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Ol' Joyful?

15 years ago

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

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

sooey
mariend
15 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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Ava, after that no-start on the nearby road a couple of weeks ago, I wondered whether it should have more reserve power and asked my garage man about it. He said that it should have had more reserve and that I need a new battery. It wouldn't start one morning about ten days ago, I couldn't find my charger till later when I'd put on warmer clothes. It's worked fine since but the past couple of days the temp has been around 0 (18 below, Celsius), so I gave it a few hours trickle charge last night and a few hours again this evening. If it gets close to discharge in this cold weather, the weakened acid may well freeze, and split it. Not desirable. I think that I've had this charger for about 40 years and doubt that I've used it more than a dozen/(two dozen?) times. Can't exactly accuse it of bring lazy, for it's been ready to work when called upon. I've been wondering about giving some neighbours and friends my phone number, saying that if they lack roadside emergency service or an available boost, if their battery's low and there's an electric plug within a hundred feet, I may well be able to come give them a charge - or a boost: I got some mid-range jumper cables about the same time that I got the charger. Sometimes I may have to beg off as being busy, but often not. ole joyfuelled
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ole joyful (why is there a minim character count for title)
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Thank you very much, Kris. I've had some health problems, but they haven't caused more than minor reductions in what I can do, and thankful every day for that. Good genes, I think. Started to smoke at 15, after a few months liked neither the taste nor the cost - so had sense enough to quit. Daughter, who has dual citizenship, her mother being from Iowa, has spent most of the last 20 years or so in the U.S., most of it in Phoenix, recently moved to the Atlanta area, her husband being from there. She comes up for a few days every few years and said summer of '18 that they'd have to celebrate my 90th during her trip up in Aug.: flew me to Phoenix for my 8oth, ten years ago. At the party, when I said that I'd been rather worried after the announcement, as birthday wasn't till Jan, so figured I didn't dare die in between, or wouldn't be keeping up my end of the bargain, there was some laughter. The old guys at the village church that I attend had a group called "Senior Mens' Coffee Hour" on Thursday mornings, that they renamed the "ROMEOs", as in "Retired Old Men Eating Out", (and wouldn't touch my suggestion that it should be"ROMDOs", as in "Retired Old Men Drinking Out" with a 10-foot pole) give each guy with a birthday that month a cupcake with a candle on top at the meeting. I hold mine at arm's length: if I blow it out, called "blowhard", if not, "bit off more than you could chew, huh?", and laughter whichever way. When the cake came out at the party, the numbers were facing me, but the cameras were on the other side. I was holding the cake at arm's length, and turned it around to have the numbers "89.5" facing the cameras ... ... and gave a sigh of relief: happy to be off the hook! Hope you're having aq good year. I spend uite a bi of time over on Kitchen Table. ole joyful
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Ole Joyful and Marilyn Sue, where are you?
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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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Ole Joyful, this man reminds me of you!
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Agreed—OJ is a prince!
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dilly_dally
15 years ago
I just saw recent posts by him in other forums. I think all is well.
kathyg_in_mi
15 years ago
Could he be avoiding us? Who has bad breath? Something Glenda said? LOL!
Kathy G in MI
ivamae
15 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
User
15 years ago
They haven't taken the wrong 'OJ' to prison have they???
vannie
15 years ago
Good one, Mcpeg!! LOL
sjerin
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks for your explanations, all. Let's hope he checks in soon and tells us he's alright.
dilly_dally
15 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
15 years ago
He's into investing his money, isn't he? He's probably not too 'joyful' these days.
silver2
15 years ago
Ed,
Where are you??
kathyg_in_mi
15 years ago
Do we need to put out an Amber Alert on Ed?
Kathy G in MI
User
15 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
15 years ago
I've got a file for the cake!
Kathy G in MI
User
15 years ago
Thanks Kathy! I've just finished the cake....off to the courthouse now......

Ooooohhhhh Eeeddddddddd..........
itsmesuzq
15 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
15 years ago
ttt
glenda_al
15 years ago
Oh where are you Ol Joyful!

We need some JOY!
margad
15 years ago
He posted this morning on the Do You Remember thread. I wonder if Bestlawn is coming back>
sjerin
Original Author
15 years ago
So happy to see him posting again! I'm glad nothing was wrong with his health.
kathyg_in_mi
15 years ago
Maybe it's his memory! He forgot us!
Kathy G in MI
joyfulguy
15 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
15 years ago
Good to see you again, Ed!

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