Monday, November 6, 2006

Words of Wisdom

Some Words of Wisdom,.......sent to me oday,.So I thought I'd share them:
> Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash with Wylie Post in 1935, was probably
the greatest political sage this country has ever known.  Enjoy the following:
> 1.  Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
> 2.  Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
> 3.  There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman...neither works.
> 4.  Never miss a good chance to shut up.
> 5.  Always drink upstream from the herd.
> 6.  If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
> 7.  The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in
your pocket.
> 8.  There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading.  The few who
learn by observation.  The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and
find out for themselves.
> 9.  Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad
judgment.
> 10.  If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then
to make sure it's still there.
> 11.  Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.
> 12.  After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started
roaring.  He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.  The moral:
> When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
> ABOUT GROWING OLDER...
> First ~ Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age
and start bragging about it.
> Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
> Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers.  Not me, I want people
to know "why" I look this way.  I've traveled a long way and some of the roads
weren't paved.
> Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think
of Algebra.
> Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
> Sixth ~ I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.
> Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is
such a nice change from being young.
> Eighth ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.
> Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
> Tenth ~ Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was
called witchcraft.  Today it's called golf
> And finally ~ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything
to laugh at when you are old
 
..................I like #4,.....yet I seldom practice it...........hahahahaha
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25 comments:

les__f MSN said...

"Be Nice to Your Kids,.....because they will be Picking Your Nursing Home"   ......................................................................................................???

johnmelinvin2 MSN said...

" be nice to your kids" ha ha ...ever so true tho.




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les__f MSN said...

  keep this list by your phone,                         "Welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline"   If you are Obsessive Compulsive,please press 1. repeatedly If you are Co-Dependent,please ask someone to press 2. If you have multiple personalities.please press 3, 4, 5, and 6. If you are Paranoid-Delusional, we know who you are & what you want If you are schizophrenic,listen carefully & a voice will tell you which#topress If you are Manic Depressive,it doesn't matter which # you press,No one will help you anyway

les__f MSN said...

             "You may know me.                I'm your constant companion.                I'm your greatest helper,I'm your heaviest burden                I will push you onward,or drag you down to failure                I am at your command.                Half the tasks you do might as well be turned over to me.                         I am able to do them quickly, and I'm able to do them                         the same evry time,if that is what you want.                I'm easily managed,all you have to do is be firm with me.                Show me exactly how you want it done:& after a few lessons                        I'll do it automatically.                I am the servant of all great men & women:of course,                               servant of their failures as well.                I've made all the great individuals who have ever been great.               And, I've made all the Failures too !               But I work with all the precision of a marvelous computer                         with the intelligence of a Human Being.               You may run me for Profit,or you may runme to Ruin,it                     Makes No difference to me.                Take me.Be easy with me and I will Destroy you.                Be firm with me,And I will put the World at your Feet.               Who Am I ?               I am Habit !   ...................................................................an excerpt from a bookcalled the Double Win,......by Denis Waitley   ( I  don't know who did the free verse,it didn't say)   Losers: live in the past for the future Winners: Learn from the past,live in the present,& set goals for the future Double Winners: Learn form the past & work in the present to accomplish goals that Benefit Everyone's Future   ...........................................................................................................................            

les__f MSN said...

History can Benefit everyone's Future............................where's all those old Verdun pics & stories.........................hahahaha

les__f MSN said...

                               Winner  vs:  Loser The Winner is always part of the answer: The Loser is always part of the Problem: The Winner always has a program: The Loser always has an Excuse: The Winner will say"Let me help you do it" The Loser says "That's not my job" The Winner sees an answer for every problem The Loser sees a Problem for every answer The Winner sees the Green near every sandtrap The Loser sees only the Sandtraps The Winner says it may be difficult ,but it's possible The Loser thinks"it may be Possible,but it's to Difficult.                          --------------Be a Winner,

winnie3ave MSN said...


If you can't be an athlete....be an athletic supporter......


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winnie3ave MSN said...





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winnie3ave MSN said...


It is not the size of the boat...it is the motion of the ocean....



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mom1945-linda MSN said...

Size of the boat?????  I alway thought it was the size of the shoes.

winnie3ave MSN said...





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Linda. The size of the shoes.....???? Maybe you know something that I don't. Do you????
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les__f MSN said...

Outside of a Dog, a Book is a man's Best Friend,---                      --- Inside a Dog ,it's too Dark toRead................. GrouchoMarx

les__f MSN said...

Here's a link to a bunch of Canadian Newspapers & Television & Radio Stations,.that are available online.............It may be handy ,....checkit out if you like : http://broadcast-live.com/newspapers/canadian.html   I haven't used this particialr site,yet,.but it looks interesting enough,if you like to see/hear what's goping on all around,...... I usually use an onlune newspaper site with papers from all over the world,....but it doesn't have TV & Radio too,........So this may be a new source of info for me,.Just thought I'd share............

rutharmstrong MSN said...

Food for thought: A rumor is about as hard to unspread as butter.

winnie3ave MSN said...


Ruth. I have been meaning to get back to you for a long time on having some footage of Arthur. I have looked at my movies twice so far, and can not find that footage. I know I have something somewhere, and maybe it is a picture of Art, Bumpy, and some friends in our living room on 3rd Avenue. Maybe the brain isn't working right.....it would not be the first time I have been accused of that, Just another rumor, maybe????



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rutharmstrong MSN said...

