tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305377212024-03-14T03:31:04.293-07:00Randy's Busy LifeThis is a personal life blog - I will make comments on current events and San Diego sports. I will also post "good" jokes and trivia quizzes occasionally. Go Chargers! Go Padres!Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger1184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-29499700301356265402024-02-17T16:56:00.000-08:002024-02-17T16:56:07.057-08:00The Lucky Pastor<p> Just for grins ...</p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One Sunday, when counting the money in the weekly offering, the Pastor of a small church found a pink envelope containing $1,000.</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It happened again the next week!</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The <a style="cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>following Sunday, he watched as the offering was collected and saw an elderly woman put the distinctive pink envelope on the plate. This went on for weeks until the pastor, overcome by curiosity, approached her.</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">“Ma’am, I couldn’t help but notice that you put $1,000 a week in the collection plate,” he stated.</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">“Why </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes,” she replied, “every week my son sends me money and I give some of it to the church.”</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The pastor replied, “That’s wonderful. But $1,000 is a lot, are you sure you can afford this. How much does he send you”</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The elderly woman answered, “$10,000 a week.”</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The pastor was amazed. “Your son is very successful; what does he do for a living?”</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">“He is a veterinarian,” she answered.</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">“That’s an honorable profession, but I had no idea they made that much money,” the pastor said. “Where does he practice?”</span></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The woman answered proudly, “In Nevada. He has two cathouses – one in Las Vegas, and one in Reno.”</span></b></div></div>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-41236381951863012552024-02-15T16:53:00.000-08:002024-02-15T16:53:11.548-08:00I Always Wondered About This<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNDvp4Z1ZNWs0ktUVzI3g9cGK9vWPHqOqaP6hE-lb9u7duPyp_xObUeyGMJqnMhV3I9mGvJfsfDTj22jkEe3EBbh8gsAN_qovJ40onD4ON1blgt5dvBppnvTLPyRPxjuL3mzaAeCkCU-ivvdF2e2ZmUboCTSVCrhDGV8kvBZYMPLPxvCOA6SP/s960/funny-hey%20jude%20ending-x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="960" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNDvp4Z1ZNWs0ktUVzI3g9cGK9vWPHqOqaP6hE-lb9u7duPyp_xObUeyGMJqnMhV3I9mGvJfsfDTj22jkEe3EBbh8gsAN_qovJ40onD4ON1blgt5dvBppnvTLPyRPxjuL3mzaAeCkCU-ivvdF2e2ZmUboCTSVCrhDGV8kvBZYMPLPxvCOA6SP/w640-h622/funny-hey%20jude%20ending-x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-44407108341874358312024-02-15T16:51:00.000-08:002024-02-15T16:51:19.206-08:00I Love American English Spellings<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYEZa-P29UxL3Yxz6-Fqx9Fn8p-cWhDdVXvQR9-ZcTW5QNG6B0lVjUR13A3KE6y4WONaeBrDTqPOlt0x5eD0x2vRoQ1_ljNoNLs6tKibOLQ-GJyIHJrgIZ63kWA3B064kVXL18qM44ig0g4BLbWaydKYrfZOnp1ENkqUxNJaUwYWHNJ7DPFdt/s640/funny-I%20before%20E%20Except.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="513" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYEZa-P29UxL3Yxz6-Fqx9Fn8p-cWhDdVXvQR9-ZcTW5QNG6B0lVjUR13A3KE6y4WONaeBrDTqPOlt0x5eD0x2vRoQ1_ljNoNLs6tKibOLQ-GJyIHJrgIZ63kWA3B064kVXL18qM44ig0g4BLbWaydKYrfZOnp1ENkqUxNJaUwYWHNJ7DPFdt/w514-h640/funny-I%20before%20E%20Except.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-78448918057590682632024-01-17T16:53:00.000-08:002024-02-15T16:55:00.761-08:00I'm Sure Sharon didn't Laugh ... But I Did<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gK-vDVYMNgKzj8uC44icbltf3rLqNpIchpqzWUhaFANfPY7r2WyrEGqmgqFXyK67Xy8vmAvH8uK3WwuSJMDi01BiJauCTF41f3oO749kl3V2to0Z2tDgKsz-RyHTWc5WNgfRbBSDA5Oa207pFbZyLgLJuCEz38LrRaaNRnhbeJPRfCqcv22Z/s721/funny-sharon%20phone%20call-x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="721" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gK-vDVYMNgKzj8uC44icbltf3rLqNpIchpqzWUhaFANfPY7r2WyrEGqmgqFXyK67Xy8vmAvH8uK3WwuSJMDi01BiJauCTF41f3oO749kl3V2to0Z2tDgKsz-RyHTWc5WNgfRbBSDA5Oa207pFbZyLgLJuCEz38LrRaaNRnhbeJPRfCqcv22Z/w640-h616/funny-sharon%20phone%20call-x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-88660353374598986812023-12-15T15:33:00.000-08:002023-12-15T15:33:45.019-08:00Wildest Christmas Story Ever<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 xjkvuk6" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":rj1:" style="padding: 4px 16px;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>As a joke, my brother Jay used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say about Santa checking the list twice must be true because every Christmas morning, although Jay's kids' stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty. </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>One year I decided to make his dream come true. I put <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>on sunglasses and went in search of an inflatable love doll. They don't sell those things at Wal-Mart. I had to go to an adult bookstore downtown.</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>If you've never been in an X-rated store, don't go. You'll only confuse yourself. I was there an hour saying things like, "What does this do?" "You're kidding me!" "Who would buy that?" Finally, I made it to the inflatable doll section. </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my truck so I could use the carpool lane during rush hour. Finding what I wanted was difficult. "Love Dolls" come in many different models. The top of the line, according to the side of the box, could do things I'd only seen in a book on animal husbandry. I settled for "Lovable Louise." She was at the bottom of the price scale.</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>To call Louise a "doll" took a huge leap of imagination. On Christmas Eve and with the help of an old bicycle pump, Louise came to life. My sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours. Long after Santa had come and gone, I filled the dangling pantyhose with Louise's pliant legs and bottom. I also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. I went home, and giggled for a couple of hours. </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>The next morning my brother called to say that Santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him VERY happy but had left the dog VERY confused. She would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. We all agreed that Louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional Christmas dinner. </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>My grandmother noticed Louise the moment she walked in the door. "What the hell is that?" she asked.</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>My brother quickly explained, "It's a doll."</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>"Who would play with something like that?" Granny snapped. I kept my mouth shut.</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b> "Where are her clothes?" Granny continued.</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>"Boy, that turkey sure smells nice, Gran," Jay said really loud to steer her into dining room. But Granny was relentless. "Why doesn't she have any teeth?" </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Again, I could have answered, but why would I? It was Christmas and no one wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, "Hang on Granny, and hang on!"