Jabberhocky!

Time For A Large Amount of Nonsense

I decided this morning that this definitely is a nonsense day.  As someone once said (me know not who) ....  "To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life."

When I think of the word nonsense, I always think of the Lewis Carroll nonsense poem called "Jabberwocky".  I love that word.  It makes so much sense rather than nonsense.  It makes me think of a person who jabbers and who is full of hocky (poop doncha know).

When I got to thinking about hocky (poop) I realized that there are a lot of words for hocky.  I would think I need to refer to the hocky thesaurus. So I tried.  When I went to look up a bunch of the words, I found the poop thesaurus.  Do you believe that??!!

When you think about that word, it can be a verb or a noun.  But there sure are a lot more noun synonyms than verbs.  I know poop is a difficult subject to talk about, but we all do it....so what the heck is wrong with admitting that we are all full of brown bombs.  Or ,another color if we ate something weird.  I supposed the most scientific term I can think of is to call it fecal matter.  But everyone knows I'm not a fecal matter speaking person.....I would rather call it a more low class trailer park term.  Like crap or hocky or do do .... those are a few of my more tongue rolling picks. 

See I told you it was a nonsense day.  Nonsense will get you nowhere and will also get you everywhere.  If you have too much nonsense surrounding your very actions, you might not be asked to come around again.  But if the other person in the transaction is also a "jabberhocky" type person, then your nonsense will get you whatever you want.  Just ask me.  I've been a jabberer since I was born and my dad always said I was full of it....so I guess I'm a jabberhocky type person.

So climb out of your boring day, and be a jabberhocky with me.  I know you have a serious interest in life.....especially about living until tomorrow.


Death of a Resident
Wes Marcum, who was married to Evelyn Despain Marcum, passed away last night in the early evening.  The arrangements are pending at this time.


Old Greenview Stuff

1971 - The Greenview Review and the Athens Free Press consolidated in January under the name Menard County Review.

March 20, 1971 - Ronnie Doggett lost his life in a one car accident on the Middletown blacktop east of town. 

April 13, 1971 - Harry Jones, owner of the Owl Garage for 42 years, died on this day.

December 20, 1971 - Tommy Parks III, drowned in the Sangamon River, near the Gudgel Bridge.  His car was swept from a flooded road west of the bridge and it is believed that he accidentally ran into the flooded area and lost his footing when he attempted to leave the car.



Hickory Dickory Dock....the mouse ran up the clock.  What a stupid thing to do!  Could the mouse tell time and that was the reason he ran up the clock??  Or, was someone leaving cheese up the clock trying to catch the mouse?

It's always bothered me why that mouse ran up the clock.  It would seem he had no earthly reason to run up that clock.  So when that old clock struck one, it must have scared the mouse almost to death so he ran down.  Serves him right....he shouldn't have run up the clock in the first place.

 

 

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Newspaper Articles About Greenview Persons

Every once in a while I will attempt to post newspaper article links which relate to Greenview (former and current) persons.  Here are some I'm aware of.  If you know of one and want to have it printed in this blog in my next "People in the News" article, email it to me at carlaslittlemoms@yahoo.com



I.   The following two are about Jennifer Lehman Scales.  She happens to be my daughter:

http://www.lincolncourier.com/features/x1785618596/Christian-Village-adds-nurse-practitioner

http://www.sj-r.com/seniors/x43412199/Practitioner-makes-perfect-sense-for-nursing-home




II.  The following article is about Steve Browne who is Louise (Hill) and Bobby Browne's son:

http://www.sj-r.com/bakke/x1809310418/Dave-Bakke-1-bill-reveals-WWII-drama



III.   The following articles are a part of a series about John Wood, who orginally was from Petersburg, but who lived in Greenview several years ago and then married Patty Hudspeth.
 
http://www.sj-r.com/bakke/x2138760329/Dave-Bakke-Waiting-the-hardest-part-for-heart-transplant-hopeful

http://www.sj-r.com/bakke/x271616631/Dave-Bakke-Wait-for-heart-transplant-takes-mental-toll-too

http://www.sj-r.com/bakke/x1793838059/Bakke-Transplant-hopeful-waiting-for-a-call


IV.   This video is about Small Town America and you will recognize many well known faces from the old town.  It's powerful and very interesting.  Produced by SJ-R

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55P4AvS4ujQ


V.   This article is about a young man who doesn't let adversity get him down.

http://www.sj-r.com/sports/x1353880871/Junior-with-cerebral-palsy-reminds-Greenview-it-s-about-more-than-wins


VI.  This is an SJR blog post and is a wonderful story about Greenview and some residents you will likely recognize.

http://blogs.sj-r.com/behindthecurtain/index.php/2009/07/26/greenview-greenview-greenview-not-greenville/



VII.  This is about how a small class of 16 is still mighty.

http://www.sj-r.com/firstinprint/x1332181399/Less-is-more-for-Greenview-Community-High-School-class-of-16


VIII.   This is about George Baugher and his Army service with Elvis Presley.

http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x392616738/Dave-Bakke-Elvis-Army-buddy-came-home-to-Greenview



Just a few articles that I know about at this time.  As new articles are printed I will gather these for a future posting on this blog.  This is a new blog addition to keep you aware of Greenview persons in the news.  Let me know if you like this type of  "People In The News" posting.

Dear Diary

Diaries can be addictive!

Dear Diary,
Today is the first of the series of diary entries I'm going to write in this little red book.  I hope it means I will continue to write within your pages, but who knows.  If it doesn't rain, storm, winds blow at 100 mph, snow a foot or is dry as a bone, I might not have a thing to write about from the house upon the hill, in the country, in the rural town of Timbucktoo, Illinois.

Today's post will be all about how it didn't rain yesterday or the day before .... in fact it hasn't rained for about 8 or 9 days and my plants are beginning to wilt out here on the hill.  But the grass is still growing.....now how does that happen?  Grass seems to grow even though it doesn't rain. 

So.....diary....what am I supposed to write about?  Give me some hints.! Should I say that I am having pork chops and banana jello tonight?  Or should I say that it's going to be 79 degrees today. 
Wow....I think I lead a very boring life when I can't think of a thing to write in my daily diary other than I'm going to dig some more holes to plant some more plants.  That's about as interesting as picking your nose in a crowd.  NOT!

