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"Friends
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us."
These are clean jokes. However,
They are,
PG - Not intended
for younger readers - PG
An apology is the superglue of life. It can
repair almost anything.
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Subscribers
Anyone without a sense
of humor is at the mercy
of the rest of us.
Heaven Help
Them
Remember,it is easier to get
older
than it is to get wiser
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 22,2006
Have A Wonderful Thanksgiving
Holiday
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: My wife never repeats gossip.
You've got to listen very well the
first time she tells you.
'Twas
the night of Thanksgiving, but I just couldn't sleep
I tried counting
backwards, I tried counting sheep.
The leftovers beckoned - the dark meat and
white
But I fought the temptation with all of my might.
Tossing and
turning with anticipation
The thought of a snack became infatuation.
So, I
raced to the kitchen, flung open the door
And gazed at the fridge, full of
goodies galore.
I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes,
Pickles and
carrots, beans and tomatoes.
I felt myself swelling so plump and so
round,
'Til all of a sudden, I rose off the ground.
I crashed through
the ceiling, floating into the sky
With a mouthful of pudding and a handful
of pie.
But, I managed to yell as I soared past the trees....
Happy eating
to all - pass the cranberries, please.
May your stuffing be tasty, may
your turkey be plump.
May your potatoes 'n gravy have nary a lump,
May
your yams be delicious, may your pies take the prize,
May your Thanksgiving
dinner stay off of your thighs.
Happy
Thanksgiving!
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Standing on the sidelines during a football game at my
son's
high school, I saw one of the players take a hard hit.
He
tumbled to the ground and didn't move. We grabbed our
first-
aid gear and rushed out onto the field.
The coach picked up the young man's hand and urged, "Son,
can you hear me? Squeeze once for yes and twice for
no."
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My Italian
American friend is very self-conscious about his
height, or lack
thereof. So I always steer clear of the
subject.
One day, he and I went to lunch at a Sub shop.
"I'll
take the Italian," he said to the guy behind the
counter.
"Salami, Provolone, and peppers."
"Do you want a full hero
or half one?" came the reply.
"Ah... gimme a half," my
friend says.
After placing our orders, we took our seats. A
few minutes
later, my friend grimaced when we
heard...
"Small Italian, your order is up!"
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My husband,
Jack, played on our town's senior hockey team. The local surgeon was an ardent
fan, and frequented the dressing room between periods to give the players pep
talks and administer first aid. During one game, Jack suffered a cut in his
thigh. The surgeon stitched him up, and Jack returned to the ice.
At home
that evening, Jack experienced complications with his injury. He phoned the
doctor, and they agreed to meet in the dressing room. After waiting at the rink
for over an hour, Jack returned home wondering what had happened to the
doctor.
Just then the phone rang--it was the surgeon, patiently waiting
for Jack in the dressing room of the emergency ward at the
hospital.
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When I was a reporter, I spent several
years covering the police court. One day I was walking down a hallway with a
male attorney, engrossed in a discussion on a point of law. When he opened a
door and walked through, I followed, preoccupied with the matter we had been
debating. Suddenly, he stopped. "Can I ask you something?" he
asked.
"Sure," I replied.
"Do you really think you should be in
the men's
washroom?"
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Three
men were discussing at a bar about coincidences. The first man said, "my wife
was reading 'A Tale of Two Cities' and she gave birth to twins" "That’s funny",
the second man remarked, "my wife was reading 'The Three Musketeers' and she
gave birth to triplets" The third man shouted, "Good God, I have to rush home!"
When asked what the problem was, he exclaimed, "When I left the house, my wife
was reading 'Twelve Angry Men'"!!!
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During Advent I attended a high-school dramatization of the events of
the Lord's life. I was so impressed with the sincerity and power of the
presentation that I asked the director if the production could be staged in my
parish church the following week.
Unfortunately not, I was told -- Jesus
was leaving in the morning on
vacation.
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Our
daughter had been in first grade for only a week when my husband, seeking to
encourage thoughtfulness in the child, asked her, "Why do you think you go to
school?"
"I don't know," she replied. "That was Mom's
idea."
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Some
small town county police officers still write all their reports by
hand, and
the data is entered later by a computer tech into their
database.
One
theft report stated that a farmer had lost 2,025 pigs. Thinking that
this had
to be an error, the tech called the farmer directly.
"Hello, Mr Smith? Is
it true that you lost 2.025 pigs?" she asked.
