Posted on 08/22/2021 11:31:13 AM PDT by sodpoodle
I’ve seen that happen a couple of times.
Today, most Legion posts are run by SOL (Sons of Legionaries) and/or auxiliary.
I also know of a couple of posts that pay the dues for past members so they can keep up their numbers to keep their Legion charter. That keeps them exempt from property taxes.
I saw a post the other day of a business billboard. It said.
“A large nose is not an excuse to go maskless.
I will wear pants.”
SOME OF US, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, HIT THE “WHO CARES?” PHASE OF LIFE SOONER THAN OTHERS.
I’M IN MY EARLY 30’S(A LONG TIME AGO) SITTING AT THE BAR IN THE IMPERIAL HOTEL IN ABERDEEN SCOTLAND. I’M WORKING AS A SATURATION DIVER IN (LITERALLY) THE NORTH SEA FOR THE OIL COMPANIES. I’VE JUST COME IN FROM A 92 DAY TOUR AT SEA (MUCH TOO LONG, BUT YOU DON’T MAKE MONEY ON THE BEACH). JUST HALF THE RACK ON MY HEAD BREAKS EVERY BOONE AND CROCKETT RECORD (FOR THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT THAT IS).
SO I’M HAVING A DRINK AND THIS GOOD LOOKING SCOTTISH LASS SITS BESIDE ME AND WE STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION. WE’RE GETTING ALONG GREAT, LAUGHING AND JOKING LIKE WE WERE OLD FRIENDS. WELL THAT’S NATURAL ‘CAUSE I’M YOUNG, GOOD LOOKIN’AND G-D’S GIFT TO WOMEN (SARC, OF COURSE).
AFTER ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES SHE ASKS ME IF I HAVE A ROOM UPSTAIRS. SURPRISED, I TELL HER “YES”. SHE ASKS IF I’D LIKE TO GO THERE WITH HER. WELL WHY SHOULDN’T SHE ASK THAT??? I AM, AFTER ALL, IRRESISTIBLE AREN’T I? BEFORE I COULD ANSWER SHE SAYS, “IT’LL ONLY COST YOU 30POUNDS”. RIGHT UP TO THAT VERY MOMENT IT NEVER DAWNED ON ME THAT SHE WAS A HOOKER...I WAS JUST BASKING IN IRRESISTIBLY.
I LEANED BACK AND LOOKED HER OVER. IT’S NOT LIKE SHE WAS A GIFT HORSE! 30LBS. WAS ABOUT $60 BUCKS IN THOSE DAYS, SO I LOOKED HER OVER AND SMILED...AND SHE SMILED
AND I SAID, “NAH, YER NOT WORTH 30 LBS.”
NOW TO ALL YOU YOUNG FELLAS READING THESE PAGES TO GLEAN SOME INSIGHTS ON LIFE FROM WE OLDER, EXPERIENCED, LIVED LIFE, “WHO CARES” CURMUDGEONS, I’LL TELL YOU THIS, YOU CAN TELL A HOOKER ANYTHING YOU WANT TO GET RID OF HER. TELL ‘ER YA GOT AIDS, OR YOU’RE A HOMOSEXUAL, OR YOU’RE IMPOTENT, OR A PEDOPHILE OR GOT IT ALL SHOT OFF IN THE WAR, BUT NEVER, NEVER, TELL A HOOKER, SHE AIN’T WORTH THE MONEY!
GOOD THING I WAS YOUNG, STRONG, AND HAD GOOD REFLEXES.
I’VE HAD MEN TRY TO KILL ME YET ATTACK WITH LESS FEROCITY THAN THAT HOOKER SCORNED! TOOK ALL I HAD TO MAKE IT THROUGH THAT! SO IF YA WANT TO MAKE IT TO THAT “WHO CARES?’ STAGE OF LIFE, OR EVEN IF YER IN IT NOW, NEVER TELL A HOOKER SHE AIN’T WORTH THE MONEY! WE AIN’T AS QUICK AND STRONG AS WE USED TO BE...BUT PERHAPS LIFE HAS TAUGHT US TO CARE JUST THIS LITTLE BIT.
IT SURE TAUGHT ME.
Some of us, for various reasons, hit the "who cares?" phase of life sooner than others.
I'm in my early 30’s(a long time ago) sitting at the bar in the Imperial Hotel in Aberdeen Scotland. I’m working as a saturation diver in (literally) the north sea for the oil companies. I’ve just come in from a 92 day tour at sea (much too long, but you don’t make money on the beach). Just half the rack on my head breaks every boone and crockett record (for those who know what that is).
So I’m having a drink and this good looking Scottish lass sits beside me and we strike up a conversation. We’re getting along great, laughing and joking like we were old friends. Well that’s natural ‘cause I’m young, good lookin’ and g-d’s gift to women (sarc, of course).
After about 10-15 minutes she asks me if i have a room upstairs. Surprised, I tell her "yes". She asks if I’d like to go there with her. Well why shouldn’t she ask that??? I am, after all, irresistible aren’t I? Before I could answer she says, "It’ll only cost you 30 pounds". Right up to that very moment it never dawned on me that she was a hooker...I was just basking in irresistibly.
I leaned back and looked her over. It’s not like she was a gift horse! 30lbs was about $60 bucks in those days, so I looked her over and smiled...and she smiled; and, I said, "Nah, yer not worth 30 lbs."
Now to all you young fellas reading these pages to glean some insights on life from we older, experienced, lived life, "who cares" curmudgeons, I’ll tell you this: you can tell a hooker anything you want to get rid of her. Tell ‘er ya got aids, or you’re a homosexual, or you’re impotent, or a pedophile or got it all shot off in the war, but never, never, tell a hooker, she ain’t worth the money!
Good thing I was young, strong, and had good reflexes.
I’ve had men try to kill me yet attack with less ferocity than that hooker scorned! Took all I had to make it through that! So if ya want to make it to that "who cares?" stage of life, or even if yer in it now, never tell a hooker she ain’t worth the money! We ain’t as quick and strong as we used to be...but perhaps life has taught us to care just this little bit. It sure taught me.
A better argument could be made that shot gang bangers should be allowed to die on the sidewalk instead of bothering to patch them up so they can get shot again next weekend.
LMAO
Clint is Clint Eastwood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h6CDGpAIPc&ab_channel=JacquesUntel
At 88 or so he made a movie from his office of 30+ years at his studio.
Toby Keith asked him what keeps you going.......
Clint replied “Don’t let the old man in”
The Movie The Mule is a lesson for all of us
Amen brother.You’re doin’ a great job keeping him out.
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