Dissolving?
============
Why doesn't Coke and Pepsi dissolve the cans?
Q: In your book The Straight Dope you state that Coca-Cola will
dissolve aluminum. My question is this: How is it that this
beverage is sold in aluminum cans without oxidizing them?
Cecil replies:
According to Coke, the cans are "coated with a very thin layer
of a type of light, food grade plastic material approved by the
FDA." This prevents the highly corrosive contents from dissolving
the containers. The unanswered question is, what keeps them from
dissolving you?
~Cecil Adams, from The Straight Dope~
Sunday 26 July 2009
Eight Gifts
Eight Gifts
============
Below are eight gifts that don't cost a cent to give.
1) THE GIFT OF LISTENING...
But you must REALLY listen.
No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning your response.
Just listening.
2) THE GIFT OF AFFECTION...
Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back and
handholds.
Let these small actions demonstrate the love you have for family
and friends.
3) THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER...
Funny pictures. Share articles, funny stories and funny
greetings. Your gift will say, "I love to laugh with you."
4) THE GIFT OF A WRITTEN NOTE...
It can be a simple "Thanks for the help" note or a full sonnet.
A brief, handwritten note may be remembered for a lifetime, and
may even change a life.
5) THE GIFT OF A COMPLIMENT...
A simple and sincere, "You look great in red," "You did a super
job" or "That was a wonderful meal" can make someone's day.
6) THE GIFT OF A FAVOR...
Every day, go out of your way to do something kind.
Helping elderly cross the road can be nice.
7) THE GIFT OF SOLITUDE...
There are times when we want nothing better than to be left
alone. Be sensitive to those times and give the gift of
solitude to others.
8) THE GIFT OF A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION...
The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word to
someone, really it's not that hard to say, Hello or Thank You.
~Author Unknown~
============
Below are eight gifts that don't cost a cent to give.
1) THE GIFT OF LISTENING...
But you must REALLY listen.
No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning your response.
Just listening.
2) THE GIFT OF AFFECTION...
Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back and
handholds.
Let these small actions demonstrate the love you have for family
and friends.
3) THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER...
Funny pictures. Share articles, funny stories and funny
greetings. Your gift will say, "I love to laugh with you."
4) THE GIFT OF A WRITTEN NOTE...
It can be a simple "Thanks for the help" note or a full sonnet.
A brief, handwritten note may be remembered for a lifetime, and
may even change a life.
5) THE GIFT OF A COMPLIMENT...
A simple and sincere, "You look great in red," "You did a super
job" or "That was a wonderful meal" can make someone's day.
6) THE GIFT OF A FAVOR...
Every day, go out of your way to do something kind.
Helping elderly cross the road can be nice.
7) THE GIFT OF SOLITUDE...
There are times when we want nothing better than to be left
alone. Be sensitive to those times and give the gift of
solitude to others.
8) THE GIFT OF A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION...
The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word to
someone, really it's not that hard to say, Hello or Thank You.
~Author Unknown~
Thursday 23 July 2009
TATERS
Taters
=======
Taters are a colloquial pronunciation of potatoes and thus
these are the local varieties of taters.
Some people never seem motivated to participate, but are just
content to watch while others do the work.
~They are called "Spec Taters".
Some people never do anything to help,
but are gifted at finding fault with the way others do the work.
~They are called "Comment Taters".
Some people are very bossy and like to tell others what to do,
but don't want to soil their own hands.
~They are called "Dick Taters".
Some people are always looking to cause problems by asking
others to agree with them. It is too hot or too cold, too sour
or too sweet.
~They are called "Agie Taters".
There are those who say they will help, but somehow just never
get around to actually doing the promised help.
~They are called "Hezzie Taters".
Some people can put up a front and pretend to be someone they
are not.
~They are called "Emma Taters".
Then there are those who love others and do what they say they
will. They are always prepared to stop whatever they are doing
and lend a helping hand. They bring real sunshine into the lives
of others.
~They are called "Sweet Taters".
=======
Taters are a colloquial pronunciation of potatoes and thus
these are the local varieties of taters.
Some people never seem motivated to participate, but are just
content to watch while others do the work.
~They are called "Spec Taters".
Some people never do anything to help,
but are gifted at finding fault with the way others do the work.
~They are called "Comment Taters".
Some people are very bossy and like to tell others what to do,
but don't want to soil their own hands.
