"No News is Good News"

          It snowed 10 inches where I live... I hate snow and if you remember correctly I'm not supposed to be here in Connecticut.. I won't dwell on that.. I paid someone to take the snow off my car and I moved it to a clean parking place.. I have actually been home for 3 days. That is the longest period of time ever.. I'm practicing for the future because I know it will happen some day.. My Mustang needs work and I am thinking about fixing that..  I love going to the store shopping for food but now all supermarkets deliver when you order on the internet.. Its like I know what will happen and I don't like it.. I said years ago that I like my freedom..I have been hanging around with people in my building that do what I do more or less.. Change is not a nice word but when you know the end is getting closer it you really think about it.. 

"Who Me?"

    I was in the Hospital for 3 days last week for something called a Duodenal Ulceration, Anemia and Acute Kidney Injury. I have no idea how or why this happened. They don't know ether. I haven't had a sick day in many years and then this happened. One day it was a normal day then for 3 days I had a never ending slight nagging pain in my stomach.. I finally called 911 and they took me to the Hospital in a Ambulance. Can you believe that? .. I haven't been to a Hospital in years and discovered that it was a good place to be for something like this.. Didn't have Surgery but they knocked me out and did a procedure by mouth.. I'm much better now just going for blood tests and Doctors visits.. I'm on a Medication that works taking the pain away and now I can sleep at night..   I will say the Hospital was a nice experience and the Nurses and Doctors were wonderful.. So young and smart and easy to talk to.. I felt like someone special.. One night a beautiful RN came and gave me a Melatonin so I could sleep at night because I mentioned that I take one before I go to bed.. I was quite impressed by that.. Now its Blood tests and Doctors visits.. Because of Covid the Doctor called me on the phone with instructions on different things. Blood test tomorrow and Doctors appointment Dec. 1st.    And on and on it goes .... Good luck out there and God Bless..

"Is This You?"

 

Took this a while ago.. Seen your pictures and I thought just maybe.. Interesting isn't it?

"Love"

                    

                          Love…  Sometimes I wonder what that emotion really is and what are “Mixed Emotions?“ I think I might have that. What is the difference between Love for family or Love for friends? Is that Love for a mate really Love or is it Lust? I realize today that I can say I love you to a person and mean it but not really like the person. Its hard to explain so I won’t even try. I will only say it has to do with humility, regret, resentment and sorrow. So far I’ve learned that there are many different kinds of love. How about the love for someone that hurt me in the past. Can I let the past go because of time and because I’ve grown and have learned a few life lessons? What I feel sometimes is the kind of love you feel when you “Half love” someone. If you can do such a thing? I describe it as a little stronger than like but not quite as much as really like. Its in between very few expectations and It doesn’t matter. As long as I don’t set myself up for a disaster. I realize I am treading in a very dangerous place. Why would I do that, you may ask? I guess its because I can and because you only live once. I always say I would never knowingly walk in a Mine field. Well, maybe if I’m really careful, just this once.

 

 

 

 

 

"War in the U.S."

           

                      Lets face it. Its like we are in sort of a war…All of us go around gleefully ignoring what is happening around us pretending that we are in a bubble. We go out each day never really knowing if you are going to come home safe. 10 or 15 years ago you would leave in morning saying, “See you tonight Hun” and never really think about it because it felt like it was going to happen. Hey, it was a sure thing. Now, in 2011 the chances of coming home are less than were 10 years ago. The store you go into might be the last store you ever stop in. The cars that crash on the highway are going so fast they disintegrate into unrecognizable pieces. The office or shop you work in could be the last place you ever go. Do you trust the person in the next room, the customer that just walked in, the guy that sits next to you. Everywhere you go you see strangers speaking a foreign language. I don’t understand what they are saying. Today I feel suspicious of the people around me. That, it can’t happen to me attitude isn't there anymore. Are they talking about me or planning something? A Congress woman was shot in the head and a Federal judge killed, plus others were killed in the melee yesterday. I’ve been on Twitter for the past few weeks reading and reporting on the insanity in this country by way of links and I’ll tell you its really bad out there. Its just not safe anymore. The anger is a silent and deadly. Its contagious and dangerous. You can actually see it and feel it. Anywhere you go, you don’t know if someone has a gun or a bomb. Remember a few years ago when a post office worker shot and killed his fellow workers. The phrase, ‘Dude, don’t go postal on me” was born. Well, its not funny anymore and its happening everywhere now. It could be the person standing next to you on the bus or in a subway or in a plane. It could be in that coffee shop or Super Market you go to in the morning. It doesn’t matter what State you are in its happening everywhere. It could be your neighbor. Its just not safe anymore. If it happens to you, maybe you will never know and probably won’t hear the shots. Although its safe to say it will be recorded and shown on the news or U Tube at a later date… Keith Olbermann is right, its domestic terrorism and its got to stop. I think its too late. Some really tough changes have to be made...

