Alan’s Finds 2012
Welcome back, Alan, for another year!
Editor’s note: Alan just
happens to be a retired Navy Chief – and yes – they ARE quite unique in all the
world! DebV
Updated 12/09/12
1940's Pacific Aircraft Carrier - Rare Color
Film
This is 16 mm color (not "colorized") footage that you may not have
seen of carrier action in the Pacific.
Not many color shots in the '40's - extremely expensive then, with a
complicated and exacting processing process.
Excellent
Video
Someone did an awesome job putting this
together and with sound to boot. At the very end of the video you'll hear the
song 'Thunder Road' sung by the star of the movie for which it was the theme!
Not uncommon except this is the one and only song ever
recorded for publication, sung by Robert
Mitchum! Cars we drove in the 50's and 60's.
Thought you might
like to read this letter to the editor of a British national newspaper. Ever
notice how some people just seem to know how to write a letter?
Here is a woman who should run for Prime Minister! A good replacement for ours!!
Written by a housewife, to her daily newspaper. This is one ticked off lady.
Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by
Islamic people who brought it to our shores in July 2002, and in New York Sept
11, 2001 and have continually threatened to do so since?
Were people from all over the world, not brutally murdered that day in
Washington, and in downtown Manhattan, and in a field in Pennsylvania?
Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or
crushing death that day, or didn't they?
And I'm supposed to care that a few Taliban were claiming to be tortured by a
justice system of the nation they come from and are fighting against in a
brutal insurgency.
I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring
about the Holy Bible, the mere belief of which is a crime punishable by
beheading in Afghanistan. I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are
sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling
slashed throat.
I'll care when the cowardly so-called 'insurgents' in Afghanistan come out and
fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques
and behind women and children.
I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of Nirvana
care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
I'll care when the British media stops pretending that their freedom of speech on
stories is more important than the lives of the soldiers on the ground or their
families waiting at home to hear about them when something happens.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a British soldier roughing up an
Insurgent terrorist to obtain information, know this:
I don't care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move
because he might be booby-trapped, you can take this to the bank:
I don't care.
When I hear that a prisoner - who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and 'fed
special food' that is paid for by my taxes - is complaining that his holy book
is being ‘mishandled,' you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts:
I don't care.
And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled 'Koran' and other
times 'Quran.' Well, believe me!! You guessed it ......
I don't care!!
If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your E-mail friends.
Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous
behaviour!
If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose
the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by
radical Muslims happen here in our great country! And may I add:
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the
world. Our soldiers don't have that problem.
I have another quote that I would like to add, AND.......I hope you forward all
this.
Only six defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
1. Jesus Christ
2. The British Soldier.
3. The Canadian Soldier.
4. The US Soldier, and
5. The New Zealand Soldier
6. The Australian Soldier
One died for your soul, the other 5 for your freedom.
When former top U.S. military commander in
Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal got called into the Oval Office by Barack
Obama, he knew things weren't going to go well when the President accused him
of not supporting Obama in his political role as President.
"It's not my job to support you as a politician, Mr. President, it's my
job to support you as Commander-in-Chief," McChrystal replied.
Not satisfied with accepting McChrystal's resignation, the President made a
cheap parting shot. "I bet when I die you'll be happy to piss on my
grave."
The General saluted. "Mr. President, I always told myself after leaving
the Army I'd never stand in line again."
Great Video of a Beautiful
Coat
When You Need a Chuckle
– Site full of “Awkward Family Photos.”
We have enjoyed the redneck jokes for years.
It's time to take a reflective look at the core beliefs of a culture that
values home, family, country and God. If I had to stand before a dozen
terrorists who threaten my life, I'd choose a half dozen or so rednecks to back
me up. Tire irons, squirrel guns and grit -- that's what rednecks are made of .
If you feel the same, pass this on to your redneck friends.
Y'all know who ya are...................
You might be a redneck if: It never occurred to
you to be offended by the phrase, 'One nation, under God..'
You might be a redneck if: You've never protested about seeing the 10
Commandments posted in public places.
You might be a redneck if: You still say ' Christmas' instead of 'Winter
Festival.'
You might be a redneck if: You bow your head when someone prays.
You might be a redneck if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when
they play the National Anthem.
You might be a redneck if: You treat our armed
forces veterans with great respect, and always have.
You might be a redneck if: You've never burned an
American flag, nor intend to.
You might be a redneck if: You know what you believe and you aren't afraid to
say so, no matter who is listening.
You might be a redneck if: You respect your elders and raised your kids to do
the same.
Some of you are so old you don't have elders to respect.
You might be a redneck if: You'd give your last dollar to a friend.
You might be a redneck if: You believe in God & Jesus
and believe that others have the right to believe in whichever God they believe
in as long as their God does not tell them to kill anyone who does not believe
the same as they do!!!!!
God Bless the USA !
Awesome Images
– Just Carving a Tree
An Osprey In Action
– Incredible video!
Before Chainsaws
– A quick look at history.
For you Wine Lovers
Things I have learned:
1) Red wine really does taste better at room temperature.
2) Danny's red wine does NOT give me a hangover.
3) You can't make pink wine combining red and white.
4) Cooking with wine REALLY is better!! Sometimes I even put it in what I am
cooking....
5) Wine in a box does stay better and does last longer than a bottle... mainly
because the box is usually twice as big as a bottle!
6) I've yet to have a box of wine go "off". But then again I don't
think I have ever kept it open longer than its "Best Before Date".
The secret to
enjoying a good bottle of wine:
- Open the bottle
to allow it to breathe.
- If it does not
look like it’s breathing, give it mouth-to-mouth.
NumbersUSA is strictly non-partisan, with no preference
for one party, one candidate or another, but our comparison grids indicate
which candidates would do the best job in reducing overall immigration numbers.
Candidates with a Grade Letter above their
photo are either incumbents or previously served in Congress.
You can read full descriptions of each category on the grid. Click on the map to get to the race you are following. When you mouse over the categories on the left of the grid, a full description will pop up.
How Can Anyone Not Want
Children – Priceless!
APHORISMS FOR THE YEAR...
It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you
place the blame.
You are not drunk if you can lie on the floor
without holding on.
We have enough “youth”. How about a fountain of “smart”?
