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Shortarmguy's Emails To Make You Think January 27, 2008
He
cannot cry out for help to anyone.
Once he
survives the night, he is a MAN.
He
cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must
come into manhood on his own.
The wind
blew the grass and earth,
and shook his stump, but he sat
stoically, never removing the blindfold.
It would be the only way he
could become a man!
Finally, after a
horrific night the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold.
It was
then that he discovered his
father sitting on the stump next to him.
We, too,
are never alone.
Even
when we don't know it,
our Heavenly Father is watching over us,
sitting on the stump beside
us.
January 20, 2008 Hot Chocolate
A group of graduates, well established
in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old
university professor, now retired.
When they all had a cup of hot
chocolate in hand, the professor
And then you began eyeing each other's
cups.
Now consider this: Life is the hot
chocolate; your job, money
January 13, 2008
Fun Facts *The
term the "Boogey Man will get you" comes from the
Boogey people, who still inhabit an area of Indonesia. These people
still act as pirates today and attack ships that pass. Thus the term
spread "if you don't watch out the Boogey man will get you." The
energy in an average one day hurricane could power the United States for
three years.
$100 Note Fact Sheet
The life span of a $1 Federal Reserve Note is 21 months. (Other
denominations have different life spans. Average life span of a Federal Reserve
Note by denomination:
$ 1 ...............
January 6, 2008
A Short History of Medicine:
"Doctor, I have an ear ache."
2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this
root."
A man
was tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed at home. He
wanted her to see what he went through so prayed: 'Lord: I go to work
every day while my wife just stays at home. I want her to know what I go
through. So can we switch for a day, Amen.' God in his
infinite wisdom granted the man's wish. Next morning, the man awoke as a
woman. He cooked breakfast, woke the kids, packed their lunches, drove
them to school, went to the bank, shopped, walked the dog and it was
already 1 p.m. So he rushed the daily house chores and ran to school to
collect the kids. Back home, after arguing with the kids about homework,
he ironed and prepared dinner. After dinner, he cleaned up, folded the
laundry, bathed the kids and put them to bed. At 9 p.m.,
exhausted, he went to bed and was then expected to perform his marital
duties! Next morning
he awoke and immediately said: 'Lord, I don't know what I was thinking.
Please! Let us trade back. Amen!' The Lord
replied: 'My son, you have learned your lesson, I will be happy to change
things back …..you'll just have to wait 9 months though. You got pregnant
last night!'
December 30,
2007
Average Weekly Food Expenditures by Various
Families in Various Countries
Germany
: The Melander family of Bargteheide
United States
: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week
$341.98
Italy:
The Manzo family of Sicily
Mexico
: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Poland
: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Egypt
: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Ecuador
: The Ayme family of Tingo
Bhutan
: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Chad
: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
December 23, 2007
Dear
Children,
December 16,
2007
HERE'S SOMETHING WE'LL NEVER
GET TO SEE.........ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
Suddenly the shoreline north of Sydney was transformed into the Cappuccino
Coast. Foam swallowed an entire beach and half the nearby buildings,
including the local lifeguards' centre, in a freak display of nature at
Yamba in New South Wales. One
minute a group of teenage surfers were waiting to catch a wave, the next
they were swallowed up in a giant bubble bath. The foam was so light that
they could puff it out of their hands and watch it float away.
Boy in the bubble bath: Tom
Woods, 12, emerges from the clouds of foam after deciding that surfing was
not an option. It
stretched for 30 miles out into the Pacific in a phenomenon not seen at
the beach for more than three decades. Scientists explain that the foam is
created by impurities in the ocean, such as salts, chemicals, dead plants,
decomposed fish and excretions from seaweed. All are churned up together
by powerful currents which cause the water to form bubbles. These bubbles
stick to each other as they are carried below the surface by the current
towards the shore. As a wave starts to form on the surface, the motion of
the water causes the bubbles to swirl upwards and, massed together, they
become foam. The
foam 'surfs' towards shore until the wave 'crashes', tossing the foam into
the air.
Whitewash: The foam was so
thick it came all the way up to the surf club 'It's
the same effect you get when you whip up a milk shake in a blender,'
explains a marine expert. 'The more powerful the swirl, the more foam you
create on the surface and the lighter it becomes.' In this case, storms
off the New South Wales Coast and further north off Queensland had created
a huge disturbance in the ocean, hitting a stretch of water where there
was a particularly high amount of the substances which form into bubbles.
As for 12-year-old beachgoer Tom Woods, who has been surfing since he was
two, riding a wave was out of the question. 'Me and my mates just spent
the afternoon leaping about in that stuff,' he said. 'It
was quite cool to touch and it was really weird. It was like clouds of air
- you could hardly feel it.'
December 9,
2007
I have no way to
know who sent it, but there is a kind soul working in the dead
letter office of the US postal service.
Our 14 year old
dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old
daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed
Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when
Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I
thought we could so she dictated these words:
Dear God,
Will
you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in
heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my
dog even though she got sick. I hope you will play with her. She likes to
play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you
see her you will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.
We
put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and
addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then
Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she
said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven.
That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A
few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her
that I thought He had.
Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely
in heaven. Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right
away. I
send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.
By the way, I am
wherever there is love.
Love, God
December 2, 2007
Please
watch the following video clip. It is a story of Johnny, the grocery
store bagger. It is very short, but it will remind you of why and how
we make an impact in what we do.
Twas the
month before Christmas
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
Shout
MERRY CHRISTMAS
-
NOT
Happy Holiday!!!!
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