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Sure to give you plenty of smiles! /\/\ / / / _/,/ / _/` (/"/////, ( '```--.___ /' _), ,- '-. /, / \ (\ \, \_()/ \) )' =_ )) | | | .// _/) ( ( \_ // / \ >_,\ (/)= / | | | \ #\| / |=| |=|\ ( ( (=> ( >( >),) | | |=| \ ( ( / / / / ) |/ \ /_( /_( , || )/.,_ ). /\\_(\,/, //- / /_(_( / ,\. b'ger .- '-'-'-,)\/.')) Miniature Donkeys http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/minidonkey.html --- ...These are so adorable! Thanks Ladies! Our second hot tottie is from our friend Linda. It is one that will brighten your day with its beauty. This artist uses needle and thread to 'paint' most colorful scenes. Check this one out here... _ ________ _( )_ | .##@@&&&@@# ( ` )_ \ _ / ,##@&::%&&%%:.( ) ( `) -= (_) =- #@&:%%000000 (__ (_ . _) _) / \ #@&:%00' / / / / / / | #@&:%0' / / / / / / Diana H. Chaytor #@&:%0 dchaytor@jach.hawaii.edu #@&:%0 ~NO RAIN, NO RAINBOWS~ http://www.islandnet.com/~chaytor jgs#@&:%0============================================================= Embroidery Art http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/embroideryart.html --- ...Absolutely stunning! Thanks Linda! My mom was a seamstress even after an accident took her dominant arm. She took up embroidery using her sewing machine and was featured in our newspaper for her wonderful work on pillows, blankets, and clothes. I still have a Mickey Mouse she made for me on the back of a vest. I wear it sometimes and treasure it always as it reminds me of her talent and determination not to let her disability define her abilities. ======================================================= >-->From SmileZilla: (\/) \/ (\/) /))))))))) \/ //) __ __\ ,%%%%%%%%%, C==/_o|^|o_\ ,%%%%%%%%%%%%, | _\ ) %/_ _%%%%%%% \ '---'/ /_o|^|o_\=?%%% _/`-. __.'_ ( /_ @%%, \ \'====' /%%% jgs _'-----' \%%%" / ` An absent-minded husband thought he had conquered his problem of trying to remember his wife's birthday and their anniversary. He opened an account with a florist, provided that florist with the dates and instructions to send flowers to his wife on these dates along with an appropriate note signed, "Your loving husband." His wife was thrilled by this new display of attention and all went well until one day, when he came home, kissed his wife and said offhandedly, "Nice flowers, honey. Where'd you get them?" -<>- ,;;:;, ;;;;; ,:;;:; ,'=. ;:;:;' .=" ,'_\ ':;:;,/ ,__:=@ ';;:; =./)_ jgs `"=\_ )_"` ``'"` Two little squirrels were walking along in the forest. The first one spied a nut and cried out, "Oh, look! A nut!" The second squirrel jumped on it and said, "It's my nut!" The first squirrel said, "That's not fair! I saw it first!" "Well, you may have seen it, but I have it," argued the second. At that point, a lawyer squirrel came up and said, "You shouldn't quarrel. Let me resolve this dispute." The two squirrels nodded, and the lawyer squirrel said, "Now, give me the nut." He broke the nut in half, and handed half of the shell to each squirrel, saying, "See? It was foolish of you to fight. Now the dispute is resolved." Then he reached over and said, "And for my fee, I'll take the meat." -<>- A guy gets stopped by the bouncer at a nightclub. "You have to wear a tie," says the bouncer. The guy goes back to his car and finds a set of jumper cables, ties them around his neck, and goes back to the club. The bouncer lets him in but warns, "I'll be watching, so you better not start anything!" ======================================================= +------------ BIZARRE HOLIDAYS ------------+ January 16 Appreciate a Dragon Day, Martin Luther King Jr. day and National Nothing Day January 17 is Ditch New Years Resolutions Day January 18 is Thesaurus Day and Winnie the Pooh Day January 19 is National Popcorn Day and National Tin Can Day January 20 is US Presidential Inauguration Day, National Buttercrunch Day, National Cheese Lover Day and Penguin Awareness Day January 21 is National Hugging Day and Squirrel Appreciation Day January 22 is National Blonde Brownie Day ======================================================= >-->From GoodCleanFun: _.-'`'-._ .-' _ '-. `-.__ `\_.-' | `-``\| jgs `-.....