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  • Last Dance — the Final
    Article



  • In my opinion anyone who thinks that being married
    is a 50/50 type of relationship is …


  • I’m
    beginning to wonder if the word ‘logic’ and
    ‘business’ can be used in the same sentence


  • he Queen’s
    purse?




  • I don’t know about you, but the thought of this
    actually taking place turns my stomach…




  • In spite of all of the so called ‘labor’ saving
    devices that I own.




  • Got a cell phone? I’ll give you something to think
    about. Try tumors for your brain

  • Some things


    I wish I could get
    resolved before I leave this old planet




  • Twenty years ago, you had to actually memorize phone
    numbers


  • I
    think might just bring a smile to your face


  • Perhaps
    it’s just me and maybe I’m weird or something


  • I may need
    to look into buying a hearing aids.


  • I
    suppose my next biggest gripe would have to be


  • This just
    goes to prove my point that you are only as old as
    you feel


  • Memorial
    Day


  • Perry’s
    law’


  • Lord help
    me if I’ve ever got to live by myself.


  • A few weeks
    ago, I wrote about all of the extra charges being
    proposed …


  • My first
    purchase of any sort of electronic device


  • Man on the
    street


  • The process
    of getting older brings with it a number of
    challenges for all of us.


  • MEN ARE JUST HAPPIER
    PEOPLE


  • What a
    difference a week makes
    .


  • When I walked
    into the dog pound…


  • March is
    usually the month I choose to pick on the United
    States Post Office


  • My, how time
    flies


  • I don’t do
    good with sick



  • My wife and I just got back from a trip to the west
    coast



  • The Idiots Guide to Marriage



  • Shoes


  • The health
    club I belong to has a machine for everything…



  • Why buy it, if you can’t use it?


  • Head to the
    nursery and buy new flowers and plants
    .


  • Special delivery
    letter to Iranian President I’madinnerjacket.



  • OK…..so I missed the deadline for getting a column
    out about Christmas….I’m not perfect.


  • I consider
    computers to be friendly things


  • I often
    wonder how we ever accomplished any business in the
    years before computers.



  • Do we do Thanksgiving in San Tropez or Staad?



  • My wife thinks I am becoming cynical the older I
    get.  I hope she is wrong.



  • Thanksgiving is just around the corner


  • I
    can’t remember if the one we do in the fall is to
    put us into daylight savings or to take us out of it


  • My wife’s’ grandmother
    used to tell us that she looked at the obituaries every
    morning


  • Remote controls
    have done more to produce couch potatoes than any other
    device.


  • As I’ve always
    said… no good deed goes unpunished


  • Tell
    that to the families of those six murdered individuals.


  • Welcome, Peary
    Perry, bookaholic


  • I’d rather be pecked
    to death by ducks than to…


  • Everyone
    in the country seems to have their panties in a wad.
    ..

  • Real fruit???


  • Who goes where without hurting
    anyone’s feelings?


  • We keep these
    things near and dear to or hearts.


  • Everyone
    seems to be up in arms over this global warming thing.


  • The word
    slow doesn’t do justice to how they work at this station


  • 90 is the
    new 60 as far as I’m concerned


  • Our lives
    are being controlled by technology


  • NINE WORDS/PHRASES
    WOMEN USE


  • Anyone who has
    been married as long as I have…


  • Our youngest
    son is getting married in a few weeks.


  • Thank God I
    only have two knees!


  • You would
    think the older you get the smarter you would be, wouldn’t
    you?


  • I will not
    get into my opinion about what I think of today’s ‘funny’
    papers


  • Here we
    go with Father’s day again


  • This
    totally destroys the concept of non biased journalism


  • You might recall
    a skit from the old Monty Python television show


  • Perhaps
    we just see what we want to, when we want to do so.


  • The ‘too much’
    information age

  • Getting
    older – knees and ears

  • Television
    has changed marriages


  • Pagers are
    out, cell phones are in.


  • Live for
    today, tomorrow is promised to no one
    .

  • Keep
    nothing but what you need to feed yourself


  • Honey I think
    that picture would look good on that wall


  • A sense of personal responsibility


  • The differences
    between men and women and how they think – or don't
    think.


  • National Friendship
    Week


  • My first
    trip was to the post office


  • Stick a
    fork in me…I’m done


  • So much to write
    about, so little time

  • We are moving…..


