Heads up! It’s like my mentor use to say—erv, it’s not as good as it looks and it’s not as bad as it looks. I suggest you think of that before you start watching the news, during you are watching the news and after you have watched the news. And my suggestion is that you apply that principle also in reading this “It’s Saturday.”
JoeKnowItAll, who is the leading professor at Nincompoop
University says—Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both
well.
I am misunderstood a lot and I’m sure that happens many
times in each “It’s Saturday.” Here are
a couple of examples: I sent a response of “?” to a text pic. The person thought it meant that I didn’t know what
the pic was about, and they returned a text explaining the pic to me, but I
meant, what is going to happen. The
other one was recently when we had a tread of text messages about playing
pickleball. I went to play but no one
was there. I texted a leader and he said
that we didn’t have enough, Tim couldn’t make it. I was not included in that different text
thread. I texted “the leader” back and
said—That explains it; I get confused easy (i.e. let him off the hook nicely
and trying to be humorous). I think that
he took it that I’m old and get confused easily and said “no problem” indicating
that he thinks I do get confused easily (i.e. maybe I do from his younger
perspective). In “Macbeth,” William
Shakespeare wrote, “If it were done when ‘tis done, then ‘twere well it were
done quickly.” I bet big money that that
verse has different interpretations by different folks here deep in Butler County,
especially the coffee drinkers in the shed up in ‘em ‘re hills.
I got this from a new reader that really made me smile—"From...........Just
a 85 year old new reader who grew up on a farm one-half mile North of Old
Roseland in New Roseland!” To get “This
Saturday,” you don’t have do anything—you mean I don’t have to do anything—yes,
you have to do nuttin like in zero—are you sure—you do nuttin—what’s the
catch—no catch, no fire drill!
LuckyEddie says—We usually don’t understand that do we. But remember, you get what you pay for, but
it does come with a money back guarantee! Not all of you might understand that! You get it!
GeorgeTheCrook says—Negativism is such a deterrent. For
sure! WorldClassLarry says—The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to
overlook. Now everyone has to understand
that don’t they? Yabut, now we have to
decide what we need to overlook! Got
this from a friend, who is amazing to me, thought you'd enjoy—"Test
positive for Faith, Keep your Distance from doubt, Isolate yourself from
Fear. Much better than what we've been hearing.” Another friend, who
is politically excited 24/7, tells me that his long-time friend watches the
news 24/7 (i.e. he never turns a certain TV news station off which happens to
be opposite of my friend’s opinions). He
just can’t get enough of it. You think
he is opinionated? You can bet your last dollar on that! Holy smokes! I think when both of them die,
their bodies won’t cool off for a week!
Watching the less number of folks walking when it is windy tells me that other folks also do not like strong winds. I like it when the winds are still and there
is silence, no wind. A friend was telling me that I am going to be one of his casket
bearers if I outlive him. I doubt if
that will happen (i.e. he has a huge, massive motor, is as tough as nails, and is
as strong as an ox). But by a long shot if that would happen, I told my friend--you better pick a day that it isn’t cold or with strong winds, you know I don’t
like cold weather and strong winds (i.e. he knows that as I have played a lot
of really fun golf with him and I always complain about the cold and a lot
about the strong winds). We had a good laugh.
MeanMax, who knows tomorrow why the things he predicted
yesterday didn’t happen today, said—"The world is upside down and
backwards. There are people hurting and looking for answers.” That statement
sure seems to be a deterrent to humans (i.e. overwhelming, crippling and
paralyzing for many and for others not soooo much). Has that feeling always been that way? Do you feel that way? How has this feeling
affected you? My mentor use to say to me—erv, half the people really don’t care
about you and the other half are too worried about themselves to really care
about you!
Text from Jessica, our daughter-in-law,--Interesting new
work from home / online school highlight happened today. Henry (i.e. who is our 7-year old grandson who I call Rookie) appeared on the stairs whispering
"emergency!" while I was on a client call. I asked to pause and mute
my line for a moment. Henry explained he had clogged the upstairs toilet and
the water was rising. I asked my colleagues and clients to carry on for a
couple minutes while I went to plunge the toilet and Clorox wipe the floor. Rejoined
the meeting and carried on.
A friend was telling us at their Thanksgiving dinner that
they hosted—Our 8-year old granddaughter usually facetimes with me every day
and sometimes multiple times. When I had
the Covid-19 virus, she asked me during one of those FaceTimes how I was
feeling, and I told her I didn’t feel very well. She then asked—Grandma, do you have a will?
A super senor was telling me that she does her devotions
every morning. It’s part of her daily
routine that she enjoys. She went on to
say that she didn’t always do devotions.
Her sister and her decided when young to go to church; there family
never had anything to do with anything related to God. Sooooo why did you decide to go to church
then? Well, we noticed that other
friends’ family seemed happier than ours and wondered if church/God was
it. We went to many different
churches. My sister liked the Episcopalian
and Catholic the best; I didn’t. Soooo
we compromised and went to a Lutheran church.
We went there for some time but then we quit. Why did you quit? It seemed after a while no one really cared
about us anymore. We felt it was because we were not big financial givers. Soooo we quit; we didn’t like the
feeling. Sooooo there is one deterrent
as to why some folks don’t go to “some” churches. Everyone likes to be cared about and accepted. Da!
I
was going on my jog the other day and ran into my neighbor. She told me she loves
to walk (i.e. I see her doing it a lot).
She said it is really good for her mind; I agreed that it does good for
me toooo. Some of you won’t understand
this and others will. ANYWAY, I read
this--“The researchers concluded that the sweet spot for physical activity and
longevity seemed to arrive at about 35 minutes a day of brisk walking or other
moderate activities, an amount that led to the greatest statistical improvement
in life span, no matter how many hours someone sat.” You and I have a choice to
sit on the couch and eat chips or exercise.
Our daughter, Heather, was discussing with me recently that she is waffling about if and how our family should get to gather for Christmas! It seems to be a dilemma. Dr. Fauci (i.e. or as some call him, the Dr. Hoochie Coochie) says we should stay home but our emotions say we want to get to gather. This virus is a deterrent for many family-get-to-gathers and many family activities. Well deck the halls!
I must like my new slippers I got from the kids for my birthday (i.e. the kind with the wool inside to keep my feet warm during the IA winter). I went to Cedar Falls late afternoon a couple of days ago to do some errands. I looked down and still had them on. Or it was because of another birthday! "Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"
Was facetiming with the Mellema family. Charlie said something and I said—I got
it. 7-year old Rookie said—No, grandpa,
you didn’t get it! Sooo there you go
folks! I have to admit some of the stuff our grandkids say I don’t get! I have no idea what they are talking about!
But then again, there is much that I talk about that they don’t get either. Such is life.
Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other friends. (-:
erv
MyFriendJean said—The best remedy for a short temper is a
long walk.
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