"I'm a Goofy Goober" --SpongeBob & Patrick V 2.0

OK! OK! I watch way too much children's cartoons. The first SpongeBob movie contained the silly song mention in the title of this Post.


I enjoy watching SpongeBob  with my grand kids and their friends. The cartoon has multiple levels of humor. Some the kids do not get and some I do not get!


I am in a cartoon mood s-o-o-o I created this corny riddle:


Q. If a new computerized cartoon of Popeye was ever produced, what would Wimpy put on his hamburger?


Ans. Pixels !!!




If you don't get it---have your grand kids explain it to you!!!!! 


GLENN <><
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ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY THIS IS SPECIAL !!!

THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN THE MILITARY. I WISH I HAD SAID THIS FIRST:


Management: Doing things right


Leadership: Doing the right things


Having served an Air Force career, I saw both management and leadership. With the real time reporting environment of today's military we have a lot more management than leadership. Leadership is becoming more and more centralized. In my view, America is not well served by this tendency. Yes, I have a built-in bias in favor of local units. They, more than anyone, understand the challenges, stakes and the consequence of all decisions  


I once heard a four-star general say that he had more authority as a captain than he has as a general officer! That is an awesome statement!
Politics drives too many decision.


Glenn <><
Just West of Yesterday

DUCK DYNASTY HAS IT RIGHT HAPPY-HAPPY-HAPPY !

10 things that make me happy

1. The first watermelon of the season

2. A baby that smiles back at me

3. Smelling honeysuckles in Spring

4. Unexpected call from an old friend

5. Neighbor returns tool borrowed in 2014

6. In OK, rain between June and September

7. Finding my checkbook—keys---wallet

8. Watching Monarch butterflies in flight

9. Remembering wife’s grocery list

10. Looking the commode/urinal in the face without regret  

One of the advantages of getting old, for me at least, it takes a whole lot more to make me mad and a whole lot less to make me happy.

GLENN <><

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F.I.G.M.O.----A FEW KNOW WHAT IT MEANS

"THE ROCK"

While serving on a very remote, 2x4 mile tour of duty at Shemya, Alaska, I heard for the first time the acronym: F.I.G.M.O. 


 It was not long before I heard the "official", unabridged meaning. It was used by troops who had orders to finally be going home. NOTICE: BECAUSE THIS BLOG CAN BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE, HERE IS THE "G" RATED VERSION:


        "Forget (*) it I've Got My Orders!"


* GIs Used A Vulgar Word For "Forget".) 


Persons who were soon to rotate home also were said to be "Short"...nothing else.... just short.


I challenge any Blog reader to describe a more creative group than the American service member. Here's some samples:


a. He was so SHORT he would not accept long distant phone calls!


b. He was so SHORT he needed a booster chair in the Chow Hall!


c. My Favorite: An airman got an appointment to see "The Old Man" the unit commander. After saluting, he asked the commander to issue him a step ladder. A somewhat put out commander shot back, "Your duties do not require the use of a step ladder!"


"Sir, it has nothing to do with my duty station."


"Then why do you need a step ladder?"


"You see sir, I am so SHORT I need a step ladder to get out of my bed!"


"Get out of here!"


Glenn <><
Just West of Yesterday

I HAVE USED IT ONCE......HAVE YOU????

           PREPARATION COUNTS


SHORTLY AFTER I WAS CALLED TO PASTOR A SMALL RURAL CHURCH IN  OUR COUNTY, I SCHEDULED A RED CROSS LIFE-SAVING TRAINING SESSION FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF.


ONLY THE BASICS WERE COVERED IN THE TWO-NIGHT SESSIONS.----CPR AND THE HEIMLICH TECHNIQUE.


WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, MY WIFE STARTED CHOKING IN A RESTAURANT AND I PUT MY TRAINING TO VERY GOOD USE. A POLICE OFFICER WHO HAPPENED TO BE PRESENT GAVE ME AN "ATTABOY."


NOW, CHECK THIS OUT:
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/05/26/henry-heimlich-finally-uses-famed-maneuver/85003350/


GLENN <><
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'MAMMA, I KNOW YOU WARNED ME.......'

      Don't Count Your Confessions Too Soon
                  (A FICTIONAL STORY)
Jacob (Jake) Stubbs had a unique ability to think and talk like the Stream of Consciousness play write----Eugene O'Neill.




 'What will she say.....I can't stand this.....it must be done soon or I'll go nuts......maybe jump in front of a big rig on the Interstate.....maybe I'll die before I have to tell her.....maybe she will die and I'm home free....you think like a mad man.....I must do it today..... and do it right....17 years of marriage demands the truth.....the truth can really hurt.'




