My Journey From Overseas

storcogato (57) · 7 years ago

True story,
Happened a few days ago. So I’m a residential counselor for individuals who have traumatic brain injuries. My client, he wasn’t having a good day so he threw a fit. He stole our key and wouldn’t give it back so for his punishment he couldn’t go anywhere. Sure enough – he motions me to the car and wants me to open it. I refuse and he starts slamming the cars window (I actually thought he broke the window at the time) then he starts charging me screaming with his arms raised like an animal (mind you hes 260 lbs and im 165 lbs). After this – he jumps the fence and is on the train tracks. He starts lighting a cig and walking along the train tracks.
At this point , it’s a spectacle, everyone at the train station is pointing at my client and cant believe someone is walking on the tracks. Then he walks right into the dark train tunnel. Sh*t hits the fan at this point because if a train comes, its traveling at 30 and wont even see him to stop.
Long story short , we stopped the trains, 1000s of people missed their train and were late and my client surfaced again in the city center unharmed.

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Wow! I am recovering from multiple concussions and am disabled, so this really resonates with me. I'm not a smoker, nor that heavy, but often I will need to "run away" from a conversation with my wife, due to my symptoms.

Mostly, I find solace in another part of the house or yard. Rarely, I will need to leave the property. Generally when I do, I drive to a trail nearby where I can take a walk in the woods.

I think I should do more meditation. Thanks for your story!

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williams858 (57) · 7 years ago

My Cryptocurrency Story! Back in early March 13 I fell into a real deep hole, I mean deep! Let me explain, I have a decent job in the UK pays over 30K per year and I bought my self a 25k car with a deposit off over 10k! I kept the car for around 1 and half years and took the plunge and sold it, it was the first thing I invested a lot of my money, BUT a demon got the better of me! I sold the car for 16000 Cash to a young lad and owed around 12K on finance still. One night I went on the online gabbling site and spent 10k in one night! This was the worst mistake of my life, my marriage was on the line and luckily she stayed and we came through this together, its only last year I finally paid it all off.

Not having a car and paying finance was a dumb thing and would not recommend gambling to my worst enemy, since that night I have not gambled one thing online or fruit machines.

Now moved up in the world I have got a 250K house in the UK and have moved up in my job!

This is how I got in to Cryptocurrency to keep my mind off and focus on something that can have huge rewards, there is a lot to learn about cryptocurrency than just knowing what bitcoin is. There is plenty of my friends I have told about this and they still don't have the sliest clue and feel confused about simply just sending it across a distributed ledger.

This is my short version that I look back on and think why the hell did I even do that. Look to the future and not the past! The most valuable thing in life is TIME!

Thanks for reading!

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binarybits (45) · 7 years ago

I agree on that @williams858

Make TIME your friend...find some!
:D

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williams858 (57) · 7 years ago

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

My wife @countrylover and I have used the online gambling sites. I don't think either of us chewed through more than 10 BTC, her a tenth of that I think; but these days it's worth a lot more! I think it was under $100 when I was exploring those sites. They seem to be coded such that I lose, whether they actually have colluding bots or not, so like you I decided not to continue. Of course, losing one third of your annual income in one night is a good lesson as well! :)

I do enjoy a game of poker though! In-person is better, albeit generally with less of a potential upside.

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williams858 (57) · 7 years ago

Yeah poker in person for a social night is good, knowing and having limits is also a good thing. 👍🔝👏

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farmstead (56) · 7 years ago (edited)

Today is supposed to be hatch day for my broody hen... Well.. She has been doing a decent job sitting on the eggs, until today! This morning, I went to the coop to check on the chickens and no one was on the nest of eggs and supposed "broody" was just out laying in the sun, like a fucking bum.

I decide, hey, maybe it's just her time that she goes out and poops and does some foraging. She'll be back on the nest in no time.

I go back out, a half hour later and empty nest still. Shit, what do I do? I don't even know. I resolve to remove the eggs if the next time I go out there, no one is setting.

I bring my egg basket, open the nesting box and one of my Australorps is setting. Okay fine... I guess I will let her set there. This is not original broody, by the way.

