I think I should take a vacation, get out of town and just go where I could show off my thinner body.

How about a trip to Orlando?  While there, I will need a way to get around so I should check with orlando car rental see if they have a car that will handle a thin old man.

It was last Saturday, that the reunion was held from KRUX, a radio station I worked for in the mid 60s.  We had a good turnout, considering that there was little public PR about it.  The auditorium it was held in, was almost totally filled.

I got to thinking about those days and how much I liked working with equipment.  It was what I would consider one of those technology jobs , back then the rules were much different than today,  although with computers and such, the technology has advanced even further.

Back then there was a need for person to actually run the equipment.  Today, a radio station can run itself, from the programing to the transmitters.

No wonder I still like the  “Good Old Days”.

Personally, had it not been more or less completed under the coverage of our home owner’s policy, I think I would have taken a look at Elkay sinks to replace the sink that was in the house when I moved in 13 or so years ago.

I also would have replaced the counter tops as well.  There is nothing wrong with them, they just don’t match the new cabinets, that replaced the old ones that had been damaged.

I’m one of those people who like things to go together.

While I have been happy with the blinds, (shades) but as I look around I would sure like to take a peak at discount shades to see if there is something I would like.

It wouldn’t hurt to look.

I for one would have purchased one back on 5/28, that’s when we discovered a leak behind the kitchen sink   Beginning the reconstruction of the kitchen cabinets.

This is the first time, that I remember being without a kitchen for so long.  It’ has been an experience, some not so good, but we survived and it’s exciting as we start to use what a new kitchen.

Right this minute there are boxes and bags all over the living room and dinning room with the stuff that was in the cabinets in the kitchen.  Leaving little room for me to even sit down in a chair up there.

So what do I do?  Well with a reunion for KRUX coming up at the end of August, and the fact that I was told that the High School I went to here in Arizona is planning something for later in the year, I have been thinking about those years.

As a teenager, I had a few years that I was “blessed” with acne.  I know back then I used what I thought was the best acne cleanser and cleaned it right up.  Today, my skin is what I would call “average”.  Not bad for a 6’4″, 275 lbs, almost 67 year old former Radio/Television Announcer.

This week alone I have been asked to pay close to a Thousand Dollars just to attend a party for an individual running for state office.

A few moments ago I received an email asking me to donate to the Arizona Governor and the states fight against the Federal Government over SB 1070.  I support SB1070 but just where am I going to come up with money, as Federal Taxes are soon to go up, State taxes have already gone up, our utilities are holding steady but will soon go up thanks to cap and tax.  Even though I have done every thing I can to make our house more “Green” and use less water and power.

Oh let me not forget that there has been a cut in the medicare payments that I paid for every year I was employed beginning back in 1966 trough 2005 when I had to retire.  But now when I’m eligible for the program I paid into, the payments are being cut.

I’m not happy with those in Government, left or right.  The left under Obama want to bring this country down.  The right, I’m still trying to figure that out, but I know that their welfare comes long before the American Taxpayers.

If I have to pay taxes, I will grumble, but I will pay them, ask for any thing else, Karen’s first, then ME……Put you hand back in your pocket.

Well, in my mid twenties, working on the radio and really not being that active physically, I gain weight.  A lot of it.

But as I said, I can drop weight when I want, by just saying to myself….”Self, it’s time to cut back on what you eat”.

And 9 0ut of 10 times….IT WORKS!

I guess you would call it “Will Power”.  If I can just at the same time cut out drinking Cokes by the dozens every day.  I would again be one skinny dude.

As I mentioned in my last post, I have trouble walking.  I would guess that’s because I really do not take the time to get out of the house and do even a little walking.  If I did on a daily basis, I’m sure my troubles in that area  would come down.

I don’t have a beautiful male body, no matter how you look at it, not through rose colored glasses, not after several hours of drinking.  Let’s be honest, I just don’t have a great bod.

But I do give great phone.