Jake and Nancy seldom went to an upscale restaurant. He chose Oliver's because reservation were easy to get, he knew the maître dei,  and Nancy would be less likely to raise a stink when he confessed to her in a popular and crowded eating and drinking spot. 


Shortly after they were about half completed enjoying their soup, Jake swallowed hard, took a long drank of water, cleared his throat and looked at Nancy. Inside of Jake, the butterflies had long since been frightened away by the worse sakes he had ever experienced.


"This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do", said the trembling Jake.


Nancy reached over and grasped his right arm and gave it a couple of gentle strokes.


For a few speechless moments, their entire 17 years of marriage went through his mental central processing unit. From that first date, their courtship, a secret plan to run away and get married---which didn't happen, the honeymoon in Hawaii, their first rented home, the birth of each of their three children, the breast cancer scare, and even the biggest trout he ever caught on one of their vacations. He had to do it!


Nancy's heart was going at hyper speed and she feared the worst---he was having an affair.


She spoke, "I love you and promise to stand with you through thick and thin. Are you having an affair?"
 
"No, No it is nothing like that."


With great relief, she said, "Then, what is it?"


"OK, OK, I am hooked....I can't do this."


"Honey, please continue."


"I am hooked on.......I am afraid you will hate me"


"I will not...I love you too much."


"You will get very upset. And start crying"


"I am sure I will if you don't tell me."


"OK, here goes: I am hooked on ......I am hooked on Phonetics. There I said it!"


Nancy slumped back in her seat, spilling some of here now tepid onion soup on her new J.C. Penney sun-flower pattern dress.


Jake wet his napkin and applied it to her forehead.
A collection of customers and restaurant staff stood like a sentinel guard around them. Jake asked for the check, threw three $50 bill on the barely used table cloth and helped her to their car and made a fast retreat toward home. Neither spoke on the way home.




Nancy made a bee line to their upstairs bathroom. Jake brought in the mail, locked up and quietly went to comfort his pale and much distraught help meet.




Her clothes were neatly folded on her side of the bed. From inside the bathroom he could hear his shell-shocked wife of a decade and an half whispering to her mother. Jake heard this very faintly:




"Momma, may I come home for a few weeks?"




"I know, I know you said Jake was no good, a jerk, a phony  and a cherry bomb primed to go off."




"Mamma he said before God and Country at Oliver's, you know that upscale steak and lobster joint on 45th, that he was addicted"


"NO,NO his addiction is not drugs. No, not booze. Not Porn or anything like that." 


"What is his addiction? Mamma, Jake confessed he was hooked on Phonetics. Mamma, Mamma are you still there? Mamma is your phone acting up again? Mamma? Mamma you on?"


Jake quickly tip-toed out of the room. Waited about 30 seconds and walked back in with the biggest smile she had ever seen him wear.


Tonight, Jake did not wrestle with his un-confessed secret and how to break it to Nancy. Instead, he wondered how much GED classes for Nancy would cost.


"Love You .Good Night, Honey."


"Love You too!"


Maybe, they ought to enroll in GED as a pair. Tuition might be cheaper! Plus, he might get extra credit if he brought his Phonetics cards to class.


GLENN <><
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FIRST PUBLIC DISPLAY OF NEW SERIES

FIRST PUBLIC DISPLAY OF NEW SERIES

 

 

6. IN COLLEGE ECONOMICS 101 I HEARD ABOUT OPPORTUNITY COSTS. MUCH LATER

LEA

1 SOME HUSBANDS ACT LIKE COUNTY FAIR SHOW PIGS---THEY DON’T DO WHAT THEY ARE TOLD!

2. WHY IS IT WE FEEL SO GOOD WHEN FIND THE TV REMOTE AND SO BAD WHEN WE CAN NOT LOCATE IT 30 MINUTES LATER?

3. WE THOUGHT HE WAS HUMBLE UNTIL HE TOLD US HE WAS.

4. VACATIONING WITH RELATIVES IS LIKE HOLDING A LIT CHERRY BOMB---SOONER OR LATER IT WILL GO OFF!

5. COUPON USER AT THE GROCERY STORE SHOULD BE CHARGED SO MUCH A MINUTE EXTRA WHEN THEY DELAY THE LINE.

6. IN COLLEGE ECONOMICS 101 I HEARD ABOUT OPPORTUNITY COSTS. NOW AT A MUCH OLDER AGE, I KICK MYSELF FOR OPPORTUNITIES LOST!

