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Also see BIRTHDAYS
- 'Age Gauge'
COLLEGE2 file- 'Freshman
Entering College in l999'
COMPUTERS3 - 'Remember
When'
DRINKING file- '"Strange"
Cuckoo Clock'
ELDERLY3 file- '26
Signs You've Already Grown Up'
......................-
'Little
Quirks About Life You Notice By Fifty'
......................-
'Old
Is Just A State Of Mind?'
......................-
'You
Know You're Getting Older When:'
......................-
'Signs
You Are Getting Older:'
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'Age
Is A Funny Thing' By
George Carlin
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'On
Aging'
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'Retirement'
......................-
'Thoughts
On Aging'
......................-
'Some
Great Things About Getting Older'
ELDERLY3-SUPP- 'The
Over 40 Test'
......................-
'Life
As We Once Knew It'
......................-
'We
Survived Being Kids'
......................-
'How
Old Is Grandpa?'
ELDERLY4 file- 'A
Man's Success'
EPITAPHS file- 'The
Death Of Common Sense'
FACTS1 file - 'Life Expectancy
Calculator'
FACTS5 file - 'A
Little History From the 1500s'
......................-
'When
My Grandmother Was A Child'
HEADLINES-ADS- 'Time Traveler Ad'
MEN1 file - 'The
Watch'
......................-
'Saving
Grandfather's Clock'
MOVIE_ETC-SU2- 'The
Land Of Sandra Dee - Poem'
NATIONAL2 - 'The
Future In Year 2035'
......................-
'A
Billion In Perspective...'
PLANE2 file - 'What
Time Is It?'
PREGNANT file- 'Granddaughter
Born In Japan'
RIDDLE-SUPP - 'A
What Am I Riddle #40'
SPEECHES file- 'Steve Jobs' Commencement
Address At Stanford'
THOUGHTS-KIDS- 'When I Was
A Kid…'
THOUGHTS-LRN1- 'More
Thoughts On Happiness'
THOUGHTS-LRN2- 'My
Seize-The-Moment Friend'
......................-
'Thoughts
of An 83 Year Old Woman'
THOUGHTS-QOTS- 'Why
Are Things The Way They Are?'
THOUGHTS-WARM- 'Remember When:'
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| Subj:
The Wheels Of Time (S474b)
From: darrell94590 on 2/12/2006 |
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To view this cute cartoon on my web site click 'HERE'.
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Subj: Procrastinator's
Creed (S397b)
From: LABLaughsClean on 9/3/2004
You may wish to delay reading
this until you have more
free time.
1. I believe that if anything
is worth doing, it would have
been done
already.
2. I shall never move quickly,
except to avoid more work or
find excuses.
3. I will never rush into a
job without a lifetime of
consideration.
4. I shall meet all of my deadlines
directly in propoartion
to the amount
of bodily injury I could expect to receive
from missing
them.
5. I firmly believe that tomorrow
holds the possiblity for
new technologies,
astounding discoveries, and a reprieve
from my obligations.
6. I truely believe that all
deadlines are unreasonable
regardless
of the amount of time given.
7. If at first I don't succeed, there is always next year.
8. I shall always decide not
to decide, unless of course I
decide to
change my mind.
9. I shall always begin, start,
initiate, take the first step,
and/or write
the first word, when I get around to it.
10. I will never put off tomorrow,
what I can forget
about forever.
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Subj: Going
Back Home For a Neighbors Funeral (S339)
From: RFSlick on 7/10/2003
Thank's For Your Time.
A young man learns what's most
important in life from the guy
next door.
It had been some time since Jack
had seen the old man.
College, girls, career, and
life itself got in the way.
In fact, Jack moved clear across
the country in pursuit
of his dreams. There,
in the rush of his busy life, Jack
had little time to think about
the past and often no time
to spend with his wife and son.
He was working on his
future, and nothing could stop
him.
Over the phone, his mother told
him, "Mr. Belser died last
night. The funeral is Wednesday."
Memories flashed through
his mind like an old newsreel
as he sat quietly remembering
his childhood days.
"Jack, did you hear me?"
"Oh, sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard
you. It's been so long since
I thought of him. I'm
sorry, but I honestly thought he died
years ago," Jack said.
