Welcome Friends, foes and associates to the completely remodeled Free Republic...
Smoker's Lounge
Posted on 01/10/2003 5:00:48 AM PST by Just another Joe
Welcome Friends, foes and associates to the completely remodeled Free Republic...
Smoker's Lounge
Here you will find a comfy place to smoke, drink, joke or whatever. We always have a great time, so sit back, relax and...
Obviously this was not a pleasure trip......
If only it would have been.
I had planned on having most of Thursday as free time but because of some glitches caused by other people I had NO free time. Not even free time to eat.
There is something seriously wrong with this program........
Naw, just with some of the people.
I hate having to depend on idiots that believe they know what they're doing.
I think that should be, "Glug, glug, AHHHH, good.
No kidding. That is the pits for sure.
Were your holidays fun??
They were OK.
We couldn't celebrate the family Christmas on the 25th because of 15 inches of snow at my Mom's Christmas eve so we had to wait till the weekend.
New Years everyone fell asleep on me and I had to have that glass of champagne at midnight all by myself.
If it is any consolation, I was up by myself also.
We spent Christmas week on a dive boat in the southern bahamas. There were only 5 guests on the boat with 12 crew. It was wonderful. On Crhistmas day we actually got to swim with two dolphins. It was a truly awesome experience.....
| Bee Gees' Maurice Gibb dead at 53 Excerpt: MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Maurice Gibb, a member of the famed disco band the Bee Gees, died Sunday at a Miami Beach hospital, his family said. He was 53. Gibb, who joined with his older brother and his twin to harmonize their way to becoming one of the best selling musical groups ever, suffered cardiac arrest before undergoing emergency surgery for a blocked intestine. He was admitted to Mount Sinai Medical Center Wednesday and underwent surgery Thursday. "To our extended family, friends and fans, with great sadness and sorrow we regretfully announce the passing of Maurice Gibb this morning," Gibb's family said in a statement. "His love, enthusiasm and energy for life remain an inspiration to all of us. We will all deeply miss him." Rest in peace...
 |
You made it !
If You Lived as a Child in the 20's, 30's,40's, 50's, 60's or 70's.
Looking back, it's hard to believe that we've lived as long as we have...
As children, we'd ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention hitchhiking to town as a young kid!)
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors.
We'd spend hours building our g! go-cart out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem.
We'd leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day.
No cell phones. Unthinkable. We played dodgeball and sometimes the ball would really hurt. We got cut and broke bones and broke teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame, but us.
Remember accidents?
We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank sugar soda but we were never overweight ... we were always outside playing. We shared one grape soda with four friends, from one bottle and no one died from this.
We didn't have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, video games at all, 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, persona! l cell phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms ... we had friends. We went outside and found them.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian. How did we do it?
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms and although we were told it'd happen, we didn't put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't, had to learn to deal with disappointment...
Some students weren't as smart as others so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade...
Horrors. Tests weren't adjusted for any reason.
Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law, imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
And you're one of them. Congratulations!
Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good.
HAPPY NEW YEAR - MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS -
But this is all so true!
You never ate a fried worm?
Obviously not a tomboy in your younger years.
Actually, a fried worm doesn't have much taste
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.