7. MOST CPAs DIE/RETIRE BETWEEN THE TIME YOUR TAX RETURN IS SENT AND THE IRS AUDIT.

8. ALL CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE FALSE INCLUDING THIS ONE.

9 WHO SAID, “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME A LARGE STARBUCKS LATTA?”

10. AFTER AGE 55, YOU LEARN STORES PAY UNEMPLOYED CIRCUS CLOWNS TO HIDE YOUR UNATTENDED SHOPPING CART.

11. IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER I WOULD HAVE HAD A V-8.

12. EVER WONDER WHY THE PAPERBOY ALWAYS PICKS THE DAY THE WEATHER PERSON PREDICTS 100 PERCENT CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN TO SKIP THE PLASTIC WRAPPER?

13. THREE STATEMENTS TO NEVER BELIEVE:

       (1) “HE WON’T BITE”

       (2) “THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL”

       (3) “WE NORMALLY DON’T GET WEATHER LIKE THIS AROUND HERE”

14. TO ALL RESIDENTS OF NIBIRU: TRASH PICKUP HAS BEEN MOVED FROM TUESDAY TO THURSDAY.CONTINUE TO PUT ALL CLEAN RECYCLABLES IN THE NON-BIODEGRADABLE BLUE BOX.

15. I’VE SEEN YOUR FACE SOMEWHERE BEFORE; I THINK IT WAS IN THE POST OFFICE.

16. THOSE FRENCH HAVE A DIFFERENT WORD FOR EVERYTHING.

 

 

GLENN

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ABOUT OPPORTUNITY COSTS. NOW AT A MUCH OLDER AGE, I KICK MYSELF FOR OPPORTUNITIES LOST!

7. MOST CPAs DIE/RETIRE BETWEEN THE TIME YOUR TAX RETURN IS SENT AND THE IRS AUDIT.

8. ALL CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE FALSE INCLUDING THIS ONE.

9 WHO SAID, “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME A LARGE STARBUCKS LATTA?”

10. AFTER AGE 55, YOU LEARN STORES PAY UNEMPLOYED CIRCUS CLOWNS TO HIDE YOUR UNATTENDED SHOPPING CART.

11. IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER I WOULD HAVE HAD A V-8.

12. EVER WONDER WHY THE PAPERBOY ALWAYS PICKS THE DAY THE WEATHER PERSON PREDICTS 100 PERCENT CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN TO SKIP THE PLASTIC WRAPPER?

13. THREE STATEMENTS TO NEVER BELIEVE:

       (1) “HE WON’T BITE”

       (2) “THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL”

       (3) “WE NORMALLY DON’T GET WEATHER LIKE THIS AROUND HERE”

14. TO ALL RESIDENTS OF NIBIRU: TRASH PICKUP HAS BEEN MOVED FROM TUESDAY TO THURSDSAY.CONTINUE TO PUT ALL CLEAN RECYCLABLES IN THE NON-BIODEGRADABLE BLUE BOX.

15. I’VE SEEN YOUR FACE SOMEWHERE BEFORE; I THINK IT WAS IN THE POST OFFICE.

16. THOSE FRENCH HAVE A DIFFERENT WORD FOR EVERYTHING.

 

 

BIG MONEY CAN D0 BIG BAD THINGS !!!

THIS IS TOUGH STUFF.


HOW MANY BILLIONS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE MICROSOFT HAPPY?


JUST ONE MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAD YESTERDAY !!!!! DON'T LAUGH. SEE THIS URL:


http://www.wnd.com/2016/05/bill-gates-of-hell-windows-10-hijacks-computers/


GLENN <><

HANGIN' IN WITH GUNGA DEN 2

DID YOU TAKE ALL OF YOUR TWENTY MEDS TODAY???

NOW THAT WE ARE OVER I GOT THIS ONE THING TO SAY
DID YOU TAKE  ALL OF YOUR TWENTY MEDS TODAY???


YEARS AGO YOU SEEMED TO BE IN THE MOOD TO PLAY
DID YOU TAKE  ALL OF YOUR TWENTY MEDS TODAY???


ARE POLAR BEARS BI-POLAR ANSWER WITHOUT DELAY
DID YOU TAKE  ALL OF YOUR TWENTY MEDS TODAY???


OFTEN I FEEL LIKE LITTLE CHILDRENS' MOLDING CLAY
DID YOU TAKE  ALL OF YOUR TWENTY MEDS TODAY???


I JUST MIGHT FLY SOUTH AND LIVE IN WALKER'S CAY
DID YOU TAKE  ALL OF YOUR TWENTY MEDS TODAY???


