Ronald Franklin

@RonElFran (1214)

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Joined myLot 9 years ago

Former electrical engineer and manager for high-tech companies such as IBM and EDS, now pastor of a church.

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Ronald Franklin's Discussions

Thumbs Down on Cajun Fried Turkey!

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 27 Nov 21

In my refrigerator, in a covered plate, are the remains of my Thanksgiving dinner. I can’t remember that ever happening before—I don’t think I’ve ever left so much on my Thanksgiving dinner plate that I needed to save the residue...

thanksgiving

dinner

turkey

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I Can't Look (at the needle)

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 21 Nov 21

A couple of days ago I wrote about getting my COVID booster and flu vaccine shots. I mentioned that it was almost painless. But as I thought about it, “almost” is not “totally”! There is at least a little prick that you feel. And...

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For me, today and yesterday were needlework days

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 18 Nov 21

I'm so glad that the needles used to administer medicine are almost painless these days. I've been jabbed three times in the past two days. Yesterday I got my COVID booster in one arm, and the flu vaccine in the other. And today...

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I hate sleeping at my desk!

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 15 Nov 21

This afternoon I've been sitting at my desk and nodding off every few minutes. I hate that! It basically means an afternoon wasted as far as getting any work done. And it's not like it's a restful sleep. Part of my problem is...

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Have you ever provoked someone's road rage?

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 12 Nov 19

Have you ever been on the receiving end of someone's road rage? I’ve never had someone go absolutely bonkers with anger at me for something I did while driving, but there have been a number of times when I could see another driver...

driving

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The Actor Who Won by Losing

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 12 Nov 19

I've just been reading an article from the April 27, 1963 issue of TV Guide. The title was "Biography Of a Loser", and it concerned an actor who made a career out of never winning. Do you know his name? Here are some clues: He...

perry mason

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Are You Listening to Christmas Music Yet?

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 11 Nov 19

I'm sitting here at my desk listening to music as I work. For the last few days, my playlist has been all Christmas. I have several playlists with hours of Christmas music on my computer, and that's what I've been listening...

christmas

music

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We're Living in a Bird House!

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 24 Jun 19

My wife is complaining because part of the siding on our house has slipped down, allowing birds to get behind it and build a nest. She gets annoyed by hearing chirping all the time. I tell her she ought to be more friendly toward...

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The Birds I See Through My Window

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 1 May 19

One of the things I most enjoy about my home office is sitting at my desk and looking out the window. There are several large trees that the squirrels love to scamper up and down. But what's a special treat for me is when I see...

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Homeless family walks from Phoenix to San Diego 80 years ago

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 1 Feb 19

My hobby is collecting historic photos on my computer, and this is one that intrigues me a lot. It was taken by famed photographer Dorothea Lange, and shows a homeless family of cotton pickers walking from Phoenix, Arizona to San...

dorothea lange

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Wondering how squirrels make it in the cold and snow

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 31 Jan 19

I've been sitting here watching the squirrels in my yard through my office window. Or maybe I should say "squirrel" since I've only seen one. Normally, there are several of them running around chasing one another or digging in the...

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I hate throwing away calendars

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 26 Jan 19

Today I had to throw away some perfecly good calendars. I have a nail in the wall of my office that I hang calendars on every year. Well, when I tried to put up my 2019 calendar, there was no more room for it on that nail. So I...

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Hoping for Just a Little Snow

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 19 Jan 19

The forecasters tell us that the Northeast is in for a monster snowstorm this weekend. And southeastern Pennsylvania would seem to be right in the storm's path. But so far this Winter we've escaped really heavy snowfalls, and I'm...

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Too lazy to get in the bed!

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 7 Jan 19

Do you ever find yourself very sleepy late at night, but you're just too tired to get up and go to bed? That's me right now. It's almost 2am and I should have been in bed hours ago. But it's so easy to just keep sitting here,...

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Facebook Content Moderator Claims PTSD from having to watch toxic images all day

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 26 Sep 18

Who would have thought a worker could get PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) just sitting at a computer. But that's what a now former Facebook content moderator says has happened to her. Selena Scola was one of 7,500...

facebook

ptsd

graphic images

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Do typos in the title indicate carelessness?

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 23 Sep 18

Yesterday I wrote a post about keyboards. Today I noticed that in the title I spelled it "keybards." How in the world did I miss that? I don't know, but I did. I used to think that when people had typos or errors in the title of...

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Today's Computer Keyboards Are Junk

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 22 Sep 18

I recently bought a new PC for my wife. It came with a little plastic keyboard that felt like a toy. I immediately replaced it with one that's more substantial. I learned to type on real typewriters (really dates me, doesn't it)....

computers

pcs

keyboards

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Watching Columbo on TV

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 22 Sep 18

I'm sitting here watching an old episode of the detective series, Columbo. That's the one where they show you who the murderer is up front, and the fun is watching Lt. Columbo figure it out. Usually the criminal displays a snide,...

columbo

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An interesting poem, "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 22 Sep 18

I just read an analysis of the poem "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath. I'm not that into poetry, but I was struck by how much this poem reflects an experience we all share as human beings. For me, the first four lines are especially...

poetry

sylvia plath

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Now the plaigiarists are even stealing comments

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17 Sep 18

It's not at all unusual for me to find that my articles on HubPages or other sites have been stolen and posted without authorization on another site. It's cost me untold amounts of hours and aggravation to try to get them taken...

plaigiarism

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