The original point and click interface was a
Smith and Wesson.
A fool and his money can throw one heck of a
party.
When blondes have more fun, do they know it?
Five days a week my body is a temple. The other two it’s an amusement park.
Learn from your parents’ mistakes. Use birth control.
Money isn’t everything but it sure keeps the
kids in touch.
Don’t drink and drive. You might hit a bump and spill something.
If at first you don’t succeed skydiving is not
for you.
Reality is only an illusion that occurs due to
a lack of alcohol.
We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.
Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is bad for you.
Ninety-nine percent of all lawyers give the
rest a bad name.
Xerox and Wurlitzer will merge to produce
reproductive organs.
Alabama state motto: at least we’re not
Mississippi.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural
stupidity.
You know why a banana is like a
politician? He comes in and first he’s
green, then he turns yellow, and then he’s rotten.
I think Congressmen should wear uniforms, you
know, like NASCAR drivers, so we could identify their corporate sponsors.
The reason politicians try so hard to get
re-elected is that they would hate to have to make a living under the laws
they’ve passed.
Crumb and Get It say “no” to
Joe. Excellent video!
Above is a picture
of the new world record whitetail buck. It was taken by the cousin of a
co-worker's sister's uncle's best friend's son-in-law's niece's hairdresser's
neighbor's ex-boyfriend's oldest nephew. Reportedly it will score 2603-1/8 by
B&C standard and was shot on a really windy day, 85 degrees downhill,
around a curve at 900 yards with a .22 cal. rifle.
Supposedly, this deer had killed a Brahma bull, two Land Rovers, and six
Jehovah's Witnesses in the last two weeks alone. They said it was winning a
fight with Bigfoot when it was shot. It has also been confirmed that the buck
had been seen drinking discharge water from a nuclear power plant.
All this has been checked and confirmed by my friends at Snopes.
Honestly and Sincerely,
Barack H. Obama
THE DEBT CEILING
Democrats don't
understand THE DEBT CEILING.
Republicans don't understand THE DEBT CEILING.
Liberals don't
understand THE DEBT CEILING.
NO ONE understands
THE DEBT CEILING.
SO - Allow me to
explain... Let's say you come home from work and find there has been a sewer
backup in your neighborhood. Your home has sewage all the way up to your
ceilings. What do you think you should do? Raise the ceilings or pump out the
shit?
Your choice is coming in November. Don't miss the opportunity.
If you were around in 1919 and came upon the following poster…
I mean, seriously,
wouldn’t you just keep drinking?
Miniature Wonderland – Fascinating Place!
A practical example
of how the human mind works – analysis of the above picture can tell us a lot
about how different people think:
For young men, it’s
a picture of a lady with a nice derriere but only the most observant will
notice that she is crossing a street.
The really observant
will notice that she is wearing a thong.
For older men, she
appears to be a respectable woman with a big ass on her way to work.
The perverts among
them will imagine her naked.
Wiser men will
ponder the presence of mind of the photographer to take the shot in the face of
such beauty and be grateful that they shared it.
For half of the
women, this is an ordinary woman who should not have left home dressed that
way.
The other half will
think that she is a slut but wonder where she bought that blouse.
Older women will
imagine the misery that the woman’s curves will cause by the time she reaches
50.
But only children,
the extremely intelligent, and the celibate will notice that the taxi is being
driven by a dog.
Interesting
Exhibit
- This is the Werribee Open Range Zoo
in Victoria, Australia and only the hood of the car is outside the glass cage
with lions. The rest of the car is on the inside. Very interesting way of
interacting with the lions. The seats are cleaned after every trip.
HOW FORTUNATE THAT
SOMEONE CAUGHT THIS ON VIDEO - FILMED RIGHT FROM THE START AND SHOWS THE
INSTANT REACTION BY THE PEOPLE ON THE BEACH.
Very Cool Video
Romney's Horse:
So the Romney's are selfish for keeping a horse?
And employing a
groom with a family to support.
And paying for feed
that’s sold by someone with a family to support and transported in trucks by
someone with a family to support and manufactured in a factory by people with
families to support from stuff that’s grown by farmers with families to
support.
And having a barn
built by construction workers with families to support with materials trucked
by drivers with families to support from factories with workers with families
to support.
Sounds to me like
that one horse has done more to put Americans to work than that horse’s ass in
the White House.
Pencil
Art – Fabulous pictures!
A PENCIL MAKER TOLD THE PENCIL FIVE IMPORTANT
LESSONS JUST BEFORE PUTTING IT IN THE BOX:
1.) EVERYTHING YOU DO WILL ALWAYS LEAVE A MARK.
2.) YOU CAN ALWAYS CORRECT THE MISTAKES YOU MAKE.
3.) WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS WHAT IS INSIDE OF YOU.
4.) IN LIFE, YOU WILL UNDERGO PAINFUL SHARPENINGS, WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE YOU
BETTER.
5.) TO BE THE BEST PENCIL, YOU MUST ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE HELD AND GUIDED BY THE
HAND THAT HOLDS YOU.
We all need to be constantly sharpened.
This parable may encourage you to know that you
are a special person, with unique God-given talents and abilities. Only you can
fulfill the purpose, which you were born to accomplish. Never allow yourself to
get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot be changed
and, like the pencil, always remember that the most important part of who you
are is what's inside of you.
Try this short quiz to see which 2012
presidential candidate you side with...
Quiz
Truths
For Mature Humans
1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your
computer history if you die.
2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize
you're wrong.
3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
4. There is great need for a sarcasm font!
5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
6. Was learning cursive really necessary?
7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I
know how to get out of my neighborhood.
8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person
died.
9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
10. Bad decisions make good stories.
11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when
you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of
the day.
12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want
to have to restart my collection...again.
13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I
want to save any changes to my ten page technical report that I swear I did not
make any changes to.
14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer
when they call.
15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday
night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.
17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
19. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just
nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?
20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to
prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!
21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and
you can wear them forever.
22. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know
what time it is.
23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in
a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but
I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about
1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!
24. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874
and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for
men to realize that their brain is also important. (Ladies.....Quit Laughing.)
Rare
Albino Hummingbird – Beautiful pictures!
You can say what you
want about Florida, but you never hear of anyone retiring and moving north.
