tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91594183523843129742024-03-13T22:53:10.598-07:00Bill The GreatBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.comBlogger321125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-86353942450005915682013-02-13T13:06:00.001-08:002013-02-13T13:06:41.742-08:00Amazing Size...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The man of the right is J.J.Watt. He plays for the Houston Texans. His size? 6'5", 295 lbs</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The man on the left is Yao Ming. He used to play for the Houston Rockets. 7'6", 310 lbs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I know why I am so short!</span>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-67382328045985474742013-01-02T13:34:00.001-08:002013-01-02T13:36:04.691-08:00A life changing event...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">A guy becomes attached to his wallet. It takes a long time to break them in. (Remember
George Costanza and his wallet?) They become part of the family. It goes everywhere you go. Don’t ever leave without it, because if you
do, you feel like a fish out of water until you are reunited. It’s like an extra limb, it becomes part of
you. Should you misplace it, or even
lose it, it’s like losing your child. For Christmas, I received a new wallet. Now, keep in mind that I have had my last family
member for about the last decade. It
knew me. It protected me. It was part of me. So, when I received the new wallet, I was
surprised. It was out of the blue and I had not</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> asked for it. I will be honest; my
children had given me a new wallet a couple of years ago. It was nice but I </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">couldn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> bring myself
(never really tried) to switch. I
believe it still sits in my dresser drawer.
When I opened the new one this year, you could imagine my anxiety. What? Part
with old faithful? Could I even consider
it? I took a couple of days to ponder my
dilemma. After all, this is a bid life
altering decision. The new wallet was
very nice and I decided just to try to see what it felt like. I transferred all my stuff and liked how it
looked but it was too fat. Downsizing
was in order. Do I really need every
shoppers card with me at all times?
Could I part with any of it? As
stressful as the decision was, I made the cutbacks necessary. Suddenly, the wallet felt good. It fit in my pocket and wasn’t too heavy. Next was the trial run. Actually carrying the wallet! I am happy to say, after a week long test
run, I have a slick, new, very
functional new member of my entourage. Oh
tri-fold wallet, how I missed you. Welcome
to the family!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-76204582827063742442012-12-19T07:14:00.001-08:002012-12-19T07:14:34.371-08:00What do they have in common?<img height="299" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSfpT0NIlz44pzD66MHkGTJveQtwWln_hh6QxeIAUqbegJrBL1x" width="400" /><br />
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Bill Gates<br />
Warren Buffett<br />
<span style="background: white;">Michael Bloomberg<br />Larry Ellison</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="background: white;">George Lucas<br />Ted Turner </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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billionaires who have pledged to give the majority of their wealth to charity.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-47601559735666343162012-12-10T12:37:00.001-08:002012-12-10T12:37:12.751-08:00List of music stars who have died in air crashes <br />
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Dec. 15, 1944: Glenn Mille<u>r</u>, the trombonist and leader of a hugely popular dance band, was killed when his plane disappeared between England and Paris while Miller was entertaining troops.</div>
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_ June 30, 1954: Gospel singers R.W. Blackwood and Bill Lyles died when the group's private plane crashed in Clanton, Ala.</div>
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_ Feb. 3, 1959: Rock stars Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens were killed when their chartered plane crashed near Mason City, Iowa, en route to a show.</div>
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_ March 5, 1963: Country singer Patsy Cline, whose hits included "Crazy" and "She's Got You," and fellow singers Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn.</div>
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_ July 31, 1964: Jim Reeves, a country balladeer known for "Four Walls" and "Welcome to My World," was killed in the crash of a small plane in Nashville, Tenn.</div>
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_ Dec. 10, 1967: Soul singer Otis Redding died when his plane crashed into a lake near Madison, Wis.</div>
