BACK TO OUR HOUSE ON OTTOBINE ROAD....
CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY....
"We're getting awful close to OUR HOUSE ON OTTOBINE ROAD....
And after the straight-a-way a park, not then but now, just off the curve and dip
to the left and up and a slight curve to the right and up and then leveling out.
Farmers fields to the right and left, and lot of new homes, not then but now to
the right. The Shank house to the left and guess what? Our house next to the
left. Father turns left into the gravel drive just a half stone's throw from west of
our house. I don't remember where Father parked the car. It might have parked
in the building in the back. It was certainly big enough as I remember. Maybe
about 3 times bigger than our little one-story house that was about 100 feet from
the big building which was south of the house. Father used the building mostly for
planing, sawing and preparing lumber for use in his construction business for
the next day or so and I was required to help him. After all, I was the oldest kid.
I don't remember liking it, but it was one of my chores just the same....
TO BE CONTINUED....
WORLD
*I receive this email yesterday from postcrossing.com:
Good news, Forrest!
Your postcard US-4298628 to __________in Belarus has arrived! It reached its
destination in 38 days after traveling 4,714 miles!
__________wrote you a message:
“Wow, Man! Thank you for an awesome mail! May Luck bless you and your
nearest and dearest.
Do not reply to this email! To reply go to __________ 's profile.
Now YOU will receive a postcard from another random member... keep an eye
on your mailbox!
I received another email just this morning:
Good news, Forrest!
Your postcard US-4338070 to __________ in the United Kingdom has arrived! It
reached its destination in 16 days after traveling 3,555 miles!
__________ wrote you a message:
“Thanks for the lovely cardinal card and the great stamp. Also for the cent and
dime. All the best from __________ in Glasgow who is listening to Let Me Grow Old
With You by Tom McRae & The Standing Band while waiting for his curry dinner.”
Do not reply to this email! To reply go to __________ 's profile.
Now YOU will receive a postcard from another random member... keep an eye
on your mailbox!
Note: both of the above postcards have been uploaded to Facebook.
*The French presidential election to me seems almost like a soap opera. You
already know that the US and Russia (Putin) are on the opposite sides of the fence in
Syria. Russia fighting the rebels with Assad and the US fighting with the rebels
against Assad. Since President Obama refuses to side with Russia, Putin is courting
both Presidential-elect Donald Trump and former French Prime Minister Francois
Fillon who is a candidate in the 2017 French presidential election and who advocates
the lifting of sanctions placed on Russia because of their attempt to take back part of
the Ukraine.
French presidential election, 2017
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'The first round of the 2017 French presidential election will be held on 23
April 2017. Should no candidate win an outright majority, a run-off between
the top two will be held on 7 May 2017.
Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party is eligible to run
for a second term. However, the Socialist Party will organise a presidential
primary in January 2017.
François Fillon and Alain Juppé are the two candidates who reached the
second round of The Republicans presidential primary. The winner of the
second round will be the nominee of The Republicans.
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Front, is the third
significant frontrunner in the presidential race."
To futher complicate everything in the French presidential race, the
candidates refuse to denonunce Islamophobia or Muslimophobia which means
to fear, prejudice, hatred or dislike directed against Islam or Muslims,
or towards Islamic.
What did we talk about the other day? Yes, you right. There are good Muslims
and bad Muslims just like there are good Christians and bad Christians and good
Buddhists and bad Buddhists and so on and so on. Why fear, be prejudice against,
hate or dislike good Muslims? No, let's be like that against bad Muslims. And we
know who they are don't we? Yes. (Note: I got this exactly arse-backwards
several days ago in a story. The Shias are the good Muslims and the Sunnis are the
bad Muslims. I know you're perfect but I ain't. Give me a break).
So, fear, be prejudice against, hate or dislike the Sunnis, France and everyone else,
and not our Muslim friends, the Shias.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
"ISIS believes that the Shias are apostates (a person who renounces a religious or
political belief or principle).
synonyms: dissenter, defector, deserter, traitor, backslider, turncoat; and must
die in order to forge a pure form of Islam. The two main branches of Islam
diverge in their beliefs over who is the true inheritor of the mantle of the Prophet
Muhammad. The Shias believe that Islam was transmitted through the household
of the Prophet Muhammad. Sunnis believe that it comes down through followers
of the Prophet Muhammad who, they say, are his chosen people."
