Welcome to Ray Flatt's Weekly BubbaGram Got some heat last week for using the example of a woman no being quite after you let her in the house. Didn't think it mattered since the man don't half listen after she get in anyway. Reminds me of that great Southern poem: "The closest that you all may ever come to giving up your life, May be to cross the road without lookin' or to cross a Southern wife." If I offended anyone, I'm truly sorry. Just tell someone that will listen. ------ Early this month was mule day down in Columbia Tennessee. Didn't get to go but it got to me to thinking about my Uncle Earl and the dilemma he had with his pair of mules. Seems he had a pair of mules that were the same height (16 hands in country measure), walked the same way, held their ears the same way, in other words they had all the same mannerisms. Just like a couple of identical twins that act and behave in the same manner giving parents and others difficultly in determining which one is which. Earl was having a real hard time telling them apart. Thus, he seeked out the help and advice of his best friend Bubba. After explaining his dilemma , Bubba said, "I can see you got a real problem there Earl. They definitely are extremely alike. I just don't know how you're going to tell the black one from the white one." I sometimes think we humans of all races, cultures and nationalities act so much alike that even God has a hard time telling us apart. In his eyes we aren't so much different as we like to think we are. As many of you know, I got three married sons which have provided me with three wonderful daughters (never liked that term daughter-in-law) and they all have magnificent children (5 and a sixth on the way). I often find myself looking at the world and the crazy situation especially regarding the cost of things. Probably just like my parents did before me and I wonder how on earth are they going to make it. The answer is obviously with God's help. I was sent the following this past week as a reminder that things change and some things never change: ------ Comments Made In The Year 1957 ------ I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20. Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2000 will only buy a used one. If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous. Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter? If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store. When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage. Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls. I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying, "damn" in "Gone With The Wind," it seems every new movie has either hell or damn in it. I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas. Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president. I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now. It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet. It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work. Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more; those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat. I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business. Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to Congress? The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on. There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel. No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood. If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it. Like I said, things definitely change, but somehow we seem to make a way. ------ That's all from BubbaLand, talk to ya next week. Like always, if you have something to share with the group, just drop me an email. 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