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07/21/13 01:24 AM #5779    

 

John Burgess Webb

having failed to articulate what i was trying to express in an exhausted state of mind,i will give it another try.when i took economic class the sucessful margin for retail business was about 5%;this was pretty much standard.then came the bank cards at 16%-18% in the early 70's;speculaters ran the housing market in houston (especially the heights,garden oaks and oak forest from a nominal 13k to 17k then up and up to 100k-120k.then the lot alone was worth that much.public housing sprung up everywhere and some went unfinished because of vandalism.unsightly hulks of new construction boarded up because of the theft of plumbing and copper wiring.tax money paid for this and polititians decided that the pride of ownership would preserve housing and banks were persuaded to make loans to disadvantaged people so they could own thier own homes with the hope that that ownership would instill pride and values would stablize and the standard of living would improve for everyone.taking advantage of this concept,groups like 'acorn'put pressure on the banks with typical tactics like mass demonstrations and other veiled threats like discriminatory legal action.similar to the farm loans during the late 1970's,the bills finally came due.people defaulted simply because they couldnt afford the mortages. family farms were auctioned off to large conglomerates.the banks cried foul and demanded a taxpayer bailout.during this shuffle the concept of "too big to fail" took on a life of its own so the 'fed' printed billions in fiat currency to bail out banks here and overseas.they were all connected by the federal reserve charter so trillions in good loans were mixed in with dubious 'derivitives' and spread around in a high style.thousands of over-leveraged mortages were forclosed upon and the banks kept trillions of bailout money,refusing to loan it out again.poor people were left homeless and looking for work because labor is so much cheaper overseas.quality went down with the value of the dollar and we all pay more and more for staple goods.some still buy luxury goods but its 'us and them' these problems have been created in one form or another since resources have been exploited,from the riches of acient times via the silk road to the gold of the aztecs and the oil wherever it has been discovered.kingdoms and governments have come and gone like pieces on a chess board.fantastic wealth for some and austerity for the rest.america sold out to the international banking system in 1913 and with the irs as the inforcing arm true capitalism has been watered down to  the power of "special interests"here's the rub;our young men and womer no longer put thier lives on the line for liberty or faux democracy but for explotation,international in scope and amoral in "resourse".our constitution has been portrayed as an antiquated document.it was written in the spirit of guiding a moral people,following the elemental concept of belief in a superior creator and accepting the fundemental teaching that one theats others as  they would like to be treated.synacally that 'golden rule' has been adulterated to mean "those who have the gold,make the rules".the supream being that created something out of nothing has lost not one iaota of power so a fundemental change will by necessity come back around and people will turn to good again as the proof of dark forces will touch the human race.thats why we have free will...to choose.

burge


07/21/13 02:21 PM #5780    

 

Teddie Jordan

Burge, as usual you are right on. The government mandated sub prime mortgage fiasco made law in the mid nineties, the result of which was so predictable, might not have made our last recession happen because historically that correction has to occur every 6-8 years in a healthy economy. But it certainly made it much more severe and painful for a lot of people. When I worked in the grocery store back in high school and early college our goal was to make a measly 1 percent net profit on our inventory, but to turn it over as many times a year as possible to make a decent total return.

But our country and our economy, even with all of our problems and concerns, is still at least a hundred times better and more stable than whoever comes in second, probably England. And due to our Constitution and the fabric and character of our people we will survive. But in my opinion we must get back to the original concept of our founders, that our elected representatives should be just like us, not some out of touch and privileged class. The idea was for storekeepers and farmers and common people to go to Washington for four or six years and serve and use their perspective, our perspective,  to consider fair and just laws to maintain, and defend, and improve our country. And laws that applied to them just as they did to us. I can guaratee you our founders never even considered the possibility of an out of touch professional politician who had never worked in the real world for a single day, passing laws that applied only to the underclass, us, who they should be representing, and not to them.

And you are absolutely right in your previous post, our generation and specifically our class, was born and grew up at the ideal time and place in our history. We are so fortunate. My grandparents worried that electricity being brought to their homes in the first 40 years of the 1900's would ruin and make our parents generation soft. And our parents and grandparents vocally expressed the same worries about the affect TV and rock and roll would have on us. And now I worry about the impact social media and too many indoor electronic activities will have on my grandkids.

But somehow I remain optimistic, through my faith, that they too will survive and prosper, and pass along a healthy country and future to their kids and grandkids.


07/22/13 12:25 AM #5781    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Wow, if I stay off long enough, lots o folks get on with great things to share...absolutely love it...Teddie, you need to import some hogs, maybe the domesticated ones, for your snake problem...we had lots of hogs at our place in Leon county, so really wasnt worried too much about snakes...plus the hogs didnt do much damage to anything, cept maybe small patches of ground they rooted up...they mainly just hung around twice a day for the corn feeding...cant blame em for that now can we...did you know, you cant poison a hog? Yup, thats what I was told, and thats one of the reasons they eat snakes, a delicacy to them for sure, cause they are immune to the venom! ! ! (an old hog farmer told me that)...I guess just being an "old" anything is good, eh what!