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_ Sept. 20, 1973: Singer Jim Croce, known for hits such as "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," was killed in a plane crash near Natchitoches, La.</div>
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_ Oct. 21, 1977: Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Stevie Gaines of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd died in a plane crash in McComb, Miss.</div>
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_ March 19, 1982: Randall "Randy" Rhoads, lead guitarist in rock star Ozzy Osbourne's band, along with two others, were killed when their Beechcraft Bonanza allegedly flew too low while "buzzing" a band van on tour in Leesburg, Fla.</div>
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_ Dec. 31, 1985: Rick Nelson, "Ozzie and Harriet" TV star turned rock `n' roller, died when his plane caught fire and crashed near DeKalb, Texas.</div>
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_ March 21, 1987: Dean Paul Martin, former member of the 1960s band Dino, Desi and Billy and son of entertainer of Dean Martin, was killed with his co-pilot. The two, flying an F-4 phantom, were members of the California Air National Guard.</div>
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_ Aug. 27, 1990: Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan died when his helicopter crashed into a hill in East Troy, Wis., after departing from a concert.</div>
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_ Oct. 25, 1991: Bill Graham, who built an empire promoting concerts as rock `n' roll turned psychedelic in the 1960s with groups including Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead and Santana, was killed in a helicopter crash near Vallejo, Calif.</div>
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_ Oct. 12, 1997: John Denver, 1970s superstar with hits like "Take Me Home, Country Roads," died in the crash of his experimental plane off the California coast.</div>
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_ Aug. 25, 2001: Actress and R&B singer Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas along with eight others. The twin-engine Cessna went down shortly after takeoff.</div>
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_ Nov. 24, 2001: Melanie Thornton, half of the pop duo La Bouche, which had `1990s hits such as "Be My Lover" and "Sweet Dreams," died in an airline crash in Switzerland.</div>
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_ Feb. 12, 2009: Two members of jazz musician Chuck Mangione's band, Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett, were killed in a commuter plane crash outside Buffalo, NY, along with 48 others.</div>
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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-81742172822093544502012-11-20T09:31:00.002-08:002012-11-20T09:31:45.080-08:00Why?<div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Why do supermarkets make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="color: navy; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 7pt;"><br /></span></span><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=6a6ae23f9e&view=att&th=13b1c5b634372141&attid=0.0.19&disp=emb&realattid=2bfd9a09a627dbc6_0.0.2&zw&atsh=1" width="625" /></span></span></b><b><span><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><br />Why do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke?</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=6a6ae23f9e&view=att&th=13b1c5b634372141&attid=0.0.7&disp=emb&realattid=2bfd9a09a627dbc6_0.0.3&zw&atsh=1" width="385" /></span></span></b><b><span><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><br />Why do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters?</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="437" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=6a6ae23f9e&view=att&th=13b1c5b634372141&attid=0.0.18&disp=emb&realattid=2bfd9a09a627dbc6_0.0.4&zw&atsh=1" width="437" /></span></span></b><b><span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><br />Why do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in our driveways and put our useless junk in the garage?</span></span></b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d;"><img border="0" height="588" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=6a6ae23f9e&view=att&th=13b1c5b634372141&attid=0.0.3&disp=emb&realattid=2bfd9a09a627dbc6_0.0.5&zw&atsh=1" width="450" /></span></span><b><span><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><br />EVER WONDER ...<br />Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="600" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=6a6ae23f9e&view=att&th=13b1c5b634372141&attid=0.0.4&disp=emb&realattid=2bfd9a09a627dbc6_0.0.6&zw&atsh=1" width="800" /></span></span></b><b><span><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><br />Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=6a6ae23f9e&view=att&th=13b1c5b634372141&attid=0.0.8&disp=emb&realattid=2bfd9a09a627dbc6_0.0.9&zw&atsh=1" width="650" /></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavoring, and dish washing liquid made with real lemons?