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Bobbie's ReflectionsRolling With the Punches April 27 The Things I Have Done in the Name of Fun, Part 2We had a bass boat at one time when my son was little. One day we were going out on the river fishing. A boat was cutting in front of us and we were going fast. My husband had the right of way even though I was screaming for him to stop the boat. He kept going saying that the other person was wrong. Well, the next thing I saw was sky. We hit the boat that was in front of us and we were knocked for a loop. It knocked the motor up into a locked position. We were shaken by the incident and my husband's parents got to witness the whole incident from their boat. Needless to say, my son did not want to get into a boat for a long time.
The worst and also the funniest thing that happened in a boat was when my husband wanted to ski. He handed the boat over to me and gave me a quick lesson on how to drive it. He got out in the middle of the river and put his skis on and motioned for me to go. Well I did. Here comes a big barge and it scared me so bad that I stopped the boat. I could hear yelling and screaming. He was very mad. Well, I did not know what to do. He had to swim very fast to get into the boat and drive it away around the barge. A two minute lesson did not work in this case.
I have had to ride in doon buggies, ride on motor cycles, and any type of vehicle that was brought home. Some of the hiking was a bit much too.
We rode to Miami once on a motorcycle and slept with the alligators in the cold one night (the only night we did not stay in a comfortable place). We went to Arkansas on another long ride. In the middle of the street we hit a musical instrument holder that was lost in the street after a parade. We almost came off the bike. Scary stuff. A new tire had to be purchased.
We have antique cars that are always running out of gas in some strange place. The gas guages cannot be fixed, I guess.
Many hiking trips have caused me to wonder if I would ever see home again. One of the worst was Pea Vine Falls. We hiked for a long time to see the falls. It was a trickle of water like what you would see coming out of your faucet.
I will not even go into all the road rage. I could fill a book on that subject alone.
These are just a few of the "fun" things that I have experienced during my life. I hope that you have fun vacations and not scary trips. April 16 The Things I Have Done in the Name of Fun, Part 1I am reinventing my blog. This time it is all about me, well mostly about me and a view of my life. I had plenty of questions when I was younger. Now I hope I have some of the answers. Maybe some of my blogs will help others. Most of them will be funny but with a point and and some experience from a very long marriage. I will also have some strange stories from a place I worked for 18 years. Lots of life experiences. Wisdom??? I don't know. If you enjoy this blog and would like to comment, I would like to hear from you. I would especially like to hear from those of you who can identify.
The title of this blog reminds me of many things I did in the name of fun (someone else's fun). As early as I can remember, other people have wanted to tell me how to have fun. You would think that I would know, but I guess not.
There were trips in stuffy cars without air conditioning that did not run very well to places that were stuffy, hot and had no air conditioning. That was called a vacation. Well we were poor when I was little, and that was the best we could do. Lots of things happen when adults plan fun for you.
When I grew up and got married I thought that I would surely know what fun was, and I would make sure I had lots of it. No, not so fast. I had another person that knew what fun was. He was full of adventure and lots of energy. Fun to him was anything that he had not done before which usually meant there was danger involved somewhere.
A honeymoon is suppossed to be fun, right? Wrong. Can't go into details about the whole trip, but it started off by us getting stopped by the police twice for speeding on the way to our honeymoon destination.
We do not have vacations, we have trips. Vacations are supposed to be relaxing, trips are very hard on your nerves. So we have trips. Along the way we may do something that is fun or nice, but the stress sort of zero's the fun out.
One of our first fun trips was not planned by me. It involved a motorcycle and a tent. Now why would I want to straddle a hard seat all day and sleep on the ground at night. Was I asked if I were having fun or not? You know the answer. Hope you are getting the picture by now.
Sailing was another fun thing that I did not get to vote on. The boat was bought and there it was. We went out in it a few times and it was OK. About the last time we used it, the weather was cool and the water was cold. I was asked to steer the boat toward the trees while other things were being tended to by the Skipper. Well there were approximately a thousand trees on the lake that I could see, so I picked some, obviously the wrong ones. The boat started to fall over and we were all dumped out (me, my son and the Skipper). Well the Skipper could swim. I had a life jacket on and so did my son, but his life jacket had flotation more in the back instead of the front so he was floating over on his face. My job was to keep him from drowning until the Skipper could get the boat upright. The boat had a very large sail on it finally went shiny side up. We were freezing. Some nice people came by and rescued us after about twenty minutes or so. We were left to air dry in the wind while the boat was uprighted.
In Florida, the Skipper rented a Catamaran sailboat. We were with my sister and her husband. My sister did not want to go out on that Cat with us and for a very good reason, she personally knew the Skipper. Friends, when I tell you that this was a trip to remember, believe it. We kept going and going and it was getting late. When my brother-in-law suggested that we turn around and go back to the rental place, the Skipper refused. Well I knew a little about turning the boat so we got together and turned the boat around by ourselves. Please know that the Cat did not have any lights and the wind had just about died. Here were dinner boats coming in to shore and also large boats that looked like ships from where I was sitting (and praying). About half way back, a motor boat stopped us. The people from the rental place were going out to dinner in their boat and they were looking for us on the way. They gave us a flash light and continued on their way. Some time later about dark thirty in the summer, we reached the dock. In a million shore and pier lights, I don't know how the Skipper found where we were supposed to put that boat. That was the last time I sailed with the Skipper.
More adventures later in Part 2. Stay tuned, it gets better or worse depending on how you look at it. February 18 Photo PlayThis is for my fellow photographers and anyone that is interested in photography. Leave a comment. Share some information. Talk about anything you want. There are many people out there interested in photography, and we can all benefit from helpful tips and hints. And as always your praise and kind words about my images is appreciated. <shameless grin & wink>
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****Bobbie**** December 26 DROP ME A NOTE This is the place to go to leave messages, thoughts or express anything that you want to say. Did something special happen to you?  Want to blow off some steam?  Maybe you need a sounding board.  Let me know. I will respond as quickly as possible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
December 05 A New Kind of DraftFinished the book "My Friend Leonard" yesterday. Loved the book. I read James Frey's first book "A Million Little" pieces a few weeks ago. Wonderful book, very powerful. Thankfully "My Friend Leonard" had funny parts so it was not as intense as the first book.
I was reading a blog at "Nan's Place" yesterday and I started thinking. She was reviewing the TV show "Commander and Chief". I like the show and Gina Davis, but what I really like is the concept of a woman president. A woman president would not send her young male child to war, I don't think.
A woman president would be reasonable and reinstate the draft. Yes, you read this right, the draft. Only this draft would not consist of our young male children. This draft would consist of males 50-65 years old. That should stop some of the fighting. I know that we must protect our freedom, but men 50-65 do not want to participate in a war. They are nearing retirement and many have worked hard to obtain possessions that they have always wanted.
Believe me, the over 50+ crowd will come up with a plan to save our freedom and not risk their careers and retirement dreams. The military would have a hard time supporting all the high blood pressure and arthritus medicine. Can you imagine boot camp? Ben Gay would be standard military issue. Geritol would be mixed in with coffee every day. All the uniform pants would be measured in the waist under the belly.
All countries should adopt this type of draft. The world would be a safer and better place. I'm sorry; this just had to come out. Maybe I should have a talk with Gina. |
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