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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 3, Is. 42 May
2, 2014
From the
Editor
Seems that the more you plan
out what is coming down the road, the more you find out that you are only
planning for your part of what you plan to do.
The other half of that equation is controlled by the people that you
have the event planned with. They
control 50 percent of whether the event is going to go on as scheduled. After my confusing lead in, let me suffice to
say that even though we are 95 percent loaded and ready to roll to
I never cease to be amazed
at how some days start out early with stress that almost seems unbearable only
to be rectified with ease and not result in an issue at all. Trying to enjoy retirement and move freely
around the country while still keeping our commuter van business is more
difficult than I would like. This
business and the drivers and people we service are our greatest source of
stress. Amazing how some groups just
function flawlessly with little assistance other than regular maintenance of
their van while others need constant “hand holding.” Interesting enough, parking is one of the
bigger headaches for some routes and we have been dealing with that in one of
the groups. Adding to the parking issue
are drivers that just don’t communicate well with each other. Usually it’s never totally one person’s fault
and that is the case here. Although in
this case, contrary to her admittance, one probably carries more responsibility
for not communicating than the other.
The primary issue is securing secondary parking when the drivers are out
that normally park the van. Interestingly,
neither of the two backup drivers has wanted to take a lead in finding
alternate parking and one has excused herself from even trying. Unfortunately, I don’t think she really
understands how close Carolyn and I are to “pulling the plug” on this route as
a result of the stress it’s creating for us.
In fact I don’t think she thinks we would actually consider stopping
it. Additionally, she’s too stubborn to
realize what this will do to her commuting expense and convenience if she has
to find alternative transportation.
However, when discussing the issue with the other backup driver, Carolyn
carefully dropped the line, “Mike and I are going to have to discuss further,
but we may just have to stop the van.”
Within fifteen minutes he had secured parking for today. Temporarily, current stress is relieved and
it really only took about 2 hours to get resolved.
Good week to you all.
mlm.
Content
Contributors for the Week
Frances
(Roberts) Herod, Class of 1945
Lloyd
Newton, Class of 1951
Kate
(Roberts)
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Fender Skirts and Supper
I know some of you will not
understand this message, but I bet you know someone who might. I came across this phrase yesterday, “FENDER
SKIRTS.”
A term I haven’t heard in a
long time, and thinking about ‘fender skirts’ started me thinking about other
words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice like ‘curb
feelers’ and ‘steering knobs.’ (AKA) ‘suicide knobs,’ necker’s knobs.’
Since I’d been thinking of
cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some
older person over 50 to explain some of these terms to you. Remember ‘continental kits?” They were rear bumper extenders and spare
tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln
Continental.
When did we quit calling
them ‘emergency brakes?’ At some point
‘parking brake’ became the proper therm.
But I miss the hint of drama that went with ‘emergency brake.’ I’m sad, too, that almost all the old folks
are gone who would call the accelerator the ‘foot feed.’ Many today do not even know what a clutch is
or that the dimmer switch used to be on the floor. For that matter, the starter was down there,
too.
Didn’t you ever wait at the
street for your daddy to come home so you could ride the ‘running board’ up to
the house?
Here’s a phrase I heard all
the time in my youth but never anymore – ‘store-bought.’ Of course, just about everything is
store-bought these days. But once it was
bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy.
‘Coast-to-coast’ is a phrase
that once held all sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. Now we take the term ‘worldwide’ for
granted. This floors me.
On a smaller scale,
‘wall-to-wall’ was once a magical term in our homes. In the ‘50’s, everyone covered his or her
hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall
carpeting with hardwood floors. Go
figure.
When was the last time you
heard the quaint phrase ‘in a family way?’
It’s hard to imagine that the word ‘pregnant’ was once considered a
little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company, so we had
all that talk about stork visits and ‘being in a family way’ or simple
‘expecting.’ Apparently ‘brassiere’ is a
word no longer in usage. I said it the
other day and my daughter cracked up. I
guess it’s just ‘bra’ now.
‘Unmentionables’ probably wouldn’t be understood at all.
I always loved going to the
‘picture show,’ but I considered ‘movie’ an affectation.
Most of these words go back
to the ‘50’s, but here’s a pure ‘60’s word I cam across the other day, ‘rat
fink.’ Ooh, what a nasty put-down!
