and out came popcorn.

I put in a empty tea tin

Larry Fine

I got rid of caller Id, take my phone off the hook if I don't want to be bothered (resting, meditating, etc) and figure they will call back if it's important enough. I even got rid of my answering machine, only those close to me in relation/friendship/love know my cell phone number and can reach me/leave a message if they really need to find me or talk.
Life is getting simpler all the time.
It was so much better before all the technology hit. You're right T, no one put someone on hold to talk to someone else, and then be rude enough to go back to the first caller to hang up so they could talk to #2 caller. If you didn't anser the phone, you weren't home or were occupied and couldn't. People went over peoples houses to visit and have human contact, not just type them. I wonder about the kids growing up today and think of a old Ray Bradbury story where everyone was so isolated in their cube. He was right. (BTW- author reference may be wrong). I like to go visit people, and it usually turns out to be a good time. We getting to be bots, thats why I cut it all out of my life.

I really have to differ in opinion on that one. Any nurse that I have met in my lifetime, and I have met quite the few, have been worth their weight in gold, to say the least. I would take face value the knowledge any nurse told me about my condition way over any MD. They spend all their time working directly with patients, year after year, have to take continuing ed classes every 2 (it may be 1) years to renew their certificate and now have to have their masters to become a RN. I the 70's it was 2 year college, actually if you went to school specific for nurses you did the whole thing in 3. Md's have no knowledge (with the exception, perhaps, of specialists) that Nurses have, and can hardly answer you about your condition or medication that they are prescibing, having little or no experience with it. (Also trust my pharmacist for the Rx stuff) .
Yet they are treated poorly and never quite given the respect they deserve.

Since I usually talk to most people, even on a grocery store line, that isn't much of a problem. Think of something you like to do or would like to learn and join a club or even that draws people of similar interests. Here they have a hiking club for those over 50 sort of thing. Look in the local paper under wkend events or something along those lines.

I think, is the ability to see a person as a human being first. Alot say "oh, they're a________(bum, priest, old man, kid, man, woman etc) and put them in a category, fixing their problem.

I would be laughing so hard if that happened, I don't know if I could drive afterwards...

a sexton

Yes, be berry berry scared.....we are everywhere, which you also forgot to mention......

3 days ago, sat with 2 little girls and we picked out animals from the clouds. The thing is to allow the child in you to stay alive. Children live in the moment only. There is no past, no future, so zen.
Technology is taking that away from children.
One of the girls, 3 weeks ago, had a tshirt on, that looked like a bustier, black lace. Who bought that for a ten year old child? Let them live their childhood; hopefully, we never fully grow out of it. Great lesson for ya Goof, keep it fresh, don't worry about what others think when you want to let your child out to play, allow him!

The water we drink isn't all that safe either. It too is reconsituted.
Recycled and (ahem) filtered and purified. It's all just advertising. And what you buy into with your gig, try as you may. Some, who can afford to buy organic, isn't that funny? It was all organic until 30 or so years ago, now you have to 'pay'..

We draw to us what we are most afraid of until we conquer it by learning not to fear.
The opposite to Fear is Faith. What ever your Faith, it is stronger and conquers all fear, if you focus on it.
Yet don't take my word for it, try it out for yourself

and I got a new computer ((RARA))

I put in a DVD of "Alice in Wonderland"

Don't do that stuff, keeps my mind calm.
Much too vivid a imagination for my own sanity.

a compass

There's nothing wrong, I would suggest a smile or two. You look too intense, unhappy, stern, no fun at all. JMHO>

Finally saw 'Alice in Wonderland'. Was a bit disappointed. Expected so much more...

8-9-10

nyuk nyuk, I'm still on yesterday-

444 shows up alot on my clock, and 111

Was just thinking that...

Many are much better writers than speakwers. Start a journal, keep it going through out life, it does help you sort through all of the 'stuff'. I left home @ 21 to travel the country. Unless you are needed, it really is time for you to find out about the world, leave the apst where it is. All do it pretty much, you will come back to them in your 30's or 40's. Know the heck you are going through, my family thos, was mean instead of smiles. Took quite the while to wade through that it was them, not me, who had the problems, altho it affected me the same as you. Have a wonderful life, you will. You're awake now, thats the important thing.