Welcome To Case's Column
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
The Bottler Did It? Yep - And A List Of Suggestions
Forget your New Year's resolutions. I've made my one and that one will be kept (and also, to a degree, not kept), and that's for me not to make any resolutions for this year. What can I do instead? Make a list of suggestions to people in this world in which we live.
Number one: Bottlers
First of all, you know how full these bottlers fill water bottles and iced tea jugs to almost beyond capacity. That's right, when you open one up to pour said substance into a glass, you proceed to spill a little of your product. Soda pop, not so much. But you do see overfilling occurring frequently with water and iced tea. Here's my suggestion to these bottlers: Ease up. You should stop the liquid about an inch or so from the very top of the spout, not all the way up. If we don't think that it's enough liquid in the bottle, then by golly, we'll buy a second one for grins. In the meantime, you bottlers out there need to make things easier for pourers all over America. Spillage is such a waste.
Number two: State Lines
As much as I travel (and doodle around on Google Maps' street view), I'm seeing more and more signs missing from state lines. Now, not those "Welcome" signs creatively placed on the right side of the road just inside the line of the approached state by travelers. I'm referring to the ones your department of transportation faithful are supposed to technically have at each state line. They should be piggy-backed in the median of the interstate highway you are on. In one direction is the state you are going into, and in the other, well, is the state you are currently moving away from because you are not going towards it. These missing signs are more frequent in more states. I think Texas is down to one or two now. Sad. Here's my suggestion to our DOT employees: Get those signs up. They're for the benefit of all travelers or an overzealous Phlash Phelps who wouldn't mind getting a photo op with one of those.
Number three: Liberals
Barack Obama, do us all a favor. Go away. Just go away. Go play golf like you always desired to. You might not get a hole-in-one, but it sure as hell beats your poison-filled pen giving us yet another reason to vote your policies and political party out of office. We're seeing left-wing savages do everything possible to force a hostile takeover of our great America, be it by violence or intimidation. The sore losers are still seething over Donald John Trump's recent win of the 45th presidency in November to a point way beyond sanity. Whatever happened to Loretta Lynch's suggestion about spreading love? Didn't she say something like that at one time, about it as a way to beat terrorism? Love? Perhaps you folks on the left need to practice that rather than start riots in various places to silence an opposition that you will never squelch. Obama, lefties, and the like, get over it! Your damn party lost on Election Day because real Americans are fed up, and, therefore, we've stood up. Liberalism hasn't worked and will not work. Here's my suggestion to all of you savages with that persuasion and motivation: Go away! Hate America? I said this in a previous post and I will repeat, and that's love it or leave it. More power to President-elect Donald Trump, who will be expected to erase much of Obama's garbage-filled executive orders, mindless regulations, and enormous debt. Leftists, you have failed. We've watched you insult fellow Americans and make fools of yourselves by pretending that we don't know what's going on or we can't be self-reliant. The gig is up. Shut up already, and go away, lefties!
Number four: Drivers
Everywhere you drive, you see all kinds of drivers, and you have to wonder what goes on in their minds. And that wonder sometimes becomes the order of the moment when you are at a traffic signal. If you're in the lane with the flashing yellow arrow, then the car in front of you may have a driver that has no idea what he/she's doing after six cars in the opposite lane have passed............and two of them provided ample opportunity for the driver to turn and go into the intended street or parking lot...........and the car doesn't budge!
People even today still need to learn the concept of FYA and what yellow really represents. It's not that hard. In addition, other drivers want to jockey for position in the lane they're in, hoping that the driver in front of them would move up enough so that said drivers would not block the intersection. And guess what? Blocking the intersection has become a national pastime of sorts because some folks think they just own the dadgummed road. I don't take chances and I don't anticipate. Always allow a few feet in front of you and always stop if you don't think you can make it completely through an intersection. My suggestion? Learn to drive.