~They are called "Dick Taters".
Some people are always looking to cause problems by asking
others to agree with them. It is too hot or too cold, too sour
or too sweet.
~They are called "Agie Taters".
There are those who say they will help, but somehow just never
get around to actually doing the promised help.
~They are called "Hezzie Taters".
Some people can put up a front and pretend to be someone they
are not.
~They are called "Emma Taters".
Then there are those who love others and do what they say they
will. They are always prepared to stop whatever they are doing
and lend a helping hand. They bring real sunshine into the lives
of others.
~They are called "Sweet Taters".
Wednesday 1 July 2009
If I Had My LIfe to LIve Over
If I Had My LIfe to LIve Over
==============================
I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet
was stained and the sofa faded.
I would have eaten the popcorn in the "GOOD" living room and
worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a
fire in the fireplace.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble
about his youth.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a
summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before
it melted in storage.
I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried
about grass stains.
I would have cried and laughed less while watching television
and more while watching life.
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending
the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for
the day.
I would never have bought anything just because it was
practical, wouldn't show soil or was guaranteed to last a
lifetime.
Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have
cherished every moment realizing that the wonderment growing
inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a
miracle.
When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said,
"Later. Now go get washed up for dinner."
There would have been more
"I love you" ...
more "I'm sorry"
... but mostly, given another shot at life,
I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it...
live it... and never give it back.
I would tell all my friends that I need and love and that my
life would be empty without them!
~by Erma Bombeck~
==============================
I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet
was stained and the sofa faded.
I would have eaten the popcorn in the "GOOD" living room and
worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a
fire in the fireplace.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble
about his youth.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a
summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before
it melted in storage.
I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried
about grass stains.
I would have cried and laughed less while watching television
and more while watching life.
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending
the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for
the day.
I would never have bought anything just because it was
practical, wouldn't show soil or was guaranteed to last a
lifetime.
Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have
cherished every moment realizing that the wonderment growing
inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a
miracle.
When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said,
"Later. Now go get washed up for dinner."
There would have been more
"I love you" ...
more "I'm sorry"
... but mostly, given another shot at life,
I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it...
live it... and never give it back.
I would tell all my friends that I need and love and that my
life would be empty without them!
~by Erma Bombeck~
Thursday 21 May 2009
The top 5 lies women tell each other about childbirth.
Here's an extract from a new book called "Backwards In High Heels: The Impossible Art of Being Female" written by two British journalists, Tania Kindersley and Sarah Vine.
Your friend announces she is pregnant. You are, of course, delighted. You meet, for coffee (yours is a double espresso, since the children have been up all night), to talk about it. She wants to know everything, or so she says. Here’s what you tell her:
1. It doesn’t matter if she gets fat, the weight will drop off afterwards, especially if she breastfeeds.
2. The birth itself isn’t that bad, and anyway your body is biologically programmed to forget the pain.
3. Breastfeeding can be a little tricky to start with, but in the end she’ll get the hang of it.
4. You get used to not having as much sleep as you used to.
5. The experience of looking after a newborn can really bring two people together.
Here’s what you actually mean:
1. Her stomach will never be the same again, not even if she goes to the gym every day (which she won’t be able to because she won’t have the time), breastfeeds until her child goes to university and observes a strict vegan diet.
2. The birth is quite terrifying, gas and air doesn’t work like they say it does, having stitches is horrible, midwives don’t always get it right, there will be more blood and bodily fluids than an episode of CSI Miami, and having half the world staring at your most intimate parts while you make noises like a demented pig is not, in any sense of the word, empowering.
3. Breastfeeding can be very hard indeed, you feel like a useless failure if you can’t do it, you will almost certainly get mastitis (which is like the worst toothache you can imagine, only in your breast), old ladies will give you horrid stares if you try to do it in public, breastfed babies do get colic, you may have curious and uncomfortable anxieties about being a prize heifer, you will leak in public, your nipples will feel like they’ve been sandpapered and your breasts, like your stomach, will never really recover.
4. You will go insane with sleep deprivation. You really will. Even the hardiest of military men were reduced to wrecks after three days of no sleep in Japanese prisoner of war camps, and you were not trained for this. There will be days when the very act of putting clothes on your shattered body will feel like a major achievement.
