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Let’s go off the record and talk in the graveyard.  Hey folks, have you ever felt like you’ve been mule kicked in the gut? Oh well erv, there you go again, spouting off at the mouth! Just remember folks, I’m just a little ol’ farm boy from a mile and a fourth south of Roseland, MN.  But also remember what John Wooden (i.e. who came from a little farm in IN) said—I’m just a common man who is true to his beliefs. 

I’m quite sure I have this right but don’t know for sure.  WorldClassLarry, who stirs the beans a lot, says--Just because I ignore something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.  Explain that more to me WorldClassLarry, will ya?  Ok, if I can’t control something, I ignore it (i.e. it’s a waste of time and energy to fret over it).  I try to let go of it.  But, if I have some control over something and can change something, then I will not ignore it and may take action (i.e. sometimes that is anyway--haha). Sometimes I ask myself--Is it really worth it (i.e. like does it really matter if I put effort into it or is it a waste of my time)? Saturday question--Soooo now what, where am going from here? Soooo what matters? SusieQ says--Out of sight, out of mind works sometimes for me! CadillacJack says—As I age, I realize all the time that we are frail and feeble, and our flesh and our heart may fail (i.e. and then we all die). It’s reality folks. Death is the 100% killer on earth—that's not opinion but fact (i.e. a point of no return). Soooo suck it up cupcake, we’re burning day light; let’s get going! 

I’m quite sure I have decided for sure!  I have decided before but but…  There were three frogs sitting on a log and one decided to jump in the water; how many were left on the log?  The answer is three; yep, just because the one frog decided to jump in doesn’t mean it did; he just decided; we got to do something not just decide. Soooo this time I am going to jump in, I think! All the indications show that it is the right decision; that is if I interpreted the indications correctly.  And it could be I just want the decision to go the direction I like!  Who what me!

A friend told me that they are in the process of making a decision (i.e. da, don’t we do that all the time, make a decision).  He made my laugh.  His decision is if he is going to trade boats!  He is trying to justify his decision!  I told him to do it if he wants to; in his case it will not be a financial issue at all soooo part of the decision is out of the equation.  But that is my opinion, and he has his own internal opinion.  Oh those opinions.  RickyRick says--You can depend on your gut to tell you what to do. But there’s a problem with that. Studies show your perceptions are more likely to be wrong than right. In fact, sometimes we even lie to ourselves. The Bible says, “The human mind is the most deceitful of all things. It is incurable. No one can understand how deceitful it is” (Jeremiah 17:9 GW). That now makes me laugh.  Not my mind for sure, who what me!

LuckieEddie, who can be acerbic at times, says--It’s not what you have, it’s what you appreciate that matters. There is a lot of right and beauty in the world, soooo appreciate the details.  JoeWantItAll says—I want the optima lifestyle; the optima life (i.e. the worry free and hassle free optima life)! LuckieEddie, let me tell you, it’s a long ways from here to there! You want to be a Simba maybe--In Disney’s animated film The Lion King, Mufasa—the great king of the lions—tells his son, Simba, that “everything the light touches is our kingdom.” Simba is impressed by the vast area over which his father rules and understands that one day he will reign. He will be the “sovereign” who rules over the pride by reason of his strength and superiority over all the other animals. In Don Quixote (i.e. which I have not read and probably will not read) you can find--"A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse." Have any of you folks read that book? I'm curious!

Dr.J used this story—"In John Bunyan’s classic story, The Pilgrim’s Progress  (i.e. the first novel I ever read completely), Christian was traveling toward the Celestial City when he saw two lions on the road ahead of him. They were hungry and angry, and they appeared ready to attack and kill any passerby. Christian stopped in fear and studied them from a distance. Finally he saw they were both chained, one on each side of the road. Christian had a conversation with himself (i.e. you ever have a conversation with yourself). He told himself not to be afraid of the lions, for if he stayed in the middle of the road they couldn’t hurt him. It was simply a test of his faith, he said. And in this way, he advanced. Though the lions roared on his left and right, they couldn’t touch him.” Oh the test of one’s faith!  Soooo what do you have faith in?  AverageJoe says—It’s my truck; I’m quite sure! Really?  Do you know how long everlasting and everlasting is? Explain that to me please comparing that to your truck.

