What happened!

SweetiePieJane says--Appearance is not always reality!  I was golfing in a foursome of friends the other day. Steve had about a 8 foot putt on hole #8. I asked him what he saw in the putt? He said--It's straight in but I'm playing it a little break to the left. What! This "It's Saturday" is straight in but maybe you think it's a little to the left or maybe a little to the right. You will have to decide. I think it's straight in! Such is life.

Some of you might think I"m unusual. And I write about unusual stuff.  That could be folks.  We all are probably unusual in some ways.  You think so?  Actually the reading and listening to this stuff in "It's Saturday" is optional.  But remember what we all learned from the Olympics, shuttlecock justice can be brutal.  Soooo don't be an intentional slacker folks.  Such is life.

In golf league the other night.  My teammate said--I think my opponent had a stroke more that what he did (i.e. either forgot a stroke or did it intentionally to have a lower score) on the last hole.  My teammate didn't say anything.  But we found out later that his opponent usually lowers his score about 3 strokes each round if you don't jump him about it (i.e. he seems to have a extremely long nose).  Huh, interesting.  I play with a guy some who never gets his score right.  I really don't care.  But he can get better scores that way.  But his score really doesn't mean much.  I let him keep score; it makes him feel a whole lot better.  Sooooo what happened to these guys that they can't keep score?  What do you think.  I wonder if they can't conveniently remember other things the same way!  I wonder.  Maybe they just can't remember.  Could be if you believe that kind of thing!  Flip the pancake.  I was with another guy the other night and asked him what he had on #5 as I was keeping score.  He said 7.  Then a little latter he said, it was an 8 erv.  He had a little trouble in the trees.  He recalculated.  I had no idea as I don't keep scores of my opponent. That says something about this guy (i.e. my opinion).

We went and looked at vehicles one night this week.  It was really something.  Arcadia, Highlander and the Avalon are all about $35,000 to $49,000 (i.e. I really like them).  Those prices seem oh sooooo high to me.  So the salesman at the Toyota was a younger guy who was really funny.  I said--I'm use to getting 28 to 31 mpg--you won't with the Highlander, more like maybe 24.  But who cares, nobody cares any more, they just put in the gas if they like the vehicle.  I have a four runner that gets maybe 18 to 22 miles to a gallon but I like the power and it just makes me feel important and manly.  I just put in $20 of gas at a time -- no problem.  Soooooo we go and sit in a new Avalon.  I said--the interior is almost exactly like our 08--ya it is, they don't change them much; the outside you can't tell the difference either.  And they run for ever; we have folks who put 250,000 miles on them; we had a guy the other day who have 380,000 on his Avalon and didn't do any major work on it.  We sell a ton of them.  Sooooo why should we trade?  I don't know.  It looks like you have it pretty good.  Your car looks good and if you like it, I would just drive it.  Now that is what happened folks.

I read it in the paper sooooo it must be right that the middle income range for a family of three is between $39,418 to $118,255 and the average net worth is $93,150.  Both of those figures are lower that before.  What happened anyway?  I see a lot of Acadias and Highlanders and other high priced cars on the road soooooo someone must be doing okay.  I talked to two senior farmers at the John Deere machinery area at the state fair.  One was from NE Iowa and told me the last 4 years he never has made sooooo much money.  The other was from NW Iowa Sioux County (i.e. expect to have about a half a crop) who said three farms sold recently for $19,000 an acre. At the same John Deere booth, I got some Nothing Runs Like A Deere foam rubber caps for the grand kids.  I think they were impressed but I don't know for sure.  It's hard to impress kids in our "haveeverythingculture"!  They expect Highlanders and Acadias.  Such is life.

SweetiePieJane says--Appearance is no always reality. Are you easily impressed? Some folks are very hard to impress and others are very easy to impress. I mean, some folks really need something spectacular to get their attention and their approval and others don't. I was running early the other morning and a guy was sitting on his front steps bare back drinking a can of beer and smoking a cigarette. I wasn't impressed let me tell ya and maybe he wasn't impressed with me either! I really wonder what he was celebrating that early in the morning (i.e. he was living big). He and I seem to be miles apart. But maybe not. I don't know for sure. He and I maybe each had the same thought about each other--that being, that guy is an idiot! And you know what, we might both be right! Such is life.

