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Post by billd1 on Aug 22, 2016 16:58:37 GMT -5
JOY TO THE WORLD ! ! !
I recently re-applied to Wal Mart, and, guess what?
I PASSED THE ASSESSMENT TEST !!!
I credit my passing the test to advice I had gotten from some more experienced job seekers.
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Post by billd1 on Aug 22, 2016 16:44:30 GMT -5
I also want to get msyelf an avatar, whcih I think might help a bit with my posts.
I have recently contacted some of my old buddies from here.
Well, actually one of them, the one that I founded Social Inadequates Anonymous with, and encouraged him to post here again.
Possibly if something of interest to him gets started, he will resume posting, also.
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Post by billd1 on Aug 22, 2016 16:42:43 GMT -5
Having recently renewed my posting here, I have gotten the same impression that Scotty seems to have.
I'm not givig up on the board, tho, and will continue to post from time to time, and hopefully things will improve.
I would like to thank the Moderators for all the hard work they do to keep the board active, especially during the times when things are slow.
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Post by billd1 on Jun 24, 2016 9:48:34 GMT -5
Man, is that ever a loaded question. Thanks a lot. I don't minister to people, although sometimes I feel like I should. Someday, Jesus may ask me why I didn't, y'know? Frankly, I know one person with whom I would like to broach the subject, but don't know how to go about it. I make a lousy minister, eh? So what about you, Bill? Are you a Christian, and you have trouble ministering? Arizona, I have told you my story privately, so you really don't have to ask me, but since I have also told it on another message board, I'll re-tell it here. When I was in the 7th grade, I watched a Billy Graham Crusade on TV, and realized that There is a hell down below, and we are all going to go (curtis mayfield song lyric), but the Good News is that we can get saved from going to hell. And, I sure did get saved after Billy helped me to realize that I needed to get saved. But, I did NOT want to Sell Jesus to people way back then, any more than I want to sell Jesus to people today. That counsellor was looking for an opening to try to Sell Jesus to me, I would think. If I had simply replied, "No," he would have followed that up with "Have you Gotten Saved? If you have Gotten Saved, you should want to Sell Jesus to other people, so they can Get Saved too."
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Post by billd1 on Jun 24, 2016 9:38:58 GMT -5
Astroruss, I'd like to know who things are with your own employment three years after that last post.
I have recently applied to Wal Mart, and did not pass their assessment test.
They say that passing the test is required for "some" of the jobs they offer, but do not say which jobs require passing the test, and which jobs don't require passing the test.
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Post by billd1 on Jun 24, 2016 9:34:52 GMT -5
Do you have local organizations like Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Rebuilding Together etc. They are similar to your fixers group/ministry. These organizations make repairs to houses for low income people and people in poverty. The workers there tend to be very friendly and understanding of the homeowners situation. Seek out another similar organization if the one within your church is busy. There's quite a few friendly people out there willing to help and understand. I have heard that Habitat for Humanity is active in my area. Checking on them, and the other 2 outfits is a good idea. I'm sorry to say that it would take tens of thousands of dollars to make my shack suitable for human habitation.
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Post by billd1 on Jun 24, 2016 9:28:55 GMT -5
Going on two years later, I gave up on posting any more photos from that article, because I had so much trouble posting them.
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Post by billd1 on Jun 24, 2016 9:25:12 GMT -5
I'm glad to be able to see, hear, walk, and talk, and other things, but as far as any change for the better in my life, there has been none to speak of since I joined here.
I also joined another board for people with problems functioning socially.
I have accepted the fact that I am socially handicapped and unable to live a normal life.
What's so bad about it, is that I certainly cannot go around telling people that I have this handicap.
The only people I can tell are the ones on this board, and that other board that I joined.
The only thing I can really do, is to try to make my remaining years as bearable and "comfortable," as possible and that requires Money, and with my affliction, I am not able to get a decent paying job to earn the money I need.
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Post by billd1 on Jun 16, 2016 14:37:48 GMT -5
I'm now well into my eighth year as a member here.
Haven't posted in awhile, but am doing so in the hope that I can get into communication with others who share a mutual affliction.
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Post by billd1 on Sept 30, 2014 15:33:19 GMT -5
Roy Ozmer in Grit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am hoping that the complete Grit story on Roy Ozmer will eventully turn up. I again have revisited Grit's webpage, but so far have't found any promising leads. A few years ago, Google had many old newspapers on microfilm for free surfing, but at that time I did not chedk to see if Grit was included. All too soon, the Google newspaper (and, magazine?) Archive, dropped the complete newspapers for surfing, but I think it still did have an index of pay for view articles. This index, if it is still available, would probably include local newspaper stories on hermits, and would be useful for finding out more about Charlie Bowers, for example, if Clarksburg West Virginia newspapers for 1970 could be found. I would think the story of Mr. Bowers would have been reported locally, as well as in Grit. Google News Archive also included, and should still include, if it still exists, many newspapers from countires outside of the USA. And, on the survivalist board, link to, posted on Page 1 of this SAS/SP Forums thread, a poster mentions having a large collection of newspaper storeis on hermits, so it's possible that his collection could include the complete Roy Ozmer story. The old Grit would best be described as a tabloid newspaper probably 15 inches high and 11 & 1/2 inches wide, at the most. Lookinig at the Roy Ozmer story, the title, "Hermit of the " Keys? Isles? Islands, Everglades? covered three columns, horizontally, and the incomplete photo above it, also covered three horizontal columns and a maximum of 6 inches to the top of the page, if there were no other stories above the Roy Ozmer story. farm4.staticflickr.com/3912/15029972361_9841fe0f0c.jpgThe photo at the bottom of the page also seems to be incomplete horizontally, with the caption being ending in mid letter. The second sentence of the caption most likely is, "It's handy."
