gmartin 997, I sure hope you were speaking of the most recent Depression, not the one during the 1920’s and 30’s. During that one, I never got an allowance at all. Best I could do was peddle our garden tomatos door to door, with almost no sales. Even then, the few sales were sympathy sales.
At my recent annual urinalysis, I found it more appropriate to quote Omar Kayam, i.e. “Fill the cup that clears today of past regrets and future fears”. It must work, since I got a good report. . Omar, though, was writing about wine.
Anoesis describes a mind which dwells on pure fantasy, with no cognitive ability. Sure seems right for Eddy. Maybe I’ll name my as yet unnamed sailboat “Anoesis”. Nah, I’ll continue naming them for my current cat, in this case “Sassy”.
Here’s a thought about JCs real birthday. The New Testament claims that Jo & Mary were on their way to pay their taxes. Here, I pay my annual property tax on December 20th, the deadline. Any possibility that date is common throughout the U.S., and that it’s even more prevalent elsewhere in the allegedly civilized world as a holdover from Roman times? Well, it was just a thought. By the way, taxes here can be paid in two installments, half in December and half the following June..
gmartin 997, I sure hope you were speaking of the most recent Depression, not the one during the 1920’s and 30’s. During that one, I never got an allowance at all. Best I could do was peddle our garden tomatos door to door, with almost no sales. Even then, the few sales were sympathy sales.