On 9/24/2017 7:41 PM, Frank wrote:
On 9/23/2017 3:44 PM, George Shirley wrote:
On 9/23/2017 1:22 PM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
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I seldom buy anything from Walmart, it seems that most of their items
are from some country I never heard of and the items have a less
than 30
day lifetime.

Â*Â* they have a Made in USA push (sorta) going on
as we are finding more items made here.


My wife buys cloth for sewing up stuff for the grands and
great grands so she stays happy with cheap stuff they have and the kids
don't keep the stuff long anyway. Heck, I have shirts and slacks that
are over 20 years old that still fit and aren't worn out as my daily
clothing is a pair of cheap shorts and a tee shirt that is about worn
out but feels good. I have good shoes that are older than some of my
grandchildren and no one knows the difference.

Â*Â* yes, the shorts i have on now are hand-me-downs
from someone else and i've got AC/holes through the
pockets and they are about see through from being
worn so much.Â* i don't wear them outside often as
i prefer to keep the direct sun off my skin most
of the time.Â* just a few minutes here or there for
Vit D and that's it.Â* t-shirt is a few years old
but a work shirt so it has a life span of another
five to ten years.Â* my shoes, i just added a good
layer of rubber to the gardening crocs so they
should last another 10-15 years.Â* i don't spend
money on clothes that often.Â* the used goods
stores are places i will go first.Â* i do need a
replacement pair of jeans for my old ones which
have lasted about 10yrs.Â* i only wear them when
we go out and about.Â* my work pants for the gardens
are hand-me-downs that were going to get thrown
away (i could have had another 15 pair but
compromised at five pair).Â* i suspect they will
last me the rest of my lifetime, very sturdy work
pants from a friend who's company was bought out
by another so they changed the uniform.
unfortunately the shirts were not to my suiting.


George, up early giving the dawg her meds, everyone in this household
has a bottle of something the doctors said was good for us. Tomorrow I
will be 78 years old and I don't expect any presents either. G I'm
aiming, eventually for 100 or more, yeah, that works, sure!

Â*Â* Â* congrats and all that on the BD and being
around and still kicking.Â*


Â*Â* songbird

I'm also very pleased by outliving most of my high school males in my
class. Several died in Vietnam and other fights, some just fell over
dead one day, and a few were deliberately killed by someone who didn't
like them. I liked most of my class mates but a few I cheered when I
read their names in the paper. Every small high school seems to have a
cluster of a-holes, mostly the jocks. Seems most of the women in that
small class are still alive, I don't go to reunion's very often so
don't see to many from 1957. Wife is on a tear again so I'm laying
low, she gets frantic about her garden and yard and then goes wild.
Tried to get her to let me hire someone for that stuff but she insists
on doing it herself, even with grands and greatgrands two blocks away.
Some of her ancestors were Germans and you know how hard headed they
are. G

George

I'll be 78 in a couple of months.Â* Went to an all boys Catholic high
school and for past 10 years there have been reunions for just the guys
but our 60th a couple of months ago included wives.Â* It is bitter sweet
to go their and last one, a classmate I recall jogging in the park about
a year ago was wheeled in by his wife now suffering from dementia and
Parkinson's.Â* Everybody now looks old which means I look old too.
The guys that look best are those still working or very active.

The class jock, who is really a nice guy, now suffers dementia.Â* I
recalled him telling me that when he played college football, the whole
season he was in a fog.Â* His dementia may be due to that.
Pro football players are trying to get something to help out the older
players who are having lots of problems. I never watch football,
basketball, etc. with the exception of baseball, which I dropped a few
years ago when I found that they, too, were getting lots and lots of
money for playing a game. My Dad and I played in the same league for
folks that just liked to play baseball. Dad had played baseball for
money when he was in his teens. Lots of small teams in Louisiana and
Texas charge a a buck to watch the game and the winner got the loot. Dad
says in the twenties that was really a good thing as he made less than a
dollar an hour working in an oil refinery and then go play baseball
somewhere and get a bucket of money. He told me that many times they had
to run for their transportation to not get beat up by the bystanders
that cheered the other side. Then I went to a high school that didn't
have baseball. Boo hoo. I played first base with the team from my first
ship as we sailors mostly liked baseball over anything else. That was
fun and I was also having fun going to the pistol and rifle ranges and
doing stunts with weapons. Got my first .22 rifle at 5 years of age and
a .45 Auto and a 12 gauge shotgun at 7. Got a whole rack of weapons here
in my office and the only loaded one is beside my bed, a .40 Glock, fine
weapon and somewhat lighter than my old Colt .45ACP. I can't hunt
anymore unless I'm in a vehicle due to problems from strokes years ago,
runs in the family and I've got 20 good years so far from the time of
the strokes. Now my legs are starting to give out due to damage to the
nerves.