Here’s a word I miss –
‘percolator.’ That was just a fun word
to say. And what was it replaced with,
‘Coffee maker.’ How dull…Mr. Coffee, I
blame you for this.
I miss those made-up
marketing words that were meant to sound so modern and now sound so retro. Words like ‘Dyna Flow’ and ‘Electrolux’ and
‘Frigidaire. Introducing the 1963
Admiral TV, now with ‘Spectra Vision!’
Food for thought. Was there a telethon that wiped out
lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore. Maybe that’s what Castor Oil cured, because I
never hear mothers threatening kids with Castor Oil anymore.
Some words aren’t gone, but
are definitely on the endangered list.
The one that grieves me most is ‘supper.’ Now everybody says ‘dinner.’ Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
Someone forwarded this to
me. I thought some of us of a ‘certain
age’ would remember most of these. Just
for fun, pass it along to others of ‘a certain age.’
IF YOU AREN’T OF A CERTAIN
AGE, YOU MUST KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS.
Editor’s note:
I certainly remember most of the things discussed here and yes, most
have gone by the wayside. Our children
and grandchildren wouldn’t know what we are talking about. Mike and I have to stop and think every so
often about things that are routine to us are foreign to our children. First, they didn’t grow up on the farm and
have the same experiences we did. Mike
really sees this when it comes to motors, tools, etc., with our son and
son-in-law. I see it with our girls who
are both excellent cooks but certainly don’t put “meat and potato” basic meals
on the table. cnm
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
Old Man at the Table
Hi Lord, it’s me.
We are getting older and things are getting ....bad here.
Gas prices are too high, no jobs, so much corruption, food and
heating costs too high. We've lost the way. I know you were
taken out of our schools, government and even Christmas,
but Lord I'm asking you to come back and re-bless
We really need you! Badly.
There are more of us who want you than those who don't!
Thank You Lord, I Love You.
In Jesus' Name, Amen.
If you agree, send it on---if not, just delete.
Only you & the Lord will know.
"Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil -
it has no point.
Alumni Website
We have renewed the account that Wanda
Jackson had set up at the photo sharing website, picturetrail.com for the
Roosevelt Alumni: http://www.picturetrail.com/rooseveltalumni. She had posted many pictures from past
reunions, class panels, and old schools buildings along with write ups about
them. We thought you might find these
interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past.
Cooperton Valley Picture Trail
The “
Interesting
Tidbits
Metamorphosis:
The Beauty and Design of Butterflies
This is very interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/88UVJpQGi88
********
Well Known Laws
Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with grease, your
nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee.
Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will
roll to the least accessible place in the universe.
Law of Probability – The probability of being watched is directly
proportional to the stupidity of your act.
Law of Random Numbers – If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy
signal, someone always answers.
Variation Law -- If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one
you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.
Law of the
Law of Close Encounters – The probability of meeting someone you know
INCREASES dramatically when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen
with.
Law of Result – When you try to prove to someone that a machine
won’t work, IT WILL!!!
Law of Biomechanics – The severity of the itch is inversely proportional
to the reach.
Law of the Theater &
Hockey Arena – At any event, the
people whose seats are furthest from the aisle always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats
several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before
the end of the performance or the game is over.
The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long
gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk.
The Coffee Law – As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee,
your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is
cold.
Murphy’s Law of Lockers – If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they
will have adjacent lockers.
Law of Physical Surfaces – The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich
landing face down on a floor are directly correlated to the newness and cost of
the carpet or rug.
Law of Logical Argument – Anything is possible IF you don’t know what you
are talking about.
Law of Physical
Appearance – If the clothes fit,
they’re ugly.
Law of Public Speaking – A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FEET!
Law of Commercial
Marketing Strategy – As soon as you
find a product that you really like, they will stop making it OR the store will
stop selling it!
Doctor’s Law – If you don’t feel well, make an appointment to go
to the doctor, by the time you get there, you’ll feel better. But don’t make an appointment and you’ll stay
sick.
News
The
Roosevelt Senior Citizens has reopened from the summer break. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch for Seniors is $4 and for the younger
generation is $5.
The
menu for next week is as follows:
Tuesday,
May 6: Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed
potatoes w/Gravy, Corn, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
Thursday,
May 8: Chicken Strips, Mashed Potatoes
w/Gravy, Green Beans, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
We
have compiled all of the birthday and anniversary information we could from
Wanda’s files. We are sure we are
missing some. Please send us the
birthdays and anniversaries for your family and friends so that we can have as
complete as list as possible. We are
going to start with what we have from Wanda’s files so if we miss you, please
send us the information so we have it for the news next year. In addition, should any of the birthdays we
list be wrong, also please let us know.