</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>My grandfather, a delightful old man with poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, "Hey, who's the naked gal by the fireplace?" I told him she was Jay's friend. </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>A few minutes later I noticed Grandpa by the mantel, talking to Louise. Not just talking, but actually flirting. It was then that we realized this might be Grandpa's last Christmas at home.</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>The dinner went well. We made the usual small talk about who had died, who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly Louise made a noise like my father in the bathroom in the morning. Then she lurched from the mantel, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. The cat screamed. I passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and Grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. My brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants. </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car. It was indeed a Christmas to treasure and remember.</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Later in my brother's garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of Louise's collapse. We discovered that Louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. Fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape, we restored her to perfect health.</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I can't wait until next Christmas!</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>**********************************************************************</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Giving credit where credit is due: </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>“Wildest Christmas Dinner”</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Attributed to Jeff Foxworthy in a book published in 1996</b></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-241197948915728532023-11-20T16:15:00.000-08:002023-11-20T16:15:11.094-08:00An interesting observation...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDf79vAfwsScf_eUQEVtL1BhSH1TBt_WR1mrLJUMNd8MzCPTqBeP33ZtSkhrfmVWp17hwrbjlVflwkIGVBBi6PHqBq-urnugPeI1NoN3K2A8UIOCXSoZ1CvT4Pm38OdLtMVzzlsUKKgCfOjmMYzMjw1N6mQdyw23-PnvYX8nrw2gtBobPnRx9/s1025/funny-%20observation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDf79vAfwsScf_eUQEVtL1BhSH1TBt_WR1mrLJUMNd8MzCPTqBeP33ZtSkhrfmVWp17hwrbjlVflwkIGVBBi6PHqBq-urnugPeI1NoN3K2A8UIOCXSoZ1CvT4Pm38OdLtMVzzlsUKKgCfOjmMYzMjw1N6mQdyw23-PnvYX8nrw2gtBobPnRx9/w450-h640/funny-%20observation.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-67222092419152922582023-11-19T18:12:00.000-08:002023-11-19T18:12:17.156-08:00All I Really Need to Know ...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUTsMfrC2xL3ojD45YicKKjKB9gqCJ7Bkkl2X_ln-Al1NmwJR0wpQY13VjtmncLDeNMswJynu4UO3vUUzYzP7bWbspBVH_4UnmUxi3t3XQYCUaOKsOQvp2u9F7u0E61oAF2J3n9TLcfYMET7pVGi0fd10nECbPhUQXNJ7DSDtnVVVGHE61ri9/s960/funny-learned%20in%20kindergarten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="652" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUTsMfrC2xL3ojD45YicKKjKB9gqCJ7Bkkl2X_ln-Al1NmwJR0wpQY13VjtmncLDeNMswJynu4UO3vUUzYzP7bWbspBVH_4UnmUxi3t3XQYCUaOKsOQvp2u9F7u0E61oAF2J3n9TLcfYMET7pVGi0fd10nECbPhUQXNJ7DSDtnVVVGHE61ri9/w435-h640/funny-learned%20in%20kindergarten.jpg" width="435" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-39773143155733589532023-11-12T19:17:00.000-08:002023-11-19T19:18:59.862-08:00Old Testament Genealogy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7bK6MBA6_aPkh3ibvoKFkU5QO5McuXv0JQwbQI5Yi3J1K3qPgaUzTw_tIUduC-tqCFOS_5JZWl-X19I039fzkYxInJAhl6w8o1cio8hWDn4yG71SGLcRBukc0yWHAZqz_9HeyT2SDwFSEHEa65PIGIdCPcI5274pZmsgOmPZSuJtAQqeexoz/s2964/Genealogy%20of%20Bible.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7bK6MBA6_aPkh3ibvoKFkU5QO5McuXv0JQwbQI5Yi3J1K3qPgaUzTw_tIUduC-tqCFOS_5JZWl-X19I039fzkYxInJAhl6w8o1cio8hWDn4yG71SGLcRBukc0yWHAZqz_9HeyT2SDwFSEHEa65PIGIdCPcI5274pZmsgOmPZSuJtAQqeexoz/s16000/Genealogy%20of%20Bible.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-38288129879656131062023-10-06T16:00:00.000-07:002023-10-06T16:00:08.485-07:00Why?????<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> From my friend Helen who copied it from someone else:</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">* Why is it when archaeologists find human remains, they always determine that they are either male or female and none of the other hundreds of genders?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> * </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">Why is it that so many are more outraged that Brittney Griner was stuck in Russia than they were about Americans being stranded in Afghanistan?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• How is it that the government can’t control gasoline prices…but the weather is something they can fix?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• We’re churning out a generation of poorly educated people with no skill, no ambition, no guidance, and no realistic expectations of what it means to go to work.—Mike Rowe</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• If kids knew what they wanted to be at age eight, the world would be filled with cowboys and princesses. I wanted to be a pirate. Thank goodness nobody took me seriously</span></strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif; font-size: large;"> </span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">and scheduled me for eye removal and peg leg surgery. —Bill Maher</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Why were we told to lower our AC usage on hot days to prevent overwhelming the electric grid while simultaneously being told to trade in our gas cars for electric vehicles?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Why is canceling student debt a good idea? Does it make sense to reward people who do not honor their financial commitment by taxing the people who do?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Does it make sense to cut off oil from an ally and buy it from an enemy who calls for your death?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Are we living in a time where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Is this a great description of America: Andy has left town and Barney is in charge?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Why is talking sexually in the workplace considered sexual harassment to adults…but talking about sexuality to children K-3 at school is considered education?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Who else had a ‘ministry of truth”…Hitler…Goebbels…Stalin...Mao</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Eliminating the production of 500,000 American barrels of oil a day to buy 500,000 barrels a day from Russia is simply…well…stupid.</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• I saw a movie where only the police and military had guns; it was called Schindler’s List.</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• If your electric car runs out of power on the interstate, do you walk to a charging station to get a bucket of electricity?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Why are we running out of money for Social Security and Medicare and not for welfare, illegals and free college?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• I just got a full tank of gas for $22. Granted, it was for my lawn mower, but I'm trying to stay positive.</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• There is a coin shortage. America is officially out of common sense.</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• If a 17 year old isn’t mature enough to legally own a firearm or drink alcohol, then maybe five year olds aren’t mature enough to change their gender. </span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Sign in Texas: "DON’T VOTE FOR WHAT YOU FLED!"</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Nobody called it “Toxic Masculinity" when we were saving the world.