THE LUCY PHONE gets a lot of press

The Lucy Phone sure gets a lot of press.

I used to watch many episodes of I Love Lucy, and am surprised that the Lucy Phone, a Western Electric 302 Telephone is always sought after by collectors.

The Lucy Phone appeared in many black and white shows in the 1940's

The Gathering

I am making more of a concerted effort this holiday to gather my sons together.   In the past, I leaned towards playing the holiday down, as I have so many times in the past.  But this year, I feel we all need to look at each other as just men, and try to relate this time, instead of just all the regular amenities associated with seeing and greeting a loved one whom you have not seen in a while.

Of course, I will be attempting to "reel" them in on my concept without them knowing.  I think the slightest glimpse that I might be trying to get us to communicate closer, would be met with...."Dad's getting corny now".

I have to say that when I write (in words that I can see), my gut begins to crunch as I am jolted to reality that I have 3 sons, not just 2.  And to contiually leave my third son out of any of my equations in my life, is always an uneasy guiltful feeling that shows up every now and then.

I Love Dog Sitting

My 21 year old son calls me, and asks if I can watch his dog for the evening, while he attends some hard rock concert.

I can't describe for you the elation I felt.  The dog is actually a 6 month old, girl Labrador puppy.  I am in love with this little doggie, and I immediately accepted his request.

There was a time in my life when I could not stand having a dog around me. The hair, the licking, the barking, the doing of #1's, and 2's, and all those other things that come with taking care of an animal.  But all that has changed now.

After watching many programs on TV about dogs, I have come  to the conclusion that no finer friend of a human could exist.  Their unconditional love for their owner has allowed me to overlook the downsides of being a dog owner.

I can't wait to hug and kiss and pet and walk and feed and play, and even clean up her shit.  And the best part is, when the evening comes around and we settle in, this black labrador puppy curls around below my feet, lowers her body, and closes her eyes until I am ready to rise.  And then, watching her stretch out her slick body as she awakens in the morning, just fills my heart with joy.

Damn.....I have been living alone too long.  Maybe I should get a girlfriend.

The Masses Will Run

I vividly remember walking away from the World Trade Center disaster.

Yes, I was there.

I was two blocks away and had just started my activities related to my job, at around 8:00 A.M.  I was a union carpenter who commuted from NJ every morning to work in either uptown or downtown, depending on the scheduled client.

That day, the company I worked for , Steelcase Architechural, had two accounts in Manhatten. My partner and I drove in together, parked my car at the Port Authority, and took a cab to our first chosen contract, with the cabbie using Broadway as our main route.

About 7:30 we passed Chase Bank (on Broadway).  We had a small contract job to complete there, and opted to end our pre-planned early "get away" with that job.  Chase Bank, by the way, is a stones throw from Tower 2, World Trade.  During the ride, my early morning gaze through the cab window focused (as it always did) on those two gothic square pyramids as we passed.

 

So we drove away from the Twin Towers and bypassed Chase Bank, which could easily have been our first choice of construction sites to visit.  As it turns out, the Chase Bank branch was affected by the destruction, and has since moved out.

2 Broadway, MTA (mass transit authority) downtown, 5 blocks from the World Trade Center, was our dropoff.  My day was moving along as typically as all of my other days, as I shuffled from the cab seat to the curb, retrieved my tools from the cab's trunk, and proceeded to lug my tools through the MTA's elaborate lobby.

As constuction personel, we were only allowed to use the freight elevators to transport our tools to the designated worksite floor.  And it was not until I stepped off the elevator on 28th floor of the MTA building, did I feel the elevator shake.  At that time, I thought it was just the elevator.  Now I realize it was the entire building.

Time for a change

I really feel stuck.

Not moving ahead, and luckily , not moving backwards.

Yet, I feel that "stuck" is worse than not moving either way.

So, I have decided to move out of NJ.  And my main attraction for selecting a new geographical location to reside in, is that my new home must be in a potentially hazardous neighborhood.

Now, not in the sense of its inhabitants, but more in the sense of its ability to attract a Natural Disaster.  I have this weird urge to be in the midst of a phenomenon that is hugely more powerful than man.

Could some of my readers suggest some places where I could live that would suit my new requirements?

Perhaps you live there already, and could make some reccomendations.

thanks

The Dad My Children Never Knew

I often wonder why I write.  I am not a writer by any means. Nor do I have an interesting story that might captivate a large audience.  Yet, I find myself compelled to document my boring life.

I often wonder about my father's life, and how it was that he never showed any weakness or worries.  Except for his diminishing health in the last couple of years of his life, he rarely ever exhibited any loss of control, and always portrayed a man of confidence.  He was, as we all wish our fathers could be, a man who could always assist us in our most dire hours of need.

But what was he really thinking?

How did he really feel about himself and his family?

I am quite sure that there are things he would never have told me, even if he were alive today.  We all have our secrets.  Yet, now that he is gone, and my life has followed his death with such turmoil and family upheavals, that I wonder if I should just keep my mouth shut so that I can remain as much a mystery as my father.

Most blogs that I read are really just diaries.  Public diaries that thousands can read, and even comment on. But my children (14, 21, 28, sons) have never read my blog, and I would not want them to read it.  My archives reveal many of my feelings that I don't care if the world knows about, but I would rather they remain secret from my sons while I am still alive.

So , I write about my boring life, and document my feelings about stuff in it, so that I can reveal to my siblings, the Dad My Children Never Knew, when I am dead.

