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Issue #66; November 3, 2003 Ask Boomer Al is the fun newsletter of BoomerJournals.com. If you don't want to receive it, we don't want to send it to you. Unsubscribe info is located at the bottom of each issue. _.·´¯) Contents (¯`·._ 1) This week's questions 2) What's up with this? 3) Boomer HA! HA! 4) Attitude Counts! _.·´¯) Questions (¯`·._ Ask Boomer Al Issue 66; November 3, 2003 Dear Al I’m an only child but recently I learned that I have a half brother from a different guy that my mom dated before she married my father. I feel I have a right to contact him. My mother won't discuss it. What do you think? Ted Dear Ted I understand your curiosity but I’m not sure it’s the right thing to do at this time. I’m also not sure I buy into the rights thing for you. This all happened long before you came along and has nothing to do with your present family situation. Your mother no doubt did what she did for reasons important to her so perhaps you should give her some space to think about this for a while. It was no doubt a painful period in her life and she has a right to keep the past in the past. You’re none the worse for wear to this point for not knowing. It could be she signed an agreement to never reveal this information when she gave the child up. There’s a lot you do not know here so I would be careful how aggressive I get over this issue. Your mother will decide if and when she wishes to discuss it with you. Be respectful of her wishes and continue to honor her as you should. She knows what you want. Be careful what you wish for. Al Dear Al My husband and I had a party and a very expensive lamp was broken by a friend of ours because he had too much to drink. He hasn’t offered to pay or even an apology. He says that’s what insurance is for. How would you handle this? Thanks. Sally Dear Sally I’m a little surprised to read that you still refer to him as a friend. A friend would arrange to replace the lamp or otherwise compensate you for the damage. He has decided instead to be a jerk about it. Jerks do what jerks do so he’s on track. While insurance is an option, depending on the price of the lamp, it probably isn’t worth the effort. When you serve drinks in your home it is advisable to serve as a host and mix all the drinks yourself. If it’s a large group, arrange for someone to do it. The open bar everyone help yourself approach can cause nothing but trouble. It’s wasteful and the immature ones are sure to overdo. I don’t see what you can do at this point besides crossing him off the party list. You know what we say … with friends like this … I can hear him now at the local watering hole bragging about how he told you off when you dared to suggest he had a responsibility here. By Christmas you will have forgotten him and the lamp. Get some Velcro for your next party. On to the next jerk. Al Need to buy or sell a house ... check this out! _.·´¯)What's up with this?(¯`·._ Life goes on. The Marlins won the World Series, George will clean house in New York and the Red Sox want to dump Manny because the price tag is choking them like A-Rod is killing Texas. Maybe Texas and the Red Sox should talk? I know George will call Texas. Iraq is turning out to be a terrorist last stand type battle. I have a suggestion. We need to park an aircraft carrier battle group off the coast of Syria and do a few fly overs in their airspace. Perhaps a phone call to their government by some low level state department type telling them Bush is getting irritated now. I also would begin widthdrawing our forces from Germany. They don't need the millions our troops dump into there economy every month. There's more than one way to make a point. I would also surround the Suni triangle and begin a four sided sweep through the region for weapons and infiltrators and shoot a bunch of them on the spot. We need to really turn up the heat there at this point. To the democratic candidates for president, I know you feel your approach to this seems to be the only thing you've got but you need to know that your tactics are giving aid and comfort to the enemy in a time of war. Your behavior is bordering on treason. Just my opinion. Don't like it? So tell me off at ... The Forum at Boomer Journals _.·´¯) Boomer Ha Ha! (¯`·._ There are three classes of people, the haves, the have-nots, and the charge-its :) _.·´¯)Attitude Counts! (¯`·._ "If you speak the truth have one foot in the stirrup!" Turkish Proverb Have fun. It's later than you think. Al Check out my Home Business E-book ... Typical "Boomer Al" irreverent humor and lessons from over the years. 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