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Yes, I said a dirty word or name. CBS showed a man who works as a debt collector on TV. He must be brave or have been honorable. From some of the comments I’ve heard from family and friends, most of the debt collectors are not nice in the slightest.

Rude, sarcastic, arrogant, impatient, argumentative are all descriptions that have been used to describe those who have been contacted. Sometimes things happen and people get in over their heads. We hear of many these days who are in trouble money-wise. Many people are honest and will make efforts to pay back what is owed. Yes, there are some who won’t or can’t. I’m giving the benefit of doubt here, I’d hate find out that the USA has dishonorable buyers in it that outweigh the honest ones.

The last thing that is needed is someone who will go out of their way to make a bad situation even worse. Our country is going through tough times. Not as bad as other countries, or like it was in the ‘Great Depression’. Maybe the tax rebate checks will help out some of the more honorable among us, and the debt collectors can try to be polite.

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Just checked for comments. UG! Spam was present. Thank God for the delete, or spam category so they can be gotten rid of quickly. Commercials on TV are bad enough, but to find them also sneaking into my site is not nice. If I had asked them to invade, that would be one thing but for them to infest themselves unwanted is another. I almost wish to know how to spike them as I saw in a James Bond movie. (Remember the movie ‘Golden Eye”?) Of course some would consider that to be unfriendly. Oh well, I could dream couldn’t I? If I remember correctly, commercials were supposed to be eliminated by cable TV. Who ever thought they would get into the places they show up now?

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Been looking at many different sites on the internet. Got lost for a while, now I’m back. Yippee! Not bad for a 54 year overweight broad. Read an article on CBS.com that didn’t sound nice, though. It was called ‘Fighting For God and Country’, Bigotry and judgementalism were talked about. YUK! (This is a public forum after, can’t cuss.) Is judgementalism a word. Don’t know right now, will check it out later. I thought with all the danger overseas that our troops would try to get along. There are times and places for differences of opinion, but when danger is present, a united front is safest. I thought that was what people were fighting for in the first place, the freedom to believe in different religions. Bigotry has NO place…anywhere. Guess I’m bigoted about that aren’t I?

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Yup, the blabby person is back again!

My sister in Arkansas has been wonderful, so has her husband. They both help me with this site. When I mess up (which for me is easy) they straighten things out. I didn’t add the pictures to a previous article, they did it for me. Family can be wonderful. I just had to brag on them for their kindness and understanding, especially their patience. Over and over they’ve helped.

All this in spite of the fact that I talk very fast. I try to slow down, but sometimes my mouth runs too fast to catch it. Talk about hot air….HA! At least with me, politics don’t enter in to it. That is unless I have some opinions about the politicians themselves. By-the-way, I’m afraid that my opinion about them AIN’T so high. Oh well, that’s life isnt it? GRIN

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Just wrote something. Duh! Talk about stating the obvious, HA. If you are reading this of course you already know that more than one blog has been put down today.

In my previous blog I mentioned being a novice or beginner in blogging. Yes, I like to talk, it is pretty obvious with all that has been written by me lately. All of the digital devices that are available today can be wondrous in what they can do. However, I had a recent reminder about the fragility of such devices. In our town we had apparently, 2 tornadoes that passed through. Thank God mostly passed through. I tried to called a friend that travels on a certain highway where they had recently had an accident, couldn’t get through to make sure that he was OK. Got very frustrated (GRRRRR) did not know why I could not make a phone call. I was afraid that with all the internet stuff that I did, had gotten a virus into the phone.

Totally lost all reception couldn’t reach anyone. The camera part worked great. Got a few pictures of the big hail stones, but no phone calls. Never realized that a tornado could interfere with a cell phone. Right then would have loved a land line. Of course I didn’t know if any land lines went down though. After the storm passed, the phone worked again. A learning experience that I could have done without.

The phone was digital, any land lines are analog, I’m hard copy, and the tornado was stubborn. I survived, the phone survived, I guess the land lines survived, the tornado went away finally. Prayer does work Thank God.

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Just recently I heard on the news that a man died for drinking 4 energy drinks. I won’t say the name. The news did mention that the man had been having heart trouble.