Happy Birthday
To:
May 5 – Nelson Perkins
May 9 – Nyla Watson
Humor
Should I Cancel My Credit Card before I Die
Be sure and cancel your
credit cards before you die! This is so priceless, and so easy to see
happening, customer service being what it is today.
A lady died this past
January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual
service charges on her credit card and added late fees and interest on the
monthly charge.
The balance had been $0.00
when she died, but now somewhere around $60.00. A family member placed a call
to Citibank.
Here is the exchange:
Family Member: 'I am calling to tell you she
died back in January.
Citibank: 'The account was never closed and the late
fees and charges still apply.'
Family Member: 'Maybe you should turn it over to
collections.'
Citibank: 'Since it is two months past due, it already
has been.'
Family Member: ‘So, what will they do when they find out she
is dead?'
Citibank: 'Either report her account to frauds division
or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!'
Family Member: 'Do you think God will be mad at her?'
Citibank: 'Excuse me?'
Family Member: 'Did you just get what I was telling you -
the part about her being dead?'
Citibank: 'Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor.'
Supervisor gets on the phone:
Family Member: 'I'm calling to tell you, she died back in
January with a $0 balance.'
Citibank: 'The account was never closed and late fees
and charges still apply.'
Family Member: 'You mean you want to collect from her
estate?'
Citibank: (Stammer) 'Are you her lawyer?'
Family Member: 'No, I'm her great nephew.' (Lawyer info was
given)
Citibank: 'Could you fax us a certificate of death?'
Family Member: 'Sure.' (Fax number was given)
After they get the fax:
Citibank: 'Our system just isn't setup for death. I
don't know what more I can do to help.'
Family Member: 'Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing her. She won't care.'
Citibank: 'Well, the late fees and charges will still
apply.'
(What is wrong with these people?!?)
Family Member: 'Would you like her new billing address?'
Citibank: 'That might help....'
Family Member: '
Citibank: 'Sir, that's a cemetery!'
Family Member: 'And what do you do with dead people on your
planet???'
(Priceless!!)
And you wondered why Citibank needed help from the Feds?
PS Should you need to
communicate with anyone because of a deceased loved one, make copies of the
death certificate, staple to a copy of a bill and mail it to them.
That should take care of it.
From the Email
“Bag”
April
30, 2014
Hope you are in no danger of
the tornados that are sweeping the country.
Our part of Ok was
fortunate, but Quapaw did get hit.
Frances Herod, Class of 1945
Editor’s Note:
We did not have any severe weather here in
Food for
Thought
Important
Information for Seniors
Read carefully. This
is what is going on now with Medicare--be sure to follow instructions, or you
will be paying the bill, NOT MEDICARE.
Letter from a senior
gentleman in
Dear Family, Friends,
Neighbors and former Classmates,
I just found myself in the middle of a medical situation that made it very
clear that "the affordable care act" is neither affordable, nor do
they care.
I'll go back about seven
years ago to a fairly radical prostate surgery that I underwent. The Urologist (a personal friend) who
performed the surgery was very concerned that it was cancer, though I wasn't
told this until the lab report revealed it was benign. Since that
procedure, I have experienced numerous urinary tract infections, UTI's. Since I had never had a "UTI" prior
to the prostate surgery, I assume that it is one of the side effects from
surgery, an assumption since confirmed by my Family Doctor.
The weekend of March 8-9, I
was experiencing all the symptoms of another bout of UTI. By Monday afternoon the infection had hit
with full force. Knowing that all I
needed was an antibiotic, I went to an
I went to the Receptionist
to ask where the bathroom was as I felt that I was going to throw up. I was told that I would have to wait for the
Doctor because I would need to leave a specimen and they didn't want me in the
bathroom without first seeing him.
That was when the lights
went out, my next awareness was that of finding myself on the floor (in the
waiting room) having violent dry heaves, and very confused. At this point, I tried to stand up but
couldn't make it, and they made it very clear they weren't going to let me get
up until the ambulance got there. By the
way, when you're waiting to see the Doctor and you pass out, you get very
prompt attention.
Now, "the rest of the story" and the reason for sending this to so many
of you.