Joesixpack says--Soooooo why did that happen to me anyway?  Not a criticism, but my opinion.  When things in life seem to be going crazy, out of control, who is to blame? Experience has taught me that I create most of my own chaos. And this might be true for you, too. Universally, individuals are responsible for most of the turmoil in their own lives – not all of it, but much of it.  My estimation, LuckieEddie is nearly but not quite perfect in his thinking and his actions (i.e. he's one lucky dog let me tell you).  Decisions have consequences and guess who gets to make our decisions.  I know folks who are negative, obnoxious, bull headed, etc (i.e. that's about all of us at times).  These folks, I wonder, if they will ever change.  Maybe their ways have hindered their life.  Maybe! Is that a decision that each of us make do you think?  God said that a certain person would be a wild donkey.  Do you know any wild donkeys?  Are you a wild donkey?  Who did God say would be a wild donkey?  Do you remember?

Yabut when I interviewed for the job, they were sooooo nice and easy to get along with.  What happened?  Remember what SweetiePie Jane said--Appearance is not always reality.  I asked a pastor the other day--Sooooo what is your biggest challenge as a pastor a.k.a. what's happening.  Getting the folks on the same page and moving forward.  Huh, interesting.  We are independent folks all right (i.e. we can have a lot of idiosyncrasies).  Church folks are not paid so you can't force them to act in a certain way.  You can't fire them.  JoeThePreacherMan says--Have I tried everything?  I think I have, yes.  But at the same time, I'm still willing to try something else.  I'll keep trying.  Things are changing and older folks don't like to change (e.g. younger folks and churches with mostly younger folks use email, texting, etc for communication--if you have an older congregation and only about 25% have email, now that's a challenge).  SusieQ says--Unless you are an old pastor and don't want to change either.  Such is life.

I read it in the paper sooooo it must be right.  Philadelphia--Michael Vic's arrival in town sparked angry fans with their dogs to camp outside the Eagles' practice facility, holding signs and banners to display their outrage...Fast forward three years to Wednesday's scene at a Philadelphia sporting good store.  Happy Eagle fans winding their way around the sidewalk, lining up more than 2-2 1/2 hours before Vick was set to sign autographs and promote the launch of his sports clothing line called V7. What happened?  You win and try to do good (i.e. redeem yourself) and folks love ya!  WildWillie says--Most folks are very forgiving particularly if you give them what they want (i.e. no matter what that is)!

What happened?  Let me tell you what happened.  It says--At the king's command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel (i.e. do you remember what they accused him of) were brought in and thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children.  And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.  Ouchy ouchy.  Did you notice that the wives and children of the false accusers got thrown in tooooo.  Have your parents affected you?  Are you as parents affecting your children?  Good and bad I think our parents affected us and we as parents are affecting our children.  As my mentor use to say--We are all programed by our past if we like it or not.  Such is life.

What happened?  I don't know.  It was on the 8th tee box at league the other night.  A guy from the other team and I were going to tee off and he said that Jesus has become very important in his life recently.  He said he has had some bad things in his life but he has changed and Jesus is the center of his change.  Soooooo what happened that he told me this?  I don't know but he did.  Maybe just maybe it was a special milieu.  ANYWAY it's good to hear stuff like this.  Yes it is.  I'm not a priest but I listened to his confession.  I haven't had the best feelings about this guy because of his past (i.e. he has been a long time game player). Now can I change my thinking?  I think soooo but God only knows.  JoeBlow says--God can be the cause of chaotic confusion and the the source of new creation  Oh ya!

What happened anyway?  In a Muslim country girls are taught to cover up in public so men can't see their bodies. In America they are taught to go as bare as possible so men will notice them.  Joexixpack says--Both ideas work it seems!  I guess it all depends what you are trying to accomplish.  I saw the most conservative 50+ gal in church recently who showed clievage.  I never in my life thought she would do that but she did.  Sooooo was she trying to get men's attention?  I don't know.  I don't think soooo.  I think she was trying to be stylish maybe.  Maybe she was trying to get the minister's attention.  I don't know.  But I noticed!!!

Soooooo what happened anyway?  A five year old asks her mom--Is Santa Claus real?  Is Jesus real?  Are they about the same then?  Who in the world can a 5 year old believe these days anyway.  I mean really!  I heard the other day that a little guy put fake teeth under his pillow.  He told his parents that the tooth fairy didn't leave any money.  His parents said--The tooth fairy knows when they are fake.  So there you go.  ItchieBitichie says--And remember kid, beer, whiskey and drugs are not good for you so don't drink and use them; I drink and use drugs 'cause it's just a social thing!  Remember what SweetiePieJane said--Appearance is not always reality folks.

