George Walters Blog

Now I know a lot of you folks out there would like to believe that this getting older doesn’t bother you.  But for me, well I am not saying getting older bothers me just certain things get to me once in awhile./  For Example.

AAADD

Thank goodness there’s a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A…A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden .
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills
back
on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think,
since I’m going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table,
and see that there is only one check left.
My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Coke I’d been drinking.

I’m going to look for my checks,
but first I need to push the Coke aside
so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.

The Coke is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye–they need water.

I put the Coke on the counter and
discover my reading glasses that
I’ve been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk,
but first I’m going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when I go to watch TV,
I’ll be looking for the remote,
but I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
but first I’ll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers,
but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table,
get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to
remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:
the car isn’t washed
the bills aren’t paid
there is a warm can of
Coke sitting on the counter
the flowers don’t have enough water,
there is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can’t find the remote,
I can’t find my glasses,
and I don’t remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day,
and I’m really tired.

Hmm now that we are getting older, it seems that the old mind sends me signals that kind of make me sit up and take notice every so often.  This here poem kind of says it all.  A good  friend of ours, Donna sent it to me.  Take a look

Forgetter Be Forgotten?
My forgetter’s getting better,
But my rememberer is broke
To you that may seem funny
But, to me, that is no joke

For when I’m ‘here’ I’m wondering
If I really should be ‘there’
And, when I try to think it through,
I haven’t got a prayer!

Oft times I walk into a room,
Say ‘what am I here for?’
I wrack my brain, but all in vain!
A zero, is my score.

At times I put something away
Where it is safe, but, Gee!
The person it is safest from
Is, generally, me!

When shopping I may see someone,
Say ‘Hi’ and have a chat,
Then, when the person walks away
I ask myself, ‘who the heck was that?

Yes, my forgetter’s getting better
While my rememberer is broke,
And it’s driving me plumb crazy
And that isn’t any joke.

Well cool morning here this morning.  Down to around 54.  Old bones feel it too, so started a two stick fire to take the chill out.  Feels good too.  Vegetable garden is doing great this year even with the above normal temperatures when I was planting.  I like to ease my plants out into the garden so they get accustomed to the soil slowly.  But this year it got hot and stayed hot for a couple weeks.  One then has to just keep them watered and hilled up and problems are solved.  Road work here in Port Loring is going to schedule and should have our new highway all paved by the end of August.  Don’t really like all the construction, but one has to take a bit of not so good items to get to the good items.  Will look nice when all said and done and a heck of a lot smoooooooother.  Well you folks have a great day.  Raining here this morning as well as the cooler temperatures.  So think I will get my fishing gear all ready to go for the season.   Season now is open for pike and pickerel but I like to wait till them pesky black flies take to leaving.   Also Bass fishing will be opening the fourth Thursday of June, so lookin’ forward to that.  Talk Soon

Well folks it is that time of year again.  Farmers Markets are back on line and waiting to see ya.  Why shop a farmers market?? Well for one thing you eat healthy for a change and also you will be supporting the last of a kind here in this country we call Canada.  Below is a link to the North Bay Farmers Market, but there are lots of others too.  You just have to seek them out.   Nothing like fresh fruit an vegetables, let me tell ya.

Click Link Below

North Bay Downtown Farmers’ Market

I have spoken quite often to folks at different engagements on Diabetes, in how to treat it and eliminate it from your system.  For most parts Diabetes has been brought on to us humans from the foods we eat.  The quickest cure would be to get off all processed foods, especially the meats. Once you do that, get to soaking some good old white navy beans in a pot with some sea salt over night and then put them into your slow cooker for an afternoon, stirring them every once in awhile. Some fresh herbs thrown in for taste would help too. Beans contain carbohydrates along with as much protein as an ounce of meat, good protein. Beans also contain magnesium and fiber. If you do these two things, I seriously believe your Diabetes will just dissapear, not over night, as one has to remember how long one has been abusing ones body.  I would say in two months, you would be seeing an improvement that would make you sit up and say hey!  Dam that was simple>  Remember folks, you are what you eat, and more so you are what you absorb through your skin. So do the research, then get to looking after yourself.  I should also say that when I say looking after yourself, I mean looking after yourself. Don’t believe everything that these so called Powers That Be is tellin’ you to be the  truth, as in my eyes it isn’t.  You do it, you learn, I know you can.

My Sister sent me this atricle and figured it is worth being on  my Blog as it is so true.   Take  a look.

Wait till they Harmonize the PST & GST in Ontario.  Ouch Ouch Ouch

Tax his land,
Tax his  bed,
Tax the table
At which he’s fed.

Tax  his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!

Tax  his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax  his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid.

When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.

Accounts ReceivableTax
Airline surcharge tax
Airline FuelTax
Airport MaintenanceTax
Building PermitTax
CigaretteTax
Corporate IncomeTax
DeathTax
Dog LicenseTax
Driving PermitTax
EnvironmentalTax (Fee)
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment  (UI)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Gasoline Tax (too much per litre)
Gross ReceiptsTax
HealthTax
Hunting LicenseTax
HydroTax
InheritanceTax
InterestTax
LiquorTax
LuxuryTaxes
Marriage LicenseTax
MedicareTax
MortgageTax
Personal IncomeTax
PropertyTax
PovertyTax
Prescription DrugTax
Provincial Income and sales tax
Real EstateTax
Recreational VehicleTax
Retail SalesTax
Service ChargeTax
SchoolTax
Telephone FederalTax
Telephone Federal, Provincial and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Vehicle  License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
WaterTax
Watercraft  RegistrationTax
Well PermitTax
Workers CompensationTax
— and in 2010 the HST

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?      Not one of these taxes existed 60 years ago, & our nation was one of the most  prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt, had a large  middle class, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What in “Hell” happened? Can you spell ‘politicians?’

Now I don’t know about you folks, but take a look at this fellows set up for taking a shower, saving electricity and not having to do much physical work turning the light on.   I would have to say it is a pretty good idea other than  the safety factor here.   I also would like to mention, which I am sure you are aware of, right? That not to try it yourself, for numerous reasons.  But hey it takes all kinds to make this old world and this picture does show you that.  At any rate, a little humour for a Saturday morning.. Click On Picture To Enlarge.