</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Mice die in mouse traps because they do not understand why the cheese is free. Just like socialism.</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• The most powerful governments on earth can’t stop a virus from spreading…but they say they can change the earth’s temperature if you pay more taxes</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• Want to stop drunk drivers from killing sober drivers? Ban sober drivers from driving. That’s how gun control and COVID lockdowns work.</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• If you don’t want to stand for the national anthem, perhaps you should give your legs to a veteran who lost his. That way a real man can stand in your place.</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;">• If socialism is so good and capitalism is so bad…then why aren’t the caravans heading to Venezuela?</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">History is not there for us to like or dislike. It is there for us to learn from. And if it offends you, even better…because then you are less likely to repeat it. It is not anyone’s to erase…it belongs to all of us.</span></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Helen seems to be smarter and wiser than half our population!</span></span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></strong></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-38207899319347656822023-09-01T16:24:00.004-07:002023-09-01T16:24:36.099-07:00Names of Things You Don't Know<p> From Facebook:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQNeG1emD6KZJhQN7QW4U08h4dbycJSmnATEHbGB16dvEHIg3GoaUb-EGIL1t6p0dguxJ8ncx2llD1Lu5BSqqEgKlnGvhr40f9fUNISefnityijv-IIaXfoHcnUxJlYQbZlpX27b8m8cWVqM6qiJX9A5hjF1TfmuVJsYz1sI9nrbzYxBva92S/s901/Names%20of%20things.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQNeG1emD6KZJhQN7QW4U08h4dbycJSmnATEHbGB16dvEHIg3GoaUb-EGIL1t6p0dguxJ8ncx2llD1Lu5BSqqEgKlnGvhr40f9fUNISefnityijv-IIaXfoHcnUxJlYQbZlpX27b8m8cWVqM6qiJX9A5hjF1TfmuVJsYz1sI9nrbzYxBva92S/s16000/Names%20of%20things.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-37988388276532957692023-08-26T20:54:00.002-07:002023-08-26T20:54:35.853-07:00Victor Davis Hanson's "The Cultural Revolution"<p><b><a href="https://victorhanson.com/" target="_blank"> Victor Davis Hanson</a>: "We are in the middle of a cultural revolution."</b></p><p><b>If I said 10 years ago that in the future... nobody would believe it:</b></p><p>• Biological men compete in women's sports.</p><p>• Saying there are only two genders can get you fired.</p><p>• 2.3 million people illegally enter the country each year.</p><p>• Month-long elections are 70% mail-in ballots.</p><p>• BLM and Antifa destroyed neighborhoods for 120 days, causing $2 billion in damage, mostly going unpunished.</p><p>• The FBI, DOJ, and the corporate media framed Donald Trump as a Russian agent to rig the 2016 election.</p><p>• The CIA and the corporate media claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop was "Russian disinformation" to rig the 2020 election.</p><p>• The FBI and DOJ hid Hunter Biden's laptop, containing evidence of FARA violations, money laundering, and foreign bribes, to help Joe Biden become POTUS.</p><p>• The DHS, CISA, and the White House work with Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to censor American citizens.</p><p>• The political establishment indicted their chief political rival during an election for a document dispute with NARA, a non-disclosure agreement with Stormy Daniels, and for asking Georgia's elected officials to investigate election fraud.</p><p><b>A decade ago, nobody would believe any of this would be possible. Yet, this is all happening as we live through a nation-destroying cultural revolution. Those who see these truths must denounce what is happening.</b></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-87865765702330288842023-04-13T08:19:00.001-07:002023-04-13T08:19:31.828-07:00Do you remember Mergatroyd?<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <b style="color: #26282a;">Mergatroyd</b><span style="color: #26282a;">: Do you remember that word? Would you believe my spell-checker did not recognize the word, Mergatroyd? Heavens to Mergatroyd! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The other day a not so elderly lady (maybe 75) said something to her son about driving a jalopy, and he looked at her quizzically and said, "What the heck is a jalopy?" He had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old ... but not that old.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Well, I hope you are Hunky Dory after you read this and chuckle.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Thank you to whomever dug up these old expressions that have become obsolete because of the march of technology. These phrases included: Don't touch that dial; Carbon copy; You sound like a broken record; and Hung out to dry.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #26282a;">Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We'd put on our best bib and tucker, to straighten up and fly right. Heavens to Betsy! Gee</span> wi<span style="color: #26282a;">llikers! </span><span style="color: #26282a;"> </span><span style="color: #26282a;">Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy Moley!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We were in like Flynn and living the life of Riley. And don’t accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill: not for all the tea in China!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Back in the olden days, life used to be swell, but when's the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of beehives, pageboys and the D.A.; of spats, knickers, fedoras, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and pedal pushers. Kilroy was here, but he isn't anymore.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap, and before we can say, "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!" or, "This is a fine kettle of fish!" we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed omnipresent as oxygen have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues and our pens and our keyboards. Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink, and they're gone.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Where have all those great phrases gone? Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it. Hey! It's your nickel. Don't forget to pull the chain. Knee high to a grasshopper.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Well, Fiddlesticks! Going like sixty. I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels. So’s your old man.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has little liver pills.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #26282a;">Carter's Little Liver Pills are gone too! So see ya later, alligator! Okidok</span>y<span style="color: #26282a;">.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #26282a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FABULOUS 50'S . NO ONE WILL EVER HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN … WE WERE GIVEN ONE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFTS: LIVING IN THE PEACEFUL AND COMFORTABLE TIMES CREATED FOR US BY THE "GREATEST GENERATION," GOD REST THEIR SOULS!</span></span></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-2616907713020368082022-05-07T16:40:00.003-07:002022-05-07T16:41:05.836-07:00The Cost and Benefits of Having Children<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: medium;"><b>I received this in email back in 2006, so the cost is outdated, but the thoughts still apply:</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: medium;"><b>The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.</b></span></p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* $8,896.66 a year,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* $741.38 a month, or</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* $171.08 a week.