</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=6a6ae23f9e&view=att&th=13b1c5b634372141&attid=0.0.17&disp=emb&realattid=2bfd9a09a627dbc6_0.0.11&zw&atsh=1" width="384" /></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Why the man who invests all your money is called a broker?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=6a6ae23f9e&view=att&th=13b1c5b634372141&attid=0.0.9&disp=emb&realattid=2bfd9a09a627dbc6_0.0.13&zw&atsh=1" width="565" /></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=6a6ae23f9e&view=att&th=13b1c5b634372141&attid=0.0.1&disp=emb&realattid=2bfd9a09a627dbc6_0.0.14&zw&atsh=1" width="375" /></span></span></b> </div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: maroon; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff??</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: maroon; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">If flying is so safe,</span></span></b><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> <span> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="color: maroon; font-size: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">why do they call the airport the terminal?<span> </span></span></span><span> </span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px;">In the first quarter of their 51-20 win over the Tennessee Titans, the Bears scored a touchdown on a blocked punt, an interception, a running play and a passing play. That was the<u> first time in NFL history</u> that had happened. The Bears also have seven interception returns for touchdowns through eight games, which is also an NFL first. This defense is pretty special, folks.</span>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-88542697307931469872012-11-08T06:01:00.001-08:002012-11-08T06:01:09.428-08:00Name this actress?<img height="640" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7xc8X8WSCR_mYr2fOcobctDn2tDfSKQX0sUS7CI-6Vc7k1joF" width="436" />Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-60926477325724306062012-11-06T13:02:00.005-08:002012-11-06T13:02:40.967-08:00The Man who Falls...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Somehow, I have come to be the guy that falls. I never used to be that guy, but over the
years, I have evolved. Most recently, I
was walking from my car to work, and somehow, I fell. Right out of the blue. I </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">didn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> trip, try to jump, or slip. I fell.
I did step funny on my foot somehow, and twisted my ankle. Instincts kicked in, so as not to do more
damage to the ankle, down I went. Like a
sack of wet cement. Now I </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">didn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> stay
down, because I was embarrassed, and I thought bouncing up quickly was the best
action to avoid people worrying that I was hurt. To my surprise, no one was around. I </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">didn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> realize how badly I had twisted the ankle
until the next morning, when I had trouble walking</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Example # 2 comes at a Church activity. This was pretty embarrassing. We had gone to the function with the kids and
were working our way around different stations, each with a different activity.
The outside activity was designed to be harmless. Clearly, the activity people didn’t think of
me. The activity? Spitting watermelon seeds. Now, you wonder, how does anyone fall
spitting watermelon seeds? The people in charge were marking the top seeds that
had traveled the farthest. My first
attempt, with moderate effort, only missed the best spit by about a foot. I figured with a little effort, I could beat
the record. So, I took the seed, inhaled
deeply, took a couple of steps to get a good start, and when I planted my foot,
manages to catch my shoe on the ground and tumbled forward. Now if you know me, tumbled is not really
accurate. I staggered and fell. Like a sack of wet cement. My wife, usually understanding, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">didn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> stick
around to make sure I was </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">OK</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">. She has
seen me fall all too often. She just
turned and walked back into the building.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Example # 3 was years ago, but worth mentioning. We were playing a softball game and I was on
first base (Yes I managed to hit the ball to get on). The guy who hit after me hit the ball to the outfield
and managed to get it buy the fielder. I
ran to second base and saw the fielder miss the ball, so I rounded the base and
headed to third. Then it happened. As I rounded 2<sup>nd</sup> base, I somehow
managed to stumble. I tried with all my
might to regain my balance, to no luck.
