY THE TIME THE DOCTOR SEES YOU, YOU WILL BE PROPERLY COWED BY THE SERIOUSNESS OF YOUR ILLNESS AND WILLING TO BELIEVE ANYTHING HE INTERPRETS THE MACHINES AS DECLARING ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND MAYBE DEATH OR BLINDNESS OR DEAFNESS OR WHATEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OKAY, MAYBE THAT'S A BIT MELODRAMATIC BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE POSITIVE OUTLOOKS HEALTH EXPERTS ARE ALWAYS BALLYHOOING IN ALL THEIR ARTICLES ON YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING !!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS BY NO MEANS UNUSUAL TREATMENT BY SPECIALISTS AS MORE AND MORE JOIN THE RANKS OF "MACHINE DEPENDENCY" !!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD FORBID THAT ONE OF THESE "MIRACLE METAL GADGETS" SHOULD EVER DELIVER A WRONG SCENARIO TO JOHN DOE WHO PERHAPS GOT MARY-JANE'S OVARY MACHINE TESTS INSTEAD OF HIS GONAD SURGERY RESULTS. OH LORDY--LORDY WHAT A THOUGHT !!!!!!!!!!!
NOW DON'T THINK I CONDEMN THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR WANTING TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND BE CAREFUL OF YOUR HEALTH BUT AT SOME POINT ONE WONDERS WHEN "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" ????????????????? WHEN DO WE REACH THE END OF PATIENT PATIENCE AND NECESSITY AND DOCTOR DESIRES ?????????????????? CAN WE DETERMINE THAT DIAGNOSIS IS BETTER THESE DAYS THAN WHEN WE RELIED ON THE KINDLY, CONCERNED DOCTOR WHO NOT ONLY DIAGNOSED BUT COMMISERATED WITH US EVEN REMOVING A SPLINTER AND SUGGESTING WE KEEP THE WOUND COVERED SO IT WOULDN'T GET INFECTED ?????????THIS BLOGGER WONDERS IF THAT GENTLE KINDNESS ISN'T MISSED AND IF IT OFTEN MADE UP FOR AN OCCASIONAL POOR DIAGNOSIS OF MINOR THINGS ??????????
SURE, WE NEED REALITY FOR THE MOST PART BUT SEND BACK ONE MACHINE AND MAKE SPACE FOR THAT KIND OF INTERACTION PATIENT TO PHYSICIAN !!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GET IT NOW SOMETIMES WITH A GENERAL PRACTITIONER BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE OR SHE WILL SEND YOU TO A SPECIALIST FOR THE REAL, DOWN AND DIRTY--SMELLY????DOWN AND SMELLY ????? SCARY???? DIAGNOSIS WHERE YOU SPEND THE RESULTING VISIT BEING WORN OUT BY MACHINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEART!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
SINCE THIS BLOGGER HAS SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS DEALING WITH AN EYE PROBLEM AND LOSS OF CLEAR VSION IN HER RIGHT EYE, IT SEEMED TIME TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF MODERN MEDICINE SELDOM TOUCHED WITH A 19 FOOT POLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
"MODERN MEDICINE" INCLUDES MUCH OF THE WAY IT IS HANDLED AND CARRIED THROUGH. SOME OF IT IS VERY SATISFACTORY AND SOME OF IT IS THE SAME AS THE YEARS BEFORE AND SOME OF IT IS NOW DEPLORABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOPS--
A WORD DISCOURAGED WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH MANAGEMENT !!!!!!!!!!
LET'S START WITH THE WORST ASPECTS FIRST !!!!!!!!!!!! BEFORE THIS BLOGGER TURNS CHICKEN !!!!!!!!!!!!! CLUCK..........CLUCK..........CLUCK !!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER ABSOLUTELY ABHORS THE "EFFICIENCY" AND MACHINES OF MOST SPECIALISTS' OFFICES THESE DAYS. THEY ARE NOW THE HEART OF THE BUSINESS !!!!!!! LET'S SAY YOU ARRIVE AT THE PRESCRIBED TIME AND SIT FOR HALF AN HOUR OR MORE WHEN YOU ARE FINALLY CALLED. YOU THINK, IF INEXPERIENCED, THAT YOU CAN NOW TALK TO THE DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WRONG--WRONG--WRONG.
YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO MEET YOUR ........FIRST OF MANY MACHINES !!!!!!!!!!!! THESE MACHINES ARE EACH DESIGNED TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR INSTEAD OF YOU. AFTER ALL, ALL YOU KNOW IS YOUR DISCOMFORT OR PAIN OR WHATEVER WHICH YOU CAN ONLY REPORT IN SELF-PITYING TONES AND NEVER RELAY ACCURATELY TO THE DOCTOR. HOWEVER THE MACHINES WILL EACH DELIVER ACCURATE, STRAIGHTFORWARD INFORMATION WITHOUT THE TEARS AND ARE THEREFORE PREFERRED BY DOCTORS FOR ASSESSING YOUR ILLESS WHICH IS PROBABLY MAJOR TO YOU (AFTER ALL YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT) AND FAIRLY MINOR TO HIM OR HER (AFTER ALL THE LAST PATIENT HAD REAL PROBLEMS) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO YOU, THE PATIENT, ARE RUN THROUGH THE GAUNTLET OF MACHINES INCLUDING A PHOTO MACHINE THAT WON'T ASK YOU TO "SMILE PLEASE" SINCE IT'S NOT YOUR SMILE THAT WILL BE DIAGNOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFTER THIS TIME CONSUMING AND DISCOURAGING EXPERIENCE IF YOU FINISHED MACHINE HEAVEN, YOU ARE SEATED SOMEWHERE TO AWAIT THE NOW TERRIFYING INFO THAT WILL DECIDE YOUR NEXT FATE. BY THE TIME THE DOCTOR SEES YOU, YOU WILL BE PROPERLY COWED BY THE SERIOUSNESS OF YOUR ILLNESS AND WILLING TO BELIEVE ANYTHING HE INTERPRETS THE MACHINES AS DECLARING ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND MAYBE DEATH OR BLINDNESS OR DEAFNESS OR WHATEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OKAY, MAYBE THAT'S A BIT MELODRAMATIC BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE POSITIVE OUTLOOKS HEALTH EXPERTS ARE ALWAYS BALLYHOOING IN ALL THEIR ARTICLES ON YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING !!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS BY NO MEANS UNUSUAL TREATMENT BY SPECIALISTS AS MORE AND MORE JOIN THE RANKS OF "MACHINE DEPENDENCY" !!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD FORBID THAT ONE OF THESE "MIRACLE METAL GADGETS" SHOULD EVER DELIVER A WRONG SCENARIO TO JOHN DOE WHO PERHAPS GOT MARY-JANE'S OVARY MACHINE TESTS INSTEAD OF HIS GONAD SURGERY RESULTS. OH LORDY--LORDY WHAT A THOUGHT !!!!!!!!!!!
NOW DON'T THINK I CONDEMN THE MEDICAL FIELD FOR WANTING TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND BE CAREFUL OF YOUR HEALTH BUT AT SOME POINT ONE WONDERS WHEN "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" ????????????????? WHEN DO WE REACH THE END OF PATIENT PATIENCE AND NECESSITY AND DOCTOR DESIRES ?????????????????? CAN WE DETERMINE THAT DIAGNOSIS IS BETTER THESE DAYS THAN WHEN WE RELIED ON THE KINDLY, CONCERNED DOCTOR WHO NOT ONLY DIAGNOSED BUT COMMISERATED WITH US EVEN REMOVING A SPLINTER AND SUGGESTING WE KEEP THE WOUND COVERED SO IT WOULDN'T GET INFECTED ?????????THIS BLOGGER WONDERS IF THAT GENTLE KINDNESS ISN'T MISSED AND IF IT OFTEN MADE UP FOR AN OCCASIONAL POOR DIAGNOSIS OF MINOR THINGS ??????????
SURE, WE NEED REALITY FOR THE MOST PART BUT SEND BACK ONE MACHINE AND MAKE SPACE FOR THAT KIND OF INTERACTION PATIENT TO PHYSICIAN !!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GET IT NOW SOMETIMES WITH A GENERAL PRACTITIONER BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE OR SHE WILL SEND YOU TO A SPECIALIST FOR THE REAL, DOWN AND DIRTY--SMELLY????DOWN AND SMELLY ????? SCARY???? DIAGNOSIS WHERE YOU SPEND THE RESULTING VISIT BEING WORN OUT BY MACHINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEART!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
8/11/17
POST 371 BE SIGHTFUL ABOUT FREEDOM!