     I was told that we had tree rattlers up in that neck O the woods, and that they were an endangered spieces...they certainly were, if I saw one of them bad boys...I always wore a wide brimmed hat, just in case one o them bad boys dropped in for a chat...(shudder)

     I was getting worried about you Burge, dont stay away so long...always love reading your posts...we do think alike!! The measure of an intelligent man, is how much he agrees with you...RIGHT?

     Still thinking about those with health challenges...you are being thought of and prayed for daily!

     Hey Richard, hadnt heard from you in a while...you will be glad to know that an eagle scout candidate came to our church asking if he can work on his ES badge by fixing up our Meek Memorial garden...we graciously said "yes"...and he did come through...he had help from his troop, and his church also...When it is rededicated, you will of course be notified and be a guest of honor...I'm guessing the church will do the notification...this is just a heads up...

     Hey Teddie, Susie Fuller is suffering from some yet unnamed bacteria, that the medicos cant seem to get a handle on. She is not feeiling so well, and is trying to recover, at home. Also those of you that know the Theissens, (Tonda and Sheilas mom and dad), Jim suffered a stroke that left him blind in one eye. The sawbones says it will wear off and get better and he should be able to see again out of that eye. He says he is starting to see some light in that eye...he is 90+...

     Hey Wayne, happy trails to you for sure...guess who mentioned the book "The Trail Drivers of Texas"? One of my altime favorite writers, Leon Hale...In his column today, he was recounting beginning lines in some of the books he has read and loves. His favorite book is the above mentioned...mine too! Although, I am hard pressed to remember the opening lines of any book...cept maybe the line..."It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" from...David Copperfield???? Or maybe it was "A Tale of Two Cities"...our books are packed away in anticipation of MOVING...

     I remember some poetry, bits and pieces, but dont recall any opening lines of any books...I like the classics by H.G.Wells, Hemmingway, EA Poe, Dickens, Twain, Shakespere etc, but I also like the new authors like Jacquline (sp) Susane,  Tom Clancy, and W.E.B. Griffin...oh, and I use to like Harold Robbins. I  read every book of Clancy and Griffin and most of Robbins. I quit reading Robbins because of the last book that I tried to read was just awful. I think it had a womans name as the title. It was just terrible. Love poety, Dickinson; Bronte sisters; Elizabeth Barret Browning, one of my all time favorites. Love her sonnets and Shakesperes sonnets...Yeats; Poe; So many of them...all old friends.

     I do remember the last line of a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox "Ad Finitim"...
"There is no fear, and hell has no terror, to change or alter a love like mine"...

     There are lots of other books I have read, whose author escapes me...read lots of biographys and autobiographys...some good, and some not so much. Of all the civil war generals, both north and south, the onliest (east texas for only) one that never wrote a memoir or autobiography, was Robert E Lee, known affectionately by his soldiers and slaves alike, as "marse Robert" ...Longstreet and Grant wrote biographys, some 30 years after the war. Grant met Mark Twain and they didnt like each other, but finally grew to be friends. The resulting friendship culminated in Twain helping Grant write an autobiography, and getting it published, shortly before Grant died.

     Of course all yall know all that stuff, but it's fun for me to recollect that information. Just trying to keep my mind strong and active. Wish I could find a book study group somewhere. We have one, sort of, at church, and I was gonna jine! I read their first book, and hated it...I dont remember the title, but it was a former POW of the japs, that suffered horrible things, as did most of the POWs in jap camps. Anyway, it was about all he suffered, and that he forgave them...I dont like POW books, or prison anything books...

     So, I didnt go to the discussion group, cause I just didnt like the book. I thought they should have picked something else. But what did I expect, it was picked by a minister, about forgiveness, which is all fine and good, but whats to discuss....Having read alot of those kind of books, in the past, sort of burned my interest out about that sort of subject...no matter how you slice and dice it, war and all it's atrocities, ARE NOT SO GOOD...

     Well, Sunday is drawing to a close...just 15 more minutes to go...guess when I get through here, gonna look up "Jake", from State Farms number, see if he really is wearing kakis...you know, thats all my dad and his brothers and their dad wore, kakis...(is that spelled right?) probably knot! ! ! Well, they wore shirts too...and they had the obligatory "funeral suit" they would wear to, where else...duh, funerals! ! ! !

     Hey Jackie, we have the "RAM cookbook, but it's packed away...I think I will stick to speghetti and meat balls, meat loaf,  and breakfast...I do those exceptionally well...maybe if we FINALLY do get moved, I will invite all hands over for some of my whirld famous speghetti and meat sauce, and if you stay the night, your choice of a good ol southern campfire breakfast, or breakfast tacos, or both...

