Big health issue

To those of you, men and women, who douse yourselves in perfume or cologne before going out.  Don't you realize you actually are a health hazard to other?  You are.  Don't think you aren't for one second.  I don't have a clue as to why you feel it necessary, but daily, you are an actual danger to the general public with allergies simple and severe.  Wash, eat breath mints but please, no more perfume baths!.................................marge

Hero's to be

Don't take the easy route.  Go that extra step(s).  First, you will probably have to get some extra education past high school, in addition, many week of specialized training.  If you are fortunate enough to make the grade, you'll then need to do hopefully, the final two things.  1.  Swear to serve and protect your fellow citizens and 2.  Get and put on a policeman's uniform.  You're all set if you have what it takes!  Good luck!  PS. And importantly, you'll also get to carry a gun...............marge            Post Script.  May we this day honor the fallen officer on her first day on her new job.  Much much love to her family and friends.

Flint, Mi and GM

I admit to not remembering the GM Flint crisis when it happened but can't help wondering.  If GM had a problem with the water being 'bad', why at that time, was an investigation not instigated?  If it damaged new car parts, didn't anyone thing to ask what it might be doing to humans and if not, why not?...............................marge

Lost generations. How do we turn it around?

I keep hearing about sad groups of people living in one house.  We call them families, but they're not.  They are  multi generational dysfunctional relatives.  Therein lies the problem.  Sometimes, in our ignorance, we don't even realize they exist, nor do they,  or is it they don't know how to get out?  How can these debilitating chains be broken?  Its easier just to 'daily go along'.  That doesn't work.  How do you give hope where none has been seen or felt for more than one generation?  Even when given help, it seems to be taken as 'owed' to them, that's what they're taught or think.  I don't blame them.  It may be all they know.  How can this vicious generational circle be broken, or can it?  I can't answer that.  Hoping for better in itself is worthless.  The problem belongs to us all.  We all must do our best to fix it.  Waiting for someone else just won't work.  So when do we start, not tomorrow, not next week, but now, but how?...........................marge

Adulttrification

I know.  I made up the word but it works for me.  As you all know, I'm older, aging and getting more frustrated with you younger ones daily!  I used to be able to go into a store, pick out what I wanted, pay cash for it and go home.  You've turned that into an impossible task, especially if its on sale and requires a 'coupon', dated of course.  Heaven forbid if I don't or can't shop on that particular time line.  So I go and pick out what I want.  I'm two dollars short of the required spending.  I go get two items to bring the price up to the coupon requirement.  "Sorry" says the cashier.  The coupon doesn't include under priced (sale) items.  Those get put back.  Daughter finds something she needs and it now makes the coupon 'valid'.  Yea! Success!  Easy? No.  Time consuming?  Yes and exhausting.  Guess I'll take my savings and go for coffee with my daughter.  Win some, lose some, the latter the higher ranking of course..........................................marge