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      Today I am giving you a story, which I have only told to a few people.  And they found it rather amusing, so I will tell it today so you can have a chuckle or two.  This is a true story, and all I can tell you is “You are not gonna believe this S***” 

      Back in 1998 I was a solo driver and I was in California, the town will not be named for the sake of protecting the people who were subjected to Bored Truckers humor and  entertaining themselves.  The truck stop was a local Mom and Pop type truck stop that closes everything down at 8PM and opened in the morning at 5AM…… and it was not as full as one would expect.  And it was also a Thursday morning which meant we had the pick of parking spaces.  It was around this time of the year  the fall, and there was a bunch of us parked up on the front row, near the building.  We were all talking by way of the CB radios, and what we were talking about was the fact that several of the pumps up at the Fuel Island were closed for renovation.  The pumps had this Caution Tape all around it and orange barrels there were 3 fuel islands closed and all the concrete surrounding them.  That was a pretty big area, all decked out with Caution tape. 

Now I will tell you now that I am one of the ones who instigated this and it was all done for entertainment purposes.  The other 7 people involved to help pull this off were merely participating because we were all going to be there for the weekend and there was not one bar nearby, not one dance place, or club or anything.  As I said we were gabbing on the CB’s and I mentioned that when I entered the parking lot I thought something had happened with all the Yellow tape and barrels.  And several of the others thought the same thing, and I mentioned that it might be funny to put chalk outlines on the parking lot.  Well, with that said I guess you can figure out where the conversation went from there?  Yep we all 8 of us piled into one bobtail truck and went on an excursion to the local Retail store (Wal-Mart) in a quest to find Sidewalk Chalk!  My Idea……I admit it.

       We all agreed that we all would take the heat if anything went wrong in this.  We waited until it got dark and there was nothing happening in the parking lot  up around 10PM…..It was totally dark because the Truck stop closed down at 8PM.  The bunch of us got our flashlights and bucket of side walk chalk, soy sauce & ketchup and went out to the marked off area…….several laid down on the concrete and we outlined them….and it so happened that one of the other guys could draw, he put a dog outline out there too…..All in colored chalk so it would show up….. and when they got up we took a mixture of ketchup and soy sauce and made a stain of blood on each outline…….(ROFLMAO)  It is still kind of funny!    It didn’t take to long  and then we went back to our individual trucks and got some sleep.  I got up around 3AM got myself dressed and ready for the trucks that would be coming in at 5AM to get fuel and coffee and see the fuel island.

      A few of the other guys were up and we were talking on a different channel on the CB so the others would not hear us…..and we were all making sure what we were going to be talking about up on the regular channel that we would be on after 5AM.  I love the CB….with 40 channels to choose from it made communication easier. Well then the day started with us talking  on the regular channel about the big shootout at the truck-stop.   “Man I can’t believe the cops just shot those guys right there on the Fuel Island”  ” Yeah that was awful, I had never seen anyone shot before”  “Me either,  I had nightmares all night long, I am still in shock” “What did they do anyway?”  “We don’t know, we were told to stay in our trucks and not to get out for any reason”  “OMG did they just shoot all those people ?(8 outlines) Didn’t they try to talk them down?”  ” I think they were going to rob this place, or something….I am sure the cops knew what they were doing”   ”When did this all happen?” ” Yesterday man about 3PM, didn’t you see it on the news?”   ” Oh man did they shoot a dog too?”  “No man the bad guys shot the cops dog from the K-9 unit”

     All this was taking place on the CB outside the Building mind you, the Manager had no idea what was out there yet……….Need I say more…….This went on for quite some time, and the manager never did anything to stop it.  You know they could have really called the law and made a report.  Or they could have went out there and hosed the area off and cleaned it up…..but the manager didn’t….my guess would be that no one complained about the pumps being out of order, and they didn’t have to listen to the grumblings.  Of course they probably told everyone that got fuel that some of us out in the parking lot had a sick sense of humor. They left it  there all day Friday and all day Saturday, and Sunday Morning they got out the pressure washer and cleaned it off.   I know it wasn’t right but it was hilarious and kept us entertained all weekend.

