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RollerDave
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Special Needs talk at our Hall tonite...
by CaptainSchmideo intalk was about appreciating jehovah's provisions, something like that.... the po gave the talk.
apparently, after the last co visit, our congo got a letter from headquarters, informing us that our numbers are wayyyy down.
several inactive publishers, several more irregular, poor meeting attendance, and our hourly average is less than the national average (8.3 compared to 9.9).
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C'mon how about some new bumper sticker thoughts
by wozadummy inhere's mine.
you're only calling me prejudiced 'cause i'm white.
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RollerDave
On the back of my gas-guzzling Aposta-Truck in large friendly text:
"Doing my part for global warming."
Under this, in smaller text:
"Because a warm planet is a happy planet"
I've also thought about a tower symbol with a red circle/slash like a "no smoking" sign.
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Dead of Night
by RollerDave indead of night.. absence of light.
anxiety not slight.. i don't know, just sometimes in the dead of night it hits me and it sucks.. the years pile up, i don't have so big a pile as some, but they are harsh ones with lots of jaggy bits and cruel edges.. sux.. you pile up the years, but the thing is, when you collect the whole set, it's game over, and that just sucks.. maybe it's the season, the light fades, and the cold comes.
it creeps into your bones and you feel cold all the way through, like you'll never be warm again.. then there's times of warmth and laughter, but sometimes even those kind of ring hollow, the music takes on an unwelcome tinny quality and i lack the patience to listen to even one song all the way through.. old thoughts, old feelings, old conversations, locked on a disc for a device that is no longer made, in file formats for programs i have forgotten the names of.. a wealth of emotion, it meant so much at the time, yet now it collects dust in obsolescence and disuse.. streams of thought that lead nowhere but i didn't realize at the time, and now they are wasted and gone.
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RollerDave
Dead of night.
absence of light
All is not right
Anxiety not slight.
I don't know, just sometimes in the dead of night it hits me and it sucks.
The years pile up, I don't have so big a pile as some, but they are harsh ones with lots of jaggy bits and cruel edges.
Sux.
You pile up the years, but the thing is, when you collect the whole set, it's game over, and that just sucks.
Maybe it's the season, the light fades, and the cold comes. It creeps into your bones and you feel cold all the way through, like you'll never be warm again.
Then there's times of warmth and laughter, but sometimes even those kind of ring hollow, the music takes on an unwelcome tinny quality and I lack the patience to listen to even one song all the way through.
Old thoughts, old feelings, old conversations, locked on a disc for a device that is no longer made, in file formats for programs I have forgotten the names of.
A wealth of emotion, it meant so much at the time, yet now it collects dust in obsolescence and disuse.
Streams of thought that lead nowhere but I didn't realize at the time, and now they are wasted and gone. Irredeemable.
Maybe it's the impending winter, I do have a problem with those and live in exactly the wrong place for that.
Maybe it's yet another impending birthday, I take some better than others, I don't know why.
Maybe it's the rum, Lord knows I've got enough in me.
Eitherway, it just plain sucks.
Beck works for a few hours yet, I think I'll just go warm up the bed and try to read a book to get out of myself for a bit.
When she comes in, she'll appreciate the warmth.
It's nice to be needed, even if, just between you and me, most days I feel about as useful as tits on a fish.
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Conversation with my mom
by RollerDave inanyone could turn that over, it's no big deal really.. deaf alzheimer's lady: oh.
rollerdave: oh, and what's more, it's not just big, but also 'big-like' which is a distinction without a difference.. deaf alzheimer's lady: uh, ok.... rollerdave: i mean it's massive.. deaf alzheimer's lady: so that's what you like about it?
it's big?.
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RollerDave
Just got back from drivin that gas guzzling Evil Slavemoble of an ApostaTruck all over hell, and I DID manage to stop in at mom's, and did get her freezer flipped on its back and repairified.
It was nothing, just like I said it would be, job done.
Also did the storage locker shuffle, and brought Beckaroo some food from Wendy's.