MY OPINION
I guess you're wondering why I've been talking so much about the Muslims.
I am not a Muslim, I am a Christian.
I believe that the more you know about your enemies (Islamic State and Iran as
examples) the more advantage you have in defeating them.
QUOTE (S) FOR THIS POST
"If the Gods intended for us to stand why do we choose to sit?"
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 67,900,000 results (1.40 seconds)
No results found for "If the Gods intended for us to stand why do we choose
to sit?"
HEALTH
If you are observant of human behavior you will see that when most people
enter a room that will immediately look for a place to sit and they usually
try to find the closes seat.
Why? Don't we respect our descendants. Homo erectus is widely regarded as an
ancestor of Homo sapiens. So, they did live about 100,000 years ago and they had
a smaller brain. I know a lot of people with smaller brains because of the way
they act. Homo erectus means sit straight up or stand up. Most people who
sit don't sit straight up. They slouch.
I've been standing almost all my life. I stand to eat, talk to people, and mostly
everything else. I'm standing right now typing on my computer which is on top
of my dresser.
Except to poop. When I was in the military I stood to pooped in the woods a few
times and I could probably just go out and poop in the yard. It would be a good
fertilizer for the plants and the grass. But I hadn't thought about it until now.
And while we're on the subject of pooping, I need to tell you another thing. I
discovered a few days ago that I could wipe my butt much better with my left
arm and hand and I'm right-handed. It took me over 74 years to figure that out.
In reality, I guess I'm one of those people with a smaller brain.
QUOTE (S) FOR THIS POST
"If you want to do some wrestling, fist fighting or like car accidents, participate in
the day they call Black Friday."
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 104,000 results (1.26 seconds)
No results found for "If you want to do some wrestling, fist fighting or like car
accidents, participate in the day they call Black Friday."
SPORTS
Black Friday
I placed Black Friday under SPORTS because it is a sporting event. It requires
a lot of athleticism to wrestle and fight everyone else for advertised store
specials before they run out and are gone forever. And you and I both know
that stores advertised specials just to get you in their store and you'll end up
buying a lot of other things that you thought you didn't need.
Since 1932, it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping
season in the U.S. The name was first recorded in 1966 and is always the day
after Thanksgiving Day. Canada and the US participate other countries
throughout the world are beginning to observe a day like Black Friday.
It was named Black Friday because of car accidents that Black Friday caused
and because of conflicts and some violence when shoppers fought for limited
store specials.
www.thebalance.com
By Kimberly Amadeo
November 24, 2016
Statistics provided by the above although I have rounded off the numbers.
Black Friday:
1. Thirty five percent (35%) will shop on Thanksgiving Day. US population is
around 320,000,000 so that means that 10,500,000 will shop on this day.
2. One hundred and thirty five million (135,000,000) will shop on the 3-day
Black Friday weekend and will spend about $300 per person.
3. From Black Friday until Christmas merchants will realize 30% of their annual
sales.
4. Shoppers have lowered their credit card debt and are now using their debit
cards (42%), cash (24%), check (2%) and the lowered their credit card percentage
to 32%.
MY OPINION
I'm planning to go shopping the last day of Black Friday. Sunday. But I'm refusing
to call it Black Friday. I'm using cash and I'm calling it Green Friday because
that is the color of my money.
QUOTE (S) FOR THIS POST
"To computer nerds a snippet is a piece of code, but to me it's just a brief extract."
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 129,000 results (1.22 seconds)
No results found for "To computer nerds a snippet is a piece of code, but to me
it's just a brief extract."
THE US PRESIDENT ELECT
*Trump chooses another billionaire. Wilbur Ross is the President-elect's
pick for Secretary of Commerce.
*New Jersey Governor Chris Christy is being consider for Secretary of
Homeland Security and Secretary of Energy.
*Dr. Ben Carson is still undecided about whether he can help the new
administration better inside or outside of the new government. He has considered
heading the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
*A Mexican cement maker has offered to help the President-elect build the
border wall. Enrique Escalante, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Cementos de
Chihuahua (GCC) said that we are neighbors and I need to work with those
on both sides of the border.
*There seems to be some inside haggling over the appointment of Mitt
Romney as Secretary of State. New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former
House Speaker Newt Gingrich and others want the Presidential-elect to keep
searching for candidates. We'll see what happens.
