Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Three

[Debadoo]

OK....gonna be real foolish here

well it's about ding dang time!!!

I don't do cake..but PB is in your near future

wahoooo!! You spoil us!

 

[oldbroad]

well it's about ding dang time!!!


wahoooo!! You spoil us!

Dontcha mean I WILL spoil youse?!



"Don't count your eggs till the rooster hatches them..."

 

[MikeE3]

Janet, that new kitchen's sure going to get a workout! MORE CAKES!!



A bit of my story here, to set the stage.

I was a service brat. While, like all up-bringings, there are both good and bad sides to that, one of the things it did NOT give me is any life-long friends. But it DID give me that same (or similar) kind of self-reliance. (Heck, when my second and current spouse and I married, other than blood relations, the person who'd been a continuous part of my life the longest was my cat!!) Being able to take care of one's self was essential, so I think I know what you're feeling.

But it also gave me the ability to make new friends along the way, to accept people as the individuals they are and not try to stuff them into some pre-conceived (and probably wrong!) box. To enjoy variety and diversity of people and events.

Those are the things, imo, we need to focus on. Building new relationships (GO PORCH!!), remembering the perhaps bittersweet past but not dwelling on it.

To paraphrase Eleanor Roosevelt, the past is over, the future is yet to come. All we have is now - that's why it's called the present.

 

[MikeE3]

Ok, seems to me that Uncle Willie is in the dumps feeling that he's worthless and offensive. This from me who rarely wears a shirt at Deb's and drinks alot of beer. Teenage angst is un-becoming for a Man of his talents and years, yes I sometimes feel I really should shut up and not come around ,but I keep around to yak with my friends and I'd be worse off to go hide in my own little corner. So let's offend Willie and rouse him outta depression. If He feels that he can't give to the family, let's remind him of all the great memories He brings of music we've forgotten, the beauty of his wood work , the stories of his life. All the porcher's tell him to "chill out you haven't offended us" and he doesn't believe us. What are we liars? Willie get your .... in here and we'll have a good time. This world will not be a better place without you. And if I've ...... you off ....GOOD!!!! feel free to call me a dic... Right back at you. We all get down,and it's our friends who bring us back. Piss me off if you think you can and I'll piss right back at you. Brother.

Mr Auto Censor has, fortunately for you. disallowed my reply, however, if begins with F and ends with U ..

Ain't it swell how friends just know what to say to each other.

 

[Debadoo]

Dontcha mean I WILL spoil youse?!



"Don't count your eggs till the rooster hatches them..."

newp, you have spoiled me many times....and I said us, cuz I know I'm not the only one on the PB list

 

[MikeE3]

newp, you have spoiled me many times....and I said us, cuz I know I'm not the only one on the PB list

Busardo has a list?

 

[garyoa1]

Heh, language, especially the written language, is reeeely ez to mis-interpret. Depends on your train of thot when readin it.
For instance, worthless vs priceless. Now settle down and think about that a minute. What's the difference?

 

[Uncle Willie]

OK....gonna be real foolish here.......if Willie really knew how I've felt about him for a very long time now.....he'd either run for the hills....OR send me a ticket....and I'd come a runnin' in a hot NY minute...

Since some are dishing out favorite sayings; I'll dish one of mine ... "Even I can only stand so much of me" .. you'd likely be the one running for the hills, kiddo ..

 

[Uncle Willie]

Ain't it swell how friends just know what to say to each other.

Yeah, it' a Hallmark moment ..

 

[yiddleboge6]

Since some are dishing out favorite sayings; I'll dish one of mine ... "Even I can only stand so much of me" .. you'd likely be the one running for the hills, kiddo ..

LOL.....I don't scare that easily...

 

[Debadoo]

Busardo has a list?

 

[amoret]

First, let me say it is quite gratifying to read your comments and support .. let me pause for a moment and wipe something out of my eye that accidentally strayed in there ..