Ads seen in ''The
Villages'' Florida newspaper. (Who says seniors don't have a sense of humor?)
....
FOXY LADY :
Sexy,
fashion-conscious blue-haired beauty,
80's, slim, 5'4' (used
to be 5'6'),
searching for
sharp-looking, sharp-dressing companion.
Matching white shoes
and belt a plus.
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LONG-TERM COMMITMENT
:
Recent widow who has
just buried fourth husband,
looking for someone
to round out a six-unit plot. Dizziness,
fainting, shortness
of breath not a problem.
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SERENITY NOW :
I am into solitude,
long walks, sunrises, the ocean, yoga and
meditation. If you are
the silent type, let's get together,
take our hearing
aids out and enjoy quiet times.
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WINNING SMILE :
Active grandmother
with original teeth seeking a dedicated flosser
to share rare
steaks, corn on the cob and caramel candy.
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BEATLES OR STONES ?
I still like to
rock, still like to cruise in my Camaro on
Saturday nights and
still like to play the guitar.
If you were a groovy
chick, or are now a groovy hen,
let's get together
and listen to my eight-track tapes.
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MEMORIES :
I can usually
remember Monday through Thursday.
If you can remember
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, let's put our two heads
together.
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My favorite …
MINT CONDITION :
Male, 1932 model,
high mileage, good condition, some hair,
many new parts
including hip, knee, cornea, valves.
Not in running
condition, but walks well.
Ads
You'll Never See Again
– Too good!
After receiving
numerous customer complaints, a German plumbing firm bought their plumbers a new
t-shirt, designed to make their employees more attractive to the customers...
Hollywood Squares:
These great questions and answers are from the days when ' Hollywood Squares'
game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter
Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course..
Q. Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?
A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness!
(The audience laughed so long and so hard it took up almost 15 minutes of the
show!)
Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.
Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be.
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.
Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years...
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.
Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a
woman?
A. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.
Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think
that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married?
A. Rose Marie: No, wait until morning.
Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.
Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say 'I Love You'?
A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.
Q. What are 'Do It,' 'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'?
A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.
Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while
talking?
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give
you a gesture you'll never forget.
Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.
Q.. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any
during the first year?
A.. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.
Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.
Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One
is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.
Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.
Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.
Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?
Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.
Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the
habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.
Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected
Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what
was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.
Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?
Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.
Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has
actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.
Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh.
Wonderful video - watch this one to the end ...
These Dutch tourists certainly lucked out when they came upon this!
This is a great site – Perfectly Timed Photos
THINGS I LEARNED IN THE SOUTH
A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the
middle of the road.
There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of
them live in the South.
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000
of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.
If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls,
it'll bite cha.
Onced and Twiced are words.
It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
Jawl-P? means, Did you all go to the bathroom?
People actually grow, eat and like okra.
Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do
that.
There is no such thing as lunch. There is only
dinner and then there's supper.
Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you
start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It
is referred to as the Wine of the South.
Backwards and forwards means I know everything
about you.
The word jeet is actually a question meaning,
'Did you eat?'
You don't have to wear a watch, because it
doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to
see.
You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.
Ya'll is singular. All ya'll is plural.
All the festivals across the state are named after
a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
You carry jumper cables in your car - for your
OWN car.
You only own five spices: salt, pepper,
mustard, Tabasco and ketchup.
The local papers cover national and
international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school
sports, the motor sports, and gossip.
Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss
(first name) or Mr.(first name)
You think that the first day of deer season is
a national holiday.
You know what a hissy fit is..
Fried catfish is the other white meat.
We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama
says we can drive, we can drive!!!
You understand these jokes and forward them to
your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the SOUTH.
Hellmann's Mayonnaise - a bit of history.
Most people don't know that back in 1912,
Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England.
In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars
of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be
the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York.
This would have been the largest single
shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico.
But as we know, the great ship did not make it
to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost.
The people of Mexico, who were crazy about
mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the
loss.
Their anguish was so great, that they declared
a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year
on May 5th and is known, of course, as -
Sinko De Mayo.
WHAT? You really expected something educational
from me?
WOW! I
did not know any of this - the following was sent me a fellow follower of our
Lord-
God's Accuracy
There is nothing random in the universe.
"Either everything is a Miracle or nothing
is." Albert Einstein
The only thing we know for sure, is how little
we know.
God's accuracy may be observed in the hatching
of eggs.
For example:
-the eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days;
-those of the canary in 14 days;
-those of the barnyard hen in 21 days;
-The eggs of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days;
-those of the mallard in 35 days;
-The eggs of the parrot and the ostrich hatch
in 42 days.
(Notice, they are all divisible by seven, the
number of days in a week!)
God's wisdom is seen in the making of an
elephant.. The four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same
direction. No other quadruped is so made. God planned that this animal would
have a huge body, too large to live on two legs... For this reason He gave it
four fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily.
The horse rises from the ground on its two front
legs first. A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first. How wise
the Lord is in all His works of creation!
God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of
sections and segments, as well as in the number of grains.
-Each watermelon has an even number of stripes
on the rind.
-Each orange has an even number of segments.
-Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.
-Each stalk of wheat has an even number of
grains.
-Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row
an even number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has
an even number and the next row an odd number.
-The waves of the sea roll in on shore
twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather.
All grains are found in even numbers on the
stalks, and the Lord specified thirty fold, sixty fold, and a hundred fold -
all even numbers.
God has caused the flowers to blossom at
certain specified times during the day, so that Linnaeus, the great botanist,
once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil,
moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers
that were open and those that were closed!
The lives of each of you may be ordered by the
Lord in a beautiful way for His glory, if you will only entrust Him with your
life. If you try to regulate your own life, it will only be a mess and a
failure. Only the One Who made the brain and the heart can successfully guide
them to a profitable end.
I HOPE YOU FIND THIS AS FASCINATING AS I
DID.....WOW!!!!
May God Bless You In Ways You Never Even
Dreamed
Today and always!
This
is a great page – the pictures and the well-written article at
the end.
Some useful Hints Really check this out.. You
may have seen these before but a review never hurts.
Take your bananas apart when you get home from
the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter
and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground
beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich
add a couple of
Spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream; then beat them.
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want
a light taste
Of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Heat leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on
top of the stove; set heat to med-low
And heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw
this on the food channel and it really works.
