Saturday, December 26, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
To all the GGK's (Great great grandkids.
As I write this there are none of you GGK's are old enough to read it. It is my hope that someday you will.
I have been thinking of my Great grand father recently. His name was John Wesley Collier. He would be your GGGG grandfather. He was born in March 1855 in southern Missouri. I have been thinking how great it would be to read something he wrote when he was my age (74). That would have been written in 1929 which was quite a historic year in U.S. history. What would he have said about his life, about the kind of work he did or what did he enjoy doing just for fun
He would have been 6 years old at the start of the civil war so he probably would not have known much about that. I was 6 years old at the beginning of WWII. I don't remember much about the war but I do remember selling newspapers on the corner of Page Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave. in Pagedale Mo. and shouting out something like "War ends, Japan surrenders". I would have been 10 years old. Thats the way you sold newspapers at that time. You shouted out the headlines and people would stop their car and buy a newspaper.
Anyway back to GGP John. I have done some genealogy work but I do not know when he died. I believe he lived in Maries County MO. Some material I have gathered from the Library at St. James MO. I have more info for anyone who is reading this now and would like to pursue the Collier family line.
John was married to Louise Crabtree who I believe was at least part Cherokee Indian if not full blooded. I can remember many years ago seeing a picture belonging to one of my aunts and uncles of a full blooded Indian who was a member of the family.
It really is to bad that I did not get to know my GGF. I did not know my GF either as he was killed when I was one year old. Right now all 10 of you are very young. Do to the distance we live apart from one another it is likely we will not see much of each other. I hope that if the good Lord should see fit for me to hang around for another 15 or 20 years we can have some time together. There will be so many changes that I do not have any idea how you receive this information
If GGP John had did what I am doing right now he would probably have written it by hand, then it would have been typed on a typewriter. transferred to a 8 or 16mm film, then to a cassette tape, then to a CD then to a computer. There are probably some steps in between that I have missed.
It has always been my intention to pass some things along for you to know what it was like during the last half of the 20Th century. I am going to make a serious effort to continue to do this. In the meantime remember to
LAUGH OFTEN, LIVE LONG and LOVE MUCH.
I have been thinking of my Great grand father recently. His name was John Wesley Collier. He would be your GGGG grandfather. He was born in March 1855 in southern Missouri. I have been thinking how great it would be to read something he wrote when he was my age (74). That would have been written in 1929 which was quite a historic year in U.S. history. What would he have said about his life, about the kind of work he did or what did he enjoy doing just for fun
He would have been 6 years old at the start of the civil war so he probably would not have known much about that. I was 6 years old at the beginning of WWII. I don't remember much about the war but I do remember selling newspapers on the corner of Page Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave. in Pagedale Mo. and shouting out something like "War ends, Japan surrenders". I would have been 10 years old. Thats the way you sold newspapers at that time. You shouted out the headlines and people would stop their car and buy a newspaper.
Anyway back to GGP John. I have done some genealogy work but I do not know when he died. I believe he lived in Maries County MO. Some material I have gathered from the Library at St. James MO. I have more info for anyone who is reading this now and would like to pursue the Collier family line.
John was married to Louise Crabtree who I believe was at least part Cherokee Indian if not full blooded. I can remember many years ago seeing a picture belonging to one of my aunts and uncles of a full blooded Indian who was a member of the family.
It really is to bad that I did not get to know my GGF. I did not know my GF either as he was killed when I was one year old. Right now all 10 of you are very young. Do to the distance we live apart from one another it is likely we will not see much of each other. I hope that if the good Lord should see fit for me to hang around for another 15 or 20 years we can have some time together. There will be so many changes that I do not have any idea how you receive this information
If GGP John had did what I am doing right now he would probably have written it by hand, then it would have been typed on a typewriter. transferred to a 8 or 16mm film, then to a cassette tape, then to a CD then to a computer. There are probably some steps in between that I have missed.
It has always been my intention to pass some things along for you to know what it was like during the last half of the 20Th century. I am going to make a serious effort to continue to do this. In the meantime remember to
LAUGH OFTEN, LIVE LONG and LOVE MUCH.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Today I am going to give you a tip on how to feel 20-25 years younger. If you are 40 yr. old or younger you probably will not be interested so you can go on to something else.
The only thing you will need is a chair. Probably a recliner would be best. For several years now, when I get up out of my recliner I do a little grunting and groaning as I try to get all the pieces working right. I am 74 yr.old and it's almost like I am practicing on how I will be able to get out of this chair when I am 75.