"Well, he didn't forget you.
Every time I saw him he'd ask
how you were doing. He'd
reminisce about the many days you
spent over 'his side of the
fence' as he put it," Mom told him.
"I loved that old house he lived in," Jack said.
"You know, Jack, after your father
died, Mr. Belser stepped in
to make sure you had a man's
influence in your life," she said.
"He's the one who taught me carpentry,"
he said. "I wouldn't
be in this business if it weren't
for him. He spent a lot of
time teaching me things he thought
were important... Mom, I'll
be there for the funeral," Jack
said.
As busy as he was, he kept his
word. Jack caught the next
flight to his hometown.
Mr. Belser's funeral was small and
uneventful. He had no
children of his own, and most of his
relatives had passed away.
The night before he had to return
home, Jack and his Mom
stopped by to see the old house
next door one more time.
Standing in the doorway, Jack
paused for a moment. It was
like crossing over into another
dimension, a leap through
space and time. The house
was exactly as he remembered.
Every step held memories. Every
picture, every piece of
furniture....Jack stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong, Jack?" his Mom asked.
"The box is gone," he said.
"What box? " Mom asked.
"There was a small gold box that
he kept locked on top of
his desk. I must have
asked him a thousand times what was
inside. All he'd ever
tell me was 'the thing I value most,'"
Jack said.
It was gone. Everything
about the house was exactly how
Jack remembered it, except for
the box. He figured someone
from the Belser family had taken
it.
"Now I'll never know what was
so valuable to him," Jack said.
"I better get some sleep. I
have an early flight home, Mom."
It had been about two weeks since
Mr. Belser died. Returning
home from work one day Jack
discovered a note in his mailbox.
"Signature required on a package.
No one at home. Please
stop by the main post office
within the next three days," the
note read.
Early the next day Jack retrieved
the package. The small box
was old and looked like it had
been mailed a hundred years
ago. The handwriting was
difficult to read, but the return
address caught his attention.
"Mr. Harold Belser" it read.
Jack took the box out to his
car and ripped open the package.
There inside was the gold box
and an envelope. Jack's hands
shook as he read the note inside.
"Upon my death, please forward
this box and its contents to
Jack Bennett. It's the
thing I valued most in my life." A
small key was taped to the letter.
His heart racing, as
tears filling his eyes, Jack
carefully unlocked the box.
There inside he found a beautiful
gold pocket watch. Running
his fingers slowly over the
finely etched casing, he
unlatched the cover. Inside
he found these words engraved:
"Jack, Thanks for your time!
Harold Belser."
"The thing he valued most...was...my time."
Jack held the watch for a few
minutes, then called his
office and cleared his appointments
for the next two days.
"Why?" Janet, his assistant asked.
"I need some time to spend with
my son," he said. "Oh, by
the way, Janet...thanks for
your time!"
"Life is not measured by the
number of breaths we take but
by the moments that take our
breath away."
-- Unknown
Have a great day. Oh, and thank you for your time. : )
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Subj: The
Value Of Time (S320b)
From: mombear1 on 3/16/2003
To realize the value of twenty
years:
Ask a newly divorced couple.
To realize the value of four
years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize the value of one year:
Ask a student who has failed
a final exam.
To realize the value of nine
months:
Ask a mother who gave birth
to a still born.
To realize the value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth
to a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting
to meet.
To realize the value of one minute:
Ask a person who has missed
the train, bus or plane.
To realize the value of one-second:
Ask a person who has survived
an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a
silver medal in the Olympics.
Time waits for no one. Treasure
every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more
when you can share it with
someone special.
To realize the value of a friend:
Lose one.
The origin of this letter is unknown,
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Subj: How
Long A Minute Is? (S451b)
From: RFSlick on 9/7/2005
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How long a minute is
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Subj: 1902
- 2002 (S304, S593c)
From: coreymac on 11/26/2002
and
From: tom on 6/1/2008
The year is 1902, one hundred
years ago. What a difference
a century makes. Here
are the US statistics for 1902.
1. The average life expectancy
in the US was forty-seven (47).
2. Only 14 Percent of the homes
in the US had a bathtub.