MY OPINION
The President-elect is choosing very wealthy people for his cabinet, I expect,
so they can spend full time working for the American people and not seeking, like
other elected or appointed leaders, to spend time becoming wealthy.
The only non-billionaire so far is the 116th South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley,
who Trump picked for US ambassador to the United Nations.
QUOTE (S) FOR THIS POST
"Instead of barefoot and pregnant, I just barefoot and free."
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 255,000,000 results (1.08 seconds)
No results found for "Instead of barefoot and pregnant, I just barefoot and free. "
WEATHER
Weather for Smithville, Ohio
Today CLOUDY 41° 32°
Sat CLOUDY 42° 31°
Sun SUNNY 49° 30°
Mon CLOUDY 48° 40°
The Weather Channel - Weather Underground - AccuWeather
Yesterday was a good for just walking around the yard a looking at the flower
beds. So, that's what I did for a while. Barefoot and in shorts. I have not changed
into long pants or socks and shoes yet. It has not got cold enough. I enjoy the
freedom of no long pants and shoes just like when I was a kid. It was about 28°
the other day when I was bringing that load of dirt up from the back southwest
corner. No socks or shoes and only shorts. If you keep all your body parts moving
you don't get cold. Try it.
Out the garage (3:05 AM 11/25/2016 EDT) to make my 1st pot of coffee.
About 39° and no rain, no wind.
Out to the garage (4:49 AM 11/25/2016 EDT) again for my 2nd pot of coffee and
my breakfast fish sandwich of the morning. Double-layer wild caught King Oscar.
Oh, what a delight. Weather is much the same except for a slight wind from the
west for a guesstimated wind chill of 38°.
Talking about food, I almost forgot to tell you something. We had a baked stuffed
chicken, sweet potatoes, mixed fruit and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner.
I ate too much and later after lying on my bed to sleep, I set up and puked out
a small portion of the dinner. It looks like with all my years of life I would have
learned not to overeat by now, but my will power is still not exactly perfect. I
usually go outdoors to puke, (my thought here is that anything grown in the earth
should be returned to the earth), but I don't believe I would have made it out the
door. So, this very minute, I'm washing, now drying: my clothes, pillow case
and comforter that I puked on last night.
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CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY....
"We're getting awful close to OUR HOUSE ON OTTOBINE ROAD....
And after the straight-a-way a park, not then but now, just off the curve and dip
to the left and up and a slight curve to the right and up and then leveling out.
Farmers fields to the right and left, and lot of new homes, not then but now to
the right. The Shank house to the left and guess what? Our house next to the
left. Father turns left into the gravel drive just a half stone's throw from west of
our house. I don't remember where Father parked the car. It might have parked
in the building in the back. It was certainly big enough as I remember. Maybe
about 3 times bigger than our little one-story house that was about 100 feet from
the big building which was south of the house. Father used the building mostly for
planing, sawing and preparing lumber for use in his construction business for
the next day or so and I was required to help him. After all, I was the oldest kid.
I don't remember liking it, but it was one of my chores just the same....
TO BE CONTINUED....
WORLD
*I receive this email yesterday from postcrossing.com:
Good news, Forrest!
Your postcard US-4298628 to __________in Belarus has arrived! It reached its
destination in 38 days after traveling 4,714 miles!
__________wrote you a message:
“Wow, Man! Thank you for an awesome mail! May Luck bless you and your
nearest and dearest.
Do not reply to this email! To reply go to __________ 's profile.
Now YOU will receive a postcard from another random member... keep an eye
on your mailbox!
I received another email just this morning:
Good news, Forrest!
Your postcard US-4338070 to __________ in the United Kingdom has arrived! It
reached its destination in 16 days after traveling 3,555 miles!
__________ wrote you a message:
“Thanks for the lovely cardinal card and the great stamp. Also for the cent and
dime. All the best from __________ in Glasgow who is listening to Let Me Grow Old
With You by Tom McRae & The Standing Band while waiting for his curry dinner.”
Do not reply to this email! To reply go to __________ 's profile.
Now YOU will receive a postcard from another random member... keep an eye
on your mailbox!
Note: both of the above postcards have been uploaded to Facebook.
