Now that your unpacked and got to test drive the area for a bit, encountered some locals and yokels, and hopefully some actual people that moved to the area from your home town or state its time to list the likes you have of your new or semi-new, or heck if the area is your native home than by all means and ways list what you like! Y'all got it? Well here goes!
Weather! You like or not!
Year round flowers!
Long springs!
Longer Autumns!
Shorts year round! For the hearty ones that is.
Variety of sub divisions to chose from!
Snow is a neat event versus a ho-hum not again event!
No rust on older cars! Amazing if your from the Northeast!
Can fish year round without cutting holes in the water (ice) for us North Easterners!
Pretty country side is usually only 5 minutes or less from where you live anywhere in the triangle.
People R People. No matter what they say!
Day trip to Mountains!
Day trip to Ocean!
And in a lot cases no trip at all to the many lakes, ponds, river, and streams that spot the area!
Good food can be had by all and more is always welcome irregardless if they are called viddles or pickins!
Out away from the city lights the sky at night explodes with the many stars that fill the emptiness of space with the occasional flying star to catch a dream or two on!
Groceries can be cheaper but we all have to eat!
Sure it takes time to get use to this place, remember the place you came from was called home and that is never a easy place to replace! But give it time, explore the area and get involved and this place too will be your new home not only in name but in feeling!
May the triangle, RDU, RTP, Crossroads, the Quay, Wake Forest, Knightdale, Apex, Raleigh, Durham, Zebulon, Oxford, Mossisville, Franklinton, Youngsville, Chapel Hill, Henderson, ...seems like I am forgetting somewhere.
...????......Oh yea! and Cary, be with you!
Oh Tarheels! I forgot to number the above as I did say I would count thy ways!
Weather! You like or not!
Year round flowers!
Long springs!
Longer Autumns!
Shorts year round! For the hearty ones that is.
Variety of sub divisions to chose from!
Snow is a neat event versus a ho-hum not again event!
No rust on older cars! Amazing if your from the Northeast!
Can fish year round without cutting holes in the water (ice) for us North Easterners!
Pretty country side is usually only 5 minutes or less from where you live anywhere in the triangle.
People R People. No matter what they say!
Day trip to Mountains!
Day trip to Ocean!
And in a lot cases no trip at all to the many lakes, ponds, river, and streams that spot the area!
Good food can be had by all and more is always welcome irregardless if they are called viddles or pickins!
Out away from the city lights the sky at night explodes with the many stars that fill the emptiness of space with the occasional flying star to catch a dream or two on!
Groceries can be cheaper but we all have to eat!
Sure it takes time to get use to this place, remember the place you came from was called home and that is never a easy place to replace! But give it time, explore the area and get involved and this place too will be your new home not only in name but in feeling!
May the triangle, RDU, RTP, Crossroads, the Quay, Wake Forest, Knightdale, Apex, Raleigh, Durham, Zebulon, Oxford, Mossisville, Franklinton, Youngsville, Chapel Hill, Henderson, ...seems like I am forgetting somewhere.
...????......Oh yea! and Cary, be with you! Oh Tarheels! I forgot to number the above as I did say I would count thy ways!
Wake Forest, Gosh its a pretty nive place to live!
Posted 03-09-2009 at 08:59 PM by dansdrive
Wake Forest, NC. located in Wake County NC. Some call it Wake's Forest of the Triangle....Ok maybe that's just me. But if you come from the North East, Wake Forest seems to fit. It has some rolling hills and many farming areas.
It has a small town feel but close to Raleigh, you could be down town Raleigh, depending on time of day in about 15 to 30 minutes. You can be at the Virginia border in less than an hour.
It has old Historical homes and some new subdivisions. It certainly worth a look see if your looking and seeing the area. It has transplants from New Jersey, New York, and many other NE State and Mid West and California and....well you get the idea people from all over this great country now calls Wake Forest home!
C'mon down, over, left, or right and check it out you may just like what you see.
It has a small town feel but close to Raleigh, you could be down town Raleigh, depending on time of day in about 15 to 30 minutes. You can be at the Virginia border in less than an hour.
It has old Historical homes and some new subdivisions. It certainly worth a look see if your looking and seeing the area. It has transplants from New Jersey, New York, and many other NE State and Mid West and California and....well you get the idea people from all over this great country now calls Wake Forest home!
C'mon down, over, left, or right and check it out you may just like what you see.
