Orzzz Forum Posts (806)

RE: Christmas what do you plan for?

See my fella Sun and he will go home Tue to try to miss storms. So actual eve and day will be ignore them like usual. No family anymore to worry about. And I don't miss that rat race one bit. Or a gift that makes you wonder just how old did husbands niece think I was anyway?

RE: Motorcycles

Where to start....hmmm..there is a problem in the US with punks on dirt type bikes. And what used to be cafe racers...no idea what they call them now. They are small and light weight and super high powered. The kids get together in a gang and race through cities, cutting in and out of traffic, attacking cars, doing wheelies and all around being a major pain. Because they gather in groups, hard to get one or the other.
I wear full leathers and helmet even tho I was part of the helmet protests in the 70s. I have seen what road rash is and too many bad deals to gamble. Can't stand wind in eyes either.
My rat bike is as stripped as you can get. And leaked gas like a sieve. Was fun at bars and such...watch some guy walk up to check it over, see the puddle of gas, look at his lit aigrette and decide to go stand somewhere else. The tank on it was supposedly off a HD Sprint. Took it to the Harley shop. Mechanic said nope. He tried to get a new petcock for it. No could find. So I said now what. He had worked on bikes for decades. He said...I can try an old trick. Pulled the seal out, flipped it over and put it back in. It worked. No more gas leaking. But, he said if it goes again, then up the creek cause can't do it again.
When I bought my 54 HD servi car, went a 100 miles to buy it. Guy had big building full of cars and bikes. He lead us back through to the trike. There in a stall in the shadows was an old Indian. I came to a screeching halt! It was the one with the huge fenders. He said it was fully restored and for sale for a grand. I stood there drooling,..Harley...Indian...Harley... Be sensible..trike was 800. My main reason for it was keeping it upright. If I couldn't handle a Sportster, no way I could that Indian. So we went on and I bought the trike. I STILL WANT THE INDIAN!!

Oh no, they canceled my SS card.

They are going full force for the holidays. What do they think, tis the season for giving? Or all the lonely people are happy to answer the phone. Suuurrrre...I just luv dropping what I am doing, charging for the phone to find out it is a robo!
Lower credit card rate...hmmm on my ZERO balance on cards I never use? How about a lower mortgage rate. Wonder how many renters get that one. Sorry..hasn't been a mortgage on this farm for 60 years. OK...car warranty... yeah right...on the 76 or the 02?
Do you support vets survey, press 1..OH then give us money for them and they might get a dime after we take ours out.
Your card/ Amazon/ something account will be billed for this purchase, this service plan. Have fun trying idiots!
Your SS number is canceled..yawn.
I am waiting for the grandson in jail..boy will I have fun with THAT one!

RE: Do you hope to find your soul mate?

You know..I think that would actually be terrible. That would be someone identical to myself. So all the good AND all the bad! No thanks! I think of my mate more as the matching puzzle piece. We fit together and make a whole. What I lack, he has and vice versus.
We share a love for old cars, are creative, grew up similarly and mesh in many ways. But, in many ways are different. We agree on tons and disagree too.

RE: Motorcycles

I like that..old school. My Triumph is 1965, 500 hardtail. Geeze...talk about age..had to think what year. I had a 1956 Tiger Cub I sold. The HD Sportster in my living room is a 1970. My HD servicar is a 1954.
You must have cold weather gear to ride. Long ago, my ex and I decided to take a ride. November and an 80 degree F day. Hard to remember now..I rode a 305 Honda. Can't think if he had a 350 Honda or had the big Triumph already. Anyway...where should we go. I said why don't we head Oxford way. So we headed off on back roads. Day goes past..he is way ahead. I come to a T. So which way did he go!? FINE! So I parked my bike and sat down next to a corn field. Finally he comes back. I said@%$^#%which^%&%@$# way@#$^$^you!#$@. And where the H are we. He said he saw a sign, Oxford that way. WHAT! We are all the way over there? He said well you said go there. I told him I said that DIRECTION..not TO it! He told me there was a general store and saw shop up the road. Good, lets go there and find out how to get home.
By now the sun has drop and it is getting November cold. So I took corn leaves and padded the inside front of my leather coat. We went to the store. I asked for old newspapers. She said other store..just go up stairs through dads mobile home and across out other door to it. I ditched the corn leaves, AND a couple of sand burrs, padded with papers and we took off. He decided to head to brothers house in the area. We got there, frozen to the core. She turned up the oil heater and I hugged it. We decided to ditch my bike til another day, I pack behind him and he take the cold wind. We got a mile from the house and bike slows. He stopped..lost the spring on throttle. He pushed the bike with headlight and we FOUND it. He put it on and we went home.
NEVER trust an 80 degree day in November in Wisconsin!

