Zango

MissPerfect says—erv, you seem to tell us more than you know! MissPerfect, I know that I don’t know much but I do know that your cable bill is ugly and your data plan bill is ugly but neither are as ugly as your husband, Bill! 

This "It's Saturday" is not heliography sooooo I assume most of you will understand part of it (i.e. there is no guarantee). Heliography is, of course, the ancient method of sending messages by reflecting sunlight off a mirror or some other polished surface. It was perfected in the 1800s when British military engineers figured out how to coordinate the mirrors with surveying equipment to pinpoint locations of senders and receivers. RuthieTheToothpick (i.e. that is what I called our neighbor girl as a kid) says--We always don't communicate very well 'cause we don't always understand stuff the same. Sooooo true RuthieTheToothpick, soooo true. I wonder if Ruthie is still a toothpick? Haven't seen her since I was a kid. I wonder.

I bet you didn’t know that the Earth weighs by some estimates about 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds (i.e. how they came up with that I don’t have a clue—maybe they made that up after drinking at their favorite watering hole).  ANYWAY those same folks say population growth makes Earth heavier. SusieQ says—No way, No way! Folks are made of stuff that was already here. Dust to dust. What do you think?  It appears that some folks are pretty dusty!

I stopped to pick up my bike at Sheels (i.e. I had checkup done).  I was the first paying customer of the day.  I told the cashier clerk I wanted the Jewish first customer discount. He asked me what was that! When I was a young lad my Mom, Anna, would take me with her to buy produce at a store owned by a Jewish man in Willmar, MN. She said that the first paying customer would get a discount as it was a Jewish custom to treat the first customer very good. It was good luck. I don’t know if that was true but she thought soooooo.  Sooo I emailed a Jewish Christian friend and he said—“I  think it's probably a story about a smart, entrepreneurial businessman, who knows how to be customer-oriented. If it's a Jewish custom, it must have begun after I became a follower of Jesus, 'cause it's not familiar to me! :) Maybe it was a custom among the Jews of that locale.....?”  I wonder if it was maybe just what my Mom, Anna, heard for her Mom, Gertie!  Could be.  I asked my sisters.  My kid sister emailed me--I don't remember the first paying customer discount thing, but I do know that he always gave me a banana.  When I got older I realized he gave me an over ripe one probably that he wouldn't be able to sell anyway, but at the time I sure thought I was special. Zango!

Roasting pan! A gal was making her new husband their first pot roast.  She cut of the ends and put it in the roasting pan.  He asked her how come she did that--‘cause my mom always did it—how come did your mom do that—I don’t know; soo she called her mom—her mom told her she didn’t know but her mom always did it—sooo she called her grandma—grandma said, the pot roast was toooo big for the roasting pan.  Zango!

Here is a zinger for you to think about.  I was telling a friend about times when I don’t feel like running.  My body says it doesn’t want to run.  I have on occasions just turned around and went home.  He is a runner and taught me this zinger—Just walk about 30 feet and let your body reboot (i.e. unplug it and turn it back on).  It works.  It really works.  It seems to me that after about a mile my body adjusts and actually does even better yet after 2 miles.  Does any of you folks experience this?  ItchieBitchie says—I do that all the time with my life—walk 30 feet and let my life reboot!  Joesixpack says—Whether we are athletes or not,

we all dream of extreme success and are all looking to make our future the best it can be, but along the way we will undoubtedly need time to recover and rejuvenate.  SuperRunnerJerBear (i.e. I think it was him or it is something that he would say) says--Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit which fortunately functions independently of logic. Zango! 

Zango!  I was talking to a friend whose grandson plays on an elite AAU basketball team.  One of IA University’s head basketball coach’s son plays on the same team.  A parent of another kid on the team knows this coach quite well and also the coach of another Iowa University said this—This coach, the more you get to know him, the less you like him (i.e. very arrogant).  Then he said—The other coach, the more you get to know him, the more you like him (i.e. very humble).  Huh, interesting.  My impression of watching them on TV give me the same feeling (i.e. and I ain’t that smart folks, I’m just a farm boy from  a mile and fourth south of Roseland, MN).  Such is life.

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UnFilteredLyle says--Some folks can really be zingers with their zingers.  Some folk’s zingers are more than bush backs but are “down right hurting comments”!  Ouchy ouchy!  I found this golf ball on the course while walking the other night.  I bet that message was a zinger when he read it.  And sometimes we interpret communication differently that what it was meant to mean .  Have your ever done that? 