Maybe I should just forget about the diary or maybe I should just plan to write my daily routine in your pages every day.  Ok...that's what I'll do until I find out what things I should write about. 

1.  Got out of bed.
2.  Went to the bathroom.
3.  Fed the dog.
4.  Took my medicines including the diuretics.
5.  Gave the dog her medicines
6.  Went to the bathroom and let the dog out to pee.
7.  Went to the bathroom and let the dog out to pee.
8 - 25.  Went to the bathroom and let the dog out to pee.
26.  Watched television.
27.  Turned on the dish washer.
28.  Watched television.
29.  Let the dog out to pee.
30.  Started thinking about dinner.

Well.....I can see this is going to be boring as heck.  The same thing day in and day out.  My life ain't a fun life like some peeps. 

So.....little red book, your pages will soon be full of the same things.  You might rebel and perhaps your pages will stick together so I can't write.  Oh well.....time to go.....see you tomorrow little red diary.....maybe tomorrow will be better and more exciting. 

Love,
Me

P.S. Geeze....nothing to write about but I filled 3 diary pages.  What's that all about??!!


Old Greenview

One night during the winter of 1930, Axel Lundberg's home was entered by two robbers who then compelled him to go with them next door to the home of Albert and Molly Yelm, where they took a bag, containing $60.00, departing without leaving a clue as to their identity.

In 1931, for the first time there were women's names on the roll for petit jurors drawn for circuit court in February.

On March 23, four gunmen pulled off a daylight bank robbery in Greenview, getting away with cash and securities from the Greenview State Bank.  They were caught, but Rocco Siliano and Sicitoni, two of the men implicated were discharged for lace of evidence against them, and Lucci was indicted.  He gave bond and was released pending trial.  On August 9, 1931, Angelo Lucci, the Greenview Bank robber, who was out on bond, was shot and killed at Sherman by Tony Rick.  Lucci's bondsmen were released and the case closed.  Rocco Siliano, one of the men implicated in the bank robbery but released, was shot to death in Broadwell in 1933.

The Chicago and Alton branch of the railroad was purchased in 1931 by the B. and O.  No change was made in the office here.  A serious accident occurred that spring when seventeen cars were derailed four miles north of the village and a young Mexican, Miguel Alvarez, was killed.

The Greenview Milling and Grain Company, under management of Clyde McClintick, was organized in 1931, with offices at the Beggs and Hatch Elevator.

The American Legion replaced the old gravel walk in the park, laying a wide walk of concrete.  The village board voted to allow the Legion free use of the park at all times. 

The pergola was painted and part of the chain hitch rack was removed from the east side of the park.

The fire department members were voted double pay when called to another town on duty - $8.00 for the chief and $6.00 for each member.

The Marine Bank of Springfield lost its $100,000.00 mortgage suit against B. F. Marbold and H. E. Pond, trustee.

The Greenview State Bank closed its doors in January, 1932, as did the banks in neighboring towns, on account of the business depression.  In November, Harry Aden of Petersburg was appointed to act as receiver of the Greenview State Bank.

Corn planting was delayed by wet weather, and the Sangamon River was the highest in seven years.  Wheat prices were good - $.96 to $1.05.


Quote For The Day

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going

but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

--Laurence J. Peter



Food too salty.  Too dirty.  Bugs in the restroom.  Floor is horribly dirty.  You stick to the booth seats.  Portions too small.  Greasy spoon.  Got gastric acid.  Puked.  Diarrhea.

Sound familiar?  It probably does.  And might be the reason(s) you don't go back to a watering/ eating hole.

I can't seem to find a really all around great eating place in this area.....and I have been to about each and every one.  TGIF Friday's and Logan's Roadhouse (East Peoria) are a couple of ones I go to more than once.....but there aren't too many that gets my return business.

Perhaps some place, old or new,  will start serving something interesting like little dirty birdy feet, fried canary wings, or snake eyeballs .... then, I can go try these delicacies to see if this place can become my own bestest and most favorite of them all.  If you know of a new place or one of your mostest and bestest let me know.....I'm always on the lookout.

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Biggest Lies

If the government tells you something, do you believe it?  Gag gag.....only at your own risk!

What kind of things can you remember that you just know were lies by the government (federal, state, county, city)???  No more taxes is a good one!!!

The biggest lie I can think of is that the government swore there was no Area 51 in southern Nevada.  Then, persons who had worked there, became whistle blowers and the lie was discovered  .... the government had to admit it.

And, of course, the government for years said there were no aliens and no UFO crash at Roswell New Mexico in  July, 1947.  Well of course that was a lie......aliens really were taken.  I happen to know that Aliens were taken as one of the Alien kids that was taken, grew up, and I married him.  Yes, he was my first husband.

You see, no one wanted US citizens to know that Aliens really existed so all mouths were zipped.  My ex-husband was raised by his Alien parents in an underground bunker, first at Roswell, then at Area 51. When Area 51 became a realization., my ex's family was moved there to finish out their days.  Except.....my ex escaped from the captive bunker.   

He was kind of a handsome Alien, but rather skinny.  But, I thought as good a cook as I was, I could probably fatten him up..... even though I'm not married to him these days, he's still fattened up and getting to look a lot like his Alien relatives.  I only know that from the pictures I've seen of his family. 

So now I'm waiting anxiously to see my children grow a bit older.  I want to see if the Alien is coming out in them as they age.  So far, they're pretty cute and the thin reed like features so prevalent in Aliens of this type, still haven't shown up.  Whew.....!!

I'm telling the world at this point, that the Roswell crash did happen.....and if they don't believe that I married one of the children who survived the crash, please get hold of me so that I can send you proof.  I might even send you my ex's address....perhaps you may want to become his next Alien bride.   Or, maybe there are some other Aliens, related though the same branch or totally different branches, who will see this and want to get together with my ex's Alien branch.  Let me know.


Old Tyme Greenview
(taken from the Greenview Scrapbook)

Earl Van Landingham came to Greenview in 1923, to engage in the auto sales business.  He occupied the Meers building on the west side of the square for a time, but later moved to the Marbold Garage, where he has more show room, and has added oil and service.  He handles a large business in used cars.

Both Clarence Rogers and Ward Beauchamp were in the dray business in 1923.  E. W. Blane handled pumps and windmills and A.L. Barnett was buying and shipping poultry and eggs.

