I’m missing Ol’ Joyful! Hoping he’s well and happy!

10 months ago

Has he posted lately? He’s always in the back of my mind and I worry if he doesn’t show up with his wit and wisdom after a few days.

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joyfulguy

9 months ago

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Yep - I'm still alive ... and happy to be back. But my phone was blocked for some time.

I've supported charities by cheques, but that comes from bank account - after-tax money. Or by transferring assets where value has risen to a charity, thus I need pay no income tax on the capital gain! I like supporting charities with before-tax money better.

While trying to make a transfer, my adviser's financial agency's security system didn't like my system and blocked my phone.

A cellular store guy has done a minor fix job a couple of times for me at no charge, and he did it this time - cost 50 bucks for the distant agency to do the unblocking - but all my phone info had gone and there are many problems still.

I could come to KT and read discussion titles and original post, often featured reply - but no others. They invited me to post - but it didn't go anywhere. AND ... the guy who did the fix wouldn't take a penny! I'd thought I'd need to arrange a ride to go back for another fix... but son was able to fix things enough that here I am!

This is my fifth carless winter (no "e" iin the middle there, please). Son with no vehicle has been with me for the recent two.

More info later - but I'm in good health and happy, expect to have coffee with old guys at the village church tomorrow. One or two take some carless guys to the city and drop me off, use buses, the last one bringing me back to the village, about 6 miles away, and hitchhike home with some groceries. If after dark - probably a cab, $37 or so to about $60.

We signed up recently with a grocery delivery agency.

ole joyful

(and don't forget to hit "space" after the word - or it disappears, here at Houzz)

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foodonastump
10 months ago
Yep he was on the Bury Money thread, trying to write it off his taxes. 🙂
roxsolid
10 months ago
FOAS, that was two years ago, I think.
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I told of some of mine over on the welcome to AMY365 thread. Not much of great moment on the Friday ... but son and partner took me to a country and western band on Sat night. They're cousins - John P. Allen is the M.C. and gets his body and movements into it, and his face moves a good deal related to what he's doing. He played fiddle with the "Prairie Oyster" band for several years and recently has done a number of his own gigs. His sister, a doc, plays string bass and brother, fiddle, mandolin and trumpet were involved, and the young ones of the first two: the main female singer is taking nursing and quite vivacious - adds a good deal to the presentation. They attend one church where I go - the one which I went to as a child. The men's group in the other church had a tour of Labatt's Brewery on Monday night, so it's been an interesting weekend. ole joyful
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Greetings again, folks. Some time ago one of the old guys used to bring out a cupcake bearing a candle, Jasdip, but it hasn't been happening for a couple of years or so. I spoke earlier of having forgotten to take an empty water bottle to my friend's house on an earlier trip, but we'd emptied a second and were on our last bottle so I was taking the two empties when the young woman picked me up. A couple of days later my water provider friend called me from the end of my lane, saying that he was very reluctant to tackle my snowy lane, so was leaving a bottle at the end of my lane. There was next to no conversation or I would have told him that there was a fairly thin layer of snow the day before when I'd walked out for my mail, and no drifts in the lane. My landlord or his son had driven a pickup truck up the lane after the first snow leaving a track in the rather thin snow blanket, and the second had added only a little more. We lack a sleigh but I took my scoop shovel out, installed the water bottle on it and hauled it in without any tipsys: I'd thought maybe son would need to tie a rope around the neck and walk beside to keep the bottle upright had it tipped. A few days later, after rain had removed the snow, a previously unknown lady had picked me up with a couple of bags of groceries and we were talking at my house (she gave me her name and phone no., saying maybe she could drive me occasionally) when my water friend drove in with the second bottle. I felt the need to tease him a little, asking whether he was letting his venturesome spirit shrink a bit in his advancing years. It's rather pleasant to realize that winter is about half over. Earlier I'd thought of my life here being rather open-ended, but I've been thinking that even a couple of minor restrictions in my capabilities would mean that I could no longer live here. Good wishes to you all. ole joyful
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roxsolid
10 months ago
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https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6213571/remember-to-bury-your-money#n=52

Nope. Four years ago. Time flies.