-A # # >Son in College One man was talking to another at the store. He asked, "So where is that boy of yours?" "Josh is in college," the second man replied. "What's he taking?" The second man grimaced, "Every cent I have." -<>- >Pet Peeves Telephone solicitors are one of my father's pet peeves. He is especially annoyed by those who offer "free gifts" as part of their sales pitch. Late one night, Dad was in bed when the phone rang. The voice on the end of the line said: "Congratulations, you've just won a free burial plot!" "Great!" Dad replied. "Send it over." Then he hung up. -<>- _ , (_\______/________ \-|-|/|-|-|-|-|/ \==/-|-|-|-|-/ \/|-|-|-|,-' \--|-''' \_j________ (_) (_) hjw >A Trip to Wal-Mart You are in the middle of some kind of project around the house -- mowing the lawn, putting a new fence in, painting the living room, or whatever. You are hot and sweaty and are covered in dirt or paint. You have your old work clothes on. You know the outfit: jeans with the hole in the knee, old t-shirt with a stain from who knows what, and an old pair of tennis shoes. Right in the middle of this great home improvement project you realize you need to run to Wal-Mart to get something to help complete the job. Depending on your age, you might do the following: In your 20s: Stop what you are doing. Shave, take a shower, blow dry your hair, brush your teeth, floss, and put on clean clothes. Check yourself in the mirror and flex. Add a dab of your favorite cologne because you never know -- you just might meet some hot chick while standing in the checkout lane. You went to school with the pretty girl running the register. In your 30s: Stop what you are doing, put on clean jeans and shirt. Change shoes. You married the hot chick, so no need for much else. Wash your hands and comb your hair. Check yourself in the mirror. Still got it. Add a shot of your favorite cologne to cover the smell. The cute girl running the register is the kid sister to someone you went to school with. In your 40s: Stop what you are doing. Put on a sweatshirt that is long enough to cover the paint stain on the pocket of your jeans. Put on different shoes and a hat. Wash your hands. Your bottle of Brut cologne is almost empty, so you don't want to waste any of it on a trip to Wal-Mart. Check yourself in the mirror. The spicy young thing running the register is your daughter's age. In your 50s: Stop what you are doing. Put a hat on, wipe the dirt off your hands onto your shirt. Change shoes because you don't want to get dirt in your new sports car. Check yourself in the mirror and you swear not to wear that shirt anymore because it makes you look fat. The cutie running the register smiles when she sees you coming and you think you still have it. Then you remember the hat you have on is from your buddy's bait shop and it says, "I Got Worms." In your 60s: Stop what you are doing. No need for a hat anymore. Hose the dog poop off your shoes. The mirror was shattered when you were in your 50s. The girl running the register may be cute, but you don't have your glasses on so you are not sure. In your 70s: Stop what you are doing. Wait to go to Wal-Mart until they have your prescriptions ready too. Don't even notice the dog poop on your shoes. The young thing at the register smiles at you because you remind her of her grandfather. In your 80s: Stop what you are doing. Start again. Then stop again. Now you remember that you needed to go to Wal-Mart. Go to Wal-Mart and wander around trying to think what it is you are looking for. The old lady that greeted you at the front door went to school with you. -<>- >Bank Teller Strike At one of our local banks, the employees went on strike, leaving the bank officers to do the teller's tasks. While the strike was on, a customer called the bank to ask if they were open. She was told that they had two windows open. Then the caller said, "The front door is locked. Can't I just come in that way?" -<>- >Motivation My wife knows just how to motivate me. She'll say, "Do you want to do the dishes tonight, dear, or would you rather have a live skunk stapled to your thigh?" ======================================================= >-->From Our Friend LouiseAu :) ,="=-. ,`'oo' \o`. ( .88 |^||^)) ) , ) ) `@ (@' (. ( ` , `C ' ) `) `-=' ,/ ._c/ `-=' ,-( `-.,')-. gpyy `( ) `' '` A little boy was walking down a dirt road after church one Sunday afternoon when he came to a crossroads where he met a little girl coming from the other direction. 'Hi,' said the little girl. 'Where are you going?' asked the little boy. 'I've been to church this morning and I'm on my way home,' answered the little girl. 'I'm also on my way home from church. Which church do you go to?' asked the little boy. 'I go to the Catholic church down the road,' replied the little girl. 'What about you?' 'I go to the Lutheran church back at the top of the hill,' replied the little boy. They discover that they are both going the same way so they decided that they'd walk together. They came to a low spot in the road where spring rains had partially flooded the road, so there was no way that they could get across to the other side without getting wet. 'If I get my new Sunday dress wet, my Mom's going to skin me alive,' said the little girl. 'My Mom will tan my hide, too, if I get my new Sunday suit wet,' replied the little boy. 'I'll tell you what I think I'll do,' said the little girl. 