Fwd: Things I Learned From My Mom

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From: "john allison"
To: jallison8353@hotmail.com
Subject: FW: Fwd: Things I Learned From My Mom
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 15:34:24 -0700

>>Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of  
>>arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but  
>>rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, Diet Coke in the
>>  other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and  screaming
>>...."WOO HOO what a ride!"
>>
>>I Owe My Mother
>>1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
>>"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished
>>  cleaning."
>>
>>2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
>>"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
>>
>>3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.  **That was more Dad than

>>  Mom**
>>"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle
>>  of next week!"
>>
>>4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
>>" Because I said so, that's why."
>>
>>5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
>>"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not  
>>going to the store with me."
>>
>>6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
>>"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an
>>accident."
>>
>>7. My mother taught me IRONY.   **Again, Dad**
>>"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."
>>
>>8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
>>"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
>>
>>9. My mother taught me
about CONTORTIONISM.
>>"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"
>>
>>10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
>>"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
>>
>>11 My mother taught me about WEATHER.
>>"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
>>
>>12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
>>"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't
>>exaggerate!"
>>
>>13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
>>"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
>>
>>14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
>>"Stop acting like your father!"
>>
>>15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
>>"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world
who  
>>don't have wonderful parents like you do."
>>
>>16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION
>>"Just wait until we get home."
>>
>>17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING
>>"You are going to get it when you get home!"
>>
>>18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
>>"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck  
>>that way."
>>
>>19. My mother taught me ESP.
>>"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"
>>
>>20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
>>"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me"
>>
>>21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
>>"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
>>
>>22.
My mother taught me GENETICS.
>>"You're just like your father."
>>
>>23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
>>"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"
>>
>>24. My mother taught me about WISDOM.
>>"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."
>>
>>And my favorite:
>>
>>25. My mother taught me about JUSTICE.
>>"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you

Something positive

Thanks, Canada

David Meadows April 27, 2006

On April 22, 2006 four Canadian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan
by a roadside bomb.
Respects and heartfelt sadness go to the families of those heroes
who stand alongside the U.S. in the Long War half a world away. While
we focus on the war in Iraq, the fighting continues in Afghanistan
where side-by-side the U.S. and one of its most loyal allies, Canada,
engage the re-emergence of the Taliban.


Canada is like a close uncle who constantly argues, badgers, and
complains about what you are doing, but when help is truly needed,
you can't keep him away: he's right there alongside you. We have a
unique relationship with Canada. We have different political
positions on many
issues, but our unique friendship has weathered world wars, global
crises, and the
ever-so-often neighborhood disagreement.


Canada has been with us since the beginning of the Global War on
Terrorism. In February 2006, without fanfare Canada, leading a
multinational force combating growing Taliban insurgency, increased
troop strength in Afghanistan to 2,300. With the American military
stretched thin against rising instability in both Iraq and
Afghanistan, an ally that increases its troop strength is inspiring
and deserves our respect.


Katrina was another example of our close family-like relationship.
Katrina struck the Gulf
Coast on August 29, 2005. Two days later, the Vancouver Urban
Search and Rescue Team rushed from British Columbia, Canada to Saint
Bernard Parish, Louisiana. In this Parish of 68,000 Americans, the
first responders were Canadians. Overall, within the devastated Gulf
Coast area, it appears Canada was the first responder outside of
local efforts. They worked 18-hour days, going door-to-door alongside
Louisiana State Troopers, rescuing 119 Americans.


While FEMA ramped up to surge into the catastrophe; while the
administration and Louisiana
fought for the politically correct way to respond; Canadian aid was
already at work.


The Canadian Forces Joint Task Group 306 consisting of the warships
HMCS Athabaskan, HMCS Toronto, NSMC Ville de Quebec, and CCGC William
Alexander sailed to the Gulf Coast to deliver humanitarian supplies.
They stayed, working alongside U.S. Navy and Mexican warships, to
provide aid to Katrina victims.


Katrina was not an anomaly of our close relationship. When
Hurricane Ivan devastated Pensacola, Florida in October 2004 Canadian
humanitarian help was there also. Canadian power trucks roamed the
streets and countryside helping restore electricity where Americans
had a unique experience of running into workmen who only spoke French.


Canada took a lot of undeserved flak for failing to leap into
Operation Iraqi Freedom when our
administration sent us galloping across the desert. But Canada
remains one of our staunchest
allies in the war. When United States military forces were fighting
up the highways in
Operation Iraqi Freedom, Canada quietly increased troop numbers in
Afghanistan and continued Naval operations with U.S. warships in the
Persian Gulf.


I was at the Pentagon on 9/11, stationed on the Joint Staff. During
the early hours after the
attack, the United States closed its air space and ordered every
aircraft within our borders to
land immediately at the nearest airfield. Canada immediately stood
up an Operations Support
Post.


With civil aviation grounded, aircraft destined for the United
States were forced elsewhere.
Most landed in Canada. Re-routed travelers and flight crews were
hosted at Canadian Forces
facilities in Goose Bay, Gander, and Stephenville, Newfoundland;
Halifax, Shearwater, and
Aldershot, Novia Scotia; Winnipeg, Manitoba; and, Yellowknife,
Northwest Territories.