*The French presidential election to me seems almost like a soap opera. You
already know that the US and Russia (Putin) are on the opposite sides of the fence in
Syria. Russia fighting the rebels with Assad and the US fighting with the rebels
against Assad. Since President Obama refuses to side with Russia, Putin is courting
both Presidential-elect Donald Trump and former French Prime Minister Francois
Fillon who is a candidate in the 2017 French presidential election and who advocates
the lifting of sanctions placed on Russia because of their attempt to take back part of
the Ukraine.
French presidential election, 2017
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'The first round of the 2017 French presidential election will be held on 23
April 2017. Should no candidate win an outright majority, a run-off between
the top two will be held on 7 May 2017.
Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party is eligible to run
for a second term. However, the Socialist Party will organise a presidential
primary in January 2017.
François Fillon and Alain Juppé are the two candidates who reached the
second round of The Republicans presidential primary. The winner of the
second round will be the nominee of The Republicans.
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Front, is the third
significant frontrunner in the presidential race."
To futher complicate everything in the French presidential race, the
candidates refuse to denonunce Islamophobia or Muslimophobia which means
to fear, prejudice, hatred or dislike directed against Islam or Muslims,
or towards Islamic.
What did we talk about the other day? Yes, you right. There are good Muslims
and bad Muslims just like there are good Christians and bad Christians and good
Buddhists and bad Buddhists and so on and so on. Why fear, be prejudice against,
hate or dislike good Muslims? No, let's be like that against bad Muslims. And we
know who they are don't we? Yes. (Note: I got this exactly arse-backwards
several days ago in a story. The Shias are the good Muslims and the Sunnis are the
bad Muslims. I know you're perfect but I ain't. Give me a break).
So, fear, be prejudice against, hate or dislike the Sunnis, France and everyone else,
and not our Muslim friends, the Shias.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
"ISIS believes that the Shias are apostates (a person who renounces a religious or
political belief or principle).
synonyms: dissenter, defector, deserter, traitor, backslider, turncoat; and must
die in order to forge a pure form of Islam. The two main branches of Islam
diverge in their beliefs over who is the true inheritor of the mantle of the Prophet
Muhammad. The Shias believe that Islam was transmitted through the household
of the Prophet Muhammad. Sunnis believe that it comes down through followers
of the Prophet Muhammad who, they say, are his chosen people."
MY OPINION
I guess you're wondering why I've been talking so much about the Muslims.
I am not a Muslim, I am a Christian.
I believe that the more you know about your enemies (Islamic State and Iran as
examples) the more advantage you have in defeating them.
QUOTE (S) FOR THIS POST
"If the Gods intended for us to stand why do we choose to sit?"
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 67,900,000 results (1.40 seconds)
No results found for "If the Gods intended for us to stand why do we choose
to sit?"
HEALTH
If you are observant of human behavior you will see that when most people
enter a room that will immediately look for a place to sit and they usually
try to find the closes seat.
Why? Don't we respect our descendants. Homo erectus is widely regarded as an
ancestor of Homo sapiens. So, they did live about 100,000 years ago and they had
a smaller brain. I know a lot of people with smaller brains because of the way
they act. Homo erectus means sit straight up or stand up. Most people who
sit don't sit straight up. They slouch.
I've been standing almost all my life. I stand to eat, talk to people, and mostly
everything else. I'm standing right now typing on my computer which is on top
of my dresser.
Except to poop. When I was in the military I stood to pooped in the woods a few
times and I could probably just go out and poop in the yard. It would be a good
fertilizer for the plants and the grass. But I hadn't thought about it until now.
And while we're on the subject of pooping, I need to tell you another thing. I
discovered a few days ago that I could wipe my butt much better with my left
arm and hand and I'm right-handed. It took me over 74 years to figure that out.
In reality, I guess I'm one of those people with a smaller brain.
QUOTE (S) FOR THIS POST
"If you want to do some wrestling, fist fighting or like car accidents, participate in
the day they call Black Friday."
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 104,000 results (1.26 seconds)
No results found for "If you want to do some wrestling, fist fighting or like car
accidents, participate in the day they call Black Friday."
SPORTS
Black Friday
I placed Black Friday under SPORTS because it is a sporting event. It requires
a lot of athleticism to wrestle and fight everyone else for advertised store
specials before they run out and are gone forever. And you and I both know
that stores advertised specials just to get you in their store and you'll end up
buying a lot of other things that you thought you didn't need.