You all have a great day

That is my story and I’m sticking to it

Storyteller

      While cruising through my favorite website and listening to stream-link late night  radio, coast to coast am. I came across the paragraph they had and read about a new light that has been invented to save energy. And it was quite interesting it seems that Mike Thompson has invented a light that illuminates from Blood. That is right folks, what if you had to actually give blood, to get light? Would you be willing to do that to illuminate your home, your patio, your backyard, your driveway? And this would also come in handy at offices and high-rises, which would give a whole new meaning to “I gave at the Office”.      An interesting concept that should get everyone’s attention, I wonder if all the Green Groups will get on board first. I am all in favor of saving energy, and using solar energy would be the best option overall we have no shortage of Sun Rays to go Solar globally. But to give up some blood to use as light is a bit much. All though I might hesitate on it simply because I faint at the sight of my own blood.It could save towns, and cities tons of money spent in the cost of illumination across the country.   

     On Oct 2, it was 50 years ago that the Twilight zone made its debut on Television and it seems that now we live in the Twilight zone.  It was a show that kept everyone wondering….about ware-wolves, vampires, aliens, and time travel along with all the other weird stuff.  It was a good show to say the least, but to watch it now leaves alot to be desired.  The old episodes have been on television of late leading up to the 50 yr. anniversary mark for the show that was so popular back when I was a kid.

Now I watch and wonder how could we have really believed this stuff or even really set our watch by the stuff that was on.  I know people who never missed an episode, and they were actually excited about all the nostalgia. And who can forget Rod Serling he was one of a kind and the way he introduced each segment.  He had such a strong presence and stern voice he was right for the introductions, and he is sorely missed.  As for nostalgia goes  I guess I am the same way about the X-Files, or even Dallas or Knotts Landing and remember old Falcon Crest?  All these shows reminded me of Black and White Television, and even the grainy looking color that was the next step  and how far we have come, or have we?

Sure everything is in color, and in High Def  now but really it reminded me that I am older, and more mature. Well I am supposed to be let’s put it that way.  What it reminded me was that my parents were the ones who set their clocks by the show, and how could they watch that stuff?  I guess they would say that about me too, during my X-Files days. All in all it is kind of a good thing to watch the old shows and thank goodness the Television reception got better, and Color came into our world, and the Television sets do not take up the whole floor anymore, also no Rabbit Ears to mess with or the box to move the roof antenna around that was a pain in the rear

Oh and now that I am more mature the shows weren’t as scary to me as they were when having nightmares over them……We have come a long way in that 50 yrs. as far as our perception of the things that go bump in the night.  Now a days, it could be the 3 thugs breaking in to do a home invasion instead of the Ware-wolf who was your neighbor or the Ghostly woman in white who used to be your Aunt.  All in all I am glad it is over and now the Hubby can go back to normal without this bout of nostalgia over with until the 75th anniversary.  We may not be around for that one which is fine for me, though he might get miffed over it.

Everyone have a great day

Storyteller

    Pedophiles of the world you better behave……The news is that they may start mandatory chemical  castration.  And it is all starting in the land of Poland, that is right the Prime Minister wants obligatory chemical castration of any Convicted Pedophiles  and it looks like it may happen. The report is that any pedophile who rapes children under the age of 15, or a  close family member may be in line for this treatment upon release from prison.  It was said that this procedure would be done for the mental health of the convict, it would lower the Libido, and therefore prevent the convict from recommitting the crime again. This was reported in Reuters, daily news.  And of course the Human Rights groups are not taking kindly to it.

The Prime Minister branded these individuals as “Degenerates” and does not believe that they should be referred to as Human if they do these kinds of things.  And with that said in turn he determined that the Human Rights  would not protect them, nor should they.

