ASPECTS OF AGING One of the most disturbing aspects of aging is the growing inability to recall vitally important information — such as the gross national product of Liberia, the […]
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CAREFUL OF YOUR INTERPRETATION A cowboy was riding across the prairie and he came to a an Indian who was lying on the ground with his ear to a wagon
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HASTE MAKES WASTE The man was desperately late for an important appointment as he drove into the basement parking garage of the large office building. He jumped out of his
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COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN A mature looking lady had an appointment with a marriage counsellor, and told him flat out: “I would like to divorce my husband.” To this, the counselor replied,
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FLEXIBILITY A man stopped to chat with a farmer who was erecting a new building. He asked, “What are you putting up?” The farmer replied, “Well, if I can rent
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TOO BUSY? DISTRACTED When we attempt to do too many things at once we often get rattled and accomplish even less. The story is told of young Charles Darwin in
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CHANGE AND PERSPECTIVE At a college reunion, thirty years after graduation, one man said to another, “See that fellow over there? Well — he’s gotten so bald and so fat
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MORE NARROW VISION In the year 1870 the Methodists in Indiana were having their annual conference. At one point, the president of the college where they were meeting said, “I
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JARGON Teachers never seem to put down kids anymore. A young lad had a notation on his report card that he was very adept in the creative use of visual
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OLDIES BUT GOODIES As I have read all of the stories that have come in for our recent contest, I have been impressed with the many old chestnuts that are
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PRIORITIES G. K. Chesterton and several other literary figures were asked one evening what book they would prefer to have with them if stranded on a desert isle. One writer
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DIRT There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, attracted to light objects and the light kind, attracted to dark objects. Ely Slick, Reader’s Digest
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ACCIDENTS Some people who had automobile accidents were asked to summarize exactly what happened on their insurance form. The following quotes were taken from these forms and published in the
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COMMUNICATION — THE MUDDLED MESSAGE Horace Greeley, famous editor of the New York Tribune was noted for having about the most illegible handwriting there was. Often he couldn’t even read
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PUTTING THINGS INTO PROPER PERSPECTIVE This oldie but goodie is the letter that was sent home by a daughter who was away at college. It goes like this: Dear Mom
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UNENDING LOGIC My friend Roger Clemens of Saratoga shared this one with me: After a lecture on the solar system, philospopher William Jamess was approached by a determined elderly lady
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A SAMPLER ON THANKFULNESS Things to be thankful for: . . . that only you and God have all the facts about yourself . . . that if you can’t
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AN OVER-ABUNDANCE OF ENTREATIES Steven Cole of Cedarpines Park, CA 92322 shares with us that the Reuben Donnelly Company of Chicago is the nation’s largest printer of magazines. They have
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A CRITICAL SPIRIT Then there’s the story of the conscientious wife who tried very hard to please her ultra- critical husband, but failed regularly. He always seemed the most cantankerous
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PROFITING FROM FAILURE A young man of 32 had been appointed President of the bank. He’d never dreamed he’d be president, much less at such a young age. So he
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