3. Only 8 percent of the homes
had a telephone. A three-
minute call
from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
4. There were only 8,000 cars
in the US and only 144 miles
of pave roads.
5. The maximum speed limit
in most cities was 10 mph.
6. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa,
and Tennessee were each more
heavily populated
than California. With a mere 1.4
million residents,
California was only the 21st most
populous
state in the Union.
7. The tallest structure in
the world was the Eiffel Tower.
8. The average wage in the
US was 22 cents an hour.
9. The average US worker made
between $200 and $400 per year.
10. A competent accountant could
expect to earn $2000 per
year, a dentist
$2,500 per year, a veterinarian between
$1,500 and
$4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer
about $5,000
per year.
11. More than 95 percent of
all births in the US took place
at home.
12. Ninety percent of all US
physicians had no college
education.
Instead, they attended medical schools,
many of which
were condemned in the press and by the
government
as "substandard."
13. Sugar cost four cents a
pound. Eggs were fourteen
cents a dozen.
Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound.
14. Most women only washed their
hair once a month and
they used
borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
15. Canada passed a law prohibiting
poor people from
entering
the country for any reason.
16. The five leading causes
of death in the US were:
A. Pneumonia
and influenza
B. Tuberculosis
C. Diarrhea
D. Heart
disease
E. Stroke
17. The American flag had 45
stars. Arizona, Oklahoma,
New Mexico,
Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted
to the Union
yet.
18. The population of Las Vegas,
Nevada was 60.
19. Crossword puzzles, canned
beer, and iced tea hadn't
been invented.
20. There were no Mother's Day
or Father's Day.
21. One in ten US adults couldn't
read or write. Only 6
percent of
all Americans had graduated from high school.
22. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine
were all available over
the counter
at corner drugstores. According to one
pharmacist,
"Heroin clears the complexion, gives
buoyancy
to the mind, regulates the stomach and the
bowels, and
is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
23. Eighteen percent of households
in the US had at least
one full-time
servant or domestic.
24. There were only about 230
reported murders in the entire US!
25. Oh, oh, oh, and the PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE WAS CONSTITUTIONAL,
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years
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Subj: How
To Stay Young By Anon (s266b)
From: mjsally on 2/24/2002
1. Throw out nonessential numbers.
This includes age,
weight and
height. Let the doctor worry about them.
That is why
you pay him/her.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more
about the computer, crafts,
gardening,
whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An
idle mind
is the devil's workshop", the devil's name
is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
When the children are young,
that is all
that you can afford. When they are in
college,
that is all that you can afford. When you
are on retirement,
that is all that you can afford!
5. Laugh often, long and loud.
Laugh until you gasp for
breath.
Laugh so much that you can be tracked in the
store by
your distinctive laughter.
6. The tears happen. Endure,
grieve, and move on. The
only person
who is with us our entire life, is
ourselves.
Be alive while you are alive, don't put
out a mailbox
on the highway of death and just wait
in residence
for your mail.
7. Surround yourself with what
you love, whether it is
family, pets,
keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, what-
ever.
Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health. If it
is good, preserve it. If
it is unstable,
improve it. If it is beyond what you
can improve,
get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips.
Go to the mall, the next
county, a
foreign country, but not to guilt country.
10. Tell the people you love,
that you love them, at
every opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number
of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take
our breath away.
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Subj: 1000
Marbles (S184, S341b)
From: RFSlick on 8/9/00
and
From: MikeChristo on 8/3/2003
The older I get, the more I enjoy
Saturday mornings. Perhaps
it's the quiet solitude that
comes with being the first to rise,
or maybe it's the unbounded
joy of not having to be at work.
Either way, the first few hours
of a Saturday morning are most
enjoyable.
A few weeks ago, I was shuffling
toward the basement shack with
a steaming cup of coffee in
one hand and the morning paper in
the other. What began
as a typical Saturday morning, turned
into one of those lessons that
life seems to hand you from time
to time. Let me tell you about
it.
I turned the dial up into the
phone portion of the band on my
ham radio in order to listen
to a Saturday morning swap net.
Along the way, I came across
an older sounding chap, with a
tremendous signal and a golden
voice. You know the kind, he
sounded like he should be in
the broadcasting business. He
was telling whoever he was talking
with something about "a
thousand marbles".