Then, a while later, I hear the egg song. I go out to see if the 'lorp laid an egg. She's walking around singing at the top of her lungs. Fine. Okay, I open the box again and one of the Welsummers is sitting on the eggs... Shoot. Well, let's see if the 'lorp laid.

No... But there's a giant shit on the eggs now, and my Welsummer is sitting on it. I am at a loss as to what to do. Do I take the eggs or what? I don't even know. Someone's sitting on them, which is fantastic, I don't really care.

The whole point was to experiment with using a broody to hatch eggs, cause I didn't want to brood more babies in my house! Since I am already broody quail babies.

And this broody butthole dips out on THE LAST DAY?! What on earth?!

I don't even know if I should attempt to take the eggs or... clean out the nest box some how. Today is supposed to be hatch day! I really don't want to bother them... Ugh. Usually I get a feeling of what to do, of what "feels" right to do. I've got nothing. Hahahha. sigh

Edit to add: went back to the coop and found that no one was on the nest. So I took the eggs and put them in the incubator with the quail eggs. I know this is not an ideal situation. But, it's all I could do. Damn.

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Thank you for this story! We are going to get chickens next year, and will have to deal with similar issues. I'm sure we'll be asking more questions of you and others who have the experience! :)

A year ago, I didn't even know there were different types of chickens. Well, I knew there were roosters... :)

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farmstead (56) · 7 years ago

Hahah you will love having them!! Please feel free to ask me ANYTHING! :)

I will probably add this story to my newest post when I make it today because I had some of the eggs hatch!! :) Stay tuuuuuuned!

libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Thanks, I know I will need advice so appreciate it!

First question: what breeds should we consider? Probably want 6 to 12 chickens. The hen house and hen pen are already built, I don't have dimensions but the house is probably 6' x 6' and 7 or 8' tall. The pen is probably 10' x 20' -- is there a maximum chickens per square footage calculation or something? We're near Boston, MA, in terms of weather.

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farmstead (56) · 7 years ago

This is a great question to ask! I’ll have to get a minute to jump on the computer for more detailed info, but some resources to look into about hardy breeds is The Livestock Conservancy, if you’re interested in heritage breeds (check out my Homestead Bucket List post for a blurb about heritage breeds), and even looking at My Pet Chicken website for good details on breeds.

When I get a minute to go to the computer I’ll reply some more! :)

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farmstead (56) · 7 years ago

So, there are lots of things out there that state what the "appropriate sized" coop is for however many birds. They typically will say 4 square feet per bird in the coop. And 10 square feet per bird in the run. Mine free range so I don't pay attention to the space suggestions because they only sleep in the coop and cuddle close on the roosts. So make sure the roosts have enough room, at least 8-12" per bird.

How cold does it get there? I would just make sure to get cold hardy breeds. Not hard to find, chickens are fairly cold hardy as it is. I would just steer clear of bantams (mini-sized chickens). Try to get ones with smaller combs, larger combs are more susceptible to frost bite, though, there are ways to mitigate and help prevent that.

Are you at all picky about egg color? I picked my chickens based on the color of the eggs they should lay, that was important to me (silly, I know, but it makes me happy!).

My personal favorites are Blue Langshans and Salmon Faverolles. They both dual purpose (meat and egg) and heritage birds. I like Easter Eggers cause they're hardy mixed birds who lay colored eggs. :D I have 7 different breeds.

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nancie (53) · 7 years ago

There's this burger place next to our college campus. I stopped in a couple times and we chatted. Then I came in one day hoping to see her and chat with her, but she wasn't there... Or so I thought. Turns out she was in the back doing covering from someone else and wasn't doing her manager duties like usual. I saw her and she saw me but we didn't get to talk. I ordered my food to go and as I watched them make my burger and fries I started to notice it was taking them much longer than usual to put it together in the bag and once the food was in the bag they were still putting something else in the bag and arranging it carefully so it wouldn't move around. What really tipped it off was that all of her coworkers who were making it were all giggling and smiling. I got my food, thanked them, and left. When I got outside I checked my bag and saw her number in there. A little while later and we're both really happy together. TL;DR: I got stupid lucky and now I'm stupid happy.

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Great romantic story!