The next year, he and Mrs. Barnett opened the Barnett Hotel in the Bracken building, which they operated for about five years, when they retired.  But Mrs. Barnett's cooking was so popular that she was continually called upon to serve meals, and now, at almost seventy years of age, she has five or six regular boarders and does he own housework.  "Dee" Barnett, a cheerful and happy disposition, is a well known and beloved lady of our village.  Mr. Barnett died of a heart attack in 1939.

Mr. P. J. Palmquist, jeweler, in business here since 1870, passed away August 7, 1923.  He was a great lover of hunting and fishing, and loved to camp out.  He built a cabin on his land near Salt Creek, where the family enjoyed entertaining their Greenview friends over weekends during hot weather. Paul J. Palmquist has carried on the business in the same location since his father's death.

In an effort to provide more water for Greenview, a small plat of ground lying west of the railroad was purchased and a well was sunk, with water mains connect with he old mains, but the water was alkali and discolored and never very satisfactory.

The flags purchased by the merchants of Greenview through the American Legion were unfurled for the first time in celebrating Washington's birthday in February, 1924.  Thirty eight merchants subscribed for the flags and eight additional emblems were presented to the village by the American Legion.

A new Linotype was installed in the Review Print shop which was a great improvement in the business, in 1926.  Since that time a power press has also been added, testifying to the prosperity of the Petrie plant.

Quote For The Day

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

--Ronald Reagan

YAY...I worked in the flower garden yesterday.  My cup runneth over....I think I bought too many plants....or, maybe I'm tired of planting and it's not really too many.....just a tired butt coming into play.

It's so hard to find plants which will grow under a canopy of trees.  I have to search for areas of the yard which have a bit of sun so I can have plants with those nice big healthy blooms all summer.  I found some sun areas which I had not really planted anything over the years.  Now I will have both shrubs and flowers in that part.  That is the if moles and the deer don't eat them.  The moles eat from underground and the deer munch from the top. 

One year I had to replace one bush three times after deer cropped the top, with chomps almost to the roots.  Finally, I put a noisy little wind twirly thing beside it and voila....no deer chomps on my third bush in the same spot.

Now that we are having spring after we had summer in the latter part of February and March, the nights are a bit cool but not freezing. 

If you haven't bought your plants yet, go for it.  I'm getting anxious to see yards with pretty flowers.

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A Friend For Life

A Friend Is A Friend.....Perhaps A Lifetime

People you met as a child, are probably still your friends.  Most of my childhood friends are still my friends, although there have been a few who created havoc in my life and I have chosen not to continue that friendship.  It may seem harsh to some to do that, but my life situation may be different from yours ..... it's important that I  make sure that havoc and turmoil don't affect my actual life.

Renewal of friendships after a long absence can be invigorating to the soul.  It can bring a new wonderment.....you can feel a vibrancy and a happiness......kind of a renewal of life feeling.  And I love when that happens.

There was a really good song by the name A Friend For Life.....it probably says it all.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvepin2BniM

This week I will see one of my old friends from long ago.  I look forward to renewing our friendship which we have had for over 50 years.  May the angels of friendship reign over your life and may you renew those friendships from long ago....or even those from just a short while ago.  It will make you happy!!

Old Tyme Stuff From Greenview

This is just some old time excerpts taken from the Greenview Scrapbook:

The jewelry store of P.J. Palmquist was burglarized in 1877, the thief taking everything except for $100 which Mr. Palmquist had laid away in his day book.  T. C. Pond, president of the board, hired a detective, who caught the burglar in Bloomington, brought him back and he led the officers to the "Willows" north of town, where the loot was dug up and restored to the owner.

A newspaper called the "Greenview News" was established about that time by a man called Mr. Smith, but no details of this enterprise are available.  The plant was located in the Payne and Bracken building and soon "petered out".

James Denton took Frank Denton into his grocery business as partner and that year David Rudder opened a harness shop.  Mr. Rudder also did expert cabinet work, using wooden pegs instead of nails in construction tables, desks, etc.

The great Temperance wave that was sweeping the country reached Greenview and when the "Murphy Movement" was organized here there were five licensed saloons operating in the village.   Meetings were called, and the Men's Reform club and the W. C. T. U. were organized and a campaign was put in motion resulting in the saloons being voted out.

Thomas Cleaveland brought in the first steam thresher in 1880, and he followed the threshing business practically all his life.  His sons, Alvin and George, also worked as thresher men with their father and after his passing.  Mr. Cleaveland was a veteran of the Civil War and was leader of the fife and drum corps.

(Note there was no reference in the scrapbook to indicate the meaning of the organized W.C. T. U.  It might be somewhere else in the book though but I don't remember ever reading about it....perhaps I will find it one of these days.)

Quote For The Day

Camping is nature's way of

promoting the motel business.

--Dave Barry

Jelly bean or spice drop?  Hmmmm I like them both...especially when those jelly beans are the spice ones.  So based on my love for the spice jelly beans I guess my answer would be spice bean drop.  Oh...you say there ain't such a thing.....well there "otta be" a spice bean drop.

Then comes snickers or milky way.  Milky way by a landslide.....and I really like those Milky Way bars they call "Midnight" with the dark chocolate.  Of course some people don't like dark chocolate, but the heart practitioners of the world have declared dark chocolate not too bad for you, so I try to eat one to help prove those heart docs right....and if they're wrong, well I guess I won't know it, but the rest of you will know!

Then come Butterfingers or Kit Kats.  There is no comparison.....Butterfingers for sure....I love that hard nougat getting stuck in my teeth....that way I have a supply for when I get hungry later in the day.

Candy.  It's a great thing.  I've loved it since a child and will love it to the day I die.  Of course, if I keep eating it, that day may be sooner than I want it to be.  But ..... yummy yummy for your tummy sure sounds good, just any time of the day.  So go out today and buy some candy....you won't regret it I bet!

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Time To Yawn

Always wondered why we yawn.

What the heck is a yawn other than a wide gaping hole????  I always thought that a yawn was done because we were bored or tired...but a person who is a licensed medical practitioner told me it's because oxygen levels are low in the lungs.  But I also read that it releases carbon dioxide and it oxygenates the body at the same time.

