IT'S TRUE.................REALLY.................IT IS.

What I'm about to write about is indeed THE TRUTH. As much as I hate to admit it................it is true.  Funny thing though, look around and see if you are in the same situation.

Over the years, one tends to .................save..............those valuable memories of the past. The photo's from the beginning of time until the present.............those little momentos one collects to show you have been THERE. Unfortunately, I have several collections and they have all ended up in different spots, my book match collection ended up  in cookie tins.....to prevent fire, my menu collection in folders in a filing cabinet, my napkin and silverware collection in paper bags, wine cork collection in a large wicker basket, my drink stirrer collection in my bar along with the empty small bottles of airplane drinks.  Photo's in shoe boxes and finally I am presently downloading them onto thumb dives  to save them.
I have attempted to sell some old things but without success. I had a pool table since 1977, oh not the real slate kind but still regulation size and made mostly of hardboard. I had all intentions that I would sell it for $25 and put an ad in our neighbor hood watch bulletin, had a lot of interest in it but as soon as people found they had to pick it up, interest was loss. Finally ended up taking the legs off it and just leaning it up against one of the walls to try and save space.  It sat there for some 30 years and I then tried to give it away. I learned quite quickly that even Goodwill didn't want to send a truck to pick it up but rather insisted it be dropped off to them. That meant renting a truck, a cost to get rid of it. I was finally convince by my kids to cut it up and put it in the garbage , little by little.  Great idea and the chore began...............funny part it that in cutting it up into pieces small enough for the garbage can, I discovered the legs had gone missing. What the hell happened to them?  Searched the total basement to no avail.  Lucky for me someone didn't rent a truck only to find out when they came to pick it up that it was legless.
Donated a bed with spring and mattress to the homeless association. Still have available filing cabinets, desks, bookcases etc,etc,etc.  This basement of mine is about 1600 sq. feet and was once my corporate offices. Two bedrooms turned into office space. Living area turned into relaxing area. One big storage area for product, bathroom and coat closet.

Our two car garage with work area now houses one car and stuff.  Where did all this stuff come from?  I don't know.............one day it just showed up.

Now, as exaggerated as this picture is, I just wonder how true it is.  My kids, both Lisa and Scott along with our two grandson's will inherit all this some day. I keep telling them that a garage sale is in order and they can earn money with it.  They, somehow feel, their earnings would be pennies on the dollar.  Can it be correct??  

 

Must tell you, that even though it was a chore to get rid of tax statements, bank statements that I had back to the 60's and even some old social security stuff from my mom and dad, that taking this 3 bags at a time (maximum allowed at a singe time) to shredding truck  events, it was worth it. Got rid of all that and hopefully will stay rid of it by doing things more efficiently.

Don't leave stuff like this for your kids, If they are anything like mine.............they don't want it, don't need it and certainly will not waste time going through it. I remember doing this on the passing of my mom, when Margot and I had to clean out her house. YOU would never believe what we found......but after a week of going through her stuff, we discovered that she was a collector of small denomination unmarked bills, she hid in band aid cans, aluminum wrap, old tissue, dress hems, old magazines and what ever else that was within hands reach. When leaving NYC I felt like a bag man heading to Vegas. In one cigar box was the down payment to our house.  This is a threat, that I leave my kids.  You must go through EVERYTHING because you don't know what you will end up throwing out.  For some reason, it has not yet fazed them with that threat.  Wonder why??? 

Now, it's time for you to look around.................consider something the Swedes do known as "dostadning"  a hybrid Swedish word for "death and Cleaning"  Google it and read about it ..      dostadning will be the hot new trend .    Anyway, it's quite interesting and will help you to clean up the mess no one else wants to do.  (Swedish death cleaning)

 

Stay Safe and get ready for a new posting

LIFE ON THE EDGE.........................

  I just wanted to add a few more things to my last posting.

I recently went out to purchase a new watch that I saw .  It is a perfect watch and it does everything you want and need.  I can check the local weather plus the weather in five more cities in the world. Now, it not only tells you the weather but also forecast for the next 5 days, including the humidity level................it also can update itself instantly.  Fantastic how it does this.  I can also take pictures with it, use it as a recorder and it gets the  top ten tunes of the month.  Along with all these features it can check the depth of the pool I'm in or the ocean I'm in.  I can read my email on it, check text messages and use it as a compass. Now all I have to figure out is how does it tell time,  perhaps I will have to have some smarty pants young kid tell me how to work it. I thought I could figure it out by reading the instructions that came with it but they are in Japanese..................one of the languages I have not attempted to learn...................yet.

                                                 
This along with my phone, that I presently use more as a camera then a phone and my camera which was once indispensable but has gone to camera heaven I can now travel the world with carry-on baggage alone.  I took a class in how to pack 10 days worth of clothing into a bag 12" x 12" x 10" and can be put easily under the seat in front of me, this of course, means I can no longer take my tuxedo with me in the rare event that I may have to go formal for any reason.  It also means that I have to take a small envelope of soap suds with me to wash some items . I wear all the essential bulky stuff I might need but what the hell, inconvienace  for a while but it saves money from the checked baggage fees.

WORLD MATTERS:

DAD ALWAYS SAID..............".POLITICS AND RELIGION SHOULD NEVER BE DISCUSSED, SINCE THEY ARE SO PERSONAL TO INDIVIDUALS"....................but with new technology, like TV, TWITTER, FACEBOOK......and the need to exchange facts and fiction, it has become the norm in life.