What happened?  You said you loved me and now you want a divorce.  What goes anyway?  Travis West says--In 1964 the Righteous Brothers recorded a surprise hit single titled "You've Lost That Loving Feeling." It quickly rose to the top of the billboard charts. In fact, according to Broadcast Music, Inc., this song got more play time on the air than any other song in the twentieth century. Perhaps this was because it captures something fundamental to our culture's understanding of love—that it is primarily a feeling, an emotion; that it is unstable and ephemeral; that it comes and goes. The headquarters of love, we say, is the heart, and so the heart takes on all the associated meanings of love—emotional, subjective, untrustworthy. The mind, though, is its opposite—intellectual, objective, and consistent. Huh interesting.  Remember what SweetiePieJane said--Appearance is not always reality! 

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans.  (-:

erv

MyFriendJean says--When solving a problem, dig at the roots instead of just hacking the leaves.

younger folks--it's short--

Warning:  This "It's Saturday" might produce some Oohs and Aahs! 

I get the feeling that many of the younger generations don't read "It's Saturday" (i.e. or just part of it) 'cause they don't have time they think.  They/you have to tend to their/your stuff.  Soooo just try reading this short version. And don't be such a contrarian!  SusieQ says--There is a king and a fool in every man. And Joesixpack says--Don't do something permanently stupid just because you are temporarily upset.  Ooh!  GeorgeTheCrook says--I act like Einstein but think a horse and am as stubborn as a mule!

My grand girls can seem to be contrarians at times.  Aah!  Did they inherit that or learn that or or is it just gender?  Their parents' generations and their grandparents' generation (i.e. that's me folks) don't always seem to have much time for others it says in the book I'm reading--The Shattered Lantern by Ronald Rolheiser.  It was a suggested read by DenverJohn.  It says that many of us are or are becoming narcissists, pragmatists and agnostics.  We are all about ourselves and our stuff.  We don't have time or care about others and/or God.  We want to get more and do it faster.  We don't care about morals, ethics, values, church or God.  We care a lot about ourselves.  What do you think about that?  Is the book correct do you think?  I know many great folks (i.e. folks who are real and have great big hearts--many of  you are just that).  Soooo is our culture more defiant to the principals what our country was formed on do you think?  Is life more cutthroat?  Maybe if we are seniors or teenagers, we might have different opinions.  Do you think?

One of the under tones of the Batman movie (i.e. my opinion) is that anyone can be a Batman; ya, you don't have be some famous hero.  No one knows who Batman is.  ItchieBitchie says--Most folks don't want to be a Batman but rather would rather do stuff for themselves to get more stuff (i.e. CatWoman tempted Batman in the movie to do just that).  Many folks' reaction is--Why be a Batman if you don't get any credit for it it and if it doesn't get me more stuff!  Ooh! Ya, there are some folks that feel that way but I really think there are a lot of Batmen out there.  I really do.  And many of them are just AverageJoes.  I would guess that most of you folks are a Batman. 

What do you think?  Do we think one of our dominant instincts is for pleasure?  Do  you think we are naturally motivated by the desire for gratification (i.e. especially immediate gratification)?  Soooo what do you think?  Soooo why do we have credit cards.  Okay, capitalism is part of it but instant gratification might be a part toooo!  Such is life.

I went to King Soopers (i.e. I call it King Kong) early Sunday morning for breakfast supplies when in Morrison, Co (i.e. I think the store is in Littleton though).  The check out clerk asked me were I was from and what I was doing.  She said she was from Massachusetts and have been in CO for 22 years now but still misses her extended family back East.  She said family is soooooo important to her.  She doesn't have any idea what she would do without them.  Relationships take time and effort.  They just don't happen folks.  Probably where you invest your time and money is where your interests are (i.e. our passions).  Aah!

Ooh!  Socrates once said--The unexamined life is not worth living.  Saturday question--Who are you?  What do you stand for?  LuckieEddie says--Remember, you are what you think.  And what you think is what you will be.  What goes in will come out.  Such is life.

A friend/former high school student of mine some 38 years ago who is now a big time attorney sent me this short video (i.e. 3 minutes).  The younger generations don't like to read but say--show me a video.  Sooooo here is a video.  If you have time watch it.   http://www.youtube.com/embed/H3Az0okaHig?rel=0
My friend asked me--Is this where we are today?  Aah!

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

erv

MyFriendJean says--Each kindly act you do will bring kindness back to you.