5. Once the initial euphoria has subsided, you and your partner will effectively become shift workers: when he’s awake you will be dropping off to sleep, and vice versa. You will become resentful of his ability to leave the house in the morning, bound for the comparatively stressless world of work. In the back of your mind will be the sneaking suspicion that he is spending longer and longer in the office because he would almost rather be anywhere than at home sterilising bottles and dealing with a frazzled you and a wailing babe. Sex will be implausible, not so much because of the physical changes wrought by giving birth, but because you will both be spectacularly exhausted, and no one feels like having much sex when they’re tired. And smelling slightly of sick.
That is one side of the story: the disruption and chaos. The other, often equally unexpected development is the degree to which you adore your baby. For many women, the love they feel for their child far and away surpasses anything they have ever experienced before. At first you don’t really notice it – sure, this small pink bundle is adorable and absorbing, but you are still getting used to each other. And then somewhere around week three, quite possibly when you are dozing off at 4am, with this little milky person asleep by your side and the soothing sounds of the BBC World Service drifting from the radio, it suddenly hits you, with the force of an oncoming train: you love this thing more than life itself.
This love is a new kind of love. It is, in the true sense of the word, unconditional. The media, society, other mothers with something to prove, like to hymn this great novel love as a tremendous nirvana, the deepest truth of the female heart. But paradoxically, it can be extremely frightening, not just for the mother, whose happiness now depends on this highly unstable bundle of new human flesh and blood, whose very sanity can feel as if it hinges on one tiny human continuing to breathe, but also for her partner. Adjusting from being the centre of a person’s universe to being a distant satellite is never easy, especially if the ego involved is male.
All this is why you can’t really tell your pregnant friend the truth. She doesn’t yet understand the peculiar feeling of being hopelessly trapped and unspeakably elated at the same time – nor will she, until she’s given birth. You have to let her experience it for herself, in her own way. Far better – and easier – to toe the party line. Which is: my child is an angel/genius/source of endless joy, I am deliriously happy being a mother, my partner and I have as much – if not possibly more – sex than before and no, of course we do not miss the lie-ins/foreign holidays/expensive consumer durables/actual freedom.
Your friend announces she is pregnant. You are, of course, delighted. You meet, for coffee (yours is a double espresso, since the children have been up all night), to talk about it. She wants to know everything, or so she says. Here’s what you tell her:
1. It doesn’t matter if she gets fat, the weight will drop off afterwards, especially if she breastfeeds.
2. The birth itself isn’t that bad, and anyway your body is biologically programmed to forget the pain.
3. Breastfeeding can be a little tricky to start with, but in the end she’ll get the hang of it.
4. You get used to not having as much sleep as you used to.
5. The experience of looking after a newborn can really bring two people together.
Here’s what you actually mean:
1. Her stomach will never be the same again, not even if she goes to the gym every day (which she won’t be able to because she won’t have the time), breastfeeds until her child goes to university and observes a strict vegan diet.
2. The birth is quite terrifying, gas and air doesn’t work like they say it does, having stitches is horrible, midwives don’t always get it right, there will be more blood and bodily fluids than an episode of CSI Miami, and having half the world staring at your most intimate parts while you make noises like a demented pig is not, in any sense of the word, empowering.
3. Breastfeeding can be very hard indeed, you feel like a useless failure if you can’t do it, you will almost certainly get mastitis (which is like the worst toothache you can imagine, only in your breast), old ladies will give you horrid stares if you try to do it in public, breastfed babies do get colic, you may have curious and uncomfortable anxieties about being a prize heifer, you will leak in public, your nipples will feel like they’ve been sandpapered and your breasts, like your stomach, will never really recover.
4. You will go insane with sleep deprivation. You really will. Even the hardiest of military men were reduced to wrecks after three days of no sleep in Japanese prisoner of war camps, and you were not trained for this. There will be days when the very act of putting clothes on your shattered body will feel like a major achievement.
5. Once the initial euphoria has subsided, you and your partner will effectively become shift workers: when he’s awake you will be dropping off to sleep, and vice versa. You will become resentful of his ability to leave the house in the morning, bound for the comparatively stressless world of work. In the back of your mind will be the sneaking suspicion that he is spending longer and longer in the office because he would almost rather be anywhere than at home sterilising bottles and dealing with a frazzled you and a wailing babe. Sex will be implausible, not so much because of the physical changes wrought by giving birth, but because you will both be spectacularly exhausted, and no one feels like having much sex when they’re tired. And smelling slightly of sick.