Well, that's a short list of suggestions for the world today. I could offer number five, and that's keep reading my blog page. But I really don't have to tell you that.
), and that's for me not to make any resolutions for this year. What can I do instead? Make a list of suggestions to people in this world in which we live.Number one: Bottlers
First of all, you know how full these bottlers fill water bottles and iced tea jugs to almost beyond capacity. That's right, when you open one up to pour said substance into a glass, you proceed to spill a little of your product. Soda pop, not so much. But you do see overfilling occurring frequently with water and iced tea. Here's my suggestion to these bottlers: Ease up. You should stop the liquid about an inch or so from the very top of the spout, not all the way up. If we don't think that it's enough liquid in the bottle, then by golly, we'll buy a second one for grins. In the meantime, you bottlers out there need to make things easier for pourers all over America. Spillage is such a waste.
Number two: State Lines
As much as I travel (and doodle around on Google Maps' street view), I'm seeing more and more signs missing from state lines. Now, not those "Welcome" signs creatively placed on the right side of the road just inside the line of the approached state by travelers. I'm referring to the ones your department of transportation faithful are supposed to technically have at each state line. They should be piggy-backed in the median of the interstate highway you are on. In one direction is the state you are going into, and in the other, well, is the state you are currently moving away from because you are not going towards it.
These missing signs are more frequent in more states. I think Texas is down to one or two now. Sad. Here's my suggestion to our DOT employees: Get those signs up. They're for the benefit of all travelers or an overzealous Phlash Phelps who wouldn't mind getting a photo op with one of those. Number three: Liberals
Barack Obama, do us all a favor. Go away. Just go away. Go play golf like you always desired to. You might not get a hole-in-one, but it sure as hell beats your poison-filled pen giving us yet another reason to vote your policies and political party out of office. We're seeing left-wing savages do everything possible to force a hostile takeover of our great America, be it by violence or intimidation. The sore losers are still seething over Donald John Trump's recent win of the 45th presidency in November to a point way beyond sanity. Whatever happened to Loretta Lynch's suggestion about spreading love? Didn't she say something like that at one time, about it as a way to beat terrorism? Love? Perhaps you folks on the left need to practice that rather than start riots in various places to silence an opposition that you will never squelch. Obama, lefties, and the like, get over it! Your damn party lost on Election Day because real Americans are fed up, and, therefore, we've stood up. Liberalism hasn't worked and will not work. Here's my suggestion to all of you savages with that persuasion and motivation: Go away! Hate America? I said this in a previous post and I will repeat, and that's love it or leave it. More power to President-elect Donald Trump, who will be expected to erase much of Obama's garbage-filled executive orders, mindless regulations, and enormous debt. Leftists, you have failed. We've watched you insult fellow Americans and make fools of yourselves by pretending that we don't know what's going on or we can't be self-reliant. The gig is up. Shut up already, and go away, lefties!
Number four: Drivers
Everywhere you drive, you see all kinds of drivers, and you have to wonder what goes on in their minds. And that wonder sometimes becomes the order of the moment when you are at a traffic signal. If you're in the lane with the flashing yellow arrow, then the car in front of you may have a driver that has no idea what he/she's doing after six cars in the opposite lane have passed............and two of them provided ample opportunity for the driver to turn and go into the intended street or parking lot...........and the car doesn't budge!
People even today still need to learn the concept of FYA and what yellow really represents. It's not that hard. In addition, other drivers want to jockey for position in the lane they're in, hoping that the driver in front of them would move up enough so that said drivers would not block the intersection. And guess what? Blocking the intersection has become a national pastime of sorts because some folks think they just own the dadgummed road. I don't take chances and I don't anticipate. Always allow a few feet in front of you and always stop if you don't think you can make it completely through an intersection. My suggestion? Learn to drive. Well, that's a short list of suggestions for the world today. I could offer number five, and that's keep reading my blog page. But I really don't have to tell you that.
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