Ol' Joyful?

sjerin

18 years ago

I haven't seen him post in awhile. Is everything alright, Ol' Joyful?

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sooey
18 years ago
Yes, OJ. How are you doing?

sooey
mariend
18 years ago
I have seen him post on other forums--Buying and Selling and the money ones==but not too much. Hope he is doing ok. I think he had trouble with his computer and has to go to the library and it is getting cool up north!!!
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Another use for duct tape to keep my mouth closed, I've been figuring, but it looks as though the tape has flown off unannounced. I got in via icon today - and was able to make this post without restriction. It's been just over a year since the accident made my old car unrepairable, I live 11 km./7 mi. from village and 20 - 30 km./ 12.5 - 19 mi. from the city, so have been doing some hitchhiking. Had a vehicle available part time from late Oct. till end of Jan. I've had quite good luck hitchhiking, some folks have driven me out of their way to help, and almost always refuse compensation for gas. Fairly frequently when coming home with bags of groceries. A few have passed me, then turned around and come back to pick me up - surprising! I've been surprised that quite a few women have picked me up, including younger ones and several alone in the car. Some neighbours bring me a few items of groceries, e.g bags of about a gal. of milk, from time to time. A few are willing to drive me on my errands, when convenient, and some accept compensation. ole joyful
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Agreed—OJ is a prince!
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GGrGreGreeGreetGreetiGreetinGreetingGreetings everyone. Again - my thanks to each of you for your good wishes. I m gratified that so many of you chose to offer yours. And I am thankful to those of you who offered personal comments. Thanks Oly. The address I used long ago was ths.gardenweb.com and recently when I want to change, I click on the name of the one I'm using, I move to Google, and the Houzz icon is there. So I guess I'm using the Houzz access now. @carolb_w_fl thanks for the suggestion. Son, who's lived with me for over a year, has one, says it's useful sometimes - but a bit of a nuisance to haul around in between, and I rather agree not so great when hitchhiking. This is my third winter coping with snow, and the cart would be mainly useful in other seasons. @lucille I thought of buying an electric bike a couple of years ago - but didn't. Thinking of buying a car - daughter and son in law who visited last summer found one in Georgia, but we chose not to take it - then. But the eventual almost certain move to the city, at triple current rent before son came, double the current $1,000.+ a bit or more, would be covered if it would allow us to continue living here for six months to a year longer. @martinca-gw I've lived on what was step-uncle's farm for, come March, 20 years, renting this old farmhouse from the purchaser following his death, about 6+ miles from the village where I went to high school and about 12 - 20 miles from London, Ontario, half way between Detroit and Buffalo or Toronto - a couple of hours drive from four of the Great Lakes. Landlord allows space for garden, cultivates it, a few years ago I ran almost a mile of rows, took veggies to a couple of churches I relate to, much smaller recently. Story of car broken in colliision no injuries, loss of licence, hitchhike to village, bus to city, thankful for enabling health, friends advise move to city, thankful can afford it, elsewhere on this thread. @Cherryfizz - Greetings! How have you been? How long ago was it that we met in Windsor, do you remember? It was my first face to face with Gardenweb folks. Have you connected with Dances recently? Were there others beside the three of us? When I see your name, it warms my heart - even though my active forgetter can't remember the real one! Good wishes to all of you for the year ahead. ole joyful
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dilly_dally
18 years ago
I just saw recent posts by him in other forums. I think all is well.
kathyg_in_mi
18 years ago
Could he be avoiding us? Who has bad breath? Something Glenda said? LOL!
Kathy G in MI
ivamae
18 years ago
I saw him Sunday for a couple of minutes. As the weather is getting colder, he has a lot of work to do in his large vegetable garden.

I don't know if this is related to the fact he has not posted lately, but expect that it has.
ivamae
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18 years ago
They haven't taken the wrong 'OJ' to prison have they???
vannie
18 years ago
Good one, Mcpeg!! LOL
sjerin
Original Author
18 years ago
Thanks for your explanations, all. Let's hope he checks in soon and tells us he's alright.
dilly_dally
18 years ago
ROTFL. mcpeg, I saw the post titled "OJ found guilty" and for like a half second I though it was our O'l Joy. Not that I was thinking he did anything wrong, but I could have missed a post where he was battling a city land ordinance or building code on his house or something, and lost out to big government.
paula_pa
18 years ago
He's into investing his money, isn't he? He's probably not too 'joyful' these days.
silver2
18 years ago
Ed,
Where are you??
kathyg_in_mi
18 years ago
Do we need to put out an Amber Alert on Ed?
Kathy G in MI
User
18 years ago
ttt....I think so!

Hey, Ed! C'mon over - let us give ya a hug or two you ol' devil. If they did arrest you let us know so we can 'bake a cake'.....and we'll track down the right OJ if that helps any!
kathyg_in_mi
18 years ago
I've got a file for the cake!
Kathy G in MI
User
18 years ago
Thanks Kathy! I've just finished the cake....off to the courthouse now......

Ooooohhhhh Eeeddddddddd..........
itsmesuzq
18 years ago
I sent him an email yesterday and told him that an Amber Alert was posted on the KT for him. Hopefully he will check in soon. I wonder if maybe it's his computer?

Susan
sjerin
Original Author
18 years ago
ttt
glenda_al
18 years ago
Oh where are you Ol Joyful!

We need some JOY!
margad
18 years ago
He posted this morning on the Do You Remember thread. I wonder if Bestlawn is coming back>
sjerin
Original Author
18 years ago
So happy to see him posting again! I'm glad nothing was wrong with his health.
kathyg_in_mi
18 years ago
Maybe it's his memory! He forgot us!
Kathy G in MI
joyfulguy
18 years ago
Ole joyful's ...

... operational ...

... joyful (partly) ...

... crying the blues, too, some ...

... has lived in 22 places or so (as he figured when it was question of the day) ...

... so, never bought a home ...

... invested in mutual funds (earlier) and stocks (later) instead ...

... O U C H!

But ... stock prices go up ... they go down ... they go sideways ...

... lately it's been mostly D O W N ...

... so ...

... do I have enough years left to recoup?

Not a very big problem, though: one wins a few , and loses a few ... I'm not complaining.

Will post a thread to tell of recent adventures ... check on "Mortgage Woes" or some such, on "Money Saving Tips" (or "Household Finance"?) for some of it.

ole joyful
intherain
18 years ago
Good to see you again, Ed!

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