Greg's General Store

First the good news. I am atill alive and kicking and scheduled to switch jobs on the 14th. Now the bed news. That is going to seem like an eternity. I have been called several times every night for the past week and I am working both of the remaining weekends. I did manage to take a few photo's though and I will post them for you to enjoy. The grape stomp at the winery went ok and se made a little money but I was so busy cooking hotdogs I didn't have time to take any pictures. It looks like rain so let me post a few photo's. I hope you like them. Greg

I always heard that expression and assumed that it was what a boss said to his/her employees to motivate them to work harder. These days I am looking at it from another perspective and find it is so true. Every week day for the past 7 years I got in my car and headed off to work. My day consisted of 8 hours of actual paid work time, one hour of unpaid time at work and three hours of unpaid travel time. I justified this by saying that the money was good and it was compared to some jobs but it has taken its toll on me and I have aged tremendously in those 7 years. Looking back, I can say it was worht it but there were some heavy proces that I paid along with getting older. For starters the unpaid time has added up and I am amazed at the time I didn't get paid for. I did some calculations and came up with 3500 hours I lost over the 7 years that I didn't get paid for. I'm not bragging but that means over 100,000.00 I didn't get paid. I am not saying that that I should have ...

Sorry for not posting for so long but I do have some good news, I got the job and will find out today when I get to transfer. I am very excited but also very busy getting ready to transfer. I will write more tonght and add it to this post, Greg

Im sorry people but I have been swamped and have not had a chance to write a decent post. Let me give you the nighlights" New job....maybe. The interview went well, I am waiting on the offer and if I get it and it is enough I will be changing positions...Yea New car...My son bought his first car. Did you get that HE bought it. Got it last night. Guess what the first thing he bought for it was? ...thats right a sterio, lol New friends...Still can't believe I got to meet Cora and family last week. New attitude...for once people at work are kissing MY butt. begging me not to go. Everyone is telling me how much I am needed there....Where were these words for the past 7 years? Even my boss is nice....what's up with that?? New weather....We are having violent storms every night so I haven't been able to post at night...real reason I haven't posted. Sorry So much more to tell but I am even swamped today and it is Saturday. Take care everyone, Greg

Yes it's my birthday today. I celebrate making it through another year without any major problems. Oh there were lots of hurdles to get over but I made it over them all. Is it my imagination or do the years go by faster and faster? I have nothing really big planned today. I am expecting a visit from a blogger friend though and that in itself will make my day, Have a great day everyone, Greg

Why is it that whenever I hear a commercial for an automobile dealership, the hair stands up on the back of my neck and I begin foaming at the mouth like a rabid dog? To say the least they are annoying, aggravating and usually down right insulting. Some of them try to be funny but usually they fall short of causing me to even think about cracking a smile. Who writes that crap? Definitely not a comedian I can tell you that. Those cute little skits they do make me want to puke. Some of them go on and on like a continuing story and really bore me. Does anyone out there think they are really funny or even go there to buy a car because of the humor? And why do they feel they need to shout? I absolutely hate those commercials that the announcer shouts in your face. You know the ones that make you turn the volume down on your radio or television. Something like: “FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS ONLY WE WILL SELL ANY CAR AT ANY PRICE, YOU NAME THE PRICE…..DON’T ……PASS ……THIS……….UP.” And that brings me to...

I hear a lot of women complaining about men these days. It seems that you are never satisfied with us and can always find some flaw in our character. I have some bad news for you though. We are what we are because of you. Anything you can find wrong with us can be traced back to you. You are the reason for our imperfections. One big complaint that I hear is that men can’t distinguish between love and sex. That may be true but let’s look at the reason why. I can still remember my first time and remember it well. She was my girlfriend and I would buy her all kinds of things. Jewelry, clothes, give her money, whatever she wanted but the only way to get what I wanted (sex) was to say I Love you. See she made me associate love with sex so it is totally her fault. I know I am not alone in this thinking either. I also hear women say that we (men) change over the course of a relationship. Well that is as untrue as it gets. The other day, I read an article that said the women look at a man for ...