I think it's so funny that if you yawn, before long the person next to you will also yawn...copy cat reflex is what I call it.  I have read that unborn babies also yawn.  That's interesting.  We once had two dogs and when one would yawn and the other one saw the first one yawn, then the other dog would also yawn...funny!!

Since yawning always make me feel better, I consider yawning a form of exercising.....it's doing stretches of a body part....my mouth....as if my mouth doesn't get enough stretching doing with all the talking I do!!

Old Tyme Greenview

1874 -  Al Stone and Ed Leighton bought the mill and elevator of the G. W. Hatch Sr. Estate.

1874 -  Mr. James Tripp, Sr., came with his parents by way of prairie schooner from New York to Sangamon County and settled.  He lived near Pleasant Plains until after he was married.  Then he came to Greenview and farmed east of town.  In 1876 he engaged in the hardware and lumber business.  Later his sons, Harry, Henry and Ernest joined him in business. His integrity was passed on to his children and grandchildren.

1877 -  The banking firm of Alkire and Alkire which had been doing a business in Payne's store (the Bracken Building), dissolved the banking partnership.  Mr. Henry Marbold built a new brick building costing $12,000.  He and John Alkire opened a banking institution in one end of this new building.  Milem Engle was a silent partner in the banking venture, but he operated a general store in addition.  Later Mr. Edward Brunsman, a young man schooled in the business of banking, became associated with Mr. Marbold in the bank.

1877 -  A weekly paper called the Greenview News was begun by a Mr. Smith.  However, the venture was short lived.  The paper office was located in part of the bracken building.  Payne built the building but more folks are familiar with eh Bracken name association.  James Bracken and Frank Denton had a grocery store in this same building at this time. 

Thought For the Day

Who are a little wise

the best fools be.

--John Donne

Back when the kids were young, Beenie Weenies sure were an easy meal to fix a couple of bean and weiner hungry kids.  I called that meal the fillet of soul and bean toots! 

I became such a Beenie Weenie chef that I should have opened a franchise.  I could just see the marquee.....Beenie Weenie Teenie Weenies!!  That would have brought in the socialites I'm sure.  Just what a millionaire woman and her fancy ways would want....a weenie swimming in ketchup and brown sugar and pork and beans.  What a delicacy .... but don't knock it if you've not had a bite of a delicious Beenie Weenie Teenie Weenie.  They just melt in your mouth.  They're cooked slowly to develop flavors which will heighten your senses.  At the first bite, your taste buds will get up and go .....  then, after several meals of these tasty morsels, your taste buds will definitely giddy up and go .....  south .... to the water glass probably.  Because after you eat about 10 meals of these, you are about sick of them.  I just don't know how the teenies could eat so many meals of the Beenie Weenie Teenie Weenies.....they stick in your craw after a while....and it becomes hard to swallow them.   But I must admit the first time I ate them they sure were good.  Now I never make these....I wonder why??!!

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Where Is It At?

Did you say this all your life?

I remember as a kid being corrected for saying "Where Is It At"!!  And, the person who did this, was a teacher and said "behind the at".  I absolutely didn't have any idea what this person meant as the reason sure wasn't explained to me.

As I went through life I asked several persons, including an old professor, to show me the grammar rule on this but, the rule is non-existent....even with no rule, it's still grammatically wrong to say "Where Is It At".  It's convention without a rule or so I'm told.  "Where" denotes the place so "at" is redundant. 

 Dang it.  I like the way "Where is is at" sounds......so maybe I'll continue to ask that question whether or not it's wrong....because it surely can't be the only thing I'm saying grammatically wrong.  And do I care????  Heck no!  There isn't an English teacher who is handing out grades and I don't plan on entering any grammar contest.....I'm just going to be me, myself and I.......(and that's wrong too).  HA HA HA

I hate it when you run across someone who is so proper and well versed in the English language that this person grades anything that comes across their vision.  And with red pen too......Who cares??!!  I'm an American and I use slang......big time slang......a true American.  Just be glad I'm not from the hills of West Virginia.  If I had been from there I might have lived in a shack and not have had good book learning and  I might have been a member of a fighting clan.....but I would have still been an American.....with freedom of speech and able to say anything grammatically wrong that I want to say.  So there!

Old Tyme Greenview

1965 -  After 18 months under a cooperative ministry, the St. John's Church of Christ and the United Presbyterian Church of Greenview voted to merge.

1965 -  Natural gas became a reality the week of August 6.  Marie Madison was fatally injured in a car-train crash on September 11 and her husband Webb who was critically  injured died September 22.

1965 -  The Board of Directors of the newly organized Greenview Community Bank were elected.  They were Russ Hinrichs, Chairman of the Board; Elmer Cramer, President; Arthur Deverman and Conrad Noll, vice presidents; Richard Rush, cashier; and John Dirks, Dale EDwards, Donald Riley and Bob Tice.  The bank opened for business on October 2 in the old First State Bank building.

1965 -  Mrs. Jess Wilson retired from the faculty of the Greenview School after teaching for 29 years.

1965 -  Harold Deverman received serious injuries when a tractor which he was driving flipped backward, while he was trying to pull a loaded truck from the mud.  He was pinned underneath the tractor.

1966 -  Ted Miller retired as the manager of the FS station located on the east edge of Greenview effective January 1.  He had managed the station for 13 years.  Floyd Dennis assumed the management of the station that same day.

1966 -  Greenview area was hit by a storm which did untold damage tot he crops, trees, and buildings.  The storm came on June 8 and was accompanied by large hailstones, wind and a downpour of rain.

1967 -  The Greenview Community Center, a recently completed modern shelter int he village Park, was dedicated at an all-day celebration on Labor Day, September 4.  This 44 x 62 green bu8ilding replaced the old bandstand which was razed by fire on July 24.

1967 -  Fire destroyed the Reiser Elevator feed mill at Greenview early the morning of October 3.  The blaze had made good headway when firemen reached the scene.  Fire-fighting units from Mason City and Athens were called to prevent an out-of-control disaster.

Thought For The Day

Be a good listener. 

Your ears will never get you in trouble.

--Frank Tyger

If I was my boss......I would fire me.....plain and simple.

I am overbearing according to some.

My talents for writing suck even though I continue to do it.....trailer park humor as some call it.

I can't find the end of a stick by myself.

If there is something going on, I'm there, so I guess that makes me a nosy rosy.

