un momento!

Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity confuses almost everyone. However, he did try to explain it in layman terms thus: “When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute.  But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute—and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity.”  Un momento folks, it’s realativity that I can confuse some of you but flip the pancake, it’s also realativity that some of you also can confuse me.  Yes sir baby and I don’t mean maybe!

I read this in a book—one person’s opinion.  BUT I think he is referring to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.  I think.  It’s all confusing to me.  Way over my head.

A friend really confused me the other morning at breakfast.  I don’t think he meant toooo but did.  BUT, I’m easily confused soooo it doesn’t take much.  We talked about our opinions of the coronavirus.  We both had our opinions, some the same and some different.  How many opinions do you think there are?  What I learned is how different folks think (i.e. there seems to be paranoid folks on both sides of the fence).  Probably tooooo some degree, it depends how it affects us personally.  Also, for sure, how we are programmed by our past environment and our current environment.  Some folks seem to be crazy from our perspective—folks who are from either side of the fence--their perspective.  Sooooo many different opinions.  Some pretty crazy (i.e. my opinion). Very confusing to me.  No question.  As a song says—The world is funny and people are strange!  GeorgeTheCrook says—Talking about the virus is almost as bad as talking about religion, money or politics.

TomSmart, who smiles through his gritted teeth, asks--May I interject something here?  I know a lot and want to tell you how you should act but I don’t act that way because I’m toooo important. MyKidSister says--"I would rather see a sermon any day, than hear one."  AverageJoe says—Un momento, actions speak louder than words; words really sometimes don't mean much; sometimes they just make the person feel good who is saying them (i.e. puffs their egos)—my opinion. 

I enjoy the Socratic method of teaching and conversation.  It is used a lot in education of lawyers I have been told.  Socrates seems to get the credit for starting this method but I think God should get the credit.  You remember the story of Job and particularly the conversation he had with God?  It goes like this sorta kinda told in erv’s language—Job questions God, like do you, God, know what you are doing.  God then questions Job like, un momento, where were you, Job, when I made this earth and everything in it.  Job was very humbled and then understood that he didn’t know much (i.e. felt very small). There are some folks who are pretty full of themselves (i.e. like all of us at times). I think we can be pretty cocky at times like we think we know all the answers.  LuckyEddie says--You know my brother-in-law Ned?  If you don’t, you are lucky; he’s the champion of thinking he knows everything! Oh ya let me tell ya! 

Recently I was on my way to meet a friend for breakfast and was following a gal in a $50,000 sports car.  She tried to pull into the drive-thru line of Starbucks.  The line was long and stretched into the street.  There was another gal in her $75,000 heavy-duty- all-chromed-out 4-wheel drive pickup also trying to get in line from the other direction.  There was some horn honking and then some nudging forward when all of a sudden the gal in the $75,000 heavy-duty-all chromed- out 4-wheel drive pickup squealed the tires and almost ran into the gal in her $50,000 sports car (i.e. a real babe-battle).  Un momento! This is just over one babe getting her $5 cup of coffee with 560 calories 3 minutes faster than the other babe!  This is a first world problem alright! What a hoot!  I had such a good laugh! Soooo do you think these gals had toooo much confidence or very little confidence? That is what I thought. 

A friend at breakfast recently educated me (i.e. his opinion) about several things.  Here is one. He told me that folks who use Facebook are folks from all different backgrounds.  The backgrounds we mainly talked about was their financial and educational and social backgrounds.  He thinks that folks from all backgrounds use Facebook but some folks from certain backgrounds seem to use it more than others.  I found that interesting.  He is a big Facebook person (i.e. has a huge massive number of friends).  He accepts almost anyone’s request as he doesn’t want to hurt any one’s feelings and besides, it’s good for his business.  Sooo what is your thinking as to the profile of the major users of Facebook?

I talked to a friend who manages a sorta kinda a truck stop, car stop with all the trinkets and a fast food restaurant also (i.e. a pretty nice place).  They do the works.  ANYWAY, I asked him if it is hard to get good employees—not really—I have had very good success with high school age kids and college age kids; probably some of my better employees.  He asks them if they have any friends who would like to work here (i.e. birds of a feather flock together).  Also, they help him screen other folks their age (i.e. they don’t enjoy working with poor employees either).  He also thinks that some managers are better in handling employees than others.  He said that younger folks are more positive as they know that this is just a temporary job while middle aged folks might feel maybe bitter as they feel that they are stuck.  Now that could be.  I don’t know but it could be.

