Freeloader?? Who me

I have been listening to many of the candidates speeches and and the commentaries on the News programs and I am just a little upset that our reps in government are now saying that we are too dependent on government programs. I suppose they are speaking about Welfare...Social Security...Food Stamps... Medicare and all the other programs these nincompoops created years ago. I don't remember asking for any of these to be set up I just know they decided we needed them.
Now that folks are using them they think we are freeloading the system. These are the same bunch that are running for re-election right now as I type this.
You don't hear the first one say anything about the money we are sending overseas to those ungrateful lunatics that are burning down our embassies and killing our people on a daily basis. They begrudge the money we get for our betterment and want us to ween ourselves off of these benefits...which we pay for every time we pay taxes. No lets save that money and give it to the illegals and the foreign countries that hate our guts so that they...one day may like us.
I would like for all those deadbeats in Washington to stop complaining about my "Benefits" and start giving theirs back  Why do they deserve theirs and we don't? I paid for all of mine. If I had had one adult in
Washington investing my Social Security funds properly...and not stealing them from my account I might not be as big a burden on society as they think I am.
Have you ever noticed all the problems that these Polecats want to fix are the ones they created! Now they want to take care of my health care. Good God haven't they done enough damage for one lifetime? In ten years there will be some politician back flushed from the sewer of government that wants us to elect him or her so they can save us from the government health care system that is eating us alive.
I am going to vote for everyone on my ballet that has not run before and will continue to do so until I have flushed all the unsavory slim balls out of Washington. Give them 4 years to do something and then if they have not produced fire them!
No I earned my entitlements. My VA disability was not handed to me....I earned that by putting myself in harms way because my government told me I had to do so. I get Social Security not because I am a dead beat but because I paid into the system for 50 years. When someone tells us that we should not be dependent on the government...lets keep in mind that all that government money belongs to us!
I will be getting what is due me...

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Last Day

We have been up early every day this week. Off to work at 6:30 and hard at it by 7:00. This is the last day for this week and we can only work a few hours and stay under our 40 hours. At first they had approved us working the overtime so we could get the job done but then the guys that get the bonuses found out and cancelled all that.
You know I remember those days. Working my people harder for shorter hours so I could bring down a bonus at the end of the year. If I could figure out how to get the job done with fewer people then the bonus got better. That is what it is all about. You need to keep those $$$ going upstairs to line the pockets of the BIG DOGS. Yes that is what I did for more than 35 years of my life and now the worm has turned and I see what it is like on the other end.
I am just glad that I only have a few more months to be used and abused and then I can sit on my patio and gaze off in the distance admiring the scenery. This will surely come to pass...

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Time Flies

This weekend just flew by so fast! I got all my chores done but then it was time to go on the road again. We have to work just a little while longer and then we will have plenty of time to get things done.
We woke up Saturday morning with Kris climbing in bed with us wanting to know if it was morning yet. It was dark outside and he was not sure if he should be up or in bed. With him in school now he automatically gets up early and wants to get the day started. We needed to get up too. We have things that need to be done while at base camp. I am moving the 120v plug under the dining room table to the side of the buffet so that all the electrical cords are not hanging down around your feet when you sit down to eat.
Once we all got up showered and ate breakfast Sherri and Kris headed out to Wally World to get some things we needed for the short weekend at home. I stayed at home and started on the plug relocation project.
I first had to remove the old plug and disassemble it to get all the wires loose. Then I had to re-route the wires through the cabinet to the side so I could attach them to the new plug. I had to cut a new opening for the plug and that created a good bit of saw dust that Sherri was not too pleased with when she returned. Oh well it all cleaned up nicely and she was satisfied with the new location so the mess was soon forgotten...

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Hope Arkansas

Sherri and I are in Hope Arkansas for the week. We have worked here many times in the past but never really got to get out and see the city. This time we have managed to drive around some and see what there was to see down town.
Not a bad town at all. There is much history here in Hope and we both love the down town area where there is much to see. This is where we came across Tailgaters restaurant. We stopped there last night for a burger and a cold drink. It is located right across the street from the old train station which is also the community center and museum.
The down town area is really clean and quaint. Old buildings have always been something I like to explore and take pictures of. I hope when I get on the road I have time to visit many towns and take pictures of their old buildings and visit their museums.
We put in a long day today and I am rather give out. Not much more for me to write about so I guess I will sign off for now and get horizonal in the bed. Watch a little TV and soon fall asleep...

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Days like today

It is days like today that make me long for the last working day.
I was up at 5:00 am and took my shower then headed out the door to the hotel breakfast bar across the street from our room.
I had eggs, sausage and toast with a glasss of milk. It was so good and got me going for the day.
The store we are working at is just down the street from where we are staying so it only takes us about 5 minutes to get there. It is so much better than the stores located 30 to 40 minutes away from where we have stayed.
Sherri got sick at work today and had to go back to the hotel room. I found a clinic that would take her insurance and took her there when I got off.
She got a steriod shot and I think she will be OK.
We stopped by Tailgaters on the way home and had a hamburger. I don't know if this is a chain or not but the burgers were good and we will go back...

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Computer is still up and running

Up at 5:00 am this morning. Took my shower and got ready for work. Sat down at the computer and she is still up and running so I thought I might ought to send out a message this morning to those of you free spirits.
Gee...looks like many of you have found you a job out there. This makes me feel better seeing as how I am still amoung the working class. We really don't work that much and the company does pay us for milage and food...not to mention a place to stay.
We will be here the rest of the week so there may or may not be anything to report to you. I did think about going over and seeing Bill Clinton's birth place but then maybe not. I will have to say he was one of out most interesting presidents since JFK.
Just to let you know my two favorite Presidents were...
1. JFK
2. Ronald Reagon.
Now for plain excitement...
1. Bill Clinton
2. Richard Nixon.
Believability...
1. Jimmy Carter
2. There will never be another one like him. Now days who would ever get elected telling the truth?
And that is all I have to say about that...

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I shocked it back to life.

It was touch and go for a while but the old computer came back to life. I have no idea how long it will last but I will give it a try tonight and see how she does. The big test will be when I shut it down later and then try to bring it back on line in the morning.
Sherri and I are on the road once more working. We are in Arkansas this week for four days and then back to the lake for a rest. Time is growing short...and we will soon be amoung the unemployed...not looking for a job just unemployed.
We had a nice visit with Jim and Dee Walter...well it was two weeks ago...My computer has been holding it's breath for that long. I really need to get me another one but I just hate to spend the money. I have had this one for about four years and it has been going down hill for some time.
If I buy another it will be very inexpensive. I have found out one thing about computers is the more expensive is not always the best. I buy the extended warranties and end up putting them in the shop the day after the warranty goes out!
OK back to our visit with Jim and Dee. They came out to our place at the lake and we visited and then went to eat BBQ at Soul Mans BBQ.
Thanks Jim and Dee for coming to see us. We miss you guys and can't wait to get on the road with all our friends out there.
Until then I will try to be more faithful on my post. I need to get a reliable computer...so I will have to get out and see what there is out there...

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