In the NAVY

wow…my baby is in the NAVY…she is all of 130 pounds and maybe 5′ 6″ tall…today she couldn’t stand any taller… tomorrow  i will watch her swear the oath…she has already done this in an offical way…tomorrow it will be fpr me… she will hop a plane for boot camp…and become a sailor…in the navy you can sailthe seven seas….my wifes son has left home and moved to washington state…3000 miles…and now my baby…you buy a woman a pair of shoes and she will wear them when she walks away…   my emotions are bitter sweet… love too the kids… love you gretchen…linney kmeep the faith

problems

wow…who doesn’t have problems….they keep popping up… and we keep trying to solve them….. in business they are called opportunities…or issues…or challenges….but what they are problems…some people make others problems theirs…they are usually walking around stressed…problems….they can be small…like should i put out the trash….or they can be large…like should i sell my house and move out west and try to find work so i can feed my family and retire and be happy before my life becomes so stressed that i start drinking heavily and become an alcoholic and developer liver problems and loose my insurance and my wife runs off with the donut shop manager because he has a boat and lives in a nice house on the lake and my son develops a drug habit and my oldest daughter runs off to join the circus and swallows swords and and and…shit… that would be a big problem…yup…problems we all have them…and we move forward …love to the kids…linny … way to go girl ….it ain’t the end but it ain’t the beginning…

empty nest

wow…what a hollow feeling….it’s funny …hey who changed the font….this computer has a mind of it’s own…sometimes i think the house is ghosted…i hate to say haunted cause haunted means evil… no i think ghosted is what it is…probably my mother ….she always tries to class me up….we ll anyway as i was saying before i was so rudely ghosted…it’s funny…we raise our kids to be independent…to make a life for themselves……our house is going through the very scenario….all at once….we have a house of six kids and two adults….well they aren’t kids anymore….hell my oldest…Natalie has been gone to Vermont for years…it is her home…my son is local…he’s the cable guy…not to be confused with larry…Collin is funny and all…just skinnier….and now my baby wants to join the Navy….my daughter Gretchen in the service of her country…i am so proud…and missing them all…now Sher’s two boys are heading west….suddenly our crowded house is not so crowded….. yup me , sher, morgan,and the dogs…

     and my job…..i have worked all my life to be the best…and to a company like magna that means nothing…to them it is the money….blind, and stupid…New Process Gear has been in buisness for over 100 years…see the post  (http://www.iplayerhd.com/player/f69ec4fa-c7fa-44c7-a99d-f029942fdf38.aspx)  we were told….wtf   where did the purple come from?….thanks mom…nice touch….well anyway…we were told that we don’t know what we were doing…so for the good of the company we are going to be closed….  i will be unemployed by the company that promiced me a future…well FUCK YOU magna….i am sick and tired of greg and bob and that rutker a-hole telling me how sorry they are….come on over to my house…meet my family …eat my food and then tell me you are sorry…know me first….i am more than a number…

   so…lets re cap…the kids are leaving….my job is about to disapear…the prime of my life…is more like the most trying times i will ever see…hey Obama are you listening??? send some of that AIG money my way …i would definatly spend it better…and magna…come meet me …know me …make it personal… love to the kids….  and let them go….a caged bird is only entertaining to those who look in…to the bird …life sucks…

the navy

wow…my daughter has decided to join the navy…she is 21 and facing a tough job market….i personally can’t think of a reason why she shouldn’t ….there is nothing wrong with wanting to serve your country….i wish i could do it again….damn i would up in a second….but my little girl a sailor….man that one will be up there…she was a high school athlete….track star…i have an entire wall devoted to her achievements….but the us military….that is some serious shit…. i want her to know  that it is her decision and she needs to gather all the information she can get…..so she has made the first step….we meet with a recruiter next tuesday…i will let you know how we make out….love to the kids….even if you have to let them go…linny…..you are the fighting machine

magna strikes again, but Joe Works is the man

wow…here we go again…i got my letter from mr. potenza and mr rutker and mr. bower….yup ” it is with great sadness that we must take your livelihood away” first off if you don’t know me how can you possibly be so moved….the problem with the corporate world is they are out of touch…. a corporation like magna, or united technology, or any other big banger come in and buy up the rights to successful local companies…. these local companies have a history, they have an attachment to their community…..now the big corp  could care squat about the history….squat about the the community….all they see is a chance to expand market share…a chance to make more profit…there is no personal bond….no feeling of loyalty…so they come in with their experts …these experts  know nothing about what we do and they tell us to shape up….we have no idea what we are doing….we have only been around for 100 plus years but we are idiots….. it is not the magna way…..  so they make promises that are never kept and then when all is lost they take the product and the history and leave….behind they leave nothing….it has happened in syracuse all to often….look at carrier , look at crouse hinds, look at Marcellus caskets…history and craftsmanship…..gone….. a new factory in mexico or china , or indonisa…here we come….

