Apologies to Flight Attendant..

I did something on a flight years ago that would probably get me barred from boarding the plane today.  I am sending my apologies retroactively to the flight attendant involved.

I was going to fly on a red eye from someplace on the west coast.  While waiting in the airport I became extremely hungry at the last minute before boarding so I bought a huge sloppy hamburger and wolfed it down.  I threw the wrapper in a garbage can and rushed to make the boarding gate.  Unfortunately I discovered that I had thrown my ticket in the garbage can with the wrapper.

I raced back to the garbage can and raked through the garbage until I found my ticket covered in food slop.  Running back to the boarding plane I just managed to slip in before they closed everything up.  I handed my ticket to the attendant collecting tickets and naturally she asked me in a loud disgusted voice ” What did you do to this ticket?”.  I replied “Wouldn’t you like to know.” and I hurried on the plane as the door was closing.

I still remember the horrified look on the poor attendants face so I would like to apologize to her if she is reading this post.

 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Holiday to everyone!

God Bless my son on new job.

God Bless Josh on his new job!

Ella the visiting cat fell off balcony.

My Cat Princess

Our visiting cat Ella fell from the second floor open stairway.  Fortunately cats always land on their feet without any damage.  Still it was quite exciting seeing her fall.  She is quite alright and running around playing now.  Hopefully this will teach her to stop falling asleep on the railing.

 

Secrets are only temporary?

Horse Powered Manure Spreader

“What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.”

I have been told to keep many things secret in my lifetime but the information always comes out eventually even if its not from me.  Naturally I get blamed whether I am guilty or not.  There is no permanent vault.  Of course I keep a host of secrets that I would like kept permanently but that is not to be.  Eventually I would like to write an e-book about my life which I could probably make a little bit less mundane by including every semi-secret bit of legally allowed information that I know about myself and others.  Some people might find this offensive if it includes information about them so I am giving fair warning right here not to tell me anything that you don’t want published in a book someday in the future.  I really hate keeping secrets so I am hoping to cut down on the number that I need to keep.  At least a comprehensive e-book will be truthful and it will allow me to make a profit.

 

I never expected to live this long.

I have reached the final age bracket.  I enter many sweepstakes and I have just noticed that when they ask your approximate age, I am in the 55 plus category.  There isn’t any age group above mine.  Even my cat is called a senior cat by the veterinarian.

Seriously, I never expected to last this long.  I thought something would get me before I got this old.  An infection caused by Crohn’s disease, industrial accident or a plane crash were all likely candidates.  One time a large pipe came loose in a dairy plant and crashed down inches from me like a giant club.  I flew in a small plane many times with a pilot having multiple crashes under his belt.  Poisonous gases have been accidentally released in my vicinity.  An industrial tank nearly exploded by me that would have leveled a city block.  Doctors had been feeding me antibiotics like candy to avoid infections in my GI tract.  I only have one eye working when I drive a car which is kind of exciting.  You think something would have killed me but no I’m still here so far.

Maybe old age will be what finally gets me but you never know.  It’s amazing that my age is grouped together with people that are 60,70,80 plus by these sweepstakes entry pages. Other ages are usually grouped by about 5 to 10 year increments so I feel that I am being unfairly grouped with 80 year old people.  You know what, I bet I could get a senior discount at some businesses now.  Maybe this age bracket is not all bad.