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:
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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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Where did the molasses come from?
Didn't the Great Molasses Flood occur in Missisippi?
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At what time of year is the Earth nearest to the sun?
You'd think it would be in the summer, when the sun
certainly FEELS closer. But the Earth is actually nearer the
sun in January than it is in June or July - by three million
miles. So what causes the seasons, then? The Earth tilts on
an axis and the planet also spins as it orbits, sort of like
a spinning top. Each pole points to some imaginary spot off
in space even though it is circling the sun. Because of
this, when the Earth orbits the sun, the north and south
poles slowly change their relationship to the sun,
determining how many hours each hemisphere receives
sunlight. It's spring in your hemisphere when because of the
Earth's tilt, your hemisphere is LEANING nearest to the sun
and daylight is longest.
Is it true that nearly two dozen people drowned in molasses
in the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?
It sounds like something somebody made up, but it's actually
true. On January 15, 1919 in Boston, 21 people, a dozen
horses, and a cat met sudden and untimely ends in a gooey
flood of hot molasses traveling about 35 miles per hour. Of
course, the explosion of molasses was violent, and the
molasses was hot, so the coroner probably would not have
ruled the deaths "drownings."
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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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If It Don't Feel Right ... It Isn't
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3. MEDICAL COLUMN by Karin Henderson
Hypertension, Meniere’s, And Stress:
A Different Way Of Thinking
PART 3 of 4
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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby
Closing A Chapter Isn't Closing a Book . . .
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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!
The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud
that it can be heard 40 miles away.
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If It Don't Feel Right ... It Isn't
A guy stopped at a local gas station and, after filling his
tank, he paid the bill and bought a soft drink. He stood
by his car to drink his cola and watched a couple of
men working along the roadside.One man would dig
a hole two or three feet deep and then move on. The
other man came along behind him and filled in the hole.
While one was digging a new hole, the other was 25 feet
behind filling in the hole. The men worked right past the
guy with the soft drink and went on down the road.
"I can't stand this," said the man tossing the can into a
trash container and heading down the road toward
the men. "Hold it, hold it," he said to the men. "Can
you tell me what's going on here with all this digging
and refilling?"
"Well, we work for the government and we're just doing
our job," one of the men said.
"But one of you is digging a hole and the other fills it up.
You're not accomplishing anything. Aren't you wasting
the taxpayers' money?"
"You don't understand, mister," one of the men said,
leaning on his shovel and wiping his brow. "Normally
there's three of us: me, Elmer and Leroy. I dig the hole,
Elmer sticks in the tree and Leroy, here, puts the dirt back.
Elmer's job's been cut... so now it's just me an' Leroy"
This is an exaggeration, of course, yet it reveals to us
a message we should all think about. How often do you
get into a situation where for some reason you sense it
doesn't feel right?
Sometimes that can be while you are driving down the
road and "feel" you taken the wrong turn, or it may be
that you are doing some work where you "feel" it isn't
right. Maybe you are hiking in the wilderness and danger
is lurking that you don't know about, but something
doesn't "feel" right.
My advice ... LISTEN! That's right, pay attention. If
something doesn't feel just quite right to you sooner or
later it will prove you right. When you get that "feeling"
get out, quite what you're doing, stop. Stop and have
a look, analyze.
Paying attention to what you are being told is your Maker's
mechanism of forewarning you of something about to
go wrong. Some call it intuition. Call what you want but
pay attention to it. Doing so will save you time and
frustration at the very least, and your life at the very most.
This "sixth sense" is a part of our survival mechanism. It
permits us to proceed in safety. It acts as a warning to us
that we are proceeding down the wrong path. The sooner
you pay attention the sooner you will get back on the
right path.
Consider ... If It Don't Feel Right ... It Isn't
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You won't believe the joy and happiness that
comes from your persistent, consistent and insistent
efforts to reach your objective.
---- Ken Darby
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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - - by Karin Henderson
Hypertension, Meniere’s, And Stress:
A Different Way Of Thinking
PART 3 of 4
Stress is defined as Anxiety; Feeling uptight; Stress;
Tension; Jitters; Apprehension.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003211.
htm
“Stress can come from any situation or thought that
makes you feel frustrated, angry, or anxious. What is
stressful to one person is not necessarily stressful to
another. Anxiety is a feeling of apprehension or fear.