Humor IS the way to deal with just about everything, in my opinion.
Sometimes you just gotta laugh to keep from climbing a clock tower with a rifle, J/K, of course.
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God's Kingdom WILL eradicate all problems.
by hamsterbait inby destroying the starving millions.. by killing the millions who live in poverty.. by killing most people with incurable illnesses.. killing everybody who disagrees with the witchtower.. killing the desperate who turn to stealing to survive.. killing the desperate who turn to prostitution to survive.. killing those who are repelled at doing it with the opposite sex.. killing the rape victims who dodn't scream, and had an abortion rather than an inflicted birth.. killing the doctors who save lives by giving blood transfusions.. killing those who give blood to save lives.. it strikes me it is definitely run by the sort of psychopath that lives in crooklyn.. if you are a problem, then you must die.
kill!
kill!!
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RollerDave
Well, that's all fine and well, no more perverts, minorities, poor, or blonde people, the GB must be creaming in their shorts;
But, what if your prob is with the GB and gormless doltwads with NWT's firmly embedded in their lower colo-rectal tract?
(colo-rectal tract, is that going to be released at a DC next year?)
Wouldn't getting rid of ALL problems means cutting off the GB and its lackeys too?
Rather viewpoint dependant and therefore suspect in my book.
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Conversation with my mom
by RollerDave inanyone could turn that over, it's no big deal really.. deaf alzheimer's lady: oh.
rollerdave: oh, and what's more, it's not just big, but also 'big-like' which is a distinction without a difference.. deaf alzheimer's lady: uh, ok.... rollerdave: i mean it's massive.. deaf alzheimer's lady: so that's what you like about it?
it's big?.
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RollerDave
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: When can Becky come over and turn my freezer upside down so it can be fixed?
RollerDave: Uh, when she has time, she's out shopping for my birthday.
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: Oh.
RollerDave: See, I'm allowed to celebrate my birthday, and you aren't. So there.
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: OK, but she's the only one who can turn my freezer upside down, you know a screw fell out of it and only Becky is strong enough....
RollerDave: You just think that because she's so tall. Anyone could turn that over, it's no big deal really.
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: Oh. Do you have a car?
RollerDave: Yes mother I have a truck, it's HUGE...
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: Well then you could come over...
RollerDave: It's so BIG! It's ginormous!
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: And you could...
RollerDave: BIG BIG BIG! h00h00, that thing's large.
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: It is?
RollerDave: Oh, and what's more, it's not just big, but also 'big-like' which is a distinction without a difference.
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: Uh, OK...
RollerDave: I mean it's MASSIVE.
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: So that's what you like about it? It's big?
RollerDave: Well, also that it is so unsuitable for field service.
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: It's no good for field service?
RollerDave: Yeah! When I go out in the Apostate Field Ministry, spreading evil lies about the Witchtower Babble and Trick society, I can only fit about six evil apostates into it.
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: Uh.... OK... Huh?
RollerDave: Yeah, when we go door to door in the Apostate Field Ministry.
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: Ok, well tell Becky I'd like her to give me a call OK?
RollerDave: Ok, mom. gotta go, Evil Slave hugs n kisses!
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: What?
RollerDave: Evil Slave hugs and kisses!
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: Oh you!
RollerDave: Evil Slave out!
Deaf Alzheimer's Lady: Uh, OK, bye.
click.
I'm not sure how much of this she really got, but it was still a hoot and a holler.
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Are there things you can't get rid of?
by faundy infor instance, i still can't bring myself to say 'bless you' when someone sneezes.
i still cringe when saying 'good luck' and even now i feel i am being really naughty when shopping for a birthday card for someone.
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RollerDave
I know that this year, I am simply going to work on not being disgusted and adverse when I see holiday stuff, hear the songs, or someone says a holiday greeting.
If I can, I'll let myself hum or sing along, or even say one back, I mean its not as if I have a tree up or anything.
Not saying I won't ever, but just baby steps.