WELL I DON'T SEE ANY REAL REASON FOR ME TO STAY
DID YOU TAKE  ALL OF YOUR TWENTY MEDS TODAY???


GLENN <><
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WHY HERE? WHY NOW? WHY? WHY?

IF ANY OF THE READERS OF THIS BLOG ARE INTO CONSPIRACY THEORIES---HERE'S A GOOD ONE TO CONTEMPLATE !!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ey0_HwlR4Pw

INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO NOW !!!!!

PLEASE USE THE COMMENT SECTION---THE WHOLE WIDE WONDERFUL WORLD WANTS TO KNOW!!!!!!!

GLENN <><
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COLORFUL UNCLES REMEMBERED-- #1

It is more than appropriate to make Uncle Coleman the first in this series of Posts about my uncles.




Many Blog readers knew him well. He was in many respects my second father. Uncle Coleman was Mom's only brother. That's the reason my middle name is the same as his.


For several years his family and our family shared a single large house on a small farm in Southern Indiana. His children are more like siblings to me.


My Dad and Uncle Coleman were best friends for over 80 years. They were co-valedictorians of their KY high school class.


Uncle Coleman, like my mother and one of her sisters, had high cheek bones. Part of our family oral history is our grandmother was part Cherokee Indian. At his funeral several people remarked that I resembled him more than some of his children---upon second thought that may have meant I looked dead !! Uncle Coleman's chin seemed to be chiseled from material which supported his ever present smile. He could tell you the time of day with a smile and a half laugh which would make you glad you asked him.


Unlike my mother, his face was more angular than her round face. He had a full head of hair throughout his life---something I envied! His nose, like mine, was size Native American large. He seemed to have a year-round tan. His quiet dark eyes bespoke his personality. He was a walking billboard for overalls. Sometimes he would wear them without an undershirt.


I never heard him utter a curse word. Later in life I recall that he called everyone---"Honey" He was a genuine Christian. He and wife Corrine served as a "home away home" for many relatives and their children. These were not overnight sleep overs. Stays were sometimes several months long. In one incident a girl friend of one of my cousins and her brother, spent several months with Uncle Coleman's family. During a prolonged hospitalization of my mother, I stayed with his family.  


He had calloused Christian hands. Uncle Coleman spent some of his vacation time working at his church's camp. He called it "Camp Meeting" ----an old time reference to intense Christian worship and praise. Often he would play his guitar and sing in his church. If I close my eyes and rewind the memory tape I can almost hear his guitar and him singing 'On The Jericho Road ,There's Room For Just Two, No More And No Less, Just Jesus And You.'  


Uncle Coleman and I often talked about Southern Gospel Music. His favorite groups were not fancy  symphonic productions. He believed the message made the song. One of my favorite memories is the time Uncle Coleman, his youngest son, my wife and I went to an all-night gospel singing in Indianapolis. This was decades before 911 and the fans could bring coolers, picnic baskets, lawn chairs, etc. I had more fun than an adult should have by convincing my almost teenage cousin that my cooler was filled with rattlesnakes and about midnight I was going to see who really was in the Spirit and pass them around.


That same evening I went by the record tables and there was Uncle Coleman buying a 3 for $10 special. He saw me and said,"I guess I'll have to tell Rinney (his nickname for Aunt Corrine) what happened to the rent money!" During some of the songs that night I saw a lot of mist in his eyes. Must have that big city night air! That same evening my wife got to shake hands with one of the legendary icons of Southern Gospel Music---Jimmy Blackwood as he came singing into the audience.


About 4am the crowd was getting tired and restless. Then the Speer Family came on and must have sung "I never shall forget the day!" about a dozen times. That crowd was sleepy no more. Yes, we were all in the Spirit by then and made it until the benediction was given as the sun up over the city of Indianapolis. (I did confess earlier to my cousin my big lie about the cooler containing rattlesnakes---actually the cooler had KFC and RCs.)
                    
I deeply regret I was never able to go with him and his two oldest sons to the National Quartet Convention in Louisville, KY.


                 TO BE CONTINUED 

PERFECT WEDDING DRESSES FOR JUNE BRIDES !

JUNE, AND JUNE WEDDINGS, ARE JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY!


IN CASE YOU ARE ASKED FOR SUGGESTIONS----DIRECT THE BRIDE TO THIS URL. THESE DRESSES ARE A BIT DIFFERENT !!!!


PLEASE DO THANK ME !


http://definition.org/blog/ugly-wedding-dresses/1/


GLENN <><
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'A BRACE OF WOODPECKERS'---GROUCHO

THE SNAPPY ONE-LINERS OF GROUCHO MARX SURVIVE AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS.