I love to smell the roses, but I want to do it all day long instead of just looking at them sitting on my desk.

I'm always wanting more money.

These are all valid reasons for getting rid of me.  So as the boss of me, I'm firing me.  As Donald Trump would say:  You're fired!  Then I would cry and sob and ride away into the sunset in a black car (for mourning I guess).  Good!  Now I don't have to answer to anyone.....I'm my own self.   Unemployed, but happy!

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I learned it myself!

How many times has someone asked you "where did you learn that"....or "where did you learn to do that"??!!  Probably on your own.....but you probably didn't teach yourself, so you should say "I learned it myself".  That might not be so grammatically correct, but it's the correct answer, so who cares if it meets or doesn't meet Queen Elizabeth's English grammar test!

One of the first things I remember learning was how to baptize our cat.  It was sure funny seeing that cat with her feet stretched out in that wash tub, with her screeching at the top of her lungs.  I remember holding her down in the water and her paws kept flying around.  I got scratched on one arm and it sure hurt, but I finally got her completely covered with water so she was baptized. Cats had to be baptized before you gave them a name so when I was done she was Ezmerelda.   When I finally let go of her, I bet she jumped five feet in the air to get out of that old tub.  Water was dripping from her fur as she ran about 200 miles per hour towards the garage.  Let me tell you we didn't see that cat for about 4 days.

I sure learned at an early age that if mama and dad had been fighting,  you didn't let her brush your hair.  I didn't know that at first. Then one day after "a big one" she picked me up and jammed me on her lap and began to brush my hair just like she was slapping that old rug with her rug beater.  That brush went deep into the scull and those rats in my hair were no more because they were in the brush.  My scalp took about a week to heal from where the hair came out with the rats.  I hid every time there was "a big one"  before I had my hair brushed.

As I got to be an adult, I was still saying "I learned it myself".  One of the biggest things I learned was the real definition of "car sickness".  That was the day of the month when the car payment was due.....I sure had car sickness then.

As I aged, I learned pretty quickly that when you went shopping for breakfast cereal, you had to overlook the cool prize that was in the box and the cool chocolate taste or the fruity pebbles that were just sumptuous.  Instead you had to look at the fiber content and buy solely based on fiber.  I learned it myself for sure.

But the biggest thing that I learned for myself is that growing wrinkles is a fact of life and wrinkles don't hurt. 


Greenview Things

1974 -  The old legion Hall was razed in June to make room for a community building. 

1974 -  Les McKee died September 9 at the age of 92.

1974 -  Vince Evers was killed November 13 when the truck he was driving was struck by a C&NW freight train at an unguarded crossing.  He was age 30.

1975 -  Dr. Willis Beard, local veterinarian, died February 17 at the age of 78.

1975 -  Joe Wagoner was hospitalized for treatment of burns received when his home was destroyed by fire on September 21.

1975 -  Claude Beauchamp, who was the rural mail carrier from 1920 to 1964, died December 31.

1976 -  Five year old Craig Michael Bryant and one and a half year old Jennifer Lynn Bryant son and daughter of Mr. and Mr.s Michael Bryant died as fire swept through their home directly across from the Curtis elevator on January 14.

1976 -  Dedication services for the new Masonic building were held on Sunday March 28.

1976 -  An Illinois Bicentennial Wagon Train visited Greenview on April 19 to commemorate our nation's 200th birthday.

1976 -  Tripp Bros Hardware store celebrated one hundred years of business on April 17.

1976 -  John Allen Lash, age 20, drowned June 27 while on an outing with his family at Spoon Lake near Galesburg.

1976 -  Dale Edwards retired as petroleum salesman for Menard Service Co after forty one years of dedicated service.

1976 -  The old grade school gymnasium was torn down.  In 1926 the school board purchased this portable gym for $8,583.91.

1976 -  The old First State Bank Bank of Greenview building, built in 1913 was razed to make ready for a new Greenview Community Bank building.   The building next door was also razed .... it had been used in past years as a tavern, grocery store and recreation hall.

1976 -  The Daily Bread program began on December 6.

1976 -  The Federal Housing Units in Greenview were completed.

Thought For The Day

The inability to forget is infinitely more devastating
than the inability to remember.
--Mark Twain

There are so many times my mind seems to be wandering.  I will be sitting doing something or writing something or even in the middle of a conversation and then I find myself thinking about a totally different subject.  I think that's called mind wandering.

They say that first your mind wanders.....then eventually you yourself will began to wander once you lose your cognitive abilities.  Some day I think my mind isn't just wandering around in space, it's completely gone on a long walk.  But so far it seems to come home when it gets hungry or tired so I guess I don't have to worry yet.

At least I don't have to worry as long as my mind doesn't come back from its wondering excursions drunk or with some type of horrible disease that is.

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10,000 and Counting!

Yes folks, this blog is now a 10,000 reader blog!

Thanks to you my readers, my goal of 10,000 has been reached.  What an accomplishment!  And I couldn't have done it without you.

So pat yourself on the back for putting up with this trailer park humor and history on the run.....as someone recently put it...."the walking, posting "Greater Greenview Area Museum".....of natural history I might add....LOL.  There will always be history...for each day we are on this side of the grass (the right side I might add), when tomorrow comes, we all created history from yesterday's happenings.  Let us all continue to make history and be on this side of the grass for a long time to come!

Old Tyme Greenview

Begg's Elevator in Greenview

1910-1920 era

Some tidbits about some old time residents and happenings:

In 1870 Andre Gaddie moved to Greenview from his farm, entering the grocery business with G. G. Spear and continuing in the stock shipping business.  Mr. Gaddie had traveled extensively and was a very interesting character, of Scotch descent.

Jerman Tice, of west of town, was fatally injured at the railroad crossing near his home when the passenger train struck his wagon in which he was riding.  He passed away October 18, 1895.

1850 was the year of the historical hail storm, when hail piled up fifteen feet deep in banks, on May 27, and was used to make ice water for the picnic crowd at Sugar Grove on the 4th of July, the hail being perfectly insulated by the mass of leaves and dirt which had washed over it. 

Mr. Henry Marbold bought the land south of here which was the original claim of Charles L. Montgomery in 1850, and with his sister Miss Annie Marbold and their father, John Marbold came there to live.  John Marbold invested in farm land situated near Salt Creek bottom.  H. H. Marbold as he came to be designated took an important part in getting the farming section settled up with reliable thrifty men, many of them from Germany, and these men and their descendants have been a decided asset to the community.