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Friday July 16, 2010 and its 71.1 degrees out. High today projected to reach 87 with thunderstorms possible. A typical summers day! But finally some good news from the Gulf of Mexico. The cap is on! The cap is on! Good news from the bayou the cap is on!
I truly hope it holds but I must ask and I hope its asked of BP and Thad Allen and that is:
Where was this cap 87 days ago?
How is it that a cap was made to fit and appear to work now?
How it it that this cap is stopping all the oil from leaking when others tried before were complete failures or worked a little?
Help us understand why after 87 days a cap can hold back the tremendous pressure of the oil and gas that was not possible just days and weeks ago?
Will we ever know what happened to cause the oil well to blow up and sink? Will we even know why oil and gas had to leak for 87 days and than miraculously get capped? Will we ever know who was really behind this disaster?
Now that its capped its time to clean up the oil.....
If a cap was made to fit and appear to work after 87 days of an unspecified amount of oil has leaked into the Gulf than to me the next phase of this act is that we will hear at some point that much less oil has leaked into the gulf than was once thought.......time will tell.
Quote of the day from James Madison in 1788:
"Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution."
Happy Friday and one of Mr. Madison's greatest fears is coming to pass. Our constitution has become National in nature.Posted 07-16-2010 at 06:11 AM by dansdrive
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Monday July 19, 2010 and it 69.1 degrees out. High to reach a very nice 82 degrees give or take a few tenths. This will mark the last full week in upstate New York for me. In the words of the old Frosty movie character, we shall be "Busy, busy, busy!"; packing up our stuff to head back south. What an adventure this past year was. But I will save my final thoughts for later this week.
Today is about some trips over the past weekend. Got back to Elmira New York for a final visit and went down to Scranton, Pa. yesterday. Seeing Scranton Pa. is like traveling back into time. They have the National Train Museum there with lots of the old big majestic steam engines and big diesels engines. One can go on a passenger train ride for a few hours around the Scranton area, complete with conductors! Scranton is a reminder of our country's industrial past, when coal was king and hard work was for all that wanted it. Scranton was the heart of the coal era, big buildings and large coal mining owners homes. Modern travel back in the day was by train and trolley.
Today Scranton, Pa, is but a shell of its past. The buildings of yester-year are mostly in tack but those buildings lower levels which where small family owned shops, such as shoemakers, clothing stores, tailors, barber shops, planters peanuts store, and five and dime stores have given way to Pizza, cell phone, salons, Chinese restaurants, and countless others businesses of today. Its streets are pitted with potholes and patches. But its character never seems to change and maybe its wishful thinking on my part or just not knowing the area good enough as an outsider but its roots were sowed in Poland and Lithuania, and Ireland, and Italy just to mane a few. Those roots grew with the hope of a better tomorrow for not only themselves but for the 7 or 8 or 10 children they raised. They were poor but they worked hard. They did not take hand outs but helping hands up. Now when one walks the streets of Scranton, Pa. what do they see? Some say they see the blight of what's left of the coal era and the immigrant European families that made coal king and made America the industrial leader that it was. I do know one thing one sees is the buildings of its past greatness and the occasional sounds of the steam engines whistles and wheels churning yet another day.
Quote of the day from William Shatner:
" I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work."
Happy Monday and never let the burden of hard work soften your acceptance of it!
Posted 07-19-2010 at 08:06 AM by dansdrive
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Wednesday July 21, 2010 and its 71.1 degrees out. Clouds and thunderstorms in the forecast for today. As my upstate New York assignment draws to an end the memories are just beginning. It has been an exciting year in our home away from home. It gave new perspectives on the challenges the good people of upstate New York and Northeastern Pa. face. Such as rising taxes and lowering state and local revenues. What just last year took $35 for an out of state fishing license now take $70. Double. The fish are a little bigger this year than last I suppose but that would of happened at $35. There are the same bodies of water I fished on last year at $35 as there are at $70. But when the state is broke the money has to come from someone, anyone, but not from everyone equally. Welcome to the future I suppose.