Canada rapidly mobilized its forces. Within hours, the Canadian
Navy was on alert with ships
preparing to cast off immediately for any U.S. port to help victims
of the 9/11 attacks.
Canada's Disaster Assistance Response Team prepared to deploy from
Trenton, Ontario. Canada dispersed CF-18 fighter aircraft to
strategic locations throughout Canada. No politics. No negotiating.
No questions. They were just there. Canada would have fought any
adversary that approached the United States that day.


Canada has been such an integral partner with the United States in
the Global War on Terrorism that on December 7, 2004 when President
Bush awarded the Presidential Unit Citation to Commander Joint Force
South for combat success in Afghanistan, he was also recognizing the
secretive Canadian Joint Task Force 2 commando counter-terrorism unit.


The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded 30 Bronze Star medals
for heroism in combat to Canadian Forces personnel. Some of those 30
died in action. Many of the others were wounded. These Canadians
earned this American medal for heroism fighting alongside Americans.
When we recall our own dead heroes, we must remember that these
warriors gave their lives not only for Canada, but also for the
United States.


Canada is more than a neighbor. It is a close family member with
the gumption to disagree with its brother to the south but always
there when disaster strikes and America needs help. For that, I
salute you, Canada, and extend my respect for the sacrifices given by
members of the Canadian Forces.

Eggs and Gas

A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the
grocery store he pays .60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't
last a week he normally buys two dozens at a time.

One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72
cents. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are .76 cents a dozen.
When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "the
price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly".

This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. I checked around for a better
price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The
distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg
farms have been driven out of business.

The huge egg farms sells 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors.
With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The
distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores.
And on and on and on. As the man kept buying eggs the price kept
going up. He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each
day. Nothing changed there.

He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000
dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the
price of eggs.

Then week before Thanksgiving the price of eggs shot up to $1.00 a
dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "cakes and
baking for the holiday". The huge egg farmers know there will be a
lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price
of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times
when family cooking, baking, etc. happen.


This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The
man says, "there must be something we can do about the price of eggs".

He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to
stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs.
Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need.

He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the
grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs
a day.

The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs
in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs.
Maybe wouldn't need any all week.

The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge
egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any
for at least two weeks.

At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve
the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could
buy the eggs at a lower price. The distributor said, " I don't have
the room for the %$&^*&% eggs even if they were free".
The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the
price of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery
store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are
only buy 2 or 3 eggs at a time". "Now if you were to drop the price
of eggs back down to the original price, the customers would start
buying by the dozen again".


The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers. They
liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, them chickens
just kept on laying. Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of
their eggs. But only a few cents. The customers still bought 2 or 3
eggs at a time. They said, "when the price of eggs gets down to where
it was before, we will start buying by the dozen."

Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to
slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg
farmers. The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors
wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for.


Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a
while.

And them chickens kept on laying.

Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were
throwing away eggs they couldn't sell. The distributors started
buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could
afford to sell them at the lower price.

And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.

Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry.

What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they
pulled to the pump. The dealers tanks would stay semi full all the
time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge
tank farms. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the gas coming from
the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for
the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the Middle
East .

Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to
stop for gas twice a week but, the price should come down.

Think about it.

As an added note...When I buy $10.00 worth of gas, that leaves my
tank a little under half full. The way prices are jumping around, you
can buy gas for $2.65 a gallon and then the next morning it can be
$2.15. If you have your tank full of $2.65 gas you don't have room
for the $2.15 gas. You might not understand the economics of only
buying two eggs at a time but, you can't buy cheaper gas if your tank
is full of the high priced stuff.

Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station, don't give them any
more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the
prices come down..

Montreal Photo

Thanks Maggie for the Jpeg formatted picture. I think the wet street
at night scenes are much more dramatic in city center, at least they
are to me. This one is a keeper.
Second Avenue.

Photos in the DLL format

The posted DLL photo of the wet streets of Montreal fascinates me,
but I cannot save it, my computer does not recognizes the DLL format.
Is it possible to resend it in a jpeg
format?
Second Avenue.



.dll

Dynamically Linked Library format. A library which is linked to
application programs when they are loaded or run rather than as the
final phase of compilation.

maureen shanaghan,s passing

  maureen and karen shanaghan lived on brown blvd.

any one remembering them can post.

maureen passed away on mothers day in tampa fl.

after a lengthy illness,

R.I.P.  MY SHAMROCK FROM VERDUN.

CAROLYN BENNETT

Boxing

Hi all,

 

I seem to remember that someone (maybe it was Popdog) mentioned that Ian Clyde was running a boxing club these days.  Anyone have any info on that?  Address or phone number would be good.  One of my sons is a boxer, and if we visit his grandmother in Verdun, I mentioned that he could go work out at the gym everyday if he wanted to. 

 

Ian and I (and Popdog) were in the same grades in St. Thomas Moore, so it would be great to see Ian again. 

 

Information on other boxing gyms either in Verdun (or close, i.e., LaSalle, The Point, Cote St. Paul, St. Henri) that folks might know about and recommend would be great.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

BrownBlvd.