I made the decision to tuck and roll, end the fall, and head back to 2<sup>nd</sup>
base. I got up, ran back and slid into the
base trying to avoid the tag out. To my
surprise, the guy who had hit the ball had glided into second base with a
double. One of us was going to be
out. I did the right thing and ran off
the field, with everyone on the field, in the dugout, and in the stands,
laughing. Yes I had slid into short. A story that is still remembered like it was
yesterday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So, the next time you see me, remember all the painful
falls I have had, and do your best not to laugh. Or at least hold it in until I am gone. </span></div>
Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-45102143407849645692012-11-01T10:04:00.002-07:002012-11-01T10:04:57.035-07:00And God Created HumansOn the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."<br />
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The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"<br />
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So God saw it was good.<br />
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On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."<br />
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The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?"<br />
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And God, again saw it was good.<br />
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On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."<br />
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The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty, and I'll give back the other forty?"<br />
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And God agreed it was good.<br />
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On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."<br />
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But the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"<br />
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"Okay," said God "You asked for it."<br />
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So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family… For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.<br />
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Life has now been explained to you.<br />
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There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I'm doing it as a public service. If you are looking for me I will be on the front porch.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-71022759858673622142012-09-26T11:13:00.000-07:002012-09-26T11:13:11.844-07:00A new look fir the Suns...Here is the old Court...<br />
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An Obituary printed in the London Times - Interesting and sadly rather true.<br />
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Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:<br />
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- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;<br />
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- Why the early bird gets the worm;<br />
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- Life isn't always fair;<br />
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- and maybe it was my fault.<br />
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Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).<br />
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His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.<br />
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Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.<br />
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He declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. <br />
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Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.<br />
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Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.<br />
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Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.<br />
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Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.<br />
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He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;<br />
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I Know My Rights<br />
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I Want It Now<br />
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Someone Else Is To Blame<br />
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I'm A Victim<br />
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<br />Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-84201611011275368112012-09-24T06:49:00.007-07:002012-09-24T06:49:54.618-07:00Did you know...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">More people in China speak English than in the</span></span></div>
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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-91415358685547920012012-09-21T12:11:00.004-07:002012-09-21T12:11:50.536-07:00New UOPX Ad campaign<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2In6qJiSIoY">Click Here</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BclAhAU40ss">Or Here!</a>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-79525929401776723342012-09-18T09:21:00.002-07:002012-09-18T09:21:59.897-07:00Quote of the Day<br />
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let go of the familiar."</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> <br />
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<b>- Raymond Lindquist<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-47007296827739091392012-06-06T12:47:00.000-07:002012-06-06T12:47:00.050-07:00Not a Fan of Cats? This is for you...<img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7ZVl1Df_hqWEJRXOPXwE2Ped2FdavE5FdD1cjIMe-iKipURbg" />
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<a href="http://espn.go.com/high-school/track-and-xc/story/_/id/8010251/high-school-runner-carries-fallen-opponent-finish-line">Click Here!</a>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-43502370749546915222012-05-04T12:25:00.001-07:002012-05-04T12:25:29.074-07:00Pink Wood Derby!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is what we were given. Tasha went online and picked her favorite template for the body.</div>
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Tasha did most of the sanding using a palm sander and a sanding block.She got help from her Mom in picking the color and painted it all by her self. </div>
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Here is a shot of her polishing the axles to make her car faster. We got this idea online and she was able to this once I set it up. </div>
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She attached all the stickers and hand painted the windows. Next, she sprayed several clear coats of varnish to make it shiny and fast. The clear coat also helped keep the stickers on.</div>
