¡Nice and peaceful looking, Gordon! ... If you like the looks of THAT tree, El Rod; you oughta take a visit to "Nelson Ledges State Park" in NE Ohio, sometime. There's some similar tree roots there, that actually are exposed for ¿20(+) feet?... The place is dangerous, but; FUN, if you still have "some get up and go" left in ya!!!

Yeah; I most recently had to bring my Birth-Certificate to the "License Bureau"; just to get a "State ID" (Non Driver Identification)!!!

Well, sometimes; you can "lead a horse to water";;; but, ya CAN'T "Roll him over, kneel on his chest and RAM the t***h down his throat"!!!

I did not realize THAT, Jeremy... I, personally don't feel as though a Non-citizen should v**e in our e******ns; OR collect Social Security.

I can't, "for the life of me"; begin to guess, why you would ask me such a question.

I'm thinking that many women could probably do a better job than many men... What I am saying is that a woman "going through" the "Change of Life", belongs NO WHERE NEAR a "Nuclear Football"!!!
¿What makes you think, that I might think; that "anybody globally can just v**e?"
Lemme read back over this...

I've said it before; and I say it now: "we" ALL need to be registered to v**e and be sure to get to the polls and V**E. It is also each of our responsibility, to "do our homework" on the various candidates. ¿How has this person, who is NOW running for office, (in the case of former "elected representatives" {Senator or City Council Member or anything in between})... v**ed in the past? ... I'm of the opinion, that the way people HAVE v**ed (referring to former "Lawmaker Candidates") is a fair indication of how they WILL v**e, in the future. [Of course, that doesn't ALWAYS "hold true".] ... In the case of v****g for President of the United States of America; ... ¿¿¿¡¡¡Do any of you even REMEMBER what it was like, when a female family member "went through the change of life"!!!??? ... ¿¡Do you REALLY wanna risk THAT, "at the helm" of our Nation!?

Yes, it's been a L-O-N-G while... Hope everything is OK, at "your end of things" & that you do, indeed, have a happy Birthday!!

Yeah, Passingbye; it may well BE; that the Good LORD, has SOME "fitting reason" for allowing us to be breathing Earth-Air, today!!

Thanks, Henry... Just another day of "trying to clearly and plainly recognize the most important, next right thing to do"!!

. It is like this God has his hand on some people and you're not going anywhere until God calls us home. So when it's my time to go God got his hand on me and I'll be ready to go home.[/quote]

I'd say that THAT'S, a "pretty good outlook" on the whole matter.
The last time I died, they had "gone the extra mile" and "put me into" what the doctor called "a drug induced coma"; to keep me from moving at all, for ¡3×days!... I "came to" on the ¿3rd day, I guess?; with 7× tubes and hoses running in and out of me... 3 of those, we're substantial sized hoses, through my right rib cage, to deal with the right lung being collapsed, as a result of one of my own ribs, punching a hole, in my right lung!

¡Happy Birthday, CDB!

Passingbye; I'm sure sorry to hear of all of your difficulties... It sounds like you've had plenty.
I myself, have been literally dead TWICE; survived too many "incidents and accidents" to even try to be listing them here... Sometimes I feel like I could write a book and call it: "Here's What NOT To Do"... Hang in there, Man! (¿Were you "a Bicentennial Edition", graduating from highschool?) {I was}

I'm glad you are still breathing Earth-Air, and capable of sharing these recollections with us, Bob... Once I get myself a different address, I will get back into reading your books. My physical condition, barely allows me, to keep up with the "Suzy Homemaker Duties" around here... My "other 1/2" passed away a good many years ago, so... She had developed lung cancer, it metastisized (not sure of the spelling of THAT, anymore); spread into her brain and, shortly thereafter, she was dead. It all happened, within 2× years, directly after my house burning... It's a long story...

Actually Henry; Mr. Samples HAS written at least 2× books, that I'm aware of... If you "PM" to Bob, I'd bet he's still got some, or has the ability to get another "run" outta the printer/ book binder; if enough interest we're shown. I just "haven't had the time" to enjoy them properly; even though I'm "unemployable" (physically) myself; it just seems like "it's just 1 thing after the next", continuously, in my life; for WAY TOO LONG of a time.
Send Mr. Samples a "Private Message" ... I remember enjoying the amount that I HAVE so far gotten to read. I've got "too many irons in the fire" and am 99.9999% sure, that I need to find a different address, and THAT; very soon.