     You hear that? The 11:55 freight? yup, right on time...crossing 43rd heading for Union Station...

     Speaking of cooking, apple pie! ! ! Ok, can any of youse youtes that took Home Ec, tell me if you made "mock apple pie"? I dont recollect ever having it, but heard that it supposedly tastes just like real apple pie...WHY? My Question, who came up with it, and how did they decide that "Ritz" crackers would make a great apple pie????? One of lifes great little mysteries for sure.

    Ok, I see some of yall nodding off...guess I better sing off for now...

I do have lots more to say, just tired, and made myself hungry mentioning food...dont know why my appetite is so strong...seems I'm hungry all the time! ! ! I guess thats a good thing, eh what!

    Keep the sun at your six and ride boldly ride...
your frien and other brother...Windy JabberWrocky
 


07/22/13 10:14 AM #5782    

 

Wayne Lake

I am so impressed with his political savvy, I am starting a grass roots campaign to elect Teddie, ‘the not so Roosevelt’, Jordan as President of the United States for 2014. I will allow Teddie to name his running mate but as campaign manager, I insist on the following cabinet members:

Secretary of Defense and International Affairs: Burgess Webb, LCPL USMC, Ret.

Secretary of Culinary Arts, Philosophy, Rock n’Roll and Literature: Beau Wann, USN SEAL, Ret.

Secretary of Texas Folk Music: Willie, who else?

Secretary of Dance and Insurance: Richard Meek

Secretary of Chimney Flue Wipe: Lynn Roth

Secretary of IT: Jackie, who else?

Secretary of Organizational Development: Barbara Porter

Secretary of Firefighters: Jimmy Hilsher, HFD, Ret.

Secretary of Police: J.C. Mosier, HPD, Ret.

Secretary of the Photography, Travel and Arts: Paige Talley Meek

Secretary of Agriculture and Air Conditioning: Dennis Hansel

Secretary of Rodeo: Le Roy Gregg, RCA, Ret.

Secretary of Homeland Security:  Dennis  Dorsey

Secretary of Education: Jimmie Lee Brawner

Secretary of City Politics: Sweetie Marbury/Tony Maddox

Secretary of Rattlesnake Control: Lynn ‘dead eye’ Prewitt, USA Artillery, Ret.

Secretary of Waltrip Personnel History: Scottie Groom

Secretary of Softball: Larry ‘the don’ York: 1st Base1978 World Men’s Fast Pitch Champ

Secretary of BS: Wayne Lake

Please send your generous campaign contributions to wtl@lakewobegon.com.

wtl

 


07/22/13 01:05 PM #5783    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

I wanna be secretary of naps...of which I will now demonstrate...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


07/22/13 06:19 PM #5784    

 

Paige Talley (Meek)

Hi there, Waltripians everywhere. Wanted to pop on and see what's up. Exciting stuff is going on at Carleen House. Richard has opened a Guess House (he gets to guess who will be staying with us next). I am pretty sure that he still likes married life but might find it a bit trying at time. Tyring comes in the form of a sweet little girl heading to school in August. Meghan with an "H"  has entered the "Guess Who" room and is staying until the HBU dorms open for the fall.

I am still running the roads between College Station and Houston (or is that now Houston and College Station?) Veros is in a decision and change mode as they decide where I will fit the best. I am hoping for Houston. Of course having an office or presence in Houston will help, I'm sure. In the meantime, I am bunkin' in with Marianne (almost 9 flowergirl granddaughter). and looking for a not-so expensive place to live in the CS area. Of course, you know how easy that will be to find with only six veries-  many thousands of students flooding the town. If anyone knows anyone with a place let us know. 

In the mean time, we are having fun although RIchard can be seen just hanging his head and mumbling...                "How in the world did I let this happen".

I love reading the forum and miss Tuesday's at Fudds, but I'll not give up and plan to see ya'll soon.

Hugs, Paige


07/23/13 07:31 AM #5785    

 

Teddie Jordan

I kinda had my heart set on being in charge of Beer, Fisheries, and Wildlife!

Wayne, if BS was music, you'd be a brass band!


07/23/13 09:39 AM #5786    

 

Pat Brantley (Ross)

I think I could be attorney general.  I don't have a law degree, but I have read the constitution several times.  I am not sure it is assigned reading for candidates in Washington.  


07/23/13 12:35 PM #5787    

 

Wayne Lake

Remember Teddie:

One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by inferiors.”

Plato

Correction to my last:

Secretary of Interior Design: Tonda Theisen

Secretary of Art: Douglas Romans, BA/MA Art History

Attorney General: Pat ‘the hammer and reader of the consitution’ Brantley, whoneedsalawdegreeanyway

Anybody else?