I was intrigued and stopped to
listen to what he had to say.
"Well, Tom, it sure sounds like
you're busy with your job. I'm
sure they pay you well but it's
a shame you have to be away
from home and your family so
much. Hard to believe a young
fellow should have to work sixty
or seventy hours a week to
make ends meet. Too bad
you missed your daughter's dance
recital."
He continued, "Let me tell you
something Tom, something that
has helped me keep a good perspective
on my own priorities."
And that's when he began to
explain his theory of a "Thousand
Marbles."
"You see, I sat down one day
and did a little arithmetic. The
average person lives about seventy-five
years. I know, some
live more and some live less,
but on average, folks live about
seventy-five years."
"Now then, I multiplied 75 times
52 and I came up with 3900
which is the number of Saturdays
that the average person has
in their entire lifetime.
Now stick with me Tom, I'm getting
to the important part."
"It took me until I was fifty-five
years old to think about all
this in any detail", he went
on, "and by that time I had lived
through over twenty-eight hundred
Saturdays. I got to thinking
that if I lived to be seventy-five,
I only had about a thousand
of them left to enjoy."
"So, I went to a toy store and bought
every single marble they had.
I ended up having to visit three
toy stores to round-up 1000
marbles. I took them home and put
them inside of a large, clear
plastic container right here in
the shack next to my gear.
Every Saturday since then, I have
taken one marble out and thrown
it away."
"I found that by watching the
marbles diminish, I focused more
on the really important things
in life. There is nothing like
watching your time here on this
earth run out to help get your
priorities straight."
"Now let me tell you one last
thing before I sign-off with you
and take my lovely wife out
for breakfast. This morning, I
took the very last marble out
of the container. I figure if I
make it until next Saturday
then I have been given a little
extra time. And the one thing
we can all use is a little more
time."
"It was nice to meet you Tom,
I hope you spend more time with
your family, and I hope to meet
you again here on the band.
75 year old man, this is K9NZQ,
clear and going QRT, good
morning!"
You could have heard a pin drop
on the band when this fellow
signed off. I guess he
gave us all a lot to think about. I
had planned to work on the antenna
that morning, and then I was
going to meet up with a few
hams to work on the next club news-
letter. Instead, I went upstairs
and woke my wife up with a kiss.
"C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast."
"What brought this on?" she asked with a smile.
"Oh, nothing special it's just
been a long time since we spent a
Saturday together with the kids.
Hey, can we stop at a toy store
while we're out? I need to buy
some marbles.
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Subj: November
19 Was An Odd Day (S146)
From: WSelwa on 11/19/1999
November 19 was an odd day, meaning
that all of the digits
were odd: 11-19-1999.
The next odd day after today will be
1-1-3111 (well over a thousand
years away), which we will
never see. Days such as
4-13-89 have both even and odd
digits, thus, it is neither
odd nor even. The next even day
will be 2-2-2000 (the first
one since 8-28-0888).
Now you have a reason to celebrate
today as it will be your
last odd day on earth!!!!!
-----
William R. Selwa
Level II Technical Support Representative
Tel: 800.966.0943
Fax: 770.642.4117
Email: wselwa@qwiz.com
QWIZ, Inc., a PRIMEDIA company
The Standard for Testing &
Training
http://www.qwiz.com
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Subj: Back
in my day ... (S144)
From: KMacinty in 11/03/1999
The Washington Post Report from
Week 228, in which you were
asked to tell Gen-Xers how much
harder you had it in the old
days:
Second Runner-Up:
In my day, we couldn't afford
shoes, so we went barefoot.
In the winter we had to wrap
our feet with barbed wire for
traction. (Bill Flavin, Alexandria)
First Runner-Up:
In my day we didn't have MTV
or in-line skates, or any of that
stuff. No, it was 45s and regular
old metal-wheeled roller
skates, and the 45s always skipped,
so to get them to play
right you'd weigh the needle
down with something like quarters,
which we never had because our
allowances were way too small,
so we'd use our skate keys instead
and end up forgetting they
were taped to the record player
arm so that we couldn't adjust
our skates, which didn't really
matter because those crummy
metal wheels would kill you
if you hit a pebble anyway, and in
those days roads had real pebbles
on them, not like today.