HI.
PLEASE FORGIVE TYPING ERRORS. HAVE HAD EYE PROBLEMS AND HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD AT PROOF READING FOR AWHILE.
THIS BLOGGER IS AS USUAL ALWAYS SURPRISED THAT THOSE GIFTS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED LIKE OUR EYESIGHT ARE SO SURPRISINGLY IMPORTANT TO US ONLY WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS. THE REST OF THE TIME WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED AND
THINK IT'LL ALWAYS BE THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY MISS WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AND DON'T EXPECT TO LOSE. FREEDOM'S THE SAME STORY. WHEN YOU'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED IT, IT'S HARD TO CONCEIVE OF LOSING IT. OR EVEN UNDERSTANDING THAT MOST FOLKS IN THE WORLD LIVE UNDER SOME SORT OF CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. A LOT OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT FREEDOM IS LIKE SO CAN'T TELL IF THEY WOULD PREFER IT TO WHATEVER THEY ARE USED TO NOW.
CONSISTENTLY THOSE WHO HAVE HAD IT AND LOST IT SOMEHOW--REALLY WANT IT BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!! HARDSHIPS AND ALL. IT'S NOT SURPRIZING. FREEDOM AFTER A FORM OF SLAVERY IS LIKE A GULP OF SWEET, COOL FRESH AIR AFTER A HEAT WAVE. THERE IS A DESIRE TO TAKE GREAT GULPS AND SAVOR IT AND SAVE IT.
AGAIN, WE DON'T MISS IT UNTIL IT'S GONE AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T ENJOY OUR PRECIOUS GIFT SO THEY DON'T CHANCE LOSING IT OUT OF IGNORANCE AND CARELESS BEHAVIOR. THAT USED TO BE EASIER THAN IT IS NOWADAYS BECAUSE WHEN THE NATION WAS NEWER WE HAD MANY IMMIGRANTS TO PASS ON THE PROBLEMS THAT EXISTED IN THE PLACES THEY CAME FROM AND THAT DID NOT EXIST IN A FREE SOCIETY. THEY NEVER LET THEIR CHILDREN FORGET THAT NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL THEIR FORMER LAND, THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF FOOD, JOBS, AND PEACE. THE LAND WAS MOST OFTEN CONTROLLED BY GREEDY MEN WHO DID NOT ALLOW FREEDOM OR AN ESCAPE FROM WANT. THEIR LEADERS TOOK IT ALL AND LEFT NONE FOR TTHE DOWNTRODDEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT'S WHY THIS BLOGGER FEELS IT'S A MISTAKE TO LOSE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SCHOOLS SO THAT STUDENTS AT LEAST GAIN AN IN INSIGHT INTO THE PROBLEMS IN LANDS THAT BASICALLY LIVE UNDER CONTROLS OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER. SOCIALISM SOUNDS GOOD UNTIL ONE REALIZES WHAT AMOUNT OF FREEDOM IS LOST FOR MUCH LESS GAIN AND SOMETIMES NO GAIN AT ALL WHEN THE PROMISES FAIL TO MATERIALIZE. PROMISES ARE EASY TO MAKE BUT OFTEN IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP EVEN FOR THE MOST SINCERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FREEDOM PROMISES ONLY ONE THING--THE RIGHT TO TRY TO DO AS WELL AS YOU CAN AND LIVE IN AS MUCH PEACE AND HARMONY AS YOU CAN MANAGE. IT'S NOT A GIVEN BUT A RIGHT THAT DEPENDS ON YOU TO PRESERVE AND CHERISH FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
MUCH AS THE GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO SEE MUST BE PRESERVED BY OURSELVES, WITH THE HELP OF THOSE WHO THANKFULLY SELECT A PROFESSION OF HELPING OTHERS PRESERVE IT. BECAUSE THERE MUST ALWAYS BE THOSE WHO MAKE A PROFESSION OF PRESERVING FREEDOM AND CHOOSE TO HELP OTHERS PRESERVE THEIRS. THE ARMED SERVCES, THE COURTS AND THE LEGAL STAFFS INCLUDING THE LAWYERS, POLICE, GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL CHOSEN BY US TO HELP PRESERVE THAT WHICH WE HOLD DEAR !!!!!!!!!!!
REMEMBER THE KEY WORDS ARE HELP US PRESERVE--NOT PRESERVE IT FOR US. HELP US PRESERVE FREEDOM AND ALL ITS BENEFITS SO THAT WE CAN PASS IT ALONG TO OUR CHILDREN AND OTHERS !!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND MY RESPONSIBITY AS A WRITER TO REMIND YOU TO PAY YOUR DUES FOR FREEDOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S LIKE YOUR EYESIGHT !!!!!!!!!! ONCE IT'S GONE COMPETELY YOU MAY NEVER REGAIN IT. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T RISK IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO WWHAT YOU CAN WHILE YOU ARE STILL FREE AND SIGHTFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BE SIGHTFUL ABOUT FREEDOM !
CHEERS, CONNIE
PLEASE FORGIVE TYPING ERRORS. HAVE HAD EYE PROBLEMS AND HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD AT PROOF READING FOR AWHILE.
THIS BLOGGER IS AS USUAL ALWAYS SURPRISED THAT THOSE GIFTS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED LIKE OUR EYESIGHT ARE SO SURPRISINGLY IMPORTANT TO US ONLY WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS. THE REST OF THE TIME WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED AND
THINK IT'LL ALWAYS BE THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY MISS WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AND DON'T EXPECT TO LOSE. FREEDOM'S THE SAME STORY. WHEN YOU'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED IT, IT'S HARD TO CONCEIVE OF LOSING IT. OR EVEN UNDERSTANDING THAT MOST FOLKS IN THE WORLD LIVE UNDER SOME SORT OF CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. A LOT OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT FREEDOM IS LIKE SO CAN'T TELL IF THEY WOULD PREFER IT TO WHATEVER THEY ARE USED TO NOW.
CONSISTENTLY THOSE WHO HAVE HAD IT AND LOST IT SOMEHOW--REALLY WANT IT BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!! HARDSHIPS AND ALL. IT'S NOT SURPRIZING. FREEDOM AFTER A FORM OF SLAVERY IS LIKE A GULP OF SWEET, COOL FRESH AIR AFTER A HEAT WAVE. THERE IS A DESIRE TO TAKE GREAT GULPS AND SAVOR IT AND SAVE IT.
AGAIN, WE DON'T MISS IT UNTIL IT'S GONE AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T ENJOY OUR PRECIOUS GIFT SO THEY DON'T CHANCE LOSING IT OUT OF IGNORANCE AND CARELESS BEHAVIOR. THAT USED TO BE EASIER THAN IT IS NOWADAYS BECAUSE WHEN THE NATION WAS NEWER WE HAD MANY IMMIGRANTS TO PASS ON THE PROBLEMS THAT EXISTED IN THE PLACES THEY CAME FROM AND THAT DID NOT EXIST IN A FREE SOCIETY. THEY NEVER LET THEIR CHILDREN FORGET THAT NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL THEIR FORMER LAND, THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF FOOD, JOBS, AND PEACE. THE LAND WAS MOST OFTEN CONTROLLED BY GREEDY MEN WHO DID NOT ALLOW FREEDOM OR AN ESCAPE FROM WANT. THEIR LEADERS TOOK IT ALL AND LEFT NONE FOR TTHE DOWNTRODDEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT'S WHY THIS BLOGGER FEELS IT'S A MISTAKE TO LOSE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SCHOOLS SO THAT STUDENTS AT LEAST GAIN AN IN INSIGHT INTO THE PROBLEMS IN LANDS THAT BASICALLY LIVE UNDER CONTROLS OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER. SOCIALISM SOUNDS GOOD UNTIL ONE REALIZES WHAT AMOUNT OF FREEDOM IS LOST FOR MUCH LESS GAIN AND SOMETIMES NO GAIN AT ALL WHEN THE PROMISES FAIL TO MATERIALIZE. PROMISES ARE EASY TO MAKE BUT OFTEN IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP EVEN FOR THE MOST SINCERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FREEDOM PROMISES ONLY ONE THING--THE RIGHT TO TRY TO DO AS WELL AS YOU CAN AND LIVE IN AS MUCH PEACE AND HARMONY AS YOU CAN MANAGE. IT'S NOT A GIVEN BUT A RIGHT THAT DEPENDS ON YOU TO PRESERVE AND CHERISH FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
MUCH AS THE GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO SEE MUST BE PRESERVED BY OURSELVES, WITH THE HELP OF THOSE WHO THANKFULLY SELECT A PROFESSION OF HELPING OTHERS PRESERVE IT. BECAUSE THERE MUST ALWAYS BE THOSE WHO MAKE A PROFESSION OF PRESERVING FREEDOM AND CHOOSE TO HELP OTHERS PRESERVE THEIRS. THE ARMED SERVCES, THE COURTS AND THE LEGAL STAFFS INCLUDING THE LAWYERS, POLICE, GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL CHOSEN BY US TO HELP PRESERVE THAT WHICH WE HOLD DEAR !!!!!!!!!!!
