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I wonder if kids still sing for one another. I have no children in my life, so I don't know if the old tradition still holds true. When I was little, playmates would show up in each other's back yards and sing to get them out to play. It wasn't like How Green was my Valley. The song was only two notes: C and F. "Hey Ollie!" Sung C, "hey" F "Oll" C "ie"! Just a little singing plea to get your playmate away from his Cherrios or cinnamon toast for a game of Red Rover or freeze tag.
Kids would play hand slapping games singing "Oh Billy Mack Mack Mack all dressed in black black black" or choose sides for Capture the Flag by reciting "My mother and your mother were hanging out clothes. My mother punched your mother right in the nose! What color was the blood?" and one kid would name a color. "Green!" G-R-E-E-N spells green and you are 'it'!"
And the game was set. Everyone knew the rules and infractions were dealt with swiftly and justly because the virtues of children include justice and fair play.
Certain alerts were sounded with certain calls. "Snow cone man!" was a favorite as soon as someone heard the jingle bells strung along the tailgate of the snow cone man's Buick station wagon. "Michael! Your Mom wants you!" was a dreaded call because that meant Michael was going home and we needed to put an imaginary man on second.
Today it seems kids are preoccupied with video games and activities that do not require other kid's participation. I hope that the virtues of fair play and justice aren't lost on this electronic generation.
That's an excellent post. Very interesting. There are probably many people who are abusing drugs or alcohol who may have the same mental health issue.Alcohol is as much a drug as anything else. As with most things, moderation is the key.
Of course, I imagine that is harder to do with some drugs than others, just as it is harder to do for some people than others.
However, I don't understand why the idea of something making you feel good is so strange. That it isn't 'real' is debatable; what does that actually mean? You really feel the way you feel when taking whatever the drug is. It's as real as an endorphin rush or any other naturally occurring bodily chemical.
It's the side effects that people are willing to risk/accept that I usually find strange.
Yes, I realize that alcohol is a drug, that is why I make it a point not to ever over do it. And, alcohol doesn't make me feel good enough that I want to be addicted to it to the point that it becomes the focal point in my life.
I'm not sure that drugs are as easy to "moderate" as alcohol. Even though many people get addicted to alcohol and it too, like a drug, becomes their focal point in life those addicted to drugs always seem a lot younger, which would indicate that it becomes an addiction a lot quicker....I can't say for sure. Perhaps there are many that use drugs that don't appear stunted and overcome by them, that I can't really say that everyone that uses them will end up on skid row. Studies claim that some people are more prone to addiction than others, and maybe that is the thing with me....I was able to give up smoking, no problem whatsoever, and I could probably do without a drink the rest of my life and it would not affect me at all.
Knowing what I know about drugs and what those addicted to them are willing to do to get more, I just wouldn't want to take the chance that I might become like them. It has never been a problem for me because I've never been around people that use them or have access to them (that I know of), so I wouldn't even know where to get them.
There can be another reason people turn to alcohol or drugs, self medication for an un-diagnosed medical problem. I know this because of my ex-wife. For years, I and her family thought she was an alcoholic. Every few years would pass and she'd enter a rehab facility and join AA, and she'd be ok for a while, then she'd be back on the booze. The last time she came out of rehab, she also sought psychiatric/psychological help to try and find out why she kept returning to the alcohol. They discovered that she was bi-polar. In all likelihood, she was using alcohol to self medicate during her "low" times. Probably because alcohol made her feel better. Ever since that diagnosis, she has been sober, about seven years now. Neither me (during or after our marriage) or her family ever recognized mental health problems with her because the onset of the bi-polar "lows", instantly brought about alcohol abuse. None of us realized there was another root cause to the alcohol problem.
Interestingly enough, even though she now knows the root cause, she still doesn't drink. She also remains highly active in AA.
Noomi! Who the hell runs health care in Australia?
Dayum! I woke up at 8 AM with no power and no gas for the generator. Loaded up the wife and headed for the bar. Made coffee and THEN THE RAINS CAME.
Last I checked the rain gauge, were just over 14" and it's still raining.
Damed landscaping at the front of the building is holding water and letting it leak in between the brick walls and the slab. We've been mopping and sucking it up with shop vacs for hours. We've burnt out 2 shop vacs so far. My temporary roof patch has finally let go and water is dripping into a bucket on the bar.
SHIT!!! What a day!
Now while typing this, the power went out. Shutting down the lap top at 12:43 CDT. Will post this when I can.
Sent at 2:23 CDT Power back on a half hour ago. Been cleaning up more water and repairing the last shop vac.
Noomi! Who the hell runs health care in Australia?
Dayum! I woke up at 8 AM with no power and no gas for the generator. Loaded up the wife and headed for the bar. Made coffee and THEN THE RAINS CAME.
Last I checked the rain gauge, were just over 14" and it's still raining.
Damed landscaping at the front of the building is holding water and letting it leak in between the brick walls and the slab. We've been mopping and sucking it up with shop vacs for hours. We've burnt out 2 shop vacs so far. My temporary roof patch has finally let go and water is dripping into a bucket on the bar.
SHIT!!! What a day!
Now while typing this, the power went out. Shutting down the lap top at 12:43 CDT. Will post this when I can.
Sent at 2:23 CDT Power back on a half hour ago. Been cleaning up more water and repairing the last shop vac.
You think there's a chance you'll get any sleep at all today?
Noomi! Who the hell runs health care in Australia?
Just had a message from mum. I swear doctors are so freaking stupid, they keep changing their minds!
After looking at his scan AGAIN (for about the zillionth time) they have decided to operate tomorrow. I said to mum that she shouldn't get her hopes up because the bastards will probably change their minds again!
There is a great debate about the date of Willie Nelson’s birth.
Arriving in Abbott, Texas, somewhere around the midnight hour, Willie has always claimed April 29, but his official birth certificate designates the 30th.
Happy 81st birthday to Willie Nelson!
There is a great debate about the date of Willie Nelsons birth.
Arriving in Abbott, Texas, somewhere around the midnight hour, Willie has always claimed April 29, but his official birth certificate designates the 30th.
Happy 81st Birthday Willie Nelson!