So it is possibly going to go through, and that means the rest of the World may take a close look at the problem and one by one follow suit.  That is the way it works sometimes, it just takes one to step forward and take a bold stand.  Here in America we are over run with Pedophiles and they are supposed to registered but here in America there are over 25% of them slip under the radar, or just plain won’t do what they are supposed to.  Now if you do the numbers here it is.  150,000 pedophiles x 25% is a whopping   37,500 UNREGISTERED!!!!   They could be anywhere, at anytime….in your local grocery store scoping out your kids, or at the local fast food place as a cook working next to your teenager, or even at the library volunteering to help while watching and waiting for the right opportunity.  I for one agree with this Prime Minister of Poland and say that we need to do something. 

Food for Though, Have a Good Day 

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Help I am drowning in Junk! GLUB GLUB! I am looking around my house and have come to the conclusion that I am in the wrong house.  I must have just wondered in off the street and someone hit me in the head and I have amnesia now.  I do not live in this sea of boxes, and garbage bags.  It is not possible that I would do this willingly.  That my Tub in the spare bathroom would be full of stuff that is unusable.  Lamps that do not work, not to mention have no lampshades……someone must have put this stuff here to confuse me.

That is all I can see, because why would anyone put an unused, broken Stereo receiver in there? Or Old coffeepots that have broken elements, or a box of old cell phones?  It is just a ruse to get me to clean them out of there…..yep that is it.  I have amnesia, so I am not sure I know what to do?  Clean it out and do what with it?  They are holding me hostage in a god forsaken place out in the wilderness on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere in a place called Arkansas.  They don’t even have regular trash trucks out here, it is not like the city…..Oh I remember what Trash Trucks look like they are usually big, and usually Green and they go “UMMMGGRRRRUGGGclank,PSH!” when they eat all the trash you put out.

Not in the place they are holding me, they have a guy who looks kind of like Barney Fife, and a 1/2 ton truck with a makeshift wooden box on the back…..And he jumps out with such vigor, and runs to the Trash Cans and tosses your bags in the back……and counts how many you have.  Yes he counts to make sure you have no more than 4 because out here you apparently can’t have more than 4 or they will charge you more.  Oh there is a list of things they won’t take too……that is why it is in the spare bathtub!!!

And to add to the matter cleaning out closets, cabinets, and even drawers has accumulated several more boxes and bags to put these things into a yard sale.  Oh do not worry friends it won’t be here at this place that is holding me hostage…..it will be a my friends house closer in town sometime in this month before it snows.  I could put out NEON signs about a yard-sale out here and no one would dare to wonder down that road…..I live 7 miles off the main drag back in the woods, off the asphalt road, 2 more on a dirt road. We should put up signs to watch out for the Lions, Bears and Deer…oh my. But in the meantime I am left with the sea of boxes and bags, and amnesia because I forgot which box the stuff I am keeping is in???does anyone know?  Please help me?

Have a good day

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     Before I start today I must apologise for not writing sooner I have been so busy, trying to work more on my Kitchen……All the Cabinets cleaned out, and rearranged What a job that was.  Two Garbage bags of junk went out of here not to mention the two bags/boxes of stuff for a yard sale!  WOOHOO!  I am making progress.  Now for the better stuff….A lot to catch up on this past week.  I also got in 5 days at work instead of my usual 3 which is another subject all it’s own.  I haven’t been to the store because I am afraid of what I will see…….LOL. 

     I am sure that Chaos has ensued since Monday morning, remember the Lottery came to town.  I am sure it has been more than a three ring circus.  You see we had no training at all, the system wasn’t to go online until Sunday night/Monday morning at 12:01 AM.  They made a big deal out of this on the news too, which for a state that has so many that didn’t want the Lottery I guess it is a big deal.  I haven’t gone by to see what I am in for come Thursday when I go back to work.  We already had people paying for their Cigarettes, and Tobacco products with change…..loose change.  I can’t even imagine what the girls have been put through this past week.

     The last report I heard was that $1.4 Million in tickets had already been sold……and the payouts are around $740,000……so far.  I don’t really know if that is good or bad.  In just 2 whole days this is what has been sold so far.  My Hubby called me when he left for work on Monday morning and got to the store he usually stops at to get Ice, and a drink.  He said they were lined up all the way outside and their was nowhere to actually park. And this was at 5:30 AM  PEOPLE that is just too darn early to be gambling….LOL. He had to park in one of the fuel isles in order to go into the store.