REMEMBER THE KEY WORDS ARE HELP US PRESERVE--NOT PRESERVE IT FOR US. HELP US PRESERVE FREEDOM AND ALL ITS BENEFITS SO THAT WE CAN PASS IT ALONG TO OUR CHILDREN AND OTHERS !!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND MY RESPONSIBITY AS A WRITER TO REMIND YOU TO PAY YOUR DUES FOR FREEDOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S LIKE YOUR EYESIGHT !!!!!!!!!! ONCE IT'S GONE COMPETELY YOU MAY NEVER REGAIN IT. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T RISK IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO WWHAT YOU CAN WHILE YOU ARE STILL FREE AND SIGHTFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BE SIGHTFUL ABOUT FREEDOM !
CHEERS, CONNIE
8/5/17
POST 370 ASSURE TRUTH IN THE PRESS!
HI,
THIS BLOGGER NOTED THAT SINCE CRITICS COULDN'T ACCUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP OF WRONG DOING, THEY HAVE DECIDED TO CRITICIZE HIS METHOD OF VOCAL DELIVERY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY HIS CRITICS OF EITHER BEING A TYRANT, A CRASS EXPONENT, OR A RUDE, UNPRINCIPLED IND1VIDUAL. IT IS AMAZING TO ME HOW MANY ADJECTIVES CAN BE USED BY THE PRESS TO "PRESS" THEIR CASE OF DISLIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY PURSUING "WEBSTER" FOR MONTHS NOW WITH THE HOPE OF BRINGING PRESIDENT TRUMP DOWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUCH OF IT IN ANY OTHER PLACE THAT SPEECH WASN'T PROTECTED BY FREEDOM WOULD BE HELD TO BE SLANDER/
FORTUNATELY FOR US AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR TRUMP'S CRITICS THE ACCUSATIONS ARE GETTING SO RIDICULOUS THAT ONE CAN HAVE A GOOD LAUGH AT HIS ACCUSERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT RELIEVE THE PRESS OF A VERY BAD PRECEDENT THEY HAVE SET IN USING THEIR WRITING EXPERTISE IN A LOOSE AND DEPLORABLE MANNER MUCH LIKE A PROSTITUTE USES SEX T0 ENSNARE.
RULES FOR THE FREE PRESS WERE DEVELOPED MANY YEARS AGO DURING THE DAYS OF THE GARBAGE THEY CALLED NEWS. THE RULES WERE ESTABLISHED
BECAUSE IF THE PRESS DID NOT FOLLOW TRUTH AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE, THE PUBLIC WOULD LOSE THEIR TRUST. THE LAST ELECTION PROVED HANDS DOWN THAT IT HAD LOST TRUST OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RARELY HAS THIS BLOGGER SEEN THAT MENTIONED !!!!!!!!!!
THE PRESS HAS SPENT THE MONTHS SINCE THE ELECTION TRYING TO MAKE THE PUBLIC BELIEVE THAT THE VOTERS MADE A MISTAKE AND NEVER ONCE THAT THE PRESS WAS JUST DOWNRIGHT WRONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!! AS YOU KNOW EVERYONE IS WRONG SOME TMES BUT IF THEY FACE UP AND ADMIT IT IN SOME WAY, OTHERS CAN OVERLOOK IT.
BUT UNFORTUNELY THE PRESS HAS BECOME A LAW UNTO ITSELF AND PRETENDS IT DOES NO WRONG. WHEN YOUNG, INEXPERIENCED REPORTERS PICK UP ERRONEOUS NEWS FROM THE NET PEOPLED BY NEWS SOURCES FROM OUR ENEMIES, THEY ARE NOT CONDEMNED FOR THEIR LAX BEHAVIOR !!!!!!!!!!!!! IN MANY CASES THEY DO THIS CONTINUALLY RELISHING HAVING NEWS NO ONE ELSE HAS EVEN IF IT IS NOT TRUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT !!!!!!!!!!!! IT ISN'T REALLY NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S FICTION AND SHOULD BE PUBLISHED AS A SHORT STORY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR A NOVEL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR A DAMNED LIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND ALTHOUGH MEMBERS OF THE LEGITIMATE PRESS SUSPECT IT OR EVEN KNOW IT, NO ONE DOES ANYTHNG ABOUT IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY ???????????????
THERE'S AN ANSWER TO WHY AND IT MAKES SENSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU CHALLANGE A FALSE NEWS STORY, YOU GIVE IT PUBLICITY AND THE WRITER A CHANCE TO FIGHT BACK AND POSSIBLY GIVE MORE CREDENCE TO IT AND LOTS OF PUBLCITY. THAT'S WORTH A FORTUNE IN ADVERTISING TO THE "PHONY DO-BEES" !!!!!!!!!!!! WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE TO THE "NTH" DEGREE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT SUCH STRONG STANDARDS AND RULES WERE SET UP FOR THE PRESS WAS THE NEAR IMPOSSIBILITY OF REFUTING THE LIES TOLD BY
WRITERS IN THE PURSUIT OF THEIR BELIEFS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER BELIEVES THAT THE INTERNET IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF POLITICAL DRIVEL AND LIES SO IT IS TIME TO REVIEW AND PERHAPS CHANGE SOME HARD HELD BELIEFS ABOUT "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS". SINCE THE WRITERS WILL NOT POLICE THEIR FELLOW WRITERS OR THEMSELVES, CITIZENS MAY HAVE TO DEMAND IT OF THE PRESS CORPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF THEY STILL REFUSE TO DO SO WE MUST LOOK FOR OTHER METHODS OF CLEANING UP THE MESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIKE EDITORS NOT ALLOWING INFORMATION IN STORIES FROM THE INTERNET UNLESS IT IS LEGALLY VERIFIED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EDITORS KEEPING A STRONGER HAND ON REPORTERS WHO CONTINUE TO TAKE THE EASY WAY TO A STORY, ETC.
BUT MORE THAN THAT A TIGHTER CONTROL BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING WITH STRONG EMPLHASIS ON THE MORALS AND RULES OF BEING A PUBLISHED REPORTER AND THE ACCURACY NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE TRUST OF THE PUBLIC. THIS BLOGGER KNOWS OF NO OTHER PUBLIC TRUST TREATED SO LIGHTLY.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING PRIMERALLY SINCE THE NET HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO POST WHATEVER DRIVEL (INCLUDING MINE) THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SPREAD. WHEN IT WAS JUST IN OUR BACK YARD, CONTROL WAS POSSIBLE UNDER THE OLD RULES.