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Here is the final car after the wheels are attached! On the other side of the car is a sticker that says princess. It was fun to help and guide her, but Tasha did most of the work and did an awesome job! <span style="font-size: large;">Wish us luck in the race tonight!</span></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-72417701810433279492012-04-23T13:19:00.001-07:002012-04-23T13:19:13.838-07:00Trivia Time<img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQEZZ8o7PLrP-KozacjwZzxa9zSjysaLcfHA_M_DUhAVlkbYjlLGA" />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On July 10th, 1985, executives of this American company announced that they were returning to their original product, only 3 months after introducing the reinvented product. This was such an important announcement that <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: black; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="ABC News"><span style="color: black;">ABC New</span>s</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">'<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jennings" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Peter Jennings"><span style="color: black;">Peter Jennings</span></a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: red;"> </span>interrupted <i>General Hospital</i></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> to share the news with viewers. On the floor of the U.S Senate</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">, David Pryor</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> called the reintroduction "a meaningful moment in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="History of the United States"><span style="color: black;">U.S.</span> <span style="color: black;">history</span></a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">". </span></span>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-21195863031148872812012-04-17T11:50:00.000-07:002012-04-17T11:50:12.674-07:00I’m helping to spread the awareness. Seek to learn and understand.<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/16/health/autism-homeless-man/index.html?hpt=hp_c1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/16/<wbr></wbr>health/autism-homeless-man/<wbr></wbr>index.html?hpt=hp_c1</a> <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><h1 class="title" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; letter-spacing: -0.04em; line-height: 33px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 1px;"><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.wolfgnards.com/index.php/2009/06/16/how-long-does-billy-murray-spend-in-grou" style="color: #4e4e4e; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">How Long Does Bill Murray Spend in Groundhog Day?</a></span></h1><h1 class="title" style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; letter-spacing: -0.04em; line-height: 33px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 1px;"><div style="font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> According to Harold Ramis, on the Groundhog Day DVD commentary, Bill Murray spent 10 years trapped in his own little corner of hell... Punxsutawney (I kid Tawney, I'm sure you're lovely). But this seems like an arbitrary number. We can do better than that.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">There are, at least, <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">36 </strong>separate days shown in the movie including his multiple death scenes. There could be more, but it's hard to verify if some moments are simply later in the same day or an entirely different day. Additionally, in the scene where Bill Murray revealed he's a god, he stated, “I have been stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted, and burned.” Of those the movie only showed electrocution, so that brings it to a base line of <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">42 </strong>accountable days. However, there were many days not shown. We know from the scene when Billy Murray and Andy MacDowell are throwing playing cards into a top hat that it would take, “Six months. Four to five hours a day, and you'd be an expert.” So, we have a bare minimum of six months.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="" id="more193" name="more193" style="color: #0071bb; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></a><div class="bMore" style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Follow up:</div><span style="font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><div style="font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In the first half of the movie, the only other truly time consuming event was the the robbery. Let's give him at least a month to plan a proper bank robbery and memorize when wind gusts. This brings us to roughly <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">256 days</strong> by the time he decides he wants to be a better man. However, becoming a better man is the most time consuming part of Phil's journey! He needs to become an expert pianist, an ice sculptor, and learns French. The tough part about this is that is that no one learns these things at the same rate. He could be a very old piano wunderkind after all. Or it could take him 600 years to become a decent ice sculptor. For the sake of argument let's say it takes an average person 3 years to learn to play the piano. It also would take an average person 3 years to become a professional ice sculptor. However, we don't know how good Phil was at either... maybe, he just learned one song, or just how to sculpt Andy MacDowell's face. But for the sake of argument, let's say three years apiece. And he cannot do both at the same time because an ice sculpture is 8 hours of work, and he only has a small window each day to get a piano lesson. Learning French which is also subjective. It's safe to say it would take him, at least, 2 years to learn enough French to read French poetry. </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Which puts us at the grand total of <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3176 </strong>repeated Groundhog days, or <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">453 </strong>weeks, or <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">105 </strong>months, or<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">8.7</strong> years. Precisely, <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">8 years, 8 months,</strong> and <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">16 days</strong>. So, in the end Harold Ramis was right.</span></div></h1>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-26812238522943726352012-04-06T17:43:00.003-07:002012-04-06T17:43:25.068-07:00True Story...<img alt="funny-fail-pics-badd-news-headline" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1179" height="309" src="http://cdn.lolcaption.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/funny-fail-pics-badd-news-headline.jpg" title="funny-fail-pics-badd-news-headline" width="479" />Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312791403900596490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159418352384312974.post-43864804349910657622012-02-21T11:27:00.000-08:002012-02-21T11:27:37.511-08:00Did You Know...<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">3. Americans spend 90% of their time here. Where?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">4. If you look at the Mona Lisa, what is she missing?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">5. Who was the 1st President of the United States to be born in a hospital?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">6. What hobby do people spend the most money on?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">7. What is Americans favorite smell?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">8. True or False? A Formula One car can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">9. What was invented first: The match or the cigarette lighter?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">10. What do Swiss Steak, Chop Suey, Russian Dressing, and a hamburger have in common?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">11. If you double a penny every day for 30 days, What do you have?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">12. What has more lemon juice: Pledge furniture polish or Country Time Lemonade?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">13. In Los Angeles, there are more automobiles than what?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">14. More people are allergic to this than any other food. What?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">15. If an Amish man has a beard, what does it mean?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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