(Russell Beland, Springfield)
And the winner of the velour
bicentennial poster:
In my day, we didn't have no
rocks. We had to go down to the
creek and wash our clothes by
beating them with our heads
(Barry Blyveis, Columbia)
Honorable Mentions:
In my day, we didn't have dogs
or cats. All I had was Silver
Beauty, my beloved paper clip.
(Jennifer Hart, Arlington)
In my day, attitudes were different.
For example, women didn't
like sex. At least that
is what they told me. (Tom Witte,
Gaithersburg)
When I was your age, we didn't
have fake doggie-do. We only
had real doggie-do, and no one
thought it was a damn bit
funny. (Brendan Bassett, Columbia)
Back in the 1970s we didn't have
the space shuttle to get
all excited about. We had to
settle for men walking on the
crummy moon. (Russell Beland,
Springfield)
In my day, we didn't have days.
There was only time for work,
time for prayer and time for
sleep. The sheriff would go
around and tell everyone when
to change. (Elden Carnahan,
Laurel)
In my day, people could only
dream of hitchhiking a ride on
a comet. David Ronka, Charlottesville)
In my day, we didn't have hand-held
calculators. We had to do
addition on our fingers.
To subtract, we had to have some
fingers amputated. (Jon Patrick
Smith, Washington)
In my day, we didn't get that
disembodied, slightly ticked-
off voice saying 'Doors closing.'
We got on the train, the
doors closed, and if your hand
was sticking out it scraped
along the tunnel all the damn
way to the Silver Spring
station and it was a bloody
stump at the end. But the base
fare was only a dollar. (Russell
Beland, Springfield)
In my day, we didn't have water.
We had to smash together
our own hydrogen and oxygen
atoms. (Diana Hugue, Bowie)
In my day, we didn't have Strom
Thurmond. Oh, wait. Yes we
did ... (Peg Sheeran, Vienna)
Kids today think the world revolves
around them. In my
day, the sun revolved around
the world, and the world was
perched on the back of a giant
tortoise. (Jonathan Paul,
Garrett Park)
In my day, we wore our pants
up around our armpits.
Monstrous wedgies, but we looked
snappy. (Bruce Evans,
Washington)
Back in my day, '60 Minutes'
wasn't just a bunch of gray-
haired liberal 80-year-old guys.
It was a bunch of gray-
haired liberal 60-year-old guys.
(Russell Beland, Spring-
field, and Jerry Pannullo, Kensington)
In my day, we didn't have virtual
reality. If a one-eyed
razorback barbarian warrior
was chasing you with an ax, you
just had to hope you could outrun
him. (Sarah M. Wolford,
Hanover)
Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company
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Subj: When
Does The New Millennium Begin? (S143)
From: scott_pryor on 10/26/1999
I'm getting very tired of hearing
people on tv, radio,
newspapers, etc., incorrectly
talking about the new
millennium approaching.
Just to set the record straight,
the new century/new millennium
starts on Jan. 1, 2001.
Don't belive me? Then check
out the US Naval Observatory's
web site. They are the
official time keepers for the
United States. They have
more information on time and
time keeping than any normal
person would care to read!
Here is the URL: http://www.usno.navy.mil
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Subj: The
Paradox Of Our Time (S131A, S421)
by Dr. Bob Moorehead
former pastor of Seattle's Overlake Christian Church
From: RFSlick on 8/3/99
and
From: CHRISDADDYG on 2/14/2005
(also see 'A
Columbine Student Essay' in THOUGHTS-LEARNED2)
The paradox of our time in history
is that we have taller
buildings, but shorter tempers;
wider freeways, but narrower
viewpoints. We spend more, but
have less; we buy more, but
enjoy it less. We have bigger
houses and smaller families;
more conveniences, but less
time; we have more degrees, but
less sense; more knowledge,
but less judgment; more experts,
but more problems; more medicine,
but less wellness. We
drink too much, smoke too much,
spend too recklessly, laugh
too little, drive too fast,
get too angry too quickly, stay
up too late, get up too tired,
read too seldom, watch TV too
much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions,
but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom,
and hate too often. We've
learned how to make a living,
but not a life; we've added
years to life, not life to years.