Are there any warnings on these drinks? I mean, warnings about caffeine have appeared on some items that have appeared on the shelves in he stores. However, energy drinks seem to be innocent. I recently read an article that gave information on a different type of energy drink. This involves tea and fruits, not chemicals. The site is called A PECULIAR BLOG when I read it I remembered what I’d heard about the man who died. The site ’s URL is:

http://blog.peculiarplace.com/

Please write it down for I haven’t yet learned how to ‘link’ the URL in my own blogs. I know, I know how analog. I prefer hard copy sometimes. Very old fashioned these days, but I’m still learning. This digital age is growing sooooo fast, and I am after all just a beginner. I’m trying to learn, please be patient with me; but, that is another blog after all!:)

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Watched the Tonight show with Jay Leno. I understand what he means about the ‘food’ that most Americans carry with them. I am one of them.

Lack of exercise, age , and eating habits do make a difference. Of course it is hard to exercise when things limit your activities. Pain does that. I wish that I had exercised more when I was able. Enough about that. Been looking up the ‘food shortage’ that people have been talking about. It isn’t about a lack of food so much as a lack of being able to BUY food for many people. What I don’t understand is the rationing that is being done. Doesn’t supply and demand usually also have something to do to effect the prices of things?

When things are hard to find, prices go up. The food is there; but, limiting how much that we can buy will make the price go up. That doesn’t seem “rational” with folks crying out “shortage”. The suppliers will like to get more money for their products, but creating an artificial shortage just ain’t right! Yes, many in the USA can afford to purchase food, no luxury items, just ordinary food. Why make things worse? Artificial inflation created for more profits is like cutting someones wrists so they need to get transfusions. The media doesn’t bring up that part of what is going on, just “shortage & rationing”. The extra money being made isn’t going into the pockets of the farmer who raised the food, after all many farmers are going broke. Where is the money going? Where oh where is the conscience of the business world? In their respective wallets?

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We all have a vested (important for self) interest in the US Bill of Rights.

When was the last time you actually read what they say? How familiar are you with them? I remember in school having to study them and getting bored with the teacher for thinking that they were important, after all recess was coming up. Now, after a few decades (no I won’t say how many) I find myself wanting to know them. This time not for school, but for myself.

Many countries are not bad to live in, but I like mine… a lot.You should check out a web site that has this info on it. It is very easy to read.

Bill Of Rights

I had forgotten just what we are protected with. This document is for our protection after all.Maybe you should check it out and re-learn what helps us to keep on blogging.

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I’ve lived in the USA all of my life and I know there are times that I underestimate what freedoms that we have.

One such freedom I enjoy is speech. Well, I guess writing in this case, Opinions are something that everyone has, although not everyone lets them out. Putting thoughts down on paper, screen, or just onto your tongue helps you to organize yourself a little. Every day, without our noticing, some of our freedoms are being eroded. I’m not saying that it is obvious; but, it happens. I’ve learned that the ‘frog in the pot’ theory isn’t based on fact, but as an analogy it works.

I do not favor ‘political correctness’ in my life. Understand that I have no wish to antagonize any person. There are just times when it would be nice to be able call a rose a rose, and a pile of dog droppings a pile of dog droppings. Calling it fertilizer will not change what it is; something that smells and is not wanted.

I’m all in favor for being polite, when possible. Courtesy helps to keep society moving more or less in a cooperative effort. However, when something is not right, plain speech can be of more benefit than beating around the bush.

All I have to really say is…KEEP speaking people!

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Everyone is concerned about the ‘gas’ shortage. Meanwhile, our politicians seem to have no lack of ‘hot air’. Why do people only think of petroleum products for fuel.

Every person who has taken a drink of liquor can tell you that high octane sources come from more that just petroleum. RICE is used to make Saki - the Japanese and others know this. POTATOES are used to make Vodka - the Russians and others know this. SUGAR CANE is used to make Rum - the people of the Carribean know this. HOPS and BARLEY (not really sure about the ingredients here) are used to make Beer. WINE makers in many countries know that sometimes wine will turn into Brandy. It can also be made into vinegar. CORN, of course, is used to make Moonshine. That has been used to run vehicles for decades by the very people who make it. Every gardener who makes a compost heap knows that the rotting refuse makes potent aromas, eventually turning into fertilizer.

Now, I’m no expert on the origins of liquors, just what I’ve found out about in many different ways. No doubt there is a lot out there that we don’t know about. Even camels milk can be fermented!

Why are we so hung up with old fashioned, messy, polluting petroleum?

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