I Was Very Impressed With NEOBUX, and I think you should read this post

I usually like to just write about my life and how screwed up it has become and continues to be.

And I like for my blog to get viewed, so I join up with a "rotater" and I read other people's blogs so that I can get credit for the rotater site to put my blog up in front of other members who have to view it for about 20 seconds.

Well, I never thought much about making money with this kind of stuff because I could never get really excited about making .005 cents.  C'mon.....  .005 cents....what is that?

Well, anyhow, I ran across a really simple , yet detailed explanation of how I could build this up to $30 per day.  Now seriously gang.....who needs a measley $30 per day????

Hellooooo....I thought I didn't.  But helloo....again.  I could really use $1500 per month!!!

And, it is so simple to achieve that just by following the really simple, yet detailed instructions below.

So after you are done reading the instructions below, then just click the nice Neobux banner I have installed to the right, and do the instructions.

I never promote this stuff, but my referer laid out the plan so simply and precisely that I could not help but tell all of my readers to try this out with me.

I mean.....you know how broke I am.  And maybe this extra $1500 per month might just put me back on the right track.

So don't let me do this alone.  Join this cool place called Neobux for free.  See, that is what's cool too.....its free....and if its free...its for me!!!  Read the instructions below, click the cool Neobux banner to the right, and let's do this together. Why not?
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Neobux is a Paid To Click website, or PTC. What that means is that you click on ads and view them for a few seconds and get $0.01 to $0.015 cents added to your account. This isn’t much, but the key to earning here is through referals. Best part is you can rent referals and you get paid when they click as well.



Here is what to do step-by-step.



1. Signup for free by clicking on the  banner to the right,  if you haven’t done so already.



2. Click on ‘view advertisements’ section in your back office. You should have about 4-5 ads to look at. Click on one, click on the red button and wait for the website to load. Once it says ‘$0.01 credited to your account’ you can close the page and then go to your next ad. After you have viewed all your ads you are done for the day.



3. Repeat this every day until you get over $0.75 in your account



4. Transfer $0.75 to your ‘rental balance’ and rent your first 3 referals by clicking on the ‘referals’ tab. Also, turn autopay ON! This is IMPORTANT! What this does is subtract 1 ad that your rented referal will see each day, but it will put that money towards paying them! Now you have your first 3 rented referals!



5. Keeping clicking your ads every day and check to see that your referals are clicking as well.



If 4-5 days go by and some of your referals aren’t clicking you can recycle them. To see your referal stats look at ‘referals’ and click on the blue arrow to the right. This will show you all your rented referals and the last time they have clicked on ads. If one hasn’t been active you can recycle them by clicking on the 2 green arrows on the right side. This costs $0.07 but is worth it because if they aren’t clicking you will lose money.



6. Continue this process – log in and click your ads every day, check your referals to make sure they are active, and keep renting referals in increments of 3 as you get $1 or so in your main balance (don’t forget to transfer that $1 to your rental balance!) until you get to 500 referals. Yes, this will take time and if you want you can save up your cash and purchase more referals as you wish. But I advise you to just buy 3 at a time until you get used to how much money you need to keep your referals.



7. Once you get to 500 or so referals. DON’T BUY ANY MORE AND DON’T CASH OUT! THIS IS IMPORTANT! Let your balance build up to $100 and then you can buy Golden Membership. What this does is DOUBLE the amount of money you are paid from your referals! Instead of earning $0.005 per referal click you earn $0.01!!!



8. After you upgrade to Golden (which is a one year upgrade) you can start buying referals again until you hit 2,000.



9. Once you hit 2,000 referals start cashing out! You should be making at least $30 a day!



And this hasn’t cost you any of your own money!



Now keep in mind that you can also get direct referals that you don’t have to rent. Advertise your link to all your friends and contacts and once they join you give them the same steps to do that I have detailed here. HELP THEM SUCCEED AND YOU WILL SUCCEED FASTER!!!



You can earn faster by refering others! So put your link in blogs, forums, traffic exchanges and everywhere else you can, but DON’T SPAM!



This does take time, but is worth it!



DIRECT REFERALS



The most overlooked feature when people build NeoBux is direct referals. Direct referals help you earn even faster and better yet they don’t cost any money whereas rented referals cost you money month after month to maintain. Most people who join NeoBux don’t bother trying to get direct referals because they think it is too hard or they try by simply posting their affiliate link everywhere. That doesn’t work.



Getting direct referals is quite easy if you know how. Rule #1 – NEVER advertise your affiliate link and expect results. Make a splash page that grabs the persons interest. When people want to know more about what you have to offer then you can re-direct them to your affiliate link.



Grab your free splash page maker >>>HERE<<<



GIVING A REFERAL A ROADMAP TO SUCCESS IS KEY!



Don’t you want direct referals that click everyday and don’t cost you any money? If you don’t give them a guide and show them how to succeed what will happen is they will maybe join, click for a few days then quit because they are only making a few cents. You HAVE to show them the long-term guide to success. Maybe they are only making a few cents now, but when they have 500+ referals in their downline they will start making $200-$300 a month and it goes up from there.



Once you have your splash page made that grabs their attention like the one I made you need to advertise it in front of people who are looking for ways to make money for free. One of the best places I have found are traffic exchanges. Traffic exchange surfers have their own programs where they are looking for referals anyway and they are always looking for free ways to make money.