RE: What are you doing?

Ah, Dirty Dancing. Movie to watch over and over. Funny, first sight, Patrick was ugly..time went on..he came handsome to me. His last chance to dance. He had trained in ballet and had to quit with knee injury. Surprising he could do the movie.
Today is 35 and sunny. Filled wood furnace. Contemplating now. Should find what key fits basement door. Get to sewing on a quilt I am making. And idle another day away inside. Til after 4. Then go and lock up the critters in the barn and chicken coop. Then the high point of the day...evening news on TV. Then read or hope SOMETHING is on TV to watch!

RE: Motorcycles

I see the biker world ending. What the brotherhood means has been lost to punks who think it is just a bunch of hoodlums racing in and out of traffic. The world I knew is gone. I am about the only one who still owns their bikes. Everyone else sold them and are either dead or half crippled.
We all got old and the new gen wants dirt bikes and racers.
The Hells Angels now wear suits and deal in companies.
I talk to only one of our old bros, Knuckle. He says he has lost track of everyone else. No idea if they are dead or alive. Age is the Grim Reaper.

Oh no, they canceled my SS card.

Ya know, they REALLY need to come up with new scams. Answer phone. Guy I.Ds as Office Brown with Social Security office. Gee, what an original name. It is a recording..voice goes on really slowly about how number has been in fraud or something. hmmm....is he POSSIBLY reading off a script. Of course accented voice. If a mistake, push one. So here comes another accent reading the script. I said ya know, you need a new scam and learn to speak English so you sound local...click.
Later, ring and same thing. So push 1. Need to confirm I am me, name. I said you have my info already so who am I. And he tells me first name and MIDDLE! Gee, wouldn't you think they would know my correct name. Now he was to prove I am me. I said you have my SS number. He goes on and then says do you understand validation. I said yes. And also that this scam is so old it has whiskers. click...
Gee, I wonder why they keep hanging up on me. I'm being nice and not telling them where to stick it like so often.
Just got another call, real woman...they have the info that I suffer leg pains. Nope..healthy as a horse and no medical issues. uh...thank you click.
Waiting for the car warranty, the Policemans guild, the credit card lower rate..hey holidays coming. Time to scam, fa la la.

RE: What is Russia famous for...?

Ivan Ribroff (sp?) The deepest bass and highest soprano singer. Volga Boatmen song.

RE: Elon Musk to have people on Mars by 2026.

Notice..HE is not going.

RE: Motorcycles

Didn't watch the youtube, But, my bros called our choppers bikes. That is why I snarl when they say bikers and mean bicycles.

My late husbands HD in our living room. Bike is still in the same spot. Minus the tree I don't do anymore.

RE: What is Africa known for...?

Past..Shaka Zulu. Present..Boka Harum.

RE: Come Here Wild Kitten

My main tom I call the Bull. Picks on all the other toms. Drove 3 off this summer. One, Patch that came home is now attacking others. I yelled at him outside and said the Bull drove you off, but if you keep this up..I will drive you off myself!
Had a black cat called Baby. She used to climb me like a tree. But, she would pat to see that I had the heavy winter clothes on first.
One day, standing in barnyard, talking to tenant. I felt the pat pat. Clear and she started up. Reached coat, pat pat, yep clear. She got to my shoulder. Tenant is staring. But, this time she did not stop. Pat pat, ah hood is up. Up she went and ended up sitting on top of my head. I told my befuddled tenant, guess I am a pole and she is my new newel topper.

RE: What christmas present...do CS women want most?

A new frying pan. My guy told me he will buy the one I want for me for Christmas. Nesco ES12. My fav old Ultrex bit the dust. Now I know I am old.

RE: Tree

Oaks, oak ans more blasted oaks! Every type of oak. Sugar maples, hackberry, ash, linden, buckthorn, prickly ash, cherry, catalpa, box elder, river birch, cottonwood, poplar..face it..I live in a forest! Pines of all kinds, white, red, spruce, cedar/red and white and jack.
I have trees in the woods, trees in the meadow, trees in the flowerbed, trees in the driveway and trees in my GUTTERS! I have trees even trying to grow IN other trees.
Anyone want free seedlings?