I met my wife @countrylover when we both worked at Domino's Pizza, in our youth; me, the driver, and her, the "mean manager." :) We hung out a lot and went to parties, but weren't romantically involved. Many years later we were both single and "met in a bar" but we didn't meet there :D and hung out almost daily for a month, then realized we were dating. :) (Lot of other details; that's the gist.)

Good for you, now the challenge is to keep her! :D

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jennaispro (34) · 7 years ago

When I was a sophomore in high school, I went on a trip to England and France with school. Before I left, my mom insisted on buying me a new ski jacket (since the trip was in February), but I didn’t want to make her pay too much for it so we got the only color on sale – a very loud green that looked like a mix of teal and pine tree green. Anyway, way back when, I was also in the middle of my colored skinny jeans phase, and I picked up a hand-knitted sheep hat from Stonehenge’s gift shop. Anyway, fast forward to the day we left Mont Saint-Michel. At the time, there were only two times the bus could run from the island given the time – really, really early or after dinner. So, during the walk to the early, early bus, my friend, Lauren, realized she’d forgotten her retainers in the hotel, and she and one of the chaperones went running back, hoping they’d make it back down the island in time for the bus. If not, they’d have missed the ride to Paris and it would have been a grand disaster. Anyway, the rest of the group and dozens of other people started boarding the buses, and my friend comes up beside me, breathless. She explains that she and the chaperone were hopelessly lost, hoping they’d find the rest of the group and get on the correct bus, when off in the distance she saw someone wearing red pants, a bright green jacket, and a wool sheep hat. And she said to the chaperone that was definitely the group. He asks her why she is so sure, and she explains that she sees me, in red pants, a green jacket, and a fluffy white hat. (I also had sequined snow boots at the time). He asks her why she is so certain that it’s me, and she asks, “would anyone else wear that in public?” He just replies, “fair point,”.

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

LOL! I have these old, tattered ski gloves that I keep in my coat for winter. They're pretty much the same color, teal and green. My wife @countrylover once said (or I did, in response to her asking why I keep them?), that "nobody will steal them." :)

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droucil (62) · 7 years ago

Yesterday was a fun night. Chilled till early in the morning with my buddies. Drinking and gaming, smoking some dope. Yeah...it was lots of fun and I had all the time in the world. And when it finally ended, I slept like a baby. Heck, I didnt even had to count sheeps, that's how tired I was.
Then I woke up the next morning... Thought I was still dreaming, my head spinning all around. And all I could do was lay down there, slowly breath in and out, trying to get rid of this stomach ache. Boy, do I hate alcohol... ^.^

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

We discussed at the meeting (for brain injury survivors) counting sheep, as a way to "focus on nothing" to help relax the brain. Neat to see it again, it's not something I see often. I do often get coincidences like this, though. Sounds like a fun night out! :)

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droucil (62) · 7 years ago

Actually I never count sheep, it just felt nice to add to the story :P Often if I can't sleep I watch something funny (and light) on my laptop, to pretty much relax the brain like you said ;)

stranniksenya (61) · 7 years ago

A few weeks ago we had a pet snail ahatin. This is a very interesting animal. Most of all, I was interested in the fact that it can not be fed for several days, it just goes into hibernation. It is enough to sprinkle water on it and it will wake up. But story is not about that.

The snail lives in a small glass container. A couple of days ago I fed the snail, as always with lettuce and oatmeal, the snails like it. I should feed it at night, snail is nocturnal animals. But ... I forgot to cover it with a lid. And it escaped from its house, a glass container. In the morning I discovered the loss.

I was afraid to just step on it and crush it, but I found the snail nearby on the edge of the table. Everything ended well. Have a nice day!)

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Nice! I have a "pet toad" out in the garden which often hops away from me while I'm watering. I make an effort to not step on him, and talk to him -- I tell him how much I appreciate his assistance.

