You Wanna Borrow What?

By Vickey V.

We (Americans) have always borrowed from others. When the cavemen (the first men on earth according to scientists) were on the earth, they borrowed one anothers hammer for making the wheel. Can you imagine seeing a caveman asking his friend to borrow his hammer to help him make a wheel?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503581319

Vickey V.

About the Author I am number ten (10) of eleven (11) children. (All of whom are baby boomers). Both my parents were in the workforce. My home was then and is now Mississippi. I have two daughters (Nikki and Elizabeth) I have three grandsons to who make writing and reading a TRUE adventure. My bio would not have been possible without God my father. My hope is that everyone who reads my book will remember to say "You Wanna Borrow What?" When someone ask to borrow something that no person with respect would ask borrow Sent from my iPhone.

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Copyright © 2015 by Vickey V.

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1 The Hippie Era

Chapter 2 The Microwave Oven

Chapter 3 The Wig

Chapter 4 Utilities

Chapter 5 The Car Tag

Chapter 6 The Girdle

Chapter 7 The Bar of Soap

Chapter 8 The Mop

Chapter 9 Foreclosure

To my creator, the Almighty God; my parents, Joe and Margaret Johnson; my daughters, Nikki and Elizabeth; and my brothers and sisters and their spouses. A special dedication to my good friend Lee Ewing; my estranged boyfriend, Eddie Devine Jr.; and my podiatrist (foot doctor), Dr. Robert Woodward.

People won’t remember what you said; however, they will remember how long it took you to say it.

W e (Americans) have always borrowed from others. When the cavemen (the first men on earth according to scientists) were on the earth, they borrowed one another’s hammer for making the wheel. Can you imagine seeing a caveman asking his friend to borrow his hammer to help him make a wheel? The conversation probably went something like #%&@*? and the answer from caveman number 2 was #%&^$! Translated, the caveman number 1 asked, Can I borrow your stone to make my wheel? Caveman number 2 replied, "You wanna borrow what ?" Caveman number 1 was working on sharpening his hammer, looking for the right-size stone to fit the end of his stick, looking for the right-size vine to wrap around the end of his hammer to make sure it would not fly off the stick, testing it again and again until he was sure it was not going to fly off, and finally he had his hammer perfected, then caveman number 2 wanted to borrow it. While caveman number 1 was working on the mechanics of his hammer for the perfection of the wheel, caveman number 2 was smelling cavewoman’s hair and trying to figure out what the difference was between what was between his legs and hers. After caveman number 2’s several attempts to see what the difference was between their anatomies, the lightbulb turned on in his head, and nine months later, little cave boy was born.

Now spring and summer had passed, and the first sign of fall was showing. The leaves were turning colors, and the ground was getting brown. The wind was blowing harder, the sun was going down earlier, and the animals were not going out to graze like they normally did. Caveman number 2 was beginning to realize that he had not prepared himself for the weather. And not only that, he now had to feed cavewoman and cave boy. So he did what all good Americans would do; he went back to his friend, caveman number 1, and asked again, #%&@*? Translated, Can I borrow your hammer? The reply from caveman number 1 was "You want to borrow what!"

When this country was in its early years, I can imagine people would borrow flour, eggs, sugar, even milk. During the early years when America was in the developing stages, our country did not have 7-Eleven, Kangaroo, or Walmart, which are open on Sundays or twenty-four hours a day. If you were out of goods, the only option you had was to borrow from a friend or neighbor. You would borrow flour for biscuits to feed the family or eggs to bake cakes. When America was young, we depended on one another to make ends meet.

I believe that borrowing got out of hand in President Richard Nixon’s administration, when we began to borrow monies from other countries and lease part of our country. That was the beginning of the domino effect, which has taken this country on a downward spiral. It has been reported that more than half of New York City belongs to Great Britain and that Japan owns the other half. When the American natives sold New York City for pennies on the dime, the country was on its way to financial ruins due to how the Europeans purchased the land.

CHAPTER 1

THE HIPPIE ERA

I n the past, American girls were trained to be like their mother (the picture of a mother was Donna Reed), like housewives, caregivers, stand-by-your-man type of women. The young