Freeoples ....
Thread 307
Posted on 05/06/2002 8:14:39 AM PDT by Mo1
Freeoples ....
Thread 307
Life at work is like a tree full of monkeys, all on different limbs at different levels. Some are climbing up, some down.
The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
Ah, Nully, The Constitution was written with the assumption and presumption that governments are evil and with too much power are very tyrannical. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
There are always excuses for the bad guys. Did you happen to watch Alan Keyes last night? I wanted to reach through the tv and choke that Palestinian sympathizer. What a bunch of A******s!!
I've never quite agreed with that premise. I believe we should both respect and trust until a person gives a reason not to, at least in personal relationships. I'm not saying that we shouldn't be cautious in certain situations, but our natural inclination is to carry experiences from one individual and generalize it to others and I think that this is unfair, to all concerned really. Now, if a person does something to betray a trust, then restoration of that trust needs to be earned if indeed it is deemed worthwhile to bother with the person anymore and I think that would depend on the nature of the relationship. If it's your kids or husband or parent or best friend, you're not inclined to just write them off.
In the Salmon River Ruralite, May 2002 issue, there are a couple of really interesting articles.....one has to do with Jack LaLanne, who is 88 years old now. And he's still working out and promoting exercise. I have pictures of my long-deceased grandmother and my oldest daughter in front of Gram's television working out to Jack LaLanne's exercise programs in So-Cal!! Deni was about 18 months old--she loved Jack's program....she'd run get Grammie by the finger and pull her in the living room when it was time for his show.
There is another article, entitled "The Secrets of Long Life". None of the people in the pictures look, nor apparently act--at least according to what most would consider appropriate--their age!
"Morris Jenkins, of _____, WA, sits across the table contemplating his 93 years, conceding his life could have been a heckuva lot shorter."
He chuckles, then recounts the time he nearly fell through the ice on Idaho's Lake Pend Orielle, a mile from shore, the avalanche that swept past him as he clung to a tree to keep from being carried away, the ptomaine poisoning episode, and the rolling rock that almost got him.
"Something or somebody was looking after me," he says simply.
A number of Americans may feel the same way. Whether its' luck, divine providence, or other factors, people are living longer today than ever before.
More than 4 million Americans are over the age of 85, according to the 2000 Census. That's an increase of 35% over 1990 Census numbers. And centenarians--those over the age of 100--are the fastest-growing age group of all.
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Researchers also have linked longer life to mental stimulation and staying active. They say mental challenges seem to preserve both the mind and the immune system.
"An idle brain will deterioriate just as surely as an unused leg," says Dr. Gene Cohen, head of the gerontology center at George Washington University.
Morris Jenkins echoes those sentiments.
"If you don't have something to do, you grow stale," says Morris. "To mix with your friends and peers, going to meetings, staying in contact--it keeps you sharp. It aids your vocabulary, keeps you alert."
Morris is active in a number of community activities, although not as many as in the past. He has served on the Forest Service citizen's advisory committee, the local chapter of AARP, the local hospital board, and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
"Up until about the age of 89, I could go anywhere," Morris says.
But arthritis has taken its toll. To compound the problem, three years ago he fell off the woodshed and hurt his back. [FOOTNOTE BY ME: There is a picture of Mr. Jenkins who looks rather like the former Surgeon General, C. Everett Coop...the caption next to the photo indicates that Jenkins "shares stories about his many adventures, including skydiving in his 80's"!!!
Despite slowing down physically, people who know Morris say he's still sharp as a tack mentally.
When asked why he has lived so long--and after joking about his close calls with rocks and avalanches--Morris ratrtles off a list of factors with which scientists and other seniors concur.
However, the one thing he attributes most to living longer is going through life with the right attitude.
"You can be born with good health or poor health," says Morris. "It's how you look at it and deal with it."
There is another section of this rather lengthy article I'd like to put in as it relates to a couple who are 81 and 74, and will be celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary this fall.....but I will post it separately.
How ya doing today....when will you be home so you can freep to your hearts content?
The boy asked, "What is this, Father?"
The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is."
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheel chair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular numbers above the walls light up sequentially. They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.
Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24 year old blonde stepped out.
The father, not taking his eyes off the young woman, said quietly to his son .. . . "Go get your mother"
Speaking of that, when I was in Phoenix, daughter got her hair cut fairly short....her beautician did a fantastic job--really cute...Deni has tiny features and can wear her hair any way...even bald, I would think.
Anyhow, Saturday, Deni decided to try her hand at fixing it that way so she'd be set on Monday morning to go to work!
Boy is she PO'D....like me, just can't do it anything like the beautician does! She's wanting to wear a ballcap to court!
I've had my hair cut quite short for the past year....and it was only when I went to Phoenix that I actually got it combed the way my Polly does it!!! What a hoot!
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