 

 

"Working at Bradley Airport"

 

The picture is of my truck parked at my house after a snowstorm.. I just got home after working all night plowing the runways..

Being retired for a while now I feel bad for the folks that have to work or go to school… I remember very well days when the airport would call. The lights would go out on a runway because of the rain. It usually meant that an electrical vault was flooded and filled with water and shorted out the circuits. Fun, fun, fun…..It didn’t take long for me long to fix that. It was that phone call at the early hour that was the pain…Today, I sort of wish I could go to the airport and make a runway check. That was the fun part of the job especially when it was busy. Between flights I would get clearance from the tower and make a run down the main runway to check the runway lights and pick up debris…Yes debris…Pieces of rubber from blown tires and a few times the baggage door that wasn’t closed properly and blew off. Bird parts….Poor birds that the plane hit. One time I picked up a tail cone from a United 720 that fell off because the tail hit the pavement when he landed with the nose too high. At times I would be half way down the 2 mile main runway and a 707 or 747 would be landing right behind me…As I was turning off the end to the taxi way at about a 100 miles an hour, I could the see people looking at me out the windows…Talk about good timing….One morning the alarm radio woke me with the news that a plane almost hit a maintenance vehicle that was on the runway…..Its feels uncomfortable when the news is about you….I had a great job and loved what I did…Thank you for your love and guidance Dad…..I was one of the electricians that put in those 3 lights on the top of the mountain at the approach of runway 15 at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut……

 

 

"Bird Nest"

 While walking in the woods today, guess what I found? It always makes me wonder how creative these little guys are.. To pick up every piece of grass and twigs to make a livable nest.. Its Amazing..

"No Going Back"

 

                                   I am glad I am the age that I am. I have heard others say that.. I think I mean I was born years ago when things were sort of new. I remember the clean air and you could drink water out of a brook and smell the spearmint growing near the water.. The silence was unbelievable. You could "Hear a pin drop" as my Mom used to say. Laying in a field of clean grass at night was like being at a planetarium. The milky way and the trillions of stars I will never forget. I could walk to school without fear of being mugged or shot. The neighborhood bully was another thing but my Dad taught me me how to fight and I taught the bully a lesson and he never bothered me again. Its funny no one called the police. We duked it out and it was over. At night I huddled near the radio to listen to The Green Hornet and The Shadow. Life was easy going and lazy. Mom was there when I got home from school and she made me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich out of fresh bread delivered to the door by the Wonder Bread man who lived on a street in the same town we lived. After I went out to the woods to play Army or Cowboys and really believed I was those those things. If I wasn't home at five I would received a lecture from my Dad on how we need to eat all together because it was easier on Mom to do the dishes all at once. I think there were other reasons but I never questioned my Dad. Not out of fear but out of respect. I was always home before or at five on the dot. Flash forward to today..... A woman running for president. It was unthinkable years ago. (Not that there is anything wrong with that). Every other person on the street is a from another country. The anger is at level I have never seen before. There is blood in the streets in all the city's. The news at eleven is murder, rape and animals being mutilated. Its a slow news day when there isn't someone shot in a school or a husband killing his wife and kids and then killing himself. Today, can you take a walk in your neighborhood? When is the last time you walked into gas station or a store and wondered if the cashier could speak English? So, all you people from where ever you are or where ever you came from God bless you! You can have this tired, old worn out country with all the roads, stores, people, pollution and crime. You will never know how it was. I lived the best years here. The time moved slow and there was real happiness not purchased instant gratification. So you can have it to ruin like the ruined country's you all came from. Can I still say that? I don't know. there was a time you could......

 The picture is of the Coffin Factory in Enfield Conn. On Google Earth its still there not in very good condition.. Hasn't been a Coffin Factory for years..  

 

 

"Memories of Cape Cod"

    Years ago a friend of mine let me borrow his cottage at Cape Cod. I took my little dog Albert and we got in my pick up and drove from Vernon Connecticut to Hyannis Mass. I wouldn't recognize it now.. The top picture is where we stayed and the second is Albert running on the beach.. Those are memories I will never forget.. One more memory is taking a shower outside at the back of this cottage after swimming at the ocean which was only a block away. Have you ever taken a shower outside? There is nothing like it..I still remember what it was like..

 

 

 

 

 

 

"On This Day in American History"

 On Aug. 18, 1992, basketball legend Larry Bird retires at the age of 35. The three-time NBA champion from French Lick, Indiana, excelled in college basketball. In 1978, he was the top draft pick of the Boston Celtics, where he became a 12-time all star known for his shooting, passing, rebounding and defensive skills. Shortly before his retirement, Bird won the Gold Medal as a part of the “Dream Team” during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He is widely considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

"Antique Shop"

35 years ago I had an Antique shop in this building.. Went by there today and thought of all those wonderful memories.. 

