DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

The Saga Of Pinehill Book II
Money, Marriage And The Way
is now published and available.
Buy direct from:

http://www.publishamerica.com
(enter the name Saga of Pinehill in
the search box)

If you enjoyed the first book, you
won't be able to put
this one down until you've finished
it. Enjoy.

DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

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TODAY'S TRIVIA - - -

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Is it true that eBay was started by a man trying to help his
girlfriend trade PEZ dispensers?

Do animals have culture?

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Is it true that somebody tried to sell his soul on eBay?

People put up a lot of funny auctions on eBay, some meant
JUST to be funny. So yes, several pranksters have attempted
to auction their souls on eBay. One went for ten dollars,
while another received no bids at all. 

What other crazy things have people tried to sell on eBay?

Anything and everything you can think of has made its way to
eBay at least once. Many of these auctions, of course, are
pulled by eBay before concluding. Among the strangest things
put up for sale: a fully functional kidney, a male's
virginity, kids, a Grandma, snow, Justin Timberlake's
leftover french toast, a haunted painting, a bobsled team,
numerous body parts, drug-free urine, fairy dust, dead
animals, ghost "droppings," the "secret of life,"
"appreciation," and "a sense of humor"! 

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There are a lot of ways to become a failure,
but never taking a chance is the most successful.

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thePEBBLE CONTENTS:

1. STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!

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2. Here's To Think On! ... with Ken Darby
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Don't Take It Personal!

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3. MEDICAL COLUMN by Karin Henderson

Health Question On Positioning
PART 2 of 4

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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby

China, U.S., Apple/Microsoft And The E.U.

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5. WHY DO WE SAY IT?

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6. THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
7. HA! HA!HA!
8. CONTACT INFO
9. THE LAST LINE - - - - -


DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

The Saga Of Pinehill Book II
Money, Marriage And The Way
is now published and available. Buy direct from:

http://www.publishamerica.com
(enter the name Saga of Pinehill in the search box)

If you enjoyed the first book, you won't be able to put
this one down until you're finished it. Enjoy.

DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

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STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!


There is a Harley-Davidson that was designed as an exact
replica of a hamburger.

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Don't Take It Personal!

There was a feud between the Pastor and the Choir
Director of a Church.

It seems the first hint of trouble came when the Pastor
preached on "Dedicating Yourselves to Service" and
the Choir Director chose to sing: "I Shall Not Be Moved".

Trying to believe it was a coincidence, the Pastor
put the incident behind him. The next Sunday he
preached on "Giving." Afterwards, the choir squirmed
as the director led them in the hymn: "Jesus Paid It
All".

By this time, the Pastor was losing his temper. Sunday
morning attendance swelled as the tension between the
two built. A large crowd showed up the next week to hear
his sermon on "The Sin of Gossiping." Would you believe
the Choir Director selected the song: "I Love To Tell
The Story"?

There was no turning back. The following Sunday the
Pastor told the congregation that unless something
changed, he was considering resignation. The entire
church gasped when the Choir Director led them
in: "Why Not Tonight"?

Truthfully, no one was surprised when the Pastor resigned
a week later, explaining that Jesus had led him there and
Jesus was leading him away. The Choir Director could not
resist: "What A Friend We Have In Jesus."

Undoubtedly this feud developed only because the
preacher was taking everything personal. While you may
say no, consider this: when it becomes clear to an
adversary that he/she is getting to you they will automatically
continue, even when it is not their intent. It is an automatic
human response and it takes great self control to avoid it. It's
just human nature, animal nature too, for that matter.

Had the preacher not taken it personally, laughed it off and
even attempted to make a contest out of it he could have
used the Choir Directors determination against him. That is
what happens when you don't take things personal, you
maintain clear thinking and a clear head.

Your emotions will lead you down the garden path to self
destruction or poorer conditions. Only clear thinking will
keep you ahead and on your chosen path.

Do not believe your emotions. They will always take you
away from your truth. When you take things personal you
don't see clearly. You miss out on controlling the situation
and are controlled by it. Your reaction is based on no reason
other than personal feelings, emotion based, and therefore
not clear thinking.

The story above about the pastor reveals the pastor to have
child like reactions to the Choir Directors actions. The Choir
Director was wrong, too, but that is another story for another
day. The topic today is about not taking things personally.
The Pastor did, and lost.

Don't Take It Personal!

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If keeping control of the direction in which our minds
wandered was as easy as driving a car we would all
achieve the status our Maker wants, in record time
and without any difficulty.
---- Ken Darby

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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - - by Karin Henderson


Health Question On Positioning
PART 2 of 4

Can you see the difference? We can choose to age with or without
degeneration. However, we sometimes have little control over our
environment. For instance a hockey player or football player
could have a much greater chance of having arthritis than
someone who works on a computer has. (Of course he/she could
If they are under the influence of some sort of chemicals, or if
this is a drug-induced sleep, this would place the patient into
a different category of care. This could be the case if they
have to have ICU nursing care. What was not available was the
kind of medication, age, or the state of the patient. So you
would guessing some of several possibilities. If a person is in
ICU, and the question is raised about possible injuries to
limbs, I might assume they are under some sort of chemical
influence. That could easily include alcohol and or recreational
drugs.