"Yeth." lisped farmer
Smith.
Being a small town county girl herself, the tech
entered::
"Subject lost 2 sows and 25
pigs."
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A
farmer wrote to a giant mail order company and asked the price of
their
toilet paper. The company wrote back and told him to look on page
#287. He
wrote another letter back, "If I had your catalog, I wouldn't
need your
toilet
paper."
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It was
young Anthony's first ride in a railway train, and the succession
of wonders
reduced him to a state of hysterical astonishment. The train
rounded a slight
bend and, with a shriek of its whistle, plunged into a
tunnel. There were
gasps of surprise from the corner where Anthony was
kneeling. Suddenly the
train rushed into broad daylight again, and a
small voice lifted in wonder.
"It's tomorrow!" exclaimed the small
boy.
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Grumbled
the new groom at dinner:
"Why can't you make bread like my mother
does?"
Answered his bride,
"Why can't you make dough like my father
does?"
****
Quickies ****
My perfect man is smart, funny, good-looking, a
good dresser, sensitive, and he won't chase other women. So what I figured out
is that my perfect man is gay.
"I'm always
thankful for what I receive. I'd be in trouble if I got what I deserved." -
Milton Berle
For the first time ever,
Republicans in Congress are demanding to know the president's exit strategy from
Iraq. Yeah, in response the president said, "I have an exit strategy, I'm
leaving office in 2008."
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the
test first, the lesson afterward."
The one
thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents.
If you
have a pocket with a hole in it, put your troubles in it.
Dieting is
wishful shrinking.
Q. What do you call a stolen Hershey
bar?
A. Hot chocolate!
Q. What two garden vegetables fight
crime?
A. Beetman & radish.
Q. What happened when the police
caught the frankfurter?
A. They grilled it.
Q. What is a black
& white, black & white, and black & white & green?
A.
Three skunks eating a pickle.
Q. When was beef the highest it has ever
been?
A. When the cow jumped over the moon.
Q. What did the hungry
dalmation say when he had a meal?
A. That hit the spots!
Q. What
do you do if your dog eats your pen?
A. Use a pencil instead!
Q.
Why don't dogs make good dancers?
A. Because they have two left
feet.
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HIV/AIDS linked to drug resistant TB
NEW HAVEN, Conn., -- U.S. scientists say a highly drug-
resistant form of tuberculosis has been linked to HIV/
AIDS
in a study conducted in rural South Africa. Yale
School of
Medicine researchers aiming to integrate HIV
and TB care and
treatment note TB is the most common
cause of death and illness
in those with HIV infection
in sub-Saharan Africa. Death rates
of up to 40 percent
annually have been reported in patients with
both HIV
and TB. Senior author Dr. Gerald Friedland, director
of
the AIDS program at Yale, said the issue is of
grave
worldwide importance, with multi-drug resistant
tuber-
culosis and extensively drug-resistant
tuberculosis
threatening to blunt or reverse the success of TB
pro-
grams and the roll-out of anti-retroviral HIV
therapies
in resource limited settings. Friedland says there is
a
desperate need for new TB diagnostic tests and
treatments.
"It is still being diagnosed the same way it was in
1882,"
he said. "Modern technology for diagnosis and new
treat-
ment needs to be developed urgently. The last approved
TB
drug was 40 years ago." The 5-year study appeared in
the
Oct. 26 issue of The
Lancet.
Migraine-heart risk
link found in men
BOSTON, Nov. -- Researchers in
Boston said men with mi-
graines have a greater risk of
cardiovascular disease,
mainly because of a higher risk of heart
attack. Mi-
graines have been linked to heart disease-related
risk
factors, including hypertension and higher
cholesterol,
said author Tobias Kurth, an assistant professor
of
medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and
Harvard
Medical School, both in Boston. He said patients
with
migraine should focus on traditional risk factors
until
the association is better understood, HealthDay
said.
This study is the second to find a correlation
between
migraine and heart disease. Research by the same
team
found a link in women who experienced migraines
with
visual disturbances preceding the attack.
Researchers
studied more than 20,000 men, all of whom were
heart
disease-free when the study began. Researchers said
over
the next 15 years, 7.2 percent of participants
reported
having migraines. Compared with men who did not
report
migraines, migraine sufferers had a 42-percent
increased
risk of heart attack, the study found, which was
similar
to the risk found in the study of women, the
HealthDay
report said. Researchers said men with migraines had
a
24-percent increased risk of cardiovascular
problems,
with heart attacks the leading
problem.