RE: Television

Samsung 32 inch I think. Flat screen my guy bought me. Too bad nothing on TV worth watching. He saw ad for a 55 inch for $148, asked if he should buy it for me. I said H no! That is not a TV, that is a PICTURE WINDOW!! It would take up the whole cabinet the TV sits on!
Bedroom still has the analog. I keep it for the radio only.
The 4HD are unreal for scenery. But, dont need to see the pores on the news caster!

No wonder kids can't add.

The bulk of my property taxes go to schools. They put caps on school spending. But, do referendums. And the parents vote to borrow more and spend more. The 3 Rs have become lost in the greed. New playing fields, swimming pools, gyms, white boards, computers for each kid and bigger buildings when the birth rates are falling. I know 4 kids around me. All quit for charter schools and then quit those to home school. So what are those buildings for?
How many dont graduate either. All the schools are is to pass some government tests so the school gets more money. Teachers concentrate on teaching for those tests. The kids are told they WILL attend a pay for it college. How many actually do. And graduate. And either graduation, that will put them to work.
The sad part is we have poorly educated parents trying to teach kids at home now with covid. Either they can't or some won't be bothered.
My parents bought me books, taught me, helped me with lessons in home work. It was a given that parents were the first line to teach. Second was the village. And third was the school. Now the schools are first. And parents want the tax payer to give their precious darlings everything in public school that private schools used to offer. Guess what, every kid is not a genius. Every kid will not become a lawyer or Doctor. Nor invent a Tesla or Facebook. Your kid may end up with 3 Masters and only find a job at McDonalds. It sure would be nice if he could tell that $3 bills are fake.

RE: What aspect of another person out of these Five (5) are you usually most attracted too

Physical attracts. But, we all will get old. So there has to be tons more to keep. My dad was old/er when I was born. Mom asked me once if I felt cheated because he was and couldn't play with me like a young father could have. I told her no. He played. But , more important, he supported and taught me. He knew who he was, where he had been and what life was about. I needed a father, not a playmate. Nor a young man who was trying to find his way in the world and who HE was.
The oft used word is, real. A man who is strong enough to lead, and strong enough to allow her to lead too.
Masculine, but able to understand crying at a major loss.
My husband was handsome to me. Even when old. He was balding when I met him, had a large broken nose. Trim but not muscular. He wore a beard and never saw him without, but suspect he had no chin under it. But, in my eyes, he had a look that made him attractive to me. Dad always said love and potatos are two of a kind. Both have eyes and both are blind.
A person is a package deal. If only one thing is what counts, it won't last.

RE: What is your view on the term...LADIES FIRST?

Between men raised without manners and women libbers who have a chip on their shoulders, it has become every person for them selves. I like a compliment. I like manners. I also like practicality. If we are both approaching the car, nice if he opens it for me. If he has to walk all the way around and back, then it is rather silly. Unless of course I am wearing a gown or carrying stuff. It also is a time waste if he has to walk all the way around to open it ,while I sit there like a bump on a log.
Help me in or out of my coat, open the door for me to the store. Take care of me like a lady , but don't treat me like an incapable invalid either. Use common sense.
The way I was raised is manner is if you reach a door first, you hold it for the next person who is close. I have held it for women and been thanked. And had some sail through like she thinks she is the Queen without a glance. I have held it for men too.
I feel sorry for men today. They have to tip toe around because of some bi**hes who think a compliment is a put down or hit upon.
So, depends on the situation...if there is a lion lurking..YOU go first!

RE: Dad bod or six pack ??

I find body builders that go to the extreme to be freaks and ugly. The super six pack is also ugly and creepy. I do not need a lumpy body to snuggle with. Nor do I need an anatomy lesson on muscularity. I like a man who can flex a bicep enough to be manly. A stomach that is fairly flat with a bit of softness.
Many bodybuilders do it to get other men to admire them. Or because they get addicted. Same with women who build.
Give me Jack Lalaine, or Johnny Weissmuller...not Schwarzenegger.

RE: Ladies , what kind of woman you are

Practical, sees the world two bubbles off dead center...keep crazy to stop from going insane. Friend for life or enemy for life. Honest, grounded, lady or farmer as the need fits. People who know me only from town can't believe the jeans, cowboy hat and hog-leg I wear on the farm. People who know me from the farm, can't believe me in a gown all made up.
Take any animal in that is hurt and shoot possums and coons. So you figure it out.

RE: Man saves puppy from alligator

News didn't say if needed vet. It had the dog by the stomach. He had to be on adrenaline to have the strength to pry that gators jaws open even if a small one. Their strength is all to close, not open. If you tie their jaws shut, they can't open them, but nigh on impossible to open if closed.
Wild life my butt, that would be one dead gator. I would have stomped him into the ground or beat him against a tree.