As someone who enjoys history and historical events this year has been excellent. Seeing towns and villages that have not changed all that much in 150 to 200 years is just a treat beyond reading in books. Seeing the little towns and villages that have churches as their center pieces that reflected on their values and morals as people of faith that got them through every obstacle imaginable from illness to wars yet they persevered. The centerpiece was their faiths but their backbone was hard work and thrust for knowledge. They built barns and machinery to plow fields and plant and harvest the crops. They didn't shop online but shopped in the local towns general store or bartered with a neighbor. Kids learned early that to eat they had to work. Schools were one room school houses that had a variety of ages of students and a single teacher. Yet they survived and some became the leaders of the Industrial Revolution this county went through. A lot became small business owners based on a skill they acquired or a service they could provide. They did it on personal knowledge and dedication and that spirit of they can't fail. Failure was not an option.
They also went deep into the earth to harvest black gold aka coal. 18 hour work days and 6 days a week. As coal was the lifeline of our growing America. The coal miners kids started at the age of 12 sometimes less working sorting the coal brought out from the mines. Work for all was hard and manual but they survived.
Visiting these small towns one can't help but to feel the sense of pride and patriotism these people felt. They were proud of their towns and themselves. The detail they put into their churches, town hall buildings, and homes on their main streets are truly impressive.
So as my year here draws to a close I am forever grateful of having the opportunity to learn about early America first hand from the towns and villages our fore fathers had built up from wilderness. It is also encouraging to know that people still live on these farms and work them to keep the traditions of their fore fathers from becoming extinct. As a country we cannot afford to see this way of life be lost forever.
So the time has come to box up our belongings and get ready for the big trip back south to await the next adventure that life has to offer.
Quote of the day from George Washington in 1789:
"Your love of liberty — your respect for the laws — your habits of industry — and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness. "
Happy Wednesday and when did we lose our 'habits of industry' ....? Without industry I'm afraid we lost our habits of prosperity too!Posted 07-21-2010 at 08:38 AM by dansdrive
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Thursday July 22, 2010 and its 64.9 degrees. Sunny and high projected to be 81 degrees. Nice. It also is one day closer to the big move back south.
Maybe Neil Diamond said it best in his song "I am I said"; give or take a few minor changes.
N.C.'s fine, the sun shines most the time
And the feeling is 'lay back'
Pine trees grow, and taxes are low
But you know I keep thinkin' about
Making my way back
Well I'm Pennsylvania born and raised
But nowadays, I'm lost between the east coast
N.C.'s fine, but its now home
New York's my temporary home, but it ain't mine no more
"I am," I said
To no one there
An no one heard at all
Not even the Tar Heel
"I am," I cried
"I am," said I
And I am lost, and I can't even say why
Leavin' me lonely still.........
Its always hard to leave an area where you met friends
and learned new customs. Where you shared new things
and new life adventures. Where you got to walk in the
foot steps of other people for better or worse. Where
everyday routine gives way to moving chaos and churn.
But that moving day inevitably comes and goes and life
begins to get back to normal.
Quote of the day from Neil Diamond:
"I am, I said"
Happy Thursday!Posted 07-22-2010 at 06:49 AM by dansdrive
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Friday July 23, 2010 and its a raining 62.1 degrees out. Rains to give way to some sun today as we will give way to the big move this coming week. This is my 204th post and most likely my last from upstate NY. My home away from home.
It has been an awesome year that went by seemingly like a weeks vacation. It seemed like yesterday we were packing to come and now we are packing to come home. The sights and sounds of upstate New York will be memories shortly but will be life long memories as well. There were so many places to go and visit yet a year was not nearly enough time to try to capture over 250 years of history. I truly wanted to take that ride on the Erie canal and see the re enactment of the battle of Newton. But for all I did not get to see I truly enjoyed all that I did see. The old small towns that dot upstate New York with the miles of farm fields and pastures that offer a window to a simpler time in America's history. When hard work was rewarded with triumph and failure. Where they worked to eat and did not eat to sit around.
It has been an awesome year that is for sure. I learned so much and met some great people. I enjoyed posting my journey and experiences. I thank all the many readers of this post and wish you all get to upstate New York and Northeaster PA at some point to see first hand the beauty of the area and its people.
I have not decided if I will continue my Blog of my experiences back in North Carolina, time will tell that.
Quote of the day from Paul Harvey:
"Good day!"
Happy Friday and may you be blessed with happiness and the courage to pursue it!Posted 07-23-2010 at 08:06 AM by dansdrive
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July 30, 2010 and its HOT here. Day one back in NC but not settled yet, our belongings got hung up in PA so its hotel time until Monday............oh well extra few days to get our NC home ready.
Quote of the day from Yogi Berra:
"It ain't over till its over!"
