September 13, 2024
by Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, I remember watching Saturday morning TV; we had shows hosted by people that cared about us and wanted us to get an education, encouraged us to enjoy life, and they brought us cartoons that made us laugh, along with the Three Stooges (none of us ever thought of…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Lawsuitsby Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, “Saturday night, bath night!” There was a time when Saturday night was bath night, the whole family bathed, one at a time in the same tub and the same hot water carried bucket by bucket to fill the tub; father first, mother next, then the children oldest to…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion On Bath NightDear Friends, “Allow me to give my two cents worth.” How many times has someone said that during a conversation as a way of injecting their opinion into a discussion? You may also have heard “A penny for your thoughts.” Why exactly are my thoughts worth only half of yours? Let us take a…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion – On Penniesby Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, How many of you remember Valentine’s Day from your grade school days? The teacher would bring out the construction paper, red, green, blue, yellow, scissors, the ones with the rounded ends but you still were warned not to run with them, school paste, and pencils, color pencils. Did…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Valentines DayDear Friends, It is hard to believe that this week marks one hundred columns how time does go by. When I started writing this weekly message I felt I had something worth saying and I needed something to occupy my time during what I thought would be a few months of shut down due…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion On SportsmanshipDear Friends, At the end of the month my wife and I breathe a sigh of relief, we have again paid our mortgage and utility bills, now we have a safe, warm place to starve. Higher prices are out of hand, look at gas and diesel prices, the things we shop for are costing…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion – on inflationDear Friends, Remember March of 2020 when our country shut down, Corona Virus and we were told we had to wear a mask, wash our hands a lot, use hand sanitizer, and socially distance six feet apart. Social activities were not a good idea as we went from Corona to COVID19 and movie theaters, restaurants,…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- ON COVIDDear Friends, How many of you enjoy eating soft pretzels? The regular that used to be five for a dollar, the nuggets, or the large share size, did you buy from the vendor on the corner? My dad stopped on our way going over the Tacony Palmyra Bridge on our way to Ocean City,…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Pretzels and Mustardby Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, What do you remember from the year 1968? I was driving a 1958 Chrysler, dating a girl named Barbara, working at a movie theater and landscaping, playing guitar and singing in a band, The Capps. The top six songs on the radio that year were; “Hey Jude” –…
Read More about Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Senseless LawsuitsDear Friends, New Year’s Eve will be here tomorrow (as I write this column) are you ready? Have you been greeting everyone with a smile and a “Happy New Year” wish? Are you planning a big festive night out? A party at home with friends and loved ones, perhaps a quiet night for two…
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