RE: Should We Stop Keeping Pets?

By the way...my cats are outside, in sometimes. The toms fight. So this spring one tom BW disappeared. Then a second one Patch about 2 months ago. The old ma who started this herd, disappeared, came home, then gone for 3 weeks. So I fear they met up with coyotes. Ma came home! Patch came home. And today BW CAME HOME. So now if pets hate being pets, why did free range cats who lived off the land all summer, want to come home to me?

RE: Hot Rods and Motorcycles

Hopefully we have car shows next summer. And swap meets where we can find junk we don't need.
I just can't get used to 90s cars being collector cars. That is a NEW car!

RE: ad a line from a song

May I stand unshaken, amid, amidst the crash of worlds.

RE: Hot Rods and Motorcycles

Only in a car!! I wore full leathers and boots on the bike. I cringe when I see the idiots in shorts and flip flops. A gal we knew hit a dog her husband had missed. 25 miles and hour in town and she almost lost her elbow.

RE: Advice concerning a dating prospect

Do you need to get hit in the head? This guy is assuming and taking over. He thinks he has a ready made family. All you need to do little lady, is get in line. He is able to text or leave a message. Proper is the call is made to his employer who then notifies you. Likewise you call the agency to notify them. If you think this control freak is stepping out of line now, give him another inch and watch him take control of your life.
You need to be professional and cancel ahead of time, not last minute.
If possible, you need to discuss with the agency about getting a new caregiver for your son. Tell them he is getting to involved and you are afraid if it continues, your son will be hurt if the guy decides to quit, so better to terminate him now.

RE: When did you snap out of it and become mature?

I was born old. Responsible my whole life. I just know now looking back the silliness of younger years.

No wonder kids can't add.

That is what is funny. Hand a clerk bill and coin so you get back even, like a single, five or ten. Watch them try to hand you back the coins. Or stare at it totally confused. Experienced clerks rely on the register, just put it in and believe whatever it says to give back. Take away the computer and they are lost.
Tech is fine, if used as a tool to improve or speed up. Not when the machine thinks and the human just believes and obeys.
I would love to see a massive shut down on tech. Watch the cars refuse to go. Store doors refuse to open. House doors locked and people too dumb to figure out what keys do.
I used the old registers. Then one day, the grocery got the new electronic ones. Primitive by todays standards. We were taught how to use them. Got into work one night and gals in panic. Register locked up. I went through all the protocols we had been taught. Again and again and suddenly it worked. The big joke no one thought about was when the power went out. Registers were DOA. Sorry customers. Either wait til ??? or leave empty handed.
I use checks. Hand it to clerk who NOW just inserts and the tech figures it out. I have gotten compliments before from kid clerks admiring my cursive. Now they can't even read it. We were taught in grade school by the Pres of a local bank how to fill out checks. I write only in front of the written area so nothing can be fraudulently added. Or write just. I remember two kids laughing at that. I said that is so the check can't be forged by putting another number in front. It was a mind boggling concept to them.
Like Petra, a city that relied on water aquaducted in..til there was no water to duct. Toodles. Reliance without back up is dangerous. Take nothing for granted. And teach so kids learn, not tune out.

No wonder kids can't add.

On line schooling...so PBS had a show on I stopped to watch. WT?? Guy had some chart up. The label below the video feed said Grade 7, something. So must have been for virtual schooling. He explained stuff and then waited for minutes silent so kids could do the figures. I was puzzled and figured out..OK..-5+-3=0. Got a couple others and the rest made no sense.
He came back on and went over the stuff. Seemed kind of like Algebra which I passed and totally forgot over the years of NEVER using it.
My puzzlement is all this to teach kids if you have positive 5+3 you have 8 and if -5+-3 you have -8.
Funny, I see it as you have zero! No wonder kids can't figure out how to balance a checkbook or make change without the register telling them!
5+3 means you have 8. -5+-3 means you are broke and your checking account is overdrawn!
I tried to help neighbor boy once with math homework. He got to a page that had rows of dots. It said find the array. He didn't know what to do and I sure didn't. I said what did the teacher tell you. I don't know. Last I knew an array is the bunch of leds in a light. Found out from parents that he was supposed to draw circles around dots to make groups of 10.
No wonder kids zone out these days and drop out of school. I was taught to memorize numbers. 5+3=8. 8-3=5. Simple and practical. I have, I lose, I have. Never saw any negative apples or oranges. Guess those are the ones in dark matter.