 

"The Beginning"

My story ... When I was a kid I took the Train to school from Windsor Locks Connecticut to a Hartford Connecticut Trade School where I became an Electrician working for 20 years for the State of Connecticut on Airport Runway lights.. While riding that train every morning during the school year, the engineer seen me standing there every day and asked me if I wanted to take ride to Hartford in the Diesel Engine... I've been hooked ever sense.. From the 16x16 Layouts with American Flyer Train sets (2 track) to riding my bike across railroad bridges to now only to watch and wish I was driving..   Thank you for your knowledge and new experiences...

"Lost in the Woodwork"

GOOGLE MESSED EVERY THING UP!!!!!! UPDATE..........................................Mary Kay Letourneau — the former Washington state teacher who became infamous for her sexual relationship with a 12-year-old student she later married — has died of colon cancer. She was 58. How many names do you remember.. “Or If you are famous, things people will remember you by in the future if you screw up”
                      Or “What people will think about when they hear your name.”
                      Or things a publicist will say they can repair but really can’t.

O.J. Simpson…Isn’t he the double murderer that played Football? Did he ever find the killer?
Bill Clinton…“I didn’t inhale.” or “I didn’t have sex with that woman.”
Michael Jackson…Wasn’t he the Pedophile drug addict that was a good dancer?
Robert Blake…..Blake, Who? Was he the one found not guilty of killing his wife. Did they ever find out who did?
Casey Anthony…..Wasn’t she the one that killed her daughter?
Pamela Anderson…Wasn’t she the one with the fake big boobs that did a porn movie on a boat?
Anthony Weiner…Who? Oh, that guy! Don’t need that visual…..
Tiger Woods…Who? Oh, he’s that black golfer guy who cheated on his hot blond wife….
Mary Kay Letourneau…Wasn’t she the cute teacher that had sex with that kid and married him when she got out of prison.
Plaxico Burress…Wasn’t he the football player that went jail after he shot himself in the leg?
Michael Vick…Wasn’t he the Dog Killer guy? I think he played football. I don’t know where…
Pee Wee Herman aka Paul Reubens…..Wasn’t he the guy that talked funny that got arrested for playing with himself in a porn movie theater a long time ago. (1991)
Rap singers….What is that?
Elvis…Wasn’t he a singer that died from taking too many pills.
Chaney Mason…He was a lawyer I think…Oh, Wasn’t he that lawyer guy that gave everyone the finger. I don’t know why?
                                                 ((((( His picture in on the bottom of the page.)))))
Rod Blagovitch….Him? Wasn’t he was just another corrupt Illinois Governor…I think he tried to sell a Senate seat to the highest bidder. He’s in prison isn’t he?
Roland Burris…Didn’t he buy a senate seat from a corrupt Governor? Didn’t last long in Washington, he came back to Illinois…Don’t know what happened to him…
Kate Gosselin….Who?
Arnold…You know, the Terminator guy. The one that married that rich lady….Wasn’t he having sex with his house keeper?
Paris Hilton… Didn’t she have a father that owned a hotel. She did a Porn movie. Didn't she get Arrested for drugs.
Lindsay Lohan…..Who? Wasn’t she an actress or something?
There are so many others that deserve this honor but have been forgotten or have been, as my Dad used to say, “Lost in the woodwork“….

"No Time To Care"

 

Would you believe I wrote this 10 years ago

Today it seems like we are at war with ourselves. Tea parties, riots, gunfire, hate. This is a normal day in the United States. Kind of sounds like Afghanistan or Iraq. We have crime as we have never seen it before. Home invasions, wife beatings and people killing people in the worst possible way because of the uncertainty of the future and very little or no trust in our church’s and our government. You can be sure of this… It will get worse. Its a fact that when people are insecure and don’t have a job and no money the crimes get more blatant and cruel. Greed and the decay of our morals is like in no other time and getting worse everyday. I can sense and feel the change, its shifting, its in the wind. There are too many people here and just not enough jobs to do. Ten million illegal Mexicans alone. Now they can’t even create things to do without tax dollars. We are in debt so far into the future there is no way out. Lately, I have been seeing more and more young American boys and girls working in the fast food restaurants. That’s a good thing but its not a career or something reliable. Its only a job. No one slows down because they can’t or they don’t know how. Young people today are not the same as you and me. Its like they are a different breed. They don’t know the peace and quiet of a world where there is no confusion or doubt. Everyone is geared for speed and no one has the time to care…We have exhausted all the solutions. They all have been tried and its out of control and its too late…The things I wrote about will come true. It will just take time. Thank God I won’t be here….

