Emily Post sings Country/Swan Song

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<p>Just a word or two on my way out the door, I 've been trying to find a way to say what I want to say to some posters about “advice”. My own way to say it has been “Please, people - listen with your most generous ears. These people are talking about their children - everything’s personal.”</p>

<p>I found a song by cowboy hero Guy Clark that may say it better:</p>

<p>One man’s famine is another man’s feast, one man’s pet is another man’s beast
One man’s bat is another man’s ball, one man’s art is another man’s scrawl
One man’s friend is another man’s foe, one man’s Joseph is another man’s Joe
One man’s hammer is another man’s nail, one man’s freedom is another man’s jail </p>

<p>One man’s road is another man’s rut, one man’s if is another man’s but
One man’s treasure is another man’s trash, one man’s landin’ is another man’s crash
One man’s word is another man’s lie, one man’s dirt is another man’s sky
One man’s skin is another man’s color, one man’s killer is another man’s brother </p>

<p>For every father’s daughter
For every mother’s son
The only thing the same
Is that it ain’t for everyone
Hank Williams said it best
He said it a long time ago
“Unless you have made no mistakes in your life
Be careful of stones that you throw” </p>

<p>and to those who just never “got” me- I’ll leave you with this </p>

<pre><code> I wish I was a trapper
I would give thousand pelts
To sleep with Pocahontas
And find out how she felt
In the mornin’ on the fields of green
In the homeland we’ve never seen.

And maybe Marlon Brando
Will be there by the fire
We’ll sit and talk of Hollywood
And the good things there for hire
And the Astrodome and the first tepee
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me.
</code></pre>

<p>It’s time to adios , has been for a while, but my P.M. here will always be on and you can find me on most any motorcycle site where people are trying to find lonely twisty roads in the woods. ( I’m usually slowoldguy ). I really appreciate all of you and the kindnesses you have shown my family. I won’t ever forget you. Be kind to each other, </p>

<p>With Much Love, Tom</p>

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<p>Curmie baby,</p>

<p>Say it isn’t so. Who is going to be dodd’s new partner on SA? We finally got used to running up your tab :D</p>

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<p>Best of luck to Curmudgeon and the next center at Rhodes! Enjoy your vacation from all this stressful college stuff!</p>

<p>And here’s a song for ya’ll in Wacoville! </p>

<p>It was all that I could do to keep from cryin’
Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
You don’t have to call me darlin’, darlin’
You never even call me by my name. </p>

<p>You don’t have to call me Waylon Jennings
And you don’t have to call me Charlie Pride.
You don’t have to call me Merle Haggard, anymore.
Even though your on my fightin’ side. </p>

<p>CHORUS
And I’ll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standin’ in the rain.
You don’t have to call me darlin’, darlin’
You never even call me by my name. </p>

<p>I’ve heard my name a few times in your phone book
I’ve seen it on signs where I’ve laid
But the only time I know, I’ll hear David Allan Coe
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day.</p>

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<p>I never thought I’d read David Allan Coe on CC, let alone the perfect country and western song. Steve Goodman passed away far too early after writing that song. </p>

<p>Cur, sorry to see you go. Check back in every now and then and make sure to keep your PM mailbox cleaned out!</p>

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<p>Curmudgeon
Good luck to your daughter and to you.You’ve been a class act all the way and your parting advice should be well heeded.</p>

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<p>Curmudgeon - how you do love the musical references! Best of luck in your life journey, and to Mudgarella, too. It’s been a lot of fun swapping tales and info these past few years.</p>

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<p>Curmudgeon: The poetry is really beautiful. It really is very nice.
But you just need a rest from this place and you will be in and out time and again. Take a rest. You will be back and appreciate the place after a rest.I’m not saying goodby, just, “have a nice summer.” After all, you have to post us with your daughter’s move in story , college romances and disasters, crumby profs., etc. etc. So why leave just as she is starting college? First college disaster and you will be right back here looking for moral support. Just take a break, move on with your life, and you will be back. See you soon…er…or…later.</p>

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<p>Stay in touch, 'Mudge. I look forward to hearing tales of how you and the 'Mudgette are doing.</p>

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<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Curmudgeon</p>

<p>I’m sure it’s not your intended legacy but, for me, your post about the people at a certain tech school is a classic. It’s on my Favorites, just re-read it…hilarious!!</p>

<p>Best of luck to you and your daughter.</p>

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<p>You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille!!!</p>

<p>You are a gem. A GEM!! And I get you. :)</p>

<p>love you,
SB</p>

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<p>curmudgeon</p>

<p>n : a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas</p>

<p>Nah! Thanks so much for sharing your deepest concerns and carefully crafted prognostications about your talented D. Thanks, too, for educating us in the art of shopping for a college. I loved the wit and humor your posts conveyed. May Mudgie have a wonderful, fulfilling 4 years at Rhodes. All the best to you all!</p>

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<p><em>jabs Intercom button on desk phone, rousting Dolly Parton-esque secretary from her nail-filing reverie</em> </p>

<p>“Get me re-write!! This is NOT the script I approved!!!”</p>

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<p>Crumudgeon,</p>

<p>Hank Williams said it best…wouldn’t you say?</p>

<p>It seems you are walking off into the dark, but then we’re all in The Dark," as he says.</p>

<p>Perhaps you heading off
to a Chili Parlour Bar
Drinkin’ Mad Dog Margaritas
And not carin’ where [we] are</p>

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<p>cur:</p>

<p>you added a lot of levity to the forum and your posts were (almost) always ‘gettable’…for awhile, reading your am posts beat the newspaper and coffee. Thanks for being part of our journey. Please post later on mudgette’s experience this upcoming year, since it’s almost as we know her. Don’t forget the golf cap for orientation.</p>

<p>As you go off into the SW sunset, think of Sally Fields: “You like me, You REALLY like me.” Yeah, we do – songs, RV, goats and all.</p>

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<p>C,
So you and your D are going to figure out what size sheets to buy without any help from CC?!? Forget ACT scores - that’s impressive! I’ver really enjoyed your posts. Best of luck to mudgette and I expect to see you/mudgette posting with med schools questions before you know it.</p>

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<p>Now that you’ve got your D moving in the right direction, you can devote more time to your real job, as president of Confidentia College.</p>

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<p>:::OO-Oo-Oo:::Jumping up and down waving an arm in the air:::</p>

<p>Mudgie, what’s not to love or get? Any guy who raises goats is aces with me, Baby! Incidentally, SluggJr wants to start raising a Tennessee Fainting goat next Fall when he goes to UC Davis. Do goats like mashed potatoes and green beans? I may have to set a place at Thanksgiving for an extra ruminant. Now that the FBILs (Future Bast*%! In-Laws) are history, I’m looking forward to a change. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>Your job as Bartender/Chief Cook & Bottlewasher in Sinner’s Alley will be waiting for you when you feel like stopping in and comparing notes with the POCS crowd (Parents of College Students). Sluggdad & I have the logistics of moving in and out of a dorm room down to a science, the girl version and the boy version. Roommates are always a juicy topic, and we can give you some tips of surviving the holiday breaks with your newly minted college student. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Cheers, Mudge! Stop by, anytime. ~Sluggaroo</p>

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<p>Curmudgeon,</p>

<p>As one who has left and come back a few times, I’ll just say “until we meet again”. I especially enjoyed your sense of humor. Best wishes to you & your daughter!</p>