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[None of these = are original with me. All of these receive a hearty “Amen” = from me. Some wise words from Wyoming ranchers, Wisconsin farmers, = Texas truck drivers, Mississippi mothers, or California = vets.]   A bumble bee = is considerably faster than a John Deere = tractor.…

[After a = horrible flight commuting to Wyoming from teaching college a couple = states away back on November 3rd, 1999, we summarized rules = for those flying] "TEN RULES OF LIFE FOR FREQUENT = FLIERS" –   1.  No = flight ever leaves on time unless you are running…

[With nearly = 7500 grif net blog posts in cyber-space now, the fear is there are = always more to come!!  Like this from February 3, 2000.  = Bad.]   15 HELPFUL = THOUGHTS FOR STRESSFUL DAYS     = 1.  Indecision is the key to flexibility     =…

[This is from = the January 26, 1997, grif net blog, giving the “Top Ten List of = Ways to Give your Pastor a Heart Attack. Think they still have the = desired effect today]   10. Nothing = inspires me and strengthens my commitment to the church like the…

[Summer is the = time for reruns on the tube, so why not rerun some run down grif net = blog humor?  This is from October 12, 1996, Grif Net Blog in its = first months of operation]   Do not put = statements in the negative form.   And…

[Reprint from = March 4, 1998 Grif Net blog. It was already an "oldie, but = goodie" then, but still makes me chuckle starting a special = throw-back week.]   THINGS YOU = DON’T WANT TO HEAR DURING SURGERY   1. Better save = that.  We’ll need it for the…

The story is = told of a poor boy who spent the days of the Great Depression going = door-to-door selling newspapers to pay for school. One day, as he was = walking his route, he started feeling low and weak. The lad was = starving, so he decided to…

Jack: = "Grandpa, I’m tired of summer school. Would you please do my math = homework for me?"   Me: = "Jack, it just wouldn’t be right."   Jack: = "That’s okay, but you could at least give it a try, couldn’t = you?"   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin =…

[Since = retirement, I’m not reading or preaching very much and found my = growth of vocabulary unchallenged.  Here are some words I am trying = to work into sentences that will not sound “perissologous” = (superfluous verbiage) or “orotund” (pompous). After all, = the last way I want to…

I let a woman with one item go ahead of me at the checkout = in our local dollar store. She was in a hurry, with just a single item = (a roll of toilet tissue), and gave a dollar and nickel (tax) to the = clerk, said she needed…

Jason W = wished, “I hope Elon Musk never gets into a scandal because = ElonGate would be really drawn out.”   Ronda B said, = “A TV chef said, ‘Where there’s fat, there’s = flavor’. I know he was talking about food, but I still took it as =…

“I like = to see a man proud of the place in which he lives.  I like to see a = man live so that his place will be proud of him.”  – = Abraham Lincoln   “Where = liberty dwells, there is my country.” – Benjamin = Franklin  …

[Testimony = written by a missionary doctor who worked in Africa decades ago. Reprint = from Grif Net 25 years ago]   One night I = had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but despite all we = could do, she died, leaving us with a…