Winnie3rd Ave.   I 'll be seeing Art over the Holidays in Edmonton and I'll try to jog is old memory bank. Did you go to VHS together? I graduated in 58 and I think he graduated in 62. Took grade 12 at Montreal High and then joined the Air Force. He retired a few years ago and lives in Calgary. Ruth

mom1945-linda MSN said...

Hi Ruth,   Both Joyce Pedder and myself (Linda Noble) are 1962 graduates, so nice to hear of another graduate from that year.  Don't forget the warm clothes for your trip, just a tad cooler than you're used to, eh?   Cheers. 

winnie3ave MSN said...


Ruth. No, we did not go to school together. Art was my younger brother Bumpy's age. They hung around together. I left Verdun in 1960, and joined the United States Marine Corps. When I got discharged, I went back to Montreal, and worked on the Canadian Stock Exchange, then moved over to the Montreal Stck Exchange. I left again in December 1972, and have lived in Vancouver, Washinton since then.  Winston Allison



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arbutus MSN said...

Ruth,   Would you ask Art if he remembers Gary Mace. I too left VHS and did one tour in the RCAF. Reading your message exchange with Winnie jogged some gray matter - Arthur Armstrong - I think I know that name!   Gary Victoria, BC

les__f MSN said...

Hi RuthArmstrong,......you say you graduated VHS in '58,..........Did you happen to know a fellow named  Howard Cooper,   we have a member EarlCooper,..who would like to find people that may have known his Dad,Howard,....that graduated in '58 as well ?  I think that's what he mentioned.....He's trying to locate anyone who knew his Dad,....or Friends,etc etc........Just thought I'd ask..............

conniekoz MSN said...

Winston:   I know for sure there is a shot of Art with Bumpy in that video that you made from the old 8MM.  I will try and find it and take a look at it.  If I find it Gary can capture it and I can send you the picture.  Surely we both can't be losing out mind by thinking there was a picture there of them both LOL   Connie

winnie3ave MSN said...


Thanks Con. I hope I am not going off the deep end. But I too could swear Art and Bumpy were in that video at the same time. Hope you find it!!!! Love you.



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rutharmstrong MSN said...

Les_F,  Sorry but I do not remember a Howard Cooper but I do remember a Jimmy  Cooper. It's times like this I had my Annuals here in Florida as resource material to further jog the memory. Ruth

les__f MSN said...

Hi  Mom45,          I just recv'd an email back from Peter Dale Winbrow Jr. ,I mentioned to them that ,we had cause to again 'credit ' his Dad as the authour of .......  The Guy in the Glass ......  or The Man in the Glass   poem ................................................................................................................................   here was his response to me,in this mornings email: Hi Les and Teresa! I still have your eMail from September 2003 and it is so nice that you remember!! Thanks so much for your vigilance!!! You eMail was ‘well’ received!! Regarding Edgar Guest… to our knowledge he (our father) did not correspond or know Mr. guest (another great author!!) Thanks again sir!! Warmly, Peter Dale Wimbrow Jr., son of the author   .........so Thanks to you Mom45,......his family enjoyed getting this email,..........as he mentions in his response: it was 'warmly' recv'd   Here's the Poem Again .....for anyone who wants to know ,what were reffering to: The Guy in the Glass by Dale Wimbrow, (c) 1934
  When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf, And the world makes you King for a day, Then go to the mirror and look at yourself, And see what that guy has to say.   For it isn't your Father, or Mother, or Wife, Who judgement upon you must pass. The feller whose verdict counts most in your life Is the guy staring back from the glass.   He's the feller to please, never mind all the rest, For he's with you clear up to the end, And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test If the guy in the glass is your friend.   You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum, And think you're a wonderful guy, But the man in the glass says you're only a bum If you can't look him straight in the eye.   You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years, And get pats on the back as you pass, But your final reward will be heartaches and tears If you've cheated the guy in the glass.

In grateful memory of our father, the author, Dale Wimbrow 1895-1954   ......................Thanks Again Mom for bringing it back to our attention, I'm sure a family has some renewed thoughts,about their Dad, and what a great time of year to do it..........(early Christmas)

les__f MSN said...

Hi Linda (Mom45),.....this was the email I sent the other day ,to warrant the response from Dale Jr. Hello Peter,I spoke with you a few years back ,.to tell you that your Dad's Poem "the Guy in the Glass".had always been one of My Dad's favorites as well as one of mine,...I had a newspaper clipping for many years ,simply attributing this great poem to 'Author Unknown's,.......but after having heard ,that it was your Dad who wrote it ,I put his name on the newspaper clipping of that Poem,.and also promised that I'd always alert anyone ,as to just Who the Real Author was,.......tonight I did just that,when I saw on an MSN website someone had posted your Dad's Poem,..with the Unknown moniker on it,.......So I did correct them,.....and  thought I'd Thank You & Your Family Again,for keeping Your Dad'sPoem alive,.........and I thought you'd all like to know that ,the Poem is Still Being Appreciated to this Day,...by many ..................Thanks Again (Les & Teresa ,Victoria BC Canada) BTW: Do you know if your Dad knew Edgar A. Guest?  He too wrote great Poems like your Dad's ,.....   ......................................................................................................................                            People Appreciate responses,that's why I think this Verdun Connections site,is important,keeping a 'real link' to Our Collective past...........................Thanks to all who  have joined here: Whether you post,or just read the entries,.......You are all Appreciated   pssssst      :  but why don't you all have a look in that old 'shoe box' full of your old photo's and show us your Verdun/Montreal,...or whatever ,hahahaha