Opinion
Sayings, Quotes & Metaphors
There’s a saying that goes, “Sometimes there are just no words,” and I find myself in such a position, with no words or inspiration for an article. That hasn’t always been a deterrent to writing. In fact, it was part of my writing training. In high school English, we’d be tasked to write a 500-word essay from time to time on a topic of our choosing for the next day’s assignment. I was a naïve country kid growing up on a farm on a dead-end road. What was I supposed to write about that could be of interest? I had no idea.
Notes from all over
I retired earlier this year. I worked at UPS for 40 years. I’ve had a lot of people say you are lucky to be able to retire so young. Well, yes and no. I know of quite a few people who have retired at earlier ages and many who haven’t been able to do so. When I was promoted to full-time at UPS, part of my total compensation was in stock. I was told I wasn’t allowed to sell it unless I spoke to a District Manager and asked for permission, and based on what you told him he would allow you to or not – but basically the answer was a hard “NO.” When I saw the statement after the first year, it was like 1 or 2 thousand dollars. They said this will be worth a fortune someday, just let your money grow through compounding interest.
Notes from all over
Our lake home is over 40 years old and so are the garage doors. My brother-in-law, Warren, has been wanting to replace them. Last week we planned to do it. He had already ordered everything and it was delivered to the house. I thought we were doing it together, but he had me help demo and then said he’d only need help now and again. I decided to insulate the garage and put up 1/2-inch plywood on the bottom four feet and then slat board above the plywood so we would have ease at hanging items. I called the Cook Building Center and they had the plywood and insulation. I asked for it to be delivered in the next few days. They showed up that afternoon with everything and placed it in the garage.
Flight 236
Last week there was an error with Leo’s column last week, the first part of his column was missing. We are running it again this week in its entirety.
