Author Archives: tflynn64

I got married right out of high school and the first full-time job I able to get was at Midland Farm and Home Supply. I believe they hired me because of the tremendous experience I gained being a part-time clerk at Jack’s Discount which was like a small town Wal-Mart without all the frills. IContinue reading “You Should Try Back Next Tuesday……”

I was driving into work today and went past by my old high school. In my day it was Routt High School but officially now it is Routt Catholic High School because apparently the uniforms the guys wore and the long skirts the girls wore are no longer required so they have to let peopleContinue reading “The Patron Saint of Fish Sticks”

Today I will be making my 10th trip to the DMV to renew my drivers license (I’ll let you do the math). This will be my eleventh attempt at getting a good picture for my license. So far each time I’ve looked like a guy who just got arrested for meth possession. And this guyContinue reading “To the DMV……..”

Probably the only real benefit of not having any talent or ability when young is that you can still make some personal accomplishments in your mid-fifties like me. Even at my advanced age I can still see a personal best in a 5K or shoot my best golf round. Most normal folks will see aContinue reading “Aging Gracefully…Like a Swan”

If you ever watch any tv show or old movie where there are a couple of guys playing checkers, there always seems to be the one guy who is winning easily but also he always seems to get blindsided by the other player who ends up jumping at least 4 times and winning the game.Continue reading “Checkers”

On January 3rd, 1970 I headed up to Black’s Service Station with a dime in my pocket. Back in 1970 you could get 8 – 10 pounds of candy for a dime. They had 2 caramels for a penny!! Today if you go to that same location to the convenience store that replaced Black’s ServiceContinue reading “January 3, 1970”

Honestly, I have no idea. I have no doubt that you will find anything here interesting, entertaining and quite possibly, believable. I have little if any understanding of the English language nor punctuation and spelling. Maybe that should have been or instead of nor. No idea. But I will try to write as often asContinue reading “Why would you come here?”