 

wtl


07/23/13 10:46 PM #5788    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey WTL, I really want to be tha pres...my first act,would be to arrest all politicians, regardless of race creed color religious preference and party and deport em to the country of their choice, or the country of my choice, Antarctica...which ever comes first...sort of hate doing that to the penguins down there, but maybe the penguins can use em for bait, like they are doing to us...cause we sure cant use em here...just trying to hep out best I can...

      If we are all here to help others, then what are the others here for???

     On a sadder note, but really I guess a glorious one, Lynn Berrys GREAT AUNT ALVA, ascended the golden stairs to be with Jesus today...she was 100years old...even got to go to her 100th birthday party...what a swell and grand lady she was too...

     Aunt Alva was a native Texan...born 1912 in Bremond...had her own beauty salon for 10 years, and started working for Southwestern Bell in 1945, where she worked for 30 years. In Hearne...wow, she was getting ready to retire about the time I started working for SWBT...now, AT&T...WOW, 100 YEARS. I can imagine she was getting sort of anxious to be with the family and friends that preceded her, but she had Lynn, a great niece and care giver...I know they must have kept each other in stitches, cause they were both so funny and such a hoot...laughter is surely the best thing you can share with people...

     Ok, guess I will sing off...not feeling so good, both mentally and physically....but it's nothing new....I get this way from time to time, and it generally passes in time...thats one of the reasons I get on the forum, to break that spell that comes over me...this one's a pretty strong one though...maybe me and Cooper will go for a walk...

     Had a showing of the house today...I'm wondering just what people want in a house! It appears they want a new one, in River Oaks, and for free too...yeah, thats how much we paid...for free...Just like all yalls homes, free...

     If the rooms are painted with color, they say there's too much of the owners personality. If they are white, then there is no personality of the owners, and they dont like that either...we have a blue room, a lavender room and a green room and a red bathroom...maybe I'll paint one wall in each room white! then they can face which ever wall is most pleasing...OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     I cant tell you how many times I was asked, "whats this room"?  Is that a trick question???? Would you believe a ... Uh...a bedroom? But we're using it as an office/sewing/craft room... Why yes, we have 4 bedrooms, one down and 3 up...what the hell else would it be? But, and heres the kicker, YOU DONT HAVE TO USE THEM FOR BEDROOMS, IF NO ONE IS GOING TO SLEEP IN THEM...THERE'S JUST THE TWO OF US...KIDS ALL GROWN, GRANDKIDS ALL GROWN... YOU CAN USE ANY OF THE ROOMS HOWEVER YOU SEE FIT...JUST LIKE WE DID.,..

     God when did people get so stoopid...only one bedroom upstairs has a bed in it. They can figure out that one is a bedroom, because it has a bed in it... but, since the other two dont have beds, they have no clue what they are...I kid you not...

     The largest of the three has two desks, a couch, a craft table, a sewing room, two walkin closets, a game table and two chairs, a coffee table, a tv on another table, my DJ equip and guitar and two amps, and you can still hold a dance in the middle of the room...thats how big that room is...the third BDRM just has boxes ready to go to storage, or giveaway, and boxes ready to pack...

     Folks tell us that we need to outfit each room so that it reflects what the prospective buyer is looking for! ! !  HOW IN THA WIDE WIDE WHIRLD OF SPORTS AM I SUPPOSE TO KNOW WHAT THESE IDIOTS WANT??????? So far, these idiots just reflect that they are idiots... These folks been watching too much HGTV....those folks on that show are crazy also...no imagination at all whatsoever...see there what television and ipads and ipods and xboxes have done to society! ! ! ! I am so thankful I love books...thank you Mrs Simpson! ! ! ! ! And all my teachers! ! ! !

     Why yes, I am hard on folks, but much harder on myself...I mean, I use to think I was not of such superior intellect, but I have since reconsidered....I am a freakin genius compared to all the folks that have toured our mansion..."does the pool come with it"??????? O...M....G...

       The fixtures in the master closet are built in, key word is, BUILT IN...yet they ask if those will stay with the house....I tell em, "OF COURSE YOU IDIOT...THEY'RE BUILT INS" DUUUUUUUUH! ! !

    It says here, you have zoned air! ! ! what does that mean?????

    How did these people get jobs? how do they hold em once they got em??? Did any of them actually graduate from grade school????

      For the right price, EVERYTHING CAN STAY, EXCEPT ME! ! ! ! Thats not negotiable...hells bells, they can have all my clothes too, I dont care! ! !! ! And yup, I'm takin tha cement pond with me....groan! ! ! !

     Maybe I've been cloistered too long here at the monestery...just hadnt been around people very much....YALL DONT ACT LIKE THAT AT FUDDS! ! ! Are we the last generation that has any brains, or actually uses them for something other than TEXTING???? LIKE FOR SURE DUDE! ! ! !

