Bummertime

So what the hell happened to Summer and Fall?  One minute I am all about getting caught up on mowing the grass and the next second I am worried about frost on the plants.  On top of that I am getting pressured to get out the Christmas lights and all that stuff.
The dogs don't know what to do either.  They want to go outside, but not in all that cold stuff.  Surely one of those doors opens into a warm spot, don'cha think?
I'm just not ready for this yet.
Somebody save me.
Argghhh!

Thanksgiving From a Senior Point of View

Wow, we just finished another holicay turned into commercialism. There was way more mention of the Black Friday sales than there was of the original reason for the holiday. Besides at my age a change of diet is usually accompanied by a change in digestion results.  Not in a good way either. As far as I can see the only winners were the Turkey Farmers.  Damn bird was probably made in China anyhow!
I am beginning to think that the TV news shows have just given up on reporting any real news.  The talking heads only seem to get animated when discussing upcoming episodes of thier networks reality shows.  It is probably the only thing they are qualified to talk about anyhow.  They routinely mispronounce local place names and have no idea about local issues.
Back to the point. Around here Black Friday is more a discussion of the race to get the dogs outside before it turns into a Brown Friday.  It seems their digestive system is also affected by dietary changes.
I wonder how many cranberries were killed in the making of this.

Things that go Splat in the Night

Here comes the yearly Halloween events. It started last night when my 4 year old grandkid (Mr Serious) came up to me and said, "You are gonna have a Crap while you are asleep". After the initial shock I verified the pronunciation with him. Yep, that's what he said.
You need to know that this is the same kid who came crying to his pre-school teachers, thumped himself on the chest , and announced,"I broke my Scrotum"!
After the teachers started to breathe on their own again, they suggested that the word just might be "Sternum". He agreed and wandered off to resume play. That left the teachers in a melted puddle wondering where a 4 year old ran across words like Sternum and Scrotum.
After accusing everyone of teaching a 4 year old some language skills that will cause heads to spin completely around like the exorcist, I went about my business. Later Mr. Serious toddled up and asked if my leg "had a crap in it yet". Aha, the correct word just might be "cramp". Yup, he agreed and went back to torturing his sister so another mystery is history.
By the way he has agreed to be Harry Potter tonight for our annual hayride thru the neighborhood while his 7 year old sister is an "Egyptian Princess". You know...." Crap-a-patra".

Later that same century

Lets face it. Being old sucks. I cannot jump a five foot fence any more. Not even with a running start. I loaded 9 bales of hay into my pickup bed today and I was puffing like I had just finished an ironman competition. Dammit I quit smoking over 2 years ago. Where is the re-newed youth and vigor? Where is the payback thay promised me? I'll give you out there a clue. The desire doesn't go away or even dim with time. It sneaks up on you and whispers in your ear at odd times.
Oops... gotta go. The big dog just crapped on the floor and the little one is giving it the evil eye. God has this way of letting you know when you start whining that it could be a whole lot worse.

Health Care Blues

Well I'm just not sure who to believe any more. However there are some that I definitely do NOT believe on this issue. First, anyone whose title begins with "Senator" or "Representative". Second, anyone past or presently addressed as "Mr. President".
Here are some reasons why.
1. My Grandfather was around when Social Security got started. He hated it, but he obeyed the rules. The government said we were incapable of taking care of our own money. Grandad was a graduate accountant (go figure). Early on, it actually looked like it might work. It would not allow a retiree to live on it but if you had a small nest egg on the side you might survive. Then Congress decided to tap into it and drain some of the "excess" into the general fund. Recently they ruled that you did not have to put any money in before you could draw some out (how stupid is that??). A few years later they are claiming that Social Security will go broke and leave us out in the cold. Well Duh! You dumbshits tapped in and spent the money. What you didn't spend, you gave away.
2. Medicare got started during my time. Again the Government was telling us we were too stupid to spend our own money wisely. Now we are told that Medicare is going bust. A lot of doctors refuse to accept medicare patients. Well Duh again!! The paperwork is more expensive to fill out and maintain than the medicine plus the treatment. What might work as a health care rule in New Jersey will just not work in Montana. An example was the national 55 mph speed limit.
3. Here comes government run health care. Yep, they are saying we are too stupid to use our own money to go to the Doctor. Anybody want to take any bets? Canada is an example. they stream into New York and and other northern states to pay cash for medical care that they would either never get or would have to wait two years after they died to be scheduled for.
Folks, Socialism just does NOT work. The U.S.S.R. was the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics". Biggest damn example on the planet.
Do I know the answer?? No, but I can smell Bullshit a mile away and I don't need to taste it first to know what it is. Oh yeah, I am not a Nazi or a radical fascist. However I daily grow less tolerant of some one moving in and claiming that we have been doing it all wrong for a few hundred years. My first comment is if we are so wrong and you are so right, then why are you here? No offense, but It seems that you would have been much happier if you had stayed where you came from.