Today I saw a neat-looking bug (didn't get a picture), and decided not to harm it either. Was pulling weeds out there, and almost covered it as I threw one. Pretty sure it got away safe as well. :)

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georgemales (68) · 7 years ago (edited)

Well the story of my life lately... as some know i am working on a cruise ship (fortunatly or unfortunatly) and this is one of the main things i could not be as active as i wished here on Steemit. After last port of call Vancouver i had 11 sea days and very very slow internet conection and now i am in Japan so i am using just my mobile to write comments. Two weeks from now i will be in Australia and i will be 3 days in a row in Sydney so i will have time to add one more blog or with a bit of luck maybe two. So if you didnt sow me as active as i was in the past now you know the reason. Still 3 or 4 more ports of call in Japan so for sure i will add as well a blog from here.
Take care and have an amazing weekend!
Always Steem On!

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Thanks for sharing! Good luck at sea, see you soon! :)

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georgemales (68) · 7 years ago

Thanks a lot! Just wait to reach Sidney so i can add a new blog... i have moments when i miss Steemit a lot!

djmalith (56) · 7 years ago (edited)

It was written in last night for you @libertyteeth.. Also It has fully published on my blog...

I'm Malith Lokuhewa living in Colombo, Sri Lanka and loving husband and father of 2 years and 9 months old loving and playful son... Right now I'm working as an IT professional and would like to write my story who and what bring me to this profession..
Right now I'm 35 years old and this was happening about 25 years ago.. Then I was a 10 years old little boy.. My mother's younger brother was a Seaman and he was a very rich person more than us.. He has three sons and two is elder than me and one is younger than me.. One day me and my mother was travelling to there..

I came to know that my uncle's elder son had a computer.. Then I have never seen a computer and wanted to see it.. I visited to his room and then he was playing some car game on it.. I was wondering and watching it because I never had such an experience in my life.. So, I desired to play the game..

But I knew that he is not going to give me to play.. Then I went to my mother and told my desire to her.. Then she told it to her brother.. Then my uncle calls his elder son and told him that give me the chance to play the game with computer.. Then he takes me to his room and gave me a chance to play.. That was my first game playing experience in my life and couldn't win the game.. Then he gets big angry about me and blamed me, "You are a duffer and never be able to learn about computers.."

His words really hurt me and written in my heart very deeply.. At that moment I took it seriously "One day I'm going to learn a one character about computers more than him.."

Few years his words, torture to my mind and heart.. After my higher education I started few computer courses.. But I did not have a computer till I complete my computer hardware engineering course.. My parents didn't have money to buy a computer for me.. But I never give up and collected parts one by one and finally assembled at my own computer..

Since on I started my journey in IT field.. Right now I'm really happy about my career and now I'm sitting higher position than my uncle's elder son.. However, I came to my goal finally...

Finally, I would like share this beautiful quote with you :

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
~Ralph Marston~

Wish you have a Great and Successful Future...😊🤗❤

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Thanks for sharing that uplifting (and challenging) story! I like the quote you ended with, it reminds me of a similar quote by Henry Ford: "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't -- you're right."

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adnanrabbani (70) · 7 years ago

i like to share another true story of my life, i was at that time about 14 years old and i read in 9th standard, i have one brother and three sisters and i am elder among all, it was Friday and in those days Friday is a holiday in our country, my mom is a house wife and my father had a grocery store at that time about 2 to 3 km away from our house, so it was a very warm friday of a july, my father came back to home for eating his lunch and he saw we are fighting with each other due to some reason, after saw this scene he instantly becomes very angry and starts beating me, so i start weeping my mom approaches and she takes me to another room but i felt the angriness of my father so badly, i made a decision in my mind that i never live with them anymore and i will run away sooner or later whenever i get a chance.

So after eating the lunch my fathers have to go to attend a marriage ceremony of his friend he gave me the keys of the shop and ask me to go and open the shop and he come back soon after attending the marriage party, so i already made a decision in my mind to run away so i take the keys of the shop sit on my bicycle and starts moving towards my shop, as i reach the shop i open the shatter of the shop go to cash box opens it and grabs 100$ from it and then close the shop and give the keys of the shop to the owner of another shop who is also a friend of my father and ask him once my father comes back plz gave those keys to him and then i sit on my bicycle again and starts my journey to an unknown destiny.

without knowing that what's going to happen with me as the result of this silly act, but i am really angry that time. initially i run the bicycle so fast my intentions are to go to another nearest city which is about 400km away from our home and there i start my own job and never comes back again, so it was hot summer i am sweating badly but i never give up and i cover almost 30 to 35km after i decided to take a break and have a cup of tea it's almost sunset time approaches so i sip a cup of tea and starts my journey again towards my destination but as i cover 10km more the night approach and that made impossible for me to move forward as there is no light in my cycle.