Since 1932, it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping
season in the U.S. The name was first recorded in 1966 and is always the day
after Thanksgiving Day. Canada and the US participate other countries
throughout the world are beginning to observe a day like Black Friday.
It was named Black Friday because of car accidents that Black Friday caused
and because of conflicts and some violence when shoppers fought for limited
store specials.
www.thebalance.com
By Kimberly Amadeo
November 24, 2016
Statistics provided by the above although I have rounded off the numbers.
Black Friday:
1. Thirty five percent (35%) will shop on Thanksgiving Day. US population is
around 320,000,000 so that means that 10,500,000 will shop on this day.
2. One hundred and thirty five million (135,000,000) will shop on the 3-day
Black Friday weekend and will spend about $300 per person.
3. From Black Friday until Christmas merchants will realize 30% of their annual
sales.
4. Shoppers have lowered their credit card debt and are now using their debit
cards (42%), cash (24%), check (2%) and the lowered their credit card percentage
to 32%.
MY OPINION
I'm planning to go shopping the last day of Black Friday. Sunday. But I'm refusing
to call it Black Friday. I'm using cash and I'm calling it Green Friday because
that is the color of my money.
QUOTE (S) FOR THIS POST
"To computer nerds a snippet is a piece of code, but to me it's just a brief extract."
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 129,000 results (1.22 seconds)
No results found for "To computer nerds a snippet is a piece of code, but to me
it's just a brief extract."
THE US PRESIDENT ELECT
*Trump chooses another billionaire. Wilbur Ross is the President-elect's
pick for Secretary of Commerce.
*New Jersey Governor Chris Christy is being consider for Secretary of
Homeland Security and Secretary of Energy.
*Dr. Ben Carson is still undecided about whether he can help the new
administration better inside or outside of the new government. He has considered
heading the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
*A Mexican cement maker has offered to help the President-elect build the
border wall. Enrique Escalante, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Cementos de
Chihuahua (GCC) said that we are neighbors and I need to work with those
on both sides of the border.
*There seems to be some inside haggling over the appointment of Mitt
Romney as Secretary of State. New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former
House Speaker Newt Gingrich and others want the Presidential-elect to keep
searching for candidates. We'll see what happens.
MY OPINION
The President-elect is choosing very wealthy people for his cabinet, I expect,
so they can spend full time working for the American people and not seeking, like
other elected or appointed leaders, to spend time becoming wealthy.
The only non-billionaire so far is the 116th South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley,
who Trump picked for US ambassador to the United Nations.
QUOTE (S) FOR THIS POST
"Instead of barefoot and pregnant, I just barefoot and free."
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 255,000,000 results (1.08 seconds)
No results found for "Instead of barefoot and pregnant, I just barefoot and free. "
WEATHER
Weather for Smithville, Ohio
Today CLOUDY 41° 32°
Sat CLOUDY 42° 31°
Sun SUNNY 49° 30°
Mon CLOUDY 48° 40°
The Weather Channel - Weather Underground - AccuWeather
Yesterday was a good for just walking around the yard a looking at the flower
beds. So, that's what I did for a while. Barefoot and in shorts. I have not changed
into long pants or socks and shoes yet. It has not got cold enough. I enjoy the
freedom of no long pants and shoes just like when I was a kid. It was about 28°
the other day when I was bringing that load of dirt up from the back southwest
corner. No socks or shoes and only shorts. If you keep all your body parts moving
you don't get cold. Try it.
Out the garage (3:05 AM 11/25/2016 EDT) to make my 1st pot of coffee.
About 39° and no rain, no wind.
Out to the garage (4:49 AM 11/25/2016 EDT) again for my 2nd pot of coffee and
my breakfast fish sandwich of the morning. Double-layer wild caught King Oscar.
Oh, what a delight. Weather is much the same except for a slight wind from the
west for a guesstimated wind chill of 38°.
Talking about food, I almost forgot to tell you something. We had a baked stuffed
chicken, sweet potatoes, mixed fruit and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner.
I ate too much and later after lying on my bed to sleep, I set up and puked out
a small portion of the dinner. It looks like with all my years of life I would have
learned not to overeat by now, but my will power is still not exactly perfect. I
usually go outdoors to puke, (my thought here is that anything grown in the earth
should be returned to the earth), but I don't believe I would have made it out the
door. So, this very minute, I'm washing, now drying: my clothes, pillow case
and comforter that I puked on last night.
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