If the patient was conscious, you would not be turning them
unless they requested it. So for our purposes, I will assume the
person is under the influence of some sort of chemicals and is
unable to move by themselves. If the person was comatose or
failed to respond to normal stimulation, (pain reaction on
certain body points) then you would treat this as an unconscious
patient. And then full care would be provided. This means you
would be turning the person regularly unless they had been
placed on an alternating pressure mattress. (A mattress filled
with air or water that raises alternating parts of its surface
automatically.) Most policies would state that the person has to
be repositioned every two to three hours.

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Karin Henderson is a registered nurse and is thePEBBLE's
columnist for our MEDICAL COLUMN.
We appreciate her input very much. Thanks Karin.
You can send Karin questions at
mailto:kflh@shaw.ca

Health Information Newsletter.
http://www.prescotts-inc.com

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PERCEPTIONS . . . by Ken Darby

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Some around me think I am an opinionated old goat.
Whether that be true or not I will sometimes, in this column,
talk about things people don't like to talk about - or don't want
out in the open. Take it all with a grain of salt.

Do your own thinking, and don't accept the things I say as
gospel. They are only mental meanderings from a simple soul.

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China, U.S., Apple/Microsoft And The E.U.

China is such a large country that things are always
happening there.

In the northeast, including Beijing, they are having a
drought that is causing a drinking water shortage for
300,000 people. It is all thought to be part of the global
warming thing where there appears to be exceptional
conditions appear ad hoc. These exceptional conditions may
be too much rain, more than the average, or too little rain,
less than the average in any area. That is what is happening
in northeast China. They are receiving a tenth of their
normal rainfall.

In other news from China the China Daily News reports -

“People's Daily reports the military's logistics department
has released a report revealing the military saved 55
thousand tons of oil, 40 million tons of water, 170 million
kilowatt-hours of electricity, 7,500 tons of grain and 1157
thousand tons of coal. Altogether, the savings are worth 1.4
billion yuan, or about 180 million US dollars.”

It is nice to see organizations within a country take
initiative to do things like the Chinese People’s Liberation
Army.

I see the U.S. has now set up an “Africa Command”. They
always did have plans covering Africa but they were broken
up among three different commands. Now Africa is headed up
under one command.

Sounds neat doesn’t it? And in a time where we were naively
thinking we would be there to help a country, I now see this
as a rather sinister move to gain control of the people of
Africa in the forthcoming years when drought and food
shortages will cause much more strife and potential movement
to other parts of the world.

I see the U.S. posturing for control positions in full
knowledge that food shortages in the not too distant future
will change politics and the game plan for the whole world.

I see the Apple/Microsoft war is gaining press, almost more
than the American elections.

And I see the European Union is calling for 18 percent
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles
within five years. Maybe that is a start.

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WHY DO WE SAY IT?

Xmas: why is Christmas so often written "Xmas"?

The "X" in this case is the Greek letter Chi - written X -
and chi is the initial letter of the Greek word for "Christ"

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DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

The Saga Of Pinehill Book II
Money, Marriage And The Way
is now published and available. Buy direct from:

http://www.publishamerica.com
(enter the name Saga of Pinehill in the search box)

If you enjoyed the first book, you won't be able to put
this one down until you've finished it. Enjoy.

DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND

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THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!

"A professional is a person who can do his best at a
time when he doesn't particularly feel like it." --
Alistair Cooke

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HA! HA! HA!

17 fatal things to say if your wife is pregnant

17. "I finished the Oreos."

16. "Not to imply anything, but I don't think the kid weighs
40 pounds."

15. "Y'know, looking at her, you'd never guess that Pamela
Lee had a baby..!!"

14. "I sure hope your thighs aren't gonna stay that flabby
forever!"

13. "Well, couldn't they induce labor? The 25th is the Super
Bowl!"

12. "Darned if you ain't about five pounds away from a
surprise visit from that Richard Simmons fella."

11. "Fred at the office passed a stone the size of a pea.
Boy, that's gotta hurt."

10. "Whoa! For a minute there, I thought I woke up next to
Willard Scott!"

9. "I'm jealous! Why can't men experience the joy of
childbirth?"

8. "Are your ankles supposed to look like that?"

7. "Get your *own* ice cream."

6. "Geez, you're awfully puffy looking today."

5. "Got milk?"

4. "Maybe we should name the baby after my secretary,
Tawney."

3. "Man! That rose tattoo on your hip is the size of
Madagascar!"

2. "Retaining water? Yeah, like the Hoover Dam retains
water..."

And the Number 1 Fatal Thing To Say If Your Wife Is
Pregnant:

1. "You don't have the guts to pull that trigger..."

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THE LAST LINE - - - - -

"A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who
works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but
a man who works with his hands and his brain and his
heart is an artist." -- Louis Nizer

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REMEMBER! - IF YOU SEE IT IN thePEBBLE - IT IS SO!


The degree of commitment is the degree of worthiness.
Your rewards shall be a direct relationship with the
degree of your commitment.
---- Ken Darby