I used to do all my own painting, inside and out. I painted the exterior of my second house while listening to the Oliver North hearings (1986??) to while away the tedium. Recently, however, I have begun to slack off.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > On 08/04/2015 8:45 PM, Mountain Man wrote: > >> Grant wrote: >> >>> It's my take on the whole ongoing situation that we the Citizens need to >>> have a house cleaning and make the country work as designed. But, that >>> would require turning off the television and getting off our collective >>> asses.. What is the chance of that? >>> >> We can work this country the way it was designed - DIY. >> We don't need to wait for some collective - DIY. >> I don't wait for collective to fix my W123 - I DIY whatever needs to >> be accomplished. I can do the same for what ails the current goings >> on in this country. >> TV is a problem. TV and talk-radio are fodder for hand-wringers. >> None of the talking heads want fix, they like the fill between the $$ >> advertisements. Media needs to be put out to pasture - all of it. >> We can fix this country. Each of us DIY sans media. Intelligence >> rules. DIY rules. >> mao >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> How many so called "normal" people do you currently know who do anything > for themselves? > I cannot really think of anyone I know that does much of anything for > themselves any more. > They hire someone to do everything. > My niece and her husband just bought a house with the assistance of my > sister and her husband. > My sister painted a little bit and then announced they were hiring a > painter to do the rest because it was too difficult. > The kids, both in their mid 20's are school teachers and apparently unable > to do even basic things like paint the interior of their new home. > My sister's take on it is that they are "too busy". > If you don't have the energy and drive to do basic stuff when you are > young what hope is there that you will do things like that later in life? > > RB > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