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* That's a mere $24.24 a day!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* Just over a dollar an hour.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be "rich." Actually, it is just the opposite. What do you get for your $160,140?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* Glimpses of God every day.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* Giggles under the covers every night.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* More love than your heart can hold.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* finger-paint,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* carve pumpkins,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* play hide-and-seek,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* catch lightning bugs, and</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* never stop believing in Santa Claus.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">You have an excuse to:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* watching Saturday morning cartoons,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* going to Disney movies, and</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* wishing on star's.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">You get to:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* receive hand prints set in clay or Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* taking the training wheels off a bike,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* removing a splinter,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* filling a wading pool,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">You get a front row seat to history to witness the:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* first step,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* first word,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* first day of school</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* first bra,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* first date, and</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">* first time behind the wheel.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">So, one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">Love & enjoy your children and grandchildren!</span></span></b><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></span></div>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-32952919554924367822022-04-27T15:39:00.005-07:002022-04-27T15:39:45.789-07:00The Land That Made Me, Me<p> I remember!</p><div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc dati1w0a e5nlhep0" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_wl" style="padding: 4px 16px;"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="display: block; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">Before the days of Dylan , or the dawn of Camelot.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">There lived a race of innocents, and they were you and me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">For Ike was in the White House in that land where we were born,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">Where navels were for oranges, and Peyton Place was porn.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We longed for love and romance, and waited for our Prince,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">Eddie Fisher married Liz, and no one's seen him since.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We danced to 'Little Darlin,' and sang to 'Stagger Lee'</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And cried for Buddy Holly in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">Only girls wore earrings then, and 3 was one too many,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And only boys wore flat-top cuts, except for Jean McKinney.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And only in our wildest dreams did we expect to see</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">A boy named George with Lipstick, in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We fell for Frankie Avalon, Annette was oh, so nice,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And when they made a movie, they never made it twice..</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We didn't have a Star Trek Five, or Psycho Two and Three,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">Or Rocky-Rambo Twenty in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">Miss Kitty had a heart of gold, and Chester had a limp,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And Reagan was a Democrat whose co-star was a chimp.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We had a Mr. Wizard, but not a Mr. T,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And Oprah couldn't talk yet, in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We had our share of heroes, we never thought they'd go,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">At least not Bobby Darin, or Marilyn Monroe.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">For youth was still eternal, and life was yet to be,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And Elvis was forever in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We'd never seen the rock band that was Grateful to be Dead,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And Airplanes weren't named Jefferson , and Zeppelins were not Led.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And Beatles lived in gardens then, and Monkees lived in trees,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">Madonna was Mary in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We'd never heard of microwaves, or telephones in cars,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And babies might be bottle-fed, but they were not grown in jars.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And pumping iron got wrinkles out, and 'gay' meant fancy-free,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And dorms were never co-Ed in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We hadn't seen enough of jets to talk about the lag,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And microchips were what was left at the bottom of the bag.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And hardware was a box of nails, and bytes came from a flea,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And rocket ships were fiction in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">T-Birds came with portholes, and side shows came with freaks,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And bathing suits came big enough to cover both your cheeks.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And Coke came just in bottles, and skirts below the knee,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And Castro came to power near the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We had no Crest with Fluoride, we had no Hill Street Blues,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We had no patterned pantyhose or Lipton herbal tea</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">Or prime-time ads for those dysfunctions in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">There were no golden arches, no Perrier to chill,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And fish were not called Wanda, and cats were not called Bill</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And middle-aged was 35 and old was forty-three,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And ancient were our parents in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">But all things have a season, or so we've heard them say,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And now instead of Maybelline we swear by Retin-A.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">They send us invitations to join AARP,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">We've come a long way, baby, from the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">So now we face a brave new world in slightly larger jeans,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And wonder why they're using smaller print in magazines.