exact/notsoooooexact

We have a friend who is an advanced math teacher. There is no speculation in math, it’s either right or wrong.  Way different than adjusting a roof for hail damage, it’s notsooooooexact.  Folks ask me how my respite has affected me.  I tell you what folks, it’s very hard to know or decide (i.e. very notsooooexact).  Maybe I will never know for sure.  But, a change a.k.a. a getaway is good for everyone (i.e. now that is an exact/notsoooexact answer!). I can tell you about my emotions but they aren’t always accurate.  Emotions tend not to measure things right (i.e. emotions can’t always be trusted).  Soooo the exact answer is—I really don’t know (i.e. the exact answer is invisible and unmeasurable). 

Here is something I can measure accurately (i.e. 100% exact).  The words of encouragement from many of you to me to do a respite and those who encouraged me after doing the respite.  Some of you spoke from exact experience you personally had and others from professional view points and others from common sense.  I really appreciate your encouragement.  Sometimes it’s easier to not do something than to do something (i.e. you have probably been there).  Sooooo thanks for all the encouragement. Quite a number of you have offered to stay with Alene and help me.  That is very much appreciated.  Sooooo far I have not had a great need for your offers but the time might come.  I have not forgot about you.  No, I haven’t. 

WildWilly says—A lot of folks make these three common mistakes that get them in trouble. 1. Listen to bad advice (i.e. exactly right).  2. Follow the crowd (i.e. exactly right). 3. Rely on circumstances (i.e. exactly right). Yabut WildWilly, we shouldn’t be too quick to judge others, because we do the exact same things (i.e. exactly right).  GeorgeTheCrook says—The only thing speculative about that is how we interrupt the information! ItchieBitchie says—We have a tendency to interpret information the way it fits us the best (i.e. our self-interest). LuckieEddie says—We can be mulish stupid sometimes (i.e. exactly right)!  Ouchy ouchy!

I watched some baseball recently (i.e. I am a lukewarm fan of the Twins and Cubs—yay yay!). The strike zone is notsoooooexact.  There are a lot of mistakes which cause a lot of unhappiness and can be part of a win or a loss.  I don’t understand that.  Why don’t they just use electronic ball and strike calls.  They have the capability.  They use the electron replay in field calls.  Why not make the calls consistent and exact?  I don’t get it folks.  

Sometimes we don’t like the numbers but numbers don’t lie folks.  When I was in Waukee, I had breakfast at Jimmy Egg (i.e. a new yuppie breakfast place).  On the menu, all the entrees had the number of calories beside them.  I assume they are exact but I don’t know for sure.  But look at the cinnamon rolls; one has 1,520 calories and the other 680 calories. Which one do you think tastes the best?  That is what I thought.  The 1,520-cinnamon roll is all your calories for the day folks; no more eating.  Ouchy ouchy!  SusieQ says--Yabut, they taste soooo good!  Such is life.

FlipThePancake--JukeboxDean says--Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

I greeted a couple, who are my friends, at church Sunday.  She said—erv, did you notice that he (i.e. her husband) has a new shirt on? (i.e. he always wears the exact same shirt)—no I didn’t, it looks like the exact same green shirt he always wears—it’s the same shirt but new (i.e. he said—but one size bigger!).  Later she told me that she bought him two this time; a green one and a blue one. Holy smokes; I don’t know If I can handle seeing him in a blue shirt!!!! Notsoooooexxact! Crazy fun! 

A friend sent me this text-- I'm a big fan of Jan Karon books. I just read a quote and thought of you.  "Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous ".  Kinda like happenstance?  Nah...  That is an interesting quote as we seem to want everything to be exactly the way we want it (i.e. it ain’t going to happen sweetheart). MissPerfect says—I get unhappy when I don’t get what I want!  I guess that is why it is called faith.  Does that make any sense to you?  That is what I thought, exactly!

I was talking to a pickleball buddy this week.  Conversation went like this—Doesn’t your husband like to play; I know he is into physical fitness—he can’t fit into this competitive structure—soooo he’s not competitive; more laid back—oh no, he’s very competitive in other things; let me tell, you he’s competitive!  Then we played pickleball.  I have no idea what she meant!  I got a notsooooexact answer or was it exact and I just didn’t understand it!!!! Now that could be.  FlipThePancake—A grandmother was telling me about one of their grand girls who runs cross country.  She was telling me that she is pretty good (i.e. talented) but has no competitiveness at all.  Grandma tells her she has to run faster but she doesn’t seem to care; she is happy; grandma didn’t seem happy!  Now I think that is funny.

"The pessimist complains about the wind (i.e. exactly); the optimist expects it to change (i.e. exactly); the realist adjusts the sails (i.e. exactly)." - William Arthur Ward

I heard part of an interview with Bill Gaither last Saturday night.  He said—When folks get to be 40 or 45 or maybe 50 and some even 60 or 70 and have a couple of kids, experience life knocks some, see sorrow and death, have disappointments etc., the lyrics of the Christian songs sometimes start to take on a different meaning. The lyrics are exactly the same but nosoooooexact in how they are felt and interpreted.  Is Bill saying that a stubborn, stiff-necked neck person can change? I read this while eating my oatmeal with half a banana on it--Have you ever been guilty of judging someone for an experience they've had that you've never had? Did you dismiss it as extreme or something not of God? God is in the business of changing our paradigm from no personal experiences to God-experiences. However, if you operate on a level of rigid logic, you may never have the privilege of having the God-experiences. Keep your heart free to experience new paradigms with God today.

I have been at tooooo many meetings when I hear talk talk talk and talk but no action is ever taken (i.e. we ought to do this and that).  I have been fortunate to be around many good folks (i.e. you guys) who don’t talk all the time but do things.  Many of you just get it done; sometimes without much or any talk.  And in many cases, no one even knows about it, even after it is done.  WorldClassLarry says—Many folks get more done by noon than others doooo all month!  Some are still talking about doing something two weeks after it is done!  That is why committees, government, groups, clubs etc. are soooooo slow in getting anything done (i.e. tooooo many folks with toooo many ideas who like to talk and talk and talk.  AverageJoe says—Talk it a lot easier than actually doing something! Such is life.

A pickleball buddy is a financial advisor.  I asked him--how is business—we have a lot of money that folks want us to invest—that sounds like a good problem—it’s good but also somewhat scary—why is that—it’s another time of “behavioral economists”—what’s “behavioral economics”—it’s when the market is high and some now want a part of it; it happens historically; it’s typically not a good time to invest; the same type of folks are the ones that invest at this time; we want to invest their money but we always don’t know what we should do.  SusieQ says—Investing is not an exact science; it’s more of a notsoooooexact science! Yabut Mr. financial advisor—folks are cow’n on you!!! When you make folks money they go gaga! But when you lose money for ‘em, well, that is a different story!  It’s a lot more fun to win than to lose!

I found this ball on the golf course while running the other morning.  I have a friend who loves the color of pink.  Soooo I played it Wednesday while playing with my buddies (i.e. a tribute to my friend).  It says on the side of the ball—TD WOMEN!  Maybe that is why my buddies called me Ervina!  Hey folks, the TD stands for True Distance! That True Distance is exactly what I need.  Bingo!

Ok, 24/7 caregivers, here is some notsooooexact advice from a little old farm boy from a mile and fourth south of Roseland, MN—Do respites!  You need tooooo and you have toooo.  If not, you stand a better than a 50/50 change of dying before the person you are taking care of.  

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

erv

MyFriendJean says--Living for the future puts today in perspective.