Simply recognizing the lack of power these things have will be a pretty significant step, I mean humming 'rockin' around the christmas tree' isn't gonna make me bird food in the "big A" coming soon to a world near you.
I guess we all gotta 'make the world your own'
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Time to simplify
by RollerDave infunny how life can be.. you chase your dreams, mean well, do your best to live large, and twist life bu the nipples; but there's only so many hours in a day, only so many days in a week, and only 365.25 days in a year.. i realize i'm swamped.
i find myself rolling around like a big fat chicken on wheels that has been separated from his head quite suddenly.. i think i have become the victim of my own success.. the more you have, the more maintenance and upkeep you have to procrastinate.. i'm only a man, i can only avoid so much work!.
barely got the boat winterized before the cold, evil fingers of minnesnowta's dominant season could work their frigid havoc, boy, i am starting to wonder if i am really 'boat people.
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RollerDave
We are thinking about end-unit two story townhomes out Stillwater way, with more square footage inside, vaulted space, no yardwork, and newer so it doesn't need a ton of work.
I see em going for like a hundred grand less than we paid for this place, so I figure it's doable. I'll make sure you get that invite.
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Time to simplify
by RollerDave infunny how life can be.. you chase your dreams, mean well, do your best to live large, and twist life bu the nipples; but there's only so many hours in a day, only so many days in a week, and only 365.25 days in a year.. i realize i'm swamped.
i find myself rolling around like a big fat chicken on wheels that has been separated from his head quite suddenly.. i think i have become the victim of my own success.. the more you have, the more maintenance and upkeep you have to procrastinate.. i'm only a man, i can only avoid so much work!.
barely got the boat winterized before the cold, evil fingers of minnesnowta's dominant season could work their frigid havoc, boy, i am starting to wonder if i am really 'boat people.
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Thanks all!
Bubble, you go! Life is too short to live under a burden of useless crap!
Nowman, Glad I could be of service. I'm simplifying, but I have no intention of allowing it to go so far as becoming boring. There is never a dull moment around the Roller House, lots of fun, games, laughs, and love. Balance can be awesome.
Thanks, NVR, I really do feel life is on an upward trend, I'm thirty pounds down, have already reduced a bunch of junk, cleaned my parking pad, and am feeling rather smugly self-satisfied.
jgnat, Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm WAY ahead of you there, I'm keeping my truck, my convertible, all my guns, my 42 inch plasma, you know, sustenance and covering.
Sweetstuff, I've already raised one, so I know of what you speak, and now that she's grown, she has bigger toys, pianos, electric organs, keyboards ,a whole forest of guitars, and enough clothes to wrap the third world in designer styled fabric.
JagBass, you got THAT one right, man, I've been Pwned by my own stuff, but payback's a beeyatch and the stuff is gonna lose. As to the boat, good thing it's trailered and wrapped til I can adopt it out.
Heheheh, Prophecor, that's a very funny commercial, good thing I'm not on such financially shakey ground as THAT guy! I have too much to do, and not enough hands to put to the tasks at hand, but it would be some much worse if I was bleeding money.
Satanus, Bluesbreaker, Mentalclearness, outaservice, and Deac, I know what you mean!
OM, thnx for the heads up, I already raised one so I remember well what it's like, but keep in mind that My gal is 17 yrs my junior, she's raring to go.
Mum, I LOVE that song, I know it well. It has this great 'lilt' to it. So much better than the execrable horse-waste they sing in the KH!
God, I love getting responses and gabbing!
Thanks all, keep 'em coming if ya want.
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Time to simplify
by RollerDave infunny how life can be.. you chase your dreams, mean well, do your best to live large, and twist life bu the nipples; but there's only so many hours in a day, only so many days in a week, and only 365.25 days in a year.. i realize i'm swamped.
i find myself rolling around like a big fat chicken on wheels that has been separated from his head quite suddenly.. i think i have become the victim of my own success.. the more you have, the more maintenance and upkeep you have to procrastinate.. i'm only a man, i can only avoid so much work!.
barely got the boat winterized before the cold, evil fingers of minnesnowta's dominant season could work their frigid havoc, boy, i am starting to wonder if i am really 'boat people.