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NOW IT IS NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN A FREE PRESS THEN NEW STEPS HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED AND MEDIA OUTETS IN OUR COUNTRY DESIGNATED TO ENFORCE THEM. FREEDOM WITHOUT RULES AND PRINCIPLES SPELLS "ANARCHY" AND DESTROYS THE BEST OF INTENTIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOUR BEST PROTECTION FOR "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS" IS CHOOSING TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING SOME LAWS THAT DO NOT INHIBIT FREEDOM BUT DO MANDATE ETHICAL RULES OF BEHAVIOR BY EDITORS BY LAW WHO MUST DEMAND TRUTH FROM REPORTERS OR LOSE THEIR POSITION ON THE PUBLICATION IF AN ARTICLE IS PROVEN PHONY. THEN LEGALLY FINING THE PUBLICATION BY LAW FOR THE LOSS OF PUBLIC TRUST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TOUGH ???????????? IT HAS TO BE WHEN THINGS GET THIS OUT OF HAND !!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
THIS BLOGGER NOTED THAT SINCE CRITICS COULDN'T ACCUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP OF WRONG DOING, THEY HAVE DECIDED TO CRITICIZE HIS METHOD OF VOCAL DELIVERY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY HIS CRITICS OF EITHER BEING A TYRANT, A CRASS EXPONENT, OR A RUDE, UNPRINCIPLED IND1VIDUAL. IT IS AMAZING TO ME HOW MANY ADJECTIVES CAN BE USED BY THE PRESS TO "PRESS" THEIR CASE OF DISLIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY PURSUING "WEBSTER" FOR MONTHS NOW WITH THE HOPE OF BRINGING PRESIDENT TRUMP DOWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUCH OF IT IN ANY OTHER PLACE THAT SPEECH WASN'T PROTECTED BY FREEDOM WOULD BE HELD TO BE SLANDER/
FORTUNATELY FOR US AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR TRUMP'S CRITICS THE ACCUSATIONS ARE GETTING SO RIDICULOUS THAT ONE CAN HAVE A GOOD LAUGH AT HIS ACCUSERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT RELIEVE THE PRESS OF A VERY BAD PRECEDENT THEY HAVE SET IN USING THEIR WRITING EXPERTISE IN A LOOSE AND DEPLORABLE MANNER MUCH LIKE A PROSTITUTE USES SEX T0 ENSNARE.
RULES FOR THE FREE PRESS WERE DEVELOPED MANY YEARS AGO DURING THE DAYS OF THE GARBAGE THEY CALLED NEWS. THE RULES WERE ESTABLISHED
BECAUSE IF THE PRESS DID NOT FOLLOW TRUTH AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE, THE PUBLIC WOULD LOSE THEIR TRUST. THE LAST ELECTION PROVED HANDS DOWN THAT IT HAD LOST TRUST OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RARELY HAS THIS BLOGGER SEEN THAT MENTIONED !!!!!!!!!!
THE PRESS HAS SPENT THE MONTHS SINCE THE ELECTION TRYING TO MAKE THE PUBLIC BELIEVE THAT THE VOTERS MADE A MISTAKE AND NEVER ONCE THAT THE PRESS WAS JUST DOWNRIGHT WRONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!! AS YOU KNOW EVERYONE IS WRONG SOME TMES BUT IF THEY FACE UP AND ADMIT IT IN SOME WAY, OTHERS CAN OVERLOOK IT.
BUT UNFORTUNELY THE PRESS HAS BECOME A LAW UNTO ITSELF AND PRETENDS IT DOES NO WRONG. WHEN YOUNG, INEXPERIENCED REPORTERS PICK UP ERRONEOUS NEWS FROM THE NET PEOPLED BY NEWS SOURCES FROM OUR ENEMIES, THEY ARE NOT CONDEMNED FOR THEIR LAX BEHAVIOR !!!!!!!!!!!!! IN MANY CASES THEY DO THIS CONTINUALLY RELISHING HAVING NEWS NO ONE ELSE HAS EVEN IF IT IS NOT TRUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT !!!!!!!!!!!! IT ISN'T REALLY NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S FICTION AND SHOULD BE PUBLISHED AS A SHORT STORY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR A NOVEL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR A DAMNED LIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND ALTHOUGH MEMBERS OF THE LEGITIMATE PRESS SUSPECT IT OR EVEN KNOW IT, NO ONE DOES ANYTHNG ABOUT IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY ???????????????
THERE'S AN ANSWER TO WHY AND IT MAKES SENSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU CHALLANGE A FALSE NEWS STORY, YOU GIVE IT PUBLICITY AND THE WRITER A CHANCE TO FIGHT BACK AND POSSIBLY GIVE MORE CREDENCE TO IT AND LOTS OF PUBLCITY. THAT'S WORTH A FORTUNE IN ADVERTISING TO THE "PHONY DO-BEES" !!!!!!!!!!!! WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE TO THE "NTH" DEGREE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT SUCH STRONG STANDARDS AND RULES WERE SET UP FOR THE PRESS WAS THE NEAR IMPOSSIBILITY OF REFUTING THE LIES TOLD BY
WRITERS IN THE PURSUIT OF THEIR BELIEFS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER BELIEVES THAT THE INTERNET IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF POLITICAL DRIVEL AND LIES SO IT IS TIME TO REVIEW AND PERHAPS CHANGE SOME HARD HELD BELIEFS ABOUT "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS". SINCE THE WRITERS WILL NOT POLICE THEIR FELLOW WRITERS OR THEMSELVES, CITIZENS MAY HAVE TO DEMAND IT OF THE PRESS CORPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF THEY STILL REFUSE TO DO SO WE MUST LOOK FOR OTHER METHODS OF CLEANING UP THE MESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIKE EDITORS NOT ALLOWING INFORMATION IN STORIES FROM THE INTERNET UNLESS IT IS LEGALLY VERIFIED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EDITORS KEEPING A STRONGER HAND ON REPORTERS WHO CONTINUE TO TAKE THE EASY WAY TO A STORY, ETC.
BUT MORE THAN THAT A TIGHTER CONTROL BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING WITH STRONG EMPLHASIS ON THE MORALS AND RULES OF BEING A PUBLISHED REPORTER AND THE ACCURACY NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE TRUST OF THE PUBLIC. THIS BLOGGER KNOWS OF NO OTHER PUBLIC TRUST TREATED SO LIGHTLY.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING PRIMERALLY SINCE THE NET HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO POST WHATEVER DRIVEL (INCLUDING MINE) THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SPREAD. WHEN IT WAS JUST IN OUR BACK YARD, CONTROL WAS POSSIBLE UNDER THE OLD RULES.
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NOW IT IS NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN A FREE PRESS THEN NEW STEPS HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED AND MEDIA OUTETS IN OUR COUNTRY DESIGNATED TO ENFORCE THEM. FREEDOM WITHOUT RULES AND PRINCIPLES SPELLS "ANARCHY" AND DESTROYS THE BEST OF INTENTIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOUR BEST PROTECTION FOR "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS" IS CHOOSING TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING SOME LAWS THAT DO NOT INHIBIT FREEDOM BUT DO MANDATE ETHICAL RULES OF BEHAVIOR BY EDITORS BY LAW WHO MUST DEMAND TRUTH FROM REPORTERS OR LOSE THEIR POSITION ON THE PUBLICATION IF AN ARTICLE IS PROVEN PHONY. THEN LEGALLY FINING THE PUBLICATION BY LAW FOR THE LOSS OF PUBLIC TRUST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TOUGH ???????????? IT HAS TO BE WHEN THINGS GET THIS OUT OF HAND !!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
7/28/17
POST 369 INDIVIDUALIZED FUTURE COMPUTERS
HI,
THIS BLOGGER WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH THE FACT THAT SHE PROBABLY LIKES COMPUTERS AS WELL OR BETTER THAN MANY AFFICIONADOS AND HAS BEEN AT IT SINCE THE SEVENTIES STARTING WITH AN EARLY VERSION-"TRASH 80" WITH NO MOUSE.
AS MUCH AS THIS BLOGGER ADMIRES THE TECHNOLOGY, SHE ABHORS THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE NEVER CHANGED. IT WOULD SEEM AS TECH ADVANCES SO SHOULD IMPROVEMENT IN THE MACHINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT HAS NOT KEPT PACE AT LEAST NOT THAT ONE CAN NOTICE IN MANY INTERNAL AREAS !!!!!!!!THE SAME OLD PROBLEMS SEEMED TO ABIDE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE OLD FASHIONED GLAMOROUS EARLY TECH. THEY DIDN'T WANT NEW MACHINES TO SCARE US AND SLOW DOWN PROGRESS. IT'S TIME TO UNCHAIN THEM-WE'RE READY !!!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER BELIEVES THAT MUCH ADVANCEMENT IS HINDERED FOR THE STILL NON TECH-IDIOTS INCLUDING YOUR BLOGGER BY THE BELIEF THAT IF YOU WANT A HIGH TECH MACHINE, YOU'LL BECOME PROFICIENT IN TECH-EASE AND CREATE THE CHANGES YOURSELF.