    Ok, I believe I was gonna sing off...yeah, like 30 minuets ago...I need to have a WABEC meeting soon...I need some insane sanity...

Ok, keep the sun at your six, and a bed in every bedroom, and ride boldly ride...
your frien and other brother...Windy JabberWrocky 


07/24/13 11:15 AM #5789    

 

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Beau we lived in bunker hill village for 32 years in an older house that we loved.  Built by mike lorino in 1964.  I used to wander through some of the McMansions they were building in our neighborhood and it was amazing.  I had to ask about some of the rooms.  There were media rooms, computer stations, catering areas with built ins and anything else they could think of.  They were building monstrosities.  When we put our house on the market we had to move furniture, pack up excess furniture and most of our books and paint everything a neutral shade of blah.  We had some offers for the property so they could demolish the house and build another McMansion.  We waited for a family that wanted our home to become theirs.  Our cement pond was a diving pool built by Troy holiman's dad.  It was big and deep.  Cost a fortune to keep it up.  The new people had to remove the slide and fight to keep their diving board because their insurance company didn't like pools.  Beth died in the middle of us selling the house so we stopped showing it for awhile.  I had never gone through the ordeal of showing a house before because our first house sold itself to one of our friends.  There was some woman sho was hired by the real estate agent to go through our house and tell me what to get rid of and where everything should go.  I almost told her where to go.  You will find someone with some sense, or enough money to make up for stupidity.  


07/24/13 01:58 PM #5790    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

      Yeah, buying and selling a house is really taxing...at least to me it is. I guess my rant was that all the older houses, such as yours and mine (1968), all plans were basically the same. There was no media room, or this room or that room, it was kitchen, living room, dining room, breakfast room, den/family room, x number of baths, and x bedrooms. Our house on Dubarry, like pretty much everyone else in that area, had just 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, a living/dining room, and a miniscule kitchen. And if hyou were as lucky as we were, you had a back porch that was my bedroom...

     When we were looking for a house, before we bought this one, the only criteria for me was that the master had to be downstairs! The rest was up to Diane to like or dislike.
So we got this house because the master was downstairs. The 3 car garage and pool and extra 3 bedrooms and all the other stuff was just gravy...to my way of thinking anyway! We added our own personal touches ie paint etc...Folks nowdays want it already done.

     Maybe ours was a can do/ make do generation...we just adapted...if the whirld doesnt fit, you have to make alterations...

    Like you, We've had folks tell us to get rid of stuff, which I have been doing for the last year or so. This stuff must be part rabbit, cause it just keeps multiplying. I take a truck load to storage, or purple heart, and the antique booth, and feel real proud of myself, till I get back home. Looks like the stuff I dropped off, made it back home before I got back.

     A person, who will remain nameless, but his intials are Billy Joe Wann, my son, who otherwise will remain anonymous, told us that we need to go look at model homes, and fix our house the same way....HELLO? That would be swell, but the big difference is, no one lives in a model home...WE LIVE HERE! ! !

      But you are right Pat, the more we downsize our "STUFF" the better the house shows, and the better off we will be. And a few years back, I had an epiphany, or revalation, I found I no longer needed or wanted all my stuff.

     The more stuff I get rid of, the better I like this house...Isnt it amazing the junque and clutter we accumulate!!!! Of course some of our stuff is priceless, just a few items, and not up for sale or giveaway...like our double phone booth, and the church pew that came out of our little country church in the city...Diane was baptized and grew up in that church for almost 60 years, and we were married in that church, I was baptized in that church, our bohys went to that church...etc

     Upstairs now, since it is an animal free zone, is like a whole other house, or an apartment!  It's a great house, 3500 sq ft, 3 car garage, and cement pond, and the master is down, family room and formals....great for a family of a half dozen or more, but just the two of us?  What a waste of space!

     We have two desks in the third bedroom/game room upstairs, I'm thinking of taking one of the desks out, and the crafts table out and game room table and chairs out and just leave the one desk. Of course that would mean that I would have to shut this computer down, and just use my laptop. Well, we will see what we will see!

     I guess all in all, I would have to say I'm just disappointed that no likes our house! It is twice the house now than when we bought it. Everything updated and catalogued etc...but I suppose, the right people will have to come along and love it like we did and do! But, it's time to move on, to our last move...

     We have an iron bed, about 180 years old, or older, called a "double wedding ring" bed, that is in storage and forsale if anyone is interested. Thats the bed we had when we got married. Slept in that rascal for 3 years...I can tell you the people back 180 years ago and beyond sure seemed a whole lot shorter and smaller than folks are today. When I woke up in that thing, either my feet were sticking through the bars down at the foot, or my head was lodged in the bars at the headboard...dont know how we survived that ordeal...but, it beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick eh what!

