I'm board.....

For me, anyways... one of the greatest lessons in life came from my Granny's lips....... "There are two sides to every board."

Band camp.. VICTOR, you've told this one before.  Bite me, I'm old, it's what old people do.. hit that little X up there on the right hand side if you so desire, and don't let the closing winder hitya in the arse. Sorry, kinda, not really.

A girlfriend and I... (Said girlfriend and I lived together.  There are two sides to that board, school of thought.  One, "Well, I would NEVER...."  yeah yeah yeah.. and the other... Eh, it's the way of the day, roll over and go back to sleep saintly one.).. where was I?  Oh, I/we, had been called by 'my/our' brother and sister inlaw........ well....... hang on.....

We weren't married.. said BIL and SIL weren't married, but, all four of us had the 'feels' like we were.  They were expanding their 8' by 16' off the back deck to double, 16' by 16'  I, we (gf and I) know the difference between a hammer, regular nail, wood screw, screwdriver, but, that's about it and anything past the second wrung'a the ladder ain't advisable at our advanced age.

So............ good friends, thankfully younger, were summoned to do the grunt work, and, to be the experienced brains of the operation.  Still, shake and bake, we could help.

Our job, gf and I, was to look at the boards on the ground one by one, and hand 'em up to the young carpenter punks with the good side on top.  "There are two sides to every board" and apparently, one side, in most boards, is actually better than the other.

Bottomline, we looked, lifted, deducted, and grunted (good side up) the two by twelves up to the young, experienced carpenter punks (said lovingly)... and a deck was done.  Beers had, we trusted them, we didnt wear no lifejackets or chain ourself to a side post - perfection.  Then, we announced to our BIL who really wasn't married but still, we loved him like a BIL, he with the expanded deck.. proudly wearing a Tee Shirt of a cartoon guy carrying a 2x4, from his waist, at a 45 degree angle, labeled "I've got a big deck.".. we announced, . "Now, you're gonna have to get more friends."

I, have a big mouth, I know you've noticed, but, thankfully, it ain't quite as big as my keyboard.  I hear all the time, "I can't believe you really typed that, put it out there."  Meh, I dunno.

Victor, where you going with this?  We're getting board.  Good point. On a side note, I have a cousin in law (yes, this one is married)... and every Thursday, he and his buddies, all, kinda close in our age range, a few years our senior, meet at the Corner Bar... and as they leave home they indicate to their spouses "I'm going to the Bored meeting." Thus, I guess, safe to say, two sides to that bored too.

I can't go where I wanna go.  I am human, hear me sin... but... there are times when I look at social media... knowing, quite well, the person typing, and it's very very clear to me (not to other people, but certainly clear to me) they are talking out both sides of their mouth. Granny never told me the "Two sides to every mouth" thing, but, figured that one out on my own.

It can make one wanna cuss.......like....... I CALL BULLSH*T.....  or holler the other sidea the board "NUH UH, I can tellya how they really feel... live.... and demonstrate ways they do."

But.

Ya don't.

Ya can't.

For many a many year, I had back troubles.  Finally, after paying arm, most of a leg to a chiro, my own doc asked me "How do you sleep?"  I said, oh, fine I guess... I wake up a few times during the night..  "No, I mean in what position do you sleep?"  Ohhh... on my tummy, usually with one leg hiked up."  "Don't do that.. sleep on your side (there are two sides to choose from.:")

So, I switched.  While, Si, there are two sides, I've found I sleep better on my right side... and, since I switched, I ain't had no back troubles.  VICTOR?  "Yes?"  "I think I've heard it's better for your heart if you sleep on the left side."  Eh, whadever.. my life's never been perfect, I'm usually 180 degrees from perfect anyways.  

This much I know...

I have no trouble falling asleep.

I just wonder... them peeps that talk outta both sides of their mouth?  I wonder how they sleep?  Truly.

While I ain't fonda their behavior... I fear, if they sleep on their back.. and they slobber from both sides  (Remember?  This blog is about two sides).. I fear they'll choke to death.  I don't want that to happen.

"He hits from both sides of the plate.  He's amphibious."  Yogi Berra

"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous... you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides."  Margaret Thatcher

"I read the paper every day and the Bible every day, that way, I know what both sides are up to."  Zig Ziglar

I reckon the same could be said for Facebook.  Oops, sorry, slipped.

Love, Victurd