Re: Everyone must be....

Hear! Hear! What's the saying? Illigitium non carborundum. Something like that. 

On Nov 9, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
You happen to live in an area of Texas that is full of people like that. But other areas of the country are not that bad. When you are surrounded by that kind of mentality, it starts working on you and bringing you down. Start talking to other people - people with an IQ higher than pencil lead. Doesn't matter what other people think, it matters what you think. Maddix doesn't have the sharpest pencils in the box working for them...you really don't belong there. You read books every day that have "big words" - and most of those people can't even pronounce them. (Now, for those of you on the gardenchat, I can say this because I've been down there, and I lived in Texas....and where I live NOW is not much different. But I refuse to let the people with no teeth and 70's haircuts bring me down.) Fight the good fight Pam. Apathy can be contagious if you don't watch out..... 


Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
I am Jim but I'm so very tired. All these people w/ kids and grandkids don't give a rat's hairy butt and look at me like I'm crazy. I tell them - you have progeny you fools, you should be more upset about this than I am. In 40 years - we're gone, extinct. Like we never existed. But I care and 
you don't! Stupid. They won't even get out and vote because they say it
doesn't matter. Well it doesn't if you don't vote people! Ugh. I'm just
so worn out w/ it right now.

On 11/8/07, james singer wrote:


Apathy is all the more reason to keep up the good fight, Pam.

On Nov 8, 2007, at 5:04 PM, Pam Evans wrote:
Because I don't have to fool w/ it. The way the world is headed, it'll 
likely be uninhabitable in another 50 years anyway so it's just as
well. I
get discouraged fighting the good fight w/ apathy all around me.

On 11/8/07, Jesse Bell wrote:


Why does that make you lucky?



Pam Evans wrote:
I'm lucky I guess. Tom & I have no descendants, so the whole mess can 
be
chucked. End of the line w/ us.

On 11/8/07, Daryl
wrote:


Auralie,
Sometimes it takes the wisdom of age before family members appreciate 
family
history. While I've always been interested, my sister-in-law
couldn't be
bothered until she was in her 50's. She was the despair of her
grandmother,
who was DAR and just plain interested. Now, my SIL is the one
ferreting
out
information in out of the way places, and labeling all of the photos. 
(Good
thing, since I don't know DH's family very well. )

On my Dad's side, my Aunt and Dad have extensive photo collections
and
still
exchange ideas/stories in their 90's. I've been privileged to listen 
in,
since I'm the designated driver. My Aunt's oldest son, now pushing
70,

has
just become interested, and he's scanning photos and making CDs from 
them.


Don't give up, and please don't throw the stuff out.

d

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I am progressing through this morass, but feeling more and more
that it's wasted effort. Several years ago I began to write an
account
of the family and my childhood, really thinking that my
granddaughters
should really know their family background. I have offered it to all 
the

sons, but the only persons interested have been my middle son's
second wife and her daughters. These step-granddaughters are quite
interested since it describes a sort of life they had never even

thought
of. They are quite bright girls and I am very fond of them. None of 
the

rest have even bothered to read it.
I haven't even begun to process the many boxes of slides, and I
don't
think I will. I will give my carousel of NYS Protected Plants, which 
has

been the basis of an environmental lecture for some years, to the

State

Garden Club office. Beyond that, I don't see the point in keeping
the
others. Who looks at slides today? And I don't think it's worth
paying
to have them put onto tape, when probably noone would bother to look at them. I used to enjoy photography, and was pretty good at it, but 
at this point, I'm pretty frustrated.
Auralie
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