No complaints here!

                                                          Uncle Billy Thinks   

Being dead cant be all that bad.......................    I've not heard any complaints from them.

Saving the cost of a Cell Phone

                                                                     Uncle Billy Thinks                                                                                  

I think people look down on you when you don't have a cell phone.  I don't want or have one, but I have figured out how to keep people's respect.    I walk down the street talking loudly to an unseen person with my hand to my ear.   I can tell by the looks I get that passers by are really impressed!!!
                                                                                                                                                 

Parental Dating Advice

                                                                     Uncle Billy Thinks

Parents need to talk to their children more!        A little good advice can go a long way.         For example,
I used to remind my son every time before he went out,  "The secret to a good date does not involve
Duct Tape!"

Never Spend Your Last Dollar on Beer!

                                                                   Uncle Billy Thinks

At the Pub, the bar I go to three nights a week and write in my journal; a large drought beer cost $1.00.

Last night I went to the bar to get a beer.  An old white alcoholic who is a "regular" ask me to spot him a beer.  Since he never asked before, I said, "Sure" and ordered him one too.  I looked on the bar and saw he had a dollar laying in front of him.  I asked , "What's wrong with your dollar?"   He answered, "It's my last one!"     I learned a valuable lesson, never spend your last dollar on a beer!

Skill or Luck

                                                                    Uncle Billy Thinks

This holds true with all games.   I told a friend who just lost a game of pool,  "It's half skill and half luck."
If you win it's skill and if you loose it's luck."

They is a Four Letter Word

                                                                         Uncle Billy Thinks

From time to time I am struck by how the word they is used.   On its face they simply refers to more than one person, but it has come to refer to a mysterious sinister group.  We all use it this way.  "They are going to take our guns away."  "They are going to raise our taxes."   Of course in this case we are referring to members of our elected government except, of course the ones we voted for.  Using they allows us to denigrate the group without identifying individuals.   It saves time and requires a minimum of information.

There is another much used they.  This they, in my way of thinking; definitely should have a "four letter word" status. It is used like a code word.  It implies that those present understand who is included in they, and that the group referred to is not present.  It is efficient in that it allows the speaker to reinforce what he or she believes without specifically naming the group.   Here are some examples of how "they" is used:

They wouldn't help themselves if they could.
Aren't you afraid they are going to take over?
They don't appreciate anything you do for them anyway.
They wouldn't work if they could get a job.
They just don't care.
They'd just piss it away.
They can't be trusted
They just don't take care of anything.
They just don't care.

While I have no intention of not using four letter words(it has taken me a lifetime to develop my skill with them)  I will in the future consider my new four letter word and consider it's intent before using it.  I hope you will too.

Inertia Becomes Personal

This morning as I put so much effort into getting out of bed,   I remembered the law of inertia.  My body was certainly "at rest" and wanted to "stay at rest."

The second part about "a body in motion staying in motion",  applies less and less as time goes by.