scare tactics

monster storm! bitter temperatures! do as we say not as we do!
news(?) programs need to step back and take a look at themselves. watch/listen to any of our local news outlets and they would have you believe the end is near no matter what the weather. monster storm? please.... this is new england... yes it is a lot of snow.. but the way they present it has people scared..really when was the last time we got so much snow that we could not get out with in a day? the governor closes the roads to trucks and ask everybody to stay off the roads until they get cleared but there are the news people out and about showing us just how bad things are and telling us to stay put while they are out.
why do they always build up the weather like we never had any before? " bitter cold ....or brutal heat" who are they tiring to convince us or themselves. why can't they just give us the facts and move on?
don't you wish when it was time for them to "tell" us the weather, they would just do it? they give us what we already know (what the weather was today) and then say we will come back with the forecast later on. please... we don't need a recap of what we went through (though they generally get that right) we want to know about tomorrow!
no matter what they forecast i know that tomorrow it will be......


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state of us

as the old song goes " i just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in". we all  have heard/read/been told what was said at the state of the union speech, but  do you really believe any major changes are on the way? i am not going to analyze the speech I'll leave that to more qualified people, i just want to think out loud about a few things.
do you see us spending our way out of debit? have you tried it? how's that working out for you?
we all know what needs to be done, if you can't afford some thing don't buy it..deferring payment still means you have to pay for it some time. a very smart person said " a penny saved is a penny earned" (remember who?) . towns,states and the federal government have got to stop looking for more ways to spend our money( yes it is ours,wouldn't you rather have it to spend). it needs to start with the small things and keep going, does the first lady need 15-20 people on her personal staff? most in the past have had 1-2. did she employ that many people/friends before she got the new address? did they take that many vacations? or are they just spending our money because they can?....ok ok  moving on....
deep breath.... ok closer to home....remember before we had casino in the state?..we had a balanced budget..now we get millions from them and where are we? 3billion(?) short. .....say what?
the state saw all this money coming in and could not stand to see it saved and earn interest ... yes there was such a thing as earning interest...they just found more and more ways to spend on thing that  we really did not need but our legislature caved to special interest groups for feel good things (what exactly? your on the Internet look it up yourself  ..get involved) instead of necessary things and programs, or just saved it. it would be like like you winning the lottery and using all the money on frivolous items and then saying gee i did not save anything for the future so everybody needs to support me now.
state of us? we need to stop sipping the kool aid and believing everything  we are told. start doing your own research and make your opinion known. they work for us. being a senator or a representative was never meant to be a life long career.. we need term limits

state of us.... i am not sure about you.. but for me..

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what ever happened to...

what ever happened to...... or..... i remember when..... or back in the day...... How often do we here a conversation start with these words?  Most people look back fondly and focus on the good things from the past, but we can't turn back time. Progress happens, and technical advances occur, this is just the way things are , we do need to keep advancing. The key is not to let these advances rule our lives. Cell phones/computers have made lots of things better or most people  access to help info almost anywhere at any time, but do we need one glue to one the whole day? Do you need to be connected 24/7? really? Just because you have a cell phone/blackberry/whatever keeps you connected ,does not mean you have to use it constantly. You have things like a stove, do you use that just because it is there, or is it used only when needed? How about that pen you carry, do you walk around writing on everything? How many people complain that they are constantly bothered by having to answer their electronic leash? It is a tool that should be used only when needed(maybe you should carry that shovel around from the shed, it's feeling lonely)
i remember when...... if some one wanted to talk to you they had to call you at home or work or....horrors.....talk to you in person!
in person..... the personal touch......phases we don't use all that much anymore, soon to be lost to that black hole of "what ever happen to...." . kids now a days have lost the ability to interact  with people, when was the last time you went thru a neighborhood and saw a group of kids playing outside?  i remember when......
playing  baseball, tag,or just running around having fun.
just some venting....back in the day..... i would be sitting around with a group of people having this conversation........

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planning

Well once again it is snow/sleeting here and most schools and some business are closed, so most people take the time to stay home with family and enjoy right? No way! The weather maybe bad enough that these people say " I can't go to work/school the roads are terrible" but they sure as heck don't stay home.
What is up with these people? They can't get to work but they can get on the road and go to the mall? They have to go to the supermarket? Most people could probably get by on what is in their freezer and cabinets for at least week. Not only that, don't they listen to the weather forecast,they know well in advance when the roads are going to be bad.  When was the last time it snowed so hard we were trapped in our house long enough that people ran out of  food? It's called planning people! Use a little common sense!
 Speaking of planning, you know winter is coming(long before it gets here) why wait until the day before a snow storm to check your snow blower? When it doesn't work do you think the local repair shop is going to drop everything to get yours up and running?Forgot gas for it? or gee my car is on empty I need to go out and get gas.Is this concept of planning really that hard?

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common courtesy

What ever happen to common courtesy? It's the small things that need to start the change in our everyday world. Now, I know, some of you remember when holding a door for someone was done with out having to think about it or saying please and thank you  and your welcome were second nature. There are a lot of small things that we can do everyday with out any additional effort and just think where that might lead us!

While we are on this topic, what about hats? Remember when we took our hats off indoors or in the presence of a lady? look around you the next time you are in a restaurant or store... how many men have removed their hats? Really....sitting in a restaurant eating  and still wearing a hat? how RUDE!
Cell phones? can that many calls be that important that people have to chat while in line in stores or other public places? Please, excuse yourself and go outside...It's not all about you! You should be grouped together with the smokers! We don't want their second hand smoke and we certainly don't want your second hand conversation.

Just an other day in paradise!

CT liquor sales on sunday

CT state just does not get it. Having package store open on Sunday will not generate lots of new revenue for the state. Stores will just do the same weekly total sales, they will just have to be open an other day at more cost to the store owners.The theory that it will keep lots of people from traveling to Mass. to buy their liquor is not true. People go to Mass because it is cheaper to buy there than in Ct. Now the Mass has dropped  their sales tax on liquor it will just encourage more people to make the trip across the border,Sunday or any other day! When this happens CT will look at the increased revenue that mass is generating and say "Maybe we should drop the sale tax to get people back" then what happen to the argument about increased revenue?. If This happens will they reverse the Sunday ruling and take the burden off the store owners?

While we are on the topic....one one hand the state is worried about drunk driving and alcohol related problems but they want us to have an extra day to buy and they not only except people to buy but to buy enough to bail us out of their excessive spending.
The other prime example is lotto they say play responsibly but the keep coming out with new games to take us to the cleaners.
Just an other day in paradise!

Just another day in paradise.