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal;
mash till they are all broken up Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep
mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy; squeeze mixture into
egg. Just throw bag away when done - easy clean up.
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that
were refrigerated, place them in
A microwave next to a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food
Moist and help it reheat faster.
Start putting torn newspaper in your plants,
work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers,
Put layers around the plants, overlapping as you go; cover with mulch and
forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic; they will
not get through wet newspapers.
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the
small shards of glass you can't see easily.
To get something out of a heat register or
under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your
vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip
and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks
that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and ... Ta DA!
... Static is gone.
Before you pour sticky substances into a
measuring cup, fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient (peanut
butter, honey, etc.) and watch how easily it comes right out. ?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser
and keep it in the glove box of your car When the windows fog, rub with the
eraser! Works better than a cloth!
If you seal an envelope and then realize you
forgot to include something inside,
Just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It
unseals easily.
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs.
It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a
great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried
it in your hair.
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small
glass, fill it 1/2 with Apple Cider Vinegar
And 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn
to the cup and gone forever!
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants.
They eat it, take it 'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a
week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry
about pets or small children being harmed!
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The
gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to
show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter.
It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load of
clothes.) He took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it. The
lint filter is made of a mesh material . I'm sure you know what your dryer's
lint filter looks like. Well .... the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It
didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over
that mesh - that's what burns out the heating unit.
You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to
make your clothes soft and static free. You know how they can feel waxy when
you take them out of the box ... well this stuff builds up on your clothes and
on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to potentially burn
your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a
very long time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter
out and wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush at least every six
months.
He said that increases the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about
that!?!
Learn something new every day! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do
that. So, I thought I'd share!
Note: I went to my dryer and tested my screen by running water on it. The water
ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen.
I washed it with warm soapy water and a nylon brush and I had it done in 30
seconds. Then when
I rinsed it ... the water ran right thru the screen! There wasn't any puddling
at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!
Parking a 1951 Cadillac
– Nice!
Vietnam Wall - THIS
IS AMAZING
This is really sobering. Click on the link and find the city you went to high
school/college or the town you lived in and look at the names.
Click on the name and it will give details of the death.
Vietnam Wall
First click on a state. When it opens, scroll down to the city and the names
will appear. Then click on their names. It should show you picture of the
person, or at least their bio and medals.
This really is an amazing web site. Someone spent a lot of time and effort to
create it.
I hope that everyone who receives this appreciates what those who served in
Vietnam sacrificed for our country. The link below is a virtual wall of all
those lost during the Vietnam War with the names, bio's and other information
on our lost heroes.
Those who remember that time frame, or perhaps lost friends or family can look
them up on this site.
Pass the link on to others, as many knew wonderful people whose names are
listed.
http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm
The driving manual says the average driver's reaction time is: .75 seconds... or 1 car length for every 10 mph...
Test your average
reaction time.
Be very careful this can be addictive.
Click on the blue
link below and good luck.
Reaction Test
Signs With a Twist
For all my
intelligent friends:
See if you can
figure out what these seven words all have in common?
1. Banana
2. Dresser
3. Grammar
4. Potato
5. Revive
6. Uneven
7. Assess
No, it is not that
they all have at least 2 double letters…
Did you figure it
out?
Well, don’t look at
me! You’re the “intelligent” one!
(I do know the
answer though.)
History lesson on railroad tracks and space shuttle.
Railroad tracks.
The US standard railroad gauge (distance
between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way
they built them in England , and English expatriates designed the US railroads.
Why did the English build them like that? Because
the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad
tramways, and that's the gauge they used.
Why did 'they' use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they had used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing.
Why did the wagons have that particular odd
wheel spacing? Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels
would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England , because that's
the spacing of the wheel ruts.
So who built those old rutted roads? Imperial
Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (including England) for
their legions. Those roads have been used ever since.
And the ruts in the roads? Roman war chariots
formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for fear of
destroying their wagon wheels.
Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome,
they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing. Therefore the United States
standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original
specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot. Bureaucracies live forever.
So the next time you are handed a
specification/procedure/process and wonder 'What horse's ass came up with
this?' , you may be exactly right. Imperial Roman army chariots were made just
wide enough to accommodate the rear ends of two war horses. (Two horses'
asses.)
Now, the twist to the story:
When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their factory in Utah
The engineers who designed the SRBs would have preferred
to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the
factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the factory happens to run
through a tunnel in the mountains, and the SRBs had to fit through that tunnel.
The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track,
as you now know, is about as wide as two horses' behinds.
So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of
what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was determined
over two thousand years ago by the width of a horse's ass. And you thought
being a horse's ass wasn't important? Ancient horse's asses control almost
everything...
and............
CURRENT Horses Asses in Washington are controlling everything else.
I do hope this has been helpful!!
Posters
I know some of you will not understand this
message, but I bet you know someone who might. I came across this phrase
yesterday. 'FENDER SKIRTS.'
A term I haven't heard in a long time, and thinking about 'fender skirts'
started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language
with hardly a notice like 'curb feelers.' And 'steering knobs.' (AKA) 'suicide
knob,' 'Necker's knob.'
Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first.
Any of you youngins will probably have to find some older person over 50 to
explain some of these terms to you.
Remember 'Continental kits?' They were rear
bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as
cool as a Lincoln Continental.
When did we quit calling them 'emergency brakes?' At some point 'parking brake'
became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with 'emergency
brake.'
I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the
accelerator the 'foot feed.' Many today do not even know what a clutch is or
that the dimmer switch used to be on the floor.
Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you could
ride the 'running board' up to the house?
Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never
anymore...'store-bought.' Of course, just about everything is store-bought
these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a
store-bought bag of candy.
'Coast to coast' is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now
means almost nothing. Now we take the term 'world wide' for granted. This
floors me.
On a smaller scale, 'wall-to-wall' was once a magical term in our homes. In the
'50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with, WOW, wall-to-wall
carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood
floors. Go figure.
When was the last time you heard the quaint phrase 'in a family way?' It's hard
to imagine that the word 'pregnant' was once considered a little too graphic, a
little too clinical for use in polite company, so we had all that talk about
stork visits and 'being in a family way' or simply 'expecting.'
