Hold the phone Chuck!

CadillacJack says—erv, I flippantly read what you write! In my head it’s like striking it out! Hold the phone Chuck!  I try but probably don’t succeed very well!  How about you? Does that ever happen to you? 

Well hold the phone, Chuck! Have you ever been around folks that say one thing but do another.  I mean they want to impress folks by saying something but are living their life just the opposite (e.g. when in business folks would say they wanted only to look at a ranch style house but ended up buying a tri-level)! Go figure!  Joesixpack says—Businesses, churches, parents, boy friends/girl friends, coaches, bosses, friends etc. seem to do that sometimes.  Soooo be careful what folks say; it isn’t what they always mean.

Arlene and I were invited to watch our Waukee grand kids do their trick and treating.  It was fun.  Had a great time.  When we got back to the house, I noticed that one treat was a full sized candy bar.  I guess probably the cheapest you can buy that bar for is maybe 85 cents.  There are a lot of kids in this neighborhood soooo let’s say 150 kids is about $125.  Hold the phone, Chuck! Why do you think that person(s) did that—what’s a $125 to this person, try to impress the neighbors, generous to kids and really enjoy it, want to be known as elite, wanted to be known as rich or…. I mentioned this to a friend and he said that when they were kids, there were folks that did the same.  I asked him why he thought they did that.  He said—Manly to be remembered as a nice person!  MissPerfect says--I do it soooo I don't get my pumpkins squashed; it's like paying the mafia for protection!

Our daughter-in-law travels some for business.  She was gone for three days recently and our son was sooooo glad to see her return.  He said—I have no idea how single parents do that every day 24/7/365.  He had to get them up real early one morning as he had an early morning commitment.  Rookie pouted and cried and said—I want my mommy!  Well, hold the phone Chuck.  About 25% of all children in America are in a single parent situation (i.e. blacks over 70%).  Interesting that all other industrialized countries are well below our percentage.  Why is that do you think?

I emailed a friend and said--I want to hear about you.  The response I got was--Hear about me or from me. Ha! Talk to others to hear about me. I'd be interested to hear what they say too. Well hold the phone Chuck!  Ya, it would be interesting what others say about us, wouldn't it? ItchieBitchie says--I don't know for sure if I want to know.  Does it really make any difference do you think? I have no idea.  What do you think? Is there a possibility that others have different thoughts about me than I do of myself?  Could be.  We will never know.  Like I said earlier, folks always don't say what they mean!  

A retired businessman told me that they were transferred to a city during his working years.  They went to a church of their denomination in a suburb.  It was a very wealthy, elite community.  The folks at church were very uplifting, happy, encouraging and friendly.  A great experience they had.  Hold the phone Chuck! They didn’t think they fitted as they thought they were way out of their league.  They went to another church in another suburb where all the folks had normal 2,500 sq. feet houses, the gals had a mini-van and the guys a late model SUV, a boat etc.  The folks in that church were not nice to them at all.  Not happy and not friendly.  I asked him why.  They were all grinding wannabees and miserable.  Hold the phone Chuck! It appears that they think--The hay is not yet in the barn! Saturday question--Is social media real life?

SusieQ says--I want my mommy a.k.a the government.  Focus groups say the candidate that can buy the most votes  a.k.a promise the majority of folks what they want, will win (e.g. free education, free health care, forgiveness of college debt, higher wages). It’s just a bidding war for votes. It’s magic or Santa Claus it appears.  Really folks, it’s all about the money and how it affects folks personally.  GeorgeTheCrook says—We all can be seduced by filthy lucre!  My mentor would say—erv, we all have warts but maybe just hidden from the public.  He also told me this story several times—Pete asks Hilda to have sex with him for $100—what do you think I am—how about $200—I’m not that type of person—how about $500—money can’t seduce me—how about $10,000 for one roll in the hay—that will work—Now that we found out who you are, we just need to negotiate a price!  Bingo. ItchieBitchie says—Folks are funny about money; I mean crazy!  If you are a “Steinfield” fan, George epitomizes this.  He is cheap and picky unless it’s his idea.  LuckyEddie says—Whenever folks say, “It’s not the money, it’s the principle.” It’s usually the money!  Such is life. 

There is a lot of guess work in any decision but…! AverageJoe says—It’s a joke, just a big joke.  Joesixpack says—Hold the phone Chuck! We don’t seem to realize it but the joke might be on us!  Ouchy ouchy!  JoeHollywood says—In a democracy, the majority rules.  The eyes have it. 

A host of tangled reasons is why SweetAnnas are as they are.  Just a host of reasons.  It appears that sooooo many times we spend tooooo much time on the "supposedly super-heroes" but in reality the neatest folks are the Annas.  They don’t get much attention and don’t want any.  They are just SweetAnnas.  Sooooo hold the phone Chuck before you decide who is a great person in our world we live in.  In my opinion, my Mom, Anna, was a SweetAnna.  I am one lucky guy to have had her as my mom. I want my mommy!  Sooooo why was I soooo lucky?  I have no idea.  What do you think?

GolfBuddyJim (i.e. anybody can be a Jim) told us that they went and saw Mel Tillis show in Branson.  He told the story of when they had three young girls with the oldest, Pam, being four.  His wife made the three girls matching dresses.  They went to small Methodist church where they just got a new pastor.  During the service, the pastor asked Pam if she would like to sing as he heard she liked to do that.  Pam said yes and sang.  When she got done the pastor told her she did real well.  You have a pretty dress.  Did your mommy make that for you?  Yes and it’s a bitch to iron!  

The city hired a tree trimming company to trim our trees in our back yard to get the tree limbs away from the electrical lines.  They gave those trees a good hair cut alright.  AverageJoe says--Who would ever plant a pin oak soooo close to a electrical line anyway?  Hold the phone Chuck!  It was I, erv!  I never thought that little sapling I planted 40 years ago would get that big!.  Besides, I'm just a little old farm boy from a mile and fourth south of Roseland, MN. Ouchy ouchy!

A golf buddy/friend manages a business that does some retail sales.  An employee called him and told him that they caught a shoplifter red handed.  She, another employee, and a neutral customer saw a lady leave when a decoration fell out of her pocket.  All three of them saw it.  They reported it to the sheriff and had a report filled out.  The sheriff called the manager in the morning and asked if he wanted to press charges.  Hold the phone Chuck!   No he didn’t.  Sheriff asked why not?  I looked at the video from the surveillance camera in slow motion and actually what happened was that the gal had on a long scarf and as she was walking out, the scarf caught on the decoration on the table and sorta kinda carried it along until it dropped appearing if fell from her pocket.  Sooooo folks, if my golf buddy/friend would not have taken the time to study the video real close, she would have probably been found guilty of shoplifting!  Ouchy ouchy!  Three eye witnesses!  What!

If you are change-averse, you would like to live in Butler County (i.e. the county we live in).  Butler County is the least diverse county in Iowa and maybe the nation (i.e. very homogeneous).  Really!  There are 98.85% whites. CrazyMarvin says--Some maybe could even be inbreed.  Many think alike and don't like change (i.e. unless it will affect them financially). It's a Republican stronghold.  Hold the phone Chuck!  Joesixpack says--Many folks seem to like it that way!  Maybe sooo or maybe don't know any different!  http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2014/10/22/changing-face-butler-county/17702967/

But hold the phone Chuck. We had Stanley Steamer clean our carpet.  When I was paying them I asked if they ever have to deal with rude folks. They said--The folks in Waterloo are a 100 times ruder than folks in small town Butler County!  Huh, interesting.

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

erv

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