That is one side of the story: the disruption and chaos. The other, often equally unexpected development is the degree to which you adore your baby. For many women, the love they feel for their child far and away surpasses anything they have ever experienced before. At first you don’t really notice it – sure, this small pink bundle is adorable and absorbing, but you are still getting used to each other. And then somewhere around week three, quite possibly when you are dozing off at 4am, with this little milky person asleep by your side and the soothing sounds of the BBC World Service drifting from the radio, it suddenly hits you, with the force of an oncoming train: you love this thing more than life itself.
This love is a new kind of love. It is, in the true sense of the word, unconditional. The media, society, other mothers with something to prove, like to hymn this great novel love as a tremendous nirvana, the deepest truth of the female heart. But paradoxically, it can be extremely frightening, not just for the mother, whose happiness now depends on this highly unstable bundle of new human flesh and blood, whose very sanity can feel as if it hinges on one tiny human continuing to breathe, but also for her partner. Adjusting from being the centre of a person’s universe to being a distant satellite is never easy, especially if the ego involved is male.
All this is why you can’t really tell your pregnant friend the truth. She doesn’t yet understand the peculiar feeling of being hopelessly trapped and unspeakably elated at the same time – nor will she, until she’s given birth. You have to let her experience it for herself, in her own way. Far better – and easier – to toe the party line. Which is: my child is an angel/genius/source of endless joy, I am deliriously happy being a mother, my partner and I have as much – if not possibly more – sex than before and no, of course we do not miss the lie-ins/foreign holidays/expensive consumer durables/actual freedom.
Saturday 24 January 2009
I wish you enough!!
I wish you enough!!
Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure.
Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough.'
The daughter replied, 'Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.'
They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy, but she welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?'
'Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'.
'I am old, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,' she said.
'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?'
She began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.' She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and she smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.' Then turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.
She then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them; but then an entire life to forget them.
* Only if you wish send this to the people you will never forget and remember to send it back to the person who sent it to you. If you don't send it to anyone it may mean that you are in such a hurry that you have forgotten your friends.
TAKE TIME TO LIVE.....
To all my friends and loved ones, I WISH YOU ENOUGH.
Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure.
Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough.'
The daughter replied, 'Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.'
They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy, but she welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?'
'Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'.
'I am old, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,' she said.
'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?'
She began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.' She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and she smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.' Then turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.
She then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them; but then an entire life to forget them.
* Only if you wish send this to the people you will never forget and remember to send it back to the person who sent it to you. If you don't send it to anyone it may mean that you are in such a hurry that you have forgotten your friends.
TAKE TIME TO LIVE.....
To all my friends and loved ones, I WISH YOU ENOUGH.
10 Good Quotes
10 Good Quotes
===============
An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.
~John Junor~
An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions.
~Robert A. Humphrey~
Annual income twenty pounds,
annual expenditure nineteen point six,
result happiness.
~Charles Dickens (1812-1870)~
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain
and most fools do.
~Dale Carnegie~
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be
silly.
~Rose Franken~
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
~Proverbs 23:7~
Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits
is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.
~Bob Inglis~
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
~Bette Davis~
Conversation would be vastly improved
by the constant use of four simple words:
" I do not know."
~Andre Maurois~
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
~Lucretius~
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves,
for they shall never cease to be amused.
~Anonymous~
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time;
serenity, that nothing is.
~Thomas Szasz~
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
~Kin Hubbard~
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
~Samuel Paterson~
Count your blessings, they are more than you think,
and more than you are told.
===============
An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.
~John Junor~
An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions.
~Robert A. Humphrey~
Annual income twenty pounds,
annual expenditure nineteen point six,
result happiness.
~Charles Dickens (1812-1870)~
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain
and most fools do.
~Dale Carnegie~
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be
silly.
~Rose Franken~
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
~Proverbs 23:7~
Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits
is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.
~Bob Inglis~
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
~Bette Davis~
Conversation would be vastly improved
by the constant use of four simple words:
" I do not know."
~Andre Maurois~
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
~Lucretius~
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves,
for they shall never cease to be amused.
~Anonymous~
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time;
serenity, that nothing is.