So then i realized that i have to find a shelter to spent a night, i saw a old govt. hospital near the road and decided to spent my night there, so i go inside the hospital and park my bike in a parking lot and lay down on grass under the tree in one of the gardens, but after 30 to 40 minutes have passed i feel so uncomfortable as that surface is hard for a sleep and also there are so many mosquito there and they bitting me every now and then.

So at that time my anger was also disappears and i start thinking that what have i done, i realized that i made a completely wrong decision to leave my house, so i decided that it's far better for me to go back and apologize to my parents and i am sure they will forgive me, so i sit on my bicycle again and slowly starts my journey back to my house, but i felt i was too tired my leg muscles are becoming so stiff and i won't able to drive a bicycle so i saw a slow moving truck crosses me. I decided to catch the truck from behind and move with it.

so i regains my energy as i saw a some sort of hope, i sit on bicycle again and somehow reach to the truck and catch a small chain of it and starts moving with the truck as the truck is fully loaded so it moves slowly but this a only hope left for me to reach back to my house, the truck takes almost 2 to 3 hours to cover the distance of 30km and then it turns to another road so i leave the truck at that time, now i have to cover a 10km distance, the time will be around 11:00 pm night, i also feel so thirsty and hungry at that time so i decided to take supper in one of the nearest hotels.

After eating the supper i feel much better and i also regains my energy and i am telling to myself now the major distance is covered and only minor is left so i sit on bicycle again and slowly starts my backward journey again, so i somehow able to reach back to my house around 01:00 pm night, after see's the door of my house i felt so pleased and i knock the door.

My grandmother approach and open the door and after see me she hugs me and starts kissing my cheeks and ask me my son where have you gone we are all so worried and she also tells me that your mother is still on the roads trying to find you, after hearing all this my father comes out of the room and he also hugs me and ask me why you done all this, then i tell the whole story that because you beat me so i felt so bad and i make that decision.

My father then ask me my son i love you so much i beat you because you are beating your little sisters and i just trying to realize you that beating a little sister is not good but you takes it in wrong sense and decided to leave the house, never do this again, in those days no mobile phones are available so we can only wait for our mother to come back and then about 03:00 pm night time my mother approach, she is crying badly but after saw me in the house she instantly becomes happy and hugs me.

After that case i made a promise to myself that whatever the scenario would be i will never leave my house as i realize that own house is one of the safest and comfortable places on earth and also never make any decision in anger.

So the moral of the story is "Don't make decision when you're angry and never leave your house when you are mad both are worst"

Thanks for Reading

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Your story brings tears to my eyes. I've left the house angry several times in the past couple years, due to my concussion symptoms making me think my wife @countrylover was attacking me. She's not, she loves me, I'm broken, and need to heal.

Also reminds me of the time I "ran away" and nobody knew. Likely a similar cause, although I don't recall the specific details prior to that. I think I was 13? Not sure. Either I woke up after not being able to sleep, or, I just stayed up having planned to run away.

I snuck downstairs and out the back door, and walked up to a local reservoir, a mile or two away. While I was walking, a neighborhood dog joined me for my journey. It wasn't until years later that I realized that I had a "helper" or "angel" to make sure I got home safe. Which I did, before daylight, back in bed and nobody the wiser.

Not sure whether I locked the door or if I had keys back then. Thanks for the memory! That's one reason I really enjoy these "story giveaways" -- it helps me to reflect on my experiences as well.

