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(We’ve chuckled at Southern words, Midwestern phrases, Bo= omer slang, and Computer jargon in recent months, so today we’ll focu= s on words/phrases from our Grandparents’ day.  Amazingly, I fin= d myself still using some of these phrases from long ago in my present slig= htly age-addled vocabulary)   1.…

[The first weekend of each month is a time to encourage and ins= pire our blog readers to greater achievement and aspiration.] &#8220= ;The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires thing= s he isn’t prepared to work for.”~ Habeeb Akande =   “Success i= s a poor…

About 115 years ago, almost everyone owned a horse and only the= rich had cars.   = Today, almost everyone has a car and only the rich have horses.   Oh, how= the stables have turned.   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net "Jesus Knows= Me, This I Love!"…

Just in case you’ve had a rough day, here’s an eight-step stres= s management technique recommended in the latest psychological texts. The f= unny thing is that it really works.   1. Picture yourself near a stream.=   2. Birds are sof= tly chirping in the cool mountain air. =…

We retired in April 2021, so by now I’ve gained some pers= pective on what this stage of life looks like.  For instance, these ca= n be overheard at my house, often all in the same day:   >”Who cares if I = look good in this outfit? I’m comfortable.”…

Larry B. boasted, “At the end of the sermon pastor said e= very head bowed and every eye closed.  I beat him by 35 minutes.&#8221= ;   Mary= Anne H. shared, “If raising children were easy, it would never have s= tarted with ‘labor’.”   Mike B. quipped, “I once…

For years, the grif net has offered lousy jokes, lame puns, and= low-quality humor on the first weekday of every month. But today is also A= pril Fools Day, so we deviate slightly from our already undefined (and unde= cipherable) course.  April Fool PRANKS and then a short history course=…

[continued from last Saturday]   We look at 5 more Bible verses about= God’s love, remembering that we’re not just exploring a concep= t; we’re engaging with a living, breathing love that has the power to= change lives and transform hearts. Each verse serves as a window, offering= a glimpse…

41. LAY A PATCH (burn rubber or = leave black mark on the pavement with tires   42. DISH IT OUT (give advice or respond &#821= 1; often in your face – to others)   43. PADIDDLE= (game counting vehicles w= ith only one headlight; double points if it’s a…

[Still working on words/phrases that Boomers know but our kids = or grandkids scratch their heads] &nbsp= ; 31. HANG LOOSE (= relax and let go, a surfing term to enjoy the moment) =   32. DECKED OUT (super dressed-up, often in finest ‘threads”= )   33. = SOCK IT…

21. CHECK OUT THESE THREADS (stylish clothing, that are “fit”= )   22. TIME FOR A WIG CHOP (Hairc= ut – don’t flip your wig over that!)   23. FRIED = (burned out from too much stress, work, alcohol, or your expensiv= e laptop isn’t working)   24. CATCH SOME…

11. IN A PICKLE (tricky predicam= ent, from canning cucumbers in bitter brine)   12. CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DOG NE= W TRICKS (old idiom about difficulty learnin= g new skills or methods, evident to Boomers in the technology of cell phone= s, VCR’s, and computers)   13. LET’S SPLIT…

[Previously wrote about words/phrases used in Midwestern states= that might make them hard to understand. Now we talk about language us =E2= =80=9CBoomers=E2=80=9D use that causes head-scratching in our grandkids. I = am an early Boomer (born after dad came home from the Philippines) and thin= k I still use…