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OK, THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER
By GUMS

Well, Christmas and New Years are over and all we gotta do now is PAY THE BILLS. Then maybe we can figure what to do this summer. I hope y'all had a good holiday and got all ya wanted from Santa (and the other half if ya know what I mean) and stayed sober (ha ha) on New Year's Eve. Now on to what is pissin me off at the start of a brand new year.

JUST A PIECE OF FRIENDLY ADVICE FOR YA

I do a lot of my business over the phone and depend on an answering machine (people now call it "voice mail") to get messages when I am not near the phone. People get really pissed when I don't return their calls right away. Well, do me a favor, leave your message SLOW and CLEAR ! Some folks spout off their messages so damn fast, there is no way to understand what ya said or who the hell ya are. When ya leave a phone number speak slowly (ya I'm gettin old) so you can be understood. Hell, I have listened to a message seven or eight times just trying to figure out a name or number. I have talked to a lot of other business people who all have the same problem, they can't understand half their messages either. So if ya want good service speak SLOW and CLEAR!!

"THIS REALLY SUCKS"

Seems a bunch of our "DARKER SKINED" folks here in Florida didn't like our state song. Now the Florida State song has been the same for over 140 years, that's right "ONE HUNDRED FORTY YEARS." The song was made famous and written by Steven Foster in 1851. The title "Old Folks At Home" or the way some folks called it "Way Down Upon the Swanee River." Yes, there is a Swanee River here in Florida too. That's where Foster got his idea for the song. Just a laid back river with laid back folks living along it's banks. This song was learned by thousands of school children both black and white and it never bothered any one till lately. Up jumps a bunch of jerk off's who said they are offended by the term "DARKIES" and they wanted the state song changed to something else. Well, the kiss ass politicians of this state (being the cowards that they are) said "yes master we be changin our 140 year old state song, cause a hand full of youz blacks don't like it." That's just what they did too. They kissed a bunch of black ass and changed it to something called "where the saw grass meets the sky" or something like that. This country is in bad shape when a hand full of radicals can change a state song. We the residents did get to vote on a choice of four new songs, but in my opinion, they all SUCK. We did not get to vote on keeping the old song though. I want the old one back and if ya don't like it ya can move to another state with a song ya like.

HERE'S ONE FOR YA

What the hell is the little thing I see sticking out of everyone's ear lately? Well, I just had to find out what it was, so like a fool, I ask a lady and found out it is a cell phone. Now wait just a damn minute, I wasn't born with a hunk of blue or black plastic stuck in my ear and I sure as hell ain't gonna stick one in there either. This has got to be the most stupid thing I have seen people do in several years. I thought all those folks in the mall should be in a funny farm somewhere. They were all walking around talking to them selves (or so I thought). No, they were all talking to someone who only knows where. If we were meant to have a phone stuck in our ear, (or any where else for that matter) we would have been born that way. Next thing ya know, they will have a roll of shit paper hanging from their belts. Com'on folks get a life and leave the ear dildo's at home!!

HERE IS SOME USEFUL INFORMATION FROM "GUMS"

A lot of you have wondered about how much of your personal history is easily available to anyone who wants to look for it. The web site below at the bottom of this message (for as little as about $5.00 per history check) will give anyone all the following plus a whole lot more:

complete work history (since ya started working)
any and all court records (all kinds of info)
all your property tax info since ya ever bought a house
every school ya went through, your grade points, how much time ya missed in class and lots more
along with the work history also includes pay history.
names and addresses of all relatives both living and dead with birth dates and death dates
home value and all home details (including tax info) along with maps
complete driving record since ya got your license
bill payment history (loans, credit cards held etc.)
all addresses you have ever lived at since you were a little kid including addresses and maps
any military service

This list goes on and on. There is almost nothing that can't be found out about you or anyone else if a person just wants to spend a couple bucks and take a little time to look for the info. All I can say is be very careful when giving out your personal information. Even most folks say they never give out their personal info, all of you do without even knowing it. When ya "FORWARD" an e mail ya get from someone, look at the top. There may be dozens of other peoples names and e mail addresses there and you are just passing that info on to other people and that is where it can start. DO NOT FORWARD E MAIL !!! copy and paste them. The link below is to one of dozens of sites where anyone can go and if they know how to look, can find out your whole life's history!

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LAST ITEM FOR THIS MONTH

What the hell is this latest bullshit fad called "TEXT MESSAGING"? Have you folks all gone friggin nuts or what? I mean come on now, ya sit there lookin at a little bitty screen typin in stupid little messages with your thumbs! The phone companies love ya, they're makin a bundle off this crap. I can understand it if ya are playin games, but sendin messages?? Next thing ya know, after a couple years of text messaging, your thumbs will be longer than your "stink finger." The only good part is we don't have listen to all the bullshit we hear when ya talk on your cell phone. The bad part is now the assholes will be text messaging as they drive along listening to their mp3 players and drinking their expressio and who knows what else! What ever happened to the good ole days when besides driving fast in the car, all we did bad (and it was mostly good) was have sex in the back seat. Should some asshole hit ya while texting,(or talking on their cell phone) sue the living shit out of them! Back injuries, blurred vision, whiplash, leg cramps, loss of sexual drive and anything else ay can think of to teach these jerk's a lesson!

TILL NEXT TIME, KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN!!

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