AHH NO !!!!!!!!THAT'S A MISTAKE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. WE'RE DOING OUR THING ON YOUR BRAINY MACHINE--NOT PLANNING TO ENTER YOUR FIELD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT ATTITUDE,IS ELITIST AND SNOBBISH WHILE SOUNDING WELCOMING !!!!!!!!NOT SO !!!!!!!!!!!!!THIS BLOGGER PAINTS AND WRITES--TWO FAIRLY CONSUMING AND DIFFICULT FIELDS THAT WOULD NOT MAKE ME CONSIDER TELLING OTHERS THAT IF THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT THIS BLOGGER DOES--LEARN TO WRITE AND PAINT !!!!!!!!!!! INSTEAD THIS BLOGGER FAVORS THIS APPROACH----------TO EACH HIS OWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND SO SHOULD IT BE IN THE TECH FIELD EXCEPT THAT MACHINES NEED PARENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR LOT IN LIFE BY MAKING SURE THEY AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES THAT FAVOR THE COMPUTER ILLITERATE LIKE THIS BLOGGER !!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOFTWARE IS CERTAINLY A START BUT BY NO MEANS THE WHOLE ENCHILADA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!SURE THEY'LL COST MORE FOR A MODEL THAT SUITS 2018 AND NOT 1980 BUT WHAT ELSE IS NEW. YOU WANT MORE FEATURES IN A CAR, YOU DON'T BUY A VOLKSWAGON--YOU BUY A BIG, FANCY FEATURE LADEN SUPER CAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN'T AFFORD IT ????????? BET YOU'LL FIT IT IN THE BUDGET WHEN YOU REVIEW THE FEATURES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FOR INSTANCE THIS COMPUTER COULD HAVE WITH NO SOFTWARE NEEDED: PRESS 1 (ONE) FOR VOICE MODULATED DICTATION; PRESS 2 FOR FINISHED DOCUMENT; PRESS 3, FOR SOLUTION TO WALLPAPER NEEDS; PRESS 4 TO MAKE PHONE CALLS TO FOLLOWING PEOPLE WITH ATTACHED MESSAGE; PRESS 5 FOR ANY MATH PROBLEM; PRESS 6 FOR THE TIERS OF GOVERNMENT AND CURRENT OFICE HOLDERS WITH MAIL ADDRESSES; AND SO FORTH. A MACHINE WITH ALMOST UNLIMITED ABILITY BUILT RIGHT IN AND SOFTWARE USED ONLY TO ADD NEW FEATURES THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT MODEL. THIS WAY INSTEAD OF FEATURING SMALLER, LIGHTER, DUMBER MACHINES WITH LESS AND LESS ABILITIES; WE ENHANCE THE MACHINE MAKING IT LESS COMPLICATED AND TIME CONSUMING !!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S ONLY YOUR IMAGINATON OR NEEDS THAT SHOULD CONTROL THE COMPUTER. WHY NOT COMPUTERS STRICTLY FOR MATHEMATICIANS OR AS SECRETARIES TO CEOS (THE ASSISTANTS CAN DO OTHER IMPORTANT WORK AND NOT WASTE TIME TYPING) OR A SCIENTIST FOR HIS FORMULAS ????????? WHY CAN'T MACHINES BE BUILT TO SPECS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS FOR MR/MS EVERY DAY AMERICAN. THE MACHINE CAN BE STUFFED WITH WHATEVER AND ONLY SIZE NEED VARY.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE BARELY TAPPED THE VARIETY AND GOALS OF EFFICIENT USAGE BY CONFINING ALL USERS TO A SIMILIAR LITANY OF USAGE. SUPPOSE I WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK AND ENHANCE IT WITH DRAWINGS OR PAINTINGS ORIGINALLY DONE. WHY COULDN'T MY COMPUTER SERVE THE WHOLE CREATIVE EFFORT WITH A DRAWING FEATURE, A PAINTING CREATED WITH COMPUTER BRUSH AND A TEXT AUTOMATICALLY EXPLAINING THE PROCESS. MOST OF THAT IS AVAILABLE NOW BUT NOT IN ONE EASY ALREADY PUT TOGETHER VERSION.
ONE COULD HAVE A COMPUTER THAT WOULD SEEK OUT AND COMBINE ELEMENTS TO CREATE IT !!!!!!!!!!!ONLY YOUR CREATIVE IMAGINATION SHOULD HAVE TO BE APPLIED FOR A DIFFERENT COMPUTER FOR EVERY FIELD USING ALREADY AVAILABLE SOFTWARE REWRITTEN AND BUILT IN (REMEMBER THE COPYRIGHT LAWS !!!!!!!!!!
JUST A FEW IDEAS OF WHAT THIS BLOGGER ENVISIONS IN THE WORLD OF COMPUTING AND WISHES TO BE AROUND FOR SOME OF IT !!!!!!!!!!!! PROBABLY WILL MISS THAT BOAT BUT MAYBE YOU CAN CATCH IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
THIS BLOGGER WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH THE FACT THAT SHE PROBABLY LIKES COMPUTERS AS WELL OR BETTER THAN MANY AFFICIONADOS AND HAS BEEN AT IT SINCE THE SEVENTIES STARTING WITH AN EARLY VERSION-"TRASH 80" WITH NO MOUSE.
AS MUCH AS THIS BLOGGER ADMIRES THE TECHNOLOGY, SHE ABHORS THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE NEVER CHANGED. IT WOULD SEEM AS TECH ADVANCES SO SHOULD IMPROVEMENT IN THE MACHINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT HAS NOT KEPT PACE AT LEAST NOT THAT ONE CAN NOTICE IN MANY INTERNAL AREAS !!!!!!!!THE SAME OLD PROBLEMS SEEMED TO ABIDE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE OLD FASHIONED GLAMOROUS EARLY TECH. THEY DIDN'T WANT NEW MACHINES TO SCARE US AND SLOW DOWN PROGRESS. IT'S TIME TO UNCHAIN THEM-WE'RE READY !!!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER BELIEVES THAT MUCH ADVANCEMENT IS HINDERED FOR THE STILL NON TECH-IDIOTS INCLUDING YOUR BLOGGER BY THE BELIEF THAT IF YOU WANT A HIGH TECH MACHINE, YOU'LL BECOME PROFICIENT IN TECH-EASE AND CREATE THE CHANGES YOURSELF.
AHH NO !!!!!!!!THAT'S A MISTAKE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. WE'RE DOING OUR THING ON YOUR BRAINY MACHINE--NOT PLANNING TO ENTER YOUR FIELD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT ATTITUDE,IS ELITIST AND SNOBBISH WHILE SOUNDING WELCOMING !!!!!!!!NOT SO !!!!!!!!!!!!!THIS BLOGGER PAINTS AND WRITES--TWO FAIRLY CONSUMING AND DIFFICULT FIELDS THAT WOULD NOT MAKE ME CONSIDER TELLING OTHERS THAT IF THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT THIS BLOGGER DOES--LEARN TO WRITE AND PAINT !!!!!!!!!!! INSTEAD THIS BLOGGER FAVORS THIS APPROACH----------TO EACH HIS OWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND SO SHOULD IT BE IN THE TECH FIELD EXCEPT THAT MACHINES NEED PARENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR LOT IN LIFE BY MAKING SURE THEY AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES THAT FAVOR THE COMPUTER ILLITERATE LIKE THIS BLOGGER !!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOFTWARE IS CERTAINLY A START BUT BY NO MEANS THE WHOLE ENCHILADA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!SURE THEY'LL COST MORE FOR A MODEL THAT SUITS 2018 AND NOT 1980 BUT WHAT ELSE IS NEW. YOU WANT MORE FEATURES IN A CAR, YOU DON'T BUY A VOLKSWAGON--YOU BUY A BIG, FANCY FEATURE LADEN SUPER CAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN'T AFFORD IT ????????? BET YOU'LL FIT IT IN THE BUDGET WHEN YOU REVIEW THE FEATURES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FOR INSTANCE THIS COMPUTER COULD HAVE WITH NO SOFTWARE NEEDED: PRESS 1 (ONE) FOR VOICE MODULATED DICTATION; PRESS 2 FOR FINISHED DOCUMENT; PRESS 3, FOR SOLUTION TO WALLPAPER NEEDS; PRESS 4 TO MAKE PHONE CALLS TO FOLLOWING PEOPLE WITH ATTACHED MESSAGE; PRESS 5 FOR ANY MATH PROBLEM; PRESS 6 FOR THE TIERS OF GOVERNMENT AND CURRENT OFICE HOLDERS WITH MAIL ADDRESSES; AND SO FORTH. A MACHINE WITH ALMOST UNLIMITED ABILITY BUILT RIGHT IN AND SOFTWARE USED ONLY TO ADD NEW FEATURES THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT MODEL. THIS WAY INSTEAD OF FEATURING SMALLER, LIGHTER, DUMBER MACHINES WITH LESS AND LESS ABILITIES; WE ENHANCE THE MACHINE MAKING IT LESS COMPLICATED AND TIME CONSUMING !!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S ONLY YOUR IMAGINATON OR NEEDS THAT SHOULD CONTROL THE COMPUTER. WHY NOT COMPUTERS STRICTLY FOR MATHEMATICIANS OR AS SECRETARIES TO CEOS (THE ASSISTANTS CAN DO OTHER IMPORTANT WORK AND NOT WASTE TIME TYPING) OR A SCIENTIST FOR HIS FORMULAS ????????? WHY CAN'T MACHINES BE BUILT TO SPECS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS FOR MR/MS EVERY DAY AMERICAN. THE MACHINE CAN BE STUFFED WITH WHATEVER AND ONLY SIZE NEED VARY.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE BARELY TAPPED THE VARIETY AND GOALS OF EFFICIENT USAGE BY CONFINING ALL USERS TO A SIMILIAR LITANY OF USAGE. SUPPOSE I WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK AND ENHANCE IT WITH DRAWINGS OR PAINTINGS ORIGINALLY DONE. WHY COULDN'T MY COMPUTER SERVE THE WHOLE CREATIVE EFFORT WITH A DRAWING FEATURE, A PAINTING CREATED WITH COMPUTER BRUSH AND A TEXT AUTOMATICALLY EXPLAINING THE PROCESS. MOST OF THAT IS AVAILABLE NOW BUT NOT IN ONE EASY ALREADY PUT TOGETHER VERSION.