"Did you Know"

The bike trail runs under Route 84 in Rockville, Vernon and it continues to the Shoreline.. Look it up. When I was a kid I started at the Congamond Lakes in Southwick, MA and went as far as Simsbury Ct.. I finished the ride to the shoreline another time.. Pictures are self-explanatory.. Bike is gone now and I miss it so much this Summer.. Looking through my pictures the memories are so beautiful I have tears...Notice the stonework on the bridge in the second picture.. That is the lane towards Hartford..

"Only Today"

                         

Its one of those days that I sit here and look at the little blinking line on the word processor. Sometimes its a challenge to come up with something interesting to write about. Lets face it. By choice, I live a very, I’ll never say boring life. More like, “Laid back” are the right words. I could write about the past but nothing brilliant comes to mind…I could write about the future but lets face it, we really don’t know what’s going to happen in the next minute. Here's Proof read on...... I was thinking yesterday afternoon on the way home in the wind and rain that I was almost home safely. Wait, I thought, not really. I was 2 miles from home and approaching an intersection and I thought what if someone goes through the red light and broadsides my car? No, I made it through the light but did slow down and I looked both ways first. Then I thought, as I was driving by a convenience store. What if someone with a gun comes out shooting and inadvertently fires at my car as I’m driving by? No, that didn’t happen…..I then glanced in the rear view mirror and thought what if someone rear ended me in an out of control Toyota a 100 miles an hour. Nobody was behind me. A mile to go and I thought as I was driving down my tree lined street in the wind and rain, what if a tree limb broke on one of these huge trees and went through my windshield. Nope, not today….Now I’m a half mile from home and I thought what if someone is shooting at cars from one of these homes, because of anger “Sniper style” and randomly shoots at me? Didn’t happen….Wow, I was turning into my drive way safe at last but wait, what if there is a terrorist in my building with a bomb? Well, I won’t go into that……Laid back or boring? Life in this country is one day at a time. Are you in control of your life or is that Higher Power in the LJ question the other day sort of watching over things? I happen to think I wasn’t in control yesterday. I was 2 miles from home and well, you know what I mean………

"Home"

         

Not to long ago at one time I was a little kid.. We all were.. I miss back then.. I was small. Innocent….  Now, years later there is a feeling of loneliness and I miss things.. I miss the old town I lived in, the people, my friends. Lately I have discovered you can visit but you can never go back.. You can go back to the town but everything is changed. The buildings are gone. It seems like things changed over night. It even smells different… I’m at an age now where you start thinking about genes and health.. I’m so blessed when it comes to that.. It seems like yesterday that I was going to the Catholic school in my little town.. I remember that like it was yesterday…We try to hang on to what we can but it still changes. The people we knew, our parents the material things. Everything changes. The older you get the time moves faster and faster. Now it seems you don’t have time to enjoy a moment anymore. You put up imaginary fences and walls to keep out the bad guys and thoughts but some manage to slither through.. These days its hard to tell the difference between the good and the bad. There are a lots of innocents that will never be the same again. I do everything I can to live and let live but I have a compassion for those who I know will never be able to live, what I consider normal life. They will never have what I had and still have… At times I worry but under the surface there is a peace and understanding, a subtle happiness that I have earned through the years.. That I will never lose.. I wait now with a content and a comfortable feeling to be voided out..

"Seaside Asylum in Waterford Ct."

Took these pictures in 2019.. Seaside has been in the news lately so I thought I would share them with you.. The last picture is the view of Long Island sound.. Looking out to the ocean on the left across a small channel is Ocean Beach in New London Connecticut.

 

Seaside Asylum in Waterford Ct. was originally built to treat kids with Tuberculosis but used as an elderly home, medical hospital, and a facility to treat the mentally handicap. It has been closed since the 90's and is set to become Connecticut's newest Sate Park.

"On This Day in American History"

 

I will never forget this....

                               On June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, 42, is fatally shot. The Democratic candidate for president had just won the California primary, and after wrapping up his victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, he was shot several times by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy was the likely nominee for the Democrats to run against Richard Nixon, but after Kennedy died on June 6, the nomination eventually went to Hubert Humphrey who lost to Nixon. Sirhan Sirhan remains in a California prison.

"Snow"

This is all the Snow we had at the shoreline this year..

"Starbursts Candy"

                    

 Some people want to know if the Starburst candies are vegan or vegetarian. One look at the ingredients and it is clear to see that they are not, because they contain gelatin. Here are the ingredients in Starburst chewy candies:

  
Corn Syrup, Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Fruit Juice from Concentrate (Cherry, Orange, Strawberry, Lemon), Citric Acid, Dextrin, Gelatin, Food Starch-Modified, Artificial and Natural Flavors, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Coloring (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1).

Gelatin is a substance that is made from animal parts, including bones, hooves, skin, etc. They are discarded items from the slaughterhouse industry that are then boiled and turned into a powder. When water is added to the powder it becomes sticky, turning into the gelatin that people are familiar with (like the snack people got as a child).
Gelatin is not a vegetarian product and is not a vegan product. Starbursts contain gelatin, so they are not vegetarian or vegan.

