On Youth.

Hi Everyone ~~ It is Sunday evening here so my

weekend is over. I have had a quiet day, made the

potato cakes and hamburgers. The former need

to be cooked slowly or they burn (as I found ! )

I hope that you are all having a great weekend

and the weather is not too unpleasant for you.

As usual, my footy team, Carlton lost again. I

sure hope they do better next year !!

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<><><><> On Youth <><><><>

Youth is not entirely a time of life --- it is a state

of mind. It is not wholly a matter of ripe cheeks, red

lips or supple knees. It is a temper of will, a quality

of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions.

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Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years.

People grow old only by deserting their ideals. You are

as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young

as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young

as your hope, as old as your despair.

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In the central place of every heart, there is a recording

chamber, so long as it receives messages of beauty and

hope, cheer and courage, you are young.

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When the wires are all down and your heart is covered

with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism,

then and only then have you grown old.

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<><><> Now for a joke or two <><><>

A husband and a wife go to a counselor after 15 years of marriage.

The counselor asks them what the problem is, and the wife goes into

a tirade listing every problem they have ever had in the 15 years

they've been married. She goes on and on. Finally, the counselor gets

up, walks around the desk, embraces the wife and kisses her passionately. The woman shuts up, and sits quietly in a daze. The counselor turns to

the husband and says, "This is what your wife needs at least three times

a week. Can you do this?" The husband thinks for a moment and replies, "Well, I can drop her off

here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays I golf."

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<><><> Unanswered Questions <><><>

If you take an Oriental person and spin him around

several times, does he become disoriented ?

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If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren’t people

from Holland called Holes ?

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Why do we say something is out of whack? What’s a whack?

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If a pig loses his voice, is it disgruntled ?

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When cheese gets it’s picture taken, what does it say ?

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Why is a person who plays piano called a pianist, but a

person who drives a race-car not called a racist ?

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Why are a wise man and a wise guy Opposites ?

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“I am” is the shortest sentence in the English language

Could it be that “I do” is the longest sentence ?

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If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked,

doesn’t it follow that electricians can be delighted,

musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed

tree surgeons debarked and dry cleaners depressed ?

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What hair color do they put on the driver’s licence of

bald men ?

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If it is true we are here to help others, then what exactly

are the others here for ?

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I was thinking about how people read the Bible a whole

lot more as they get older, then it dawned on me. . . . they’re

cramming for their final exam.

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No one ever says, “It’s only a game”, when their team is

winning.

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Ever wondered what the speed of lightning would be if it

didn’t zig-zag ?

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<><><> Some thoughts <><><>

Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling

passes.

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With clothes the new are best, with friends the old are best.

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Without health you cannot enjoy wealth and happiness.

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Your boss will always be early when you are late and late when

you are early.

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Youth and skill are no match for age and cunning.

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<><><> Bye for now, Take care, I’ll be back !! Merle. <><><>

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