     That is just plain CRAZY…..the tickets are not going to go away, not anytime soon.  They will keep selling them from now on, and this was just the Scratch off tickets here.  The other Power Ball won’t be put in place until October 31st………JUST CRAZY!! 

     I am proud of him, he waited until he came home and only bought 10, and split them with me…..AWWW.  He is good to me you know……we won $7.00 not bad, but I just don’t think I will be able to take that Alaskan Cruise I want to take on that amount.  I told him he needs to do better, and Dammit be picking winners with some good amounts!  More than a $1, at this rate we will be in the poor house by the time we get enough for the both of us to take that cruise.

     I will keep everyone up to date on this ongoing development, I wonder how many people have won anything from our store?  I guess I better go  by there when I go to the lumber store.  I am going to be busy building a table for my kitchen…..I sure could use some money….I might just have to buy some tickets while I am there.   Oh I just can’t wait till I have to go to work…….LOL

Have a good day

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 $$$$$$$$$$The Lottery is coming to AR…..in a week or so the scratch offs will be here.  They came into our store and put the Satellite.  I can’t wait to be able to play the lottery.  And yes I voted for it, I believe that there has been too much money leaving the state all because of the NO GAMBLING clause.  I have gone to other states to gamble myself, and the one thing that always struck me was that most of the cars in the parking lots were cars from Arkansas. 

My honey and I went recently over to Oklahoma to the Casino at the 325 exit the 2nd one just over the line.  As we made our way into the casino we were looking at the car tags………..5 out of 7 cars had Arkansas plates.   That was overwhelming to me, that only 2 out of 7 were locals or from that state.  We weaved in and out of separate rows just so we could see more cars.  And again he on his rows and me on my rows counted at least 5 out of 7 were AR plates. 

So what that  tells us is that it is time for Arkansas to get that money back into the state it belongs in.  It also tells me that we are way too ready for the first steps.  Oh and by the way there is already gambling inside the state even though they do not want to recognise it.  At the dog tracks, in Memphis they have machines in a separate room for casino type gambling.  Of course it is all tied in with the dog track races that no one wants to admit to.  In order for you to win on the machine it goes by the dog race that is going on simultaneously.  If the dog wins you win,  It also goes on down at the the Horse races in Hot Springs.  They too have a separate room with casino type games and machines set up in the same way.  We have been to both and did quite well at both places.   But now starting Sept. 28 the Scratch Offs,  I am torn with how I feel about it.  It is going to be a lot of work for us at the Store, and there may be some really ticked off people waiting in lines.  I know that after the newness wears off things will get back to normal, whatever that is.  The Scratch off games can be a lot of fun, I have played them from time to time.  I did win $100 once, and $50, and all kinds of freebies over the years, and a couple of $20 prizes too.  I will keep you all updated on the state of the matter,  on this from time to time to.  I am anticipating a booming business from this, and am sure I won’t be disappointed.

The real big news on this is that the real games will start sometime in October, and we will be in on the bigger games and super jackpots.  That is really going to boost the revenue $$$$$ for the state and it will go to the Scholarship programs which is needed in this state.  Students will benefit from this and I for one am all for it.  If they had these programs when I was a student I might have tried harder to get an education and would have become a teacher, or computer programmer, or something.  That is what it is all about giving the less advantaged a leg up into another aspect of life.    It will give Hope to those who are looking at student loans, grants, and other ways to help pay for their education.  And all in all it is a good thing in the end and that is why I voted for it.  To all those who live in AR happy playing and play in moderation, be responsible.

Have a good day!

Storyteller

I have been busy, I have been on Facebook trying to catch up.  I signed up on it months ago and never did do anything with it.  I don’t know if it is me but there just isn’t enough hours in the day anymore.  It seems that all I do is stay on here at the computer with not much work getting done.  That is on the days I can stay on here.  I just keep thinking that it is because I have Dial up service instead of DSL. 