For hog stealing and changing brands, $50.00 to $100.00 fine and from twenty to thirty nine lashes with a leather strap, if a first offense; for a second offense the thief was whipped and then was branded for life.

Sugar Grove announced in 1849 that F. T. Cowen had invented a new plow, which was made without a weld, had two shovels and two moulds, and which could be changed from a one horse to a two horse plow.

Venison and wild turkey were on the market in 1844, the former worth 75 cents per "saddle"; wild turkeys were from 25 to 50 cents apiece, chickens $1.62 per dozen, eggs 10 cents, butter 10 cents, lard 5 cents, apples 50 cents per bushel, potatoes 25 cents, turnips 20 cents and coffee 7 1/4 cents per pound, flour $3.50 per barrel, whiskey 21 cents per gallon.

Thought For The Day

The future belongs to those who believe in

the beauty of their dreams.

--Eleanor Roosevelt

There is always a solution to the problem.....I once read a story about a farmer and a lawyer.  This fancy dancy lawyer puts on his hunting bib and tucker and drives in his fancy car to the countryside....he parks in a lane in the middle of two fields.  He takes out his gun and starts walking toward the woods through an open field.

The owner of the field property comes by and sees the fancy car sitting in his farm lane and really gets mad because he didn't give anyone permission to be there.  The farmer suddenly hears a shot and hurries toward the noise.  He sees the lawyer on the other side of the fence with his shotgun poised and suddenly sees a duck fall to the ground on the farmer's property.

The fancy dancy lawyer hunter scrambles over the fence and grabs the duck which has been shot and runs back and jumps the fence to be on the other side.  The farmer walks up and says "give me my bird"....the lawyer says "No it's mine, I shot it".  The farmer said "but it fell on my land so it's mine".

The lawyer said "I'm a lawyer and I'll sue you and you will lose the duck anyway".  The farmer said "we don't do that here in farm country, we use the three kick rule".  The lawyer said "ok what is this three kick thing".

The farmer said...."I kick you three times as hard as I can, then you kick me and then we keep doing it until one of us wears out".  The lawyer said "ok".....so the farmer kicks the lawyer in the groin with great force....then as he is bent over, kicks him in the head, and as the lawyer straightens up the farmer kicks him in the stomach. 

The lawyer tries to speak but is in great pain, but manages to say...."ok now it's my turn".  The farmer says "No I  give up, you can have the duck".

A good lesson in life....if you are a lawyer and going hunting, make sure that dang duck falls on the land where you stand.  And if it lands over the fence, be sure you look in front of you, in back of you and to both sides for the farmer.....and if you see him, you might want to run.  Forget that duck....wild duck tastes like crap anyway and you are forever digging out buckshot!  





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Succeeding In Life

What do you need to succeed in life?

Success in life is always obtainable but will you do it?  Will you go the extra mile in order to succeed??

I will....and I bet that most of my readers would do that too.  My definition of what's necessary to succeed in life is ..... have a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

The wishbone will help you get what you want.  Can you imagine going through life without a wishbone.....you couldn't throw a coin into a fountain to make your wish. And you couldn't dream of better things.   Of course you should never let your wishbone overcome your backbone.....meaning you should be able to wish all that you want but don't let your wishes overcome your strengths and desires to try to get what you want....work for what you want and don't always depend on using your wishbone.

That backbone is really important....it lets you stand tall.....walk with grace and stamina and to have endurance and strength.  It also can take you places.....to the winner's circle or sometimes to not so pleasant places if you let loose and don't stand strongly.

The  real funny bone is in your elbow....you can hit it and it hurts like heck.  But to have a funny bone can also mean that your entire self is a jovial and good natured person who loves to laugh.  It means the person can look into a mirror and see a smile on their face because their funny bone is working.

You can let the wishbone, backbone and funny bone combination take you to the stars.  That wishbone will allow you to dream and come up with good ideas on where you want to go in life.  The backbone will allow you to stand your ground and stand up for yourself and it will take you there too. And, if you happen to fail and fall, the backbone will help you get up and on with life.   The funny bone will act as the door opener for you....the humor that surrounds the funny bone of life will give you a way to talk to people, to laugh with people and to get to know people in all walks of life.

If you are a person who doesn't care about these three things in your life, it might be that you need to "Stop Wearing Your Wishbone Where Your Backbone is.....and Bring On the Funny Bone!"

Just don't allow life to give you a fracture of any of these "bones of life".  A wish gone bad on a wishbone can destroy you.  If you lose your strong backbone, you might not be able to stand up for yourself and perhaps fall below the line.  And, if your funny bone of life becomes fractured, you may feel down and out. 

So bring out the old wishbone and give it a try, all the while standing up for yourself and start laughing like a fool.....it might do you good.

Greenview Timeline

1963  -   Rev. Ralph Edie resigned are pastor of the Presbyterian Church effective May 15.

1963  -   An Easter morning ground-breaking ceremony for the new $22, 000 educational building was held by the congregation of the Christian Church.

1963  -   Fire destroyed the K & K Market, the old locker plant, and Kincaid's tavern on April 25.  The opera house built in 1910 was completely destroyed.  Fireman from Greenview, Athens, Mason City and Middletown join in fighting the fire.  Four families had apartments in the buildings. 

1963  -   Phil Hagney, 21, was killed instantly in a car crash two miles north of Athens on Route 29 on May 9.

1963  -  Diane Zuhlke was crowned Queen of the 1963  Menard County Fair.  Diane was also crowned Queen of the Greenview Homecoming which was held September 10, 11, 12, and 13th.

1963  -  Rev. Edwin Otte was installed pastor of the St. John's United Church of Christ on November 10 and served as the pastor of that church and the Presbyterian Church.

1963  -  Greenview joined the country in mourning the death and paid homage to our slain president, John F. Kennedy who was slain by an assassin on November 22.  Business houses and schools were closed on Monday, November 25 the day of the funeral.

1964  -   William Rathsack was killed and his wife and another passenger, Carrie Freese, were both seriously injured in a crash between the Rathsack car and a Mason City school bus on highway 29 fours miles south on Mason City on January2.  On January 25 Mrs. Rathsack died from her injuries.

