{"id":22201,"date":"2021-10-08T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=22201"},"modified":"2021-10-10T22:49:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T22:49:21","slug":"life-island-times-mean-old-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/life-island-times-mean-old-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Life &#038; Island Times: Mean Old World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: The Writer\u2019s Section at Socotra House struggled to find a \u201cgood news, heartwarming story\u201d this morning. As usual, Marlow cuts straight to the chase. Join him this afternoon for a musical trip through a mean old world\u2026And in the photo is an Olds Delta 88. They may look funny now, but they were a hell of a good ride back in the day!<br \/>\n-Vic<\/p>\n<p>Author\u2019s Note: Recently I\u2019ve been encountering some meddling by the Workers Comp folks in Miami who by law must pay in perpetuity for any and all treatment and care in connection with my brother\u2019s workplace accident back in early1984. He\u2019s forever 100% disabled.<\/p>\n<p>Our relationship with them is despoiled by their many acts of bad faith over decades.<br \/>\nThey\u2019ve been caught once again red-handed.<br \/>\nI listened to some old blues for solace and direction.<br \/>\nNext up on this curated playlist is Nick Cage\u2019s Red Right Hand.<\/p>\n<p>-Marlow<\/p>\n<p>Mean Old World<br \/>\n(originally by T-Bone Walker)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/100821-LIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/100821-LIT.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/100821-LIT-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/100821-LIT-478x281.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s a mean old world<br \/>\nAll we want is to be left to ourself<br \/>\nYeah, it&#8217;s a mean old world<br \/>\nTry to have our ward live right by himself<br \/>\nSometimes can&#8217;t get the payor to pay or leave us to ourself<br \/>\nOur lawyer done told the City attorney get back or else<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re gonna get the blues<br \/>\nSome might pack up their desks and go<br \/>\nThen they\u2019re gonna know the blues<br \/>\nGonna pack their things and go<br \/>\nGuess they won&#8217;t be getting paid<br \/>\nThose ever mean old So-And-So\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s a mean old world<br \/>\nAll we want is to be left alone by ourselves<br \/>\nYeah, it&#8217;s a mean old world<br \/>\nTry to protect our brother\u2019s rights to live right by himself<br \/>\nSometimes can&#8217;t get the payor to stay away and leave us to ourself<br \/>\nIf they\u2019re not gonna listen then<br \/>\nOur lawyer gonna get a judge to say get back or else<\/p>\n<p>Someday, folks<br \/>\nWhen the blood runs cold in their veins<br \/>\nSomeday, folks<br \/>\nWhen the blood runs cold in their veins<br \/>\nThey won&#8217;t mess with our brother no more<br \/>\nAnd my heart won&#8217;t feel for them no pain<\/p>\n<p>This is a mean old world<br \/>\nDon\u2019t try livin&#8217; by yourself<br \/>\nThis is a mean old world<br \/>\nDon\u2019t try livin&#8217; it by yourself<br \/>\nGet you a lawyer to protect the ones you love<br \/>\nIf they gonna mess with us, gonna make em pay or else<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2021 From My Isle Seat<br \/>\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: The Writer\u2019s Section at Socotra House struggled to find a \u201cgood news, heartwarming story\u201d this morning. As usual, Marlow cuts straight to the chase. Join him this afternoon for a musical trip through a mean old world\u2026And in the photo is an Olds Delta 88. They may look funny now, but they were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22204,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22201\/revisions\/22204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}