  • Today, topics
    which haven’t been in the news as of late


  • “The
    sky is falling…the sky is falling"

  • The world is
    going mad

  • Dear Mr. President


  • I am the symbol
    of their nutritional bailout

  • Slow down and
    smell the coffee or whatever


  • The
    best of intentions… 2009


  • My golden
    retriever was very surprised to see me in a Santa suit!

  • What
    happened to America part 3


  • What happened
    to America part 2


  • What happened
    to America part 1


  • Here
    it is Thanksgiving again


  • Two weeks
    ago, when the election was over


  • After nearly
    two years we have selected the leader of our country


  • Someone won
    the election and someone lost


  • Japanese
    woman faces prison


  • I like to pay
    my bills


  • My
    50 year high school reunion is coming up

  • This
    is an actual college application essay


  • I must be weird…


  • Stock markets
    enter into free fall


  • MUDSLINGING


  • The brains of dead
    flies

  • I'm highly
    suspicious of research

  • Junk Mail


  • Medicare
    fraud


  • Move
    beyond reach of our modern society


  • Dependent
    upon foreign oil


  • Two funerals and
    a wedding


  • Dear Queen


  • We have a
    new twist coming along to contend with…..ghost voting


  • The
    dumbing down of America


  • Wow…..I’m
    impressed
    .


  • Not in
    our good old state legislature


  • Some things
    are better left alone!


  • You’d think this was
    a no brainer wouldn’t you?



  • Texas wives with campaign contributions


  • Their home
    countries won’t accept them back!


  • All at taxpayer
    expense!


  • It’s so good
    to see you!


  • Who can
    afford to buy any new stuff?


  • Character counts,
    don’t forget it.


  • Organization
    to prevent abuse to vegetables??


  • The transparent bag
    of garbage —


  • PSA went from 4.3
    to 3.5


  • I’m sad.


  • I was not aware
    that the United States Congress was supposed to be sticking
    its nose into …


  • I am
    not a big fan of our government, but having said that..
    .

  • Mini-vacation….
    NOT


  • OK, so what’s the
    big deal


  • Semper Fi


  • Mad rush for passports..

  • Sex with robots?


  • As it is
    used in the phrase ‘public servant’


  • Do you
    know Benny?


  • Anyway, here
    is my sad story.


  • I’ve fallen into
    a quandary and can’t get up

  • How
    was your Christmas?


  • Too many
    clichés?

  • Justice?



  • LaborHalloweenThankfulChristmas


  • Choices?


  • Kids
    Are The Future


  • Please
    Press One


  • Government Money


  • Pappy's
    Last Role Call


  • Money Ball


  • Hotel Shmotel



  • Growing Technology



  • Contacts and Connections


  • Work it
    Workout


  • Time and
    Money?


  • Rent a pet?
    – those crazy Californians!


  • Politics
    and Security


  • Hungry
    like a wolf




  • Death and
    taxes…no escaping either one is there?




  • Ok…let’s
    see if I’ve got this correct

  • Government
    and Credit

  • Dear Gunter

  • New York..
    Here I come!

  • Peary
    goes postal 2007

  • Valid ID?


  • You’re getting
    OLD

  • Sorry bill collector
    lady

  • So much
    to write about, so little time.

  • Dumb gadgets

  • Where did those
    sayings come from?

  • National
    Word Police Force?

  • It's called
    EASTER

  • Fire Ants


  • You have
    always heard me say that I thought the internet was
    a good thing.


  • Suppose
    you are a substitute teacher in a small town


  • Wives keep us
    from that fate


  • Anna
    Nichol vs President Bush – Google wars


  • Is a dress
    really worth that much?



  • Someone once
    said that ‘humor is the best medicine


  • Our nation's
    children are at risk


  • Galaxy Expedition


  • History
    Repeats Itself


  • Speaker
    Nancy


  • Happy New
    Year – 2007


  • Bah Humbug


  • Gift Wrapping


  • Ornament Faeries



  • The
    Christkindlmarket of Chicago

  • Heartburn relief?

  • Vote and Veterans
    Day

  • I'm so sorry…

  • Lost
    in Translation



  • Swivel
    Chair Racing?


  • Crazy laws…


  • We've all heard
    the news about..
    .


  • Getting old…



  • National Friendship Week


  • We are at
    war…


  • Those movie
    cowboys…


  • German beer
    and sausage…


  • Make a million
    and retire early


  • Life is
    too short for this nonsense…


  • Going up… Senator?