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otage (70) · 7 years ago (edited)

When I was a child I went with my family to a warm climate for a Spring vacation. The hotel we were staying at had 2 buildings facing each other on either side of the street. The circus was in town and Karl Wallenda the patriarch of the Flying Wallendas was scheduled to do a stunt at out Hotel by walking a wire across the street from one building to the next. On the morning of the stunt it was very windy and I was concerned. I asked my parents if it was still going to happen and it was. Just prior to the event we decided to take the elevator to the top floor to get a better view of the wire as Wallenda was supposed to be walking from the other building to ours. To our surprise when the elevator doors opened Wallenda was inside on his way to the roof. We were surprised because we thought he would be walking toward us and he assured us that he would be. He was only going up to check the security of the wire on our side then he would go back across the street to begin the walk. We also asked him about the wind and he said it wouldn't be an issue for him because he would be carrying a pole to counteract the forces. To be continued...

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blondenfun1 (43) · 7 years ago

I read a biography about the Wallendas:))) Nice story!

otage (70) · 7 years ago

Thank you! Part 2 is coming when @libertyteeth has his next story time so make sure to follow @libertyteeth if you haven't done so already!

libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

LOL loved the ending! When I was a kid we used to watch The Dukes of Hazzard, which often would have two-parters, and "TO BE CONTINUED" would appear across the screen while the action paused.

I had a dream one night about them, and the General Lee (their car, with the confederate flag on the top, at least, originally) was jumping over a river, stopped in mid-air, and "TO BE CONTINUED" appeared across the "screen" and I woke up and had to pee.

Went back to bed, and -- it did continue! That was pretty neat. :)

Really cool that you met the guy! And that the pole helps so much. I wouldn't do it myself!

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otage (70) · 7 years ago

Ha ha that's great about Dukes of Hazzard! I guess I should have waited until he was mid-wire to hit "to be continued." Thanks for the powerful upvote!!!

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dim753 (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

My life in some words
I grew up in a country calling colombia a place full of nature and wealth but with a lot of corrupt politicians, in my childhood i passed times of war between "combos" i mean armed groups outside the law, i saw violence and poberty that changed my way of think, now my friends are in a corner consuming and selling drugs and me studying and learning constantly because i want to be different to others no because you born in a guetto you have to be a ganster, so i saw many people disappear people with nothing to eat and that change my feel and now i want to be a good engineer and help people near me mostly educating their minds. sorry if i was repetitive but it was a download. Regards

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Thank you! Finding the good in a bad situation is important, and in fact, sounds a little familiar. :)

I grew up in Columbia, MD, and when we moved up here I was only 8, and didn't really understand states so well, that cities were within states, and that we were now living in a different state. So when my classmates asked, "where are you from?" and I answered, "Columbia", at least one shot back with something like, "Your skin seems awfully white" or "I don't hear a Spanish accent", and I didn't understand them at all until later when I told my parents the exchange, and they taught me about borders. :)

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dim753 (65) · 7 years ago

Thanks a lot for share your story too :)

elfrances185 (54) · 7 years ago

good than a story. is a way to see steemit. like starting without being a whale. or have a delegation of power group. I have researched and found this in steemit.
I realized that this is a market. of votes, and more functions.
in a certain part everybody fears the flags, that can be given by annoyance. revenge, troll, obsessed critics. to large accounts. they fear
at the end of the count be in steemit. you just have to respect and adapt to the supposed ideology of writers and good content. or more sincerely to the god SP

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago (edited)

Two words short, but what the heck. "Sometimes you just gotta say, 'what the heck'." -- the dad in Risky Business. :)

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elfrances185 (54) · 7 years ago

exact. @libertyteeth

binarybits (45) · 7 years ago (edited)

Welcome back 100% @libertyteeth

Thanks for doing this again!

My Journey From Overseas

I was not born in America. Was forced to come to the states when my fathers work was completed and brought us ALL to the U.S..

Now he did what any father would do for his family. Provided food, clothing, shelter, etc. He did good by teaching us how to be respectful, say no to guns and no to drugs, and always work hard no matter what!

"SOMEBODY WILL NOTICE"

The only thing he was not the best at was engaging with his children, as far as for OUR future. Most children have DREAMS...don't get me wrong, some didn't have a father or any discipline growing up which is a lot worse.

We all learn with experience and hardships, the good and the bad, which always reminds me of this saying...

