THE DAY I HIT 3 THINGS IN ONE DAY WITH THE PLOW, I WILL QUIT PLOWING......MAYBE I SHOULD DISTINQUISH BETWEEN SLIDING INTO SOMETHING....AS OPPOSED TO " HITTING" AS IN DRIVING INTO....-- BECAUSE I HAVE TEH CAR/PLOW UP HERE BY TEH FRONT DOOR- AND WHEN BACKING IT DOWN, THERE IS PROBABLY 6 INCHES TO SPARE.... SO ANY SLIDE AND I WILL HIT THE HOUSE OR THE TREE-- OR BOTH AND THE TREE ALREADY HAS MANY SCARS--- SLIDING INTO THE TREE CAN GET VERY EXCITING BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO RECOURSE BUT TO PULL FORWARD-- UPHILL IN AN AREA WHICH JUST CAUSED YOU TO SLIDE DOWN HILL-
AND BEFORE ANYONE GETS ON MY CASE ABOUT BEING ABSENT MINDED, REMEMBER -- MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS MANY YEARS YOUNGER, I DROVE MY CAR UP THERE WITH TEH HORSE TRAILER ATTACHED...
THIS SEQUOIA IS A VERY NICE CAR-- BUT THE VEHICLE I LIKED TO DRIVE BEST WAS TEH PRACTICALLY NEW, OLD...- IT SERVED WELL -- 1982 AMBULANCE. NOT ONLY COULD I FIND IT INTHE PARKING LOT, BUT GENERALLY PEOPLE GOT OUT OF MY WAY-- WHICH WORKED OUT VERY WELL. EVENTUALLY BECOMING A DOG FOOD STORAGE UNIT WHICH PROVED TO BE RAT PROOF FOR NEARLY A YEAR..
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EXPERIMENTING WITH THE CHANNELS LAST NIGHT GOT ME INTO A GOVERNMENTAL DISCUSSION ON MATERNITY LEAVE AND MINIMUM WAGE--TWO THINGS--A VERY WELL DRESSED WOMAN TOLD OF HOW SHE HAD 6 CHILDREN AND TOOK 6 MONTHS LEAVE EVERY TIME MAKING ME WONDER, IF SHE WORKED FOR SDP, HOW WOULD WE GET TEH DOGS FED DURING HER 6 MONTHS MATERNITY LEAVE...--- I HAVE A FRIEND - MISSY--REALLY BRIGHT GAL WHO WAS AN EXOTIC ANIMAL HANDLER - HUSBAND WAS A DEALER IN VERY STRANGE ZOO ANIMALS- SHE WAS VERY PREGNANT- AND OUT HAYING WITH HER HUSBAND- WHEN SHE WENT INTO LABOR- BEING ANIMAL PEOPLE AND DEALING WITH BIRTHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT , HER HUSBAND MOVED A LITTLT TOO SLOWLY AND SHE HAD THE BABY IN THE TRUCK BEFOR THEY GOT TO THE HOSPITAL... SHE SHAI THEY GOT INTO AN AWFUL BATTLE BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GO BACK TO HAYING BECAUSE TEH BABY WAS ALREADY BORN.
THE REST OF THE STORY-- THEY NAMED HIM "FORD" - AND HE IS TEH KID SHE USED TO SEND TO GET THE SCHOOL BUS WITH A CUP OF HORSE FEED FOR BREAKFAST---"IT IS ALL THE SAME STUFF"..
THE MORE REST OF THE STORY... THE KID IS NOW -- 6'2" A VERY HEALTHY LOOKING MAN - LAST TIME I SAW HIM HE WAS 70 FEET UP TEH NEIGHBORS TREE WHICH HE HAD JUST CLIMBED TO TRIM....--
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THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL DISCUSSION WAS MINIMUM WAGE- WHERE SOME MAN FROM KENTUCKY WAS TRYING TO SUPPORT A FAMILY ON $8 AN HOUR.-- HE TALKED ABOUT DINING ON SQUIRRELS--- AND TEH SENATORS- OR WHOEVER THEY WERE WENT ON RECORD SAYING TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE WAS ALL WRONG AND HOW MUCH BETTER IT WOULD BE FOR THE " LOW INCOME" TO HAVE TEH MARKET AFFECT TEH MIN WAGE. WELL IF THAT WAS GOING TO HELP THE LOW INCOME, HOW COME IT WAS TEHN SO "LOW"?
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IT WAS AN ACTIVE NIGHT-- FROM THERE I WENT TO TEH 4 MEN SITITING IN A ROW SAYING "WE ARE LOOKING INTO IT " - TURNS OUT THE TOPIC THERE WAS 140,000 HOMES FOR FAMALIEIS OF VETERANS THAT WERE LOADED WITH MOLD-- AND THESE 4 CLOWNS HAD RUN THE COMPANIES THAT FAKED THE BILLS FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM.
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TIME TO MOVE THE CAR...
CHIP.... LET US PRAY ( CHIP IS E THE GUY WHO REPLACED MY SIDE MIRROR LAST TIME I HIT THE HOUSE)