'I'm gonna pull off all my clothes and hold them over my head and wade across.' 'That's a good idea,' replied the little boy. 'I'm going to do the same thing with my suit.' So they both undressed and waded across to the other side without getting their clothes wet. They were standing there in the sun waiting to drip dry before putting their clothes back on, when the little boy finally remarked: You know, up until now I never realized how much difference there is between a Catholic and a Baptist! -------- Over breakfast one morning, a woman asked her husband, "I bet you don't know what day this is." "Of course I do," he indignantly answered, going out the door to the office. At 10 AM the doorbell rang and, when the woman opened the door, she was handed a box containing a dozen long-stemmed red roses. At 1 PM, a foil-wrapped, two-pound box of her favorite chocolates arrived. Later, a boutique delivered a lovely designer dress. It was a PERFECT fit! The woman just could NOT wait for her husband to come home! "First the flowers, then the chocolates and then the dress!" she exclaimed. "I've never had a more wonderful MLK Day in my life!" -------- Joseph was in traffic court, charged with parking his car in a restricted area. The judge asked him if he had anything to say in his defense. "The highway department should not put up such misleading signs," commented Joseph. "It read, 'FINE FOR PARKING HERE.' If it is fine, then I shouldn't have gotten a ticket!" -------- My wife and I were traveling on the Kansas Turnpike, bucking 30 - 45 mph crosswinds. At the tollbooth, I asked the attendant, "What do you people do in Kansas when the wind quits?" The tollbooth attendant didn’t miss a beat. She answered, "We take all the rocks out of our pockets." -------- My husband's skills with do-it-yourself home repairs are, at best, mediocre. After spending several evenings trying to fix a leak in the bathroom, he finally admitted defeat. He called a plumber, who finished the job in a mere ten minutes. Watching him put away his equipment, my son asked what had been the problem. "Well," the plumber replied, "your father got hold of some tools. . . ." -------- Our three-year-old grandson, Daniel, stayed with us while his parents went on a weekend trip. As usual, we bowed our heads as my husband prayed out loud before all our meals. Daniel watched curiously each time his grandpa prayed. On the day his parents came to pick him up, we all sat down at the table to have lunch. Just as his daddy started to pick up his sandwich, Daniel shouted, "Wait, Daddy, we can't eat 'til Grandpa reads his plate!" -------- The National Institutes of Health has just released the results of a $200 million research study. It was completed under a Federal grant to Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, MD. The new study has found out that women who carry a little extra weight live much longer than the men who continually mention it. -------- A woman went to a Florida lemon grove to apply for a job, but the foreman thought she seemed way too qualified for the position. "Do you even have any actual experience picking lemons?" he asked. "Well, I think I do." she replied. "I've been divorced three times." ------- A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's word processor. She told him she was writing a story. "What's it about?" he asked. "I don't know," she replied. "I can't read." -------- A woman went to doctors office where she was seen by one of the new doctors. After about 4 minutes in the examination room, she burst out, screaming as she ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was, and she told him her story. After listening, he had her sit down in another room and told her to relax. The older doctor marched down hallway to the back where the first doctor was and demanded, "What's the matter with you? Mrs. Terry is 63 years old, she has four grown children and seven grandchildren, and you told her she was pregnant?" The new doctor calmly continued to write on his clipboard and without looking up said, "Does she still have the hiccups?" -------- A cop stopped a man for speeding. John Law asked, "Do you know how fast you were going?" "I was just trying to keep up with traffic," the man replied. The cop replied, "There IS no traffic!" And our motorist answered, "That's how far behind I am." -------- Miss Jones had been giving her second-grade students a lesson on science. She had explained about magnets and showed how they would pick up nails and other bits of iron. Now it was question time, and she asked, "My name begins with the letter 'M' and I pick up things. What am I?" Little Johnny in the front row proudly said, "You're a mother!" -------- When my brother-in-law was on leave from national service, he brought home a heavily-tattooed friend. We all sat down to Sunday lunch, and my four-year-old nephew could not take his eyes off the man's colorful arms. Curiosity finally got the better off him. Politely, he asked the visitor, "Didn’t your mother give you paper to write on?" -------- A key ring is a handy little gadget that allows you to lose all your keys at once. --- ...LOL! Great! Thanks LouiseAu! ======================================================= >-->From Our Friend Linda :) _.._.