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I am a retired Ironworker(35 years Local 7), a lifetime Boston, Mass resident.  I am old enough to know better - but don't.


REMEMBER WHEN....

Blog Posted:11/19/2021 4:49:00 AM

--affordable housing - was a place you could afford

 

--rent control - was keeping enough money in a bureau drawer to pay it

 

--work – was considered an ethic

 

--change - was what you told kids to keep

 

--teachers – taught

 

--thinking – wasn’t critical

 

--geometry students – still had to prove the Pythagorean theorem

 

--an apple a day kept the doctor away – without a mandate

 

--questioning authority – was a good thing

 

--“that is a very good question” – meant you didn’t know the answer

 

--liar’s poker – was a kid’s game – not a political party plank

 

--pronouns – were parts of speech

 

--flatulence – referred to the expulsion of noxious gases from either end

 

--dogs – were pets – not furry babies

 

--cats – were….well they’ve always been cats and anyone who thinks differently

                            has never (thought they) owned one

 

 

John G. Lawless

11/16/2021

 



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Date: 12/26/2021 4:15:00 PM
John remembering and missing dearly the past... Thanks for sharing.
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Date: 11/20/2021 12:24:00 PM
Remember when we had to be vaccinated in order to go to school. I remember bringing my vaccination card to school and being told to get a missing shot before I could play sports.
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Mark Koplin
Date: 11/20/2021 3:02:00 PM
Nobody had a choice back then, you just got your vaccine shots and that was it.
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Jenna Logan
Date: 11/20/2021 2:43:00 PM
I remember getting my MMR as an infant. ;). J/k
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John Lawless
Date: 11/20/2021 12:32:00 PM
Hey, Mark, I also remember lining up for the Polio vaccine in grammar school and getting tetanus shots after cuts and nails in the foot...just to be sure it was up to date.
Date: 11/19/2021 5:31:00 PM
Yes John, i remember all of that. What will happen once all the historics have vacated this earth? Oh maybe Hollywood will make movies to tell the future generation how lucky they are to have escape those horrible eras, we inherited.
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Harry Horsman
Date: 11/19/2021 5:37:00 PM
oh just in case, i agree with everything John says, my reply may come across as not. Harry
Date: 11/19/2021 12:09:00 PM
LOL so true!
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Date: 11/19/2021 8:01:00 AM
We rarely learn anything of significance by being right...J.A.B.
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Justin Bordner
Date: 11/20/2021 2:18:00 PM
The experience of One's heart is One's greatest truth...I like your reference to iron wokers Poet; Tubalcain would definitely appreciate it...J.A.B.
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John Lawless
Date: 11/20/2021 12:33:00 PM
A fellow ironworker would tell the apprentice classes...."knowledge is what you get when you read the directions....experience is what you get when you don't"
Date: 11/19/2021 6:15:00 AM
Good ones as always.
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Date: 11/19/2021 5:26:00 AM
John, this was wonderful, loved your journey into the past, as to your last point, I do not own a cat but am happily owned by a cat and would have it no other way ~ peace and tranquility _Constance
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John Lawless
Date: 11/20/2021 12:34:00 PM
it's been said that "dogs have owners, cats have staff"