  • Home alone


  • By the time you
    read this


  • The motivation for
    my weekly comments generally…

  • I don't care
    if you are a Republican, Democrat or whatever…

  • Superman
    is not real

  • A few weeks
    back I wrote about a grocery store chain…

  • Ok, gang… let's
    play the Mr. Silly game.

  • Did I mention
    how beautiful she is…

  • Now that we
    have the Internet…

  • Science fiction
    writers often talk about the 'parallel universe'.

  • About the only
    things all of us have in common…

  • I don't begrudge
    anyone for wanting to come to this country…

  • Once
    in a while it's better to just go fishing…

  • Many years
    ago

  • Point Misery-
    North Dakota – (4 hours ago)

  • Sometimes I question
    my own sanity

  • Dear God

  • Last week I
    was trying to figure out…


  • You would think
    that in this modern age of ours…


  • Last week I got
    into a discussion with a couple of my sons …


  • Age Activated Attention
    Deficit Disorder.

  • Here I am sitting
    at the airport the other day looking around..


  • First-class for congressmen

  • Winter
    Olympics

  • I don’t really
    believe in Karma or stuff such as this…

  • Would you like
    fries with that?

  • I don’t care
    what anyone says, life is tough.


  • Vacation
    home… don't do it!


  • We’ve all heard
    the old saying, ”if he didn’t have bad luck,..”

  • Are we all going
    crazy, or does it just seem that way?

  • Dear Mr. Ethics
    Man…

  • Most of the time
    I sit before this computer…

  • The agonies
    of voice mail…


  • Was there
    such a thing as 'political correctness' fifty years
    ago?

  • There
    are just some tricks you cannot teach an old dog.

  • Boy talk
    about a dollar short and a day late.
  • Thanksgiving
    is about being thankful…
  • Medicare
    – another bureaucratic snowball?

  • Thank a
    veteran…

  • Last week, my
    lovely wife bought a book…


  • With any luck…
  • Once in a while
    you do something that really hurts your heart.

  • In this week's
    paper there is a photograph I find very disturbing.

  • I got a great idea…

  • Ok you've heard
    enough from me about…
  • After
    the news report the other night I called my neighbor…

  • For several weeks
    after 9/11…

  • I am sure we
    have all seen the pictures of the gulf coast.

  • Most
    of us are honest, hardworking folks just trying to get
    along.

  • Have we
    lost our collective national minds or what?

  • I really wish
    my mama had sat me down and explained…
  • Not
    remodeled, updated.  Whatever that means…
  • What a
    revolting development this is…
  • Every
    day at sea, the boat gets one foot shorter
  • Remodeling
    your house while living in it


  • I’m alive…I’ve
    gotten a reprieve


  • Life is funny

  • All I can is I'm
    sorry

  • The Missed Wife

  • Einstein's Theory
    of Luggage

  • Sunday School

  • Women,
    Women I just don't understand

  • On Grand
    parenting

  • Peary Goes
    Back to School

  • Trade Deficit

  • Numbers

  • Greenies

  • An adventure
    to remember

  • Riches
    and Diet

  • I'm still learning

  • Be very afraid

  • Do you know Benny
    Goodenberger?

  • Reading vs
    Television

  • Peary's Pet
    Peeves

  • Class
    settle down

  • Diet Q & A

  • Is that
    your luggage ticking?"

  • Kids and Sports
    Competition

  • PC Holidays

  • ‘Reality’
    Shows

  • You don't want
    to ask that

  • Election
    Blues

  • Baseball Moms

  • Tidal Wave of Crime

  • Expiration
    Dates

  • Buyer Beware

  • News Drama

  • Gasoline
    Prices

  • Bipartisan

  • Circle of
    Life

  • Olympic
    Events

  • Conventional Silliness

  • AARP for Astronauts,
    Black Holes & Peanut Butter

  • Horrors
    of Grand fatherhood

  • Disposable
    Nation

  • Flowers and the
    oil cartels

  • Murphy's Law

  • Firsts

  • Timbuktu

  • 50-50

  • Clocks

  • Men and Tools

  • Training for
    Newly Weds

  • Wives

  • Study on Prisoner
    Re-entry in Texas


  • Presidential Candidates

  • The semi-retired

  • Voice mail

  • Awards