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FANCY PEOPLE, BUT NOT TOO FANCY

September 2, 2024 by David Gillaspie

My wife and I are not fancy people, but one of us is more than the other. As it should be, as long as it’s not me. I’ve seen fancy and come away with the same feelings each time: No Thanks.

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LONG RELATIONSHIPS? I’M A FAN

August 27, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Long relationships that have stood the test of time amaze me. Call me befuddled, bemused, bewildered. How can anyone do it, let alone me? The first thing is finding anyone able to put up with your crap. It’s works even better when they don’t consider your crap to be crap. Take my wife, please.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bad boyfriend, beer, being married, drink beer, friends, friendship, getting married, good will, honor, honorable, hope, kids, long relationships, long time married, married, relationships, thankful, trust, trustworthy, you

BACKING UP AND ADDING ON

August 26, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Backing up into a parking space is normal? It’s getting that way, but there’re still holdouts. – People who always back into to parking spaces think they better than us. – I back into my parking space in the garage and the garage is inclined up…I also do it with a manual transmission car, […]

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ADVERSITY STAGE FOR THE WIN

August 25, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The adversity stage was set for a beautiful Oregon afternoon in the woods. Why adversity? Cannonball Adderley: You know, sometimes we’re not prepared for adversity.

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GRACEFUL LIFE WITH ELEGANCE AND POISE

August 23, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A graceful life begins with good health and proper hydration. The good health part is keeping mechanically sound enough to do hard things now and then. For proper hydration for doing those hard things, drink water in between this dandy beer. ($12.00 in the store, $3 for a six pack at Rogue’s Garage Sale. I’ll […]

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NEW IDEA GETS OLD TOO SOON?

August 19, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Remember that new idea that was going to change everything? It was so obvious, so perfect. What happened? You forgot about it, didn’t write it down. Or one of your trusted sources said, “Your new idea will never work.”

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UTIME WITH A U-TURN

August 18, 2024 by David Gillaspie

You know what cuts into my uTime? Answering eMails on my iPhone. There’re are more cuts, and that’s expected, but how can you tell when you achieve full and complete uTime? What are the signals for the reaching the whole meTime?

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PRACTICAL ADVICE FROM A BLOGGER?

August 16, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Practical advice in terms of usable information usually comes from a pro in the field. From a blogger? Not so much. You need a trusted source, not some yahoo on a keyboard. But here we are.

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DOING MORE? MORE WHAT?

August 9, 2024 by David Gillaspie

‘Doing more’ is the vibe hanging over me, maybe you too. ‘Make your time count.’ ‘Give your all.’ ‘Don’t waste your energy.’

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: advocate, blogger, boomers, do more, doing great, history, husband, MARRIAGE, more, more what, normal day, old men, old timers, travel, wife, writer

DRAW LINES, BUT KEEP IT QUIET

August 2, 2024 by David Gillaspie

If you want to set a border, first draw lines. Could be a property line, could be a county line, or state line. Why not start with some internal work first? Internal work? What’s that?

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