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[Ac= tress Katharine Hepburn, in her own words:]   &#8= 220;Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to = buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one other family = between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big…

DID YOU KNOW . = . . every time you light your lighter your lighter gets = lighter?   DID YOU KNOW . = . . dogs can’t operate MRI machines, but cats = can?   DID YOU KNOW . = . . when you have a taco emergency, you…

[More = rarely-listened-to messages from seniors who have been there, done that, = and forgotten why.]   **Life is like = an ice cream cone. Just when you think you’ve got it licked, it drips on = you   **Age is an = issue of mind over matter. If you…

[Many think = from my humor blog that I must need therapy for personal disorders. Here = is an example 😊]   Bob: I have = some odd fears   Therapist: = Jail?   Bob: [screams] = I=E2=80=99m terrified of random letters.   Therapist: You = are?   Bob: =…

[Hard for me = to ‘fess up’ but wanted you all to know this] **When = I was young, I was poor.  But after years of hard, honest and = painstaking work, I’m no longer young.   **I love to = wear a fanny pack, but wonder if you wear…

English is a = polyglot language.  1000 years ago there were less than 50,000 = words used in England (roughly divided into Anglo-Saxon root, Germanic = root and French/Latin root).  Now there are more than a million = words.  200,000 are used “commonly” and of these = “commonly used” words,…

A leading = newspapers addressed the following question to many notable persons In = Great Britain:   "What in = your opinion is the chief danger, social or political, that confronts = the coming century?"   Here is one of = the responses:   "In = answer to your enquiry,…

I live in = Watertown, Wisconsin. The next city east toward Milwaukee is = Oconomowoc.  Was told of a couple of tourists from Minnesota who = argued about the pronunciation of the town’s = name.   They fussed = back and forth until they stopped for lunch. As they stood…

[Teresa and I = have matured enough to have gained some understanding of life and want = to pass it on. Pass IT on, not us, yet.]   **The only = thing better than a good friend is a good friend with a bag of M & = M’s  …

Everyone’= s complaining how bad last year was and hoping this year will get better = month by month. But look at the year one of my friends had in 2020 if = you think YOU have had it bad. She wrote:    January – Took = new scarf back…

[Following = some stories/headlines in the news] >>A stock boy at the = store fought off a would-be robber with only his labelling gun.  = Police are now looking for a man with a price on his = head.   >>Forecas= ter in Wisconsin predicts non-stop weather all day =…

[Here are some = famous people, but I listed them by their previous/original name. I = added a bit of a clue. You just have to give the correct/changed name by = which they are well known]   1. Modern = actress Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra ditched her long…

The nurse took = the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. "Your son is = here," she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several = times before the patient’s eyes opened.   Heavily = sedated because of the pain of his failing heart, he dimly…