I was taken to the nearest
hospital, to emergency. Once there, I
was transported to an emergency examination room. Once I had removed my clothes and donned one
of those lovely hospital gowns, I finally got to see a Doctor. I asked "what is going on" I'm just
having a UTI, just get me the proper medication and let me go home. He told me that my symptoms presented the
possibility of sepsis, a potentially deadly migration of toxins, and that they needed
to run several tests to determine how far the infection had migrated.
For the next 3 hours I was
subjected to several tests, blood draws, EKG's, and demands for specimens. At about 7:30 the nurse came back to my room
to inform me that one of the tests takes 1- 2 days to complete, I asked if they
(the results) could be emailed, at which point she informed me that I wouldn't
need them emailed because I wasn't going anywhere. I started arguing with her but was told,
"if you don't start behaving, I'll start taking your temperature rectally,
at which point I became a perfect gentleman.
I did tell her I wanted to see the doctor because I had no intention of
staying overnight.
Now, this is what I want
each of you to understand, please read these next sentences carefully. The doctor finally came in to inform me that
he was going to admit me. I said,
"are you admitting me for treatment or for observation?" He told me that I would be admitted for
observation. I said Doctor, correct me
if I'm wrong, but if you admit me for observation my Medicare will not pay
anything, this due to the affordable care act, he said that's right, it
won't. I then grabbed for my bag of
clothing and said, then I'm going home.
He said you're really too sick to be going home, but I understand your
position, this health program is going to hit seniors especially hard.
The doctor then left the
room and I started getting dressed, I was just getting ready to put my shoes on
when another doctor (the closer) came into the room, he saw me dressed and
said, "Where do you think you are going?" I simply said "I'm going home,” to which
he replied, quite vociferously, “no you aren't.” I said, "Doc, you and I both know that
under the "affordable care act" anyone on Medicare who is admitted to
a hospital for observation will be responsible for the bill, Medicare won't pay
a cent." At which point he nodded in affirmation. I said, "You will either admit me for a
specific treatment or you won't admit me." Realizing he wasn't going to
win this one, he said he would prepare my release papers.
A few minutes later the
discharge nurse came to my room to have me sign the necessary papers, relieving
them from any responsibility. I told her
I wasn't trying to be obstinate, but I wasn't going to be burdened with the
full (financial) responsibility for my hospital stay.
After making sure the door
was closed, she said, "I don't blame you at all, I would do the same
thing." She went on to say, "You wouldn't believe the people
who elect to leave for the same reasons, people who are deathly sick, people
who have to be wheeled out on a gurney."
She further said, "The 'Affordable Care Act' is going to be a
disaster for seniors. Yet, if you are in
this country illegally, and have no coverage, you will be covered in
full."
This is not internet hype
folks, this is real, I just experienced it personally. Moving right
along, this gets worse.
Today I went to a (required)
follow up appointment with my Arizona Family Practitioner. Since my white count was pretty high, the
follow up was important. During the visit I shared the experience at emergency,
and that I had refused to be admitted.
His response was "I don't blame you at all, I would have done the
same thing." He went on to say that the colonoscopy and other
procedures are probably going to be dropped from coverage for those over 70.
I told him that I had heard
that the affordable care act would no longer pay for cancer treatment for those
76 and older, is that true? His
understanding is that it is true.
The more I hear, and
experience the Affordable Care Act, the more I'm beginning to see that we
seniors are nothing more than an inconvenience, and the sooner they can get rid
of us the better off they'll be.
November is coming folks, we
can have an impact on this debacle by letting everyone in Congress know that
their responsibility is to the constituents, not the president and not the
lobbyists. We need to let them ALL know
that they are in office to serve and to look after the BEST INTERESTS of
"we the people", their employers, and not to become self serving
bureaucrats who serve only out of greed.
And if they don't seem to understand this simple logic, we'll fire them.
On the mend, (signed)
REMEMBER: Demand your
hospital admission is for TREATMENT and NOT for OBSERVATION!
Obituaries
Sammie
Bush, 65, former Snyder resident
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/sitemaker/sites/becker0/obit.cgi?user=1296660Bush
Useful
Links:
Becker
Funeral Home of Snyder, OK
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder
Peoples
Cooperative Funeral
http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/who-we-are/history
Ray
and Martha’s Funeral Home of Hobart,
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http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery
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