DON’s WORLD – Who Are We FLORIDIANS?

Posted on July 11, 2020 by ramblingdon

**DON’s World – 200**710 – WHO ARE WE in FLORIDA

Florida is an interesting State and as everyone knows it is a favorite spot for retired people to move to and enjoy the latter years of their lives. Of course we also have an image of being a state that is nothing but Beaches, Swimming Pools and Tiki Bars.

One reality that many people, not familiar with, this semi-tropical state is the fact that over 25% of the state’s population is Hispanic speaking according to the most recent Census. I’ve been living here for over ten years now myself and even I can see a slow change in the cultural lifestyle as these hard working people grow and participate in our government as American citizens.

Here is a link to my article that discusses the latest census data and what I have personally observed of how our nation has changed many things to aid all of the ethnic groups who are migrating here.

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DON’s WORLD – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Posted on July 5, 2020 by ramblingdon

Thoughts, Comments and Opinions of DON BOBBITT and his followers and even occasional Readers. As a SENIOR who has many decades of life experiences to look back on, I offer a wide variety of original articles that reflect what I feel are common perspectives on this World of ours and the people who are running things.

Somehow the racial injustice we all witnessed when the policemen in Minneapolis slowly took the breath away from a Black man named George Floyd sparked has sparked a worldwide reaction. But after several weeks the, at first, peaceful days of protest quickly turned into weeks of rioting and rampant destruction of public property.

Here is a link to my article that discusses how thee riots are actually harming the cause of the Blacks. my thought is that once a point has been made to the existing government, the next step should be negotiations for improvements, and not continual day-after-day destruction and chaos.Chaos breeds over-reaction, at some point, and not understanding and growth.

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DON’s WORLD – 200627 – Quarantine – Been There, Done That!

Posted on July 5, 2020 by ramblingdon

I was told to Quarantine myself! Here is a link to my article that discusses the the process you will go through when you are told that you must Self Quarantine yourself. Click on the link below and go directly to this interesting article of my collection.

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DON’s WORLD – 200611 – TANSTAAFL

Posted on June 13, 2020 by ramblingdon

Here is a link to my article that discusses the eventual costs of fighting CoVid-19 Virus. Click on the link below and go directly to this first article of the collection.

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DON’s WORLD – 200607 – WAITING On A VACCINE

Posted on June 6, 2020 by ramblingdon

Here is a link to my article that discusses the Long Wait for a REAL VACCINE for the CoVid-19 Virus. Click on the link below and go directly to this first article of the collection.

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DON’s WORLD – 200601 – You Can’t FIX STUPID

Posted on June 2, 2020 by ramblingdon

**DON’s World – 200525 – Hiding From Covid-19?**

Here is a link to my article that discusses the problem with the hardcore Stupid People in the World. Click on the link below and go directly to this first article of the collection.

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DON’s WORLD – 200525 – Hiding From CoVid-19

Posted on June 2, 2020 by ramblingdon

Here is a link to my article that explains what a typical Retired Senior does to avoid catching CoVid-19. Click on the link below and go directly to this first article of the collection.

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DON’s WORLD – 200521 – Who is DON

Posted on June 2, 2020 by ramblingdon

Here is a link to my article that explains just who DON is, and what he will be writing about in future articles. Click on the link below and go directly to this first article of the collection.

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Blood Pressure versus Coffee

Posted on February 1, 2020 by ramblingdon

I have high Blood Pressure!

It’s just a fact of life for me I guess, considering I have been on Beta-Blockers for over three decades now.

My Reasoning;

Even if I were able to isolate myself from the growing number of idiots who dominate the news networks,

and even if the government lowered my taxes

and if we started making all of the freeloaders in our country get jobs and pay their own way,

I would still be one of those people with High Blood Pressure who loves to spout a good rant every now and then.

The Effects of the Pills;

So, after having my Butt chewed out by one of my Doctors back then; I got on board with them and I have dutifully taken my prescribed BP pills each day, over all of these years now,

And that’s OK, too. It seems my body wants to run at 80 miles per hour, but within a half an hour or so of taking these pills my body shifts down at least one gear and keeps me loping along at 55 miles per hour for the next 6-8 hours.

So I Cheat;

My Doctor rolls his eyes when i tell him this, but I cheat. In fact, I have cheated for all of those long years I have taken the Pills.

You see, every morning I drink Coffee. I mean I drink real coffee, not some chemically altered concoction that they call decaffeinated; and I Love It!

Sure, I know I’m not supposed to do things that will raise my blood pressure, but I’m addicted to my morning Coffee. And, I have found that if I take my required dosage of meds, and then drink my morning coffee, my brain can then absorb and react to what I see on the news, or the web, or in meetings with others and not just sit there with my chemically numbed brain lagging behind everyone else.

I know! I know! This insane habit of mine is not a good one, but it works for me.

I take my meds to protect myself from the side effects of potential high blood pressure situations, and then once I am out and about, I have my morning Coffee. This combination of letting my meds kick in, but at the same time having a couple of Coffees seems to be working for me.

I do take my own BP readings every couple of days, and when I am visiting my Doctor, my BP readings are always a little high but within the acceptable range for people my age. My Doctors continually tell me that; “at your age, you need to be reasonable about how much Coffee you drink”, so I do try to manage my Coffee intake.

I’m down to only one pot of Coffee, each morning!

Man in a Box – 1 – Just an Old Man who doesn’t fit any mold.