We've been all the way to
the moon and back, but have
trouble crossing the street to
meet the new neighbor.
We've conquered outer space, but not
inner space. We've done
larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but
polluted the soul. We've split
the atom, but not our prejudice.
We write more, but learn
less. We plan more, but
accomplish less. We've learned to
rush, but not to wait.
We build more computers to hold more
information to produce more
copies than ever, but have less
communication. These are the
times of fast foods and slow
digestion; tall men, and short
character; steep profits, and
shallow relationships. These
are the times of world peace,
but domestic warfare; more leisure,
but less fun; more kinds
of food, but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes,
but more divorce; of fancier
houses, but broken These
are days of quick trips, disposable
diapers, throw-away morality,
one-night stands, overweight
bodies, and pills that do everything
from cheer to quiet, to
kill. is a time when there is
much in the show window and
nothing in the stockroom; a
time when technology can bring
this letter to you, and a time
when you can choose either to
share this insight, or to just
hit delete.
Snoops.com properly attributes
this essay to Dr. Bob Moorehead
in http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp
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Subj:
The Paradox Of Our Time II (S545)
by Dr. Bob Moorehead From: darrell94590 on 6/20/2007 |
This 1,300 KB PowerPoint Show
is an excellent remake
of Dr. Bob Moorehead's 1995
essay in Words Aptly Spoken.
You can watch it on my web site
by clicking 'HERE'.
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Subj: Reverse
Life Cycle (S129b)
From: smiles on 7/21/99
(Also see 'George
Carlin's Perfect Life' in QUOTES-COMEDIANS)
The most unfair thing about
life is the way it ends. I mean,
life is tough. It takes up
a lot of your time. What do you
get at the end of it? A death.
What's that, a bonus?
I think the life cycle is all backwards.
You should die first, get it
out of the way. Then you live
in an old age home. You get
kicked out when you're too
young, you get a gold watch,
you got to work. You work forty
years until you're young enough
to enjoy your retirement.
You do drugs, alcohol, you
party, you get ready for high
school. You go to grade school,
you become a kid, you play,
you have no responsibilities,
you become a little baby, you
go back into the womb, you
spend your last nine months
floating...you finish off as
a gleam.
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Subj: When
To Use The Good China (S129 & S360b)
From: TA989287 on 7/17/99
and
From: Imogenelumen on 12/21/2003
(Also see 'Thoughts
of An 83 Year Old Woman' in THOUGHTS-LEARNED2)
I'm reading more and dusting
less. I'm sitting in the yard
and admiring the view without
fussing about the weeds in the
garden.
I'm spending more time with my
family and friends and less
time at work.
Whenever possible, life should
be a pattern of experiences
to savor, not to endure.
I'm trying to recognize these
moments now and cherish them.
I'm not "saving" anything; we
use our good china and crystal
for every special event such
as losing a pound, getting the
sink unstopped, or the first
Amaryllis blossom. I wear my
good blazer to the market.
My theory is if I look prosperous,
I can shell out 28.49 for one
small bag of groceries.
I'm not saving my good perfume
for special parties, but
wearing it for clerks in the
hardware store and tellers at
the bank.
Someday" and "one of these days"
are losing their grip on
my vocabulary. If it's
worth seeing or hearing or doing,
I want to see and hear and do
it now.
I'm not sure what my cousins
would've done had they known
that they wouldn't be here for
the tomorrow that we all
take for granted. I think
they would have called family
members and a few close friends.
They might have called
a few former friends to apologize
and mend fences for past
squabbles. I like to think
they would have gone out for a
Chinese dinner, or for whatever
their favorite food was.
I'm guessing; I'll never know.
It's those little things left
undone that would make me
angry if I knew my hours were
limited. Angry because I
hadn't written certain letters
that I intended to write
one of these days. Angry
and sorry that I didn't tell my
husband and parents often enough
how much I truly love them.
I'm trying very hard not to put
off, hold back, or save
anything that would add laughter
and luster to our lives.
And every morning when I open
my eyes, I tell myself that
it is special. Every day,
every minute, every breath truly
is a gift from God.
"People say true friends must
always hold hands, but true
friends don't need to hold hands
because they know the
other hand will always be there."