     I know Diane loves that bed, it was one of the large expensive items she bought when she was single. We've carried that thing around through two moves now. And I use the term "carried" loosely, cause that bad boy is heavy...well, it is iron! ! !   It would look great in our "farm house", but just is not usable except for small folks...of couse, we've had overnight guests that had to sleep in that bed, that never came back, which I suppose is a blessing in itself...Once the word was out about that bed, no one came to stay with us...

     A funny story about that bed, when we lived out in hearthstone, that was the only guest bed we had. I was the chair of the pastoral nominating committee at Oaks Pres, and we had a prospective minister and her husband come to town to give us a test preach at our church. Well, we were elected to host said ministers, and so we did.

     They had to suffer through sleeping in that bed for one awful night. And I say suffer, because both husband and wife were well over 6 ft tall. I am 5'9" and didnt fit in that torture chamber, I can imagine what they were going through. Oh, they feigned they had no trouble, and were very gracious, but had to be big liars. Cause at over 6ft, you have to lay cattycorner to fit. I always wondered if one of em slept on the floor!

    Oh well, guess God forgave them for lying about having a good nights sleep, cause they paid penance and suffered...it would be a great bed for a little girl, but alas and alack, all our little girls are grown up!

    ok, time for the ministers of naps, to take one...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 


07/24/13 07:00 PM #5791    

 

Robert Derrick

Hey wtl,

(Old friend for more than 60 years), could you possibly appoint me as ambassador to Cooley Elementary?


07/24/13 09:24 PM #5792    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey Robert, as president of the WABEC, I can grant that request! Now repeat after me...I (your name here) do hereby swear to be the president of Cooley Elementary school so help me yall! Ok, by the pawrs invested in me I doo here by name you president of Cooley eolementary in wholey macaroni and guacamole by golly and by gum...

     ok man, youse is it...howsomever, and aint there aolways a howsomever, I hate to be the one to tell you, they tore down cooley a few years back! ! ! ! Now whatchagonnadoo...call ghost busters! ! ! !

     Hey, rode Pegasus for a couple o hours today, to hempstead and back...visited Grolczyks...passed the ghost stockyards in Hockley...they still have the sign out front advertising ghoats and stuff...dont really need a ghoat, since I am an old ghoat...in case your wonderin why I put an h in goat, well, ghost has an h and they sound the same, ghoat ghost, potato potahto, tomato tomahto...Ok, time to go...

     Had a couple o glasses O wine tonight, and I hate wine...it tasted pretty goood tooooo....for all youse youtes trying to stay heathy, if you will eat fruit before a meal, souch as apples and such, it is very good for you...I think wine qualifies as a fruit...

   ok, bye for now...keep the sun at your six and ride boldly ride

your frien and other brother...me

    


07/26/13 05:12 AM #5793    

 

John Burgess Webb

im enjoying the post very much;everything on the light side is greatly apprieciated.i love to hear from you guys and with all activity limited;i can still be at the computer and with all the negative stuff on line and on tv,its nice to hear from people i know and remember from a time when summers were fun and the fall signaled a real change and a clear crispness set our minds to anouther enjoyment.one could still roast hotdogs and marshmallows over pine neddle fires at the curb and most people left others alone to do what they enjoyed.every generation changes but we were hit especially hard in the late sixties.

most will 'adapt and overcome' and this is the hope we must hold out for the soverenty of our republic and the liberty of our grandchildren.there is too much diversity on this globe for one controlling entity;its always failed on a small scale and there is no evidence to its sucsess on a globle scale.therein lies the hope on the poliitical and economic scene and our faith insures a spiritual victory.

we will overcome the problems we face;they are being exposed every day and a fraud cant stand for long,burge

LEWIS AND CLARK


07/26/13 07:46 PM #5794    

 

Wayne Lake

Man, this politicking is difficult and campaign promises are hard to keep!

Robert, I’ve only known you for about 60 years so could you send me your career resume, police records for past 30+ years, a letter from your pastor/priest/mayor stating your standing in the community and make sure you have not compromised your position by tweeting your private parts or any such stuff and then add any other accolades you can develop and then I’ll have my people have a chat with your people since Cooley is such a high profile institution and all.

I still have not officially heard from ‘the proposed candidate’, Teddie ‘the only good deer is a dead deer’, Jordan to see how interested he is in actively pursuing this high profile position and more importantly, if Fran is willing to relocate to the East for few years.

On another note, I’m in League City this weekend pulling weeds and watering a much needed lawn, too hot for comfort @ 95F and high humidity, I’m spoiled  to a more comfortable temp…………………had dinner last night with my very good friends, Jimmy and Michelle Hilsher and then I’m  headed to Trinidad on Sunday to cool off a bit.

