Sitting down here in an industrial part of town in Houston, Mexas...or was that Texas...isn't one of those "dreamed of" opportunities people go thru life hoping to fulfill. BUT....there is a Shell gas station at the corner of Mesa and McCarty in Houston that has the most AWESOME beef fajita's in the entire United States...at least as far as my very travelled near half century can tell. So this day is EXCITING for that reason, WOW! Amazing ! Whats the name of the place? As far as can be seen from outside or in...there is no name. It's just a bit of a diner built into the convenience store part of the gas station. Now with ever changing times, don't come here 6 years from now and say..HEY, YUCK!...but if you come today....WOW!
That winter storm coming into Colorado was like a dog chasing me and biting my britches as I jumped the fence. Just barely got a piece of cloth. So in the morning about 9am when we head back that way, hmmm. That dog will probably be at the gate watching, waiting, barking, growling. Joy joy joy...but as for today, Right NOW...YUMMY!! That is great food.
Old folks tend to engage in conversations from time to time about what is wrong with kids nowadays. This gentleman I spoke with today agreed with me that one of the Greatest problems is that our society and our laws have changed to such a degree that kids can't WORK. By the time a kid turns 13 they need to KNOW the ever so sweet joy of laying the head down on a pillow after a very hard working day.
Mowing yards, carrying out trash, hauling hay, sweeping sidewalks, scrubbing bathrooms, raking leaves, washing cars, building things, fixing things, painting things...
Versus...ipods, playstations, xbox's, television, gameboys.
To love life...LIFE...(filled with simple pleasures, monumental pleasures, annoyances, MAJOR annoyances, joys, pains)...it is critical to be able to know the pure simple EXCITING joy, of finishing up an 18 hour workday with the absolute best beef fajita in the entire USAMEX.
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Fulfillment and accomplishment missing in one's life has detrimental results. I agree that it can't be found at a shopping mall spending money on "THINGS" or smashing something on a video game. One big item missing in this complex society is the feeling one gets after picking cotton all day (bent over) and then at the end of the day getting to stand erect and get clean from a hard day at work. The feeling of looking at a line full of laundry that you just hung on the clothes line after scrubbing it on the rub-board. While these are antiquated activities, I still think we have different ways of accomplishing the same feelings by taking pride in keeping up our homes, giving a full day's work for a full day's pay and at the end of the day getting to watch our children accomplish their homework tasks.
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Yeah, so you come running around the corner with that big mean dog chomp'in at your butt ---and hand ME the BONE?!!
I seem to remember someone who was SUPPOSED to be out haul'in hay and such but seemed to be overly fond of the cold water cooler. Don't go tell'in them big stories long as you still got witnesses around ;-)
Just cause I knew about dehydration and heat stroke, don't mean in the long run I didn't outwork ya! ;)~
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