If you want a chewy candy like Starbursts that are vegetarian and vegan, try the Torie & Howard Organic Chewie Fruities Candies. They are really good and are vegan!

"From Where I Sit"

      

The Plague.. There I said it.. I seem to remember thinking or saying, when you can't breath the air what's the point of being here.. You are probably thinking, you have got to put your mask on before you read this. Putting on a Surgeon's mask to go outside to get some fresh air is absolutely insane.. Wait.. All this mask stuff is important to some people.. I'm going to go as far as saying if you are unhealthy for any reason by all means, wear the Surgeons mask.. In my case, yes I'm an old man but I'm very healthy..There was a time I went to the Doctor for regular check ups. The last time I went she told me no more appointments and to call if I wasn't well.... I don't remember when it was that I had a cold.. I haven't had a Cold or a Flu shot for at least 10 years. However I do have really bad Spring Allergy's. Hey, nobody's perfect.. Why don't you get sick, is what you are thinking? Well, I haven't had a drink of Alcohol in 42 years. I haven't smoked a cigarette in 20 years and I have been a Vegetarian for 10 years.. In other words I have very good resistance to what ever is going on out there. I've seen the types of people who are getting sick.. I feel really bad for them..

"Windsor Locks Memory Test"

 You don't have to answer the questions. Its just to make you think... Memory test.. How many people knew there was a Bidwell's Brick Yard in Windsor Locks on North St. across from Logan's Appliance Store. I don't remember Mr. Bidwell's first name.. Yes, there was an Appliance store.. Later Frank Logan moved his store. Do you know where?  I do.. Richard and his brother Robert Tambussi were the lumber yard Kings. What was their Father's Name? His first name was, you guess and yes I knew him well..I worked at the Lumber yard for 3 years... How about that Paul Bunyan statue in front of the lumber Yard? What happened to that? Was Bidwell a King also? Where was Bidwell's lumber yard? At the bottom of what one way street? I think "at that point in time" there was only one.. Always wanted to say that...
  
        Where was the original Terminal at Bradley, the one the Army Air Force built? Yes, there was an Army Air Force. Did you know there was a grass swimming pool at bottom end of Whiten St. Before the cement one on top of the hill. I remember when they built that one.. Was really a big deal then..
       Behind the Italian Progressive club on Suffield St. there was huge water tank on stilts (the only way to describe it) My Dad said when he was a kid he climbed it and wrapped (his words) his legs around the ball on top.. What a way to set an example. I thought about it but never did it.. I put (with help of coarse) the three lights on top of the mountain in East Granby.. They were longer than usual telephone poles with lights on top.. I maintained those lights and all the beacons and towers at all the State owned airports climbing the towers and poles for maintenance and changing the lamps. I guess climbing towers and poles runs in the family..
         There was also a USO on Spring St. Do you know where that was? Do you know what USO means? Did you know there was WAC's (Woman's Army Corp) barracks in Windsor Locks? Yes there was.. I started working at Bradley when the Control Tower was, do you know where? I do..

P.S. The picture is of the Trolley Car Trestle and when we were kids walked out to the end of it where it was broken.. Do you know who owned the property that bordered the trestle? I do...

"On This Day in American History"

 Bet you didn't know this...

             On May 19, 1964, U.S. officials disclose the discovery of more than 40 hidden microphones inside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. The snooping devices, which were installed on floors where sensitive conversations were held, were likely to have been installed deep inside the walls when the embassy was leased to the U.S. in 1953. In response, the U.S. issued a strong protest to the Soviet government.

Freedom?

     Copied & shared...  

I do believe the virus is real but there is more going on, our freedoms are being taken away and people are just letting it happen..                
You think it’s about health. If you’re so sure, read this.“During the Holocaust, they convinced people to put their families on trains (for their own good/safety) so they could be taken to a "safe place". We all know the result of that. Have you ever heard of history repeating itself? I watched in horror as the police in China hauled a woman by both arms and both legs, shoved her in a van, and took her to a "camp" for COVID victims. We'll never know what happened to those people. And with what's taking place right here in our own country, don't think for one second that it couldn't happen here. We the people have proven just how quickly the government can take over all aspects of our lives. We complied based on fear tactics..........some of which are very untrue, and magnified/sensationalized to get you on that "train". Please read. It's for the good of our country.