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A Brief History Of Time (S124)
From: ossama on 6/10/99 |
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You can read this long, cute history of time
by clicking 'HERE'.
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Subj: Thoughts
On Time Management (S72)
From: auntieg on 98-06-14
A Lesson in Life
A while back I was reading about
an expert on subject of
time management. One day
this expert was speaking to a
group of business students and,
to drive home a point,
used an illustration those students
will never forget.
As this man stood in front of
the group of high-powered
overachievers he said, "Okay,
time for a quiz." He pulled
out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed
mason jar and set it on a
table in front of him.
He produced about a dozen fist-
sized rocks and carefully placed
them, one at a time,
into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the
top and no more rocks would
fit inside, he asked, "Is this
jar full?" Everyone in the
class said, "Yes." He
said, "Really?" He reached under
the table and pulled out a bucket
of gravel. He dumped
some gravel in and shook the
jar causing pieces of gravel
to work themselves down into
the spaces between the big
rocks.
Once more, he asked the group,
"Is the jar full?" By this
time the class was onto him.
"Probably not," one of them
answered. "Good!" he replied.
He reached under the table
and brought out a bucket of
sand. He started dumping the
sand in and it went into all
the spaces left between the
rocks and the gravel.
Once more he asked the question,
"Is this jar full?"
"No!" the class shouted.
Once again he said, "Good!" He
grabbed a pitcher of water and
began to pour it in until
the jar was filled to the brim.
Looked up at the class he
asked, "What is the point of
this illustration?"
One eager beaver raised his hand
and said, "The point is,
no matter how full your schedule
is, if you try really hard,
you can always fit some more
things into it!"
"No," the speaker replied, "that's
not the point. The truth
this illustration teaches us
is: if you don't put the big
rocks in first, you'll never
get them in at all."
What are the 'big rocks' in your
life?
A project that
YOU want to accomplish?
Time with your
loved ones?
Your faith, your
education, your finances?
A cause?
Teaching or mentoring
others?
Remember to put these BIG ROCKS
in first or you'll never
get them in at all.
So, tonight or in the morning
when you are reflecting on
this short story, ask yourself
this question: what are the
'big rocks' in my life or business?
Put those in your jar
first.
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Subj: Mayonnaise
Jar And 2 Cups of Coffee (S326b, S524)
From: LABLaughs.com on 4/27/2003
and
From: RDOBRY on 2/1/2007
A professor stood before his
philosophy class and had some
items in front of him.
When the class began, he wordlessly
picked up a very large and empty
mayonnaise jar and proceeded
to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if
the jar was full. They
agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up
a box of pebbles and poured them
into the jar. He shook
the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled
into the open areas between
the golf balls. He then asked
the students again if the jar
was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up
a box of sand and poured it into
the jar. Of course, the
sand filled up everything else. He
asked once more if the jar was
full. The students responded
with an unanimous "yes."
The professor then produced two
cups of coffee from under the
table and poured the entire
contents into the jar effectively
filling the empty space between
the sand. The students laughed.
"Now," said the professor as
the laughter subsided, "I want
you to recognize that this jar
represents your life. The
golf balls are the important
things--your family, your children,
your health, your friends and
your favorite passions--and if
everything else was lost and
only they remained, your life
would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things
that matter like your job,
your house and your car.
The sand is everything else--the
small stuff. "If you put
the sand into the jar first,"
he continued, "there is no
room for the pebbles or the
golf balls. The same goes for
life. If you spend all
your time and energy on the small
stuff you will never have room
for the things that are
important to you.
"Pay attention to the things
that are critical to your
happiness. Play with your
children. Take time to get
medical checkups. Take
your spouse out to dinner. Play
another 18. There will
always be time to clean the house
and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first--
the things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The
rest is just sand."
One of the students raised her
hand and inquired what the
coffee represented. The
professor smiled. "I'm glad you
asked.
It just goes to show you that
no matter how full your life
may seem, there's always room
for a couple of cups of coffee
with a friend."
When things in your lives seem
almost too much to handle,
when 24 hours in a day are not
enough, remember the
mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups
of coffee.
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Subj: More
Thoughts On Time
From: auntieg on 98-11-21
Suppose that there was a bank
that credits your account each
moring with $86,400.00.