BONUS COVERAGE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE MORE TIME

Mr. Rolheiser says in his book--For the contemplative, God's ways are not our ways, his thoughts are not our thoughts.  There are two sets of rules for reality, one for the infinite (God) and another for the finite (us).  It is understood that the human mind cannot answer questions about things like evil, predestination, or injustice because it is finite and operates with a finite system of symbols.  It is by definition limited.  Infinite things cannot be grasped by finite minds.  The non-contemplative mind believes, or rather "knows," that there is only one set of rules for reality, one metaphysics: our own.  there is no further framework.  Attempts to render a problematic situation intelligible by reference to a higher framework (the mystery of the God) is considered ignorant, superstitious, or cowardly.  With this perspective, there is no reason to contemplate because we already know all there is to know.  If there is a God, we know all about him!  Ooh and Aah!

Joesixpack says--That rottin egg stink aught to make you think!  That rottin egg stink might be the cold truth maybe.  Ooh!  If there is a rottin egg it will stink everything up unless we get rid of it.  Or we will get sooooo use to the smell that we don't think of it anymore.  We might get immune to it or pretend it isn't there or just put up with it.  CadillacJack says--If it stinks a little on the surface, it will really stink a whole lot more when you get to the bottom of it.  Soooooo remember that folks.

That talk "the world is going to the dogs" has a familiar ring to it.  I think it has been ringing through history maybe.  My grandparents said that toooooo!  Ya, the world is changing and will always change.  We are humans!  Many folks don't like some of the stuff that seems to be happening but it's happening folks.  You are living it.  We, in America and many parts of the world, have it very good compared to our past generations.  We are very affluent.  But affluence changes things.  Things that were seen as very important for a long time don't seem to be as important anymore.  Aah! SusieQ says--It will continue to change.  We are not going to stop it.  Are we trending a certain way do you think?  Change is going down the mountain like a avalanche.  But the question is--Are we replacing our founding principals of importance?  If we are, do we really care?  Hey, were is the Roman Empire and where is Babylon?  What happened to them anyway?

If you think your pastor is boring!  You haven't seen anything folks.  If you think this "It's Saturday" is boring then you don't know what boring is.  I have never gone to the Iowa State Fair soooo I went with FriendJim.  We went and saw the BigBoar (i.e. 1,335 pounds of boring).  That boar must really have pigged out a time or two let me tell. ya.  Just to make sure you get it right--FriendJim is standing and the boring BigBoar is laying down. 

MeandMyself reminded my of our grand kids (i.e. they seem to have to be reminded occasionally to say thank you and please and you are welcome).  Oh ya. I was hikin'/runnin' Falcon Mt. last Saturday morning.  Part of the trail I use is also used by mountain bikers.  It looks very hard to me but they do it.  As I was runnin' down the mountain, a mountain biker (i.e. male about 25) was coming behind me to pass.  I stopped  and stepped aside sooo he could get around me.  It was MeandMyself.  How do I know it was him.  Let me tell ya.  As he passed me, I said--you are welcome!  MeandMyself said--oh ya, thank you.  Ooh!  I think he had his mind on something else and just forgot his manners.  I really do.  I'm sure his mommy taught him to say thank you.  I'm sure.

JimThe Wizard says--Hospitality is the ability to pay attention to the guest. Aah! This is very difficult, since we are preoccupied with our own needs, worries and tensions, which prevent us from taking distance from ourselves in order to pay attention to others.  Such is life.

I went with FreindJim to the Outlaw Tractor Pull at the fair.  During one of the super muscle tractor pulls the driver stopped half way down the track.  The announcer said--You folks don't see what I see (i.e. he was announcing from the infield and we were in the grandstand).  He said--It looks like a TX gushier this side of this engine with oil spewing out pretty fast.  It's nutten that $10,000 won't fix.  I asked around and found out if they win their division they get $1,000.  Now that is a crazy, expensive hobby.  Those guys would be better off going with their wife to the mall and let her buy some shoes (i.e. my opinion).  ANYWAY many times we don't see things the same 'cause we are on the other side maybe.  What do you think?

We live in America which gives us many freedoms.  We can think the way we want pretty much, express ourselves the way we want pretty much, go pretty much where we want, do what we want pretty much and act pretty much the way we want.  It's a democracy.  We are the government.  Sooooo maybe if the majority of the folks want something, we will have it (e.g. same sex marriages are legal in IA). And folks say IA is conservative!  If we like it or not (i.e. good or bad) the majority rules.  BUT it all has to be funded by someone and our way of life has to make some sense at some time.  Doesn't it?  Maybe not.  Sooooo you can believe that there is a God or there isn't a God or therre might be a God.  You can worship God in many ways (i.e. the ways you want).  It's a freedom in America.  A founding principal. I golfed with BankerTerry this week and he said--You have to live your life as to what you believe.  But you might not agree with everyone.  But who knows, maybe they are right and you are wrong.  That could be.  ItchieBitchie says--Some folks are more certain of everything than I am of anything!  Russia's Sergey Kindyapkin who took gold in the men's 50 kilometer race walk said this about athletes in his sport, "we are just not right in the head"!  I read in the paper (i.e. so it must be right) that 1 in 4 adults or 57.7 million folks show symptoms of mental disorder each year.  Sooooo look around, 1 out of 4 folks.  Oooooooh!  Ouchy ouchy! 