1964  -   Dr. Pulaskis announced he would close his office on March 12.  He had been appointed as a physician at the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home at Quincy effective March 13.

1964  -  Seven year old Ricky Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Miller drowned July 4 in the waters of the Sangamon River, four miles west of Greenview.

1964  -  The new Edgewild subdivision was leveled for building and two new homes were ready for occupancy.  Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hill were the first homeowners in this subdivision.

Thought For The Day

To find yourself,

think for yourself.

--Socrates

If I wanted to view a movie on a day when I was feeling poorly, a Disney movie would probably bring me right back up and make me feel upright instead of up-side-down.

I can't imagine what my childhood might have been like without Walt Disney films, shows, caricatures.  Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Bambi, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Woody Woodpecker, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Tinker Bell, Uncle Remus....and the list goes on.

My life was enriched by seeing these movies and the characters.  And I think I got my sense of humor from these characters.....maybe trying to act like them. 

May the future of our children and their children  continue to be exposed to Walt Disney and his wonderful world of entertainment.  A true American showman who made American a better place.

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A House Painted Pink

Would you paint your house pink??

A couple of days ago I happened to be driving down the street and lo and behold I see a pepto bismol pink house.  The front door and the window casings all were painted pink  God awful color if you ask me.  And to boot the fence was a bright blue.  It was so bad that if a person didn't have diarrhea, just looking at this pepto color was enough to give it to you.

As I sit here pondering about writing to tell you I saw this horrible pink house, it makes me wonder just why would anyone want to paint their house bright pink?  And pepto bismol pink to boot.  As I see it there could be a number of reasons.....I'm not sure they would be considered valid reasons but....

First of all I will give them the benefit of a doubt and say that maybe they bought the wrong color.  uh huh....sure!  Or maybe the store mixed the wrong color and all of those gallons of pepto bismol would go to waste so why not go ahead and use it on the house. uh huh....sure!

Perhaps they knew exactly what they were doing and wanted it pink so everyone would talk about it.  Maybe they thought it would get them on reality TV.  Sometimes weird things get you on those kind of shows doncha know.  Look at the convicted former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich....his hair is weird and it got him on a couple of  reality shows....and his wife was on one too and she even ate a tarantula (now that is weird!).  See people do weird things for weird reasons.

Perhaps the city paid them to paint it pink so it could become a phenomenon on the city register or in the historical register.  Or the city wanted a pink house that was easily recognizable in their quest to give good directions from one spot to another in the city.

By jove I bet I have the real reason.....they wanted to attract Better Homes and Gardens to take pictures and do a feature story....or maybe House Beautiful would be better......or maybe Mad Magazine if you ask my opinion.

But for now the pink house mystery and why they painted it that awful pepto bismol pink will remain a mystery....cause I'm not gonna go up to the door and knock for fear that someone who looks like the Addams Family "Lurch" might open the door.

Old Tyme Greenview

1959  -  Mrs. Earle Eldridge sold the Eldridge and Eldridge fertilizer business to Schrock Fertilizer Service.  Burton Zeitler and family moved to Greenview and Mr. Zeitler assumed the management of this business.

1959  -  One of the oldest buildings on the village squar was razed on March 9.  The building was located between the Legion Hall and the Greenview Fire Station and was reportedly built in about 1867.  Conklin Barber Shop is housed in the new modern building.

1959  -  A barn on the Billy Ross Edwards farms was destroyed by fire when struck by lightening August 29 during the storm that hit this area.

1960  -  The last runs of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio passenger trains between Bloomington and Kansas City were made April 14, marking the end of rail passenger and mail service to and from Greenview.

1960  -  Leslie McKee retired from the grocery business after devoting thirty years to the business.  He operated the McKee Grocery at the same location for twenty-three years.  (Note....for those of us who remember Les and Gerald, the business was in an old garage of sorts and had partial dirt floors.....not too clean but the hunks of bologna were good and most only used this store in times where the other grocers weren't open!)

1960  -  On November 21, at about 8pm a fire struck and completely devoured the James Willis home on the Milo Vogt farm south of Greenview.  The Willis family was not at home when the fire started.

1961  -  Arnold Berg, owner of Berg's Autobody of Greenview and James (Perry) Altig became partners in a new business venture called Greenview Welding and Machine.  The shop and business was in the northwest part of town.  James (Perry) Altig died later this year on December 20 at the age of 42.

1961  -  Mr. and Mrs. Jack Luscher, owners of the Greenview Review for over thirteen years sold their interests in this weekly publication to the Petersburg Observer effective June 26.

1962  -  The new post office was officially opened for business in Greenview on Tuesday, January 2.  Andrew Fitzgerald was postmaster with Miss Jennie Godbey as clerk.

1962  - Minister Lyle Brassfield minister of the Greenview Christian Church for almost five years resigned to accept a pastorate in Alma, Michigan.  Rev. Richard Robinson was called as the new minister of the Christian Church.

1962  -  Donald Beatty resigned as Superintendent of the local schools to accept a similar position at Northwestern Community Unit School in McDonough County.


Recipe

I love coconut pie and I really like it when I don't have to make a pie crust.  This pie makes its own crust...and is really good.

Magic Coconut Pie
4 eggs, well beaten
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups milk
1/2 cup melted margarine
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup coconut

Gradually add sugar to beaten eggs.  Beat in milk.  Sift dry ingredients and add to first mixture.  Add melted margarine, coconut and vanilla.  Pour into 2 eight (8) inch pie pans which have been lightly greased.  Bake in moderate oven 350 degrees F. for about one hour or until set, depending on different ovens. (Note I have used a 10 inch deep dish pie pan instead of the two eight inch pans.)

Thought For The Day

If it doesn't absorb you, if it

isn't any fun, don't do it.

--D. H. Lawrence

If someone throws something at you, you duck.  It must be something in our instinct to know when to duck and when something is coming.  Most of the time at least.

If you think about a fly sitting on the kitchen counter, he knows when to fly away.  He knows that fly swatter is coming his way.  Now, I really don't how he knows but in the case of my fly swatter, I miss every time.  I must be as slow as molasses in my swing of the swatter.  But, when I think of a fly's eyes, I once read where they see motion so I guess when they see this big mama coming at them, they prepare for flight, probably thinking I'm going to sit on them or something.  They don't even think about the big swatter I have in my hand...they worry about the "big" all right...good and big.

