Only 52 years young, in some countries of past and present it may be considered old. There are many here in Canada who have not been taking as good a care of themselves as i have and do look older. Or is it that i look younger then some others. Then again on the flip side i may look older then others my age. Physical looks of course.
How we feel inside may be all different. Inside the heart and that of the mind, i mean.
I worked for the post office for about 15 years and could say i went “postal” at around the age of forty. At the same time as Y2K, 9/11 and the 44 years of age “U Channel” bottom curve. Instead of like some “few” others, i did not revert to violence as some true stories and movie footage of the past few decades have produced. Not only postal workers, but, also from other employs. Both to desk and blue collar jobs it has happened.
Instead of violence, i reverted to a pen and/or keyboard. Realizing soon after i had started on this journey the real meaning behind, “the pen is stronger then the sword”. Words outlast, or, at least could and/or should that of any physical weapon that could harm another. If and only they are kept, published, echoed!
Most of those 15 years were spent on the evening shift to the dismay of my relationship with my family. Saving us a lot of cash on baby sitting but always working at least one weekend day every week made it hard to together as an ideal normal functioning family.
Born in Toronto, then lived there for most of my life with small stints for schooling purposes in Welland and Sudbury Ontario. My younger days were spent in the downtown area now called “Old Cabbagetown”. When i grew up it was “Cabbagetown” where many big families lived alongside many rooming houses for the poor, winos, mentally ill, criminals, and sexual perverts. Then it was the poor part of the city. Now it is mostly inhabited by high paid proffessionals with net worth of more then $2 million. Singles and couples living in four, five or six bedroom houses by themselves and their expensive furniture and million dollars worth of art pieces.
For the better part of my married life, we lived in the suburbs. That of Scraborough and then in Ottawa’s Barrhaven (Nepean). There one must own a vehicle. It is almost a pre-requisite. Burbs were built around the personal automobile. The later years we had two of them as there were four of us driving. I used the vehicles as little as possible. Walking and cycling when possible.
We have three beautiful children “adults now”, in some ways and like myself still a child in some other ways.
Going postal i realized that politics was the only sensible, logical and safe way to initiate or introduce change. Not easy when the media are controlled by the wealthy intent on keeping their booty! They do not promote any changes that may affect their control, influence, wealth or power.
Like many my age and financial/income level now, i walk alone. Being in business helps many, but not I, as there is a common bond/ goal. To make money, profits! It would be easy to find drinking buddies but, no, i drink alone, always have. Drink in the past has always been linked to smoking and i do not like the smell at all. The last few times i smoked tobacco it made me sick.
Mcjobs seem the only pay level i could find and those are mostly physical work. My lower limbs, knees and ankles do not have that much health left as they were damaged in the past. I do not break bones but my ligaments snap.
Never tried to be wealthy. Was always satisfied with covering the basics and having enough to spare for some entertainment. Not a fool for fashion, never was. Did not go out to buy new stereos, records, computers or even a cell phone. The other one, the hard line works fine, always has.
My ideas are very radical, some would say.
I came out with, or “invented” (only on paper and in mind) a new time piece, one with 25 hours instead of 24. A new calendar, comprised of 10 months of five weeks each. That way there would be no morning and evening rush hour but rather five or ten which would make energy consumption constant costing less in the long run as consumption is higher when the demand is past a certain efficiency mark. We would also operate according to the weather. One other thing, no more leap year! Those were my “epqanna” days. Still alive but Project 10 Billion should come first.
Just a slight overview of myself.
When i was in high school i took one of those tests to see what kind of trade or profession i should get into or would fit best in. The, one of the results, was that of a nurse! Here we are some over 30 years later and i want to nurse Mother Nature and all of her children. Funny sometimes how life turns out.
Governments are supposed to govern not take orders, threats, and blackmail from the wealthy, big business and multi-nationals. They the govs. evolved duties now seem more, 1) to supply power to the sheeply masses seduced by businesses destructive products and/or lifestyles, and 2) to fix, mend the people and the planet ecosystems.