2015 TOP BABY NAMES IN OKLAHOMA

LOOKS LIKE OLDER, SOLID NAMES ARE MAKING A COMBACK:


SEE FOLLOWING URL:


https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/#/post/5-2016-1


CHANCE ARE THERE IS A LIST FOR YOUR STATE.


GLENN <><
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OLD MOVIES KEEP US YOUNG

THIS POST IS BASED ON MY OWN VIEWS:

TWO SOLID TAKEAWAYS FROM GRANDSON'S GRADUATION

STUDENT SPEECHES AT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS ARE SOMEWHAT PREDICTABLE. MONDAY NIGHT WAS NO EXCEPTION.


"THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED THEM FROM THE BABY DOCTOR WHO DELIVERED THEM TO THE JAINTOR WHO KEPT QUIET ABOUT WHAT HE FOUND IN THEIR OPEN LOCKER!"


BUT TONIGHT WAS DIFFERENT IN THAT EACH OF THE TWO YOUNG WOMEN WHO SPOKE HAD A NUGGET OR TWO WORTH REMEMBERING:


1. ONE SAID, "NOW IT IS OUR TURN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE." (I thought to myself: Praise The Lord that someone has the courage to try and straighten this whole mess out---my generation has really botched the job!)


2. THE OTHER EXPLAINED WHY HER MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD HER TO ACT LIKE A "DUCK":  "CALM ON THE SURFACE, BUT PEDDLING LIKE CRAZY BELOW THE OBSERVED WATERLINE!" ( I had heard this barnyard philosophy before; however, just about all of our current elected leaders (some preachers included) are more interested in telling, and showing, how much effort they are expending. Maybe one of the 280 grads will change the world and not care who gets the credit! They will never ask for my vote or want to hold my wallet! In fact, they will make the invisible man look like a showoff!) 


I AM SO VERY HAPPY NO ONE TOLD ME WHEN I WAS 17 HOW INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT LIFE WOULD BECOME AFTER THE TASSEL WAS MOVED! 


IF THEY HAD, I MIGHT HAVE SAID, "I AIN'T GOING!"


GLENN <><

"HOUSTON, 2/3rds OF OUR MISSION IS COMPLETED !"

TONIGHT OUR GRANDSON IS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL!


HE AND HIS BROTHER (JR. IN COLLEGE) AND SISTER (8TH GRADE) HAVE LIVED WITH US GOING ON 12 YEARS!


TWO DOWN ONE TO GO!


GRANDPA GLENN <><
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STEP RIGHT UP & PLACE YOUR ORDER !



SUPER YATCH OF TOMORROW--ITALIAN -DESIGNER TERUZZI



NAME DROPPER AGAIN---I HAVE A RETIRED AIR FORCE FRIEND (CHUCK--Played college football in Alabama.) WHO HAS SAILED AROUND THE WORLD TWICE ON HIS OWN YATCH---NOT THIS ONE. HE MIGHT WANT TO GET HIS ORDER IN FOR THIS  CONCEPT YATCH.  FROM THE LONDON SUN:




'DESIGNER has created a series of stunning concept images to showcase a luxurious super yacht which comes complete with an enormous viewing deck, glass bottomed pool and an aquarium.


The enormous 492-ft yacht, called the Shaddai, boasts an elevated cabin which would offer jaw-dropping views over the surrounding ocean – from a height of 125ft above the water’s surface.


Italian designer Gabriel Teruzzi is the man behind the stunning concept, although it would certainly take a bold builder to bring the incredible craft to life.'


MY FRIEND CHUCK MADE LOTS OF MONEY IN THE STOCK MARKET BUT I DOUBT IF HE CAN AFFORD THIS ONE!


HERE'S A SUPER IDEA: ALL PCHS GRADS PITCH IN AND WE'LL ORDER ONE. WE WILL HAVE A REUNION THAT WILL NEVER BE TOPPED---THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN !


GLENN <><

BETWEEN A 7 AND AN 8--BUT TRENDING UPWARD

THANKS TO ALL WHO ASKED ABOUT MY WELL BEING. I AM FEELING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A 7 AND AN 8 ON THE SCALE OF 10. SIGNIFICANTLY, THE TREND IS UPWARD.


THE REPORT WHICH CIRCULATED THAT MY DOCTOR ADVISED ME NOT TO PURCHASE ANY GREEN BANANAS IS WITHOUT  MERIT.


MY HEALTH PROVIDER IS DR. PEPPER.


GLENN <><
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A MAJOR PCHS FIND----MUST SEE !!!!!!

