| 6ixStringJack: Yeah... Boy... when my internet goes down for half a day it's almost as bad as when my power is completely out. Especially if it's cold out and I can't just go outside to get some stuff done. It's crazy how addicted we are to tech without realizing it. If it weren't for my pretty numerous outages around here, I wouldn't get that reminder all that often. |
6ixStringJack: "Smarter than the Average Bear". One of my two favorite cartoon catch phrases of all time. It was that from Yogi, and "Work Smart, Not Hard" from Scrooge McDuck. Always remembered a Donald Duck cartoon with his nephews too where he was trying to teach them why saving was important and the piggy bank he gave them would play a song that said "Take my advice, do as I say, save a little money for a rainy day" every time they put a coin in it.  |
6ixStringJack: The only person I know who likes talking about religion is my brother. If it ever starts coming up, I'll let him know I'll humor him for 5 minutes and we're going to need to change the subject. It's just about as annoying to me as my old man talking about Football. Just something I gotta suffer through on occasion while realizing I'm sure there are things I care enough to talk about that bores them out of their skulls too.  |
| Brenda: I am grateful too. Civilization is nice with all the electronics around that we can play with Unless they decide to go wonky. |
| Brenda: Yup, and I can't stand it. I've said time and time again that I have no truck with their religion. But every so often it is trotted out and have to say leave alone. And I don't even have to luxury of swearing at them and trust me it is sooo very tempting. Well, here being I guess about 20years older than me probably makes her think that I should think like that. But no thank you. A friend of my mum's that these people knew tried that when I was a child. She found out the hard way it doesn't work with me. I know too much about the natural world and such to believe that. As my Blair used to say about me smarter than the average bear. |
| Brenda: Okay. I just didn't want to think that I had disrupted our nice conversation is all. |
| 6ixStringJack: I'm sure everyone had bad blood in their family at some point. I'm just kind of grateful that we've lived in such a relatively chill world compared to where or when we could have been born. Civilization is kind of nice, despite all the drawbacks and daily annoyances. |
| 6ixStringJack: Yeah, about the boss, right? I never had one that tried pushing God onto me myself, but then again I never had a job that seems as personal as yours does with them either. I've just been working the last 15 or so years on and off way below my abilities and that sets me up to have to eat a shit sandwich every night by a boss that is years younger than me. It usually works out... but the process can't be rushed and is such a chore every time I have to do it. |
| 6ixStringJack: Oh... No. Not at all, Brenda. I didn't think you came off as annoyed at all. Just kinda my thought processes at work is all. I don't mean to be dismissive of what other people believe by forcing my own dismissiveness of everything on anybody is all. You didn't do anything. |
| Brenda: I think a lot of people have some bad in their family tree. And freaking out about it isn't going to do anything about it either. |
| Brenda: Not asking you to find God or take what I think and believe as gospel. My boss certainly loves to do that to me enough. |
| Brenda: Sorry if I came across as annoyed. I didn't mean to. But I do get your point though. We all have our world view. And that is fine by me. |
| 6ixStringJack: And I'm infinitely less likely to believe anything that is going to make me feel bad about myself in any way. I'll leave that for people like Ben Affleck to freak out about when he found out his Great Grandpappy was some general for the South or something and tries to sue the TV show from airing the episode. You ain't got enough to worry about, Ben? What a charmed life you must have lived, buddy. |
| 6ixStringJack: That's not my intention, but I can't change the way I view things now. I can't even remember the last time that I actually believed any "factual" claim I've ever heard about any historical figure. It's all interesting to hear about and keep in mind, but I'm as likely to ever believe any of it as absolute truth as I am to suddenly find God and make my life all about religion. |
| 6ixStringJack: I thought a bit more about it, Brenda, and even considered the fact that you might actually be a little annoyed at my 50/50 thing when it comes to the "heroes" and "villains" I was taught about in history vs. how different everything is today. Because if I don't accept them as 100% factually existing at all in the first place, whether they were actually good, or whether they were actually bad, I'm not even recognizing then by extension the people that you believe existed and did what you believe they did too. |
| Brenda: I will try it later SIX. Thanks, |
| Brenda: Yeah, I understand. One of the stories of Custer was brought up from the US by my aunts and was probably the cause for the Little Big Horn. Another I read in a book purposefully written on my people. Another I just heard somewhere and I don't know if there is any truth in it. |
| Brenda: No worries. Like I said I know something happened but without telling me what it was I just don't remember. Like you said too long ago. |
| THG: Let's be honest here. As long as he is nice to you, that's all you care about. |
| THG: I've also said this; you are who you hang out with. |