Mark Levin is a very smart lawyer who worked in government during the Reagan administration. He knows his law.
- MARK LEVIN: "To be clear. President Trump hasn't shut a single business. The Governors did."
"We are seeing the most draconian measures ENFORCED at some STATE & LOCAL LEVELS of government that we've ever seen in our lifetimes, and yet, rather than being alarmed by the things going on, so many of you applaud.
President Trump's guidelines are VOLUNTARY & TEMPORARY but some Democrat states & cities are taking it one step further, extending the lock down and CRIMINALIZING behavior. Bill Gates wants to keep America locked down for 10 months! THAT'S WHAT LIVING UNDER A COMMUNIST REGIME LOOKS LIKE, AND YOU APPLAUD.
People are being arrested in some states for spending too much time outside, and you applaud.
Pastors are being arrested in some states for daring to hold church services, and you applaud.
A child's birthday party is raided by police, and you applaud.
A young woman is ticketed for going on a leisurely drive alone because it's deemed "non-essential travel", and you applaud.
A father is handcuffed & arrested in an empty park for playing softball with his 6-year-old daughter & refusing to turn over his ID, and you applaud.
A lone paddle boarder in the ocean on a beach without any other people around is arrested because he's violating quarantine orders, and you applaud.
Businesses are being forcibly closed and padlocked and owners arrested for refusing to shut down, and you applaud.
Dairy farmers are being incentivized to stop dairy farming and to sell their herds, and you don't seem to understand the implications.
You're being told to use hotlines and online forms provided by your local governments to report your neighbors who don't obey, and you comply.
You scold people day after day for not obeying government edicts, and if any of us dare to question what's happening, you lecture about how we're a danger to society and we just don't care about people dying.
You've somehow managed to convince yourselves that the people whose lives are affected by a virus are MUCH more important than the people whose lives are being destroyed (and in many cases, leading to death) by the effects of a worldwide economic shutdown and impending worldwide depression the likes of which no one has ever seen before.
At what point will you start QUESTIONING what's going on?
At what point will you ask how the virus got here from China?
At what point will you question why the fake news keeps defending the Communists?
How far do you have to be pushed before you're jolted awake from your slumber? How far are you willing to go with this?
If they told you to load your families onto train cars so that you could be taken to Virus Protection Facilities for your own safety, would you do it?
YES. Yes, you would.
That much has become painfully obvious to me. And the whole time, you'd be shaking your finger and yelling at those of us who refused, accusing us of being "a danger to society" and "not caring if people die."But they don't have to load you onto train cars and take you to Virus Protection Facilities, or force you to comply, because you do that voluntarily.
The fake news controls your mind. They control you through fear. They control you by convincing you that the world is a scary dangerous place, but they're here to protect you, care for you, and keep you safe, just as long as you OBEY.
They know that as long as you're locked inside your comfortable home with Netflix, Hulu, CNN, NBC, ABC, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and a cell phone, you'll comply. No force is necessary for the majority of the herd.
Bill Gates even wants to mandate antibody tests. ONLY those who are immune from VIRUSES will be allowed to leave their homes & work. YOU ARE IMPRISONED, willingly, and you're too blind to see it."
I will not be blinded!
I will not be controlled by the government!
Amendment 1
- Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the Press
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

"Saved My Life"

                                       

Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed
our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not,
completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and
women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.

        -From the book Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 58

  

"Books"

 Talk about Books.. Love this story..


On April 24, 1800, President John Adams establishes the Library of Congress using $5,000 appropriated by Congress. The first books were ordered from London and arrived in 1801. They were kept in the U.S. Capitol. In 1802, the library had 964 books and nine maps. During the War of 1812, the Capitol was burned down causing the loss of 3,000 books. In order to replace the loss, former President Thomas Jefferson sold his extensive library of nearly 6,500 volumes to Congress to rebuild the collection. Another fire in 1851 destroyed about two thirds of the then 55,000-volume library, including many of Jefferson’s books. These losses were replaced within a few years. Today, the library has about 38 million books as well as photographs and recordings.

"Parking lot at Mystic Pizza"

Parking lot at Mystic Pizza in North Stonington yesterday..

"Success Story"

       I was successful in the Military Police National Guard for 8 years. I had great job thanks to my Dad and on the job training as the airport Electrician at Bradley Int. airport for 20 years. I was a Career employee because of my training at that airport of the Federal Government at the Submarine Lower Base and the Hospital in Groton Connecticut for 3 years. That made me a Career Federal Employee. I stopped smoking cigarettes 20 years ago and for the past 10 years I have been a Vegetarian.  But by far the best achievement to date for sure is that I been Clean and Sober and without a drink of Alcohol or a substitute for 41 years and I have never been so grateful for anything in my life.. Each night I thank God for my life... That alone is a miracle..

