Think I'll sit down here for a bit...

porterross · Jan 19, 2007

seajoy said:
Kinda blah, I guess. I just feel like this forum is one massive fight, and I just need a break...but I love my friends here, and don't want to stay away from the entire site. (can anyone tell my why all my words are slanty all of a sudden!)

That is exactly why I've not bothered to look in here for over a month. There is no telling how many others have been put off by it.

Thank you for speaking up.

dinkime · Jan 19, 2007

it is 9:50 PM, my brother just called....i think he is slightly drunk, lol, very "happy"

ctay · Jan 20, 2007

My youngest son was in a wreck he went off the side of a hill ended up upside down against a tree, had to break a window out to get out of the truck. Hubby said he went down 20 or 25 feet down before the tree stopped him. He came out with just a scratch on his elbow. The Lord was with him. This happened about 2 or 3 weeks ago and ended up walking about 4 miles home. He didn't have a cell phone but if he had one he probably wouldn't have got a signal, its hard to pick up a signal in this area.

dinkime · Jan 20, 2007

ctay said:
My youngest son was in a wreck he went off the side of a hill ended up upside down against a tree, had to break a window out to get out of the truck. Hubby said he went down 20 or 25 feet down before the tree stopped him. He came out with just a scratch on his elbow. The Lord was with him. This happened about 2 or 3 weeks ago and ended up walking about 4 miles home. He didn't have a cell phone but if he had one he probably wouldn't have got a signal, its hard to pick up a signal in this area.

OH MY!! i am glad he is alright! what a blessing

ctay · Jan 20, 2007

Yes the Good Lord was definately with him

QuiltAngel · Jan 20, 2007

Glad to hear your son is ok. Being able to walk away from an accident is truely wonderful.

I am regretting not having a photo of my car.

Well, I need to make a grocery list and get to town. We are to get several inches of snow overnight into Sunday. I am sure the stores are busy again.

Studeclunker · Jan 23, 2007

I got ambitious and baked some Snickerdoodles. So now I have a few dozen cinnamon cookies to share. The kettle is singing, and the pot is warmed. Anyone for a cuppa? I've got a plate of biscuits to share. I'll be Mother!

dinkime · Jan 23, 2007

snickerdoodles are yummy!! but i would love some hot chocolate -- i don't like tea...

Studeclunker · Jan 24, 2007

Sorry, stepped out of the kitchen for a while. Car trouble. 'ol Bess is being tarrrrrd 'ol Bess. Sorry.

Yeah, hot chocolate isn't a problem. I've got Hershey's (if you're a purist) and also some Swiss Miss and Butterfinger. I bought the latter two for a visit my son promised and wealched on.
But we'll have to do this tomorrow morning. I'm cleaning out the pot and turning in.

God's blessings to all. May he send everyone a perfect, in all ways good and delightful, day tomorrow.

seajoy · Jan 24, 2007

thanks for always minding the kitchen when i'm away SC.

Jim47 · Jan 24, 2007

ctay said:
My youngest son was in a wreck he went off the side of a hill ended up upside down against a tree, had to break a window out to get out of the truck. Hubby said he went down 20 or 25 feet down before the tree stopped him. He came out with just a scratch on his elbow. The Lord was with him. This happened about 2 or 3 weeks ago and ended up walking about 4 miles home. He didn't have a cell phone but if he had one he probably wouldn't have got a signal, its hard to pick up a signal in this area.

I have no idea how I missed this, but I am sure glad to hear that he is O'k.

seajoy · Jan 24, 2007

Jim47 said:
I have no idea how I missed this, but I am sure glad to hear that he is O'k.

amen

cubanito · Jan 24, 2007

I'd lay odds the boy wore his seatbelt. In today's cars you can survive almost anything IF you have your seatbelt.

JR

Studeclunker · Jan 24, 2007

The Department of transportation has been saying for over fifty years that wearing one's seatbelt increased the chance of survival in an accident by over a hundred percent. They started saying this in the fifties.
Remember this?

Buckle up for safety,
Buckle up!
Buckle up for safety,
Won't you buckle up?
And the life you save,
may be yours today!
Buckle up for safety
everybody buckle up!

I can still remember the music for that jingle. Now, isn't that scary? The D.O.T. did a blitz campaign from 1960 to at least '65. I remember hearing it on the radio occasionally till the early '70s. I remember the television ad showing people buckling their seatbelts with stupid grins on their faces. Like it was such tremendous fun. Dumb ad or no, it worked. Sort of. People became more consious of the belts now required for their cars. My parent's '56 Chevy had them. It was an option that cost my father an additional fifteen or twenty dollars. And he had to fight to get them to properly install them. The dealer thought they were a waste of time. 'ol Bess doesn't have belts. This surprises me. She's the first Studebaker I've ever seen without seatbelts. She'll have them by next week. I won't drive a car without them.

filosofer · Jan 24, 2007

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We had been involved in an 8 car accident in Minneapolis in 1971. Of the 17 people in the accident, everyone had a seatbelt on - this in 1971!

I was in a car wreck five years ago; hit from behind, which totaled the car. But my car-pooling buddy and I were okay.

Seatbelts have been an absolute in any car I drive - since 1970. If someone doesn't put ont he seatbelt, I don't drive the car.

In Christ's love,
filo
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The Princess Bride · Jan 24, 2007

filosofer said:
If someone doesn't put ont he seatbelt, I don't drive the car.

That is a VERY good rule of thumb to have.

/me sits down with a nice cup of hot tea to chill

QuiltAngel · Jan 24, 2007

Airbags are great too. Yeah I know about those going off. My family also has the rule of seatbelts on or we don't move.

Glad to hear ctay's son walked away from the accdent.

Studeclunker · Jan 25, 2007

Ahhh... A nice hot pot of Tetley's Ceylon. Anyone for a cuppa? I'll be mother!
You know, growing up, that phrase reminded me of the similar one, "I get to be shotgun!" Meaning they wanted to sit in the front seat next to the driver. Hearkens back to the Stage-coach days. Or at least, on TV it did...

When I was first married I had a '74 Impala sedan. A nice car. It was royal blue with a white vynal top. The car was also an automatic. My step-children had never ridden in an automatic car. I used to tell them (only half-seriously) that the car had a seat belt sensor. That if they didn't buckle their seat belts that the car wouldn't go into gear. Funny thing was, they believed it (LOL)! Robin would always chuckle and roll her eyes when I would say this. But it worked! My children all use their seat belts. It's saved the lives of at least two of them. My youngest daughter had a rollover on the freeway. She wasn't even scratched. I don't know the details of my eldest son's accident. But he says that without the seatbelt he would have been seriously hurt.
Praise God for such a simple thing as seat belts.

porterross · Jan 25, 2007

A nice cuppa tea would be perfect this afternoon.

Do you not prefer Twinings?

Studeclunker · Jan 29, 2007

Sorry, posted and ran off. I've been in a rush to cut firewood whilst I can. The winter has been mild so far and the Lord has blessed me with time to cut wood. So I have been!

Yes, I do prefer Tetley's as a matter of fact. I'm afraid that if they tested my blood the type might possibly come out Tetley's positive (LOL)! Still, I like Twinnings as well as Biglow's and sometimes a brand called Stash. Variety is the spice, or in this case tea, of life!

Ooh. Yuk! I left the pot with tea in it. Have to soak it overnight with vinegar.

God bless everyone! Hope you all had a blessed Sunday, and, do have an excellent week!

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