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Happy Belated Birthday Joyfulguy

20 years ago

Hope you had a wonderful day Joyful Ed!

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joyfulguy
20 years ago
Thank you - that I did.

Repaired some pants - patched back pockets so that my keys don't fall out.

Now I have to fix some holes in the floor of the van so that my feet (or those of my passenger) don't fall out. Like they say - be sure to wear your seatbelt!

I think that's going to wait till spring!

Darned some socks.

Daughter called from the Caribbean, renting a sailboat with friends and scuba diving - for upwards of two months. Was recently laid off and returned to Canada (which included paying off the lien on her recently purchased automobile before she could bring it across the border).

Brother called, the retiring farmer in Saskatchewan with whom I spent our first Christmas together in many years.

Son (local) and a couple of friends.

Will probably go out on the town with son and daughter on her return - in a couple of weeks.

Renewed my auto licence and driving licence the day before - after Senior Men's Coffee gathering in church which I attended as a kid (where I sang in choir before voice change).

They had a cupcake each, with one candle on top, for another old guy and me whose birthdays are in January.

With the increase in consumerism and so many of us feeling more pushed than a few years ago, seems to me that we seniors, many of whom enjoy the privilege of pensions, should do what we can to volunteer in our communities, to help things run more smoothly in our society.

With many grandparents living so far away, perhaps some of us can be substitute Grandparents for some local kids.

What a great world that we live in! (And - we should take better care of it, not mess it up for our grandkids).

With a wider variety of cultural patterns in our community and country as a result of increased immigration in recent years, it is important that we learn of the ways of life that others have followed. I've found that, if one listens when living among people of different cultures, often the way that they do things makes a lot of sense - after all, their forebears have been improving their society for many generations.

We need to become more familiar with other religions, as well.

Good wishes to you and yours for the days ahead.

ole joyful
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Again - thanks for your good wishes on my birthday. Waldie, a cousin, and I were friends in our small high school, where he often played the piano at noon hour. He liked horses, rode one to school and parked it in my Dad's Mom's brother-in-law's barn. He helped his Dad, who was a member of our provincial legislature for several years, operate a timber business, and later began an auction business, from which he retired several years ago. He and his family loved music, and often performed. His son told me, when I spoke of their nobility in having performed while their father and grandfather was dying, that his last verbal communication with his father was that when he told his Dad that they were going to play at the gathering that night, his Dad sat part way up, said, "Good" and smiled. The show must go on. He was a jolly, friendly man, of integrity, who built many friendships, so there was a large crowd in attendance at the visitation and the church was nearly filled this morning for his funeral which included a number of stories about him, the family playing their fiddles, bass, mandolin, autoharp, etc. and singing, and a good deal of laughter, and applause - Waldie wouldn't have wanted it otherwise - and we sang, "What a friend we have in Jesus" and "The battle hymn of the republic". How much happier world ours would be were it peopled by more like he was. We'll miss Waldie at the Old Farts' club ... as we miss others on their departure. I've said sometimes that one of the best tributes that we can pay at the death of someone whom we admire is to examine the things about them that pleased us, tweak one or two of the good things so that they'd fit our lifestyle, and emulate those qualities within our own lives. I had just started down the lunch line ... when I remembered that, having skipped breakfast, and about to have a blood test that required fasting, I was about to misbehave ... so abandoned the line. Haven't et - yet: filled with expectations .... but the belly says, "I don't find them nearly that full-filling" ole joyfuelled
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