Problems possible in Alzheimer treatment
CLEVELAND, -- U.S. researchers have determined an
enzyme
that produces a toxic protein involved in
Alzheimer's
disease is also important for nerve cell
myelination. The
finding by Riqiang Yan and colleagues at the
Cleveland
Clinic suggests targeting the BACE1 enzyme as an
Alzheimer
disease treatment might produce significant adverse
side
effects. Most nerve cell axons are wrapped with a layer
of
myelin, which acts as an insulator to allow nerve
impulses
to travel more quickly to their destination. Riqiang
Yan
and colleagues studied mice with a deletion of the
BACE1
gene. The researchers found the thickness of the
myelin
sheath in the mice was reduced along axons throughout
the
brain and spinal cord. Those effects were visible as
early
as 15 days following birth and lasted into adulthood.
The
mice also exhibited lower pain thresholds and
decreased
grip strength -- both typical signs of demyelination.
The
researchers concluded that although inhibition of
BACE1
may reduce the conversion of amyloid precursor protein
in-
to the plaques deposits seen in Alzheimer disease,
the
study's results suggest that as a therapeutic
technique,
it should be approached with caution. The research
is
presented in the December issue of Nature
Neuroscience.
The Thanksgiving Story
The Pilgrims who sailed to this country aboard the Mayflower were
originally members of the English Separatist Church (a Puritan sect). They had
earlier fled their home in England and sailed to Holland (The Netherlands) to
escape religious persecution. There, they enjoyed more religious tolerance, but
they eventually became disenchanted with the Dutch way of life, thinking it
ungodly. Seeking a better life, the Separatists negotiated with a London stock
company to finance a pilgrimage to America. Most of those making the trip aboard
the Mayflower were non-Separatists, but were hired to protect the company's
interests. Only about one-third of the original colonists were Separatists.
The Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. Their first
winter was devastating. At the beginning of the following fall, they had lost 46
of the original 102 who sailed on the Mayflower. But the harvest of 1621 was a
bountiful one. And the remaining colonists decided to celebrate with a feast --
including 91 Indians who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year. It is
believed that the Pilgrims would not have made it through the year without the
help of the natives. The feast was more of a traditional English harvest
festival than a true "thanksgiving" observance. It lasted three days.
Governor William Bradford sent "four men fowling" after wild ducks
and geese. It is not certain that wild turkey was part of their feast. However,
it is certain that they had venison. The term "turkey" was used by the Pilgrims
to mean any sort of wild fowl.
Another modern staple at almost every
Thanksgiving table is pumpkin pie. But it is unlikely that the first feast
included that treat. The supply of flour had been long diminished, so there was
no bread or pastries of any kind. However, they did eat boiled pumpkin, and they
produced a type of fried bread from their corn crop. There was also no milk,
cider, potatoes, or butter. There was no domestic cattle for dairy products, and
the newly-discovered potato was still considered by many Europeans to be
poisonous. But the feast did include fish, berries, watercress, lobster, dried
fruit, clams, venison, and plums.
This "thanksgiving" feast was not
repeated the following year. But in 1623, during a severe drought, the pilgrims
gathered in a prayer service, praying for rain. When a long, steady rain
followed the very next day, Governor Bradford proclaimed another day of
Thanksgiving, again inviting their Indian friends. It wasn't until June of 1676
that another Day of Thanksgiving was proclaimed.
On June 20, 1676, the
governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts, held a meeting to determine how
best to express thanks for the good fortune that had seen their community
securely established. By unanimous vote they instructed Edward Rawson, the
clerk, to proclaim June 29 as a day of thanksgiving. It is notable that this
thanksgiving celebration probably did not include the Indians, as the
celebration was meant partly to be in recognition of the colonists' recent
victory over the "heathen natives," (see the proclamation).
October of
1777 marked the first time that all 13 colonies joined in a thanksgiving
celebration. It also commemorated the patriotic victory over the British at
Saratoga. But it was a one-time affair.
George Washington proclaimed a
National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789, although some were opposed to it. There
was discord among the colonies, many feeling the hardships of a few Pilgrims did
not warrant a national holiday. And later, President Thomas Jefferson scoffed at
the idea of having a day of thanksgiving.