It carries over no balance from day
to day. Every evening
they delete whatever part of the
balance you failed to use during
the day. What would you do?
Draw out every cent of course!!!
Each of us has such a bank.
It's name is TIME. Every morning
it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off
as lost, whatever of this you
have failed to invest to good
purpose. It carries over
no balance. It allows no over draft.
Each day it opens a new account
for you and each night it burns
the remains of the day.
If you fail to use the day's deposit.
THE LOSS IS YOURS. There
is no going back. There is no drowing
against the "Tomorrow".
You must live in the present
on today's deposits. Invest it so
as to get from it the utmost
in Health, Happiness, and Success!
The clock is running so make
the most of today.
To realize the value of
ONE YEAR , ask a student who failed a
grade.
To realize the value of
ONE MONTH ,ask the mother who gave
birth to a premature
baby.
To realize the value of ONE
WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly
newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE
HOUR, ask the lovers who are
waiting to reunite.
To realize the value of ONE
MINUTE, ask the person who missed
the train.
To realize the value of ONE
SECOND, ask the person who just
avoided and accident.
To realize the value of ONE
MILLSECOND, ask the person who won
a silver medal
in the olympics.
Treasure every moment that you
have!. And treasure it more
because you shared it with some
special, special enough to
spend your time. And remember
that time waits for no one.
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift. That's
why it's called the present
It's national friendship week.
Friends are a very rare
jewel indeed. They make
you smile and encourage you to
succeed. They lend and
ear, they share a word of praise,
and they always want to open
their hearts to us.
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Subj: Slow
Dancing (S162)
From: Tom_Adams on 98-12-01
and
From: RFSlick on 3/8/00
Have you ever
watched kids
on a merry-go-round
Or listened
to the rain
slapping
on the ground?
Ever followed
a butterfly's erratic flight
Or gazed
at the sun into the fading night?
You better
slow down
Don't dance
so fast
Time is short
The music
won't last
Do you run
through each day on the fly
When you
ask "How are you?"
do you hear
the reply?
When the day
is done,
do you lie
in your bed
With the
next hundred chores
running through
your head?
You'd better
slow down
Don't dance
so fast
Time is short
The music
won't last
Ever told
your child,
We'll do
it tomorrow
And in your
haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost
touch,
Let a good
friendship die
'Cause you
never had time
to call and
say "Hi"?
You'd better
slow down
Don't dance
so fast
Time is short
The music
won't last
When you run
so fast to get somewhere
You miss
half the fun of getting there.
When you
worry and hurry through your day,
It is like
an unopened gift....
Thrown away...
Life is not
a race.
Do take it
slower
Hear the
music
Before the
song is over.
You'd better
slow down
Don't dance
so fast
Time is short
The music
won't last.
________________________________
What is life?
It is the
flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the
breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the
little shadow which runs across the grass
and loses itself in the sunset.
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Thoughts On Time
| Subj:
Reaction Time Test (S476b)
From: darrell94590 on 2/28/2006 |
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Subj: Crazy
Fads 1920 to 1999 (S389)
From: igiggle on 7/6/2004
If you read one from before
you were born and then read the
90s section you'll realize that
people have always been stupid.
Go to http://www.crazyfads.com/
it brought back memories.
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Subj: Calendar
Clock (S305)
From: coreymac on 12/2/2002 At: http://yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html |
It's 160k long. Takes two
minutes to load at 56k.
From: LABLaughs.com on 1/19/2002 (S260)
Capture the moment, whover you
are.
None of us is here forever.
From: dogbyte on 9/5/2002 (S260)
There's no future in time travel!
From: LABLaughs.com on 5/16/2003 (S329b)
We must use time as a tool,
not as a crutch.
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
From: igiggle on 5/7/2004 (S380b)
There really is a unit of time
called a "jiffy."
It's exactly 1/100th of a second.
From: igiggle on 5/16/2004 (S381b)
Middle age is when you've given
up all your bad habits
and still don't feel good.
From: Joke-Of-The-Day-Mail.com on 4/3/2006
(S480b - boxing)
"Yes, time flies. And where
did it leave you? Old too soon...
smart too late." -- Mike
Tyson
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