DuaneTheWorm has a big head.  Oh ya!  In fact he might have tooooooo big of a head.  LuckyEddie says--"If you keep your feet on the ground, you can't fall very far."  Joesixpack says--I think he has deamons in his head. Some are real and some are manufactured (i.e. not real). Oh those deamons! Are deamons part of mental illness? SusieQ says--We're all a little mental ill but tooooo different degress. Sooooo who is normal anyway? Are you? Am I? Ya havetohave a bench mark to compare tooooo. Who in the world is normal anyway. I read on the PGA Golf Web recently this about what Bubba Watson said--Therre is a lot of stuff going thorugh my head, not just golf! Huh, interesting.

Soooo

Soooooo what!  Some of  you folks might think I'm unusual.  That could be.  A friend recently called me "An American Original"!  I have no idea what that means.  Soooo... relax!  I don't know how much brain capacity you have but don't worry.  This stuff in this "It's Saturday" is not unforgettable stuff soooooo it won't fill any of your brain capacity.  Sooooo...relax!  Chill out!  As they say in the the San Jaun Mountains--When in doubt, relax turn off your mind and float downstream!

I had breakfast with a friend recently.  He told me that he's not nearly excited about certain things like he use to be.  He has done many things many times  (i.e. been there done that many times) and sooo the excitement is off maybe.  As the song goes--After you have been having steak for a long time, beans beans taste fine.  I remember fishing in Canada years ago when a friend who said--My wife was very passionate before we were married but after marriage the passion sorta kinda tapered off.  Joesixpack says--My wife HotTamale had a lot of passion when we got married.  Now she's just a hot dog!  Ouchy ouchy!  Do you think we get bored or something?  Ya different things excite us as we get to different ages now don't they.  Popularity, acceptance, video games, texting, fame, sex, money, family, eternal life are a few things that get us excited at different times of our life and to different degrees (i.e. my opinion).  Saturday question--Soooooo what are the parts to keep you running fast?  The folks in the picture are some of my parts all right.  It said in the Denver Post, sooooo it must be right--Within minutes, even seconds, all 49,000 tickets to the 31st Colorado Great American Beer Festival were sold.  Sooooo that means that folks like beer the article said.  Sooooooo it must be important to them (i.e. everyone has parts that make them run faster).  Such is life.

I wonder (i.e. like a pure innocent child, a natural contemplative) as I wander!  I like to travel and explore and learn.  It makes me more contemplative.  Ya, some of the stuff is sorta kinda a repeat (i.e. been there done that) but there is soooo much out there that makes me sooooo excited.  I wonder more the more I travel and experience.  T.S. Eliot said--We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.  That is what he said folks.  I understand more by not understanding than by understanding.  Oh ya!  Soooo I hope I continue to have the desire and ability to travel.  I learned this trip that bears really don't hibernate but are in a deep sleep.  I also learned that the Aspen is the second largest living organism.  The Aspens share one root system.  I learned a lot about gold and silver mining. I was reminded once again that there was an ice  age age and the mountains were covered with ice and sea.  That is hard for me to understand with my puny little mind.  How great is God anyway?  Huh, interesting.

He's a loaded semi let me tell ya.  Ya that little guy looks like a semi load alright.  When I was hiking/running in'em'remountains I met this couple.  CO folks are much different that most IA folks.  CO folks seem to exercise more while more IA folks seem to like to sit on the couch and eat chips.  Maybe that's why CO has the lowest percentage of obese folks.  Could be.  This couple had a different accent soooooo I asked them where they were from--Russia.  They live and work in Denver.  Huh, interesting.

Sooooooo...When James, Chet and I were going to Batman, we were running  a little late.  Chet told me (i.e. I was driving) we need less pantie and more jock strap at the wheel!  We got there 2 minutes before it started.  James and Chet almost ran up the ramp to theater #9.  I told them--You guys are never this excited to go to church!  Hey, I actually could hear every word of the movie.  It was loud folks. Really loud.  Talking about panties and jock straps--Chet and Jessica are having a little boy in December.  Sooooo that will even out the panties and jock straps in our family.  Sooooo that's a big deal.  Such is life.

