Best E-mails of the Week 06/05/05.
Thanks Kathy for sending this video clip:
Talking parrot:
Tahoma test (takes 10 minutes like an IQ test)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/senseschallenge/senses.swf
When Lou and I discussed health for people in their 50's,
he noted that someone who seems healthy with exercise and good food is like a fine tuned Ferrari.
If the slightest thing is wrong, it's a big deal.
Lou said he himself is like an old jalopy.
If things go wrong, he just shrugs them off.
A dent here, a scratch there. Motor won't rev-
doesn't matter.
He just keeps chuggin along.
Sort of like this car below:
Subject: If I were a car
> >
> > If my body were a car, this is the time I would be thinking about
> > trading it
> > in for a newer model. I've got bumps and dents and scratches in my
> > finish and
> > my paint job is getting a little dull, but that's not the worst of it.
> >
> > >
> > > My fenders are too wide to be considered stylish. They were once as
> > sleek as
> > a little MG; now they look more like an old Buick. My seat cushions
> > have split
> > open at the seams. My seats are sagging. Seat belts?
> > >
> > > I gave up all belts when Krispy Cremes opened a shop in my
> > neighborhood...
> > Air bags? Forget it. The only bags I have these days are under my eyes.
> > Not
> > counting the saddlebags, of course. I have soooooo many miles on my
> > odometer.
> > Sure, I've been many places and seen many things, but when's the last
> > time an
> > appraiser factored life experiences against depreciation?
> > >
> > > My headlights are out of focus and it's especially hard to see things
> > up
> > close. My traction is not as graceful as it once was.
> > >
> > > I slip and slide and skid and bump into things even in the best of
> > weather.
> > My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins. It takes me hours to
> > reach my
> > maximum speed. My fuel rate burns inefficiently.
> > >
> > > But here's the worst of it...almost every time I sneeze, cough or
> > sputter...
> > my radiator leaks!
Here's Mary's car after a kid plowed into her while she was at a stop light
and smashed her into the car ahead of her. The back was worse.
It should take a month and 10 K to repair it.
Meanwhile, her shoulder seems to be getting better every day.
There were three country churches in a small town: the Presbyterian church, the
Methodist church and the Catholic church. Each church was overrun with pesky
squirrels.
One day,
the Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about the
squirrels. After much prayer and consideration they determined that the
squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn't interfere with God's
divine will.
The
Methodist group got together and decided that they were not in a position to
harm any of God's creations. So, they humanely trapped the squirrels and set
them free a few miles outside of town. Three days later, the squirrels were
back.
It was only
the Catholics who were able to come up with the best and most effective
solution. They baptized the squirrels and registered them as members of the
parish. Now they only see them on Christmas and Easter.
Pete
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