Apparently 'brassiere' is a word no longer in usage. I guess it's just 'bra'
now. 'Unmentionables' probably wouldn't be understood at all.
I always loved going to the 'picture show,' but I considered 'movie' an
affectation.
Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure '60s word I came
across the other day 'rat fink.' Ooh, what a nasty put-down!
Here's a word I miss - 'percolator.' That was just a fun word to say. And what
was it replaced with? 'Coffee maker.' How dull. Mr. Coffee, I blame you for
this.
I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to
sound so modern and now sound so retro. Words like 'DynaFlow' and 'Electrolux.'
Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with 'SpectraVision!'
Food for thought. Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? Nobody complains
of that anymore. Maybe that's what Castor Oil cured, because I never hear
mothers threatening kids with Castor Oil anymore.
Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The one that
grieves me most is 'supper.' Now everybody says 'dinner.' Save a great word.
Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a 'certain age' would
remember most of these.
Just for fun, pass it along to others of 'a certain age.' Is you aren't of a
'certain age', you must know someone who is. Think of someone as you sit in
your 'parlor' on your 'Davenport'.
The
Town Without Streets – Pretty!
Beautiful
Old Gas Stations – Brings back memories!
This is priceless!!
The good ol' days.
The real tonight show. This trick has never been repeated in modern times....
Johnny Carson and Dom DeLuise.
Excellent video - U.S.S.
Arizona
VERY WELL WRITTEN. I
WISH IT WAS THIS EASY!!!!
Since we are not
going to get gasoline back to $1.50 per gallon and coffee to $2.00 per pound
maybe this would be a solution we could live with.
DIVORCE AGREEMENT -- This is so incredibly well-put, and I can hardly believe
it's by a young person, a student!! Whatever he runs for, I'll vote for him!
Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, regressive,
Marxists, and Obama supporters, etc.
We have stuck together since the late 1950s for the sake of the kids, but the
whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a
divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future
generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.
Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is
right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and
chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.
Here is a model separation agreement:
1. Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by land mass, each taking
a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides
can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy. Our
respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both
sides had such distinct and disparate tastes.
2. We don't like redistributive taxes, so you can keep them.
3. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.
4. Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and
the military.
5. We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and you can go with wind, solar,
and bio-diesel.
6. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore, and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however,
responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of
them.
7. We'll keep capitalism, corporations, pharmaceutical companies, and Wall
Street.
8. You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless
homeboys, hippies, druggies, and illegal aliens.
9. We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks.
10. We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood .
11. You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to
invade and hammer places that threaten us.
12. You can have the peace-nix and war protesters. When our allies or our way
of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.
13. We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values.
14. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness, and
Shirley McLain. You can also have the U.N., but we will no longer be paying the
bill.
15. We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars. You can
take every Subaru station wagon you can find.
16. You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors.
17. We'll continue to believe healthcare is an earned luxury and not a right.
18. We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The
National Anthem."
19. I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like
to Teach the World to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya," or "We Are the
World".
20. We'll practice trickledown economics and you can continue to give trickle
up poverty your best shot.
21. Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our
constitution and our flag.
22. Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like-minded
liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In
the spirit of friendly parting, I'll let you answer which one of us will need
whose help in 15 years.
Sincerely,
John J. Wall
Law Student and an American
P.S.: Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbara Streisand,
and Jane Fonda with you.
P.P.S..: And you won't have to "Press 1 for English" when you call
our country.
**If you can't stand behind our Military, Please feel free to stand in front of
them! **
This one is the BEST
I have seen so far!
Instructions:
1. Stare at the red
dot on the girls nose for 30 seconds.
2. Turn your eyes to
a plain surface (your ceiling or blank wall).
3. Blink repeatedly and quickly. Tell me if that isn't the coolest thing?
WOW! WHAT A LITTLE GEM THE CUCUMBER IS.
I WILL LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY NOW.
1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber
contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic
Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.
2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a
Cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can
provide that
quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a
Cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a
soothing, spa-like fragrance.
4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a
small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The
chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent
undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the
area.
5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to
the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a
few minutes. The phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin
to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of
cellulite. Works great on wrinkles, too!
6. Want to avoid a hangover or a terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices
before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain
enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the
body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and
headache!!
7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers
have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and
explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.
8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't
have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the
shoe. Its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks
great but also repels water.
9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a Cucumber slice and rub
it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!
10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa?
Cut up an entire Cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water. The chemicals
and nutrients from the cucumber will react with the boiling water and be
released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown
to reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.
11. Just finish a Business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take
a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for
30 seconds to eliminate bad breath. The Phytochemcials will kill the bacteria
in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.
12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel?
Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean. Not only
will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave
streaks and won't harm your fingers or fingernails while you clean.
13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the Cucumber and slowly
use it to erase the pen writing. Also works great on crayons and markers that
the kids have used to decorate the Walls!!
The Man Spa - How Real Men Relax
This footage was taken at MallardLakes
subdivision in Baton Rouge.
Someone had shot a nutria, and it was floating
dead in the water.
I can't believe what this eagle did to bring
that nutria in.
I never saw an Eagle do
this before!
So, Dad,
how did you like the new ipad I got you? - Hilarious!
Awesome Video!
– Beautiful!
Three
Amigos – An unlikely threesome for sure!
Panda
Therapy – great pics and even better captions!
Beautiful
Must See
– very unusual herd of deer!
These are just too
good – B R A I N T E A S E R S!
1. Johnny's mom had
three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named
May. What was the third child's name?
2. There is a clerk
at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13
sneakers. What does he weigh?
3. Before Mt.
Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
4. How much dirt is
there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
5. What word in the
English Language is always spelled incorrectly?
6. Billy was born on
December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
7. In California,
you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
8. What was the
President's Name in 1975? (This one may
give some pause.)
9. If you were
running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be
in now?
10. Which is correct
to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg
is white"?
11. If a farmer has
5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks
would he have if he combined them all in another field?
Answers? What answers? If you need answers, your brain REALLY needs teasing!
Useless Hunting Dog – But very cute clip!
Thank You
From Japan
– Very heartwarming!
Does anyone know how
to cancel a bid on E-Bay?
I put in a $7 bid
for a "Mickey Mouse Outfit", and now it seems I'm only nineteen
minutes away from owning Obama's entire Cabinet.
