Today's Chat

By SAVANNAH CUNNICK

Do You ever feel that all you ARE is just a NUMBER?
.... A bunch of NUMBERS?

We use all kinds of NUMBERS everyday throughout our lives. Think about it. Since 1986 social security numbers have been assigned to newborns at the same time they are issued their birth certificates. Before 1986 social security numbers were applied for when folks were first getting a job. F.D.R. signed the Social Security Act in 1935 and since then over 420 million numbers have been issued in the United States. It's the most important identification NUMBER we can possess, Without it, we could not obtain more NUMBERS....such as Driver's License, bank account, credit cards, utility accounts, mortgages, insurances and more NUMBERS in our lives.

Ooops..aren't there NUMBERS used in our prescriptions, on our license plates, lottery slips, clothing and shoe sizes, t.v. channels,computers, telephone and cell numbers, computer keys, addresses, military I.D.s, birth dates, ten fingers...ten toes...

Yes, we are labeled and consumed by a lifelong existence of NUMBERS !! We are like little cans of Campbell's soup....processed, labeled and stamped with an expiration date.

All our NUMBERS are underneath our government's thumb...and even worse...fraudulent jerks are constantly finding ways to get access to them. Fixing this problem should be NUMBER 1 on Trump's list...well, Healthcare first...then let's shut down these creeps who pick on folks who live paycheck to paycheck.

And, who don't need one more grain of aggravation in their lives !! These thieves may be smart, but the rifle in the back of our truck's cab has a mind of its own.
Mind over matter...and to me those guys just don't matter. Where's the FBI on this one?

Hey,watch out !! SPOILER ALERT....are you counting your candles every birthday? Good news...when you turn 65....there is only 1,825 days until you reach 70 !!

Aunt Martha refuses to listen to such NUMBERS...as Uncle Festus has already been asking her if her knees are swollen or is she going bra-less again.

Passwords have NUMBERS. Awhile back, Cousin Clarence opened a new bank account and was asked to create a password 8 characters long and including at least one capital. This is what he came up with: Mickey, Minnie, Pluto,Huey, Louie, Dewey, Donald, Goofy,Sacramento. (Whew....wee...sigh).

Children are even faced with NUMBERS. My niece Cindy says MATH stands for: Mental Abuse To Humans. Her teacher told her one day that 5 is 4+1 and the next day 5 is 2+3. (Sorry Cindy..your aggravation has only begun..as there ARE MORE NUMBERS..!!).

Twenty-four is the NUMBER of astronauts who were born in Ohio. Uncle Festus asks: What is it about that state that makes people want to flee the earth?

Are you a member of good ole Face Book? Then everyone has your NUMBER and then some. Aunt Patsy tells me that several gossipers turned back-stabbers and now she wants to tap dance on their heads. (She was going to do a River Dance on them, but she found out that Irish people really don't dance. They just stand there until they really get mad at the floor...), Well, one of the blabbermouths did not want Patsy to stop texting her. So she apologized and said: For 25 cents, I could just kick myself in the head!! Patsy texted her back: What luck ! I just happen to have 4 rolls of quarters !!

Well, we may have a lot of NUMBERS in our life...but, I will tell you that NOT ONE OF YOU are JUST A NUMBER. You are individuals...some days we are weak...some days we are strong. Just make the right decisions and keep loyalty and truth as the cornerstone of all your relationships. My NUMBER is not up yet. It almost was...but I am here now for a NUMBER of years to come.

Let's chat next week. So, until then: please take care of yourselves, family and friends and if you bet the Lottery...I hope Your NUMBER wins !!!

P.S. Did you happen to watch the Oscars? It must have made Trump outrageously happy to see ACTORS mess up and he didn't get blamed for it !!

MANY HUGS, SAVANNAH