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[Trying to = surprise everyone with clever Q&A. Again, my perfect record of = failing stays intact]   Q: What do you = call a beautiful woman on the arm of a banjo player? = A: A tattoo. =   Q: = What happens to nitrogen when the sun comes…

I enjoy throwing coins in the river and watching the = current catch them and tumble them in patterns in the stream bed. =   Guess I just like studying my cash flow.     ***ANSWERS TO FOOD FACT QUIZ*** FOODIE FUN = FACTS    1. A century = ago,…

[This is a = chance for everyone to enjoy exercising the gray matter. Answers to = these toughies tomorrow.]   FOODIE FUN = FACTS    1. A century = ago, Americans spent about 43% of each day earning enough to buy = food.  In 2020 that is about ____%  …

[Marlene = Robershaw, an avid reader of the grif.net blog for 20 years, had this = tribute to father’s published in her local = newspaper]   Let’s be = honest folks, Father’s Day definitely takes a backseat to Mother’s Day. = Look at the facts: Father’s Day was not celebrated…

[Final installment of funny/serious thoughts on = Weddings/Anniversaries.  53 years ago in September Teresa and I = fell in love. We consummated that love when we married on June = 19th, 51 years ago. And yes, still in love = today.]When I saw = you, I fell in love.  You…

Marital = Warnings: Ignore this at your own peril **Marry someone who has a = different favorite cereal than you, so they won’t eat all of = yours.   **Marriage = allows you to annoy the same person for the rest of your = life.   **If you steal =…

My = friend’s little girl was a typical kindergartener – cute, = inquisitive and bright as a new penny. She was having trouble = understanding the concept of marriage and = anniversaries.   Daddy decided = to pull out the wedding photo album, thinking visual images might help = clear…

[Wh= isper these “sweet nothings” in the ear as June = anniversaries approach]   &#8= 220;Overall, I love you more than I want to strangle = you.”   &#8= 220;After all this time, my love for you is still stronger than my = desire to be single.  Barely.”   &#8=…

As a survivor = of 51 years of married life, I think of myself as sort of an = “expert” on how to live together. My grandson asked for an = illustration, so I shared:   “I = watched my wife’s routine at breakfast for years.  She made lots of…

[Mo= re encouraging notes to send to your spouse of your undying = love]   &#8= 220;Being married to you is like having a best friend who never listens = to what you say.”   &#8= 220;Happy anniversary! We’ve been through a lot and most of it was = your…

Today is Children’s Day, June 13th, = 2021   Pastor: Lord, we pray = for children who put chocolate fingers everywhere, who like to be = tickled, who stomp in puddles and ruin their new pants, who sneak = Popsicles before supper, and can never find their = shoes.  …

[La= dies, do you need help writing an anniversary card? Don’t BUY one; = make it yourself. Let me help]   &#8= 220;Happy anniversary! Just imagine if our marriage was as functional as = we make it appear on Facebook?”   &#8= 220;I love you. You annoy me more than…

Our son = wondered what we would do for our Anniversary this year, now that so = many of the covid travel restrictions are being lifted. =   I said, = "For our 51st Anniversary I’m going to take Teresa to = Australia!"   My son said = THAT would…