Old
People Don't Fight
– They just Shoot You! Love it!
Last Day On the Job – This is a guy just saying good-bye.
Not going to make
much of a comment on this one, ‘cause I don’t want to appear sexist – but under
the 1st amendment, free speech & all, this has gotta be the video that
tells it all.
Women Drivers – Sorry, girls, but this one is just too
hilarious! DebV
THIS IS STILL FUNNY NO MATTER HOW MANY
TIMES YOU WATCH IT. This is a video of a woman who is at her high school
reunion and she does an incredible job lip syncing with a Patsy Cline song!
Watch how she acts out the song ...... funny!
Where
Is The Cat???
Find
it yourself before you send it on… no cheating – it’s there!!
Great
Car Story about a 1950 Chevy Club Coupe.
Okay, so cats are funny!
This is funny and sad at the same time:
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment
rate in America .
ABBOTT: Good subject. Terrible times. It's about 9%.
COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?
ABBOTT: No, that's 16%.
COSTELLO: You just said 9%.
ABBOTT: 9% Unemployed.
COSTELLO: Right 9% out of work.
ABBOTT: No, that's 16%.
COSTELLO: Okay, so it's 16% unemployed.
ABBOTT: No, that's 9%...
COSTELLO: WAIT A MINUTE. Is it 9% or 16%?
ABBOTT: 9% are unemployed. 16% are out of work.
COSTELLO: If you are out of work you are unemployed.
ABBOTT: No, you can't count the "Out of Work" as the unemployed. You
have to look for work to be unemployed.
COSTELLO: But ... they are out of work!
ABBOTT: No, you miss my point.
COSTELLO: What point?
ABBOTT: Someone who doesn't look for work, can't be counted with those who look
for work. It wouldn't be fair.
COSTELLO: To who?
ABBOTT: The unemployed.
COSTELLO: But they are ALL out of work.
ABBOTT: No, the unemployed are actively looking for work... Those who are out
of work stopped looking. They gave up. And, if you give up, you are no longer
in the ranks of the unemployed.
COSTELLO: So if you're off the unemployment roles, that would count as less
unemployment?
ABBOTT: Unemployment would go down. Absolutely!
COSTELLO: The unemployment just goes down because you don't look for work?
ABBOTT: Absolutely it goes down. That's how you get to 9%. Otherwise it would
be 16%. You don't want to read about 16% unemployment do ya?
COSTELLO: That would be frightening.
ABBOTT: Absolutely.
COSTELLO: Wait, I got a question for you. That means they're two ways to bring
down the unemployment number?
ABBOTT: Two ways is correct.
COSTELLO: Unemployment can go down if someone gets a job?
ABBOTT: Correct.
COSTELLO: And unemployment can also go down if you stop looking for a job?
ABBOTT: Bingo.
COSTELLO: So there are two ways to bring unemployment down, and the easier of
the two is to just stop looking for work.
ABBOTT: Now you're thinking like an economist.
COSTELLO: I don't even know what the hell I just said!
And now you know why Obama's unemployment figures are improving!
Wow! If this doesn’t give you chills (maybe
tears too!) then …. Just get the heck out of this country immediately! Click Here
101 yr old lady driving an 81 year old car; she
even changes the oil and spark plugs herself!
Note at the very end of the video clip when she
steps on a small red towel as she gets in the car; the towel is there so she
won't dirty the running board - once in the car she picks up the towel and puts
it in the car so she can use it when she gets out. What a pistol she is!
Click on: Lady
100 drives 81 year old Packard car
Billboards in
Detroit – Cool!
Dog Catches Fish
– Enjoy!
A Town Called Groom, Texas
– Very Nice!
On a serious note, a woman who should never be
forgotten:
Irena Sendler
Died
12 May 2008 (aged 98)
During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in
the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.
She had an ulterior motive. Because she was German, she KNEW what the Nazis'
plans were for the Jews.
Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she
carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack for larger kids.
She also had a dog in the back, which she trained to bark when the Nazi
soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.
The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking
covered the kids/infants noises.
During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500
kids/infants.
She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms, and beat her severely.
Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them
in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried
to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family. Most
had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or
adopted.
In 2007 Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected. Al Gore
won --- for a slide show on Global Warming.
Later another politician, Barack Hussein Obama, won for his work as a community
organizer for ACORN.
It is now more than 65 years since the Second
World War in Europe ended.
This is a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million
Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered,
massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated!
Now, more than ever, with Iran and others claiming the HOLOCAUST to be a myth,
it's imperative to make sure the world never forgets because there are others
who would like to do it again. This e-mail is intended to reach 40 million
people worldwide! Join us and be a link in the memorial chain and help us
distribute it around the world.
This one’s time has come again – I know it
exists elsewhere on this site but here it is on the rewind!
Where did “piss poor” come from?
We older people need to learn something new every day -- just to keep the grey
matter tuned up.
Where did "Piss Poor" come from?
Interesting History.
They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a
pot and then once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery. If you had to do
this to survive you were "Piss
Poor."
But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a
pot -- they "didn't have a pot to piss in," and were the lowest of
the low.
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water
temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and
they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to
smell, brides carried a “bouquet of flowers” to hide the body odor.
Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.
The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the
other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the
babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.
Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!"
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It
was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals
(mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes
the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's
raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real
problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice
clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded
some protection. That's how “canopy beds” came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the
saying, "Dirt poor."
The wealthy had slate floors that would get
slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help
keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when
you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was
placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a “thresh hold.”
(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always
hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot.
They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew
for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start
over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite
a while. Hence the rhyme: “Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge
in the pot nine days old.”
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When
visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign
of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut
off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and “chew the fat.”
Those with money had plates made of pewter.
Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the
food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so
for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the
loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the “upper crust.”
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes
knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road
would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the
kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat
and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of “holding
a wake.”
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to
bury people.
So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and
reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found
to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying
people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it
through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone
would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (“the graveyard shift”) to
listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, “saved by the bell,” or was
considered “a dead ringer.”
And that's the truth.
Now, whoever said History was boring!!!?
So get out there and educate someone! ~~~
Share these facts with a friend.
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, 'What the heck
happened?'
