tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post4504325518999948730..comments2024-02-16T18:19:13.539-08:00Comments on Ramblings From Yet Another Stranger on the Bus: Feeling Very Simply Red ~ No, I'm Not Sunburned,It's MusicLeslie Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-29416716608228116612010-04-15T07:55:29.856-07:002010-04-15T07:55:29.856-07:00@ Tag ~ I'm glad we share the common experienc...@ Tag ~ I'm glad we share the common experience of finding our successful, adult selves during that period. If I'm not mistaken, you're 2 summers younger than I (July, 1954, right?), so we'd have been experiencing this exponential growth at about the same ages, too.<br /><br />Your comment about the soap operas and movies encourages me to post something funny from the day. It's the video(s) that made me laugh out loud the other day when I needed it. Stay tuned, friend.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-66876555106848421462010-04-14T20:13:35.724-07:002010-04-14T20:13:35.724-07:00I like this trip through the 80's with you and...I like this trip through the 80's with you and Ex. It sounds like a period of intense growth for the both of you, then so quickly followed by the birth of Amber. Perhaps because we are of a certain age I feel that I have grown at a similar pace. The 80's was a time of professional growth but also becoming a spouse and parent. <br />I missed most of that decade's culture being here and there in my travels. I did become a fan of General Hospital and the Guiding Light while in Japan but we were several months behind the US broadcasts. I didn't experience Designing Women until the 90's in reruns. All those movies you mention I have on Laser Disc. I think Jewel of the Nile was my first date with Shari. Though it might have been Godzilla 1985.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533184345345882921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-84635404716468265402010-04-14T13:10:39.388-07:002010-04-14T13:10:39.388-07:00@ Kirk ~ I thank you, Sir. You're right. Ex an...@ Kirk ~ I thank you, Sir. You're right. Ex and I were working it when workers were hard to convince. School employees (not teachers, but secretaries, school bus drivers, maintenance workers, food service workers) are traditionally a hard group to organize. They tend to be people who do not make waves. It pleases me that I particularly shone at negotiating "closed" or "agency" shops, adding large numbers to our membership base. I was a true believer with the fire in my belly. I didn't find it as difficult as some to convince a worker they needed us and we needed them.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-85091250455456573482010-04-14T13:05:41.732-07:002010-04-14T13:05:41.732-07:00The 1980s was the beginning of the decline of the ...The 1980s was the beginning of the decline of the labor union, something that we've paid for dearly in this country. It sounds like you and ex went against the socioeconomic grain. I applaud you for that.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-92207325849916766372010-04-14T09:51:10.252-07:002010-04-14T09:51:10.252-07:00@ Kassie ~ Congratulations! Sincerely. I'm at ...@ Kassie ~ Congratulations! Sincerely. I'm at a loss for words. That is a rare occurrence. I don't know how to reply about our not ultimately advocating for each other. Your comment made a lot of things bubble up. And it will likely require more posts on the marriage. I guess I can say this initially: 32 years is a long, long time and all of those years did not look the same. In this 1980s snapshot, we WERE advocating for each other. It was different in the 1970s. And the 1990s behaved like an alien world. It was worse after 2000. It pleases me I was able to write this post and just tell the story. I don't believe I snapped about Ex one time. I was able to tell about some of his sterling qualities. I was able to tell how he overcame hardships. I feel very good about being so level and balanced. It has taken a very long time for me to be able to do that.<br /><br />You've got my number re: Dixie. When it's reincarnation time, I've got dibs on her! I know about the night the lights went out in Georgia. I can recite it verbatim.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-74509910913586046542010-04-14T09:19:51.755-07:002010-04-14T09:19:51.755-07:00LESLIE - This is a most intriguing post. Again, yo...LESLIE - This is a most intriguing post. Again, your memory for details dazzles! It's interesting to me that with all your advocating for other people, you and Ex couldn't ultimately advocate for each other. I thought of your post about his death and the words spoken by both of you, and I cried again.<br /><br />How beautiful Dixie was and so spunky, yet classy. I can see how you wanted to be her.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.com