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6/30/2025 City Heat Free versecity,night,summer,
6/29/2025 No gods need apply Free verseintrospection,
6/26/2025 P H E W Free verseweather,
6/26/2025 Silence should not remain so Free versesilence,
6/20/2025 The Wind Chortled Free versesummer,wind,
6/19/2025 PROGRESS REPORT Free versefun,silly,
6/18/2025 summer Haiku Haikusilence,
6/18/2025 LOST Free verseirony,
6/15/2025 I-phone-itis Free verseage,humor,
6/15/2025 HOWLING WILDERNESS Free versegrowth,spiritual,
6/13/2025 10 steps to writing what you believe to be great poetry Listfun,humor,
6/11/2025 I was crazy enough to give her a daisy Free verseflower,love,
6/6/2025 The Lunacy of Language Free verselanguage,words,
6/5/2025 An Osprey Circles Free versebeauty,fishing,
6/5/2025 Hope has left the building Monokuirony,
6/5/2025 Intrusive Thoughts Free versewords,writing,
5/30/2025 Rematch Tomorrow 8AM Free verselife,work,
5/27/2025 TAP OUT I do not know?humor,irony,
5/26/2025 AH MUSIC Free verseage,music,
5/14/2025 OH, NO---It's here Rhymespring,
5/14/2025 She spoke to me yesterday Free verseamerica,freedom,
5/9/2025 Poetry Sucks Rhymehumor,poetry,poets,writin
5/8/2025 hush Monokuhumor,irony,
5/8/2025 PIGEON POLLS Rhymehumor,
5/7/2025 The Shadows Lie Free versesunshine,
5/6/2025 Requiem en terna Senryufaith,word play,
5/5/2025 ANYHOW I do not know?humor,rain,
5/5/2025 Horse Sense Monokuirony,
5/5/2025 I Gave Her a Dandelion Free versebeauty,character,love,
5/4/2025 TICK TALK Free versetime,
5/4/2025 Thank You For Your Service Free verseamerica,memorial day,sold
4/29/2025 KILL THE PARROT Free verseirony,
4/28/2025 Didn't feel like writin' today Free versemuse,writing,
4/25/2025 A Butterflys Lament Free versebeauty,strength,
4/24/2025 Age hasn't softened me Free versetruth,
4/23/2025 River Reverie Free versenature,
4/22/2025 the space between words Free versepassion,poetry,writing,
4/22/2025 unattended innuendo Monokuhumor,word play,
4/21/2025 Purple Dreams In Other Realms Free versefantasy,
4/20/2025 I AM POETRY Free versepassion,poetry,words,
4/20/2025 The doorbell rings less Free verseage,life,time,
4/17/2025 I am Questionkuintrospection,
4/16/2025 The Eternal Question Questionkugod,
4/15/2025 the poem I writ Rhymepoetry,silly,
4/12/2025 There's a dead horse in my bathtub Prosehumor,
4/12/2025 Saturday Free verserain,
4/11/2025 I used to know Free versehumor,kid,pets,
4/9/2025 Memento to the Moon Monokubeauty,moon,
4/9/2025 I do not have the time to write a tome Rhymehumor,poetry,writing,
4/7/2025 FLASHBACK Monokumemory,
4/6/2025 Alas, to write of love and loss and death Sonnetdeath,loss,love,writing,
4/6/2025 DAWN Ethereemorning,
4/4/2025 OOPS Limerickirony,
4/4/2025 Alas, old blog Free versefun,
4/3/2025 talked to a star one night Free verseloneliness,star,
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3/28/2025 Supercalifr---you know Couplethumor,
3/27/2025 Spring will devour the wind Free versespring,wind,
3/25/2025 Life's Familiar touch Free verseage,life,memory,
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3/25/2025 death dances Free versedeath,
3/24/2025 Life's shadows Monokuangst,life,
3/22/2025 Point taken Limerickhumor,ireland,
3/22/2025 Dark Sunrise Rhymemorning,
3/21/2025 just sayin Monokuhumor,
3/21/2025 TITLE MANIA Free versefun,poetry,writing,
3/20/2025 a wind whispers Senryupeace,
3/18/2025 Levity escapes me as the sun fades Blank versebeauty,night,sunset,
3/17/2025 RED HAT Otherhumor,political,
3/15/2025 POLY-TICKS Limerickhumor,political,
3/14/2025 Let the Words of My Mouth Versewords,
3/13/2025 I fear the closets fuzzy things Rhymefear,night,
3/12/2025 i sat to write of subtle things Rhymelonging,nature,spring,
3/12/2025 Allegedly Intelligent Free versepoetry,writing,
3/11/2025 Does love make a sound Free verselove,senses,
3/11/2025 Snippets of Life Free verseage,hair,men,
2/27/2025 Three Mouse-cat-eers Rhymefun,
2/26/2025 Look What I Thaw Free versespring,winter,
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2/21/2025 Clothes Call Free verseclothes,life,time,
2/19/2025 Listening to your eyes Monokuirony,
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2/13/2025 The End of Day Free versesunset,
2/12/2025 NEVER'S FOREVER'S Rhymeword play,
2/10/2025 As Day Fades Free versemoon,night,
2/8/2025 3PM, cold, windy, snow coming Free verselove,winter,
2/5/2025 The Abyss of Time's Canyon Verselife,memory,remember,
2/3/2025 The coxswain calls the cadence Rhymelife,
1/27/2025 Rumors abound Limerickhumor,
1/25/2025 Of Promises Sonnetpassion,
1/23/2025 Age and Circumstance Free verseage,life,time,
1/22/2025 Arctic Antics Free versesnow,winter,
1/18/2025 Measure twice Cut yourself Free versehumor,political,
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Fav Poems