-..-._ .-' .' /\ \`._ / / .' `-.\ `. :_.' .. : _.../\ | ;___ .-' //\\. \ _..._ / `/\ // \\\ `-.___.-' /\ //\\ \\: | //\V/ :\\ \\ \ \\/ \\ /\\ `.____.\\ \\ .' \\ // /\\---\\-' \\ fsc // // \\ \\ \\ I thought you would want to know about this e-mail virus. Even the most advanced programs from Norton or McAfee cannot take care of this one... It appears to affect those who were born prior to 1955. Symptoms: 1. Causes you to send the same e-mail twice. 2. Causes you to send a blank e-mail! 3. Causes you to send e-mail to the wrong person. 4. Causes you to send it back to the person who sent it to you. 5. Causes you to forget to attach the attachment. 6. Causes you to hit "SEND" before you've finished. 7. Causes you to hit "DELETE" instead of "SEND." 8. Causes you to hit "SEND" when you should "DELETE.." IT'S CALLED THE "C-NILE VIRUS." /Have I already sent this to you?/ /Or did you send it to me?/ --- ...HaHa! Thanks Linda! .-. o \ .-. .----.' \ .'o) / `. o / | \_) /-. '_.` \ \ `. | \ | \ | .--/`-. / / .'.-/`-. `. .\| /.' /`._ `- '-. ____(|__/`-..`- '-._ \ |`------.'-._ ` ||\ \ || # /-. ` / || \| || #/ `--' / /_::_|)__ `|____|-._.-` / ||`--------` \-.___.` | / || # | \ | | || # # | /`.___.'\ |.`|________| | /`.__.'|'.` __/ \ __/ \ /__.-.) /__.-.) LGB Maybe The DNC got it? If Hillary got it... It caused her to use an unsecure server that allowed her private emails while in the State Department to be copied by at least 5 hostile countries and exposed later to the world. If Podesta got it... It caused him to hit a 'LINK' that caused his emails to be sent out and exposed to the world! -<>- ,'-', :-----: (''' , - , ''') \ ' . , ` / \ ' ^ ? / \ ` - ,' `j_ _,' ,- -`\ \ /f ,- \_\/_/'- , `, , , /\ \ | / \ ', , f : :`, , <...\ , : ,- ' \,,,,\ ; : j ' \ \ :/^^^^' \ \ ; ''': \ -, -`.../ ' - -,`,--` \_._'-- '---: Storm >By Jeff Foxworthy: If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic bags are banned, — you might live in a nation (state) that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for who runs the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots If an 80-year-old woman who is confined to a wheelchair or a three-year-old girl can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is “cute” but hosting a s#xual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots. MOST OF THE IDIOTS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY SAY ONE THING AND DO THE OPPOSITE KNOWING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED THEM IN DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY DO BUT ONLY WHAT THEY SAY. --- ...HaHa! So True! Hope Trump can fix this! ___ ( ) ~=====~ ^ ^ e e | (A portrait of Stan Laurel, symbol of fun) - \_/ ALSO - watch the politicians who often point fingers at the opposite party calling them names as they are the ones most likely are the ones doing exactly what they are blaming their opponents of doing. Read this and think about what we learned about Hillary and and the DNC and Podesta... Liars And Cheaters Worry The Most About Being Lied To And Cheated On. 'It always seems like it’s the people who have done the worst to you who think you’re doing the worst to them. It’s the deceitful manipulators and the dishonest storytellers who blame other people for being deceitful and dishonest. It’s the cheaters and the liars who always assume they’re being cheated on and lied to. http://elitedaily.com/dating/liars-and-cheaters-worry-most/1053920/ ======================================================= >-->In The Worldly News: Latest From AFA: http://tinyurl.com/j7lakqw From MRC: http://em.mrc.org/NB00eRdK0004qTS0PL8060Y From RightAlerts: http://rightalerts.com -<>- >From BizarreNews: Of all the places to walk into while waving a firearm around, you'd think a gun store would be the worst. And you would be right. But one Georgia bad man never thought that far ahead. The two armed robbers walked into the Dixie Gun and Pawn shop in Mableton, Georgia dressed in ski masks. At first, they aimed the gun at an unarmed employee. The employee put his hands up in the air and pleaded for mercy as he walked towards the store owner. The store owner, 64-year-old Jimmy Groover, was standing with his back to the armed robbers and he did not immediately realize that his employee was being held at gunpoint. The armed robbers ordered the employees and the two customers to get down on