I can hear it roaring all around the neighborhood, the big monster of a truck that comes by every Monday and throws out it's mechanical arms, grabs the garbage can and hosts it high, way up over the vehicle, shakes it a little and then sets in down again. A few years ago, there was a three man team that came by; two men rode the back, jumped off at each stop and manhandled the garbage into the smaller, less expensive truck.
Yes, there was trouble keeping good help, there was no pride in the...

It's not as funny as it seems.....yet I laughed hysterically this morning with hot coffee in one hand, a dried out and cheap hand rolled cigarette in the other. Sitting on the front porch, enjoying my morning, I had my usual thoughts except one.

Usually, I would plan out my day. Sometimes I had left over procrastinates (procrastinates...sounds legit...) to thread into my routine. Sometimes I would flick out the regular weekly chores with each ash of my cigarette.

Not...

[QUOTE=Mainer61;31008238]My boss would say, "My only ask of you is..."" UGH Also, "what's your take away?" Also, it seems that every speaker starts every sentence (practically) with So..[/QUOTE]

where are you in Maine? we are from the way, way north and the way south...some in middle...Bangor, etc... miss it!

It's been a month since I've been in one. And next Friday, I'm going to be in another one. When it comes to hotel elevators, it seems like they were purposefully designed to make a guest wait an eternity to get to the third floor from the main lobby.

That was the experience I had in Lubbock on my recent trip, but it's not just that stop. I've had this type of thing at other places (and different chains, too) in the years I've traveled. Now, I don't have an easy...

TALK ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO CALL HOME! ROXBOROUGH PARK IS NESTLED IN THE SW SUBURBS OF DENVER. JUST LIKE BACKCOUNTY IN HIGHLANDS RANCH AND KEN CARYL VALLEY IN SW LITTLETON, THERE ARE NO GAS STATIONS, STORES, BILLBOARDS, ETC., ALTHOUGH THEY ARE BUT A FEW MILES AWAY.
YOU COME HOME TO NATURE, SOME WILDLIFE, BEAUTIFUL ARROWHEAD GOLF COURSE, AMAZING RED ROCK OUTCROPPINGS, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS AND HOMES PLUS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ACTUAL ROXBOROUGH STATE PARK.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF HOME...