Uncle Gator's Kiawah Adventures

Time for our annual ground rules. Before we go there 6 just has to make a statement about how many rules and regulation we have to deal with every day. Let us start at the top, 10 commandments, turns into 7 articles of the US constitution, which turns into (10) amendments the bill of rights, then to 17 other amendments. From there we need to complicate it even further resulting in countless number of federal, state, and local laws. What this means is something very simple has become so complex that no one other than the 6 could keep them all straight! Every single day our tax dollars are being spent by individuals who are doing nothing but making rules laws or whatever you want to call them to meet the constantly changing demands of their people. 50% of them make no sense at all and never take root, 49% of them grow like weeds but after 10 to 20 years just fade away and are never seen again, relinquished to the dark dusty law books. That leaves the 1% that actually takes root...

The travel plan is somewhat different this year. This year 6   will not be packing the truckster to the gills with beach paraphernalia, we are going to join the rest of the rich family members over there on Melody lane, and fly the friendly skies! No 6 did not win the “pig –in the- poke” and yes my bonus this year was the one year subscription to the jelly of the month club, so 6 doesn’t want to hear it!   I can’t wait for the stewardess to ask me what I want to drink, and 6 will just sit back and say give me a coke, and since airline travel is so luxurious now, she will ask if 6 would like it in the can, and with a surprised look 6 will respond I’ll have it right here! Well now that 6 thinks about it he will probably turn it down, since they charge you a buck for the darn thing! Now what 6 did not realize was how much the rich members of our group (32 aren’t you glad 6 changed his term this year) have to spend to get to paradise! Don’t you –all worry, just because y...

As each day passes we (should) gain wisdom. Wisdom is not maturity, wisdom is not knowledge so what is it ?   It is the quality or state of being wise ; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight. For example, is it wise for a man to be in a Speedo on the beach at Kiawah?   Let take a deeper look at Speedo man.   Maturity, he has to be at least in his 40’s for it has been 20 years since a Speedo was in style. 6 knows that age doesn’t necessarily translate in to maturity, but let’s face it, he had to have some level of maturity because he had a wife and children and was at Kiawah. Knowledge, this is not France it is a family beach!   His actions were a sure sign of a lack of wisdom, for he was only thinking of himself, and demonstrating no long term insight. How about the girl who went into the donut shop and licked the donuts and said she hated America!     That was not very wise. Yo...