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Post by billd1 on Sept 30, 2014 15:30:10 GMT -5
Below is an incomplete article from Grit. So far, I have found nothing either in the article or in the articles on the reverse side of it, that would give me a clue to the date of the article, titled, "Hermit of the " with whatever the four word was, cut off. I have found that Mr. Ozmer died in 1969, so obviously the article had to have been prior to his death. Hermit of the By Mark Hunn IN THESE days of crowded conditions, pushbutton living, and increasing leisure, Roy Ozmer is an anachronism. He prefers to be a hermit and to go his own way. Indeed, he finds it no handicap to live alone miles from civilization. Nor does he consider it inconvenient to lack fresh water (except for rain water), refrigeration, television, a telephone, motion-pictures, and so on. Obviously, he likes elbowroom. But, surprisingly, he finds it hard to achieve, although it's certainly no easy task to find his hideaway on a mangrove spit in the channel between Hog and Panther Keys deep in the 10,000 island wilderness of the Southwest Florida coast, one of the most remote areas left in the Sunshine State. SINCE becoming a hermit in 1947, he's found the main problem is getting away from people, but he believes he's making some progress. His annual visitation rate is down to a mere 1,500 a year on what he calls "Dun-Rovin'" Key (actually the little mangrove island has no name) from the days when he sought solitude on Pelican Key. Pelican, located near the mouth of the Indian Key channel into the little town of Everglades, was just too near civilization. As a result, he entertained as many as 8,000 visitors annually, which certainly would disqualify him from the hermit's league if there were such an organization. But he's a hermit, nevertheless, particularly geographically. His present location is some 16 miles (via the gulf route) from the hamlet of Everglades, which hardly can be considered bulging at the seams with people. He's equally distant from Goodland on Marco Island to the north. Ozmer, born in 1897 at Decatur, Ga., began h is hermit career in 1947 after having been a merchant seaman in the First and Second World Wars (total of ffive torpedoings). In addition, he's been a lumberjack, range-fence rider, salesman, prospector, house painter, forest ranger, CCC camp superintendent, newspaperman, free-lance writer, restaurant operator, and, last but not least, farmer. He earned a B.S. degree in forestry from the University of Georgia and early gave indication of preferring solitude by hiking the entire length of the then new Apalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in the early 1920's. He blazed portions of the route, and much of ARTICLE STOPS HERE. __________________
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Post by billd1 on Sept 29, 2014 14:54:43 GMT -5
This is the first of the 2 Grit Hermit Stories, about a hermit who is probably not too well remembered. From Grit, March 1, 1970, News Section Page 9
Hermit Lives 14 Years In Abandoned Coke Oven
Charlie Bowers drropped out of society 14 years ago to live in an abandoned coke oven in the once-prosperous community of Farnum, near Clarksburg, W. Va. But now age, health, and weather conditions have forced him to return to the world he tried to forget. The 78-year-old Bowers was a victim of unemployment caused by coal mining mechanization. He has no family. His abandoned coke oven measured 10 feet in diameter. A translucent covering across the doorway kept in the heat and provided light. Bowers wasn't bothered by telephones, radio, television, or taxes. He fashioned a stove from a 20-gallon drum to burn slag coal he was able to chip from a crevice.
Had Premonition.
Bowers said he had a premonition that some day he would be forced to give up the life he loved. It came true when heavy snows and below-zero temperatures descended on the Clarksburg area last December. Residents who knew of Bowers became concerned when three days elapsed without anyone seeinig him. They went to look for him. They followed his footprints, barely visible in the snow. Along the trail they found a loaf of bread, still in its wrapper, lying where he had apparently dropped it. They found him on his bed, dazed, shivering, and incoherent. He did not remember when he had last eaten or or how long he had been there. Bowers was taken to the Harrison County Jail, where he was given medical treatment but was not considered ill enough to be hospitalized. Welfare authorities were called in to find him a suitable home. Bowers had never heard of welfare or social security, which he now receives at the custodial care home where he plans to stay.
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Post by billd1 on Sept 29, 2014 14:49:47 GMT -5
It's been awhile since this thread has been active, but recently I have wanted to reach out to others, but starting a Hermits & Grit thread on 3 other message boards, and I think that reviving this hermit thread on this message board, might improve my learning more about hermits.
I do not remember if I ever posted the 2 hermit stories from Grit here or not. I noticed that I had editec my first post here, and if I did post both of the 2 grit hermit articles, then I must have deleted them, when I did that edit.
Since the 2 Grit hermit articles are not here, I will post them, either for the second or first time.
One of the articles, on Florida Everglades Hermit Roy Ozmer, is incomplete, and I want it here, as well as the other 3 message boards, in hope of possibly finding the entier Grit article.
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Post by billd1 on Jun 17, 2013 10:48:16 GMT -5
I'm bumping this one to the top, in case my friend arizona from Arizona has any more news for us.
I haven't been too active for awhile on this board, and neither has arizona. And, looking over sweetpea's post list, it seems she hasn't been too active the past few years, but I'm glad to see that she is becoming more active, and is a Global Moderator.
When sweetpea did become inactive a few years ago, I was very sorry, since I haven't been able to make many friends on this board, and she was then & still is a good friend of mine.
I'm hopint that posting more here will beneift me, and everyone else on the board.
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Post by billd1 on Jun 17, 2013 10:33:31 GMT -5
PS to last one: sweetpea, I hope you'll be glad to know that I am out of my house a good bit of the time, one reason being that with my heat pump not working, (no money to get it repaired, and if it were working, no money to pay the heavy electric bill), and my new ceiling fan not being adequate to keep my place cooled in this hot summer heat, I spend most of my days, going to public places that are air conditioned.
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