I do hope all is well with him.🤠
foodonastump
10 months ago
last modified: 10 months ago
Oops I don’t know how I landed on that thread. I’ve deleted my post to un-bump it. Thanks! I, too, hope OJ is well.
porkchop_z5b_MI
10 months ago
Wasn't he posting recently under an "HU" user name?
foodonastump
10 months ago
Yeah the latest I found was on Dec 15th so it’s been a few weeks.
arkansas girl
9 months ago
OJ is posting under a different screen name but I cannot remember what it was but he always signs it ol joyful so we can know it is him. IIRC he did have the HU name for a while but then it was a different name that I recently saw. I hope that he is OK, I know that he is no spring chicken! :)
schoolhouse_gw
9 months ago
Been wondering too. Doesn't he use the computers at the library? Maybe transportation has been an issue.
katlan
9 months ago
Ed if you see this please ck in when you can. You have a lot of KT friends thinking of you.
chisue
9 months ago
How can we start a new year without Ed?
Sherry8aNorthAL
9 months ago
It is snowing like h*ll where he lives and he walks to town.
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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9 months ago
Doesn’t someone here have a phone number? Or a last name?
Annie Deighnaugh
9 months ago
He would chime in on the Smile thread on occasion. But he would also go through lapses where we wouldn't hear from him for awhile and then he'd show up again. I hope all is well with him. I always appreciate his quirky sense of humor.
schoolhouse_gw
9 months ago
Hopefully he didn't get locked out when the log-in with password and general posting trouble was going on recently.
Michele
9 months ago
I like his (your,hopefully you’re seeing this) point of view. I appreciate the sense of humor and I admire the joyful approach.
lucillle
9 months ago
Hope you show up soon, and happy, OJ.
petalique
9 months ago
I have been issing himand thinking about him. His birthday is January 30th.

OJ, I hope you are doing welland will be back soon.
jrb451
9 months ago
Good to see you back posting again.
Annie Deighnaugh
9 months ago
Thanks for the update OJ...so glad to hear you're still hanging in there, carless and all!
Fun2BHere
9 months ago
Good to hear from you!
Elmer J Fudd
9 months ago
last modified: 9 months ago
Glad to hear you're fine and doing well. Stay warm up there!

On your comment:

" I've supported charities by cheques, but that comes from bank account - after-tax money "

I suggest a different way to characterize it. If you take $100 from your bank account and make a charitable donation with it that you get a tax deduction for, that $100 becomes pre tax money.

Of course, if your tax bracket is low, the difference doesn't much matter.

Best wishes,

EF
salonva
9 months ago
Wow I am so happy I happened to just stumble on this post and see you posting and that you are well. Please keep us updated, ol. We missed you!!!!
sjerin
9 months ago
So very glad to see you again, OJ! Every time you’re gone for awhile, I think you won’t be back; glad to be wrong yet again. You’re the Energizer Bunny, Ed. 😊
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
9 months ago
So happy to see you are able to post again. You have been greatly missed and hearing your good news is a highlight of my day.
maire_cate
9 months ago
Ed - you have been truly missed. And I'm so happy that you have finally been able to rejoin us here. It just wasn't the same without you and your wonderful outlook.
Offie Myffy
9 months ago
Good to hear from you! Stay warm!
lily316
9 months ago
Great to hear from you. We've all missed you!
Michele
9 months ago
I’m glad to see you here again! Take care OJ
OutsidePlaying
9 months ago
Good to see you are back here again with us! Stay safe…and warm! I just happened to stumble on this thread too. Good that you got your phone sorted out.
rob333 (zone 7b)
9 months ago
Hello! Been missing your input
schoolhouse_gw
9 months ago
I thought I saw you on another thread and was happy to see you there,too. Glad things are going reasonably well with you.

I’m missing Ol’ Joyful! Hoping he’s well and happy!

joyfulguy

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