Like I've said many times in the past, I really don't have many left that I can lean on, and at the same time, being a self made man and always always priding myself on standing on my own two feet, it's tough to not feel like a whiner when I slip into the dark .. (as opposed to a winer, which can and does tend to be temporarily uplifting .. ) .. at any rate, I did feel somewhat better last night after backing the dump truck up and unloading some ..

As I traveled the road for the last 10 days or so, re-visiting as I do every year the old haunts in the South, I had allowed myself to be convinced by an ex to attend the wedding of her daughter .. Tasha .. when we were married, Tasha was my ex'es child from a previous marriage, it was 20 years ago and at the time, her and I were pretty close .. of course, as with many things along those lines, separation and divorce cause people to want to bury the past and move on, so I had had little to any contact until the wedding ..

At any rate, Tasha had blossomed into her own woman, found a good man .. and welcomed me with open arms and a genuine gratitude that I had decided to attend .. yet, I could not help but feel a disconnect, amid a large group of mostly strangers .. and realizing that I would never see the day when my own child would wed ..

That, in and of itself brought on my general malaise and ultimately resulted in last nights mind dump .. since, my family here was, sadly, all I had to rely on .. and come thru you did, like you always do ..

We, together, have experienced joy, pain, sadness, loss, humor, disagreement, camaraderie, support in times of need and more .. so once again, I cannot say enough, I'm always grateful for Fate somehow bringing us to this place .. and if I can play a small role in what we are here, it's very, very gratifying .. thanks ..

That song, performed by Bette Middler on a New Year's Eve show, saved my life once during a very bad time. Of course right now Simon and Garfunkle's "I am a Rock" taken as written, not as meant, is getting me by right now during my nursing home incarceration.

 

[bigbells]

PB stands for peanut butter, I'm pretty sure. Best I can figure, Debadoo must be a brand of peanut butter.

 

[Ken_A]

For some reason I can't find my way to the front porch, but a friend shared this with me and I was wondering about it. I can't see me using anything but Kanthal A-1.
Thoughts?

Front porch is here somewhere - Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part Three | Page 600 | E-Cigarette Forum

Community ... it matters not if it is a small town, a big city, your Church, a civic organization, the Military, and yes, here, right here, we have a Community .. and as such, the manners / civility / unwritten rules and morality of a Community tie us together or push us apart ...

I've been on my annual roadtrip and having spent some time behind the wheel, thinking and contemplating, my intuition tells me that I have likely offended some in the not distant past with words that could be taken as insulting, uncaring, self-centered or even demeaning in ways ... I would like to take a moment and offer up a public apology to any and all that may have taken any offense ...

It was not my intention to cause any hurt, and I will not make any excuse to defend myself ... to those I suspect I offended in any way, I simply offer a sincere apology ...

Ya, we know that you feel a sense of "unworthiness" and that is an issue that you are working through.
However, you gonna have to be a LOT more offensive and callus to get rid of this group.
Many of us, myself included, have reached that stage in life where we really don't care if someone is TRYING to offend us. we choose to take whatever is written in the best light we can and move on.
If you are looking for a reason to leave us, you won't find it in anyone here.

 

[Debadoo]

PB stands for peanut butter, I'm pretty sure. Best I can figure, Debadoo must be a brand of peanut butter.

you figgered it out!!

 

[Uncle Willie]

Ya, we know that you feel a sense of "unworthiness" and that is an issue that you are working through.
However, you gonna have to be a LOT more offensive and callus to get rid of this group.
Many of us, myself included, have reached that stage in life where we really don't care if someone is TRYING to offend us. we choose to take whatever is written in the best light we can and move on.
If you are looking for a reason to leave us, you won't find it in anyone here.

Tough love, brother, tough love ...

 

[oldbroad]

Tukii FINALLY got on my lap and stayed there for two hours!

 

[Debadoo]

Tukii FINALLY got on my lap and stayed there for two hours!

awwwwwwwww hope she'll be more loving now!

 

[Debadoo]

me, yiddle and Scott are in the hangout if anyone wants to join us
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[yiddleboge6]

I thought I plumb scared Willie off the porch.....