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">And we tell our children's children of the way it used to be,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;">Long ago and far away in the Land That Made Me, Me.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you didn't grow up in the fiftys,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You missed the greatest time in history,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hope you enjoyed this read as much as I did!</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="stjgntxs ni8dbmo4 l82x9zwi uo3d90p7 h905i5nu monazrh9" data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic" style="border-radius: 0px 0px 8px 8px; font-family: inherit; overflow: hidden;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="tvfksri0 ozuftl9m jmbispl3 olo4ujb6" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px;"><div class="rq0escxv l9j0dhe7 du4w35lb j83agx80 pfnyh3mw i1fnvgqd gs1a9yip owycx6da btwxx1t3 ph5uu5jm b3onmgus e5nlhep0 ecm0bbzt nkwizq5d roh60bw9 mysgfdmx hddg9phg" style="align-items: stretch; 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You are willing to park three blocks away from your house because you found shade.<br />2. You've experienced condensation on your rear-end from the hot water in the toilet bowl.<br />3. You can drive for four hours in one direction and never leave town.<br />4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.<br />5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door at 500 degrees.<br />6. The four seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5856d6;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">-OR-<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5856d6;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">You can retire to <b>California</b> where…<br />1. You make over $450,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.<br />2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway<br />3. You know how to eat an artichoke.<br />4. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.<br />5. The four seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud and Drought.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5856d6;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">-OR-<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5856d6;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">You can retire to <b>New York City</b> where…<br />1 You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.<br />2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.<br />3. You think Central Park is "nature.”<br />4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multilingual.<br />5. You've worn out a car horn. (IF you have a car.)<br />6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5856d6;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">-OR-<br />You can retire to <b>Minnesota</b> where…<br />1. You only have three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup<br />2. Halloween costumes have to fit over parkas.<br />3. You have seventeen recipes for casserole.<br />4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.<br />5. The four seasons are: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road repair.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5856d6;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">-OR-<br />You can retire to The <b>Deep South</b> where.<br />1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.<br />2 "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.<br />3. "He needed killin” is a valid defense.<br />4. Everyone has two first names: Billy Bob, Jim Bob, Joe Bob, Betty Jean, Mary Beth, etc.<br />5. Everything is either: "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder.”<br />6. You can say anything about anyone, as long as you say "Bless his heart” at the end!<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5856d6;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">-OR-<br />You can move to <b>Colorado</b> where…<br />1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.<br />2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home, so he stops at the day care center.<br />3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.<br />4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a ponytail .<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5856d6;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">-OR-<br />You can retire to <b>Nebraska</b> or <b>Kansas</b> where…<br />1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.<br />2. Your idea of a traffic jam is three cars waiting to pass a tractor.<br />3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.<br />4. You end every sentence with the phrase, "Where's my coat at?”<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5856d6;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">-OR-<br />FINALLY you can retire to <b>Florida</b> where…<br />1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.<br />2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind - even houses and cars.<br />3. Everyone can recommend an excellent cardiologist, dermatologist, proctologist, podiatrist, or orthopedist.<br />4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.<br />5. Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people.</span><br /></span></p><p> </p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-10762769648935559762022-03-21T08:19:00.002-07:002022-03-21T08:19:40.740-07:00The Green Thing?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvAEHwQ_8XBTvt36OmUSKNRe5qdtwo67vJtVJEj_BX4yGlAvIDsuXUtHimif5U1pjAOMqtYvSPcFZSQ0xFRThkqXW7qryyJ35tFJVlzrmFTl6cmlVSN1w5COzJzdhGYYkX_kVM1y6fDBKyWJjeGQE2-_raFpTs5E9fEllKO2Nn1c6GsZNWUA=s944" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="944" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvAEHwQ_8XBTvt36OmUSKNRe5qdtwo67vJtVJEj_BX4yGlAvIDsuXUtHimif5U1pjAOMqtYvSPcFZSQ0xFRThkqXW7qryyJ35tFJVlzrmFTl6cmlVSN1w5COzJzdhGYYkX_kVM1y6fDBKyWJjeGQE2-_raFpTs5E9fEllKO2Nn1c6GsZNWUA=w640-h554" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />The woman apologized to the young girl and explained, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier days."</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />The older lady said that she was right our generation didn't have the "green thing" in its day. The older lady went on to explain: Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />But we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day. Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags that we reused for numerous things. Most memorable besides household garbage bags was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our school books. This was to ensure that public property (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />But, too bad we didn't do the "green thing" back then. We walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the "green thing" in our day.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />Back then we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts. Wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />Back then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />In the kitchen we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back then.<br />We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blade in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the "green thing" back then.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service in the family's $45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a whole house did before the "green thing."</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then?</span></span></h5><h5 class="gmql0nx0 l94mrbxd p1ri9a11 lzcic4wl n851cfcs" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" style="color: var(--primary-text); line-height: 1.2; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart ass young person. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to piss us off... Especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced smartass who can't make change without the cash register telling them how much.</span></span></h5>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-36596512744269790752022-02-26T09:06:00.001-08:002022-02-26T09:06:05.557-08:00Yum, Krispy Kreme ...er, Bad?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8RuNuGGUZhRr6MBAA_rlGjroN_Gx_5OI1rF9JafshpNNPZ7uH4fn7XMt57Mqrh8NvzIULYhiS-7zp1KLY_HY32Hm7YO_EtVV3LADcVI3jtFX5Nx3lRe497jU3mxHyOWy196xgD4PtSd0yx5oTjPCmQIjgr0E5KF6E3FtD2NlAW0yN1q0Lqg=s1578" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="1056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8RuNuGGUZhRr6MBAA_rlGjroN_Gx_5OI1rF9JafshpNNPZ7uH4fn7XMt57Mqrh8NvzIULYhiS-7zp1KLY_HY32Hm7YO_EtVV3LADcVI3jtFX5Nx3lRe497jU3mxHyOWy196xgD4PtSd0yx5oTjPCmQIjgr0E5KF6E3FtD2NlAW0yN1q0Lqg=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-68730942671469266142022-01-22T07:52:00.005-08:002022-01-22T07:52:33.145-08:00Promises, Promises<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBEIQdDaGu98Z0dnITzNkVx50JTklwJpQQSpHbWVLSha1qbWJVujlZqPntyXH4WuucO4LAC13F4qtmw52Im2pBXIPD-K9P4TO9R2cSSgV9gMvyKqGL8rRTt7uTijwiVwjLSeVJpvn_kBA73R00azvsh3_rnWFChOKYX0z3p1LQHo4MR3PfFg=s1178" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1004" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBEIQdDaGu98Z0dnITzNkVx50JTklwJpQQSpHbWVLSha1qbWJVujlZqPntyXH4WuucO4LAC13F4qtmw52Im2pBXIPD-K9P4TO9R2cSSgV9gMvyKqGL8rRTt7uTijwiVwjLSeVJpvn_kBA73R00azvsh3_rnWFChOKYX0z3p1LQHo4MR3PfFg=w546-h640" width="546" /></a></div><p></p><p>Only 80 billion dollars, they said!</p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-88901660845985810012021-09-22T08:34:00.002-07:002021-09-25T08:35:08.641-07:00First Documented COVID Test in 1553<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMHoRtaSRI-sajc5sCxzh40GidgzFYa62DOw8mRqHN0q7SxFQcgrE2RA3_e0VEc-dj9FygRTUJ6txpxdOmIqowCb36U-rLIQeZC1Zxy1UTP0e8iZxZyFE3aXgJ0GjTt0Dqxn1/s580/covid+test+1553.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="580" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMHoRtaSRI-sajc5sCxzh40GidgzFYa62DOw8mRqHN0q7SxFQcgrE2RA3_e0VEc-dj9FygRTUJ6txpxdOmIqowCb36U-rLIQeZC1Zxy1UTP0e8iZxZyFE3aXgJ0GjTt0Dqxn1/w640-h612/covid+test+1553.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-30594114558982058102021-08-05T19:21:00.007-07:002021-08-05T19:53:56.534-07:00Things To Do ...<p> With a little free time, I want to:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvTSLvWvqN-s83QnbkiL0KDV_zKRJ4tDiIDiDQ2PhcxLd8yVjE_pJ08xUVbybONf2bQnITvUe5WTLHEXw83yqvwG_fTPA4gaHLp62XwRE6hs_G4l6sBXin3ka_bKDBixpJJv0/s919/Things-to-do....jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="677" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvTSLvWvqN-s83QnbkiL0KDV_zKRJ4tDiIDiDQ2PhcxLd8yVjE_pJ08xUVbybONf2bQnITvUe5WTLHEXw83yqvwG_fTPA4gaHLp62XwRE6hs_G4l6sBXin3ka_bKDBixpJJv0/w472-h640/Things-to-do....jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><p>Sounds like fun!!</p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-45403282974374041022021-06-20T19:18:00.002-07:002021-06-20T19:18:18.233-07:0032 strange things to take your mind off of politics, pandemic and a dull day <p> From my friend Helen's email:</p><p><br /></p><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">32 strange things to take your mind off of politics, pandemic and a dull day </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyahoo_quoted_4230782998" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><blockquote style="margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 5pt;"><blockquote style="margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 5pt;"><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156m_8921246120503089485yiv4002649130"><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156m_8921246120503089485yiv4002649130id-e794e8c3-45ca-48d2-b8fd-b97e58f4e14c"><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156m_8921246120503089485yiv4002649130m_3870555522248923943m_7346548570491540401x_x_m_5480040139397287930m_780293277065161598m_-7672768308707215320x_m_-5632139899089163013x_m_6838911467035863459m_-853852513583033311x_ydp44b655fayahoo_quoted_2064331069"><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156m_8921246120503089485yiv4002649130m_3870555522248923943m_7346548570491540401x_x_m_5480040139397287930m_780293277065161598m_-7672768308707215320x_m_-5632139899089163013x_m_6838911467035863459m_-853852513583033311x_ydp44b655fayiv6913490274"><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156m_8921246120503089485yiv4002649130m_3870555522248923943m_7346548570491540401x_x_m_5480040139397287930m_780293277065161598m_-7672768308707215320x_m_-5632139899089163013x_m_6838911467035863459m_-853852513583033311x_ydp44b655fayiv6913490274ydp76cde92cyahoo_quoted_1452508674"><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156m_8921246120503089485yiv4002649130m_3870555522248923943m_7346548570491540401x_x_m_5480040139397287930m_780293277065161598m_-7672768308707215320x_m_-5632139899089163013x_m_6838911467035863459m_-853852513583033311x_ydp44b655fayiv6913490274ydp76cde92cyiv4567262827"><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156m_8921246120503089485yiv4002649130m_3870555522248923943m_7346548570491540401x_x_m_5480040139397287930m_780293277065161598m_-7672768308707215320x_m_-5632139899089163013x_m_6838911467035863459m_-853852513583033311x_ydp44b655fayiv6913490274ydp76cde92cyiv4567262827yqt33089"><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156m_8921246120503089485yiv4002649130m_3870555522248923943m_7346548570491540401x_x_m_5480040139397287930m_780293277065161598m_-7672768308707215320x_m_-5632139899089163013x_m_6838911467035863459m_-853852513583033311x_ydp44b655fayiv6913490274ydp76cde92cyiv4567262827yahoo_quoted_2273298878"><div id="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156m_8921246120503089485yiv4002649130m_3870555522248923943m_7346548570491540401x_x_m_5480040139397287930m_780293277065161598m_-7672768308707215320x_m_-5632139899089163013x_m_6838911467035863459m_-853852513583033311x_ydp44b655fayiv6913490274ydp76cde92cyiv4567262827"><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">2 Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">5 A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">7. A 2x4 piece of lumber is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">8. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Charlton Heston is wearing a watch).</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a few mysteries...)</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564, 000.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">14. The name 'Wendy' was apparently made up by the author of the book, PETER PAN. There is not a written record of anyone named 'Wendy' before that book was published.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in WW II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (What sadist discovered this?)</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen' s . . . "Born in the USA."</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">19. The original name for butterfly was 'flutterby'.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">20. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider (thicker) than your thumb.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">21. The first product that the Motorola company started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the best known record player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves MOTORola.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">22. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">24. Celery has 'negative calories'. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">26. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">27. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">28. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">29. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">30. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">31. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages the suit.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">32. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><b><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">NOW WASN'T THAT CALMING AND NICE . . . FOR A CHANGE?</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652msonormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="m_-3643445696649610357ydpe9342398yiv3430243652ydp623effbeyiv0986888156"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">. . . <b>Not to mention how much smarter we've now become</b></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-21971067103689217122021-06-14T12:44:00.003-07:002021-06-14T12:44:21.901-07:00Cemetery Watchmen<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> From my friend Helen:</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">THIS IS TRULY A VERY TRUTHFUL AND HONEST ACCOUNT FROM AN OLD VOLUNTEER MARINE AS HE, WHILE VOLUNTEERING AT A NATIONAL CEMETERY IN OKLAHOMA AND HOW HE HELPED AN 85 YEAR OLD EX MARINE WIFE AS SHE MADE WHAT SHE THOUGHT MAY BE HER LAST TRIP TO THE CEMETERY TO HONOR HER FAMILY MEMBERS FROM HER FATHER, TO HER UNCLE, TO HER HUSBAND AND ALSO TO HER TWO SONS, ALL OF THEM MARINES WHO HAD DIED IN SERVICE TO THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS. </span></strong></span><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: inherit;"> </span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">CEMETERY WATCHMEN </span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">My friend Kevin and I are volunteers at a National Cemetery in Oklahoma and put in a few days a month in a "slightly larger" uniform. Today had been a long, long day and I just wanted to get the day over with and go down to Smokey's and have a cold one. Sneaking a look at my watch, I saw the time, 16:55. Five minutes to go before the cemetery gates are closed for the day.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">The full dress was hot in the August sun. Oklahoma summer time was as bad as ever--the heat and humidity at the same level--both too high.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">I saw the car pull into the drive, '69 or '70 model Cadillac Deville, looked factory-new. It pulled into the parking lot at a snail's pace. An old woman got out so slow I thought she was paralyzed; she had a cane and a sheaf of flowers--about 4 or 5 bunches as best I could tell.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">I couldn't help myself. The thought came unwanted, and left a slightly bitter taste:</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"She's going to spend an hour, and for this old soldier, my hip hurts like hell and I'm ready to get out of here right now!" But for this day, my duty was to assist anyone coming in.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">Kevin would lock the "In" gate and if I could hurry the old lady along, we might make it to Smokey's in time.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">I broke post attention. My hip made gritty noises when I took the first step and the pain went up a notch. I must have made a real military sight: middle-aged man with a small pot gut and half a limp, in marine full-dress uniform, which had lost its razor crease about thirty minutes after I began the watch at the cemetery.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">I stopped in front of her, halfway up the walk. She looked up at me with an old woman's squint.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"Ma'am, may I assist you in any way?"</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She took long enough to answer.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"Yes, son. Can you carry these flowers? I seem to be moving a tad slow these days."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"My pleasure, ma'am." (Well, it wasn't too much of a lie.)</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She looked again. "Marine, where were you stationed?"</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"Vietnam, ma'am. Ground-pounder. '69 to '71.'"</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She looked at me closer. "Wounded in action, I see. Well done, Marine. I'll be as quick as I can."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">I lied a little bigger: "No hurry, ma'am."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She smiled and winked at me. "Son, I'm 85 years old and I can tell a lie from a long way off. Let's get this done. Might be the last time I can do this. My name's Joanne Wieserman, and I've a few Marines I'd like to see one more time."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"Yes, ma 'am. At your service."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She headed for the World War I section, stopping at a stone. She picked one of the flower bunches out of my arm and laid it on top of the stone.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She murmured something I couldn't quite make out. The name on the marble was Donald S. Davidson, USMC: France 1918.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She turned away and made a straight line for the World War II section, stopping at one stone I saw a tear slowly tracking its way down her cheek.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She put a bunch on a stone; the name was Stephen X. Davidson, USMC, 1943.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She went up the row a ways and laid another bunch on a stone, Stanley J. Wieserman, USMC, 1944.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She paused for second and more tears flowed. "Two more, son, and we'll be done."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">I almost didn't say anything, but, "Yes, ma'am. Take your time."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She looked confused. "Where's the Vietnam section, son? I seem to have lost my way."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">I pointed with my chin. "That way, ma'am."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"Oh!" she chuckled quietly. "Son, me and old age ain't too friendly."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She headed down the walk I'd pointed at. She stopped at a couple of stones before she found the ones she wanted. She placed a bunch on Larry Wieserman, USMC, 1968, and the last on Darrel Wieserman, USMC, 1970.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She stood there and murmured a few words I couldn't make out and more tears flowed.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"OK, son, I'm finished. Get me back to my car and you can go home."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"Yes, ma'am. If I may ask, were those your kinfolk?"</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She paused.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"Yes, Donald Davidson was my father, Stephen was my uncle, Stanley was my husband, Larry and Darrel were our sons. All killed in action, all Marines."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She stopped. Whether she had finished, or couldn't finish, I don't know. She made her way to her car, slowly and painfully.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">I waited for a polite distance to come between us and then double-timed it over to Kevin, waiting by the car.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">"Get to the 'Out' gate quick. I have something I've got to do."</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">Kevin started to say something but saw the look I gave him. He broke the rules to get us down the service road fast. We beat her.</span></strong></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">She hadn't made it around the rotunda yet.