I don't think us humans have the uncanny ability to see motion as well as the fly so if someone throws something at us, our reflexes, and especially my reflexes, are such that we might get hit with the flying object.  Yesterday it was the pillow the other person in this house threw to me so I could lie down on the sofa and become the goddess of the tv remote.  Yes it hit me....but being a pillow it didn't do much damage.....just did damage to my ego because I didn't see it coming.  Guess I need to get my eyes checked....when you can't see a huge pillow coming you way, the glasses just aren't right!!!

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Gettin Your Chimney Cleaned eh?

Santa doesn't like dirty chimneys!

You know that Santa doesn't like to come down dirty chimneys, so you need to call the chimney sweep right now!  He will be able to thoroughly clean that messy tall brick monstrosity that Santa intends to navigate in just a few short days.

What???????  You say you don't have a fireplace?  Well on Christmas Eve night, believe me you will have a chimney and a fireplace even for only a few minutes.  You see there is magic involved when Santa comes to houses with no fireplace.  He waves his magic wand which the Santa Fireplace Fairy gave him long ago and PRESTO a fireplace appears.

If you will bear with me I will tell you how Santa came to navigating fireplaces instead of just going in the door.  It's a neat story......

Long ago, a man by the name of Santiagodamingo Claus, lived in a land of dirty chimneys.  He had the very dirty job of cleaning all the chimneys where Santiagodamingo lived.  It was definitely a dirty job and didn't pay much at all.  Santiagodamingo was an unhappy man and that was a shame as he used to be quite a jovial man who loved people and especially he loved to watch the little children who played in the fields of clover near where he lived.

One day while trying to clean an especially narrow chimney, he was halfway down the chimney and got stuck.  It was cold outside as it was the day before Christmas Eve when all of the little children would set their shoes outside by their doors and their parents would either fill the shoes with coal if they had been bad or little cookies or nuts for good little boys and girls. 

Being stuck in the chimney for a long time was rather scarey for Santiagodamingo so he bowed his head and took a few minutes to pray and to wish that someone would come to help him.    All at once a beautiful fairy fluttered above his head.  He was so glad someone had answered his wish!  The beautiful fairy began to speak in a language that Santiagodamingo had never heard.  It sounded familiar but at first he couldn't understand what the fairy was saying.  Then he began to understand.  The language was from his birthland of Northpolealand.

Many years later, the story comes to light that Santiagodamingo's parents had died in a sleigh crash many hundreds of years ago and a wonderful couple, his adoptive parents,  had been blessed with this baby lying in a cradle which had appeared on their doorstep.  The baby had a note in the cradle which simply said his name was Santiagodamingo Claus and to love him and that someday this child would grow into a man and would be a man of goodwill who would travel.

Santiagodamingo definitely grew into a good man and became that chimney sweep now stuck in the narrow chimney.  The fairy who hovered above his head waved a wand several times and said "Man of goodwill you will become the bearer of gifts to all children of the fields every where on earth.  You will have the power to deliver to the children these gifts of goodwill once a year on the eve of the savior's birth.  You will have divine beings known as elves which have been endowed with magical powers and a beautiful magical sleigh which can travel at great speeds and large distances.  And last of all, you should always travel down the chimney of each house so as not to wake the children who are nestled in their beds.  If a chimney doesn't exist, this wand which I am presenting to you will create a chimney for you to travel down. You will be known as Santa Claus and will live on forever, in the hearts of people."  She waved the wand again and Santiagodamingo was free from the chimney.

By instinct Santiagodamingo knew where to go.  He went to his homeland of northpolealand, which later became known as the North Pole.   He knew that tomorrow night was Christmas Eve and he had a big job to do.  The one thing he couldn't stand though was dirty chimneys.  He vowed that persons who didn't keep a clean chimney would get only a quick stop with the small bag of gifts while those who cleaned their chimneys got the advantage of Santa coming down the chimney with a huge bag of gifts. 

Heed my words, you need to get your chimney cleaned.  Santa knows when you've been dirty or clean....and naughty and nice.


Greenview On A Timeline

1979 - The Cramer Machinery company constructed a new building on West Adams Street.....80 ft by 240 ft long.

1979 - Karl Becker was killed instantly when he was struck by lightening on June 15.

1978 - The area was hit be an ice storm on Good Friday, March 24
leaving residents without electricity and/or water for the weekend, some until the middle of the following week.

1977 - Max Conrad of Mason City bought the Ennis Funeral Home and changed the name to Conrad Funeral Home.

1977 - Pappy Ennis died August 22 at age 79.

1977 - Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held at the newly constructed bank in Greenview on September 12.

1977 - High winds and a downpour of rain caused uprooted trees, roofs blown off buildings, some buildings blown off foundations or demolished and flooding in the area on May 4.

1977 - Curtis elevator was struck by lightening and completely destroyed on August 7.  Was operated by Reiser Grain.  It had been destroyed by fire man years before this but had been rebuilt.



1976 - A Bicentennial year Wagon Train visited Greenview on April 19.  This festival was Greenview's Bicentennial kick-off to commemorate our nation's 200th birthday.

1975 - Dr. Willis Beard local veterinarian died February 17 at the age of 78.

1975 - Joe Wagoner was hospitalized for treatment of burns received when his home was destroyed by fire on September 21.

Thought For The Day

A lie gets halfway around the world before

the truth has a chance to

get its pants on.

--Winston Churchill

If I went to Walmart today do you think I would get a bargain.  Some might think so but not me.  I'm a creature of habit.  I buy the same things at Walmart when I shop there so I notice when prices go up....funny they never nose dive there.....and they never seem to put things on sale......oh I take that back, maybe pennies at a time and call it a sale.

But....when they increase the prices it's more than pennies.  I'm ranting because of the way my low fat margarine has gone up in price.  It used to be 68 cents and 1.5 years later it is $1.48.  Tell me that wages went up that way during the last couple of years.  NO WAY!

For now, I'm boycotting Walmart right now except for my prescriptions which I have to get there due to our insurance plan....no choice in the matter, but they are cheap....$5.00 each for generic no matter what the actual cost is. 

 Walmart has enough of my money.  I'll shop elsewhere until I get over my rant.

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