I KEEP LOOKING FOR PCHS MATERIAL FOR THIS BLOG.


YOU MUST SEE THE OUTSTANDING PICS OF OUR GYM. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!


http://hoosierhardwood.blogspot.com/2014/06/paris-crossing.html


GLENN <><
JUST WEST OF YESTERDAY

RED LINE -----------------CENTER LINE

WAL-MART FROM THE VIEW OF A CUSTOMER

READERS OF THIS BLOG ARE URGED TO CHECK OUT WALLY  MARTIN'S NEW BLOG ON WHAT GOES ON AT WAL-MART !


www.wallymartinreports.blogspot.com


NOTHING QUITE LIKE IT ON THE INTERNET


GLENN <><
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WE LIVE IN A SELFIE WORLD !

THINK ABOUT THIS !



SOMEONE ONCE DESCRIBED STEVE JOBS AS "THE MAN WHO SOLD US STUFF WE DIDN'T KNOW WE NEEDED."


NOT ONLY DID HE AND APPLE SCORE A HUGE TECHNOLGICAL HIT, THEY ALSO HIT AN UPPER DECK HOME RUN ON MARKETING.


CONSIDER: i Mac, i Pad, i Pod, i Phone, & i Tunes to just name a few of Apple creations. Jobs saw the Selfie marketing angle long before others.


GLENN <><
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HYPER FAST SLOT RACING--MUST SEE !

THIS IS UNREAL. CHECK IT OUT. I GET DIZZY JUST WATCHING IT !!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtwkRd6zHwg


CONGRATS TO ALL EURO RACERS!


GLENN <><
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A ROUGH REUNION LESSON

                       A ROUGH REUNION LESSON

 

 

Eight hard driving hours brought me to my goal

A large green tent erected in a small town city park

I excitedly went although I didn’t know a single soul

An e-mail promise of free food made me want to embark

 

 

A blank white nametag on my chest was quickly applied

Questions about my kin folks came like the ’37 Ohio Flood

So many people with notebooks made it very hard to decide

“Are you related by marriage or are you original blood?”

 

 

“I really don’t know,” was my honest answer so mild and meek

My early warm welcome melted like a late Spring snow

“No free food for you,” they said, “we’ll only swab your cheek”

A big guy in overalls said, “You really make make that car go!”

 

 

After getting out of sight,  I stopped at a store for a snack

No fried chicken, no cake, and no homemade chocolate pie

A Diet Coke with Tom’s peanuts would do until I got back

When it comes to reunion invites I’ve learned to ask “Why?”

GLENN <><

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Mill Pond

The correct order of our earliest memories is often a jigsaw puzzle rather than a chronological mural. For some strange reason three events compose the first big pieces of my retrievable data base.

When WWII ended, I can remember the entire neighborhood pouring onto the streets with shouts of joy and relief. Older kids banged garbage can lids together. From the third floor of a nearby apartment building twin effigies of Hitler and Tojo were suspended by ropes around their necks. Years later, I graduated from college and started a 20 year military career.

At age four I distinctly recall an aunt and uncle taking my slightly older cousin and me to a basketball game. I can recall the players wearing knee high socks, using a basketball with laces, and during each time out they would sit around their respective free throw circles. I do not know who won or who even played. I have loved the game of basketball ever since.

Somewhere between the ages of four and five, I caught my first fish, a small bass, using one of my grandfather’s cane poles. My grandfather, on my mother’s side, never owned a store bought rod and reel. I have in my possession what is thought to be the inside portion of his faithful companion minnow bucket.

The location of that first catch was at the tail end of a pool of water that slowed after making a rushing, bubbling sound over a small dam that corralled a small river which once powered a water wheel grist mill. Hence, the name Mill Pond. An oscillating suspension foot bridge crossed the Mill Pond from the old mill to a house on the opposite side. Even though I returned to the Mill Pond many times, I never attempted the certain walk of death across the frightening bridge. All diseases start somewhere. My now terminal fishing infection was contracted at the Mill Pond and my grandfather served as a willing enabler for many years.

I'm hooked !

MAY ALMIGHTY GOD FORGIVE THIS NATION

THE FOLLOWING URL IS EXTREMELY UPSETTING. WE MUST BE ON THE VERGE OF GOD'S HOLY WRATH:
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/safe-haven-baby-boxes-installed-indiana/nrHyW/


GLENN <><
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WHO SAID IT WOULD BE EASY?

I HAVE HEARD, AND SAID, "GETTING OLD IS NOT MUCH FUN!"


THE SIMPLE, PROFOUND TRUTH JUST HIT ME THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT UP:


"WHO SAID GETTING OLD WAS EASY?"