    now why is Mr Joe Works the man?….Joe is the owner of  B&W Trailer Hitches……. check out msnbc march sixteenth….go to the B+W hitches web sight (turnoverball.com)…..  when business soured in Hombolt , Kansas….Joe didn’t take the money and run…  no he gave back to the people who work for him and to his community….these are not just workers to be sacrificed to a weak economy…nope these are Joe’s friends and neighbors….so instead of laying off workers and making more money….Joe eats some financial loss and keeps people working around the community at full pay….that’s the kind of companies we need in this country…not the ones that don’t know my name….magna you can take my job but you can’t have the spirit that  made New Process Gear great….but then i don’t think they care….love to the kids and to the workers….linny take a break you need it….

Lets Go Orange

wow.. i am a happy man….ya baby the Syracuse orangemen are in the show…the tournament….the big dance….march madness here we come….it is funny in these trying times we can loose ourselves in our sports….it gives us an out…it gives us something to hope for….i may be on the chopping block….but go SU….otto you the man…or mascot……these kids go out on that court and for two hours…or in the case of the big east tourney….4 hours…. you are lost in your team….you yell and shout at the TV…..you can just run out there and score the game winner……i can’t wait…..of course as an Orange fan i know i need to have a few teams to root for….you fill out two brackets …one with your heart and one with your head….but they can do it and for the time being i have something to look forward to…..love to the kids…dress them in orange….. linny see where faith gets you….no more tomo…..and you’re right the mask is in need of some abuse….

half full

wow…are you a half empty or are you half full?… think about it you don’t have to answer right away…. i knew a woman who cursed her walker…” this damn thing i hate it”…i asked her she would be without it….. she would be stuck on the couch…without it she could go nowhere….but to her it was a symbol of her age…a visual of her crippled life….damn this walker…damn my life…me i would treat the walker as a gift…it would get me off the couch…it would let me move…she would never go out…she was to embarrassed…she never experienced life, because she didn’t want to seem weak…. i believe that a person with a walker is a sign of strength….a sign that you are not going to give up …” i ain’t dead yet” and if i have to crawl then i will…..nope i still have a half glass and i am going to enjoy it….  love to the kids, where ever they are…linny keep the faith ..tomorrow is a big day and if you think that damn mask deserves it …kick it’s ass…..

time heals

wow…it is said that time heals all wounds….this may be true but every wound leaves a scare….so one must not let that wound fester….if you treat it fast the scar is small….it will still be there….but not as ugly….i mean life is not a bowl of cherries…  no one goes through life with out a few scars….they are inevitable….i always say ” another scar another story” but ugly scars usually come with ugly stories…so don’t neglect a wound…don’t let it be and hope it will go away…cause it won’t …. and never overlook a wound because you think it is insignificant….because it is never….love to the kids…linny keep the faith…one to go baby

hurt

wow…when the people you trust the most stab you in the back…wow that hurts….when they plot and scheme against you ….they betray you at the deepest level…when they let anger cloud their judgment….and miss quote you so they can strike back at a perceived enemy…that is hurt …it tears at your heart …it makes your throat feel like there is a giant bolder swelling in your neck….and when it is from people you love unconditionally….wow that is true hurt…and when it is your own flesh and blood…the ones you fed and clothed …the ones you stayed up with night …the ones you worked all your life for….that is total hurt….congratulations bitch…you win…love to the kids…no guarentee you will get it back…linny keep the faith

Fate

Two shall be  born a whole wide world apart

And speak in different tongues and have no thought each of the others being

And no heed, and each out on unknown seas to un known lands shall pass,

Escaping shipwreck, defying death,

And all unknowingly shape  every act

And bend each wandering step to this one end

That somewhere out of the darkness they shall meet,

And read lifes meaning in each others eye

 

And two shall walk some narrow way of life

So nearly side by side that, should one turn

Ever so little space left or right

They needs must stand acknowledged face to face.

And yet, with wistful eyes that never meet,

And groping hands that never clasp

And lips calling in vain to ears that never hear.

They seek each other all their weary day

And die unsatified.

And this is fate

Wow… i love this poem, artist unknown, ….it was given to me by my mother one day…. you see my wife and met by chance…we met at a friends wedding…. sher being the brides best friend….and i being the grooms best bud… they had their sibblings stand up for them and with sher coming from out west…. the bride did not want her getting lost in the shuffle….i was tasked with making sure she had a good time….well our eyes met and the rest was fate…. my mothers gift was thought provoking… i miss her but she is always with me……love to the kids….linny keep the faith