Happy Friday and singing oh where oh where is our moving truck? Oh where oh where has it gone?Posted 07-30-2010 at 08:05 AM by dansdrive
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Wednesday August 4, 2010 and its NC hot 80.5 degrees. Good to be back and getting settled back home. A year gone by and much has changed. From our areas roads to the many new things that have been built here and are under construction. This is like another world from that in upstate NY.
In upstate NY if one new building got built it was good news, here in NC building is going on like there was never an recession. If things slowed due to the recession it was with residential homes all other commercial projects have been pedal to the middle and moving forward. It is just a tale of two areas, one growing and one declining.
My view on the two areas is simple, upstate NY traditional, deep rooted customs, little changes, chocked by taxes which drives up labor cost and stifles growth. While in NC lower taxes drives lower labor cost and revs up growth. From new homes, offices, stores, streets, and you name they are building it. Makes one from upstate NY head spin.
Quote of the day from Benjamin Franklin:
"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success, have no meaning."
Happy Wednesday and Mr. Franklin may have summed up the difference between upstate NY and NC best....Posted 08-04-2010 at 08:45 AM by dansdrive
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Thursday August 5, 2010 and its 76.8 degrees out and will climb to 99 degrees. Big thunder busters last night, lot of lightning and power went out for a few minutes. How do I know that, 1. I was still up. 2. Alarm clock was flashing this am....more isolated thunderstorms on tap for today.
Got to drive around abit since we are back in our NC home. Just within a few miles of our home there is construction everywhere. New roads, new hotels, new homes, new business, new churches, new schools, new auto dealerships, new stores, as you can tell the operative word is 'new'. My goodness its amazing. If I was just doing a snap shot and a slide presentation of this area the audience would think they were not in America. What recession? It is like future shock coming from upstate New York this past year and seeing little to no new anything to this.
Something here works. Some of it maybe people looking for a better tomorrow and move here. Some are looking for fortunes and move here. Some just want a change and move here. Some are starting their professional careers and move here. Some have family and friends that moved here so they move here. Whatever the reason or reasons it seems to be working.
From the year ago that I left I have seen the roadways being more full, more semi trucks on the highways, and car lots that have more cars in them. The economic engine has begun to pick up speed at least from this persons viewpoint. I also see people driving faster these days, where before when gas prices were higher they drove slower to conserve fuel. That seems to be a distant memory or nightmare depending on your perspective.
Quote of the day by Samuel Adams in 1779:
"If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great Security."
Happy Thursday!Posted 08-05-2010 at 06:44 AM by dansdrive
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Saturday August 7, 2010 and its 78.4 degrees out. Was a beautiful evening. Took the ole lab for a walk around the neighborhood as the sun set. The sun set was spectacular. The tree insects where humming their constant song of summer. No deer tonight but a few visit our yard each day grazing on the plants. Some young fawns are with them. My lab just lays on the back porch and could not be bothered with the deer in the least. They look at her to make a move but that ain't happening. She is content with being back in NC as we are.
Tonight was the first time since we are back that I got to get out and walk our neighborhood or what I call a touch on heaven. Its quiet heavily wooded and quiet. The walking pace is slow as its still hot out and our ole lab is just happy walking and sniffing the area.
Good to be home!
Have a great weekend all!Posted 08-07-2010 at 08:21 PM by dansdrive
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Monday August 9, 2010 and its 72.2 degrees out heading to a toasty 94 degrees. Little chance of rain but lot of chance of sun today, all day in fact. As the forecast put it, blazing sun today and if yesterdays sunset was an indication of today's sun it will be smoking hot!
I forgot what it was to work outside in the NC summer months. I believe I sweat enough over the past weekend to raise the Neuse river up an inch! But boy did it feel good. Cut down a lot of over growth on our property. Amazing how much grows in the year we were gone. As we were cutting, sawing, and hauling away our lab laid comfortably in the shade of our garage watching us.....what is wrong with that picture? Ha! I will wait till it cools down to tackle the back yard forest.
Its good to be back in NC!
Quote of the day from Abraham Lincoln:
"Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step over the ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! -- All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a Thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
Happy Monday and may the sweat of your brow allow you to achieve your goals one drop at a time!Posted 08-09-2010 at 05:48 AM by dansdrive
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Wednesday August 11, 2010 and its already 79.5 degrees out in route to 98 degrees. AS they say when its Hot, Hot, Hot! You can find me In, In In...side that is!
