hereoisreal
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There is a follow up to the following which is why I'm repeating myself:
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This story has a ring to it:
In January, 2004, I was on my patio when I noticed my neighbor out in his backyard with a metal detector. He must have spent 3-4 hours scanning his grass.
I asked him the next day, as I leaned over our fence, what had he lost. He said that he was losing weight and had lost his gold wedding ring but didn't have any idea where or when. I then glanced to my left about 8-10 feet and spotted his ring in the grass.
Night before last, Joan's sister and husband were over and I told them the above story. The next day after we had done some shopping , we were having lunch at home when Shirley, my sis-in-law discovered one of her gold ear rings was missing. We searched the house for about an hour, then backtracted. While Bob and I went to one store, my wife and Shirley went to another. They pulled into the yard about 5 minutes after Bob and I with the ear ring.
Joan said that the one parking spot I had used that morning was empty so she parked there. They searched through the whole store and around the parking space before finally getting back in the car. Then Joan told Shirley to get out one more time and look around the parking spot, which she did and got back in. As Joan was backing out, she spotted the ear ring in the sand.
In February of 06, I was playing golf and riding with Dick Ledger in his cart when he mentioned that he was having trouble keeping his wedding ring on because he was losing weight.
The remark brought back memories of the above story from the year before so I told it to him.
When I arrived home that afternoon, my wife told me that she had spoken to Janet White on the phone and learned that Bill, her husband, had lost his
ring finger while trying to lift something heavy from his son’s truck.
A few days later, Bob and Shirley came to visit again and I told them all of the above. Just before they were about to leave, Bob discovered he had lost his wedding band. (He had been losing weight.)
After they left, my wife continued to look for the ring and asked me to help.
I didn’t and said to her, " He’ll probably find it in his trunk."
Our maid, Suzan came that day so my wife asked her to keep an eye out for it also. I told her the complete story up till then. And then, I told her a ring joke.
I said, " Do you know why my fanger smells like limon pie? It’s got my rang on it."
That night Shirley called. She said Bob had found his ring in the trunk of the car.
The next time Suzan came, I told her that Bob had found his ring.
She replied, " After you told me the ring joke, I went home and found my mother in the kitchen. I asked her what she was baking and she replied,
‘Limon meringue pie’."
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(Permalink) Posted: Oct. 30 2006,14:17
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Quote (hereoisreal @ Oct. 29 2006,21:34)
No sweat
Life, contrary to what some have said, is not a race to see who is first. In fact, it's not even a race. Jesus walked his whole life except for two short donkey rides, but he finished.
If you have decided to compete for the prize, it might be wise to prepair a congratulatory speech to all those who might get there before you. It's called " good sportsmanship" and "losing graciously". IMO, there ought to be special classes in all school levels,from grade school to college, to teach this.
When you've had a long record of success, been given awards, are worshiped by your admirers, and have had plenty of time to think about, "What if someone ever beats me?", don't say to the kids watching, "We really are a better team than them. They just got lucky."
They say the smart money was on Golieth, but by
chance, David got lucky.
Eze 44:16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge
. Eze 44:17 And it shall come to pass, [that] when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
Eze 44:18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird [themselves] with any thing that causeth sweat.
Zero
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Today, while waiting for my wife in the Target
parking lot, I was thinking about yesterday's
post above. I said, "God, I've got to slow down
and live what I preach, take time to smell the roses."
Then across from me, a car pulled in to park.
There was just one word on the license plate:
"Pooky1"
Just before going to Target, we had been to lunch
at the Olive Garden, where I had stopped in the
foyer as we were leaving, to smell the artificial
flowers as a joke.
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Three days later, Billy White, from "the ring story", and his wife Janet were over for dinner. Bill and I discovered that we had just missed each other at Olive Garden and Target.
Bill began to speak and I interrupted him. I said, "When you finish, I have an interesting story to tell you." I had in mind the "Pooky 1" story.
Bill continued, "I ran into Pooky yesterday and he said Wayne Sparks is back from Sands Hospital."
I asked, "Who is Pooky?"
He replied, "You know, Jim Polk. We call him "Pooky".
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A week ago, my wife, who had lost a pinky ring, found it in her golf glove.
That same day, Dick Ledger's wife, Joice, lost an earring.
Six days later, I found one in front of the pro shop. I still don't know if it belongs to her.
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