the ground or they will be killed. As soon as Groover turned his back, the armed man shot at him. The bullet hit the glass window. Groover then grabbed his own gun from the holster on his waist and shot at the robbers. One of the masked robbers fell to the ground and he died at the scene, while the accomplice managed to escape. Groover is upset over the fact that he had no other choice, but to shoot at the armed robbers to protect his workers, customers and himself. "I hate that this happened. I have been doing this 30 years. Nothing like this has ever happened. I never wanted this to happen, but I want to go home at night too," Groover said. No charges were filed against Groover after police reviewed the stores surveillance videos and ruled that it was a clear case of self-defense. Police are still looking for the accomplice. -<>- A Michigan man's citation is going viral after he posted on social media about being ticketed $128 for leaving his car running in his own driveway. Nick Taylor, 24, said his car was running for only a few minutes in the driveway of his Michigan home Jan. 2. "I was there for maybe seven or eight minutes before I noticed the ticket," Taylor said. Taylor posted a photo of the ticket on Facebook. The citation states he is to pay a $128 fine for "motor vehicle unattended." "Vehicle parked in drive with keys in ignition, motor running -- no one around," the officer wrote on the ticket. "Every person warms up their car," said Taylor. "We live in Michigan!" Roseville police defended the citation, saying leaving cars unattended while running invites theft. "I encourage our officers to write this ticket," Berlin said. "All it takes is someone to hop in this car and take off. Then there's a chase often at a high rate of speed and all that could have been prevented." "You're putting the public at risk," he said. "This is purely a public safety issue." Taylor said he thinks the officer should have knocked on his door before writing a ticket. "That would have been respectful," Taylor said. "I had no clue that this was a law." Taylor said he plans to contest the ticket in court. *---- Hawaii Just Got a Little Bit Smaller ----* An extremely rare event was caught on video when a titanic chunk of the island of Hawaii collapsed into the ocean. And as if to prove Hawaii really is part of America, five tourists were almost killed because they ignored a warning cordon and walked right up to an active volcano. Estimated to be a massive 26-acre chunk, the rock plunged into the sea as lava bubbled out and huge plumes of smoke billowed into the air. Five tourists who were visiting the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at the time ducked under a security rope and escaped just minutes before before the land gave way beneath them. The Kamokuna ocean entry point to the national park was closed beforehand amid safety fears and rangers said a viewing platform was lost to the sea during the collapse. See it here... http://tinyurl.com/gr66jmn *------- Dog Kept Owner Warm for 20 Hours -------* A Michigan dog helped keep her owner alive by warming his body in freezing conditions after he slipped on snow. Kelsey the golden retriever stayed with her owner Bob for nearly 20 hours after he slipped and injured his neck while getting a log for his fire on New Year's Eve. Bob called for his neighbors, but only Kelsey responded to his call and immediately began to protect her owner from the 24 degree cold. "Kelsey was licking him and barking at him and pawing at him. I can see marks on his arm from her pawing at him," his daughter Jenny said. Bob's neighbor Rick eventually stopped by to borrow some eggs and discovered Kelsey still protecting his unconscious body. Bob was immediately taken to a hospital where he received neurosurgery. "I don't think he would be living unless the dog were there. The dog kept him warm." the neurosurgeon said. The surgery was successful and Kelsey was there immediately after to greet her beloved owner. *----- You Have to Appreciate the Ingenuity -----* The Florida Highway Patrol said a man is facing felony charges for using a remote-controlled device to hide his license plate and avoid paying a $1.25 toll. The FHP said a trooper spotted Joshua Concepcion West using the mechanism to lower a shield that covers his license plate while approaching a toll plaza in Orlando. "These devices are specifically designed to obscure your tag," FHP Sgt. Kim Montes told local news. Montes said the method of toll- evasion is "kind of James Bond-like, where this device is activated remotely." She said a trooper saw the shield both lower and rise. West was arrested on felony charges of petit theft and cheating, or gross fraud. "Now he is charged with a felony, for failure to pay a $1.25 toll," Montes said. Different