Nice calm drive into the office this am. Sunrise was beautiful with the suns reddish glow coming up over the horizon with a few scattered clouds screens the early morning sun. Picture perfect! Traffic was light but it certainly is heavier than I remember when I left a year ago. Speeds have certainly increased too. When the gas prices were higher people tended to drive slower to conserve gas.
Quote of the day from George Washington in 1789:
"(T)he foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality; ...the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained..."
Happy Wednesday and hoping your hump in the day is a little one!Posted 08-11-2010 at 05:11 AM by dansdrive
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Friday August 13, 2010 and its 74.6 outside climbing up to 93 or so degrees. Bit cooler than recent days but still August hot! What's not hot is the economy. Its taking its fall cool down early. Seems to have been the recovery of smoke and mirrors.
Seems that good old fashion personal fiscal responsibility has taking root again. People are realizing that a bank account with money in it is far better than a few credit cards with outstanding balances on them. They are realizing they can live with what they have and buy only what they need.
This in the long run will fix the American economy. Saving money instead of spending it will benefit our children and their children. Saved money will be invested by banks to build homes and factories. Saved money will give people security and allow them to feel good about the purchasing power they have.
Borrowed money at every level of the economy is only good in the short term. Our government is borrowing at record rates to make us all feel good, so in a way they are treating the symptoms but we still have the disease. That disease is spending more than we have. Purchase now pay later..and later...and later....Ok some will never pay it back in their life times.
Time has come to save our way of life and to save and pay in cash every chance possible. Have money in the bank because rainy days do come. Have money to lend a friend or family member in need. Be the example of living within your means and not like someone your not. Have that five, seven, or ten year old car. Read and be educated to make wise decisions an not ones formulated from what infomercials tells you.
So the best way to heat up the economy for the long run is spend less and save more. What your saving is your children and grand children future.
Quote of the day from George Washington in 1784:
"The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail. "
Happy Friday and what George said my 1784 is no less important than as in 2010 and 3020 for that matter. Have a great weekend!Posted 08-13-2010 at 05:41 AM by dansdrive
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Tuesday 08/17/2010 and it was another warm day, high low 90's but after 85 its all about the same. Tomorrow chance of thunderstorms and high 90, next day chance of thunderstorms high 90.....and so on and so on.
But its all good as all I have to think about is January and February in upstate NY and a typical forecast. High to be single digits, should get above zero around mid day, snow showers and overcast. Wind 10 to 20 miles per hour from the northwest, windchill will feel like 20 below. Gosh I love the 90 degree temps!
As I drive around Wake Forest and points south I am still awe struck at times with the amount of construction going on, from roads, retail, homes, offices, apartments, hotels, and you name it its being built! Its amazing how no one told this area we just had a deep recession, maybe the mother of all recessions. But not here, simply amazing.
Coming from upstate New York the land time forgotten to here is a pure change warp. But why, how can this part of the country be so different than upstate New York?
Does it start with taxes and end in wage differences? Is it weather? People are people and stores are stores for the most part. So that is a draw. But it has to be something. It maybe something one can't put a finger on or a hand for that matter. But it is something. So the quest will be to find out what it is.
I enjoyed exploring upstate New York for the history and old town look and feel. Here it will be watching the area advance and grow. It certainly has a lot of history too, right here in Wake Forest there is lots to learn and see about history. But its the growth and change that is the most intriguing. The newness of most everything one sees is pretty cool.
In fact the migration to NC started way back during pre Revolutionary times. This founding father Joseph Hews migrated to NC from NJ in 1760 and went into politics. Successfully one may add. So this migration has been going on for some time. Just think picking up your family in 1760 and moving them a town away let alone states away!
Happy Tuesday and read about ole Joseph Hews.Posted 08-17-2010 at 09:04 PM by dansdrive
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Thursday August 19, 2010 and its 75.2 degrees out in route to 90 today. Overcast and light rain this morning. Thunderstorms in the offering today and tomorrow.
Had a thunderstorm yesterday evening and some rain. Before that rain got to grill out and left the grill cover open to cool down. Once it cooled went to close it and found a friend in there staring at me as I was to it. Turned out a Possum decided he wanted to check out what was for dinner. I could not get that little guy to leave. He checked out that grill for the longest time so I just let him be and by morning he was gone. But somehow I think he will be back.....so moral of the story. Close ones grill after grilling to ensure you won't be thrilled or in some cases shrilled when you do go to close it.