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Heh, I mangled that saying :) years ago into "What doesn't kill me, maims me." It was before I had read the book "Comedy Writing Secrets", and one of the tips in the book is to lead the listener down a familiar path, and divert it just at the end -- on the last word, or if possible, the last syllable. This is just before the last word, and is on the last syllable of that word -- instead of "makes me stronger" it's "maims me". :)

I love the "somebody will notice"; it's similar to "God is always watching" but seems a little more positive.

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deanlogic (61) · 7 years ago

Saved by the man in the beard

When I was a young boy, back in the early 1970s, my parents took the family tubing on the Apple River. If you do a search or click on the link, you will see that this is still done today. I knew how to swim, as my father taught us all to swim as soon as we started to walk. He was a life guard in high school and college, so it was something he was very proud of doing.

The tubing trip for the most part was long and uneventful. Even though I was only 4 years old, I remember lots of people leisurely rafting on a calm river. There were young and old either relaxing or having fun. Some people had brought coolers with them, that were either floating on rafts by themselves or held by an occupant. Just a relaxing day on the river during the summer.

At the end of the tubing trip, there were ropes for people to grab and pull themselves out of the river. The reason was, there was a damn and waterfall after the pullout site. With six kids in tow, my parents had to make sure everyone got out of the river okay. Well, since everyone had to get out of the river at that point, there was a large crowd and my parents did not grab me.

The story goes, because I don't remember this part, is that I started drifting past the get out point and down to the dam. I surely would have gone over the dam, but a young man with a beard, reached down and plucked me from the water. I was sent back to be with my parents and the man either disappeared into the crowd or was just gone, so my parents couldn't thank him.

I like to say, if people ask me "Has Jesus saved you?"; Yes, he plucked me from the water and saved me from a waterfall when I was a child.

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Awesome ending! Great story. Especially, the "angel" aspect of it, which I referred to in a comment today, I think a reply to someone else's story on this post. Yeah, about running away. I had an "angel" in dog form when I was a teenager, one night.

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deanlogic (61) · 7 years ago

After talking about it with my sister, apparently the event was even more scary than I remembered. It affected her more than me, because she doesn't like to go swimming where she can't touch the bottom.

onetree (68) · 7 years ago

When I was ten I went on a family holiday to the coast, as was our yearly routine. My aunt lived 2 hours away from us and I loved it at her house. Then my younger sister and I could still walk to the largely deserted beach alone. Imagine allowing our kids to do that these days?!

My parents had decided to bring their own stock of Coca-Cola along. Perhaps they bought in on special. At that time there were no highways and the glass litre bottles jostled and bumped along the coastal road for the two hour trip.

With great excitement we reached our destination, and the car was quickly unpacked. My sister and I just ran around and got in the way I suppose. I remember going into the kitchen, where all the bottles of Coca-Cola were stored under a large table, and I lightly bumped one over.

AND IT LITERALLY EXPLODED, lodging a hefty wedge of glass in my thigh. Blood was everywhere and I was rushed to the doctors office, where I received 16 stitches. I was not allowed to swim for the entire holiday, and to my ten year old self, that was devastating.

I am a Leo, which is pretty apt in my case, because I was clearly born with nine lives. I'm not sure how many are left over.

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Ouch! I ruined a visit to the beach as well one day, I think I was 10 also, not long after we had moved. We were at a beach, I had found a sea urchin's casing, and decided to scare my brother by skipping it in a puddle next to him. Reared back and spun it -- and it hit him square in the side of the foot! A couple spines went in, and we had to go to the hospital. Doh! :)

My wife @countrylover is also a Leo (as is my mother!). I'm surrounded by roaring lions! :D

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onetree (68) · 7 years ago

I have 2 boys. I can imagine your scenario all to well!!!

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way-truth-light (55) · 7 years ago

While I am no Luddite my transfer from flip phone to smart phone came later than most for me. The first thing you do, of course, is figure out what your background picture is gonna be, right? I am a self taught photography hobbyist. I learned about the shutter speed, the aperture, the macro, depth of field and more. I even put a powerpoint course together on the subject and was sanctioned by my employer to teach my coworkers; we have to take pictures as a regular course of our daily duties. How proud I was and happy with my hobby. When I visited my mom across country I took a bunch of photos that she loved and told her what I was doing. Soon she picked it up herself and took lots of pictures during a cross country car tour.

