Richard L. Meister Jr.

@RichardMeister (5328)

Otis Orchards, Washington

Joined myLot 9 years ago

I've been a freelance writer since 1985. I've been published in local and national print magazines. I was also a staff writer for a local newsmagazine.

Richard L. Meister Jr.'s Discussions

What Did Your Mother Do?

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 30 Oct 17

I was watching an old clip of the Leave It To Beaver show where the class had to write a fifty word composition of what their mothers did before they got married. After Beaver listened to the others in his class he decided his...

mothers

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What? You Don’t Know Your Income?

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 26 Oct 17

A couple of days ago I called my brother to inform him of the two percent increase in Social Security. I thought he would want to figure out how much more he was going to get. So I asked him how much he was getting now. “I don’t...

income

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Come Out, Come Out Right Now!

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 23 Oct 17

This morning I heard sirens. Then I looked out the window and saw five or six police vehicles up the road with rifles out pointing at a house. “Come out of the building,” one of the cops said over a loud speaker. “Come out right...

dealing drugs

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What The Hail?

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 20 Oct 17

Today I walked down to the mailbox. It was drizzling, nothing big. On my way back suddenly hailstones came bombarding out of the sky. Luckily I only had a few more steps until I was in the house. Once I was in the house and took...

weather

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So You Want To Be Compost

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 18 Oct 17

I saw on the news a few nights ago that there is a company that is trying to make it possible for them to turn human remains into compost. Then you would really be pushing up daisies. I understand the company is already turning...

compost

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Want To Live To 200 Years Old?

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 18 Oct 17

This question was posed to my by a friend. He wanted to know if I wanted to live until I was 200 years old. I told him I did not want to live that long. “How come?” he asked. “I don’t want to be all crippled up in a wheelchair...

age

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For The Love Of Pete

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 17 Oct 17

Growing up I had heard the expression or saying or whatever you want to call it, “For the love of Pete.” The problem is, I have no idea who Pete is or was. There was no one in the family named, Pete. Ok, ok. I know it was just a...

sayings

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Are We Really Living Longer?

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 16 Oct 17

I have a friend who claims we are not living any longer than we did 100 years ago. Here’s how he explains it. When they figure the average age they figure everyone’s age–babies and all. Now days babies live longer than they did...

living longer

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Warning: MyLot Has Malware

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 16 Oct 17

I haven’t been on myLot for a few days. That’s because the last time I tried to log on my computer screen turned red and there was this warning: This site has malware that may damage your photos, passwords and even your credit...

malware

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Three Sins You Would Burn The Longest In Hell For

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 10 Oct 17

We all can say things have changed over the years. I was just thinking about the three sins I was told that I’d burn in hell the longest for when I was growing up. They are sins that are no longer considered sins–as strange as...

sins

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Scared The Crap Out Of You

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 7 Oct 17

I suppose it’s the thought of Halloween that brought this about. I was just thinking about the expressions, “It scared me so badly I crapped my pants” and “It scared the crap out of me.” What I was wondering is how many people...

scared

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Mom’s 93rd Birthday

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 6 Oct 17

Today, October 5, is my mom’s 93rd birthday. She wanted to go to the Department of Motor Vehicles to get her I.D card renewed. I tried to talk her into having the woman who runs the home where she lives do it online but she would...

birthday

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When I Think Of Bambi

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 5 Oct 17

Most everyone thinks of a doe or female deer every time they hear the name Bambi. I suppose there are women who go by the name of Bambi, but I know of no one who does. When I hear the name Bambi I think back to a class I had to...

deer

driving

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TWO HOURS!!?

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 1 Oct 17

Today I decided it was time to shampoo my carpet. I bought a shampooer a few years back and have only used it a few times. What has happened in the past when I decided I would shampoo the carpet is I’d get the vacuum out and...

time

shampoo

carpet

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I Won A Trophy–Should I Throw It Away?

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 30 Sep 17

There has been talk about how young adults of today can’t handle losing. That giving them a trophy when losing a game and not keeping scores has created a generation that needs psychological intervention if their favorite team...

winners

losers

trophy

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Holy Buckets Of Cold Water, Batman!

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 19 Sep 17

We broke a record here in Spokane. Eighty days in a row with no measurable rain. The old record of seventy-two days was set in 1917. But now–holy buckets of cold water, Batman! After all the dry weather we had, the heavens just...

rain

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Up My Rear

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 17 Sep 17

Most everyone has heard the expression, shove it up you rear, meaning they don’t like something you said or want them to do. This is not about that. I suppose it more of a rant than anything. What I’m talking about is people...

tailgating

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Ken Burns And Lynn Novic’s The Vietnam War

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 15 Sep 17

Ken Burns and Lynn Novic spent ten years working on a documentary about the Vietnam War. Ken Burns has been making documentaries for PBS for several years. After doing documentaries on several wars, i.e. American Civil War, WWII,...

vietnam war

ken burns

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Freeman School Shooting

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 14 Sep 17

The hearts of everyone in the Freeman School District and the Spokane area are broken. The Freeman School is located in the small community of Freeman, Washington, about twenty miles southeast of Spokane, Washington. It is said...

school shooting

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Three Theories Of Doom And Gloom

Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 9 Sep 17

Not long ago I wrote about one of my friends telling me there will be doom and gloom after the eclipse. After talking to him the other day he now tells me three different reasons for the hurricanes. The first is because of the...

doom and gloom

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