It just might be wishful thinking that it is because of my service, and not that I might have  the attention span of a gnat.  Oh that is an interesting word….you see that GNAT that is such a weird looking word.   I would really like to speak to the folks that designed our language, and ask them “What you just ran out of ideas for the words we use?”  That brings us to the word of KNIFE, what is that?  Why not just write it just like it sounds…..NIFE  that is so much easier and it rhymes with Wife…..Oh there we go another one RHYMES what is that? Does the H in that word have anything to do with the word or the Y …..why is the Y in there?  I think it should be RIMES…..that would be just as easy.   How about the word GYPSY that would be changed to GIPSIE there that is easier too.  The Y wasn’t of any use in that word anyway, see there are a lot of words that we could change.

And to make matters even worse I find that there are words that I really do not use at all or ever have…….probably because I can’t figure out how to put them in an actual sentence to use them.  Like the word GYVE  not only is it a weird looking word if we change the spelling  it changes the meaning totally.  Boy what a dilemma our language is so messed up.  That word GYVE -definition is  Shackle or fetter , especially for the leg. Great word as it is for the Scrabble game but if we spell it the way it sounds then it becomes ordinary GIVE which means something totally different.   Just don’t know how we can fix this,  but I know that the Dictionary used to be just the dictionary and now there are so many different kinds of reference books to our language.  I still think they only make up new words just for the Scrabble game…..I say that because that is the only time I use those words, when I want to baffle my opponent in scrabble and make them look up the word.  I like saying “I told you so, I told you it was in the dictionary”

 That is it folks, I am calling a meeting in Washington for an overhaul of the English Language immediately!  Forget the health-care system we need a Language CZAR….and while we are at it, I am putting it on the floor that it be called the North American Language, we are not English any more and haven’t been since the Pilgrims’ left England.  What do you say are ya with me?

Have a great day, hope I made you giggle

Storyteller

In Their Memory

Today is 9-11 and bells will toll, wreaths will be placed

This is the day that  started it all, it set the pace.

Many were just starting the day the sun on the horizon

Little did we know the Devil was rising

The news echoed around the world and back

The Twin Towers were hit, Planes used to Attack

Smoke, Glass,  Steel, and Tears of loved ones waiting to see

In horror watching them collapse of what is to be.

So many running, wounded, bleeding covered in debris

Firemen, Police, Ambulance,  All were on the scene.

The horror of the loss, not knowing how many

Glued to the TV for the updates, weighing heavy

Watching, waiting, crying for all those perished

Seeing them in better times their family’s would cherish

They are all gone the news did say, and cleaning up now underway

You can clean up the debris, and haul away the steel

The souls who were lost can never appeal

A final Goodbye is in order today but 9-11 will never really go away

I wrote this for all those souls  lost  in 9-11 and for all those who lost someone in 9-11.  The world needs to find a middle ground to come together and live in harmony if we are to make it.  I only hope that we will find a way, sometime in the near future for the sake of the children of the world. 

Storyteller 

Today I went to my Oddly Enough news at yahoo, just to see what I have missed in the past few days. Boy oh boy you just can’t leave them alone for any amount  of time. Some times I just roll with laughter at some of the stuff they write about.  Just last week they were having a rash of thefts concerning Legos, particularly the  anatomy of a Large Lego Giraffe. Yes it seems they were stealing the Giraffe’s manhood!  That was the article that caught my attention and laughter…….as well as giggles There was more than one article on this subject but it seems that the tail went missing……so much for giggles.     Very,very strange if you ask me, the burning question I have is WHY? It was reported that  the particular item had been stolen several times. I just love the Odd news it is so …..Odd ! There has been a few more stories reporting that the tail has gone missing now. Even after they were building a large steel cage to protect the manhood! Imagine that……..LOL   Go figure that one out. My guess would be that they probably need to put this  Giraffe in a room with safety glass and alarms to keep it intact and keep the thieves out…LOL.