"Think About This"

                        When I was a kid I made a monthly drive to Atlantic City with a Cool Chick to stay in those beautiful hotels, Trump Plaza and the Taj Mahal and go to the beach and walk the boardwalk. Very rarely I would play the 25 cent slots but I didn't go there for that.. I remember the Trump BAC-111 Jet flying over the New Jersey tnpk...   Really think about this ... Trump has always had everything given to him ALL his life.. He doesn't worry about having a first class seat. He has always had his own Jet airliner.. He doesn't know what its like to work for a living to feed your family. He has had no reason to learn anything except how to call the maid to clean the mess or driver for his car...His Hotel room is always the Penthouse... He doesn't know anything else and has nothing to compare it too.... The idea is when you are elected by the people and sent to Washington you to try to represent the people fairly and be a decent human being by setting an example for the good people of this country…It would also be a good idea to stop the lawyers from running this country and give it back to the people. Just my opinion..

"The Virus Update"

       I think when and if you get the Virus it has a lot to do with the way you live and your bad habits such as smoking, drinking alcohol and most importantly your diet. Its like catching a cold.. The weaker you are by all your bad habits (and we all have them) the less resistance you have to germs and the more likely you will get sick..

"Virus"

            

The year is 2020 and even with all the medical information and knowledge, we still have a deadly virus in this world.. I have never seen anything like this. Why? What happened? All of a sudden people are dying all over the world.. Someone said it started in a Virology laboratory, whatever that is, in Wuhan, China. How and why did this happen? Who could ever imagine something like this still happening? I have friends all over the world and its the same everywhere.. Live videos of locked down city's and who would ever think Times Square as having only a few people wandering around during the day.. Some City's are worse than others but people are dying everywhere.. When I was a little kid I remember the Smallpox Vaccinations, Mumps, Sickle Cell Anemia, Aids, Chicken Pox, Measles, Whooping cough, Flu shots and now this.. In the building I live they are constantly wiping door handles and tables.. I have a daily routine and have changed it somewhat which means no crowds and staying home unless I need something then its a long ride in the Mustang.. My walking the beach everyday will never stop... Again, this is the Modern world..Why did this happen or did someone start the Pandemic?

"Snow"

           This picture was taken on Saturday Jan.18 2020 from a window in my building... I live on the shore line of Connecticut. This is all the snow we had this Winter.. Its March 10 now and its 50 degrees and I just hung up all my short sleeve T-shirts.. I have been around for a while and I have never seen weather like this..

"Missing Mom"

        
      I will start with that I did no research because it sickens me, on the case of the Dad of five kids who just killed himself proclaiming his innocence of killing his wife...I will say this though.. A Mother of Five kids just DOES NOT EVER disappear without being dead...There is no way in this world she would not see those kids again and just leave forever.... That is impossible..

IT DOES NOT get any better than this... Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship (Alyona cover)

                        

"Just a Little Bit of Thanksgiving"

Thursday, November 27, 2019


        Holidays have always cause me to think of my past and how fortunate I am to have had such a wonderful family and memories.. For as long as I can remember I have had a dreamy relaxing history and a life of peace and rewards.  From all the places I've lived. All the small towns and quiet country settings. The places I have worked and the wonderful friends I've made. I remember being very young and in the beginning my Dad pointing me in the right direction. He has given me a life one could only pray for. I can remember being loved, pampered and taken care of by my Mom. I remember my beautiful Aunt Mary and both of my Grandmothers and my Grandfather and how much I was loved and cared for with hugs and kisses.. From my short pants and suspenders to the Catholic Church and the real beauty and feeling of a Christmas season. I remember Aunt Ann and Uncle Francis, Aunt Grace and Uncle John, Uncle Joe and Aunt Helen, Uncle Louie and Aunt Betty. I was blessed with the most wonderful family ever. I can remember each and every smile and hug and when they greeted me as a little boy.  Those memories are loving precious moments and treasures and something I will always have. They become more vivid every day...
                                                
                                                      Happy Thanksgiving  Everyone...
                                                              
                                                                 Thought to Ponder . . .
                              "There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude; a quiet joy." 

"Humming Bird"

A few years ago I toyed with the idea of making UTube videos.. I think we all have.. I made a few then realized it was a full time job.. Started to think about a better camera then decided that I would do other things.. However this is one of my better videos I hope you enjoy the precious Hummer... 

 

"Kobe Bryant Sexual Assault"

       From what I understand Kobe has history of abusing a Hotel employee.. I seem to remember he had to buy her silence when she filed a civil suit against him. This was settled out of court and included Bryant publicly apologizing to his accuser, the public, and family, while denying the allegations. The Los Angeles times reported that experts estimated the settlement was more than $2.5 million.
                                 