The other day I was thinking "I wonder if I could get out of this chair without making any noises". I thought I would give it a try. I psyched myself up and told myself I was 50 years old and I was going to do what I called a "no grunt getup"
Guess what! I hopped out of that chair in no time at all just like I did when I was 50. Maybe 40!!!
It really felt good. Now I just make each one a no grunt getup and it feels great. I am also working on no grunt sit downs. You see I was also grunting and making noises when I sat down.
Now I will say that occasionally I regress and maybe make a small grunt when sitting or standing. but probably in time I will be making no grunt sits and stands 100% of the time.
I don't know what the moral of this story is but what comes to mind is "it's all in your head"
Have a great morning, afternoon or evening depending when you are reading this.
The only thing you will need is a chair. Probably a recliner would be best. For several years now, when I get up out of my recliner I do a little grunting and groaning as I try to get all the pieces working right. I am 74 yr.old and it's almost like I am practicing on how I will be able to get out of this chair when I am 75.
The other day I was thinking "I wonder if I could get out of this chair without making any noises". I thought I would give it a try. I psyched myself up and told myself I was 50 years old and I was going to do what I called a "no grunt getup"
Guess what! I hopped out of that chair in no time at all just like I did when I was 50. Maybe 40!!!
It really felt good. Now I just make each one a no grunt getup and it feels great. I am also working on no grunt sit downs. You see I was also grunting and making noises when I sat down.
Now I will say that occasionally I regress and maybe make a small grunt when sitting or standing. but probably in time I will be making no grunt sits and stands 100% of the time.
I don't know what the moral of this story is but what comes to mind is "it's all in your head"
Have a great morning, afternoon or evening depending when you are reading this.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
WHERE HAVE I BEEN ?
It has been a long time since my last post. My intentions are always good, but we all know about good intentions ! There has been a lot of things happening since my last time here
Probably the most important thing has been the election of a new president. You are probably all aware of the fact that I did not vote for President Obama. I have had many thoughts both before and after the election. I have meant to share these thoughts here in this publication. I know there are some in the family who do not share my thoughts and while I have sent a few emails over the past year I did not want to burden these family members with having to wear out the DEL button on there computers.
As I said I have meant to put these thoughts here where you could go if you wanted to , did not gettoit. (why do we have to bother separating words with spaces).
Anyway I have had fears of what this President is going to do us. Not me so much as my grand children and those who come after.
I believe their lives are going to be very much controlled by the government. I believe they are going to be told how they are to live, how much energy they can use, what doctors to use, what medical procedures they can have, how much they can travel and maybe where they can go. This may seem beyond our imagination now and we may question how it can be done. How about if you have to have a card to buy gas and you are only allowed 10 gal.per week. T his would make it very hard for us to visit Mike and Kris and their families
I forsee a day , maybe in my lifetime when I may need an expensive medical procedure and be told "Frank you are 80 yr. old and not eligible for this heart surgery". I transport many people now to and from dialysis treatments. Most of these people would die within 7-10 days without this procedure. This will probably be covered in the 1990 page medical before the senate. It already has been passed by the house of representatives.
I have already typed to long and my butt is ready to get out of this chair. Hope to be back in something less than a year.
It has been a long time since my last post. My intentions are always good, but we all know about good intentions ! There has been a lot of things happening since my last time here
Probably the most important thing has been the election of a new president. You are probably all aware of the fact that I did not vote for President Obama. I have had many thoughts both before and after the election. I have meant to share these thoughts here in this publication. I know there are some in the family who do not share my thoughts and while I have sent a few emails over the past year I did not want to burden these family members with having to wear out the DEL button on there computers.
As I said I have meant to put these thoughts here where you could go if you wanted to , did not gettoit. (why do we have to bother separating words with spaces).
Anyway I have had fears of what this President is going to do us. Not me so much as my grand children and those who come after.
I believe their lives are going to be very much controlled by the government. I believe they are going to be told how they are to live, how much energy they can use, what doctors to use, what medical procedures they can have, how much they can travel and maybe where they can go. This may seem beyond our imagination now and we may question how it can be done. How about if you have to have a card to buy gas and you are only allowed 10 gal.per week. T his would make it very hard for us to visit Mike and Kris and their families
I forsee a day , maybe in my lifetime when I may need an expensive medical procedure and be told "Frank you are 80 yr. old and not eligible for this heart surgery". I transport many people now to and from dialysis treatments. Most of these people would die within 7-10 days without this procedure. This will probably be covered in the 1990 page medical before the senate. It already has been passed by the house of representatives.
I have already typed to long and my butt is ready to get out of this chair. Hope to be back in something less than a year.
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