types of gadgets available online that are designed to hide license plates. They generally retail for $50-$200. *------------ Alcohol Was Involved ------------* A drunk learned the hard way not to bring a plastic toy to a gun fight. After being escorted out of an Atlanta area restaurant for being intoxicated, the patron returned saying he "had something" for the manager and security guard who kicked him out. The man came back to the restaurant with what was later found to be a toy gun. But before the patron could act, an employee grabbed his own gun, confronted the man as he opened the front door and told him not to continue, police spokesman Brandon Gurley said. The man was later found at his apartment after he called 911 about being shot in his shoulder and wrist. The toy gun was also found at the apart- ment. The patron remains in a local hospital. No charges have been filed. ====================================================== >-->From Our Friend Geniann :) ____ .-'& '-. / \ : o o ; ( (_ ) : ; \ __ / `-._____.-' /`"""`\ / , \ /|/\/\/\ _\ (_|/\/\/\\__) |_______| __)_ |_ (__ jgs (_____|_____) >Children of the 30s & 40s “The Last Ones” A Short Memoir Born in the 1930s and early 40s, we exist as a very special age cohort. We are the “last ones.” We are the last, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the war itself with fathers and uncles going off. We are the last to remember ration books for everything from sugar to shoes to stoves. We saved tin foil and poured fat into tin cans. We saw cars up on blocks because tires weren’t available. My mother delivered milk in a horse drawn cart. We are the last to hear Roosevelt ’s radio assurances and to see gold stars in the front windows of our grieving neighbors. We can also remember the parades on August 15, 1945; VJ Day. We saw the ‘boys’ home from the war build their Cape Cod style houses, pouring the cellar, tar papering it over and living there until they could afford the time and money to build it out. We are the last who spent childhood without television; instead imagining what we heard on the radio. As we all like to brag, with no TV, we spent our childhood “playing outside until the street lights came on.” We did play outside and we did play on our own. There was no little league. The lack of television in our early years meant, for most of us, that we had little real understanding of what the world was like. Our Saturday afternoons, if at the movies, gave us newsreels of the war and the holocaust sandwiched in between westerns and cartoons. Newspapers and magazines were written for adults. We are the last who had to find out for ourselves. As we grew up, the country was exploding with growth. The G.I. Bill gave returning veterans the means to get an education and spurred colleges to grow. VA loans fanned a housing boom. Pent up demand coupled with new installment payment plans put factories to work. New highways would bring jobs and mobility. The veterans joined civic clubs and became active in politics. In the late 40s and early 50’s the country seemed to lie in the embrace of brisk but quiet order as it gave birth to its new middle class. Our parents understandably became absorbed with their own new lives. They were free from the confines of the depression and the war. They threw themselves into exploring opportunities they had never imagined. We weren’t neglected but we weren’t today’s all-consuming family focus. They were glad we played by ourselves ‘until the street lights came on.’ They were busy discovering the post war world. Most of us had no life plan, but with the unexpected virtue of ignorance and an economic rising tide we simply stepped into the world and went to find out. We entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where we were welcomed. Based on our naive belief that there was more where this came from, we shaped life as we went. We enjoyed a luxury; we felt secure in our future. Of course, just as today, not all Americans shared in this experience. Depression poverty was deep rooted. Polio was still a crippler. The Korean War was a dark presage in the early 50s and by mid-decade school children were ducking under desks. China became Red China. Eisenhower sent the first ‘advisors’ to Vietnam. Castro set up camp in Cuba and Khrushchev came to power. We are the last to experience an interlude when there were no existential threats to our homeland. We came of age in the late 40s and early 50s. The war was over and the cold war, terrorism, climate change, technological upheaval and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life with insistent unease. Only we can remember both a time of apocalyptic war and a time when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty. We experienced both. We grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better not worse. We are the ‘last ones.’ --Author unknown --- ...A different Time for sure! Thanks Geniann! ================================================================ >-->From CleanLaffs: __ _ /__`./ `._ (..`\)``''` \< ,| (`-` )_ /`'` `. _.-` _/( _ `. __..--`` .' \ `. ) _.` __(_.-'`| _( / .` XX))=====| XX(((===============(- \________\ / | | \_.-` | | | _| ( ( ___ _.-`-` \ \ \ _.-'. _._ _.-` `` YXXbYXXXXb.-` _.-`_.-` / __YXX\`YXXXXb.`_.-` .´ (XXX''`(XXXX.-'` _.-`_.-`_.-`_.-` _.-`_.-`_.-`_.-`gnv __.-`_.-__.-`_.-` `'---` `'---` On our way to the ski hill, my friend's children decided to "find me a man" by the end of the day. The kids did their best to let it be known I was unmarried and to introduce me to anyone who was skiing alone and therefore, in their minds, single. To my great relief they finally got bored with their mission and charged off on their own. I then made my way to the chair lift. As I moved near the front of the line, a gentle- man close to my age said "Excuse me, but are you single?" Groaning inwardly, I said, "Yes, but despite what you may have heard, I'm really not looking to get married." He looked at me oddly. "All I want is someone to share the chair lift with." -<>- >Conflicting Proverbs Actions speak louder than words. The pen is mightier than the sword. Look before you leap. He who hesitates is lost. Many hands make light work. Too many cooks spoil the broth. A silent man is a wise one. A man without words is a man without thoughts. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Clothes make the man. Don't judge a book by its cover. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Better safe than sorry. The bigger, the better. The best things come in small packages. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Out of sight, out of mind. What will be, will be. Life is what you make it. Cross your bridges when you come to them. Forewarned is forearmed. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. One man's meat is another man's poison. With age comes wisdom. Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come all wise sayings. The more, the merrier. Two's company; three's a crowd It's no wonder we're all confused. -<>- ._-'-_ . . ' /_-_-_\ ` . .' |-_-_-_-| `. ejm ( `.-_-_-.' ) !`. .'! ! ` . . ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! / / \ \ _-| \___ ___/ /-_ (_ )__\_)\(_/__( _) ))))\X\ (((( \/ \/ Finishing up our work at a trade show in San Diego, my co-worker Maureen and I decided to go sightseeing across the border in Tijuana, Mexico. While there, we went shopping and bought a few pieces of clay kitchenware. As we crossed back into the United States, a customs official asked if we had anything of value to report. "Not really," Maureen replied, digging in her bag for the bean crock she had purchased. Everyone around us froze as she continued, "I only bought a little pot." -<>- >Metric Conversion Chart 10**12 Microphones = 1 Megaphone 10 cards = 1 decacards 10 rations = 1 decoration 10 millipedes = 1 centipede 8 nickles = 2 paradigms 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake 3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent 10 monologs = 5 dialogues 2 monograms = 1 diagram 2 snake eyes = 1 paradise -<>- ___ | ~~--. |%=@%%/ |o%%%/ __ |%%o/ _,--~~ | |(_/ ._ ,/' m%%%%| |o/ / `\. /' m%%o(_)%| |/ /o%%m `\ /' %%@=%o%%%o| /(_)o%%% `\ / %o%%%%%=@%%| /%%o%%@=%% \ | (_)%(_)%%o%%| /%%%=@(_)%%% | | %%o%%%%o%%%(_|/%o%%o%%%%o%%% | | %%o%(_)%%%%%o%(_)%%%o%%o%o%% | | (_)%%=@%(_)%o%o%%(_)%o(_)% | \ ~%%o%%%%%o%o%=@%%o%%@%%o%~ / \. ~o%%(_)%%%o%(_)%%(_)o~ ,/ \_ ~o%=@%(_)%o%%(_)%~ _/ `\_~~o%%%o%%%%%~~_/' `--..____,,--' At a workshop on dog temperament, the instructor noted that a test for a canine's disposition was for an owner to fall down and act hurt. A dog with poor temperament would try to bite the person, whereas a good dog would lick his owner's face or show concern. Once, while eating pizza in the living room, I decided to try out this theory on my two dogs. I stood up, clutched my heart, let out a scream and collapsed on the floor. The dogs looked at me, glanced at each other and raced to the coffee table for my pizza. -<>- "Has your son decided what he wants to be when he grows up?" I asked my friend. "He wants to be a garbage man," he replied. "That's an unusual ambition to have at such a young age." "Not really. He thinks that garbage men work only on Tuesdays." -<>- On my first day working at the gas station, I watched a senior co-worker measure the level of gasoline in the under ground tanks by lowering a giant measuring stick down into them. "What would happen if I threw a lit match into the hole?" I joked. "It would go out," he replied very matter-of-factly. "Really?" I asked, surprised to hear that. "Is