MLMM Sunday Writing Prompt 5-23-21

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

It seems that at the present time everyone is speaking (including me) and there is no holding back which creates no peace.

Blatant condemnation about masks, for instance, has hit home with me the last month. Assuming, and you know what that means, that at a gathering of family with an outside friend where everyone is vaccinated except a health compromised 14 year old, and finding out after hours long cooped up in a car with the “friend” that she didn’t believe in masking or vaccinations, and was Covid positive. She didn’t know it at the time was her excuse but to me it is no excuse. If you are going to be hanging out with a family that has three vulnerable people with health issues? I find that reprehensible.

I haven’t seen anyone from the group for over a month because I haven’t been well. I am vaccinated but what I thought was a cold turned into bronchitis and I’m still not feeling good. I don’t want to spread those germs to my family.

Wearing a mask against a deadly disease is a tiny thing to ask. The CDC seems to be wishywashy as far as rules are concerned and state officials do not stand a united front on this issue. It’s like being in a boat with no paddle!

Everyone speaks about their own freedom. So where is the freedom of vulnerable people who need to be protected from you? The idea of people being trusted to be honest and just say they have been vaccinated so it’s ok to do what they want is a farce. People lie about tiny insignificant things to get into a movie, or have a free lunch; what makes you think they won’t lie to get into your business or restaurant, and what business that’s already in dire straights is going to pay for extra employees to handle these checks?

These problems are overwhelming and unsolvable, in my opinion. I’m just like the rest of you, tired of the lack of freedom but my life depends on it and my family’s lives too. This is not over. Wear a mask, get tested, get the vaccines available. Think of all the millions of people who have died and would give anything to be able to have had the shot.

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Retirement – This was sent to me🤓

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You can retire to Arizona where 

1.  You are willing to park three blocks away from your house because you found shade.  
2.  You’ve experienced condensation on your rear-end from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3.  You can drive for four hours in one direction and never leave town.
4.  You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5.  You know that “dry heat” is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your
    oven door at 500 degrees.
6.  The four seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

-OR-

You can retire to California where…  

1.  You make over $450,000 and you still can’t afford to buy a house.
2.  The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway
3.  You know how to eat an artichoke.
4.  When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get
    there rather than how many miles away it is. 
5.  The four seasons are:   Fire, Flood, Mud and Drought.

-OR-

You can retire to New York City where…  

1   You say “the city” and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.  
2.  You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery
    Park, but can’t find Wisconsin on a map.
3.  You think Central Park is “nature”
4.  You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you      multilingual.
5.  You’ve worn out a car horn.  (IF you have a car.)
6.  You think eye contact is an act of aggression

-OR-

You can retire to Minnesota where… 

1.  You only have three spices:  salt, pepper and ketchup  
2.  Halloween costumes have to fit over parkas.
3.  You have seventeen recipes for casserole.
4.  Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5.  The four seasons are:   almost winter, winter, still winter, and road repair.

-OR-

You can retire to The Deep South where. 

1.  You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.  
2  “Y’all” is singular and “all y’all” is plural.
3.  “He needed killin ” is a valid defense.
4.  Everyone has two first names:  Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Joe Bob, Betty Jean, Mary      Beth, etc.
5.  Everything is either:  “in yonder,”  “over yonder”  or “out yonder.   “
6. You can say anything about anyone, as long as you say “Bless his heart” at the end!

-OR-

You can move to Colorado where… 

1.  You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.  
2.  You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home, so he stops at the day care center.
3.  A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4.  The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail .

-OR-

You can retire to Nebraska or Kansas where…   

1.  You’ve never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.  
2.  Your idea of a traffic jam is three cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3.  You have had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” on the same day.
4.  You end every sentence with a preposition;  “Where’s my coat at?”

-OR-

FINALLY you can retire to Florida where… 

1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind – even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent cardiologist, dermatologist, proctologist, podiatrist, or orthopedist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5 Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people.
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The Sunday Whirl

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Hardly a scandal, as the young beautiful girls run into the Florida sea spray. Most people ignored them, as it was not an uncommon or news worthy sight. They were mostly middle class kids, from hard working parents who spent most of their own leisure time trying to unify second amendment rights’ activists, and promoting the big lie proposed by Florida’s most famous resident.

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MLMM Wordle #241

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Marla tried to forget the height of the lofty apparatus, but she kept searching for someone on the sidewalk far below.

She had an awareness of the chains made to look invisible, almost like crystal, but they did not escape the off and on glint of the sun as Marla traversed the cramped line of the high wire.

Platitudes aside, Marla wanted a particular observer to be present when she descended. The dishonorable bloke deserved to see what he had done.

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Pez, cherry flavored Pez

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I was texting my daughter today, a sorry for myself moment I’m not proud of, but here it is. I said sometimes getting older sucks the big weenie. We laughed remembering years ago when I first heard that saying in Stephen King’s movie adaptation of the novella he wrote as a teenager, titled “The Body”.

It was made into the movie “Stand by Me”, a must see if you love kids and I admit I was at the same age as the kids in the movie, and it brought back memories of conversations I had with my friends back then.

To me it is one of the best movies ever made from a Stephen King (under the name of Bachman) story. The story of the relationships of these boys is endearing.

Pez reference comes from a fireside discussion about if you could eat only one food for the rest of your life😀

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