I read in the Durango Herald, soooo it must be right, what Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke said--Once basic material needs are met, more wealth doesn't necessarily make people happier...Or, as your parents always said, money doesn't buy happiness...Well, an economist might reply, at least not by itself...Economics isn't just about money and material benefits, it is also about understanding and promoting 'the enhancement of well-being'".  Sooooo there you go.  Ben wants to know if you are happy?  Yabut Ben, it takes money to travel!

We spent the week in SW CO.  I really like this country.  It was a fun-licious trip.  It use to be that the cowboys would go to town to get a bath, sleep in a bed, drink some whiskey, gamble and maybe spend some money at the brothels.  Now the cowboys go to town for a super-sized value meal at Wendy's.  His name is Henry, Cowboy Henry.  He has been a cowboy, rancher, and rodeo man for all his life he said (i.e. he was a true gentleman cowboy let me tell ya).  Soooooo there you go.  We spent some time in the Durango area.  Durango was developed by the railroad hauling coal for the mining industry in the late 1800s.  There is very little mining now and the biggest industry is tourism.  Soooo there you go, we added to the local economy.  Did you know (i.e. pretty typical) that very few of the miners made money?  The suppliers, saloons, and brothels made the money (i.e. mining the miners).  It's all about the money folks.  Were there are bucks to be made, they will show up.  It's called capitalism.  Such is life.

Chief Ouray says--She's the one!  I already know that Chief Ouray.  Have you ever looked at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before (i.e. from 9,000 feet)! Sooooo it sure looks different now doesn't it. GeorgeTheCrook says--I use to look at life rather matter-of-factly but now it looks sooooooo different. Sooooo different. Soooo what's your 9,000 feet experience that makes your world look oh soooooo different. Have you ever been to Ouray, CO?

 Here is the bumper sticker I saw on this trip that made me laugh the most--"Jesus" loves you but everyone else thinks you are an...! 

I was getting a Denver Post at the Corner Store in Morrison the other morning.  Their digitally advertising screen for the lottery said--Your luck is just a dollar away.  Ya right.  I read in the paper, soooooo it must be right, that the IA lottery revenues were up 14.5% from last year for a total of 310.0 million in which the state made 88.7 million a.k.a. State of Iowa capitalism..  Sooooo it looks like that dollar will not make you lucky.  It's a hoax folks a.k.a. colossal deception!  Soooo suck it up cupcake, you are being taken.  It's sorta kinda like what a senior guy said coming out of the bathroom in Donut Hut when we bought Erin a donut--It sounds like that darn thing is going to blow up; I wouldn't go in there if I were you!  ItchieBitchie says--Can you shift gears...or are you stuck in stupid lotteryticketbuyer!

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

erv

MyFriendJean says--The steam that blows the whistle can't be used to turn the wheels.

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Sometimes we don't listen very well. Sometimes we misinterpret the information. Sometimes we only hear or see what we want. Sometimes we don't see the whole picture. Soooooo don't take any of this "It's Saturday" tooooo serious. We were on the hole #4 tee box and a guy in our foursome said he took a golf lesson this afternoon. I asked him how much did the lesson cost. He said--$25 for a half hour lesson. He then went on to say, I thought, that it has cost him already $2,500. I laughed but really didn't understand what he said. The next morning I called Russ, my teammate, and asked him what he met about the $2,500. Russ said--He meant that it will probably cost him $2,500 to get a game. Oh, I missed part of the picture! So don't assume I know what you know or you know what I know!  Such is life.

Technically speaking, he's an idiot! I mean MurkyMarivn just talks and talks and talks and no one really cares what he says.  He think he's sooooo important.  They all wish he would just shut up!  But he doesn't see it that way.  Joesixpack says--Maybe the best way to influence folks is by your actions and not your talk.  You can talk a good game but too play a good game is a different story.  Let's look at MurkyMarvin's current life and his life of the past.  What does that tell us.  Talk is cheap folks.  And maybe some of the most influential folks don't even know they are that important.  My Daddy, Chester, told me--The great folks don't even know they are great and many of the folks who think they are great, aren't!  Get around great folks erv, they will help you a lot and also make your life much more enjoyable.  That is what he meant folks.  "Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand." ~Colin Powell~

Oh...oops!! MyFriendJan said--Your sins will find you out! Ouchy ouchy! Ya can sweep your sins under the rug just for sooooo long and then they'll come back and bite you in your butt! BerthaTheGnat says--Do you ever notice the hotter you get the more gnats are attracted to you? Cool down and watch the gnats diminish.  Saturday question--Do the gnats of the world really bother ya?  They sure can be irrigating at times can't they?  I mean it seems the more you get upset and the more crazy you get, the more the gnats show up.  I mean it seems that way!  SusieQ says--If you keep those sins (i.e. they are like wounds) open and festering, they are like nagging gnats.  Not confessing sin actually shortens our lives.  Soooo folks, we need to fess up and ask for forgiveness.  It feels soooooo good.  God says He will forgive us and remove our sins from our lives.  Isn't that great!  I mean, very encouraging. 

