Credit:Speed Bump by Dave Coverly
The 10 Commandments
The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this:
You cannot post ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal,’ ‘Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,’ and ‘Thou Shall Not Lie’ in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians… It creates a hostile work environment.
Instructions for Life – The Dali Lama
A good friend passed these on to me… Thanks Robin
- Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
- When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
- Follow the three R’s:
- Respect for self
- Respect for others and
- Responsibility for all your actions.
- Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
- Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
- When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
- Spend some time alone every day.
- Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
- Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
- Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
- A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
- In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
- Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
- Be gentle with the earth.
- Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
- Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
- Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
- Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
USOC to ship 25,000 pounds of food to China
Next time you go to a US supermarket and pick up a food package with a produced in China label give this some consideration. This is from an article by Suzie Richards in The Retriever Weekly.
Recent reports have revealed that the United States Olympic Committee has been busy planning the team’s preparations for the summer games. The committee has announced that Team USA will not be eating the local Chinese food at this summers’ games, but instead 25,000 pounds of meat and other food will be shipped from America to the training camp at Beijing Normal University.
The decision comes in response to a food safety check carried out on Chinese foods. Dangerously high level of steroids were found in chickens and other food products. Continue reading “USOC to ship 25,000 pounds of food to China”
Interesting Chart – National Debt
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An immigrant’s view on immigration
An Indian co-worker of mine who shall remain anonymous sent me the following which he titled a “rant”. Whether you agree or not it makes interesting reading.
An American colleague at work was telling me the other day that it would probably take ages for me to get a green card – if I do get it. Coz there are so many Indians, Chinese, and other Asians in the queue. That it is causing a “jam” at the immigration department. He is right – of course. And I understand the problem.
And it bothers me a lot. Continue reading “An immigrant’s view on immigration”
Etiquette Questions
Scenario #1 – You are in Safeway, Saks Fifth Avenue, Wal-Mart, wherever it is that you like you like to shop. The Sweet Young Thing (SYT) in front of you decides to get something from the bottom shelf. In order to do so she bends over from the waist revealing the required tattoo in the small of her back.
Etiquette question #1 – Are you allowed to compliment her on her tattoo?
Etiquette question #2 – Let’s say for the sake of argument the answer to question one is yes. Can you then go on to compliment her on her pretty thong?
Scenario # 2 – I was at the golf course paying my green fee. The bar maid / cashier had a form fitting zip up sweatshirt. The zipper was pulled down or only pulled up to a point about a hands width above her belly button. This revealed (among other things) a pretty white lacy bra.
Etiquette question # 3 – Am I allowed to ask what detergent she uses to keep her unmentionables so white?
Here’s your sign
I went golfing today and drove my MX-5. I arrived at the course and had my golf shoes on, and my bag out the trunk. The trunk was still open as I was ascertaining the status the golf ball supply on board my bag.
An elderly gentleman (he was older than me so he had to be elderly) walked up to me and said while pointing to my trunk, “You get them clubs out there?”
First thing that I thought of was Bill Engvall of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, and his catch phrase of “Here’s your sign.” I was so tempted to say, “No, I always come to the golf course hoping to find a stray set of golf clubs; here they are and here’s your sign.” But I restrained myself.
Of course, the question he meant to ask was, “How do you get those clubs in that little bitty car?” Since my mama raised me to be polite, I said, “Those Japanese engineers are just geniuses.” I then proceeded to explain to him the trick of getting the clubs in and out of the trunk
Chrome Wheels and Bagdad
I was listening to an NPR story about payday loan companies outside of Fort Pendleton in California.
There was a big push on to do something about them for various reason, not the least of which is that some of them were charging what was effectively 300% interest per year.
They were interviewing one of the operators of a payday loan operation, and one of his comments was, “Who are they to tell a boy about to go over to Bagdad that he cannot have $1800 wheels on his vehicle?” His comment just blew my mind for some reason.
Having never taken a payday loan, I don’t quite understand the concept. But if I were to do such a thing it would not be for $1800 chrome wheels.
And if I were charging 300% interest I sure as heck would not use a kid wanting $1800 chrome wheels as justification.
Health Care Triage
I was passed an email that was basically trashing Hillary and Hillary’s proposed health care plan in particular. Frankly, I have not studied or read enough about her plan to really comment on it. And normally, I just let emails like this pass, but for some reason I felt compelled to respond to that one. Below is my response:
I’ve been thinking about this a little. One the issues with any health care plan is triage. Basically, there are limited medical resources to go around no matter what the system. So the question becomes how do we distribute those limited resources and who makes that decision.
Route 1:
This method would be by finances, which is basically in effect today. If you got the money, you got the care. Obviously this favors the wealthy over the poor and increasing the middle class