ONE COULD HAVE A COMPUTER THAT WOULD SEEK OUT AND COMBINE ELEMENTS TO CREATE IT !!!!!!!!!!!ONLY YOUR CREATIVE IMAGINATION SHOULD HAVE TO BE APPLIED FOR A DIFFERENT COMPUTER FOR EVERY FIELD USING ALREADY AVAILABLE SOFTWARE REWRITTEN AND BUILT IN (REMEMBER THE COPYRIGHT LAWS !!!!!!!!!!
JUST A FEW IDEAS OF WHAT THIS BLOGGER ENVISIONS IN THE WORLD OF COMPUTING AND WISHES TO BE AROUND FOR SOME OF IT !!!!!!!!!!!! PROBABLY WILL MISS THAT BOAT BUT MAYBE YOU CAN CATCH IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
7/21/17
POST 368. FREE AMERICA FROM THE CHAINS OF OBAMACARE!
HI,
ANYONE WANT TO BET AGAINST THIS BLOGGER THAT OBAMA AND HIS TROOPS ARE IN CHARGE OF DEFENDING OBAMACARE BY SOLICITING FOLKS TO WRITE TO CONGRESS AND EXPRESS THEIR HIGH REGARD FOR THE LAW ????????? PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG AND GULLIBLE WHO ARE NOT FOOTING THE BILL????????? AND WON'T BE FOR AWHILE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
OBUMACARE FOR THOSE WHO CAN HANDLE REALITY IS A LOSER AND AN EXPENSIVE AND DISASTROUS MISTAKE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT IS SOCIALIZED MEDI CINE WITH A CAPITAL "S" AND A REAL START TO SOCIALISM IN AMERICA AND EVERY COUTRY WHERE HEALTH REFORM HAS OCCURED !!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE COMMUNISTS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH OR YOUR ABILITY TO PAY THE PIPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH COMMUNIST CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO START THAN BY ATTACKING WHEN YOU ARE WEAKEST AND NEED HELP WIITH YOUR HEALTH !!!!!!!!!!!!! OR SCARING THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF YOUTH BY PREDICTING DISASTER FOR THEIR PARENTS ABILITY TO KEEP HEALTH CARE IN PLACE FOR THEIR FUTURE !!!!!!!!!!!!!YOUNG PEOPLE , THIS BLOGGER HEARS ,ARE BEING RECRUITED BY THE DOZENS TO WRITE CONGRESS TO KEEP OBAMACARE UNTOUCHED AND IN PLACE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE BEING SOLD A BILL OF GOODS THAT WOULD ONLY FOOL THE UNINITIATED AND REBELLIOUS YOUTH WHO BELIEVE THEIR PARENTS ARE "BRAIN DEAD" !!!!!!!!!!!!!
UNFORTUNATELY AMERICA'S YOUTH ARE OFTEN THE ACHILLES HEEL IN A STRONG AND CONFIDENT AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!! EASY TO USE AND OFTEN BLINDED TO REASON BY THEIR NEED FOR CONTROL--NOT UNLIKE THE COMMUNISTS WHO ARE USING THE YOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT CAN THE REMAINDER OF AMERICA DO ABOUT IT ?????????????? HOPEFULLY TRUMP AND HIS TEAM IS WORKING WITH THE YOUTH TO ESTABLISH A NEW GOAL. MUCH OF TRUMP'S TEAM IS YOUNG AND CAN BE PERSUASIVE IN CHANGING THEIR DIRECTION AND THE CONGRESSIONAL MIND-SET THAT SEEMS TO FORGET THAT AMERICA IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 18-28 YEAR OLDS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN THROWN INTO THE POT OF REALITY YET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT KIND OF ACTION IS NEEDED TO TURN THIS TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE AROUND AND DISPROVE THE LIES AND INNUENDO THEY'VE BEEN FED IN ORDER FOR OBAMA TO CHANGE OUR COUNTRY FROM A REPRESNTATIONAL GOVERNMENT "OF THE PEOPLE; FOR THE PEOPLE:AND BY THE PEOPLE;" TO A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE PEOPLE AND FOR COMMUNISTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OBAMACARE IS "SOROS DRIVEN "TO TAKE THE PROFITS OF HEALTH CARE FOR HIMSELF AND HIS PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION AND TEACH AMERICA WHAT IT IS TO BE SUBSERVIENT TO THE WILL OF SOROS AND THE COMMIES. HE HAS MADE NO SECRET OF HIS HATRED FOR AMERICA AND ITS FREEDOMS WHICH LONG AGO DENIED HIM ACCESS TO ITS RICHES. THOUGH NOW A POWERFUL AND RICH MAN, HE STILL CAN NOT FACE LOSING ANY BATTLE, NO MATTER HOW PETTY. SO WINNING ON HEALTH CARE IS HIS SECRET REVENGE AND DESIRED PERSONAL VICTORY.
FOLLOW TRUMP'S LEAD. WRITE TO AS MANY CONGRESSMEN AS YOU CAN TELLING THEM TO REPLACE OBAMACARE AND KEEP SOCIALIZED MEDICINE AWAY FROM AMERICANS SO THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE BEST HEALTH CARE IN THE WORLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST HEALTH TREATMENTS IN THE WORLD INCLUDING THE BEST HOSPITALS, SURGERIES, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE.
WE HAVE MADE A STRONG STATEMENT IN THE HEALTH WORLD AND CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO IF LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES WITHOUT WHAT USED TO BE CALLED "BIG BROTHER" STANDING OVER AMERICAN HEALTH DICTATING WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE DONE.
DON'T SIT ON YOUR DUFF AND NOT GET INVOLVED !!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU NEVER WRITE OR CALL ON ANOTHER ISSUE EXCEPT THE HEALTH BILL, YOU WILL HAVE DONE AN IMMENSE SERVICE FOR AMERICA AND AMERICANS EVERYWHERE. THIS IS A "MUST DO" NOT A "SHOULD DO"AND IF AMERICANS "DON'T DO" THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAD DAYS THAT FOLLOW.
