bert57
Joined: 12/13/2006
Posts: 183

Recent Comments by bert57
The Watercooler
09/16/2007 04:33:10 PM
maggie, mlsa, twinkie( in my prayers as well ), brian, mm, ima and the rest of everyone. i have enjoyed the opportunity to post with everyone here. i kinda wanted to make ammends with rome last night and had intended to bid farewell last night to everyone, but it got late. i am relocating and will be away from this section of the country and will have my hands full as i make this transition. so this is my farewell. may the good lord bless each and everyone of you and yours. always remember there is a better place that awaits!
Disappearance of Theresa Parker, 911 dispatcher in Walker County
09/15/2007 10:50:48 PM
i, like a lot of people on this blog never met tp. nor did i know sp. i do feel so very sorry for the family as they continue to deal with this whole mess. i havent posted but once or twice because i felt like i didnt have anything to add that would help.( still dont, wish i did! )but, i must say, that after reading all the posts day after day. everyone, in spite of their differences are most definitely working hard to try and find something that will bring her home. and you all are to be commended on this. romegasir, when you first came on, i took you as being someone other than what i have come to realize that you seem to be. i had you pegged as a some sort of deadbeat ex cop, that only came here to try and start an argument. you have shown as much dilligence in this as anyone if not more than most. sir, i apologize. i believe that the force lost a good officer when you left. anyhoo, yall keep up the good work. who knows? someone may come up with the answer yet!
The Watercooler
09/15/2007 05:04:44 PM
took my boy to the air show today. if anyone is planning on going tomorrow just a piece of advise....... take a lounge chair and sunglasses and some sun block. getting in & out was a breeze. no problem at all with parking this year. they just turned one of the runways into a parking lot and man, they got plenty of room. the show is great, got some nice little hotrods and bikes displayed too. we had a good time. highly recommended
What makes me mad in Floyd County is...
09/13/2007 09:28:53 PM
the people that own and operate these stores have only one thing in mind.... money!!! that is the only reason that they are in business. they will do anything to get the american people to spend their money in their stores. it makes no difference to them what we think is moral or not. they only want our money. and if the market was not there then they would not waste their time with trying to sell it. its our own fault that they are selling all this stuff. the ones that are operating these stores are doing so with the backing of others that have been successful in their own stores. when they are in business for a certain amount of time they become backers of others coming over here to live and open stores. untill they become self supporting they are under the supervision of those that are backing them. and if they do good then they own their stores. if not then the backers come back in and take over the operations untill they bring someone else in. it is a very organized operation. they are all tied together one way or another. i was told that the name PATEL was a name given to them by the organization when they came over here and it means " keeper of the inn" this was all told to me by one of the owner/ operators of a store several years ago. and he said that he was told what to sell and stock by the higher ups in the "company". and that they were obligated to sponsor others in return for being sponsored.
Disappearance of Theresa Parker, 911 dispatcher in Walker County
09/12/2007 11:28:25 PM
i think i understand, thanks. it had just been on my mind.
Disappearance of Theresa Parker, 911 dispatcher in Walker County
09/12/2007 11:14:35 PM
rome, i read one of your earlier posts about armas and it got me wondering. now stay with me. appx. 6 or seven years ago maybe a little bit more, there was a lady named cam moore that ran a deli in downtown rome that was called js deli. it was behind the old top hat formal wear. she was a friend of armas and his ex. i worked in rome at the time and ate in there a couple of times a week and got to noticing him when he would come in. he is or was the type that would catch attention when he was in a room. anyway around 6 years ago she died alone in a car accident in arizona. i had heard that she was dabbling in something that she should not have been but thats just heresay. then when he was first arrested, the paper ran the story about all his wheelings and dealings and lo and behold, there was a reference concerning activities in.... you guessed it , ARIZONA. it was like a jolt that made me sit straight up in my seat. just was wondering if you had known her or ate there back when it was open.
The Watercooler
09/12/2007 10:34:47 PM
yes it is something else when the young kids today are enjoying the same songs and bands that we were listening to in the sixtys and seventys. i am not so much talking about todays teens but those that are in elementary school. who would have thunk it?
The Watercooler
09/12/2007 09:01:21 PM
just out of curiousity, and to possibly bring up another subject..... what is everyones favorite kind of music? me, well i was raised on country and bluegrass. a lot of saturday nights at a relatives house with all the uncles, grandparents, cousins, etc. sitting around playing music. banjos and fiddles and guitars. heck, i even had a cousin that looked alot like the kid in the movie deliverance!!! i am not kidding! and yes he even played the banjo. my dad could play anything that he put his hands on! me, i never quite had any musical ability except for a little that my grandmother taught me on the piano. my fingers never was limber enough for the stringed instruments. daddy used to say that the only thing i ever learned how to play was the radio! now days i like a little country, really like most southern rock bands, but absolutely NO RAP!!!!! how about yall?
What makes me mad in Floyd County is...
09/12/2007 08:13:33 PM
brian, i am from a little town called startex. its about halfway between spartanburg & greenville. back in the 1800s it was called tucapau. just a little mill village on the tyger river with a population of about 1000 people back when i was growing up. now since bmw started production it has really exploded. what used to be woods and peach orchards is now either industrial parks or subdivisions. spartanburg and greenville has nearly grown together. good to know i have a neighbor on here!
What makes me mad in Floyd County is...
09/12/2007 07:13:30 AM
rome, it never occured to me about those scenarios. you got to understand, i come from a little town in the foothills of south carolina, where growing up we had 1 police chief, 1 ploice car, and the police station was open monday through friday, 8 till 5! the rest of the time if you needed assistance you just simply went to the chiefs house. no real need for trying to catch up with someone. you would just see them later on since everyone knew or was kin to bout everyone else around. kinda like mayberry! man o man! why cant things be more like that anymore?