Jul 30th
Posted by shambo and filed under Archive For July

Let me say this about that. During the years I lived outside the United States, I was often asked about daily life here in America.  Some of these questions concerned trivial subjects like: “What exactly is a bar-b-que?”, “Do people in Texas really wear cowboy hats?”, or “Do Rednecks really have red necks?”  Occasionally though, their […]

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Posted in Law, Sports
Jul 29th
Posted by shambo and filed under Archive For July

Let me say this about that. When I retired seven years ago, my wife and I moved to a small town with a population of under 200 people.  Not much happens in our little village and there are few opportunities for entertainment, so television provides a large part of our amusement.  One of the evils that […]

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Posted in Relationships
Jul 28th
Posted by shambo and filed under Archive For July

Let me say this about that. Most Americans are pretty finicky about what they eat.  Basically, we’re “meat & potatoes” oriented and sneer at anything exotic on our plate.  Asian cuisine, however, is much more varied.  When I lived in Asia, I was served such delicacies as cow ankle, camel hump, cat tongue, python skin (for […]

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Posted in Culture, Food, Health
Jul 27th
Posted by shambo and filed under Archive For July

  photobucket Let me say this about that. In January of this year, a 40 year old man drove his car into a minivan stopped at a Miami traffic light.  The crash was so violent that it killed three small children in the back of the minivan and hospitalized their father.  The driver that caused the […]

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Posted in Law
Jul 26th
Posted by shambo and filed under Archive For July

Let me say this about that. Question: What’s the difference between a young man and an old man?  Answer: a young man still expects some justice in this world.  OK, OK, some of you are going to call me a cynical old goat, but sometimes I get the same pleasure when bad things happen to […]

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Posted in Current Events, Law
Jul 23rd
Posted by shambo and filed under Archive For July

Let me say this about that. American poet James Riley is credited with creating the so-called “duck test” when he wrote: “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, you probably got yourself a duck.”  Riley, who died in 1916, worried about the overuse of weasel-words decades before […]

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Posted in Language
Jul 22nd
Posted by shambo and filed under Archive For July

  Let me say this about that. In a month or so, I will have been retired for seven years.  That probably gives me a little credibility on the subject, so a lot of “baby boomer” buddies, now approaching their own retirement, often ask me for advice.  Retirement is a traumatic event for most guys, […]

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Posted in Retirement
Jul 21st
Posted by shambo and filed under Archive For July

Let me say this about that. The English language was quite useful for communication – that is until the Americans got hold of it.  You can’t really tell what something is just by the English name given to it.  Everyone has heard the old adage: “Why do Americans drive on a parkway and park on […]

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Posted in Language
Jul 21st
Posted by shambo and filed under Archive For July

Let me say this about that. Guys love their sports, especially ones in which they can participate.  Participation sports are important for men as a way to disperse the pressure and frustration that builds up on the job by the end of each week.  Sometimes I wonder if, in fact, participation sports can actually make the situation […]

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Posted in Sports
Jul 19th
Posted by shambo and filed under Archive For July

Let me say this about that. I am constantly amazed by the volume of prescription drug ads we are bombarded with every day.  It appears that we Americans have become victims of a variety of diseases, conditions, and syndromes that most of us never heard of a few years ago.  A favorite ruse by the pharmaceutical […]

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Posted in Health

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