Posted on August 10, 2018 by ramblingdon

MAN in a BOX – 1 – Commentary from an aged perspective.

First of all, let me say this; I am not a Conservative, nor am I a Liberal, and I damned well have not committed to any political party …. so far!

But each day, as I drink my morning Coffee and watch the news channels, I am finding myself wanting to occasionally express my opinions on some the things that I see happening in this great nation of ours.

When you see my tattered flag at the header of one of my commentaries then please read it, or Not!

It really is your choice, but perhaps you could at least glance at what I have to say. You just might agree with some of my opinions and maybe, just maybe you may even see an opinion that you don’t agree with, but at the same time you just may understand a different perspective.

An OLD MAN IN A BOX and his TATTERED FLAG

I selected the picture you see because I can relate to this tattered old flag. I can definitely relate to it’s condition in that I too have been around for a while, almost three-quarters of a century of voting and watching the state of our nation as it changes.

You see, I too am a little tattered around the edges but I am a survivor with many experiences and scars of my own.

So, I ask you to Follow Me, and maybe even Comment back to me with your own perspective on what I write.

by Don Bobbitt, August, 10, 2018

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Sometimes you just need to press SHUFFLE!

Posted on December 13, 2017 by ramblingdon

I walked outside my RV earlier and stretched out in my chair.

I set my iPhone on the plastic table beside me and set it to run one of my playlists, specifically the one I call MY MUSIC -1.

I only have one MY MUSIC playlist so the list number itself is kind of dumb.

But, it is a very big list holding over 1400 different songs.

I know, that’s a little crazy and I should take the time to organize this personal mish-mash of songs by artists from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and, oh Hell, right up to today.

Sure I have several specialized playlists with a few hundred songs in each them, but they are all loaded with music of a very focused theme, such as; Jazz, Blues, Country, Rock, R&B, and on and on.

They’re good to listen to on occasion of course, but this big playlist of mine is my favorite.

You see, when I just want to relax, I can select My Music-1, press the SHUFFLE button and each song that comes up is very often a surprise for me.

Some are so old that I am surprised to hear one of those songs which I haven’t listened to, in years. And the great thing about using SHUFFLE, is that one song will often be followed by something I placed in my playlist just a few weeks or months ago.

That’s the great thing for me; just sitting outside, staring at a Palm Tree, or a passing car, or maybe just an interesting cloud floating by and not really thinking about the state of the world’s affairs or whatever silliness is going on in Washington, but just listening while enjoying the act of being.

You see, the music, My Music, makes my heart beat faster, my eyes see more clearly, and my mind flush itself of the stacked up worries about the world stored there.

So, I press SHUFFLE.

I get a new song, unlike the last song, one after the other, with no real rhyme or reason what the next selection will be and the list of selections is so large I am confident that each song will only be played for me once, on that day.

Try it for yourself, in life, or with your music, just press SHUFFLE occasionally!

DON BOBBITT

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RamblingDon – It’s MY Turn to live MY Lifestyle

Posted on November 6, 2017 by ramblingdon

I have a few hundred articles on HubPages, which is a writer’s site designed for my fellow writers and I to exhibit our works.

Recently, I started a series of articles focused on my wife and my lifestyle of traveling in our RV.

I will also include our opinions and comments on not only the places we have seen, but on some of our fellow campers.

If the title looks interesting to you, click on the link below to read and, I hope, enjoy that specific article.

It’s MY Turn, MY RV, and MY Lifestyle

I hope you enjoy!

by Don Bobbitt, 2017

The OLD MAN in the Keys, a developing digital book

Posted on May 25, 2017 by ramblingdon

For want of a title, I thought this was an appropriate one. I am OLD! and I am presently living in my motorhome in a campground in the Florida Keys and I have opinions about this place and the people who visit here.

As I walk and drive around the Keys, I continue to wonder what draws people down here, in this heat and high humidity.

Add the high cost of visiting here, and unless you are a fisherman, the lack of things to do, and what you end up with, is a long string if small islands that exist on tourist dollars and still manage to look worn out and dilapidated.

Well, I have put together several chapters of my musings on just what I see that makes this place so interesting.

If you are in any way interested, I have placed my chapters onto my HubPages site, and you can start with chapter-1 by clicking on the link below.

The Old Man in the Keys

by Don Bobbitt, May, 2017

Political Rant – Pre-Existing Conditions not covered?

Posted on May 4, 2017 by ramblingdon

Every now and then I have to go into one of my Rants about the callous stupidity of our nations politicians.

This is one of those rants about these heartless and cruel politicians and their attempt at splitting people with Pre-Existing Medical Conditions away from the rest of the population, essentially condemning them to eventual poverty and becoming second class citizens, with health problems that will often lead to the depletion of any saving they have or worse, their deaths.

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Yes, I am an ASSHOLE! But, I’m not a perfect one.

Posted on February 1, 2017 by ramblingdon

I just have to write a little something about this.

If my article title offends anyone, I apologize ahead of time, before I go on.

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Blood Pressure versus Coffee

Man in a Box – 1 – Just an Old Man who doesn’t fit any mold.

MAN in a BOX – 1 – Commentary from an aged perspective.

An OLD MAN IN A BOX and his TATTERED FLAG

Sometimes you just need to press SHUFFLE!

RamblingDon – It’s MY Turn to live MY Lifestyle

The OLD MAN in the Keys, a developing digital book

Political Rant – Pre-Existing Conditions not covered?

Yes, I am an ASSHOLE! But, I’m not a perfect one.

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