Quote of the day from James Madison in 1788:
" A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions."
Happy Thursday!Posted 08-19-2010 at 05:22 AM by dansdrive
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Friday August 20, 2010 and its 74.6 degrees out heading up to 90 today. Temps head up routinely here to 90 and above. In fact may break the record just set in I think 2007 for most consecutive days 90 degrees and above. That will be one 'HOT' record! Pun intended too!
Anyway its Friday, yahoo and I'm not thinking .com either. One thing I have been thinking about lately is the state our country is in. I cannot remember a time in my lifetime when things were so fluid, not even sure fluid is the right work. Maybe the right word is confused....
The economy is truly on the brink of something major happening, either collapsing from the weight of the massive debt or ready to expand due to recovering from the period of light consumer spending. Which way one thinks its going is dependent more so on if they are currently employed or not. Stocks as they say leads the economy one way or the other, recently they are pointing downward consistently downward. Coming off of 2009 and early 2010 bounce. Now was the bounce real or was it just from the massive Federal spending? As time goes on it appears it was the latter that put the air in that bounce. So if stocks were out than place your investments into US treasury bonds. Well now the so called experts in such matters says its a bubble that's about to pop.....Oh well Gold that must be the place to protect ones savings....ops experts again say that gold is in bubble territory...Than put the money in rel-estate, well housing prices are dropping so no safety there until that segment of the market bottoms out. So confusing...or is it? And I did not even talk about Tax relief expiring by yearend 2010 or future Health care cost or Financial Reform that has all taken place this past year.. Yikes!
Living within ones means is not rocket science. Buying things one can afford and pay for with cash adds value to the purchase and makes one appreciate what it is they actually bought. Buying on credit to pay for in a future day makes it easy come easy go. What has more worth, something you earned or something someone gave to you and may or may not ask for anything in return?
When our economy is based on manufactured goods and not the paperwork to move those goods around is when things will get more into focus and our economy will grow. If your not sure that will happen just look at China's economy ever since they decide and committed themselves to being a producer of goods. The sky is the limit for them as everyday they have more and more domestic as well as foreign buyers of their goods.
Quote of the day from Thomas Jefferson:
" I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labor and in our amusements. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy."
But today is Friday the start of the weekend, enjoy it to the fullest and Happy Friday!Posted 08-20-2010 at 08:03 AM by dansdrive
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Monday August 23, 2010 and its 74.1 degrees out quickly rising to 89 degrees. Quickly due to it being mostly sunny today. So if you have one of those sun reflectors in the car good day to use it. Your dash and steering wheel will thank-you that you did, by not cracking up in the heat!
Little heat humor there. Speaking of heat it was a nice toasty weekend. Got some outside work done in the mornings before it got to hot. Still sweated but moderately versus profusely. Not that there is anything wrong with that unless of coarse one can't shower and must go to a diner party later in the day, but that story is for another day my friends!
Today is Monday, the start of the week, the start of the work week for some, the start of college for others and the start of the traditional school calendar children to head back to school. So its a day / week of new beginnings. A day / week to be thankful for what you have and not envious for what you don't have. Its a day /week to begin something anew, something to make life better for yourself, your family, your friends (both 2 legged and 4 legged), and a time to learn something new this week. Just one thing and you will be amazed.
Quote of the day from Albert Einstein:
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
Happy Monday and Albert sure was a smart guy!Posted 08-23-2010 at 05:44 AM by dansdrive
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Tuesday August 24, 2010 and its 70.9 degrees out and dropping. Yes dropping as I am posting this gem later in the day. Time is flying by, can't keep up with life sometimes. Some of it is just all the negative perception on where the country is going and the doom and gloom out there. Good gracious I did not live through the last great depression but from what I read and what my grandparents said about it I believe this is not it.
Sure there are lots of things to worry about but if you live within your means and try to do the right thing you have a chance of weathering the many storms that swirl around you. Seems to me many people worry about things they can't control and miss the opportunities to get involved and change for the better what they can control.
Simple things of life I learned along the way.
1. Pay your Debts.
2. Never be indebted to the point it controls your life.
3. Love your family more than watching TV.
4. Teach your kids respect by example and not books.
5. At least once a day ask the ones you love how they are doing.
6. There is a power greater than money and that new home or car.
7. Give the gift of charity, quietly and without credit.
8. Read something about American history at least once a week.
9. Cheat death not life.
10. Things are always darkest before they get brighter.
Quote of the day from Aristotle:
"Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities. "
Happy Tuesday and be well in spirit and help those that are not and struggling get through it.
