Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the words ‘stand in’. Here’s my take.
Quit draining my time! Everywhere we look these days there’s more of everything … more cars, more banks, more fast food joints, more CVS locations, Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. The list goes on and on. All of that translates into more people, more cars, more traffic. And more waiting. What a massive waste of time! I don’t like to wait or stand in line; in fact, I dislike it so much, I’m going to hire someone to be my stand in whenever waiting in line becomes an issue. I think of it as money well spent, ya know?
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This is “Sitting Here In Limbo” by Jimmy Cliff
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An excellent take, Nancy! I fully resonate with you. 🙏💐
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Thanks, KK. I’m sure we would all be shocked if we calculated how much time we spend waiting each year. I’d rather not know!
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You’re right, Nancy, though things have changed with many bookings and shoppings online. Thank you!
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Good thing I’m a lone wolf…brew my own coffee, cook my own food or zip through the drive-thru! As the Stones also sang, ‘Ti-i-ime is on my side”!
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Even the drive-thru has now become the crawl-thru! 😂
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(I go at unconventional hours) 😄
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Standing in line, is like “paddling in time”
paddling in time
with tranquillity’s lines
going upstream
or flowing downstream
no matter
time floats in no direction
time hears no commands
time flies in the sky
time is not a passenger
time neither says hello or goodbye
time never dies
https://youtu.be/DuTaq9GifzM
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What a marvelous poem, dear Ivor! And how did you ever thought of that old Stones’ song is beyond me! I forgot all about that one and it’s perfect. 🤩 I love it and just may have to ask you to become my personal soundtracker! 😂 Thanks for a very special comment! 🥰
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My memory not that good these days, but I remember this song, because it’s on the first vinyl album that ever bought 🎶😊🌏
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An excellent reason! My memory used to be like a steel trap; now it like a sieve! 😶🌫️🎶♡
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Aging gracefully 😊😍
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Excellent idea! 😄 Wish I had had a stand-in last Monday, when I waited in line for 35 minutes to use the washroom at a concert venue. 😯
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That is ridiculous! There’s always a line at the ladies room, so I usually leave about five minutes before the break so I can’t be among the first online. It’s worth it to miss one song. Once or twice I’ve gone into the men’s room with my husband. Nobody said boo. It isn’t anything I would do without him, but desperate times …. ya know? Thanks, Debbie
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I hate to miss any songs! 🥺 This venue needs to add more washrooms, because the men’s room lineup was just as bad. Only difference is, it moves faster. Yeah, I should have gone there, instead. 😆 And yes, desperate times are definitely familiar! 😥
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The lack of facilities in some of these large venues is staggering. Someone obviously didn’t do the math!
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Good idea! And then she/ he can hire someone else to stand in line for them and on and on 😂
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Until the money runs out! 😂
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Lol ! Exactly
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What a good idea, worth every penny!
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I know, right?! I’m never late and I hate to wait.
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You are welcome here in Alaska- we have none of that ‘too much’ going on. That was the exact reason I originally decided to move here. I was living in a city in California that had as many people in it as the entire state of Alaska- SOLD!
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Sounds great! You have an extra room to spare? I don’t eat much. 🤣
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I could do with one of those!
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IKR?! Thanks, Esther
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I like the way you think sis!
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This is one issue that really burns my buns!
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