STAND UP; BE COUNTED; ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY; AND LOVE AMERICA AND FREEDOM IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY BY SECURING THAT FREEDOM. FREE AMERICA FROM THE ENCIRCLING CHAINS OF HEALTH CARE SOCIALISM WHICH WILL THROTTLE FREEDOM AS IT GROWS STRONGER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK AT ITS DISASTROUS AFFECT ON OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE PROVEN ITS WEAKNESSES. WAKE UP AND FIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD LUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY OUR FLAG ALWAYS WAVE OVER THE "LAND OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
ANYONE WANT TO BET AGAINST THIS BLOGGER THAT OBAMA AND HIS TROOPS ARE IN CHARGE OF DEFENDING OBAMACARE BY SOLICITING FOLKS TO WRITE TO CONGRESS AND EXPRESS THEIR HIGH REGARD FOR THE LAW ????????? PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG AND GULLIBLE WHO ARE NOT FOOTING THE BILL????????? AND WON'T BE FOR AWHILE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
OBUMACARE FOR THOSE WHO CAN HANDLE REALITY IS A LOSER AND AN EXPENSIVE AND DISASTROUS MISTAKE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT IS SOCIALIZED MEDI CINE WITH A CAPITAL "S" AND A REAL START TO SOCIALISM IN AMERICA AND EVERY COUTRY WHERE HEALTH REFORM HAS OCCURED !!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE COMMUNISTS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH OR YOUR ABILITY TO PAY THE PIPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH COMMUNIST CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO START THAN BY ATTACKING WHEN YOU ARE WEAKEST AND NEED HELP WIITH YOUR HEALTH !!!!!!!!!!!!! OR SCARING THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF YOUTH BY PREDICTING DISASTER FOR THEIR PARENTS ABILITY TO KEEP HEALTH CARE IN PLACE FOR THEIR FUTURE !!!!!!!!!!!!!YOUNG PEOPLE , THIS BLOGGER HEARS ,ARE BEING RECRUITED BY THE DOZENS TO WRITE CONGRESS TO KEEP OBAMACARE UNTOUCHED AND IN PLACE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE BEING SOLD A BILL OF GOODS THAT WOULD ONLY FOOL THE UNINITIATED AND REBELLIOUS YOUTH WHO BELIEVE THEIR PARENTS ARE "BRAIN DEAD" !!!!!!!!!!!!!
UNFORTUNATELY AMERICA'S YOUTH ARE OFTEN THE ACHILLES HEEL IN A STRONG AND CONFIDENT AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!! EASY TO USE AND OFTEN BLINDED TO REASON BY THEIR NEED FOR CONTROL--NOT UNLIKE THE COMMUNISTS WHO ARE USING THE YOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT CAN THE REMAINDER OF AMERICA DO ABOUT IT ?????????????? HOPEFULLY TRUMP AND HIS TEAM IS WORKING WITH THE YOUTH TO ESTABLISH A NEW GOAL. MUCH OF TRUMP'S TEAM IS YOUNG AND CAN BE PERSUASIVE IN CHANGING THEIR DIRECTION AND THE CONGRESSIONAL MIND-SET THAT SEEMS TO FORGET THAT AMERICA IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 18-28 YEAR OLDS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN THROWN INTO THE POT OF REALITY YET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT KIND OF ACTION IS NEEDED TO TURN THIS TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE AROUND AND DISPROVE THE LIES AND INNUENDO THEY'VE BEEN FED IN ORDER FOR OBAMA TO CHANGE OUR COUNTRY FROM A REPRESNTATIONAL GOVERNMENT "OF THE PEOPLE; FOR THE PEOPLE:AND BY THE PEOPLE;" TO A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE PEOPLE AND FOR COMMUNISTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OBAMACARE IS "SOROS DRIVEN "TO TAKE THE PROFITS OF HEALTH CARE FOR HIMSELF AND HIS PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION AND TEACH AMERICA WHAT IT IS TO BE SUBSERVIENT TO THE WILL OF SOROS AND THE COMMIES. HE HAS MADE NO SECRET OF HIS HATRED FOR AMERICA AND ITS FREEDOMS WHICH LONG AGO DENIED HIM ACCESS TO ITS RICHES. THOUGH NOW A POWERFUL AND RICH MAN, HE STILL CAN NOT FACE LOSING ANY BATTLE, NO MATTER HOW PETTY. SO WINNING ON HEALTH CARE IS HIS SECRET REVENGE AND DESIRED PERSONAL VICTORY.
FOLLOW TRUMP'S LEAD. WRITE TO AS MANY CONGRESSMEN AS YOU CAN TELLING THEM TO REPLACE OBAMACARE AND KEEP SOCIALIZED MEDICINE AWAY FROM AMERICANS SO THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE BEST HEALTH CARE IN THE WORLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST HEALTH TREATMENTS IN THE WORLD INCLUDING THE BEST HOSPITALS, SURGERIES, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE.
WE HAVE MADE A STRONG STATEMENT IN THE HEALTH WORLD AND CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO IF LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES WITHOUT WHAT USED TO BE CALLED "BIG BROTHER" STANDING OVER AMERICAN HEALTH DICTATING WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE DONE.
DON'T SIT ON YOUR DUFF AND NOT GET INVOLVED !!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU NEVER WRITE OR CALL ON ANOTHER ISSUE EXCEPT THE HEALTH BILL, YOU WILL HAVE DONE AN IMMENSE SERVICE FOR AMERICA AND AMERICANS EVERYWHERE. THIS IS A "MUST DO" NOT A "SHOULD DO"AND IF AMERICANS "DON'T DO" THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAD DAYS THAT FOLLOW.
STAND UP; BE COUNTED; ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY; AND LOVE AMERICA AND FREEDOM IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY BY SECURING THAT FREEDOM. FREE AMERICA FROM THE ENCIRCLING CHAINS OF HEALTH CARE SOCIALISM WHICH WILL THROTTLE FREEDOM AS IT GROWS STRONGER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK AT ITS DISASTROUS AFFECT ON OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE PROVEN ITS WEAKNESSES. WAKE UP AND FIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD LUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY OUR FLAG ALWAYS WAVE OVER THE "LAND OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
7/15/17
post 367 CELEBRATING YOUTH WITH "HOT DOGS"
HI,
THIS BLOGGER HAS FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT !!!!!!!!!!! JULY BRINGS A HEAP OF MEMORABILIA HER WAY AND IT HAS BEEN TRACED DIRECTLY TO HOT DOGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE INNOCENT -- NOW MOSTLY INDIGESTIBLE-- YUMMIES SLATHERED WITH MUSTARD ARE THE CULPRITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE INDIGESTION FROM THE LITTLE TERRORS CAUSES FLASHBACKS OF LONG FORGOTTEN PLACES, EVENTS, AND MISTAKES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE SOME OF THE PLACES, THINGS, PEOPLE WE FELT WERE EITHER ENTHRALLING, , TERRIFYING OR MYSTIFYINGLY IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT IS A REALLY GOOD BAROMETER TO HOW MUCH WE HAVE LEARNED OR NOT AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE CHANGED OR NOT, AND HOW MUCH WE ARE WILLING TO ADMIT THE CHANGES IF ANY HAVE BEEN GOOD OR BAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!A STEP BACK IN TIME IS PART OF THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND IT'S ALSO PROBABLY PARTLY THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONSIDER THE BICYCLE. WHAT MEMORIES OF RIDING FREE AT LAST TO ALL THE NEARBY PLACES WE LOVED AND THE PARENTS DISDAINED. OUR FIRST FREEDOM WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF WHEELS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THE FIRST ACCIDENTS AND BROKEN WINGS FOR SOME,. THE FIRST CHANCE AT NEW LOVE FOR OTHERS. THE FIRST TRIP TO THE ICE CREAM SHOP OR DRUGSTORE FOUNTAINS WITH 25 CENTS BURIED DEEP IN OUR POCKET. THE FIRST EXPLORATION AND CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH NATURE AND POSSIBLY THE WATER WITH NO PARENTAL WARNINGS (ALTHOUGH SAFELY BURIED IN OUR HEADS TAUNTING US TO TEST THE LIMITS). FOR SOME THE FIRST JOB DELIVERING PAPERS AND COLLECTING THE WEEKLY COST OF THE PAPER!
