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Written By: Howard Norman - Copyright Howard Norman December 2002
Notes From The "D"
Welcome to this.
This is the first issue of "A view from the "D""
I’m the "D"
You don’t want to know why.
If there is anyone reading this, I am doing this because I have to, not because I want to.
Its part of my rehabilitation they say.
Like this will cure me of anything.
But as long as it keeps me on the street I could care less if they have me painting houses with a toothbrush.
Don’t make no never mind to me at all.
What they say is I have to provide some form of public service.
100 hours of it.
So I checked it out with my friend Karl.
He says that my writing stuff down and putting it on the internet is a public service.
He even got it checked out all legal and stuff.
So all I have to do is stick with Karl for the next year, and tell him what I think about certain things, and he will take care of the rest.
It has to be my words, but he takes care of the writing and putting it up on the net and such.
I figure it will take me about an hour to write down a page of stuff to say, so that it my goal.
One page on each topic.
I don’t expect anyone to be reading this, so I don’t care what I say.
If you are reading it and get kind of upset with me, tough.
These are my views and my views only and you can live by whatever you like.
These are the rules I live by.
Karl has shown me the first little bit, and I noticed right off that he took out all the swear words.
He says he has to do that.
I say that is nothing but bull dung.
Hi.
Karl here.
I will be working with the “D” for the next year or so on his rehabilitation and such.
He could really use your help though.
If you have any topics you would like him to write about, that would help.
I have included a list of about 20 or so, but we need more.
Mail them directly to me and I’ll give them to the “D”, and check back later and see if he has written about it.
If you give me you email address I’ll tell you when it is coming up so you can visit.
Oh yes, and tell you friends to visit the site.
I have to be able to prove there was some traffic generated by this to be considered a public service.
Thanks to all of you, the “D” can stay out on the street and be himself.
He is not a bad guy at all.
I should know, he is my brother.,
Number Title
1 Introductions
2 Topics (Not counted as the “D”
3 The Store
4 The Brothers
5 School
6 The business
7 Writing
8 TV
9 The radio
10 Newspapers
11 Cars
12 Smokes
13 Drugs
14 Drinking
15 Gambling
16 Dishwashers
17 Tipping
18 Eating out
19 Music
20 Spoons
21 Balloons
22 Grapes
Hi.
This the "D"
Today’s topic is the store.
We have this store down here by us that sells everything under the sun.
I mean everything.
They have Kotex and smokes, beer, and yo-yo’s.
Now my question to you all is why do we need such a thing?
Its open about 18 hours a day too.
Old Mr. Jones and his wife run it, and they don’t have nothing to show for it.
Can’t be that much money in it.
What is the point of having a place where you can get your pads and a yo-yo in the same store.
You ain’t never going to be needing the pads and all sudden like realize that because your weekend is all messed up you might as well get a yo-yo to play with.
And how did this guy get all this stuff anyway?
How does someone get a yo-yo and a comb and trading cards and Kleenex?
I mean I know where you get the beer and smokes from, but what about the other things?
And what happens when you get someone like me who comes in from outside looking for cake frosting or something?
Do you look around and suddenly decide you have to have some in your store now that someone asks for it? That might work.
But it might takes years before someone else needs some frosting again.
Don’t that stuff go bad?
I think it does.
And the yo-yo.
How many you going to sell? I see the old boy has 4 of them.
But I think it has always been 4.
I don’t ever remember it being 5 or 6 or 10.
So he is not selling the yo-yo’s for sure.
Maybe I should start looking at other stuff too.
Mark up the box of Kotex to see if they get sold.
I could put like a big blue mark on one of the boxes near the top and every time I went in check to see if it was still there, if not, then mark another.
I could see how fast things was selling.
Find out what kind of business he was doing and all.
Might come in handy someday.
Like if I ever got me a store.
I would know how many yo-yo’s to buy at a time.
Of course I would have to make sure I was in a neighborhood where there was some kids and all, no sense having yo-yo’s if all you got is old people.
You would never sell them.
Then who would pay for them?
I would.
And I would be stuck with them too.
Course I could give them to my brothers kids for their birthdays and such.
Karl says this is enough for today.
That’s good.
He says we have learned enough about marketing for one day.
I have no idea what he is talking about.
Created by James Arrian............................................................................................................................................................Last Updated Decmber 2002