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Funny how life can be.
You chase your dreams, mean well, do your best to live large, and twist life bu the nipples; but there's only so many hours in a day, only so many days in a week, and only 365.25 days in a year.
I realize I'm swamped. I find myself rolling around like a big fat chicken on wheels that has been separated from his head quite suddenly.
I think I have become the victim of my own success.
The more you have, the more maintenance and upkeep you have to procrastinate.
I'm only a man, I can only avoid so much work!
Barely got the boat winterized before the cold, evil fingers of MinneSnowta's dominant season could work their frigid havoc, Boy, I am starting to wonder if I am really 'boat people.' I mean, I don't exactly fit in it very well, I may be thirty pounds down, but I'm still a whole lotta me. Plus, I am thinking I might have been just a tad.... optimistic..... Regarding my own abilities and limitations.
Yeah, the boat's gotta go.
Next year, in the spring, we'll have it gone over, and sell it off.
Never DID get around to fixing up that old VW bug, it smells like the basement of a mouse outhouse, needs more sheet metal replaced than not, and has no engine. Boy, I am starting to think my days as 'hot rod people' are long past. I was gonna this, gonna that, but now it's just another complication I can do without.
Yeah, the bug's gotta go.
Good thing I already had it hauled.
This place of mine is one hell of a place, but we are STILL trying to get it into shape for winter! I've only got so many hours left in my life, I'm not sure everything this joint needs can be done in that time!
Stumps dug, driveway widened, drainage channels dug, rear deck built, ramp, clear brush up the hill, expand parking on top of the hill, untangle the stairs, replace windows, new kitchen floors and cabinets, better exterior lighting, some slabjacking under the garage/addition, the list goes on!
The hell with it!
Yeah, the house's gotta go.
I ain't got friggin CLUE ONE about this one! I'll call in professionals.
I got too goddamn much shit. Boxes of books, memorabilia, gizmos and gadgets, whatsits and whizbangs, things for stuff I was gonna do, or build, or whatever... I got chainsaws I never even used, just bought because I thought we might need 'em. Bikes, bikes, and more bikes. I can't even ride one. Dead scooters, adjustable beds needing repair, clanking piles of metal bit, splintery stacks of wood, buckets of screws, practically a roomful of collectible die-cast and Jim Beam decanter cars, enough firearms to hold off Al Qaeda, and three times the ammo for them to do the job. Tho, I don't have a waterboard yet, j/k.
That's not even mentioning the detritus that accumulates from the PC business!
Y'know, I live to serve, but I have found myself serving things. Junk. Crap.
Yeah, the junk's gotta go.
Life is too short to attach unwarranted value to things which are either beyond their usefulness, or need to be kept and dealt with against some possible future usefulness. By the time I get around to needing some of this stuff, I can just get another with better features, and have it shiny and new!
I guess I've discovered the value of the space this crap occupies and no longer need to 'fill' the space for it to be worth having.
Me an Beck want to tie the knot, we want kids, we want to go and do, not stay and clean.
I guess if I gotta pick between being a complicated fellow, or being a hubby and dad again (and I do), there is just no room for needless complexity.
This goes for my constantly offering to help anyone in any way I can, I still will help out where I can, but I am going to have to learn to stay out of some of these dog and pony shows I find myself tangled up in.
I just can's fix everybody, I can't derail every trainwreck, and I can't rescue everyone if I want to have any of me left for Beck and those desired 2.5 more kids.
I guess I'm just tired. I am who I am, I've been who I've been, and gone where I've gone. God will judge me in the end, and no amount of serving others can wipe out my stain if Jesus doesn't recognize me, and works are not germane to the condition of my heart.
Others can feel free to tilt at windmills, but I'm done.
It's time to simplify, and start concentrating on what REALLY matters, and that's my family with Beck.
About damn time!
RD