Funny things Dad would say

 I am one lucky guy.  My dad had a great since of humor and was a great storyteller.  But here are some of the things that I loved and yes, some of them are off color.

1. yesterday, one of my close friends (Rich K.) told me I needed to drink more water.  Now I should preface this with it was a gathering of 11 guys for weekly fellowship that meet at Mike Cunningham's office (my old office before I retired).  Mike and Steve and staff are wonderful hosts.  Rather than make it such a long sentence which I used to get in trouble for with Mrs. Head, let's just say it is a bible study/prayer group.  Anyway, after R. Kanaly smarted off, I gave him one of my dad's sayings, "Piss on you".  Most folks would get their underwear in a wad saying something like that at a bible study, but I figure even if I don't say it, God knows what I am thinking.  Well, it got a good chuckle, kind of like Chuckles Codding more normally known as Harold.  

2.  Since I had shared one of my dad's little sayings, I figured on sharing another.  Dad use to say he was a FART KNOCKER and then he would double up one of his fists and knock on my shoulder or arm.  Do you get it?  Well, I did that to you know who yesterday.

3. This is the last one today, but there are many more:  Dad would take his index finger and make it look like a hook.  Then he would say, "do you know what this is?".  And if you did not know, he would say it is a shit hook.  Then he would proceed to hook you one the arm or somewhere to let you know you were the shits.

He always laughed and I cannot thank him enough for the great times.  I hope you can remember some great times with your dad.  If you do, check out the free invite below, where you can start writing or telling your stories and record them for your kids and grandkids.

So, what do you learn in the Osage?

• laughter is great medicine
• when you use words that are not especially acceptable by folks, just remember, God knows what you were thinking
• Words can hurt and they can heal but only Jesus forgives and does not judge, if only you put your trust in HIM.

Thanks for listening,

gary

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well, here is a new one and i need your help. I think many of you know I have an app called Finaciti and if you would like to try it out for FREE (always free to you up to 1000 of my friends, family etc.). All I need is for you to try it and give me feedback to gary.olson@finaciti.com

so, here is what you need to get it free: download the app and when it asks for an AID number use srem8z

let me know you signed up and try it out. there are two things we are doing, and it will be expanding rapidly as we get a few things adjusted.

1. if you would like to get some education and organize your personal information secured on your phone, not on our files, so that is something happens to you, your family or spouse will know what to do.

2. if you go back to the main menu on the app you can start writing your story for your family and children and grandchildren. I personally have written a lot of stories about growing up in the Osage and especially stories of mom and dad and our ancestry.

And it is all FREE to you if you use the code srem8z

tell me of any problems you might have or suggestions. we are going to add end of life planning as well.

thanks for helping,

Gary L. Olson

gary.olson@finaciti.com

What should I not do when I lose a family member?

I found this to be an interesting problem for folks, not because I am smart, but because I had some friends tell me what happened to them.

One of my friends and financial clients (I am a retired financial advisor) lost their husband suddenly.  She immediately notified the credit card companies and her banks.   She shared that they immediately shut down / locked her accounts and she was not able to buy gas without cash or travel or even purchase groceries.  Wow!!  What did she do?

Well, the first thing is she had to get some friends to loan her some dough/cash until she could reapply for a credit card.  It took a couple of weeks, and she was stressed out by more than just the sudden loss of her husband.  

What about the checking account?  If things are done correctly there is generally no problem as long as the account has "right of survivorship".  You better go check with your bank.  There are other ways of handling, but this is the most common.  The bank may ask for a copy of the death certificate and/or identification proving you are the surviving account holder (depends on the bank's policies).  BUT, and there is always a but, if the deceased was the primary account holder, and you were listed only as an authorized user (not a co-owner), the bank may freeze the account.  This is a possible probate problem.  

Well, I hope this helps a little, but!

So what do you learn in the Osage

• check with your bank on what your options are
• check with your credit card company on are you a joint or authorized holder and ask how they would handle it
• on the credit card you will want to verify (by state) if you are liable for the debt and how they would handle the notification.
• talk to your financial advisor and lawyer 

Thanks for listening,

gary

gary.olson@finaciti.com

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Gary L. Olson

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well, here is a new one and i need your help. I think many of you know I have an app called Finaciti and if you would like to try it out for FREE (always free to you up to 1000 of my friends, family etc.). All I need is for you to try it and give me feedback to gary.olson@finaciti.com

so here is what you need to get it free: download the app and when it asks for an AID number use srem8z

let me know you signed up and try it out. there are two things we are doing and it will be expanding rapidly as we get a few things adjusted. 1. if you would like to get some education and organize your personal information secured on your phone, not on our files, so that is something happens to you, your family or spouse will know what to do. 2. if you go back to the main menu on the app you can start writing your story for your family and children and grandchildren. I personally have written a lot of stories about growing up in the Osage and expecially stories of mom and dad and our ancestry.

And it is all FREE to you if you use the code srem8z

tell me of any problems you might have or suggestions. we are going to add end of life planning as well.

thanks for helping,

Gary L. Olson

gary.olson@finaciti.com

Listen to Learn or Listen to Respond

 I don't know about you but as a child we were to listen to the adults and speak when spoken to.  However, somewhere along the way there was a transition to listening to respond.  I think it started when I entered school (1st grade with Aunt Geneva and then Mrs. Casselman and of course later was Miss Shumate).  Just as a side note, when you grow up in the Osage and especially Grainola and Shidler you can always remember your teachers. 

The only reason I had two first grade teachers is Aunt Give (long e) commonly known as Miss Snyder got sick and had a brain tumor.  She did pass away after a period of trying to recover.  Mrs. Casselman took over and she taught 1st and 2nd grade and both classes together had 11 until Ralph showed up for a short time, then we had 12 but only 5 and sometimes 6 in the 1st grade.  The 3rd, 4th and 5th grade was taught by Miss Shumate and we had 5 and sometimes 6 in my class depending on Joy Frank changing from Shidler to Grainola and then back to Shidler.  I never did know why she changed.  Seventh and eighth grade was taught by Mr. Morris and then we had 5 in the 7th but I left early to go to Shidler and that left just 4 (Jim, Jon, Hugh Allen and Denise) for the 8th grade.

OK, back to the listen and learn vs listen to respond.  I guess I was fairly aggressive in that I always wanted to be first in getting the answers to questions from the teachers except when it came to spelling.  Thank goodness for spell check for me.  This continued through high school and pretty much disappeared in college as it was mostly just listening to a professor/teacher talk (I hesitate to say teach as many teachers/professors just want to tell you their opinions).  As you can probably tell, I don't think too highly of college and what it does for a person's career.  But that is another story.

So here is where listening to learn vs listening to respond became important, Career and MARRIAGE!  I was amazed when I went to work for EDS in Dallas and the emphasis, they put on learning how to develop programs/systems for banks but first learning what the customer wanted, not what I thought was more important.  Later in my career I discovered many computer geeks thought they knew better than the customer what was needed.  This kind of reminds me of government and how they pass laws and compliance issues on business without having the least bit of experience and understanding of what the impact on business would be.  If you disagree, look around and see how many small towns and businesses have disappeared due to the burden of regulation (another story). 

But then there is marriage.  Men, listen to learn and you will be a better husband.

So what do you learn in the Osage?

• it is cheaper to listen and learn than listen and respond
• wisdom is the art of listening and learning
• you can stay out of trouble a lot easier if you listen or watch and learn

Well, thanks for listening,

gary.olson@finaciti.com