{"id":537,"date":"2009-09-23T20:11:52","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T02:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/?p=537"},"modified":"2011-07-11T18:28:32","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T00:58:32","slug":"recalculating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/?p=537","title":{"rendered":"Recalculating !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My greatest image of mom, was of her sitting at our extra large custom-made kitchen table and writing letters. She wrote thousands of letters. One day as a young boy she took me around the block to the nearest mailbox and &#8220;taught&#8221; me how to mail a letter.  Those blue mail boxes had those awkward steel &#8220;tamper-thief-proof&#8221; flaps that screeched when you opened them.<br \/>\n&#8220;Always, always double check, to make sure that the letter has gone down. Open the door again to see.&#8221;<br \/>\nI had now become her mail-boy, so I really knew that she was a letter writing <strong>MACHINE<\/strong>.<br \/>\nSure enough, one time, I opened the flap and someone elses mail was STILL sitting on the flap!<br \/>\nThe dumb bastards didn&#8217;t have a smart enough mother to  teach them how to properly mail a letter.<\/p>\n<p>If mom were still here and healthy, she would have loved the digital world we live in now. She just missed eMails and the whole world being connected to a computer.<br \/>\nShe would have loved Facebook and chatting and that you could &#8220;instantly&#8221; see photos or videos of your children or grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE TECHNOLOGY UPDATES:<\/strong> Someone loaned me a navigator. I am simply and beyond belief amazed. Where has this thing been my whole life. I have been described by all my friends, family and children as being &#8220;directionally retarded&#8221;. I have lived in New Jersey my whole life and I just don&#8217;t get it. I&#8217;m lost everywhere I turn.<br \/>\nBUT NOW, I have this sexy voiced woman (I call her &#8220;Rosy, because she sounds like that maid on the Jetsons) telling me where and when to turn. I have been going up and down New York and Jersey the past few months and now, because of Rosy, I have no fear. I have saved gas. I have discovered new quicker routes. And I have fallen in love with this intelligent, sexy &#8220;woman&#8221; that sits on my dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>If I had a navigator FOR LIVING LIFE, I wonder&#8230;&#8230;would it take me the long route? Would it help me avoid &#8220;DETOURS&#8221;?<br \/>\n&#8220;Don&#8217;t take this job, George, you&#8217;re gonna regret it!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Look out for this one, George, she&#8217;s just using you.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Recalculating!&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/mailboxblog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/mailboxblog.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Always make sure the letter drops......&quot;\" title=\"mailboxblog\" width=\"473\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-538\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My greatest image of mom, was of her sitting at our extra large custom-made kitchen table and writing letters. She wrote thousands of letters. 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