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She's Always Drawing Mermaids Sonnetsad,
Paradise Now Free versereligion,
Painting With Words Coupletpoetry,writing,
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Dark Cinquaindark,death,
Roadmap Rhymeage,
The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria Sonnetgrief,
Death Becomes Art Rhymedeath,depression,poetry,
And Still She Smiles Free versedepression,friendship,lov
'theatre of the Absurd'-Catoptric Corridors of Time Rhymehumanity,metaphor,solitud
Moonless Curse Senryuappreciation,hope,longing
Rise Up and Sing the Sun Sonnetday,
Sacred Dwellers Coupletanimal,native american,sp
Scurry Now a Panther Comes Your Way Free versepoetry,
Courage Free versecourage,love,
Resolutions Rhymenew year,
In Praise of Anonymity Free versepoetry,
Understanding Free versetruth,
Totems of the Mind Free versehistory,muse,mystery,
The Souls of Leaves Rondeaunature,
God Was Wearing a Dress Free versespiritual,
The Park Fountain Free verselight,moon,night,spiritua
Meditations On a Derelict Wharf Free verseage,hope,mystery,visionar
Lightning They Name Is Woman Personificationsky,
A Life Not Lived Ethereeangst,anxiety,betrayal,co
The Mystery of Before Free versebirth,memory,morning,
All That I Have Taken In Free verseeve,nature,spiritual,suns
On Rainy Afternoons Free versechild,sad,solitude,
The Poets Are Dead Free versewriting,
Your Name Free verseanxiety,childhood,fear,
Seattle Streets Free verseage,old,
Tomorrow Free versesunset,time,
Prayers are Said Elegyfuneral,grief,loss,love,
Wasted Things Free versepoetry,
Super Size Rhymeappreciation,happiness,
How Much More God Versechildhood,memory,
I Am Rhymeevil,war,
Politicians, Preachers and Prophets Free verseimagination,love,poetry,
Narrow Margin Dramatic Verseanalogy,how i feel,life,
If You Look Rhymelife,
Be Thoughtful of Others Kyrielleencouraging,inspirational
Nameless Rhymesad,
Whispers Free versewar,
The Noise of Pretence Free verseangst,silence,spoken word
A Little Caveman Reasoning Free versepoetry,
Crack And Cranny Rhymehappiness,how i feel,life
Dew Kissed Dawn Free verseappreciation,light,mornin
Snowflakes Free verseanalogy,life,perspective,
To Have Space Free versechildhood,god,growth,spir
Death To The Poets Rhymepoets,war,
What is Black Beauty? I do not know?beauty,black african amer
Untitled No 28 Free verseangst,emotions,
A Poet's Prayer Free versepoetry,prayer,
The Brutal Truth collaboration with Sandra Weiss Rhymeage,angst,
Where The River Cries Coupletmetaphor,poetry,poets,riv
Ashes Free versefire,nature,tree,
Sanity at Last Free verseamerica,perspective,polit
Small Fish Free versefish,mirror,self,water,
I am a girl Free verseboy,gender,girl,teenage,
How Pagans Came To Be Free versereligious,summer,
Enthusiasm Villanelleemotions,
Enthusiasm Light Versedevotion,writing,
All the President’s Men Political Verseamerica,corruption,politi
Melanin Melancholy Free versesilence,

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