ANSWER: "NOBODY!"


I AM CONSOLED BY THE FACT THAT GETTING OLD BEATS THE ALTERNATIVE !!!


GLENN <><
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VIRTUAL KEYBOARD

WOW! CHECK IT OUT !
http://coolpile.com/gadgets-magazine/keychain-ctx-virtual-keyboard


GLENN <><
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UFOS: OURS? THEIRS? THEM?

THE URL BELOW IS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS ON THE SUBJECT OF UFOS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGMGOdKOPKk


I HAVE FOLLOWED THIS TOPIC FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAVE CONCLUDED SOME OF THE REPORTED SIGHTINGS ARE REAL UFOS---NOT A HOAX !


MY CONCLUSION IS THAT THERE ARE  ONLY 3 LIKELY EXPLANATIONS:


1. OURS---CONSTRUCTED AND CONTROLLED BY U.S. CITIZENS OR OUR FRIENDLY ALLIES.


2. THEIRS---CONSTRUCTED AND CONTROLLED BY CITIZENS OF NATIONS HOSTILE TO THE U.S. AND OUR ALLIES.


3. THEM---CONSTRUCTED AND CONTROLLED BY BEINGS NOT OF THIS PLANET.


WHAT DO YOU THINK????


GLENN <><
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IT WASN'T REALLY ALL THAT HARD

THE FOLLOWING WAS PRINTED BY THE SHAWNEE NEWS-STAR MAY 1, 2016. THIS WAS BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION IN INDIANA MAY 3, 2016. WHEN THE "HOOP" STORY BROKE I KNEW MR. CRUZ HAD FOULED OUT OF THE GAME!

A HOOP IS A HOOP—NEVER A RING

“Five…Four…Three…Two…One…  let’er fly  (Pause) in and out.”

That is a line of dialogue spoken by alcoholic Shooter ( Dennis Hopper) in that wonderful movie—“Hoosiers.”  Shooter is explaining to Coach Dale (Gene Hackman), the new Hickory high school basketball coach how Hickory came so close in winning the Sectional Tournament several years earlier. It was Shooter who took that almost winning shot. The implication is that basketball is so important in Indiana, before the current class system, that almost winning shot drove Shooter to the bottle and near destruction.

Ted Cruz’ attempted to identify with Indiana voters when he tried to invoke the underdog can still win persona. Only problem is Mr. Cruz committed the Indiana equivalent of the unpardonable sin by referring to a basketball hoop as a “ring.” Basketball players, coaches, parents, and fans have a cult-like devotion to their Indiana high school and the game itself. They will permit praise to other teams and players as long as you know what you are talking about. The only time a “ring” and basketball go together in Indiana is the awarding of Championship Rings to winners.

Ask any person, regardless of current age, who has ever played basketball in Indiana if they could somehow turn the clock back for 24 hours what time would it be. I am not a prophet or the son of a prophet but I will hazard a guess that a good share would remark, “Friday night, age 17, playing Indiana high school basketball just one more time.” That’s how important basketball is in Indiana.

Little things mean a lot in presidential campaigns: A sweating Richard Nixon in his debate with JFK; a leather-helmeted Michael Dukakis sticking his head out of an open tank turret; rapist Willie Horton in a 30-second Bush ad and Walter Mondale’s biting reference to Ronald Reagan‘s old age and Reagan’s rapid response in saying he would not hold Mondale’s youth against him! The voters in Indiana will soon signal to all whether Cruz’ gaff of calling a hoop a “ring” should be added to this list.

In most states, Cruz’ gaff would not make the evening news. However, in Indiana, calling a hoop a “ring” could be the final almost winning shot.

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NO BUDDY---THAT JUST AIN'T TRUE !!!!!!

WHEN WELL-MEANING PEOPLE GET MENTAL VERTIGO THEY CAN'T DETERMINE UP FROM DOWN. THE FOLLOWING URL TAUTS DATA THAT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY OBSERVATION.


http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/05/01/indiana-one-top-states-demographically-resembles-1950s/83803266/


THIS "RESEARCH" MIGHT PLEASE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WENT THROUGH THE 1950s; HOWEVER, FOR THIS FRONT LINE OBSERVER IT IS WAY OUT OF FOCUS.


IN 1950'S AGRICULTURE ON SMALL FAMILY OWNED FARMS WAS THE NORM.
TODAY BIG AGRI-CORPS RUN THE FARMS. A COUPLE OF FARMERS IN JENNINGS COUNTY OWN/MANAGE OVER 10,000 ACRES!!!!! IN THE 1950'S MOST FARMS WERE 160 ACRES OR LESS.


