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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI said to my boy how about some Electric lady land in a request.
Old guy dyslexic bad punctuation ramble ahead.
Sitting on the porch drinking coffee dude is jamming in the family room . He is up early mister and friends are going fishing, they will all meet here around 07:00 to channel their inner Curt Gowdy.
Along time back i had to show them who Curt Gowdy was these young guys make me smile absolute diehard anglers.
Going into refill my coffee mug earlier dude asked me any request. Yea i replied Im in the mood for some Electric lady land not for the lyrics only for the guitar.
Hendrix is timeless the sonic blanket of notes the tension and release. I remember in my youth perhaps fifty years ago trying to figure this song out.
Today will BBQ some chicken later. And this morning Dunc and dad have to take our lady friend to find this periodontal doctors office.
As she has an appointment Wednesday and she is intimidated by driving into metro areas alone. I could tell yesterday she was nervous listening to her about going even with her phone GPS. I said hey how about tomorrow we just go and peep out the location.
This morning Ive heard a few examples Hendrix, S.R.V., Jerry Cantrell, Bonnie Rait ,Keith Richards from my boy jamming.
At times i truly feel like just putting in for my union pension. Yet being off those months with shoulder surgery made me aware i am not ready to hang it up at age sixty. These ten or twelve to fourteen hour days keeps me occupied Ive realized i got to be on the move I been busy since hitting Fort Benning back in 84 a joke sarcasm .
And the thought of buying gap insurance pisses me the fuck off. Years ago we were covered no charges if we retired before sixty five and then switched to Medicare.
Weird how your thinking changes in what life throws at you and the old saying adapt and overcome.
Years ago five hundred miles to a foreign terminal and sleeping in a hotel i didnt like it . Now i do not mind as it gets me out of the house and in this freight industry unions are mostly gone.
And i understand that were dinosaurs a lot of us old freight haulers see that its all changing. The technology from the forward facing cameras I dont mind those cameras.
I We have no driver facing cameras yet that will change one day to the electronic logs tracking your every move and stop. The company questioned my one friend as he stopped like six time en route. He told them fuck off the doc has me on a new fluid pill now i have to piss a lot.
Me five years hopefully then I can get Medicare and hang it up and pension off. I just find myself going through the motions like all of us. Shit years ago Id be heading out with the fellas to fish this morning.
And being in this relationship with this fine lady i am grateful for having her in my life we are not built to be alone.
Well Im gonna shower and Dunc and i will pick up our significant other. She can drive my car so she can see it in the actual in going to find this doctors office. Then breakfast furry mooch approved this restaurant will hit is pup friendly dogs are always welcome on their deck.
Try and have a good day D.U. Neighbors even in this shit buffet that were living in at the moment. After breakfast i gotta stop place two flags for my Airborne tribe of brothers 327 th P.I.R. Trooper Vietnam and 187th Rakkasan R.C.T. troop Korea. And my time was all peace time as I was lucky my worse experiences in army was a Hollywood drop a day jump for visiting dignitaries hung the hell over. 1200 feet bumping along in a C-130 making for the drop zone four fans and a trash can insulated to keep the noise.
As alcohol vomit moves and vibrates past your boots on the metal floor because the guy standing in front of you puked out the poison from consuming booze the night before.
Listening as the master blaster is screaming the jump commands we were ass clowns.
Night before we consumed large Pabst blue ribbon and Mad dog 20/20 cash was tight payday was weeks away we were enlisted 😉 and not that bright.
Diamond_Dog
(41,164 posts)I thought I was the only one who did this when having an appt. somewhere in the Big City. Now I dont feel so dumb. My car is too old for GPS. My boys tell me Mom you need a car made in this decade.
Dunc
(461 posts)My car is 2004 Toyota Corolla only had 68000 original on it when I bought it in February.
democrank
(12,682 posts)You say you ramble, but I see it differently. I believe you have such an extraordinary appreciation for the little, simple things in life that you see these things everywhere. This leads to that and that leads to something else, then another thing. All because you care. All because youre so tuned in to life.
KEEP WRITING! Youre bringing joy to so many people, me included.
Enjoy the time with your lady friend today. You so deserve this new happiness.
Hugs~