(This is no way is meant to persuade anyone to do something they do not really intend on doing, or to change anyone's political view,   it is only my observations on how the world looks to me............today) Makes no difference what your political views may be, I have total confidence that all of you I know, know the difference between right and wrong along with fake and factorial news. We all know what our nation was built on and how we want it to be. That is why, I must tell you of my amazement on how many people still are not aware of how ,some are being taken in by a master of.............the con,  using a psychological method we all remember learning as a child................repeat, repeat, repeat. Simply put, if you repeat something long and loud, people will soon absorb this into their head and it will be borne as fact.  Not true, my friends. You must constantly evaluate what is being said and not become memorized by the moving watch farb. If you remember as a child growing up, teachers and parents would constantly repeat something so that we were able to absorb what it was they wanted us to remember. The world is round and is not flat. We will not fall off when we come to the edge. Most of all...........one man alone cannot fix all the problems. How can anyone believe such a story, but some do.......amazing!  Fake news is only news that does not produce ...................good things for me, Factual news is news that does make me look good.  This is not news.............this is ego.

I must admit to some degree, that I was not always a Trump hater, (but an absolute dedicated Democrat since JFK). I really first learned about him when he was able to purchase the traffic rights, along with some aircraft for $365 million from BOS-NYC-DCA( far less than starting a new service from scratch) from the once defunct Eastern airlines for, what I thought was a fairly reasonable price.  I thought this was a really a smart move...............however quickly changed my mind when in 3 years he declared bankruptcy (on the most successful profitable shuttle route in the country )and pulled the plug on that deal.  My point to thinking he was a train wreck began when he declared bankruptcy in his 4 casino's.  How................how can anyone loose money in a business where the house ALWAYS WINS?  Must be one stupido being.
I watched the 2016 campaign very intently and followed each debate with utmost interest. I must admit, I was most interested in hearing his comments about draining the swamp..................but was quickly turned off and did a quick 180 when I heard his very childish nicknaming of each of his opponents,(something I did when I was 7 years old.........Vinnie would tell me my mom did not know how to bake good chocolate chip cookies........my reply was simply calling Vinnie a poopy head that had boogers coming from his nose.............that, really infuriated him) along with his racist remarks about Mexicans, Muslims, woman and anyone that did not agree totally with him. I was deeply set back on his description of being able to "GRAB a womens  (****y) because he was a star and they let him do it............  something you must never GRAB...............but caress.  That's when I decided to do some research about this person.  Much to my surprise, I found out about his life growing up, having been sent to New York Military Academy by his parents for disciplinary  reasons.  When his parents, immigrated to the USA from Germany, they told people in Brooklyn they were from Sweden.............not Germany to gain favoritism from neighbors. How his father, Fred in 1927 was arrested for participating in KKK Riots taking place against the police in the Bronx. Also very interesting were noted quotations of David Duke (KKK grand wizard) "make America great again"  or  " America first".    Sound familiar ?  Now, this is in no way meant to say that all that like Trump are Neo Nazis or racist......but does put a note in the minds of some.  I myself do recall at one time taking place early in his campaign, how I said to myself,  "finally, a person with a pair of balls to call out some of these Washington do nothings."  Didn't last long folks. As soon as I discovered some of his past, I knew he was not the man for me or anyone else to vote for to lead this nation. This person is a TOTAL CON MAN, owes no respect to other people but only to himself. He demands loyalty from followers but does not give a damn about others.  He will put anyone under the bus, that goes against any of his wishes.  I being a liberal, actually found Kasich from Ohio the only Republican making any sense.  To bad the Republicans have such an upside down platform from my own way of thinking but they are really going crazy now with the way they protect a man suffering from Narcissitic Personality disorder along with the seven year old mind of getting back at people who are against him.
In 2017, I jokingly made a comment to a Republican friend of mine about how I thought this country would end up in a civil war.  Well, my friends we are at the beginning of that war right now. Just look around at what has happened since the election................seems things are getting worst and the country is more divided than I can ever remember.  This will not be a shoot it out bang bang civil war but the division, as it grows wider will have great negative effects on this country, economically and morally.  Remember, United we stand......divided we fall.  The small base of people that still follow this POTUS, to me represent those that are truly followers and will never be able to secure leaders responsibilities.
I received this you tube presentation from a friend and found it to be quite enlightening.

https://youtu.be/qZ-bifYqK_Q

There was more to this posting but my editor-in-chief suggested that I eliminate it all since it would apparently get some people upset at me...................something I certainly do not want happen. Just want to be the same old happy go lucky guy that I really am.  Brings me to the subject of visiting my doctor recently for my wellness examination.  If any over 65 year old people out there have been to this examination, I personally like the part where they give you 5 words to remember and suggest you put them into a story.  Minutes pass while they are talking with you and then slip in the question of the 5 words.  I always seem to remember mine since they are usually repeated over and over again on CNN, however as soon as I begin telling my story ..................with the five words, I get a big yawn out of the doctor. It usually goes into a 5 minute stand-up for me.    Her only question of concern for me is why I seem so depressed and if my depression last for a long period of time. I keep telling her that my depression starts as soon as the TV is turned on and last until the TV is turned off. Very few channels have my type of comedy on it during the summer months, but thankfully some of the news occasionally makes me laugh..............or at least laugh at the stupidity.

See you soon