I spoke with my buddy Keith Kupec today and he is in Taos, NM hanging out, avoiding South Texas heat and dirt biking when the weather permits.

Burge, have you read Undaunted Courage about the Lewis and Clark expedition and probably, the greatest American president, Thomas Jefferson, if not, try it if you can.

Stay cool my friends,

wtl, the travelin’. man        


07/27/13 11:07 AM #5795    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey WTL, looks like you left Minnesooooota too soon. It's 61 gredees there this moanin. Pose to get down to the 40's maybe! Tobago, mon...You gonna get to do some fitchin? Catch a tuna fitch samich for me, K? (how you like that abbreviation for OK?) dint know you could abbreviate a two letter woid...dint know you needed to...ah well, live and loin!

     Hey Robert, since Cooley is now townhouses, I talked it over with myself at a WABEC meeting, and it was a close vote, but we renamed Oak forest Elem and Black, and Waltrip and Delmar stadium, all to The Robert Derrick etc...how you like that, and you still get to tbe the ambassador to Cooley and all of the aforementioned...

     Now on to the news;  well, Wednesdays headlines in the Houston Pravda, missleading  and Inciteful reporting Chronicle.
"TEEN DRIVERS MIMIC MOM AND DAD" : Gee, ya think! ! ! !    Wow, musta been a slow news day. Heres another one that was on my homepage on my comodore 64:  "MILY CYRUS GRABS HER CROTCH" ...Oh gee, I'd olike to have been there for that momentus occasion...she posted a picture of herself doing just that, on some twit page...I'll bet her mom and dad are so proud... Can you imagine Doris Day, or Pati Paige, or Elizabeth Taylor doing that back in the 40s or 50s? Back in the 50s, I know someone woulda got a really good whippin for doing that, and then got a good washing with grandmas lye soap... All this crotch grabbing, sorta mimics mom and dad...APES ! ! ! 

     Seems everyone has forgotten about the good old days of proper behavior...at least I think it was proper and civilized...you know that was the downfall of the Roman Empire, or one of them, the assimilation into society of the barbarians...only, the barbarians didnt take on the civilized manner of the Romans, but brought society down by hanging onto their "barbaric ways" and Rome fell for it, and fell....shappinin here! ! !

     "Oh well dear, boys will be boys"....mustnt hurt their self esteem...

     Fixed mah patented southern breakfast this morn...had an audience...Cooper and Jack were sitting, waiting patiently just outside the kitchen with heightened anticipation and slobberin tongues...5 of the 6 cats were sitting around Jack and Cooper...if I hadnt been so busy cooking, I'd a taken a picture...cooked all the requisite items, bacon, eggs, biscuits, gravy and grits...

     Oh my it was wonderful...even fixed jack and Cooper their own eggs and bacon with gravy...cats got some too...although, cats dont cotton much to people food...they just hollar for it, and when you put it in front of them, they just walk away...but not to worry, Jack and Cooper will disabuse their plates of any tasty and scrumptious errant morsels...Saturday is a much anticipated and eventful day around our house...

     Sawr today was SOAP BOX DERBY DAY up in Akron Ohio! I always wanted to ride in the soap box derby...but alas and alack, twas not to be...well, not just anyone can enter...same as the "calf scramble" at the rodeo, and all the othe special events...you must have family that gives millions to whatever event you would like to be in...not much out there for the ordinary kid from DuBarry and or Oak Forrest...but, I wouldnt have benn much good at either anyway...

      Did get to go to the boy scout jamboree at the Sam Houston Coliseum bout 1953 maybe...Didnt get to do much, but walk in a parade on the dirt floor of the SHC! At the time, that was pretty big stuff, specially for an 8 year old, or however in the heck old I was back then.

      Know what I miss? Going to my grandparents houses. My moms was in Little rock, Ark., and when we went, it was a culinary estravaganza. All mmy aunts were there, and man, could they all cook. We'd have cantaloupe, and you could smell it all over the house when they cut into it. Same way with the tomatos, and onions and green beans and FRAHED YARDBIRD...oh my! ! ! The fresh baked bread/biscuits, and sometimes I thought you could even smell the honey as they opened the jar. Probably just mental chicanery and highjinx!

     Remember the old grocery stores? Most had wooden floors and walls, and retained the smell of fruit and vegetables they sold.  You could smell all the goodies long before you opened up the screen door with the "WONDER BREAD" door handle....the screen door would slam after you passed through it. Oh, not a rude obnoxious slam, like the one you got yelled at for slammin at the house,  but one that signaled that you had entered into the minds sight and smell playland!

      Occasionally on my rides with Pegasus into rual Texas, I will happen upon an old time grocery store, complete with "wonder bread" door handle and "nehi" and "Dads" rootbeer signs, and the smell of fruits and veggies...Some of em even sported a grill and would cook a great homemade burger complete with all the trimmings, just for me! ! !