It was Sarah Josepha Hale, a
magazine editor, whose efforts eventually led to what we recognize as
Thanksgiving. Hale wrote many editorials championing her cause in her Boston
Ladies' Magazine, and later, in Godey's Lady's Book. Finally, after a 40-year
campaign of writing editorials and letters to governors and presidents, Hale's
obsession became a reality when, in 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the last
Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving was
proclaimed by every president after Lincoln. The date was changed a couple of
times, most recently by Franklin Roosevelt, who set it up one week to the
next-to-last Thursday in order to create a longer Christmas shopping season.
Public uproar against this decision caused the president to move Thanksgiving
back to its original date two years later. And in 1941, Thanksgiving was finally
sanctioned by Congress as a legal holiday, as the fourth Thursday in November.
**** Reader's Submissions ****
The Swing
Meg, Katie and I sat rocking on the
swing on Meg's front porch.
Because Katie had the longest legs, it was her job to keep us moving with
a gentle push every now and then. Today, our swinging was
sporadic. Katie was caught up in Meg's description of the
heart surgery she would undergo in two days.
"The doctors say now is the best
time," Meg explained. "I've grown all I'm going to, I'm
healthy and they don't want to wait any longer. The walls of
my aorta are weakening every day."
Katie and I listened
quietly. We'd always known that one day Meg would have heart
surgery, but we weren't prepared for it to happen this summer.
We were having too much fun.
Katie and I had always known Meg
was different. She often complained about the way her eyes
protruded from her head and about the extra-thick glasses she wore.
We teased her about her slightly bucked front teeth,
lovingly calling her "Bugs" after Bugs Bunny. But we
never teased her about her heart condition. Meg's family had
known from her birth that one day she
would require an operation. Now, the day had come.
Meg went shopping with her mom the
next day, so Katie and I didn't see her until late. We sat on
the porch swing, each of us lost in our own thoughts. When
Meg's dad called her in, I hugged her tightly. "I'll be
praying for you," I said.
"Thanks," she replied with a
smile. "Pray for the doctors, too." We all
laughed. Meg's remark had broken the
tension.
I didn't sleep very well that
night, so it was late when I got up the next morning. I went
outside for some fresh air and looked down the row of houses to
Meg's. I saw her dad and brother with their arms around each
other.
They're home early, I
thought. I went in the house just as the phone
rang. It was Katie.
"Teresa, I have terrible
news."
I could tell she was
crying. My heart sank.
"Meg died," Katie said
flatly. "When the doctors touched her aorta, it was so
weakened, it just dis-solved. She died on the operating
table."
I was in shock.
"Katie, I'll talk to you later," I said, and hung up the
phone. As I headed for my room, I passed my mom in the
hall.
"Any news on Meg?" she
asked.
I shook my head, still too stunned
to tell anyone the news. I didn't want to believe
it. I shut my door and lay down on my
bed.
It can't be true, I told
myself. Meg can't be dead. Katie heard
wrong. It was some other girl who died.
Meg will call and tell me everything's okay.
As the hours stretched on, I knew
Katie was right - but I couldn't admit it. I heard Katie's
mom call mine to tell her the news. When my mom knocked on my
door, I told her to go away. "I want to be alone," I
pleaded.
On the way to the funeral home, I
kept telling myself that Meg was okay. But when I walked into
the room with my parents and saw Meg lying there, reality hit.
My friend was dead. I walked over to the casket and
looked at Meg's peaceful face. She looked like she
could jump up any minute and ask why everyone was so sad, but she
didn't. Meg was dead.
I cried hot, angry
tears. I couldn't understand why Meg had died, and I was mad
at God for allowing it to happen. The world is full of
horrible people. Why didn't you take one of them?
Why did you have to take the sweetest, kindest person I know?
God didn't give me any easy
answers. At Meg's funeral, her pastor read John 3:16: "For
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
I knew Meg was a Christian, and I
was comforted by the fact that she was promised eternal life.
As the days passed, I drew on God's promises for those who believe in
him. Jesus told his disciples that he was going to
prepare a place for them in heaven. I knew that
included a mansion for Meg.
I missed Meg terribly, but I could feel my anger
lessening.
One evening several weeks later,
Katie and I were walking when we found ourselves heading for Meg's front
porch. We sat on the swing, both uncomfortably aware of the
space between us.
"I miss Meg," Katie said as she
gave a push.
"Me, too," I replied placing my
hand on the empty seat. "But you know," I told Katie with a
smile, "Bugs will have perfect teeth in heaven."
Katie laughed.
"You're right, and she can't complain about her eyes or her thick glasses
anymore!"
"And no heart defect . .
