WHERE TO GO FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.

Every year it's the same thing, where are we going for either Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter dinner. I either order a meal from the supermarket, Jewel, or we go out to a buffet. The last Thanksgiving and Easter we went to Geno's in Dyer, Indiana. Christmas we had dinner at home, my place. Either way you look at it, it is expensive. Being on just Social Security it is even more expensive.

I'm backing off of going to Geno's because when we went there this past Easter I found that the prices were considerably higher than they were the previous holiday and they tagged on a tip of $35.00 for a waitress who did nothing to earn it. It was a buffet, so she did nothing there and she only returned once to see it we wanted our drinks refilled. Does that earn $35.00? I walked out of there paying for my family to eat cold food, and some of the food they ran out of, paying, I just found my charge receipt yesterday, $225.00. This is not good.

This year I will call Old Country Buffet and see is they are open Thanksgiving day. If they are that is where we are going because I know it will be cheaper and the food will be good and warm.

CAN'T STAND THE YELLING AND SCREAMING.

I don't know how many of you watch the "MAURY" show but if you do, how many of you watchers are getting sick and tired of all of these girls bringing guys on the show for DNA tests to get the baby a father. The girls come on yelling that the baby looks like the guy they brought with them and he is saying that the baby doesn't look anything like him. Seriously, how many babies do resemble the mother or the father. I think it's wishful thinking. The girls yell and scream about how it has to be his because he is the only one she slept with only to find out that she was passed around the neighborhood. And of course the guy always says that if the baby is his he will take responsibility and take care of the baby. RRRRIIIIGGGGGHHHHHTTTTT. How in the hell can they when they have four other kids with four other girls.

Maury, your show is a joke.What do they call these girls. Women of the night.

THANKS FOR COMMENT MIKE.

You are probably right, they might have found some to do the job cheaper, or perhaps a relative or a friend of a higher up in the company who needed a job. Either way it isn't right as a lot of people know.

Thank God I am retired and don't have to put up with this. All I have to worry about is the higher up's in this country screwing with my health care and social security.

I hear people on social security will be getting a raise next year which will total about $38.00 a month and almost half of that will go to increased Medicare payment costs.

INTERVIEW FOR A JOB AND GET YOUR HOPES UP?

Are you out of a job? Have you had interviews? Millions of people have gone through this ritual and heard the words "WE'LL CALL YOU" and that never happens. I really think that the people who give these interviews and promises think that every day without a job is a big JOKE.

My daughter had an interview a week ago with a large insurance company. It all started out with a lengthy phone interview and followed up with a face to face interview and the introduction to the person who's job she will be taking as well as the higher ups she will be associated with. She was told they were very impressed with her and she was likely to secure the position and that they would make a decision the following Monday.

Monday came, no call. Tuesday came, no call, so on Wednesday she called them and was told they were deciding between two people and not to worry most likely she would be the one chosen for the position. Just relax. You can imagine what kind of a mood that put her in since she had not worked in almost a year.

6:30 that evening she got an e-mail from Prudential telling her that they had chosen the other person for the position. She is still in shock because the women told her is was almost certain that she would get the job.

For all you interviewers who do hiring, KEEP YOU F------ MOUTH SHUT AND DON'T GIVE FALSE HOPES TO PEOPLE ALREADY DEPRESSED. They have enough to worry about.

LAST HOORAH!!!

One can consider this past weekend as the last of the season at the campground. Temps were in the 80's and not a cloud in the sky. Took advantage of the weather by having a early cup of coffee and sitting in the rocking chair on the deck. Very little wind but the leaves were still taking their turns letting go of the branches and fluttering down to the ground. This brought to mind the harsh reminder of things to come. Snow, ice and cold.

Next weekend will be the process of taking a last golf cart ride, finishing putting things away, locking up the camper for the last time until next spring and the worst part of it all is saying goodbye to good friends and wishing them a good winter and holiday season.

Hope to see you all again next spring.

FOOTBALL TODAY - BEARS @ PACKERS.

I watch the Chicago Bears play football whenever they are on tv, but there are certain games that I look forward too. Today is one of those games. Today's game is with our neighbors to the north, that being the Green Bay Packers.

Today is perfect football weather. 61 degrees and raining. These days are for die hard fans. I consider myself a fan but not the extent that I would sit in the rain or snow or temperatures in the negative numbers. My private seat is a Easy Boy rocking chair with a snack tray next to it with my favorite snacks on it and I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for them. The washroom is near by with no line and best of all I get all of the close-up action on my 46 inch tv. When the game is over I don't have a long drive home and I won't have a problem finding my car in the parking lot.

Am I a good dedicated fan? YOU BET I AM!!!!!!!!!

END OF CAMPING SEASON.

I know I said it was the end of camping season but not exactly, it is not really over until October 17 when they turn off the water. I was referring to the activities during the day and night. No more dances, hay rides, and whatever else the park does to entertain folks who come here to camp. It is now closed to the public and only lot owners can enter.

Last Saturday was the big event of dropping candy from an airplane and letting the kids run onto the field to gather the goodies. In the evening it was time for the giant fire which was the burning of skids donated by one of the lot owners. There must have been 500 skids to burn and that is just what happend them, they were burned. Hot dogs, chips and brownies were also part of the party. The flames were two, three stories high and heat from the fire was something else.

From now until the 17 of October it will be putting stuff away for the winter and at night sitting around a campfire and talking about what went on during the summer and of course trying to stay warm as the temperature drops in the evening.

All I can say is that I will miss all my friends with their jokes and laughs.

Hope I will be there again next summer.