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Monday, November 14, 2011

Are ya skeered yet?

Boy howdy....I see sunshine peek'n in my winders. Been a while ya know. With the sunshine, I see work. Outside stuff. Sit on "da porch an' sip a cup....do some think'n. It's a beautiful day.

Yesterdays post turned out to be hours of fond memories of years gone by. And I had only touched the surface of my four plus years of sailing the seas. Touching the unbeknownst (not known), my mind wandered back to the torpedo incident during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Come on Google, do yer thang. Nowhere could be found that validated my story. But....to my surprise, I learned that in the same waters we were operating, were 4 Russian submarines that were carrying nuclear torpedoes. And.....with orders from Russian government officials...or what ever, the Captains were to arm and use these torpedoes at their own discretion if under attack. I didn't know that.
I caught myself up in a little lie in my post.... more research ya know. Our engineering efficiency evaluation earned us another 'red' hashmark on the stack, not a gold one. My jumping up and down was exaggerated ever so slightly. Even as a youngster of 21 years old, there was a little bit of "Billy Bob" in me.

Have ya ever been skeered? Oh, I ain't talk'n bout somebody com'n up behind ya an' scream'n at ya wheres ya jump slap out your shoes. I'm talk'n bout skeered of what the future holds for ya. Tomorrow, next week, next year....that kind of stuff. I been hang'n round Deming for so long that my feet have got roots grow'n out them. Dig'n up roots ain't easy ya know. Where am I gonna go? What am I gonna do? That what scares hell right out me. I'm gonna be alone again. Most the places I used to travel to, everybody is either dead, in old folks homes or just drifted away. I'm too old to be hang'n out in sleazy bars with little hoochie coochie girls. Although, little hoochie coockies can perk ya right up no matter how old ya are. Make ya feel young again, wanna dance, get slop ass drunk, fall down the steps an' brake a hip. "Damn Billy Bob, ya gonna do that"???

Time is get'n shorter every day. My nerves are on edge. Got so much to do. Pick them tools up. Where the hell is my couch? Dumpster run. Wash them dirty winders. Wheeeewww! Tired already...."da porch time. 

6 comments:

  1. Hi! We are a retired couple who use to be Navy folk. You mention Deming in one of your posts. Are you in NW Washington? We were going to try to go on the road, but that never happened for one reason or another. Timing is everything. So I dream and read others (posts) about their travel. Just stopped by to say Hello.

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  2. Hi old time Navy folk....welcome.
    I didn't realize there could be more than one Deming, but no, I'm not in NW Washington. I'm in Deming, New Mexico. First steps are always "baby steps". The road is waiting.
    Thanks for com'n by.

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  3. Back, and kinda unloaded, etc. At our age, the future AINT so bright any more. Who wants to end up in a home? I'll start smoking again, before i do that. Smoking would end me pretty quick. Not the smoking, per se,,the other stuff that comes with it.
    Enuff.,,,Been there, done that ten fold,,bet u have too.

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  4. Quit thinking of,,,being alone,,,get out there and find new friends. I know that's not hard to do, so pack up and go!,,Wherever, doesn't matter. Pretend you're new at RVing,,,lolllol

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  5. Just keep your sense of humor, BB. Hey, can I be your friend? You have already met me and I didn't scare you too bad, did I?

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  6. See you should of come to the chili cook-off, there you would have met lots of people.

    I danced with an 80 year old gentlemen until the wee hours of the night, and you are much younger :)

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