We'll be friends until we are old and senile.
Then we'll be new friends.
“Smile,”
it gives your face something to do!
If you grew up in the 50's you will enjoy this
video. If you didn't, you should enjoy the history lesson.
This is one of the best 50's video's I've seen.
You will enjoy this. But only if you were in our generation or very close. . .
. And if you were not in this generation -- listen and eat your hearts out. It
was the best of times... Click Here
Remembering Mom's Clothesline
There is one thing that's left out. We had a
long wooden pole (clothes pole) that was used to push the clotheslines up so
that longer items (sheets/pants/etc.) didn't brush the ground and get dirty.
You have to be a "certain age" to appreciate this one....
(But you YOUNGER ones can read about "The GOOD ol' days"!!)
I can hear my mother now.....
THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES:
(If you don't even know what clotheslines are, better skip this.)
1. You had to hang the socks by the toes... NOT the top.
2. You hung pants by the BOTTOM/cuffs... NOT the waistbands.
3. You had to WASH the clothesline(s) before hanging any clothes - walk the
entire length of each line with a damp cloth around the lines.
4. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang
"whites" with "whites," and hang them first.
5. You NEVER hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail! What would the
neighbors think?
6. Wash day on a Monday! NEVER hang clothes on the weekend, or on Sunday, for
Heaven's sake!
7. Hang the sheets and towels on the OUTSIDE lines so you could hide your
"unmentionables" in the middle (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)
8. It didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather... Clothes would
"freeze-dry."
9. ALWAYS gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on
the lines were "tacky"!
10. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did
not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next
washed item.
11. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes
basket, and ready to be ironed.
12. IRONED???!! Well, that's a whole OTHER subject!
And now a POEM ...
A clothesline was a news forecast, To neighbors
passing by,
There were no secrets you could keep, When clothes were hung to dry.
It also was a friendly link, For neighbors always knew
If company had stopped on by, To spend a night or two.
For then you'd see the "fancy sheets", And towels upon the line;
You'd see the "company table cloths", With intricate designs.
The line announced a baby's birth, From folks who lived inside,
As brand new infant clothes were hung, So carefully with pride!
The ages of the children could, So readily be known
By watching how the sizes changed, You'd know how much they'd grown!
It also told when illness struck, As extra sheets were hung;
Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe too, Haphazardly were strung.
It also said, "On vacation now", When lines hung limp and bare.
It told, "We're back!" when full lines sagged, With not an inch to
spare!
New folks in town were scorned upon, If wash was dingy and gray,
As neighbors carefully raised their brows, And looked the other way.
But clotheslines now are of the past, For dryers make work much less.
Now what goes on inside a home, Is anybody's guess!
I really miss that way of life, It was a friendly sign
When neighbors knew each other best... By what hung out on that line.
Every Cowboy You Ever Knew:
If you grew up watching westerns as a kid, this
will bring back some memorable names and faces, especially at the end where
they show the 'bit' players. The faces are familiar, but their names were never
big. Great piece.
One look at this film clip and you'll be young
and old all over again. It is "brand new" even listing 2009. Ever
wonder just who all those minor characters were who populated western after
western with few lines and a familiar face.
Well, the clip has pictures and names -- so
after 50 or so years -- say "Howdy" to some of those general store,
saloon keeper, blacksmith mini-heroes from your youth. Just click on Those Old
Westerns and enjoy.
Bucket List for 2012
HERE IS ALL I WANT
Obama: Gone!
Borders: Closed!
Congress: Obey it's own laws
Language: English only
Culture: Constitution, and the Bill of Rights!
Drug Free: Mandatory Drug Screening before Welfare!
NO freebies to: Non-Citizens!
We the people are coming!
Please don't misread my intentions.... I am in
NO way in agreement with SOME types of gun control, but after seeing this.... I
am, unfortunately, in agreement that something needs to change...
If you agree with this, please send to the powers that be. Hope we can stop it.
While I agree that hunting is an ethical God-given right, I think that we would
have to agree on this ... Fox hunting in MONTANA should be banned!
Please help ban fox hunting in Montana ~
THIS MADNESS MUST STOP!!
Real
UFO Video – now don’t have any preconceived notions –
just watch it!
Yes, we are unique
and no other service has the equivalent!
CPO Standards
Contributed by: Mike McCaffrey, Admiral (retired USN)
Never forget this, a
Chief can become an Officer, but an Officer can never become a Chief. Chiefs
have their standards!
Recollections of a Whitehat.
"One thing we weren't aware of at the time, but became evident as life
wore on, was that we learned true leadership from the finest examples any lad
was ever given, Chief Petty Officers. They were crusty old bastards who had
done it all and had been forged into men who had been time tested over more
years than a lot of us had time on the planet. The ones I remember wore
hydraulic oil stained hats with scratched and dinged-up insignia, faded shirts,
some with a Bull Durham tag dangling out of their right-hand pocket or a pipe
and tobacco reloads in a worn leather pouch in their hip pockets, and a Zippo
that had been everywhere. Some of them came with tattoos on their forearms that
would force them to keep their cuffs buttoned at a Methodist picnic.
Most of them were as tough as a boarding house steak. A quality required to
survive the life they lived. They were, and always will be, a breed apart from
all other residents of Mother Earth. They took eighteen year old idiots and
hammered the stupid bastards into sailors.
You knew instinctively it had to be hell on earth to have been born a Chief's
kid. God should have given all sons born to Chiefs a return option.
A Chief didn't have to command respect. He got it because there was nothing
else you could give them. They were God's designated hitters on earth.
We had Chiefs with fully loaded Submarine Combat Patrol Pins, and combat air
crew wings in my day...hard-core bastards who remembered lost mates, and still
cursed the cause of their loss...and they were expert at choosing descriptive
adjectives and nouns, none of which their mothers would have endorsed.
At the rare times you saw a Chief topside in dress canvas, you saw rows of
hard-earned, worn and faded ribbons over his pocket. "Hey Chief, what's
that one and that one?" "Oh hell kid, I can't remember. There was a
war on. They gave them to us to keep track of the campaigns." "We
didn't get a lot of news out where we were. To be honest, we just took their
word for it. Hell son, you couldn't pronounce most of the names of the places
we went. They're all depth charge survival geedunk." "Listen kid,
ribbons don't make you a Sailor." We knew who the heroes were, and in the
final analysis that's all that matters.