I have a friend who can’t get his breath to do anything physical.  The doctors say he has blockage.  Has had it 2010, 2014 and now again plus 2 heart attacks.  He said he can still drive and can eat like a horse but can’t feed his horses. Sooooo we did breakfast a while back (i.e. he ate like a horse).  ANYWAY, he’s a developer and house builder who closed on a house Friday.  He did a walk through and discovered that a faucet was missing.  Soooo he hired a plumber to put in a facet he had purchased at Menards (i.e. plumbers like to install their own products).  The plumber said that there was water in the faucet and it probably won’t work.  My friend said—Put it in as he thought he was playing games with him (i.e. didn’t believe him).  Soooo they did the final walk thought with the new buyers and the faucet didn’t work.  He took it off himself and took it to Menards to exchange—out of stock—drove 1.5 hours to the nearest Menards which had one in stock—was checking out and it was over 90 days soooo they wouldn’t exchange it!  I laughed really hard.  I told him it takes a good guy to tell that story about himself.  Soooooo I told him that I am concerned about him and I really care about him.  I asked him if he is scared about dying—no, I’m not; I will be alright if I don’t do anything stupid and I won’t.  Un momento! What my friend, you just told me the stupidest thing you did to save $10.  We laughed really hard. He expressed how important our friendship is—when we talked about serious stuff other than faucets, the feelings and emotions really changed. Maybe all of us should count time by heart-throbs.    One of their daughters is a medical doctor who is an expert in palliative care (i.e. speaks all over the world).  My friend told me that she says—Death is a natural part of the process of life. Oh, my friend said—If I decide to have a funeral, I will have it in my will that it will be invite only! He didn’t tell me if I’m on his list!

Coach says—"People say all the time—It runs in my family.  Yes, some diseases do run through our genetics. No question but most things run with the family.  Many things don’t run in the family ‘cause the family doesn’t run.  That can go with habits, lifestyles, diet, attitude, work ethic, kindness, faith, negativity, etc.  And exercise is the #1 activity we have to control our health.”  You get it. Look around folks, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out.  My friend with the heart issue told me that he could really help himself if he would lose some weight—you going to do it—probably not.  Huh, interesting. I have an acquaintance who I really like.  She is maybe about 20 with a pleasant, kind, caring personality it appears.  She has told me some stuff about herself and her family.  The other day I saw her again and we conversed.  I asked her if she is still living with her boyfriend—yes, but some days I get soooo mad at him that I would like to punch him in the face—being bold, I said to her, maybe you should consider ending your relationship as it will not get better but only worse. Un momento, it is really hard to change someone. She didn’t say anything to me (i.e. I think she already had that thought).  I would really not want her to start her life with something ugly (i.e. like being a single parent mom). A friend and I have talked many times that for a person to change, they have to have to really want tooooo and usually they have to have a faith in God experience; otherwise, it doesn’t happen very easily (i.e. our opinions).  It is what it is.

I read this in a book that really made me laugh! Wife hunting

 Un momento!  I read this in the paper soooo it must be right—"One of the common issues discussed among smart folks is what’s known as impostor syndrome. Folks who have attained the highest level in their fields nevertheless find themselves feeling inadequate, doubting their abilities, fearing that the world will one day realize that they are a fraud. Instead of resting in their hard-earned success, many live with a restlessness that won’t allow them peace.”  Soooo I assume that means that some folks think they are frauds and are faking it.  Myneighbordownthestreet says—What you think is what you’ll be!  ItchieBitchie, who uses zany mental gymnastics, says--Soooo probably if you think you are a fraud, you probably are a fraud even if others don’t know it (i.e. some probably do).  Abraham Lincoln said—You can fool all the people some of time, some of the people all the time but you can’t fool all the people all the time. Such is life.

Dr.J says--God’s worthiness grows with the realization of His impact in our life. Praise Him today for what He has done for you.

Un momento!  Don’t get on me toooo bad about this “It’s Saturday.”  JoeBlow says—What erv doesn’t know would make a library anybody would be proud of!  Now that sorta kinda sums it up.  Such is life.

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

erv

MyFreindJean says--Find little ways to make part of your day like a day off.