                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant_sexual_assault_case

"From Roosevelt to Now"

I have been around for a while now and fortunate enough to live in the United States of America.. I remember a few Presidents..From Roosevelt to what we have now.. As the years go on the Greed has gotten worst.. There were always homeless people.. Usually because of lack of an education and sickness people couldn't fend for themselves..  Me...  I was successful in the Military Police National Guard for 8 years. I had great job thanks to my Dad and on the job training as the airport Electrician at Bradley Int. airport for 20 years. I was a Career employee because of my training at that airport of the Federal Government at the Submarine Lower Base and the Hospital in Groton Connecticut for 3 years. That made me a Career Federal Employee. I stopped smoking cigarettes 20 years ago and for the past 10 years I have been a Vegetarian.  But by far the best achievement to date for sure is that I been Clean and Sober and without a drink of Alcohol or a substitute for 41 years and I have never been so grateful for anything in my life.. Each night I thank God for my life... That alone is a miracle..

"What are Stars Mommy?"

If this or any part of this is done, I believe the smiles you don’t see anymore would come back. There would be less crowded roads and highways. It would be less crowded everywhere. The air would be clean. Can you imagine looking up at night and seeing the stars again? Did you know there is so much pollution that your kids have never seen the stars at night the way it was in the 50s? Can you imagine drinking the water out of the faucet in a real glass instead of a plastic bottle? Can you imagine getting gas at your local gas station and seeing a High School kid named John instead of Abdul working the cash register? Can you remember when you heard the name Mohamed you thought of a Heavy Weight Champion instead of death or a bomb blast somewhere? Gas would be $49.9 cents a gallon the way its supposed to be. People would trust one another again. Families would stay together instead of being torn apart and ruined by alcohol, drug abuse and teen pregnancy. Honesty and morals would be a mainstay and the thing to do. Love would be what real love is supposed to be about and not just a passing desire for a few years or until you are tired of one another. Marriage would be when, “Through sickness and health” meant just that. The perfect family where Dad works and Mom watches the kids just might reappear. Maybe the kids would be outside playing in the yard instead going on the internet or playing video games. Just maybe a movie would be shown without a gun or death in it. Yes, and to all you people that will say this country was founded by certain principles, your right but most of those principles don’t exist anymore. You are right though, I would be the first to tell you the old words to the Constitution are there but Lawyers and corruption have changed and twisted the words to make them be whatever they want them to be. It seems we are so busy fixing all the world problems we are not watching what is happening in our own back yard. Our country is growing faster than our coping skills can handle it. Maybe it would take some tough decisions and limit setting to fix things but right now the United States is not United. Right now, it has no future. If you think it does, you have been blinded by all the lies and manipulation. If the United States continues on the path it is going, well you think about it. Project a little into the future…You will see what I mean and if you don’t, may God bless you. You are going to need it.

"Where are your glasses?"

Where are your glasses?

Yesterday my daughter e-mailed me again asking why I didn't do something useful with my time.

  
    “Like sitting around the pool and drinking wine is not a good thing”, I said. Talking about my "doing something useful" seems to be her favorite topic of conversation. She was "only thinking of me" she said, and suggested I go down to the Men's Shed and hang out with the guys. I did this and when I got home last night I decided to teach her a lesson about staying out of my business. I e-mailed her and told her that I had joined a parachute club.
  
    She replied, "Are you nuts? You are 75 years old, and now you're going to start jumping out of planes?"
  
    I told her that I even got a membership card and e-mailed a copy to her.
  
    She immediately telephoned me, "Good grief, where are your glasses? This is a membership to a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club.
  
    "Oh man, I'm in trouble again; I really don't know what to do... I signed up for five jumps a week." The line went quiet and her friend picked up the phone and said that my daughter had fainted.
  
    Life as a senior citizen is not getting any easier but sometimes it can be fun.

"The F Word"

Warning some expletives are being used in the following very short story.. (Do I still have to warn People if I say swear words? Or is Fuck a Swear word anymore?) Maybe I should say this is a R rated post if such a thing still exists..          

          During the, I'm gonna say last year or so but maybe some will disagree it could be longer... TV shows are saying the word Fuck and its really uncomfortable for me to hear. Now they are naming the TV show, the Fucking this or the Fucking that...Kids, young woman and even older woman say that word on TV shows like they have been doing that all their lives, like its a normal thing... Me? I never thought I would even be writing that word.. Years ago we first heard the word in the movies and it was rated "R" so we knew what to expect.. Along with the guns, blood, gore and mayhem. Now the TV show writers (I think they are Perverts) even have kids saying Fuck in what was once a normal sentence in a school hallway.... On the TV show, "Morning Show" even Reese Witherspoon says it in almost every sentence. Kids are saying on TV like its a normal thing to do.. I can understand if they warn you but its like its normal, an everyday thing... Like its part of the English Language and now it actually it is... Well, believe me here, its so inappropriate and soon I think soon the cashier in the Grocery store will be saying, Fucken thank you sir, don't forget to Fucken stop by again.. Next time try the Fucken Ice Tea, its really Fucken good, it will hit the Fucken spot on a Fucken hot day... Get my Fucken point?

"The Cathy Blacker Everyone Knew and Loved"

She Loved the Beach..