I mean, who does that stuff anyway?  Joesixpack says--A lot of folks do.  There are folks who have fibbed sooooo much for sooooo long that they don't know they do it anymore.  There are folks who are soooo arrogant a.k.a self centered for soooo long that they don't even know it anymore.  There are folks who argue about everything for sooooo long that they don't even know that they do it anymore.  There are folks who have listened to half-truths or propaganda for soooooo long that they don't know what the Truth a.k.a. Light is anymore.  I mean, a guy has to be careful about those folks and what they say.  I have relearned recently again that folks see through these folks even if we wonder if we are the only ones who see them that way.  I have been reassured that many folks see right through these folks.  The suckers don't. WilmaWonder says--I hate to see the aged and the innocent swindled quite soooo brazenly!  They are thrown to the wolfs!   Ouchy ouchy!

I mean I just didn't feel like running (i.e. I try to run 2.5 miles every other day).  I went for a run the other morning and ran a short distance and neither my mind or my buddy wanted to run.  I stopped and walked home.  You runners know the feeling.  I mean I just couldn't run.  It was both mental and physical I think.  I heard the Olympians say that everyone is good but the difference is the mental element.  Oh the mental element.  The last couple of golf league nights, there were new, young golfers in our foursome.  They both told me that they can do soooo much better during the week but in league they can't do very well.  And I want to do soooo well but can't!  I mean at any level of any type of competition, the mental element can be an issue.  Some folks just can't handle pressure.  They just can't.  They pee in their pants!  And others strive under pressure.  GeorgeTheCrook says--Some folks can just "nail it" under pressure and other just "crumble"!  Huh, interesting. 

I mean -- The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!  MissPerfect says--Nobody, I mean nobody, knows to the same level as you do of your thrill of victory and your agony of defeat.  Folks just don't understand how I completely feel.  I believe that MissPerfect.  Folks just can't completely understand your emotions, feelings and reality since they have never been where you are.  And if they seem to be where you are, they have their own victories and agonies to deal with.  Yours are important to them but not as important as their own.  I mean it can't be any other way sooooo don't be surprised when folks don't show you much attention when you have victories and agonies.  And sometimes, folks seem to understand but don't know how to react to you.  They are puzzled at times soooo they say nutten and do nutten.  Such is life.

EngineerJames (i.e. I like this guy) says--I like to get up before sunrise (i.e. the early bird gets the worm).  When hiking Falcon Mt. early yesterday morning, I had these thoughts.  Are you awake, sleeping or somewhere in between?  I mean I don't wake up instantly so I'm sorta kinda in between.  I know some of you are wide awake at 4 a.m.  I mean wide awake.  And I know some of you are still sleeping at 9 a.m.  I mean we are all different aren't we.  Some of us are night folks and some are morning folks.  I use to be a night person but now I'm neither.  I am a good sleeper most of the time.  A friend says--He sleeps well 'cause he has a clear conscious.  That's what he says.  But of course some nights I have to get up and go to the bathroom.  I mean I really have to go!  I have no choice.  Joesixpack asks--Why are some folks good sleepers and others are not.  We are in CO with our family for a few days.  Our little Erin gets up early and doesn't like to go to bed.  Our little Easton a.k.a. littleJimmer likes his mommy to put him to bed.  And he sometimes wakes up during the night.  Our little Charlie goes to bed easily and likes to sleep in the morning too!  I wonder if those patterns will stay with them as they get older.  What do you think?  AverageJoe says--There are two type of folks, the givers and the takers.  The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

I mean it must be right as I read it in the Denver Post--Colorado tops nation in breastfeeding rate; The nationwide rate is 16.3% compared to CO's rate of 26.6%.  Research indicates that breastfeed babies are less likely to become overweight.  I mean this is interesting.  Such is life.

On I-80 @ 80mph going to CO I passed 3 motorcycles from IL.  The drivers and passengers were seniors.  The gals sitting behind their husband wore sandals, capris and tank tops (i.e no helmets).  ANYWAY what really was amazing to me, I mean, I have never seen that before was all three were reading books on Kindles (i.e. I couldn't believe my eyes).  I mean you don't see that every day.  I bet it happened this way--BettyTheRingLeader said to her husband, WimpyPaul--I'll go on the road trip but I want a Kindle to read while riding.  WimpyPaul thought that was a good compromise so he agreed.  The other 2 guys were had!  Such is life.