~Thomas Szasz~
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
~Kin Hubbard~
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
~Samuel Paterson~
Count your blessings, they are more than you think,
and more than you are told.
The Movie Encyclopedia
The Movie Encyclopedia
=======================
There are some things in life that you would never know if it
weren't for Hollywood.
A great movie – "The Family Man"
Every married man with kids should see this.
Without The Movies you wouldn't know this:
** During all police investigations, it will be necessary to
visit a strip club at least once.
** When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak
English to each other.
** If being chased through town, you can usually take cover
in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of year.
** All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach
up to the armpit level on a woman but only to the waist level
on the man lying beside her.
** The Chief of Police will almost always suspend his star
detective - or give him 48 hours to finish the job.
** All grocery bags contain at least one stick of French
Bread.
** It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is
someone to talk you down.
** The ventilation system of any building is the perfect
hiding place - no one will ever think of looking for you in
there and you can travel to any other part of the building
undetected.
** Police departments give their officers personality tests to
make sure they are deliberately assigned to a partner who is
their polar opposite.
** The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
** All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with
large red readouts so you know exactly when they are going
to go off.
** If you need to reload your gun, you will always have
more ammunition, even if you haven't been carrying any
before now.
** You are very likely to survive any battle in any war
unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture
of your sweetheart back home.
** Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer,
it will not be necessary to speak the language - a German
accent will do.
** If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster
or killer beast, the mayor's first concern will be the tourist
trade or his forthcoming art exhibition.
** A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious
beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his
wounds.
** When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you
take out a bill - just grab one at random and hand it over. It
will always be the exact fare.
** Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a
kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that
light instead.
=======================
There are some things in life that you would never know if it
weren't for Hollywood.
A great movie – "The Family Man"
Every married man with kids should see this.
Without The Movies you wouldn't know this:
** During all police investigations, it will be necessary to
visit a strip club at least once.
** When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak
English to each other.
** If being chased through town, you can usually take cover
in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of year.
** All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach
up to the armpit level on a woman but only to the waist level
on the man lying beside her.
** The Chief of Police will almost always suspend his star
detective - or give him 48 hours to finish the job.
** All grocery bags contain at least one stick of French
Bread.
** It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is
someone to talk you down.
** The ventilation system of any building is the perfect
hiding place - no one will ever think of looking for you in
there and you can travel to any other part of the building
undetected.
** Police departments give their officers personality tests to
make sure they are deliberately assigned to a partner who is
their polar opposite.
** The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
** All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with
large red readouts so you know exactly when they are going
to go off.
** If you need to reload your gun, you will always have
more ammunition, even if you haven't been carrying any
before now.
** You are very likely to survive any battle in any war
unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture
of your sweetheart back home.
** Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer,
it will not be necessary to speak the language - a German
accent will do.
** If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster
or killer beast, the mayor's first concern will be the tourist
trade or his forthcoming art exhibition.
** A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious
beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his
wounds.
** When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you
take out a bill - just grab one at random and hand it over. It
will always be the exact fare.
** Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a
kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that
light instead.
Baby Pigeons?
Baby Pigeons?
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Have you ever wondered why you don't see baby pigeons?
Have you ever wondered why pigeons spend so much time walking
when they could be flying?
Some of US spend so much time walking when we could be flying.
This is why you don't see Baby pigeons -
First of all, unlike other birds, pigeons hide their nests.
When they emerged in Asia, pigeons were cliff-dwellers. Now
they build their messy nests of sticks inside the guts of
bridges, or atop tall buildings, or on top of your air
conditioner.
Also, pigeons are very protective and babying parents. They lay
only two eggs at a time, and spoil those babies shamefully. By
the time they leave the nest, the babies are almost the same
size as their parents.
That's why you don't see baby pigeons.
The parents spoil the kids by keeping them sheltered and inside
away from the world until they are almost grown.
Is it any wonder why they fly as little as possible?
Think about that the next time you see a pigeon,
a big one walking.
~A MountainWings Original~
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Have you ever wondered why you don't see baby pigeons?
Have you ever wondered why pigeons spend so much time walking
when they could be flying?
Some of US spend so much time walking when we could be flying.
This is why you don't see Baby pigeons -
First of all, unlike other birds, pigeons hide their nests.
When they emerged in Asia, pigeons were cliff-dwellers. Now
they build their messy nests of sticks inside the guts of
bridges, or atop tall buildings, or on top of your air
conditioner.
