Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Inspiration for blogs comes from...YOU!



And today’s new Facebook friends are many and mostly from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand as well as one even from exotic North Carolina! Kidding, a USA state, in my own backyard.

Something that appears to be a wonderful thing initially is … that we are all friendly to one another. It takes time to find things that you do have in common or not that long, as with my one newbie friend… the commonality of the love of dogs that brought us to a conversation for a bit…
Having friends in different hemispheres can at times be an issue, due to of course the time differences… New Zealand and Australia are anywhere from about sixteen hours ahead or more difference in time from here in the US EST, and even my friends in California are three hours earlier than us here in Florida, while the UK is about six hours ahead only. It all can be rather confusing, not to mention things like Celsius versus Fahrenheit without a converter by my side I can only estimate, example my new Facebook friend in the UK's temp was 20 degrees Celsius today, approximately 68 degrees Fahrenheit, I think and I told him it was brr there and I was right, since we had 88 degrees Fahrenheit and it was downright toasty here, except of course inside where it's air-conditioned and of course where I was! I suppose he too was indoors but he never said. And forget centimeters they tried teaching them to us in our fifth grade class back in 1960, but it failed terribly; we were all too old or too far gone by the age of ten!

The fact that my wanting to open my acceptance to many people when I became a member quite a few years ago with the thought to meet people from all over the world to chat with and learn about and it sort of did work…
But sadly we cannot get together, due to me, not them.

When I was a college student and got to go to Europe and meet people from all over the world then I found them fascinating and willing to be kind and friendly and you know something not that much different from me or anyone here; it’s geography that is different, not people!  
And so when the option on here arrived I went ahead and started to say ‘yes’ to the ones who asked to friend me and for me to seek them out too and in most all cases in with my more than 2,400 friends to date they have been enchanting and interesting and not locked into the theory that you gotta be only the same as me, oh no… they have many dissimilarities, but also many similarities as well or not at all, but who cares, really?

After all, we are all human beings for one, a silly one, but one and we all are on Facebook to either further a business endeavor by networking, meet new people or to just have someone to talk to and that might be a difference, but not too.

In all the people I have met over these years only a few have really pushed me to using my eject buttons, but only fair, since I probably did cause many to do that too to me, ha!
But when I was taught how not to allow anyone post on my timeline for privacy reasons, when they would write things I found objectionable, what a relief that became! Mostly, for me anyway is any religious zealots postings or too sexy/trashy things, foul language too, rub's me the wrong way… okay so I am a heathen prude, huh?
Odd, but true and proud of it…!
Oops I can hear those unfriend buttons registering in cyberspace!
Kidding again, I do hope, really!

Any-who, in closing this has been a roller coaster ride these last few years and all in all it has gotten my heart beat going rather fast, or nearly took my breath away, or made me laugh hysterically or cry uncontrollably or cheer for the underdog, or boo the bad guy or gal and this ride hopefully won’t be over for years to come…! So I just want to welcome those newbies of mine and thank the ones that remain in spite of me… remember one thing, when life gets tough, just smile, it fools the brain or whatever works!

On that note of much ado about you, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages with you know who and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!

PS I did hear back from the pain clinic and the PA, physician’s assistant, John said that since we, meaning me in my past, have already tried everything and it didn’t work or was only temporary, or I was allergic to it or nearly died from it, that he would keep my referral and if he came up with any other ideas he would call me… so I guess I am on my own…oh well, not really. I have Hubby, and number one son, and all of you too, at least to smile?

Which way will the war go?

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