Re: Everyone must be....

Illegitimi non carborundum  - "don't let the bastards grind you down".  Exactly.
  

james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
  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 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
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From:
>>>>> To:
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 9:56 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Everyone must be....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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>>>>
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>>>> Pam Evans
>>>> Kemp TX
>>>> zone 8A
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>>>>
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