I am quite sure that I let the worst of others get the best of me. I think I do sometimes.  Think through that folks.  Sooooo what am I going to do about that? Good question.  It appears that the easiest way is not to be around certain folks or situations (i.e. the whole kit an’ caboodle); stay away from them (e.g. if certain folks just plain irritate me, don’t talk to them).  I struggle with that.  I have a situation that I waffle with being involved with; some days I am involved and some days I completely distance myself from the situation physically and mentally. Some of the folks who are big part of this situation irritate me. JoeBlow, who can be sarcastic at times, says—Com’n erv, figure it out! It’s not that hard to figure out! Da! The last resort is to eat some ice cream! Just make it a game! And games are fun! SlimySlim says--Many of the games we play even fool ourselves!

Suggestion—When you compliment someone do it sincerely and simply AND make sure they know that it’s a compliment.  SusieQ, who some say she is just a gossip and others say she the nicest gal in Butler County, says—What do you mean about that erv? Well, some compliments can be taken as a jab instead as a compliment. And sometimes they are a jab camouflaged as a compliment.  I think I just received one of them.  And maybe I misunderstood it.  That could be. Seeee I am confused. It wasn’t very convincing. I don’t know what her motive really was.  Was she joking? Making a point? Putting me down? Or totally complimenting me?  I really don’t know. I really will never know. BUT, I’m quite sure I know what her motive was; at least I think I did!  haha But maybe knowing her made a difference in deciphering her motive.  Now that could be toooo!  She uses her jake brake quite a bit let me tell ya; it makes a lot of noise which it appears she likes to hear. She is really quite a project! But I think I like her!

I talked to some friends who spent the afternoon with a 98-year old friend from their church who is in a care facility and hasn’t had visitors for a year.  These friends are really great folks, real folks with sincere, kind, and loving hearts (i.e. my kind of folks).  That description could also apply to you for sure.  Now that is a compliment and I want you to take it as that.  You guys are the best.  Except for one of you and you know who you are!  haha         

Somethings are soooo temporary in our lives but at the time, they are soooo unimportant and we don’t even know it.  I was talking to my neighbor about her grown boys who were football players in hs.  She said--Once they got out of hs, they had no interest in football even though they were good football players.  They were done! They went along with their life and dropped football cold turkey.  I guess they had more important things to do or think about.  I find that very interesting.  You can read into that experience anything you want. I'm quite sure your opinion will be accurate! Soooo folks, why are we soooo interested in certain things at certain times in our lives but later on they don’t seem very important? Someone maybe tell us they are important, and we believed them.  At least it was their opinion which became our opinion.

ItchieBitchie, who might have been hoodwinked, says--I’m quite sure that I think I like it but I’m quite sure my brain doesn’t seem toooooo! Sooo who do I believe, myself or my brain? And remember about 98.3% of what you think is opinion.  GeorgeTheCrook says--Soooo in reality most of what we say or think isn’t very accurate.  Who what me!  BigMouthJoeWithAllTheAnswers, which 97.5% of all he says is not believed, says--That is unimaginable; I know everything and if you don’t think soooo just ask me!  Soooo 99.3% of this “It’s Saturday” was opinion.  Sooooo don’t believe somewhere about half of what was written and the other 47.2% is very questionable. Just believe the parts that were true if there are any! TomSmart says—You are going to believe whatever side of your decision you feed the most!  It’s CS (i.e. common sense)! But remember folks, there is a price tag to everything!  AuntSylvia says--Well, whoopty doo!

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-: 

erv

MyFriendJean said--Don't save so much for the rainy days that you can't enjoy the sunny ones. 

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Tip from DutchmanBill of NW Iowa--If you leave a real dead crow lay out or a fake dead one, other crows won't come. Now I don't have crow problems but you might! Not all folks have the same problems you know!  Such is life.