Generally, the theory of causation seeks to explain the connection between one event (the cause) and another (the effect). There are causes and effects throughout life.  Many causes and effects are hard to explain and it can be hard to put a finger on it but they still formulate our thinking.  GeorgeTheCrook says--One reason why we don’t always understand the cause and effect, is that we lie to ourselves.  We don’t like to face the facts of our lives.  Flipthepancake—Many of the good things that have happened to me (i.e. causes and effects) have just fell in my lap (i.e. they are way beyond me).  SusieQ says—Usually there is a cause and effect to most everything but sometimes we don’t recognize them.  Results generally can be predicated.  It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out.  Sooo folks, think before you do the cause.  Think what effect the cause will produce.  It might be a wise decision to do that.  What do you think?  CasualCal says--It's your life. It's your family. It's your future. But…!

This friend tells the truth, yes he does (i.e. a very good man with a good heart,—my kind of person).  Make no mistake, this is a big one!  No lie! No fish story; the proof is in the picture.  He caught this while fishing with his oldest kid.  I bet that lunker made his reel zing!  I asked him where he caught that monster—he said, in the mouth! Like I said, he never lies! Zango

Me, myself and I all think I’m okay; good to go!  If I think I am who I think I am, then I don’t have to worry about any gap in me, myself and I now do I.  But if me, myself and I have a bad evaluation of me, myself and I from me, myself and I, then I better pay attention to the gap.  How will I ever know?  My family and close friends know I bet (i.e. just maybe) but they many times won’t give me their opinion.  Or they might but I won’t listen to what they are saying.  Could be! Probably they say--Momma Mei what a meatball!

Moving moving raw hide.  Ya remember that song.  This is the truth ‘cause I read it in the paper—Getting your body moving is one of the best cures for depression or anxiety available, and it’s free.  Exercise gets your endorphins circulating through your brain.  Making yourself be more physical will make you feel better about almost everything, and doing it to music will make it that much more enjoyable. My bike made a creaking and cracking noise.  It drove me crazy (i.e. I don’t like rattles and noises).  After a bunch of money (i.e. it’s all about the money folks) the bike shop fixed it (i.e. put a little grease on the right spot).  It would have been a lot cheaper if I would have taken the advice of a friend (i.e. he’s one smart guy folks and is easy to like)—Put your I-pod on and turn up the volume real loud and listen to music; erv, you won’t hear the creaking and cracking!  Zango!

Zango! I read this while eating my oatmeal with half a banana on it--Last year, a Gallup poll found large numbers of Americans in the grip of worry.  Worry can have long-term chronic health consequences, including cardiovascular disease. No surprise there. But how do we reduce worry? The researchers recommended more sleep, periods of deep breathing, walks in the forest, chocolate, and smelling grapefruits. They found that the pleasant-smelling essential oils of grapefruit tended to reduce tension and boost the body’s energy. Those ideas may have merit, but the true answer to anxiety is spiritual. We must learn to meditate on God’s goodness. Ponder His power. Drill into His promises. And then focus our minds on Him. Take some time today to stop and think about God’s many blessings in the midst of stress and pressure. Grapefruits are good; but great promises are better. "Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~Charles Dickens~

Unlikely but you never know!  AverageJoe says--My girlfriend CharmingBetsy, makes me want to be a better person--If she gets that done than I can get a better girlfriend!  Unlikely but you never know!  Zango!

It ain’t nutten new folks. I talked to a lady recently whose mother-in-law just died.  I said to her—she was a nice lady; she always kept your father-in-law in check when he got sooooo excited—ya, now I have that same role with her son (i.e. a chip off the ol' block)!  A friend said to me recently—So and so is aloof just like his dad was.  I think my friend is right; he’s not kiddin’ folks.  I knew his dad as well.  Are you like your mother or your dad (i.e. good stuff and bad stuff).  I read in the paper (i.e. sooo it must be right)—Experts say, children react to what their parents do and say - whether these are good habits parents want to encourage or bad habits they don’t want to instill.  Especially until the age of 8, kids are behavioral sponges programming their internal computers.  Many parents do crazy stuff and act rather crazy.  But most times they can’t even recognize that stuff about themselves.  Self-evaluation is soooo hard to really do objectively. WisecrackElma says—Especially if parents don’t even know right from wrong. Huh, interesting.

AverageJoe says—Most zingers (e.g. true sweeping cultural changes) come from a creative lark and not from committee meetings and focus groups. Boy, I will agree with you AverageJoe. By the time everyone tweaks an idea, waters it down, tables it for long periods of time, and get their egos in it, the creative lurkers would have it up and running and producing results that the committee would never get done.  But folks like committees.  I was taking to a business person (i.e. a friend) the other day.  She has to put on presentations (i.e. make sale presentations) to committees etc.  I told her to find out who the decision maker is and sit across from them (i.e. look them right in the eye).  The others really don’t make much difference.  She told me that she did a presentation to a bank board one time.  A person on the board told her that when Flow is happy, it makes Craig (i.e. her husband who is also the president of the bank) happy. Sooooo sell to Flow and don’t worry about the rest.   Wheeeeee!

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

erv

MyFriendJean says—At one time ambition was rewarded, now it is punished with higher taxes.