Don’t go overboard

Sun., April 5, 2020

Did you know that in the last century, when I was stationed in Germany, around 1984, there was an epidemic, HIV, Oh my gosh, we are all going to die. Oh, last century, 1918, Spanish flu, thousands, millions of people died. We just came out of a war that killed millions of people. That’s 100 years of war, epidemics, suicides, homicides, natural catastrophes. Did you know that when the economy crashed in 1929 people lost everything to include their lives. We made it thru the Crash of ‘29, the Dust Bowl of the ‘30s, WW2, Korean Conflict, Vietnam, oh, OK, Maybe I’m going overboard, thank the Lord I’m not on a boat, oh wait didn’t some guy have to build an ark. Sleep Well Tonight.

Don’t go overboard like I just did. Don’t go to your local store and buy everything you need for 100 years. Get a case of beer, or a pint of scotch, a burger, fries and relax.

Bob King

Coeur d’Alene

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