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… that I want to enact a
National Quiet Day where everyone shuts up for twenty-four hours? … that I make jokes in my
head and then laugh out loud in public while people stare? … that the temperature in South Carolina went
from 90 to 55 like it saw a state trooper running up on it? … that when someone asks if I
have plans for the Fall, it takes me a minute to realize they mean Autumn and
not the collapse of civilization? … that I’m humble enough to
know I’m replaceable, but cocky enough to know it’s a downgrade? … that when I’m on Facebook
and someone's post includes the phrase, ‘I bet none of my friends will share this,’ I don’t? … that I have days when I
swipe my credit cars at the gas station and if it says ‘See Cashier,’ I just
leave? … that unless we make plans before
I get off work, once I’m off and I’m home, I’M HOME! I’m not going
anywhere. I’m old and I’m tired. … that bars only do a Happy Hour? Howsabout a Sad Hour with
even cheaper drinks and no one minds if you cry a little? … that my first thought when
I get a headache isn’t that it’s from dehydration, caffeine withdrawal, lack of
proper nutrition, stress, lack of sleep, not wearing my glasses, but rather
that I have a brain tumor? |
Saturday, October 14, 2023
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I absolutely abhor those posts that say, "I bet none of my friends will share this". There is a part of me that wants to block these people! These are just like those stupid chain letters that used to be a thing when I was a kid. (yes, I'm old...they were real letters with postage attached - then they went to e-mail).
ReplyDeleteThere is a sad hour in bars - it's the last 30 minutes before the bar closes, though the drinks aren't cheaper unless the bar tender is annoyed with management.
I told my friend who posts those Facebook things that they're like chain letters and she doesn't see it. Oy!
DeleteI thin k your Sad Hour might be correct, though it's happy for the bar staff that the drunks are going home ... at least it was like that back in the day when I was a bartender!
These are all excellent questions ... answers may be forthcoming, however, there is no certainty in that statement either!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your weekend!!
Yup, I know what you mean!
DeleteOnly 24 hours? God, there are DAYS (plural) I want total silence! All good thoughts today! Have a great (and quiet? stay at home?) weekend!
ReplyDeleteWell, let's first see if we can go a day and then we can expand from there!
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ReplyDeleteI'd like the news to be quiet
as there is nothing drastic to report.
xoxo :-)
A news free day unless it's something new would be nice; hearing the same stories over and over again is too much.
Deletexoxo
Oh, that last one is definitely me too. And yeah, the quickest way to guarantee that I won't repost something on Facebook is to include the words, "I bet none of my friends will share this."
ReplyDeleteI am generally optimistic guy but certain things set me off ... when Carlos worked in Columbia he would call that he was on his way home and if he was even five minutes late from when I thought he'd be home my mind turned right to "dead in a ditch."
DeleteCouldn't help myself.
When I was in my late 20s, I was at Happy Hour every night and it was definitely not happy. And, oh, those Facebook posts really piss me off! Incredibly rude.
ReplyDeleteThe more I think about it, Happy Hour is only happy for the bar cuz they're raking in the coins.
DeleteI have a friend who posts those Facebook messages and when asked who she thinks won't share, always says my name.
I'm fine with that!
I don't like the facebook posts either. The headache one reminded me of when I was in high school. I had a really bad sinus infection. I thought I had a brain tumor. I remember my mother told the doctor that I thought I had a brain tumor. I was embarrassed!
ReplyDeleteMy mind always goes to the worst when it involves me and pain ... sore foot? I'm dying.
DeleteI bet you won't share this, but I'm older and more tired than you are and I can't go out in the evening. My late MIL had nasty headaches for an entire summer and wouldn't go to the doctor because she was afraid she had a brain tumor--yes, when we're ill let's put off the possibility of life-saving treatment as long as possible. The old bat didn't have a brain tumor anyway. I would enjoy a National Quiet Day.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I'm old and tired and need quiet and think I have a tumor and want a Sad Hour at the bar!
Deletexoxo
I'm stealing this. Just so you know. 😉
ReplyDeleteSteal away!
DeleteI've wondered the same thing to "that the temperature went from 90 to 55 like it saw a state trooper running up on it?" here at the beach. I hope I don't regret this move to the coastline.
ReplyDeleteI won't lie, I like the cooler temperatures, but it did come on so very quickly.
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