Observation

Ramblin’ Dan’s BBB & Schmear Sandwich

The BBB stands for Bacon, Baloney, Bagel and well, Schmear is Philly Cream Cheese. After a hard morning casting and polishing silver,  I realized it was after 1:00PM and I was a bit hungry. So I scouted around in the frig. I knew I was out of sandwich bread but there must be something I could substitute. I spied two bagels looking awfully lonely in there.  In the meat drawer was equally lonely looking pre...

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Jury Duty

Time to roll me through the jury processor once again. It would seem to me that in a near Dallas county like Collin, there would be a multitude of prospective jurors. In my house either my wife or I get called to duty about every two to three years. That seems rather often to me. The problem is they call at least ten times more jurors than they need as the lawyers “tune” the jury selection...

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Every Step But The Last

At the end of November 2014 I received a traffic citation while driving in Carrollton, Texas. It’s like a road tax for working (employment), buying all my lunches, making purchases in local stores, servicing my car and in other words spending most of my time and money in this fair city. The city is a well know speed trap with many well-traveled roads posted at 30 MPH and strictly enforced. Four years ago I was...

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Good Deeds

I am disabled (somewhat) with fairly advanced peripheral neuropathy (PN). My leg muscles, hands and arms are dysfunctional for full and proper sensory input, output and muscle control. I can walk for medium-short distances but I must have a cane to stand in one place. I work hard with my fine motor skills in my hands to keep them working. I have had handicap parking mirror hangers for about eight years. I really do need them...

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