> On Sep 6, 8:14 pm, "Karen"
nospam.com> wrote:
>>> I wish I could write like Lumpy does, his wit and
>> cleverness, his insight, his humour in spite of his health. >
>
> To say nothing of my looks and again, my degree.
I'll reserve comment on your "looks". I don't like skinny men.
However, you have an excuse. Still....
But I'm impressed by your degree. You just mentioned it...was it before
or after my comments? I didn't mention your COURAGE, either. You are
incredible to have such a sunny disposition and great insight during the
past year. I can only hope to have a bit of that should I ever find
myself with your health problems. And you are a VERY entertaining
writer....
>
> LOL.
>
> You're nutty, Karen.
And I'm proud to be SPIRITED like that. Nobody has ever accused me of
being dull. I've been an entertainer all my teenage and adult life and
got over stage fright early enough so I could enjoy what I did. I'm a
musician and provided happy music for wedding dances, parties, etc. I
also sang in church choirs for many years.
I despise DULL people and an attracted to bright and interesting ones.
There are so many DULL people on Usenet and they don't "get" someone
like me at all....decide I have to be insane. I like "nutty" a lot
better. I have STYLE...and skanks like Sarah immediately decide they
loathe me.
> And you've got a good heart. :-)
Thank you for your insight...Yes I DO have a good heart. I live to do
something to bring a little joy or pleasure to others....people and
mostly animals...I spend many hundreds of dollars a year on good cat
food to feed about 25 wild raccoons. I learned to do Calligraphy and
many people from around the world have their names beautifully lettered
on certificates, handwritten by me. I plant huge amounts of flowers,
most from seed, to bring pleasure to my neighbors and all around the
deck or our swimming pool for all who use the area to enjoy. I've given
away so much of my needleart and people just rave about how much they,
and guests to their homes, enjoy it. I feel I've been blessed in my
life, in spite of some very rough times, and I try to give back when I
can to bring a smile or some joy to others. I would rather be dead than
be someone like Sarah or Gilmer who spew constant bile or are total
TAKERS and give absolutely nothing back. A POX on people like that!
That is a
> lovely combination.
Who doesn't like people who are spirited and have a good heart? It's
better than phony nicey-nice and mean-spirited inside.
I had a nutty, kind, old, spinster aunt when I
> was a kid.. she dressed in those long black skinny dresses with a high
> neck and brooches, remember them?
Well...I'm not THAT old. But I've seen pictures of them. ;')
Long, black, pointy shoes with
> skinny high heels, long skinny, bony hands. She lived to be 97, and
> died in 1968, so that made her born, when? 1871? Can you imagine?
> Born right after the Civil War. She'd seen it all, right up to
> astronauts.
What a full life....and she lived in a better time than now...in spite
of the World Wars and the Depression. It still was better then than
now. People were better back then...
Sharp as a knife till she died one day of a massive
> stroke. Out like a light.
Lucky for her. My Mother had a massive stroke and lived for ten years
unable to talk and totally paralyzed on the right side. That is about
the worst I could wish on somebody. A massive stroke...and you don't
die from it.
Anyway, I like crackpot spinster ladies who
> get themselves into pickles.
Heh...you like us to become the target of an experienced con artist who
turns vicious when he didn't succeed?
I'm not a crackpot in most areas of life. Very sensible and practical,
manage my money VERY well, and quite able to do many things. That's why
it's not hard at all for me to live alone.
You know how it is....the smartest person can lose their head over
Matters of the Heart. Make some terrible decisions that they'd never
make in any other area of their lives. I may have tangled with some
VERY wrong men but at least I wasn't foolish enough to marry one.
She used to sell sandwiches on the
> railroad between Minneapolis and St. Paul, enough to start a small
> business. She left me 500$.
Wow...those must have been some hot sandwiches!
Really, it's fun to be single all your life. We can do anything we want
to ...wherever life takes us...whenever the spirit moves us. I traveled
so much when I was younger. Europe 3 times before I was 30 - first time
over was on the Queen Mary. Always making car trips or flights every
chance I got. I've driven cross-country with my car more times than I
can count...alone, too.
I have a lot of courage but I think that is normal. Why can't every
woman do what I do? Why does she have to be so dependent on a husband
and children? Neither my mother or I knew what "women's lib" was about.
We were always free to do what we wanted to. My parents had an equal
marriage. Neither dominated the other. I certainly wouldn't settle for
less. I'm too smart to let some man dumber than me, order me around!
I would have liked your aunt....except for how she dressed, she sounds
like my kind of gal. Spunky and had high standards...if the RIGHT man
didn't come along, she wouldn't settle for inferior merchandise. And oh
my....is there a LOT of inferior merchandise out there when it comes to
men these days. I've long ago give up. Other woman always got to the
good ones first.
Karen
PS You do know that Minneapolis and St. Paul are "TWIN CITIES"...how
long is the train ride between M/SP that people had time (or the need)
to buy sandwiches?