Also, pigeons are very protective and babying parents. They lay
only two eggs at a time, and spoil those babies shamefully. By
the time they leave the nest, the babies are almost the same
size as their parents.
That's why you don't see baby pigeons.
The parents spoil the kids by keeping them sheltered and inside
away from the world until they are almost grown.
Is it any wonder why they fly as little as possible?
Think about that the next time you see a pigeon,
a big one walking.
~A MountainWings Original~
CLOSET SPACE
CLOSET SPACE
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Is your closet too crowded?
Perhaps the single greatest indicator of the overload that we
have in life are closets.
They are packed.
It doesn't matter how big our closets are.
Sooner or later we fill them up.
Why?
There is a closet rule of life that states:
1. Clothes expand to fill all available closet space
2. Sooner or later if you keep getting more clothes
you either have to:
A. Get more closet space
B. Get rid of some clothes
2B is what we hate to do.
But if we are TO BE what we are TO BE,
we need to learn the rule of 2B and get rid of some clothes.
Time is like closet space. We have a limited amount of it.
We keep putting more and more things in until our time is
cluttered.
The more cluttered it gets, the more things are out of place.
The time that we should be sleeping, we've got something else in
that space.
The time that we should be spending with family, we've got
something else in that space.
The time that we should have to ourselves to do whatever we do
to help our spirit, we've got something else in that space.
Even as our closet hinges strain to keep from bursting, we still
try to put more stuff in.
Take a look around your closet of time right now.
How much has accumulated
that you should have gotten rid of long ago.
They still may be good clothes, but your closet is just too full.
We have habits that we formed in our teenage years
that should have long ago been removed from our closets.
Some even have friends that should have long ago been removed,
for they no longer fit our style or destination.
As you change and grow, you should change what's in your closet.
Maybe we don't need more stuff in the closet.
Maybe we don't need a bigger closet.
Maybe we just need to clean out some stuff
and not with the purpose to make room for more stuff.
We may just need some space,
In a lot of areas,
For a lot of reasons.
There is a spiritual saying
that tells you to go into your closet to pray.
For many of us, there's simply no room.
Go look at your bedroom closet right now.
Chances are, it will reflect your closet of time.
~A MountainWings Original~
Thank you for inviting MountainWings in your mailbox.
See you tomorrow.
Forward this issue to a friend or send them the link below:
http://www.mountainwings.com/past/1038.htm
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Is your closet too crowded?
Perhaps the single greatest indicator of the overload that we
have in life are closets.
They are packed.
It doesn't matter how big our closets are.
Sooner or later we fill them up.
Why?
There is a closet rule of life that states:
1. Clothes expand to fill all available closet space
2. Sooner or later if you keep getting more clothes
you either have to:
A. Get more closet space
B. Get rid of some clothes
2B is what we hate to do.
But if we are TO BE what we are TO BE,
we need to learn the rule of 2B and get rid of some clothes.
Time is like closet space. We have a limited amount of it.
We keep putting more and more things in until our time is
cluttered.
The more cluttered it gets, the more things are out of place.
The time that we should be sleeping, we've got something else in
that space.
The time that we should be spending with family, we've got
something else in that space.
The time that we should have to ourselves to do whatever we do
to help our spirit, we've got something else in that space.
Even as our closet hinges strain to keep from bursting, we still
try to put more stuff in.
Take a look around your closet of time right now.
How much has accumulated
that you should have gotten rid of long ago.
They still may be good clothes, but your closet is just too full.
We have habits that we formed in our teenage years
that should have long ago been removed from our closets.
Some even have friends that should have long ago been removed,
for they no longer fit our style or destination.
As you change and grow, you should change what's in your closet.
Maybe we don't need more stuff in the closet.
Maybe we don't need a bigger closet.
Maybe we just need to clean out some stuff
and not with the purpose to make room for more stuff.
We may just need some space,
In a lot of areas,
For a lot of reasons.
There is a spiritual saying
that tells you to go into your closet to pray.
For many of us, there's simply no room.
Go look at your bedroom closet right now.
Chances are, it will reflect your closet of time.
~A MountainWings Original~
Thank you for inviting MountainWings in your mailbox.
See you tomorrow.
Forward this issue to a friend or send them the link below:
http://www.mountainwings.com/past/1038.htm
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