I think partisan politics should be out of order on Goodword. In any case, I shall not discuss it.

I think Religion is too important not to discuss, but it should always be done with respect and kindness.

What do you other folks think about this?

On the big engines we counted torque by the number of men it took to pull on the very long wrench handle extension to get the bolt tight enough.

Now now boys play nice.

My personal Bibliotherapy is to reread Boswell's "Samuel Johnson". First I started with my paper copy. The type font was its downfall. I couldn't read it. No matter. I just downloaded it from the internet. Since I read in bed at night and despise iPads and so called desktop computers [I have them, I...

Check Wikipedia for the history and present state of Wimpy's.

I have always wondered why a refrigerator is so called. it seems that refrigerate should mean to make cold again. It makes sense to the use the word fridge to mean the machine that MAKES something cold. I grew up in the hinterlands where we had to settle for ice boxes. We predated Eugene O'Neill in ...

In my college days I worked as an intern at a large natural gas processing plant. Every summer they gave me a different job assignment. in my third summer they put me in the big engine maintenance department. It was hot and dirty work. I became ill and was sent to the hospital. On my return they jud...

We have a local hamburger joint that puts out some marvelous food.
I don't eat beef but their chicken sandwich is as good as I could want.

For years I have monitored the hypercranialoquy of Christian sermons. I have called out many a pastor for practicing it. One pastor I monitor is my brother. I get his sermons in written forms each week. When he uses an unusual word incorrectly, I also call him out. He actually said that there were f...

People sometimes get the good news of cancer remission. I am telling you friends in this forum, that I am free of all detectable cancer.
It took 75% of my colon but it left enough for me to keep on keeping on.

Snazzy never made it into the hinterland during its brief hour on the stage of slang popularity. I do not think I have ever used the word and I don't remember hearing it very much.

Sometimes triage nurses can get down right mean. When facing someone who is hurt from a fall, She/he might ask. "Why did you do such a stupid thing." I have been insulted by a triage nurse a time or two.

Widely used here in the hinterlands. If you are wearing spurs, don't hunker down.

I could never get used to the Wimpy Burger when I worked in England.
i didn't try one.

Luke: Novocaine has been available all of your life. I guess I have been fortunate because I have never had a dentist of whom I was afraid. I have been scared by some doctors because I immediately knew they were incompetent. I hold doctors and dentists in high regard. My son is a maxillofacial surge...