Posted 08-24-2010 at 08:52 PM by dansdrive
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Thursday August 26, 2010 and its 68.7 degrees out heading up to 90 give or take a deodorant named 'Degrees'. Some anti-perspiring humor this AM. Well that is one way not to sweat the details of a Thursday I suppose.
Commute in this am was average. Average in the number of cars on 540 heading south and average on the time it took to get to the 'park' ing lot and average on the amount of time it took me to come up with the anti-perspiration humor!
But today is Thursday, Wednesday is but yesterday's calendar entry and for some it is forgotten already and for others that had their children start school for the first time will have yesterday burned in their memories for a life time. The start of the traditional school calendar is always a special time for the kids and their parents. It always starts out with hopes and dreams of learning and growing as a person and as a class community. Sure there are bumps along the way and set backs but the goal is always clear. Finish to advance to the next grade level or the next learning institution but advancing is the operative word. There is nothing passive about advancing! So best of luck to all administrators, teachers, children and their parents / guardians for a successful new school year. Failure is not an option not even for one student! Collectively our future depends on their successes as well as their failures!
Quote of the day from Benjamin Franklin in 1733:
"A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine."
Happy Thursday!!!Posted 08-26-2010 at 05:43 AM by dansdrive
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Friday August 27, 2010 and its 69.2 degrees out with the likely hood it will climb to 88 degrees today with periods of more sun than clouds, and if that doesn't trickle your fancy it is also Friday! TGIF....Thank Goodness its Fruit! wait that's not it. Thank Goodness its February! Nope that's not it.... Thank Goodness its Fresh! Wait we are talking about a day of the week not lettuce. Thank Goodness its Friday! Yeaaaa! ...and not a day to soon either!
The end of the work week, schools 1/2 week, and the stock markets down week. Time to turn the page and look to the weekend that is about to be upon us. Time to tape the alarm clock switch to the 'Do Not Use' side for a coupe of days. Nice! Time to say so much to do and so little time and for some its so much time and so little to do. Either way someone is doing something and time is in there somewhere ticking away like sand pebbles falling in an hour glass. So make the most of it.
Get out and experience something new, go read some history and experience something old for the first time so to you makes it new. If its 'new yet old' sounds like an oxymoron and totally confusing, one of those subjects you need to cover with Oxiclean first perhaps! But its Friday and I am digressing or at least in the wash cycle and I want to get to the spin cycle. So much to cover before the rinse cycle no less! And some days they forget to add the softener too!
Anyway, back to it being Friday, back to the start of the weekend, back to back to back counting Saturday and Sunday too! Yehaw and I'm not talking Roy Clark either, well actually he was Hehaw but here nor there. Its time to celebrate making it through another week! One word to sum it up, 'ENJOY'!
Quote of the day from a tri-fecta group of signers of the Declaration of Independence from South Carolina Thomas Heyward Jr., Edward Rutledge, and Arthur Middleton,:
"Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
That was commitment for the cause and what they believed in. All three had their homes vandalized and destroyed and each spent a year in British prison after the fall of Charleston, SC. ...and some say they were the lucky ones.
Happy Friday and remember if you do one thing this weekend and only one thing, smile until your front teeth dry out! Then and only then will you know what dry teeth really feel like....lol Astalavista baby!Posted 08-27-2010 at 06:07 AM by dansdrive
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Monday August 30,2010 and its 67.9 degrees out revving up to 94 today and even hotter the next day and to you and me that would be Tuesday.
Where did the weekend go? It went by faster than a cup of water in a marathon race! It went by almost as fast as that Ford Expedition went by me this morning on 540. I only knew it was an Expedition by the general outline and glow that streaked by me in the darkness. Yowsers!
On this day in 1682 William Penn set sail for the new world, a.k.a America today. He founded Pennsylvania Colony. The gateway to the south. What was he thinking? Just imagine boarding a ship to head to a place you have heard stories of from others that made the journey. The adventures that were ahead of him....and as they say the rest was history!
Quote of the day from William Penn:
" A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably."
Happy Monday and follow the lead of William Penn when it comes to friendship!Posted 08-30-2010 at 06:02 AM by dansdrive
