Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Five

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Kaezziel

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Actually, no. One of these days I'm going to badger you to tell us about what you described as the convoluted methodology that you used to invent your username. Not today, though.

LOL... I'll tell ya anyway... I'm a gamer. I've played table-top paper and dice games and video games almost all of my life. Kaezziel was a character that I created many, many years ago and was my all time favorite character to play. It was kind of a point of our group to come up with interesting names and this is the one that I came up with. At the time, I was dabbling in the Wiccan religion and in that there is something that is referred to as your "Magic Number". The letters of the alphabet also have their own numbers assigned to them, so the name "Kaezziel" also adds up to equal my "Magic Number" and still brings me a small measure of luck to this day. And ya can't argue with me, cause it brought me here! :p
 

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LOL... I'll tell ya anyway... I'm a gamer. I've played table-top paper and dice games and video games almost all of my life. Kaezziel was a character that I created many, many years ago and was my all time favorite character to play. It was kind of a point of our group to come up with interesting names and this is the one that I came up with. At the time, I was dabbling in the Wiccan religion and in that there is something that is referred to as your "Magic Number". The letters of the alphabet also have their own numbers assigned to them, so the name "Kaezziel" also adds up to equal my "Magic Number" and still brings me a small measure of luck to this day. And ya can't argue with me, cause it brought me here! :p
A less experienced inquisitor might be delighted that it was so seemingly easy to get you to spill the beans. However, you shall not dissuade me from future further questions until you've told us your given first name. Not today, of course. :thumb:
 

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Nevermind.

Thank you, Darlin'... very much appreciated! :wub:

A less experienced inquisitor might be delighted that it was so seemingly easy to get you to spill the beans. However, you shall not dissuade me from future further questions until you've told us your given first name. Not today, of course. :thumb:

Hahaha! It doesn't bother me in the slightest that I was so easily duped. But you'll have ta work a l'il harder to get my given first name... that one, I'm not fond of. ;)
 

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Well the price of crude yesterday was 38.42 a barrel and gas was 1.45 on commodities market. We have one of the highest taxes on gas in the US but sounds to me like oil companies are making big money, bigger then usual. They just tighten the supply of the refined product and screw us. What's new.
 

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Hahaha! It doesn't bother me in the slightest that I was so easily duped. But you'll have ta work a l'il harder to get my given first name... that one, I'm not fond of. ;)
My parents gave me my mom's maiden name as a middle name. Good thing they gave me a serviceable (though very common) first name. Henderson would not have provided a better option. My last name, by the way, is rarer than you might think. Very small chance that you've ever met anyone else named Bellware but if you have, you've met a close relative of mine.

By the way, one of my theories is that your first name is Ezekiel.
 

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Well the price of crude yesterday was 38.42 a barrel and gas was 1.45 on commodities market. We have one of the highest taxes on gas in the US but sounds to me like oil companies are making big money, bigger then usual. They just tighten the supply of the refined product and screw us. What's new.

The oil companies aren't really making big money right now at all... the refineries are though. They're buying crude at rock bottom prices and their cost of refining hasn't gone up at all... their profit margin right now is really good. The oil companies and oilfield service industry is struggling to stay afloat. There have been a large number of rigs that were shut down because the cost to keep them running is greater than the amount of money that they bring in. Those who worked on those rigs have been laid off and are seeking employment. Sure, the big wigs at the top are still sittin' pretty for the most part, but for the vast majority it is pretty dire right now. My company has suspended the 401K matching program, has laid off people as recently as yesterday, and is cutting costs across the board. I just hope they don't touch my medical insurance benefits... I can't afford that right now.
 

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My parents gave me my mom's maiden name as a middle name. Good thing they gave me a serviceable (though very common) first name. Henderson would not have provided a better option. My last name, by the way, is rarer than you might think. Very small chance that you've ever met anyone else named Bellware but if you have, you've met a close relative of mine.

By the way, one of my theories is that your first name is Ezekiel.

Nope, never met anyone named Bellware until I met you. And no... my first name is not Ezekiel, though the name may be found in the Bible. ;) Only clue yer gonna git! :p

The Arabs haven't slowed production at all. One of these days that whole stinkin desert is going to fall into never never land.

Last I heard, some have slowed production. Others are stockpiling... Iran has increased production since the UN lifted the sanctions against them earlier this year.
 

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I went to the bone doc yesterday. Waited a month and a half for the appt. When I got there my appt showed 130pm they told me that it was at 1130 which isn't what they told me. They said I could wait but it would be a long one. He had 50 appts yesterday. Now what kind of care could you possibly get when a doc sees 50 people in one day. They said it wasn't urgent and I was not going to sit there till 5pm so I said screw it. They couldn't get me another appt till end of May my leg feels fine so ....e gusess that is $400 he won't get from me which is the average charge for a specialist.
 

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    Nope, never met anyone named Bellware until I met you. And no... my first name is not Ezekiel, though the name may be found in the Bible. ;) Only clue yer gonna git! :p



    Last I heard, some have slowed production. Others are stockpiling... Iran has increased production since the UN lifted the sanctions against them earlier this year.
    Hmmm, Ezekiel? Elijah? Gideon? Isaiah? Meshach? Mordecai? Zebedee?
    Figure if we just start naming bibkical names, eventually one of 'em will be right.:D
     

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    Hmmm, Ezekiel? Elijah? Gideon? Isaiah? Meshach? Mordecai? Zebedee?
    Figure if we just start naming bibkical names, eventually one of 'em will be right.:D
    Just do more research at ECF. It is here. Actually, same as my brother's.
     

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    Has anyone noticed that the price of gasoline keeps going up when the price of oil is at its lowest like $40 a barrel. It has gone up 50cents a gallon here in about a month and a half. It is now at $2.10 It was at $1.60
    Refineries are switching to production of heating oil so we are now relying on what gas was produced during the winter, price will continue to rise as that supply dwindles, until fall when they switch back to fuel.

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    Kaezziel

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    There are over 1000 men's names in the Bible. Good luck with that!

    Yep... ;)

    Hmmm, Ezekiel? Elijah? Gideon? Isaiah? Meshach? Mordecai? Zebedee?
    Figure if we just start naming bibkical names, eventually one of 'em will be right.:D

    Who says I'd tell ya, even if ya got it right... :lol:

    Just do more research at ECF. It is here. Actually, same as my brother's.

    Yeah... but you're sneaky and way better at researchin' web stuffs than I am. ;)
     
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