TAKE A SUNDAY AFTERNOON DRIVE AND NOTICE THE COLLECTION OF HOUSE TRAILERS THAT POPULATE MUCH OF WHAT WAS ONCE FARM LAND IN THE 1950'S. THE POPULATION DENSITY AND MAKE UP IS MANY TIMES GREATER THAN THE 1950'S.


IN THE 1950'S KIDS GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND STAYED CLOSE TO HOME. NOW THE EXODUS GOES INTO AREAS WE COULDN'T SPELL OR EVEN LOCATE ON A MAP!


MAYBE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL BORN RESIDENTS NOW IN THE HOOSIER STATE. INDIANA NEEDS MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL


INDIANA IS NO LONGER A MAGNET FOR KENTUCKIANS LOOKING FOR WORK. INDIANA IS NO LONGER A CONDUIT FOR SOUTHERNERS GOING TO DETROIT


FINALLY, THIS WILL MAKE A GOOD NUMBER OF READERS OF THIS POST VERY, VERY ANGRY---THE MASSIVE INFLUX OF PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. TO INDIANA HAS DRAMATICALLY ALTERED THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL MIND SET WITHIN INDIANA.


TO ATTEMPT TO TIE THE NOW TO THEN IS VERY INACCURATE. IT JUST ISN'T SO. ASK SOME FOLKS WHO WERE HERE IN THE 1950'S. THE OLD GRAY MARE AIN'T WHAT SHE USED TO BE---NEITHER IS INDIANA.


WELL NOW, I STAND BY THESE OBSERVATIONS BECAUSE I WAS THERE IN THE 1950'S SO I GUESS I OUGHT TO KNOW !!!!
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO 1959 MUSIC !!!!!

OF COURSE I AM PARTIAL TO 1959. I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. HERE'S WHY:


1. GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL
2. ENTERED PURDUE UNIVERSITY
3. TURNED 18 YEARS OF AGE
4. SIGNED UP FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE
5. MOVED FROM HOME
6. LAST GREAT YEAR TO FISH GRAHAM CREEK
7. DISCOVERED REAL MEANING OF TRUTH


I CAN MAKE A STRONG CASE THAT 1959 WAS THE EPICENTER OF ROCK-N-ROLL. THERE ARE A TON OF TOP CHARTS FOR ROCK-N-ROLL AND COUNTRY SONGS. THIS URL MAYBE THE BEST PLACE TO FIND THE CHART TOPPERS. CHECK IT OUT.


https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=100+greatest+hits+of+1959&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4PRFD_enUS642US677&q=100+greatest+hits+of+1959&gs_l=hp...0i22i30l4.0.0.0.13146...........0.oEeN_BjnBTg&gws_rd=ssl

INFO YOU MAY NOT KNOW

I HAVE DEALT WITH FUNERAL DIRECTORS IN SEVERAL STATES. MOST HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONALS IN BOTH WORD AND DEED.


THEY ARE BY AND LARGE VERY SENSITIVE AND COMPASSIONATE. ONLY A FEW THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH ARE JERKS.




MOST VIEW THEIR JOB AS A CALLING LIKE A MINISTER. THEY PUT THE FAMILIES THEY SERVE FIRST.


I HAVE A FONDNESS FOR THE OLDER FAMILY-OWNED FUNERAL HOMES IN SMALL TOWNS. THEY HAVE A LEGACY AND REPUTATION ON THE LINE AT EVERY SERVICE.




SADLY THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE WITH CORPORATE-OWNED HOMES. THEY ARE MONEY-MAKING BUSINESSES FIRST AND FOREMOST.


 I HAVE ENCOURAGED MANY FAMILY-OWNED FUNERAL HOME DIRECTORS TO ALWAYS AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO SELL OUT AND MOVE TO FLORIDA. BIG BUCKS SOMETIME TRUMP LOCAL SERVICE TO HURTING FAMILIES.


I HAVE ENOUGH STORIES OF  CORPORATE  FUNERAL HOMES TO FILL A BIG BOOK AND GET ME SUED !!! 


(HAVE YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE?)


"WOULD YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT AFTER THE LAST BREATHE, EVERYTHING THAT'S DONE IS DONE FOR THE LIVING??" (THE LARGE CORPORATE FUNERAL HOMES USE IT OFTEN !)


THE STORY OF THE CROOKED FUNERAL DIRECTOR IN INDIANA TAKING A RING FROM A DEAD BODY IS SICKENING.


SEE THIS URL: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/09/29/police-funeral-director-stole-corpses-ring/73056756/


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