I mean, "if itches, itch it"!  I mean it's not always that easy.  I had a young teenager a.k.a. laddy ask for my advice.  He impressed me (i.e. a sign of maturity to ask for advice at that age).  He was in a dilemma and really didn't know what to do.  It was a real crises for him in his situation.  We talked about the pros and the cons.  He asked me if I ever had this in my life at his age.  I did sorta kinda but not quite the same.  We had a very nice talk with no conclusion.  There are always more parts of the equation than are spoken and understood.  I mean, I sorta kinda felt sorry for the laddy.  I will pray for him.  Yes I will.  This laddy impressed me!

SusieQ says--There are unfortunates and the fortunates and some in flux!  I mean some ladies sure seem to have the world by the tail it seems now don't they.  Some guys too.  I was told by a buddy on a golf course recently that a certain guy retired at a very early age.  I asked  what he did to make soooo much money to enable him to retire at such a young age--married money!  So there you go!  Soooo some of those ladies married into money tooooo.  GeorgeTheCrook says--Marrying money or inheriting money are a couple of easy ways to make a lot of money.  WilmaWonder says--I mean, yabut ya gotta play the cards that turn up!  Or do ya? Yabut WilmaWonder, I wonder if you cheated a little with the cards!  I mean you manipulated the deck.  MissPerfect says--When ya tell the card girls how you did it, they will understand.  But remember, if you tell them, it's probably not a secret anymore.  I mean you have your ways maybe!  Ah-choo!! Ah-choo!! Ah-choo!! A bit toooo much pepper or something!  Oh ya!  Maybe that's why it appears that the $$$$ fortunes seems to shine on some more that others.  You think sooooo?

Let's put it all on the table and not be a roundabout person.  It's time to lance the boil folks.  AverageJoe says--Just use some common sense dude!  Did you hear that MrCommonSense died recently?  This is what it says;  He was proceeded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust, his wife, Discretion, one daughter, Personal Responsibility and one son, Reason. He is survived by two step-brothers, My Rights and Ima Whiner and one lost relative, Non-Sense. There was no funeral since very few people even noticed his demise.

It's sooooo easy that anyone can do it. NoseyKate says--I mean ya just gotta get something rollin' down hill and let it go.  The momentum will just keep it rolling.  It's hard to stop.  MagicMike knows how to do it.  Yes he does.  DuaneTheWorm winds folks up (i.e. gets them all excited) and then steps back (i.e. he's good at that).  I mean don't those folks every catch on to his tactics?  He just stirs up the folks and they do his dirty work for him (i.e. some folks are easy to stir up to yet) and he just skedaddles out of there.  I mean that lots of things can affect folks.  Oh ya!  LuckieEddie says--I mean money, whiskey, tempers, and women don't mix very well.  Most folks are crazy when they drink whiskey.  They don't think soooo but they do.  FancyPantsCarol says--I mean, some folks are crazy when they are not drinking whiskey.  Such is life. 

CadillacJack says--Sometimes we don't see the whole picture.  A guy from Cottonwood County MN with a bucket full of live fish was approached recently by a game warden as he started to drive his boat away from a lake. The game warden asked the man, "May I see your fishing license please?"  "Naw, sir," replied the redneck. "I don't need none of them there papers.  These here are my pet fish."  "Pet fish??"  "Yep. Once a week, I bring  these here fish o'mine down to the lake and let 'em swim 'round for a while. Then when I whistle, they swim right back into my net and I take 'em home."  "What a line of baloney....you're under arrest."  The Minnesotian said, "It's the truth, Mr. Gov'ment Man. I'll show ya! We do this all the time!!"  "WE do, now, do WE?" smirked the warden. "PROVE it!"  The redneck released the fish into the lake and stood and waited.  After a few minutes, the warden said, "Well?"  "Well, WHUT?" said the redneck. The warden asked, "When are you going to call them back?"  "Call who back?"  "The FISH," replied the warden!  "Whut fish?" asked the redneck.

Here is the whole picture!  And you thought it was just another ol' stripper!  Now you see the whole picture.  How crazy is that anyway! Ya, sometimes we don't see the whole picture now do we?  SusieQ left a note on the fridge for her husband-- "It's not working, I can't take it anymore!!   Gone to stay with my Mother".  WildWillie opened the fridge, the light came on and the beer was cold.........I mean what the heck is she talking about?

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

erv

MyFriendJean says--A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.