WE FOUND FREDOM EXISTED WITH WHEELS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO FOLLOWED THE FIRST "REAL WHEELS" ALONG WITH DRIVING LESSONS OF A SCARY MAGNITUDE WHILE WE PRETENDED NONCHALANCE IN CASE WE LOST THE CHANCE TO LEARN !!!!!!!!!! THE FIRST ACCIDENTS THAT SCARED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF US BOTH PHYSICALLY AND IN CASE WE LOST THE WHEELS TO DISASTER !!!!!!!!!!!! WE WENT FOR SHORT DRIVES AT FIRST WHICH LENGTHENED RAPIDLY AS WE TASTED MORE AND MORE FREEDOM AND THE ADVENURES NOW POSSIBLE WITH THESE NEW AND FAR REACHING FREEDOMS THAT SEEMED LIMITLESS AND MIND BOGGLING. AND IF WE WERE LUCKY THE EXPERIENCE SOON INCLUDED OUR OWN "DREAM CAR".
MINE WAS A BABY BLUE COUPE WHICH I NAMED "SHASTA" BECAUSE I SOON FOUND
"SHEHASTA" HAVE GAS, OIL, TUNING, NEW PARTS AND A LOT OF LOVING CARE. "SHASTA" WAS MY FIRST CHILD AND A DEMANDING, SPOILED BRAT BUT OH HOW ADORED SHE WAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE TOOK ME ANYWHERE AT THAT POINT I WANTED TO GO, CARRIED FRIENDS, CELEBRATED WITH US BY TRAVELING TO OTHER PLACES. SHASTA GOT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND CARRIED A YOUNG, HANDSOME MECHANIC ON HER SIDE FENDER SO HE COULD LISTEN TO THE MOTOR WHILE I DROVE IN FEAR AND HE SHOWED OFF ( HIS FEET AND TROUSERS MOSTLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW THAT'S A MEMORY FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!S
LIFE WAS NO SIMPLER THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!! WE HAD HAD RATIONING AND WAR !!!!!!!!!!WE LIVED WITH FEAR OF BOMBING. THERE WAS UNCERTAINTY AND CRUELTY BY OUR ENEMIES WHO KILLED THE PEOPLE WE LOVED. BUT THROUGH IT ALL PEOPLE HAD THEIR WHEELS AND COULD ESCAPE REALITY FOR A FEW HOURS OF RELIEF. THEY FELT MORE BLESSED THEN THERE WAS A REASON TO FEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
REMEMBERING "SHASTA" MAKES ME HAPPY NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE BECAUSE HAVING HER MADE ME REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF FREEDOM AND HOW LUCKY I WAS TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS AND BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT FREEDOM EARLY IN MY LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE ARE OTHER IMPORTANT MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH THAT PROBABLY HAD PERSONAL EARTH SHATTERING EFFECTS ON MY LIFE BUT NONE AS FREEING AS THE LITTLE BLUE COUPE THAT CARRIED ME ABOUT IN HIGH SCHOOL AS I USED "SHASTA" FOR MY CHORES FOR THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER WHERE I WROTE MY FIRST COLUMN FOR MY CLASSMATES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO, HERE'S TO "SHASTA" !!!!!!!!!!!!!! MEMORIES !!!!!!!!!!!! HOT DOGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE 4TH OF JULY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OUR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM TO BE !!!!!!!!! AND THE WHEELS OF LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
THIS BLOGGER HAS FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT !!!!!!!!!!! JULY BRINGS A HEAP OF MEMORABILIA HER WAY AND IT HAS BEEN TRACED DIRECTLY TO HOT DOGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE INNOCENT -- NOW MOSTLY INDIGESTIBLE-- YUMMIES SLATHERED WITH MUSTARD ARE THE CULPRITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE INDIGESTION FROM THE LITTLE TERRORS CAUSES FLASHBACKS OF LONG FORGOTTEN PLACES, EVENTS, AND MISTAKES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE SOME OF THE PLACES, THINGS, PEOPLE WE FELT WERE EITHER ENTHRALLING, , TERRIFYING OR MYSTIFYINGLY IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT IS A REALLY GOOD BAROMETER TO HOW MUCH WE HAVE LEARNED OR NOT AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE CHANGED OR NOT, AND HOW MUCH WE ARE WILLING TO ADMIT THE CHANGES IF ANY HAVE BEEN GOOD OR BAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!A STEP BACK IN TIME IS PART OF THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND IT'S ALSO PROBABLY PARTLY THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONSIDER THE BICYCLE. WHAT MEMORIES OF RIDING FREE AT LAST TO ALL THE NEARBY PLACES WE LOVED AND THE PARENTS DISDAINED. OUR FIRST FREEDOM WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF WHEELS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THE FIRST ACCIDENTS AND BROKEN WINGS FOR SOME,. THE FIRST CHANCE AT NEW LOVE FOR OTHERS. THE FIRST TRIP TO THE ICE CREAM SHOP OR DRUGSTORE FOUNTAINS WITH 25 CENTS BURIED DEEP IN OUR POCKET. THE FIRST EXPLORATION AND CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH NATURE AND POSSIBLY THE WATER WITH NO PARENTAL WARNINGS (ALTHOUGH SAFELY BURIED IN OUR HEADS TAUNTING US TO TEST THE LIMITS). FOR SOME THE FIRST JOB DELIVERING PAPERS AND COLLECTING THE WEEKLY COST OF THE PAPER!
WE FOUND FREDOM EXISTED WITH WHEELS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO FOLLOWED THE FIRST "REAL WHEELS" ALONG WITH DRIVING LESSONS OF A SCARY MAGNITUDE WHILE WE PRETENDED NONCHALANCE IN CASE WE LOST THE CHANCE TO LEARN !!!!!!!!!! THE FIRST ACCIDENTS THAT SCARED THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF US BOTH PHYSICALLY AND IN CASE WE LOST THE WHEELS TO DISASTER !!!!!!!!!!!! WE WENT FOR SHORT DRIVES AT FIRST WHICH LENGTHENED RAPIDLY AS WE TASTED MORE AND MORE FREEDOM AND THE ADVENURES NOW POSSIBLE WITH THESE NEW AND FAR REACHING FREEDOMS THAT SEEMED LIMITLESS AND MIND BOGGLING. AND IF WE WERE LUCKY THE EXPERIENCE SOON INCLUDED OUR OWN "DREAM CAR".
MINE WAS A BABY BLUE COUPE WHICH I NAMED "SHASTA" BECAUSE I SOON FOUND
"SHEHASTA" HAVE GAS, OIL, TUNING, NEW PARTS AND A LOT OF LOVING CARE. "SHASTA" WAS MY FIRST CHILD AND A DEMANDING, SPOILED BRAT BUT OH HOW ADORED SHE WAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE TOOK ME ANYWHERE AT THAT POINT I WANTED TO GO, CARRIED FRIENDS, CELEBRATED WITH US BY TRAVELING TO OTHER PLACES. SHASTA GOT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND CARRIED A YOUNG, HANDSOME MECHANIC ON HER SIDE FENDER SO HE COULD LISTEN TO THE MOTOR WHILE I DROVE IN FEAR AND HE SHOWED OFF ( HIS FEET AND TROUSERS MOSTLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW THAT'S A MEMORY FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!S
LIFE WAS NO SIMPLER THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!! WE HAD HAD RATIONING AND WAR !!!!!!!!!!WE LIVED WITH FEAR OF BOMBING. THERE WAS UNCERTAINTY AND CRUELTY BY OUR ENEMIES WHO KILLED THE PEOPLE WE LOVED. BUT THROUGH IT ALL PEOPLE HAD THEIR WHEELS AND COULD ESCAPE REALITY FOR A FEW HOURS OF RELIEF. THEY FELT MORE BLESSED THEN THERE WAS A REASON TO FEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
REMEMBERING "SHASTA" MAKES ME HAPPY NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE BECAUSE HAVING HER MADE ME REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF FREEDOM AND HOW LUCKY I WAS TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS AND BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT FREEDOM EARLY IN MY LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE ARE OTHER IMPORTANT MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH THAT PROBABLY HAD PERSONAL EARTH SHATTERING EFFECTS ON MY LIFE BUT NONE AS FREEING AS THE LITTLE BLUE COUPE THAT CARRIED ME ABOUT IN HIGH SCHOOL AS I USED "SHASTA" FOR MY CHORES FOR THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER WHERE I WROTE MY FIRST COLUMN FOR MY CLASSMATES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO, HERE'S TO "SHASTA" !!!!!!!!!!!!!! MEMORIES !!!!!!!!!!!! HOT DOGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE 4TH OF JULY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OUR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM TO BE !!!!!!!!! AND THE WHEELS OF LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
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