."
The front door opened and Meg's mom
came out. "I thought I heard someone," she said.
"I was hoping you girls would stop by. Please keep
using the porch swing. Meg's dad put it up for the three of
you, and we hate to see it empty."
"We'll be back," we
promised.
"No heart defect," Katie said with
wonder, as our swinging resumed.
We scooted together, closing the
space that had separated us. "Do you suppose there are porch
swings in heaven?" Katie asked.
"I'm sure of it," I said
firmly. "And I'm sure Meg will be saving us a place on one
when we get there."
By Teresa
Cleary
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**** COUNTRY CALENDAR ****
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Laddie Cain of "The Four Guys," born Houston, TX 1951.
The first Disc Jockey Convention was held in Nashville, TN
1952.
A & M Records released Rita Coolidge's "Nice Feeling" album
1971.
Glen Campbell's #1 hit "Country Boy" charted 1975.
Charlie Pride recorded his #1 single, "She's Just An Old Love
Turned Memory," 1976.
Kenny Rogers' "Lady," went to #1 on the charts 1980.
Lorrie Morgan and Keith Whitley married in 1986.
Lari White hit the USO trail in 1998. Lari entertained
U.S. troops in Germany, Italy, Bosnia, and Turkey.
Wynonna Judd married her former bodyguard D.R. Roach in Leiper's
Fork, TN 2003.
Don Gibson's funeral was held in his hometown, Shelby, NC 2003.
**** COUNTRY MUSIC
NEWS ****
Carrie Underwood to Sing
for Salvation Army
Carrie Underwood will perform
during the halftime show at
the Dallas Cowboys vs. Tampa Bay
Buccaneers game on
Thanksgiving Day in Dallas. Her appearance
will also
launch the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Christmas
fundrais-
ing campaign. "I am so glad to have the opportunity
to
spend Thanksgiving in Dallas this year," she said.
"My
family and I have been spectators several times in
the
past, and now I am thrilled to be performing at
halftime
this year." The afternoon game will be televised on
the
Fox Network.
Rascal Flatts parades on Turkey Day
Monday, November 20, 2006 –
Rascal Flatts will perform 2 songs during the 80th Anniversary Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The group will sing "Me And My Gang,"
the title track of current album, and "What Hurts The Most."
This is Rascal Flatts second appearance in the parade, having
participated in 2000, 5 months after the release of their self-titled
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**** Amy's Kitchen
****
Crocked Curried
Beef
2 lb lean beef round, trimmed
1 tablespoon
curry powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
1 bud
garlic; minced
2 tablespoon raisins
2 teaspoon cornstarch
1 of fat
and cut in 2-in cubes
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon allspice
1 lemon; juiced
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1/4 cup cold water
----OPTIONAL GARNISHES----
yogurt
1 cup
cilantro; chopped
lemon wedges
fresh parsley; chopped
1. Combine
ingredients, except cornstarch and cold water in a crock
cooker. No
pre-browning of the meat or preheating of the cooker is
needed. Cover tightly
and set on slow heat. Cook 16 to 18 hours or until
meat is very tender.
Gently stir meat once or twice during cooking time.
2. Twenty or 30 minutes
before serving time, stir the cornstarch into
cold water and stir this
mixture into the crock cooker. Cover and
continue to cook at lowest heat,
stirring once or twice, until liquid
thickens. Serve with dollops of yogurt,
lemon wedges, and chopped fresh
parsley or cilantro leaves as a garnish, if
desired. Makes 8 servings,
175 calories each
**** TODAY'S USELESS
FACT ****
How do worms multiply?
Can you tell the difference between males and females?
 We assume that worms multiply the same
way we all do, by using the calculator function on their Palm Pilots. Of course,
if you're wondering how they reproduce, that's an entirely different story, and
in order to explain it, we'll need to tackle your second question. As we learned
from the links is our Worms Category, worms are, in fact, hermaphrodites. They
possess both male and female sexual organs.
The links go on to describe
the reproductive process in detail: On warm, moist spring and summer nights, you
can often seen hundreds of mating worms coming up out of their burrows. Once
they have mated, the girdle like ring around the front of an earthworm called
the clitellum slides along the worm's body, picking up fertilized eggs. When it
finally falls off the worm into the soil, it forms a well protected nest or egg
case within which the embryo worms develop.
****A PARTING THOUGHT
****
A woman's work is
never done, especially the part she tells her husband to do.
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, Forever May She Stand
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