</span></strong><span style="color: #26282a;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #26282a;"> "</span></span><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">Kevin, stand at attention next to the gatepost. Follow my lead."</span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #26282a;"> I</span></span><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"> humped it across the drive to the other post.</span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #26282a;"> </span></span><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">When the Cadillac came puttering around from the hedges and began the short straight traverse to the gate, I called in my best gunny's voice:</span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">"Tehen Hut! Present arms!" I have to hand it to Kevin; he never blinked an eye--full dress attention and a salute that would make his DI proud.</span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #26282a;"> </span></span><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">She drove through that gate with two old worn-out soldiers giving her a send-off she deserved, for service rendered to her country, and for knowing duty, honor and sacrifice far beyond the realm of most.</span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #26282a;"> </span></span><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">I am not sure, but I think I saw a salute returned from that Cadillac.</span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #26282a;"> </span></span><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">Instead of "The End," just think of "Taps."</span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #26282a;"> </span></span><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">As a final thought on my part, let me share a favorite prayer:</span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #26282a;"> "</span></span><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">Lord, keep our servicemen and women safe, whether they serve at home or overseas. Hold them in your loving hands and protect them as they protect us. Let's all keep those currently serving and those who have gone before in our thoughts. They are the reason for the many freedoms we enjoy. In God We Trust"</span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #26282a;"> </span></span><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">Sorry about your monitor; it made mine blurry too!</span></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><p style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #26282a;"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under!</span></span></strong></p></div>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-80572442175115429112021-04-23T09:00:00.004-07:002021-04-23T09:00:27.724-07:00The Latest "Stella Awards"<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Well, this just goes to show you that there are a lot of dumb folks out there!! What is really scary is the fact that our "peers" were involved with the awards! Why can't I think of blaming someone else for my stupid behaviors!! </span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">It's time again for the annual "Stella Awards"! For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald's in New Mexico, where she purchased coffee. She took the lid off the coffee and put it between her knees while she was driving. Who would ever think one could get burned doing that, right?<br /><br />These are awards for the most outlandish lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S., you know, the kinds of cases that make you scratch your head. So keep your head scratcher handy.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Here are the Stella's for this year:</b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">--------------------------</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>SEVENTH PLACE</b><br /><br />Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The store owners were understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the running toddler was her own son.<br /><br />Start scratching!</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">--------------------------</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>SIXTH PLACE *</b><br /><br />Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles, California won $74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.<br /><br />Scratch some more...</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">--------------------------</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>FIFTH PLACE *</b><br /><br />Terrence Dickson, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit for eight, count 'em, EIGHT days and survive on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner's insurance company claiming undue mental anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all have this kind of anguish.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Keep scratching. There's more..<br /><br />Double hand scratching after this one.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>-</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>FOURTH PLACE *</b><br /><br />Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th Place in the Stella's when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor's beagle - even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.<br /><br />Pick a new spot to scratch, you're getting a bald spot.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>-----</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>THIRD PLACE *</b><br /><br />Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania because a jury ordered a Philadelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone The reason the soft drink was on the floor: Ms Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.<br /><br />Only two more so ease up on the scratching..</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>-------</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>*SECOND PLACE*</b><br /><br />Kara Walton, of Claymont, Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her $12,000....oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Ok. Here we go!!</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">------------------------------<wbr></wbr>---</span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>FIRST PLACE *</b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">This year's runaway First Place Stella Award winner was: Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who purchased a new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU football game, having driven onto the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her--are you sitting down?--$1,750,000. PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed its manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-34713304768060930342021-02-27T07:55:00.003-08:002021-02-27T07:55:33.632-08:00Thinking Outside the Box...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qACi7j-zefBmZiQVGbkrxZjJvXLqgwWDSsnZkyEuc1ice0IQxTeDtDZ4PqIIpxNWm0y1HikJn9bw2irRN8j7MhKUmUafwZCUUsJFyVpxAw85cHOSDJaaLkF03KQYj7sMPok7/s1126/pythagoras.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="978" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qACi7j-zefBmZiQVGbkrxZjJvXLqgwWDSsnZkyEuc1ice0IQxTeDtDZ4PqIIpxNWm0y1HikJn9bw2irRN8j7MhKUmUafwZCUUsJFyVpxAw85cHOSDJaaLkF03KQYj7sMPok7/w556-h640/pythagoras.png" width="556" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30537721.post-91942304076202791902021-02-23T11:14:00.003-08:002021-02-23T11:14:28.271-08:00A Message From Dad ...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUBvuz0UF33V8RwT8KB-zKxR-URz5HegVYifq1rI7bS8UmBKHDHk6CqIiE-7shkZDsJGh5gQ4oRMExy9a3M_i9F0v1X4rr-xUCiDLigibHVcuBYwdziYFSvt0i5oDX006tzTT/s853/Message+from+Dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUBvuz0UF33V8RwT8KB-zKxR-URz5HegVYifq1rI7bS8UmBKHDHk6CqIiE-7shkZDsJGh5gQ4oRMExy9a3M_i9F0v1X4rr-xUCiDLigibHVcuBYwdziYFSvt0i5oDX006tzTT/w360-h640/Message+from+Dad.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.com0