Years That Answer

While growing older in the U.S.A.

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Repair Estimate Limbo

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Aaack!  I'm a bit traumatized by taking my car in for a look see. They ran a diagnostic and came up with 12 things they wanted to do for...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Salesmen, sheesh!

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We've been having issues with our old sliding glass door, to the point where we haven't been able to open it. We thought maybe it wa...
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Friday, August 18, 2023

Hoboes

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Living conditions were not hard for my mother's family during the Great Depression. The family was large, but Grandpa's job as a rai...
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Saturday, August 12, 2023

We remember what we lived

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I was sitting at the breakfast table one Saturday morning with my mother and my brother, Freddie.  I'm not sure of the year, but it woul...
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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Do some really like it hot?

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This morning when I checked at 8:39 am, it was already 83 degrees F (a little over 28 degrees C), with 97% humidity.  Right now (12:36 pm) i...
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Thursday, August 3, 2023

Keeping warm in the 1950s

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In 1949, my parents moved out of my paternal grandparent’s house in South Bend, Indiana, where they had lived since my father returned from ...
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Friday, July 28, 2023

Two cantankerous old friends

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I know anger, only too well. It is the death of the spirit, like burning in Hell. It also feels pretty good at times, quite seductive. I ind...
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Saturday, July 8, 2023

Dressing up

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We went to our grandson's wedding in Louisville, KY last weekend. You know, the wedding I searched so hard to find the right dress for....
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Monday, June 26, 2023

Edgy

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The rainy season is here. It's hot, humid, and wet in Central Florida. It's been raining the past couple of weeks, so the ground is ...
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Friday, June 23, 2023

Can you love when you don't like?

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I received the following comment on my last post:  "I have no idea what the participle "loved" means in this context."  ...
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