Many nights, we sat in the after mess deck wrapping ourselves around cups of
coffee and listening to their stories. They were light-hearted stories about
warm beer shared with their running mates in corrugated metal sheds at resupply
depots where the only furniture was a few packing crates and a couple of
Coleman lamps. Standing in line at a Honolulu cathouse or spending three hours soaking
in a tub in Freemantle, smoking cigars, and getting loaded. It was our history.
And we dreamed of being just like them because they were our heroes. When they
accepted you as their shipmate, it was the highest honor you would ever receive
in your life. At least it was clearly that for me. They were not men given to
the prerogatives of their position.
You would find them with their sleeves rolled up, shoulder-to-shoulder with you
in a stores loading party. "Hey Chief, no need for you to be out here
tossin' crates in the rain, we can get all this crap aboard."
"Son, the term 'All hands' means all hands."
"Yeah Chief, but you're no damn kid anymore, you old coot."
"Horsefly, when I'm eighty-five parked in the stove up old bastards' home,
I'll still be able to kick your worthless butt from here to fifty feet past the
screw guards along with six of your closest friends." And he probably
wasn't bullshitting.
They trained us. Not only us, but hundreds more just like us. If it wasn't for
Chief Petty Officers, there wouldn't be any U.S. Navy. There wasn't any fairy
godmother who lived in a hollow tree in the enchanted forest who could wave her
magic wand and create a Chief Petty Officer.
They were born as hot-sacking seamen, and matured like good whiskey in steel
hulls over many years. Nothing a nineteen year-old jay-bird could cook up was
original to these old saltwater owls. They had seen E-3 jerks come and go for
so many years; they could read you like a book. "Son, I know what you are
thinking. Just one word of advice. DON'T. It won't be worth it."
"Aye, Chief."
Chiefs aren't the kind of guys you thank. Monkeys at the zoo don't spend a lot
of time thanking the guy who makes them do tricks for peanuts.
Appreciation of what they did, and who they were, comes with long distance
retrospect. No young lad takes time to recognize the worth of his leadership.
That comes later when you have experienced poor leadership or let's say, when
you have the maturity to recognize what leaders should be, you find that Chiefs
are the standard by which you measure all others.
They had no Academy rings to get scratched up. They butchered the King's
English. They had become educated at the other end of an anchor chain from
Copenhagen to Singapore . They had given their entire lives to the U.S. Navy.
In the progression of the nobility of employment, Chief Petty Officer heads the
list. So, when we ultimately get our final duty station assignments and we get
to wherever the big Chief of Naval Operations in the sky assigns us, if we are
lucky, Marines will be guarding the streets. I don't know about that Marine
propaganda bullshit, but there will be an old Chief in an oil-stained hat and a
cigar stub clenched in his teeth standing at the brow to assign us our bunks and
tell us where to stow our gear... and we will all be young again, and the damn
coffee will float a rock.
Life fixes it so that by the time a stupid kid grows old enough and smart
enough to recognize who he should have thanked along the way, he no longer can.
If I could, I would thank my old Chiefs. If you only knew what you succeeded in
pounding in this thick skull, you would be amazed. So, thanks you old
casehardened unsalvageable son-of-a-bitches. Save me a rack in the berthing
compartment."
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in
the rain.
Someone did an
awesome job putting this together
and with sound to boot. At the very end of the video
you'll hear the song 'Thunder Road' sung by the star
of the movie for which it was the theme!
Not uncommon except this is the one and only song
ever recorded, for publication, sung by Robert Mitchum!
Cars we drove in the 50's and 60's.
Click Here
Here is an
introduction to an amazing artist – a sculptor of paper! Don’t’ miss the gallery slide show at his
website! Calvin
Nicholls
A really good video
– take a minute to watch!
Check out the hummingbird
doing the barrel roll, and the bat carrying the baby.
This is an
incredible little video, and the beauty of it will take your breath away.
Slow motion captures
each of these wondrous creatures at their best.
Polar Bear Attack in
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
These are pictures
of an actual polar bear attacking a man.
The pictures were taken while people watched and could do nothing to
stop the attack!
Reports from the
local newspaper say that the victim will make a full recovery.
The Last Bomb - This
WWII video is 36 minutes long and the documentary follows a B-29 mission over Japan.
If not able to view now, save and view later. This is live footage of the 3,000
mile round trip air assault upon the Japanese
mainland, with 3 bomber wings and a host of P-51's.
This is the real way to end a war.
No matter what war footage you ever saw before, this is
the real deal and will keep your undivided attention. The P-51 & B29
footage is remarkable.
The strafing runs by the P-51 drivers were incredible. (View Full Screen/Sound
On)
B-29/P-51 Actual
WWII Footage
A great compilation of combat footage from WWII. It is 36 minutes long, The
beginning is the planning and preparation for the bombing raids on Tokyo . At
about 15-16 minutes they are running into flak as they prepare to hit the
targets. Some great P-51 combat footage and then very good footage of the
bombers in action. Recovery back at the take-off bases is excellent footage
also. It is obvious when you see our stockpiles on the islands that our
industrial production sealed the fate of our enemies. We don't send a lot of
our officers to ICAF, but that course might be as valuable as AWC to the
successful prosecution of a war effort. Good way to spend some quality time. A
36 minute gem for those who at this time of year would like to trace the dots
from Pearl Harbor in 1941 back to Japan in 1945 -- the Last Bomb. This is
amazing footage. Notice the actual photos of the spent shell casings streaming
out of the bottom of the P51s.
The
Great Escape 4th Tunnel - The classic Steve
McQueen movie immortalized three tunnels at Stalag Luft III POW camp. Now
astonished archaeologists have discovered a fourth called George.
Holiday Warning...
Please, take care of
yourself. A recent joint study conducted by the Department of Health and the
Department of Motor Vehicles indicates that 23% of traffic accidents are
alcohol related.
This means that the
remaining 77% are caused by assholes who drink bottled water, Starbucks, soda,
juice, energy drinks, and shit like that.
Therefore, beware of
those who do not drink alcohol. They cause three times as many accidents.
This message is from
someone who worries about your safety.