      Of course I can never remember just where these were. I have numerous journals, all with blank pages, you'd think I'd take one with me and write all that important stuff down...but noooooooo! ! ! ! Not me! ! ! It's always something I'm gonna do "next time".

     You think you're gonna remember all that stuff, but you never do, at least I never remember it for very long! I know there are a couple of old time hamburger joints up around Washington On the Brazos, or were. Havent been there in a while. I suppose it's hard for one of those bidnesses to survive against the boogermakings and mcamacdonalds and whatamaburgers of the whirld...even got to revisit some of the old Western Autos over the past few years. Now they are probably closed down...such a pity all that genteel culture, lost! Now it's "crotch grabin time"...thank you Hannah Montana! ! !

      Ok, all my thoughts been spillin all over the forum, so I will sing off for now...
hopin all mine waltripine friens are well and prosperin...Got 2 tenths of an inch of rain last night, and waitin for more...doesnt look like we're gonna get anymore. well, every little bit helps!

Keep the sun at your six and ride boldly ride, but safely...
your frien and othe rbrother...ME
   


07/27/13 11:57 AM #5796    

 

Pat Brantley (Ross)

My niece Kelly still lives in the house she grew up in on Viking.  My sister kanis (63) sold it to she and her husband.  Kelly is in her late forties and has serious osteoporosis.  She was in a boatiNg accident two weeks ago and fractured her spine (L1).  She was not paralyzed after the swelling went away, but was in the hospital for awhile.  She is now home and in a body cast for three months.  We are praying for a quick and complete recovery.  Healing is very difficult for those who have osteoporosis.  They actually seem to have bird bones- hollow.  


07/27/13 12:12 PM #5797    

 

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Forgot to tell you that the day after Kelly got home someone dumped two lab puppies in her backyard.  Her gate does not have a lock on it.  She is a big animal lover (two dogs and one cat).  It took she and her daughters almost a week to find good homes for the pups who mysteriously appeared.  She then found out that this is happening all over oak forest and the heights.  Shelters are full and people don't want to go to the kill shelters so they are dumping dogs in yards that already have dogs according to a guy in garden oaks who still has his two puppies.


07/30/13 08:18 AM #5798    

 

Johnny Sheffield

hello everybody. jackie got me back on the message forum.

happy birthday to all the july birthdays and all the august birthdays coming up.

i believe i have schedule clays for october 26th for the next fall gathering at the pavillion.

will have updated news on the 50th reunion coming up in october of 2014.

hope everybody is doing okey and will keep charles and jackie in my prayers.

johnny

 


07/31/13 07:22 PM #5799    

 

Robert Derrick

Hey wtl,

You are pretty tough on an old friend. But I understand politics and all. So at least consider that up until the time we met at Cooley (0-6 years old) I had a pretty clean record. Since then there are few 5 to 10 year gaps in my resume that I would prefer you not fill in by callng Hunstville. I ask for a letter from my pastor, but he has not returned any of my calls since. And if I could find the former mayor of Navasota, our own Tony Maddox, he might put in a good word. By the way, has anyone heard from him lately? And please do not check my police records for another 3 weeks. By then, my lawyer said many things will have been expunged. And about those postings on facebook and twitter, well we all make mistakes and my wife Kay forgives me. (well except for that one last week). And besides, since Bro Beau passed the deciding vote for me, that should be enough.

So, I think I have the makings of a great politican. What say you.

P.S. By the way, I saw what you did to you know who in the 4th grade. Just saying.


07/31/13 07:31 PM #5800    

 

Teddie Jordan

Great response Robert.

You do indeed have the makings of a good politician.

Made me laugh too. And the threat of blackmail at the end is so perfect, the ultimate use of political capital.


08/01/13 10:23 AM #5801    

 

James King '65

Beau,

In your post dated 7/27/13 you mentioned looking for Wester Auto stores.  I was in Natchez, Mississippi last month and saw a large Western Auto store located at Sgt Prentiss Dr (aka U.S. Hwy. 84).  It was open and doing biness.  That would be a long sotormycle ride!


08/04/13 06:17 PM #5802    

 

John Burgess Webb

lets also keep lynn bledsoe in our prayers.loosing some close can throw anyone for a loop

burge


08/05/13 11:04 AM #5803    

 

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Went to help take care of Kelly for a few days.  We got her to a doctor appointment and on the was home toured oak forest.  McMansions everywhere!  I couldn't believe it.i should be back this next week, but I caught a cold., kelly claims its,because everyone  in her house smokes. She has one daughter who doesn't smoke and of course the cat and dogs can't afford it.  Her spirits,are high that this will heal,properly.  Her little brother keeps telling everyone he broke her back.  


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