So back to my phone. I decided to scour my thousands of photos, make a best of file and choose from there. Well, who would have known. Mom's picture from somewhere around Montana won. Now I know where I got it from.

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Nice picture! Breathtaking, the clouds and the mountains and then the foreground!

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dlina-v-metrah (57) · 7 years ago

On the advice of a friend, I transferred my ether tokens from the exchange to Сoinomi's purse. Now I decided to return one of the tokens to the stock exchange ... and found that it was impossible! For transactions, you only need to pay for the air, and there's no one in my wallet!

That is, now I can not return my tokens to the exchange, until I buy the etherium and send it to the wallet (and there are big interest for the transfer)!

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Heh, 85 words is close enough. :)

I think you can send fewer tokens back though, using the rest as the "gas"? I have some ETH and realized that when I transferred X to the wallet, and then tried to transfer Y out, that I also needed to spend Z (a tiny fraction of Y) in order to "fuel" the transaction. So each time I send ETH, I have a little bit less total.

Bitcoin works similarly, but it seems to me that ETH has more of an expense. Haven't looked into it in great detail, though.

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yaanivapeji (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

Ok. I used to be quite a shy person when i was young, i find it difficult to anybody let alone girls. I noticed i was shy talking with girls right from when i was i primary school but it did not bother me then because at that time there was no romantic feelings attached to been interested in girls, but when i advanced in age and the interest in girls became romantic it was really difficult for me to approach a woman. Any time i tried something always go wrong like maybe the words don't come out right or i stamer, or something and this made the women really angry with me and for this reason i usually miss out on them. So when i saw that i could not do anything about it, i just had to forget about it. But i noticed that when i advanced more in age like when i became a full adult the women where the once that started coming after me. Even recently am even been disturbed by a married woman, am resisting but it is tempting.

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Yes, I remember your post about women, I recall saying something about my wife and our courtship. I too am lacking in self-confidence, which has caused me to be flustered talking to women I'm attracted to (at the initial stages, that is; I can talk to @countrylover just fine, apart from my concussion symptoms ).

Yes, I would agree that resisting a married woman is best. If she's not honoring her vows, then how can she honor you?

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yaanivapeji (65) · 7 years ago

Very good advice. Thank you.

williams858 (57) · 7 years ago

Used Randowhale for you dude! Screen Shot 2017-09-22 at 18.20.50.png

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nguyenthanh (63) · 7 years ago

How is your youth?
... I was halfway through the spring, finding my other half, and feeling proud of my happiness
... but, maybe I have not enough strength, do not know how to handle the choking situation, so gradually lose yourself, I change, evade all, just sitting in the room, read the words sad and cry
Oh my spring!

libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Hmm, that's only 60 words, and meanders a little. Here's a 5% upvote, please write a longer story?

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https://steemit.com/photography/@way-truth-light/the-story-behind-the-picture-love-you-mom

way-truth-light (55) · 7 years ago

libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Oh, and post the story as a comment; it's okay if you have already made a post with the story, I want to see them all here.

Please copy/paste it as a reply to this comment? I'll 100% upvote it then. Thanks!

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robert31 (54) · 7 years ago

the post is very very great and the story is very nice..thanks for sharing ..
upvotes and resteems

libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Thank you! Please, share a story from your experiences.

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andravasko (56) · 7 years ago

Upvoted and resteemed

libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Thank you! Please, share a story from your experiences.

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hassanabid (73) · 7 years ago

something happened to me aah ? i think love which didnt reach destinyy 😢😭 failed love that was the baddest ass thing in my whole life and now there is nothing i can do nothing 😢😭

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

A few others were a few words short, but this is very short. Please, write a longer story?

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iamrifk (54) · 7 years ago

I want to make it, do you want to upvote me @libertyteeth ?

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libertyteeth (60) · 7 years ago

Certainly! Perhaps you could tell the story of why @aunt-deb is downvoting you? I've generally had a good impression of you from your comments on my posts. I think English might not be your first language, so sometimes it had been a challenge to winnow out the meaning, but you generally seemed positive. I also like @aunt-deb so I'm curious "what happened?" (No, not buying that book...)

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