there a lack of oxygen down there or some safety device that would extinguish it before the fumes ignited?" "No," my co-worker continued. "The force from the explosion would most likely blow it out." -<>- "The thrill is gone from my marriage," Bill told his friend Doug. "Why not add some intrigue to your life and have an affair?" Doug suggested. "I just don't think I can do that to my wife." "Heck, this is a new age we live in, Bill. Go ahead and tell her about it!" So Bill went home and said, "Dear, I think an affair will bring us closer together." "Forget it," said his wife. "I've tried it so many times and it's never worked." ====================================================== >-->From Our Friend Geniann :) ,-. _,. / / ; \____,-==-._ ) //_ `----' {+> ` `'--/ /-'`( / / dew `=' >SMILES My friend asked his father-in-law, a crop-duster, how his day had gone. "It was the worst day of my life," replied the man. "This morning I was up in my plane dusting a field when I nicked a power line and damaged the wing of the plane. When I got back to the office, my boss chewed me out. Then the guy from the FAA chewed me out. On my way home, I stopped off at a bar and was handed a warm beer. So I yelled at the bartender, 'Don't you have any cold beers?' The bartender said, 'Sorry, but we've been out of electricity all day ever since some idiot crop-duster hit a power line down the road.'" -<>- .-._.--._ / / -. | \ |__ ,-'______.-' '( c-(_)(_)__ \ .._ . ) \ / `-' /\-|\_ /-. \ / ( , o)\ | | o)\ c - _/\\ / \ \=====| | //======| | / =====_/ |/\===/=/ )==)=) (==|=| | |=|______ (_.-. ) ) '--''-' [nabis] >MEN! * Men are like ... Bank Accounts. Without a lot of money, they don't generate much interest. * Men are like ... Bank Machines. Once they withdraw they lose interest * Men are like ... Bike helmets. Handy in an emergency, but otherwise they just look silly * Men are like ... Cement. After getting laid, they take a long time to get hard. * Men are like ... Chocolate Bars. Sweet, smooth, and they usually head right for your butt. -<>- A man went to see his doctor because he was suffering from a miserable cold. His doctor prescribed some pills, but they didn't help. On his next visit the doctor gave him a shot, but that didn't do any good. On his third visit the doctor told the man to go home and take a hot bath. As soon as he was finished bathing he was to throw open all the windows and stand in the draft. "But Doc," protested the patient, "if I do that, I'll get pneumonia." "I know," said his physician. "I can cure pneumonia." -<>- _*_ ....iiooiioo __/_|_\__ [(o)_R_(o)] fe >Top this for a speeding ticket ... Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved in an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the A1 Great North Road. One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300 mph. Their radar suddenly stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it. Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact latched on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Border district, approaching from the North Sea. Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stiff complaint to the RAF Liaison office. Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style: "Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked onto, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it. Furthermore, an air-to-ground missile aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also automatically locked onto your equipment. Fortunately the pilot flying the Tornado recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile systems alert status, and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched and your hostile radar installation was destroyed. Good Day..." --- ...LOL! 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The vehicles can do all the functions of a human driver, except wonder, '... how did I end up driving a minivan?'" -Conan O'Brien "More than 60 cities around the world celebrated the 16th annual No Pants Subway Ride yesterday. Or as that one guy on your train calls it, 'Sunday.'" -Seth Meyers "In Las Vegas, the Consumer Electronics Show is going on. It displays new technology that makes you already hate the TV you bought two weeks ago for Christmas." -Jimmy Kimmel "A man in Vietnam was hospitalized after doctors realized that he had a pair of scissors in his digestive system that had been left there by a previous surgery that he had 18 years ago. I mean this guy is so lucky. Come on, free scissors! The sad part is after they sewed him up the second time the doctor was like, 'Wait, where's my watch?'" -James Corden "A new study says we should change how we feed cows so they don't produce so much of the greenhouse gas methane. 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