The source of this uneasiness is not always known or
recognized, which can add to the distress you feel.”
In case you have never heard of Meniere’s disease
before, I want to give you a tiny bit of insight
through this article. At the beginning, I mentioned
Bill’s visit to his doctor. He had already had his
Meniere’s symptoms for some time. Put yourself into his
shoes…. What if… you started to feel dizzy
occasionally, and maybe had some unpleasant buzzing in
your ear. And sometimes your ear would feel full as
though it had water in it. It was annoying and you
couldn’t get rid of it. And these feelings would come
once in a while and then disappear for a long time.
Suddenly one day, you had to grasp the edge of your
desk to steady yourself and someone had to drive you
home or to Emergency. Normal? I don’t think so. Scary?
Yes, Very. Your doctor or the hospital staff asked you
questions and you really had no answers. Eventually you
would go home and life continued. But every once in a
while you still have this dizziness and pressure and
your hearing comes and goes. And this goes on for
months or days…or even years. Could this be worrisome?
Could it be stressful? Could this stress lead to
increasing your blood pressure over time?
Let’s look at these symptoms a little more closely.
Dizziness. Vertigo. If you are suddenly faced with mild
or severe vertigo, chances are you would find it
difficult to handle your job or your responsibilities.
Sometimes this spinning is so strong it throws you to
the ground! Sometimes you feel so dizzy and bump into
things that people think you are drunk or on drugs.
Then you have hearing fluctuation which means one
minute you can hear well and the next you can’t hear
anything or a just a little bit. Then there is the
tinnitus. This pertains to noise of any sort: from
strong sounds to buzzing. Part of a day. Sometimes.
Occasionally. Or constantly in different tones. One
ear or both ears.
Do you think this could be stressful for you? Could it
maybe raise your blood pressure? Would you like to be
told you have to live with this for the rest of your
life? Would you maybe get a bit concerned about your
future? Could you ask yourself “why”? Why would
something come and go, with no apparent reason. Or
could there be a reason? And what could possibly have
any connection to things you were doing one moment or
day…and not again for a while…or very frequently and
then not again for a year? Or several years? Sometimes
for 15 years! Would it be possible that something made
you dizzy? And why would someone get dizzy?
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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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Closing A Chapter Isn't Closing a Book . . .
The closing of a chapter in a book does not mean the book is
finished. It only means one has finished a chapter. That is
what is happening with our stopping publication of
thePEBBLE.
It will give me a chance to do things I have put off for a
very long time. Where my focus was single mindedly working
in your interests, at least that is how I thought of it, my
time will now be devoted to me, my wife and family.
I can see myself taking on other pursuits, such as promotion
of the thinksurvival.org web site. I see myself doing more
writing. I see myself doing the things my wife and I want to
do together. Does that sound like retirement? Or at least
practicing retirement? I guess so.
I do know that since Mom and I moved into our new home on a
lake we have gotten away from running our lives by the
clock. It has taken seven or eight years but we are getting
closer to the rhythms of nature, and we like it that way.
I can well see the world will go on without thePEBBLE and
that is how it should be. If you and I were like ships
passing in the night, if some of the light I shed in passing
has done you some good them I am immensely pleased. It has
most certainly been a pleasure to serve you.
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WHY DO WE SAY IT?
Salad Days: What is the reason we call a man's youth his
"salad days"?
It's because when a man is young, he's "green" and "greens
go into making a salad.
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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!
"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to
reach your full potential...these are the keys that
will unlock the door to personal excellence." -- Eddie
Robinson
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HA! HA! HA!
Two priests were determined to make this a real vacation by
not wearing anything that would identify them as clergy.
As soon as the plane landed, they headed for a store and
bought some really outrageous shorts, shirts, sandals, and
sunglasses.
The next morning, they went to the beach, dressed in their
"tourist" garb.
They were sitting on beach chairs, enjoying a drink, the
sunshine and the scenery when a "drop dead gorgeous" blonde
in a very tiny bikini came walking straight towards them.
They couldn't help but stare.
As the blond passed them, she smiled and said, "Good morning
Father," "Good morning Father," nodding and addressing each
of them individually, then passed on
by.
They were both stunned. How in the world did she know they
were priests?
The next day, they went back to the store, bought even more
outrageous outfits.
Once again they settled on the beach in their chairs to
enjoy the sunshine.
After a while, the same gorgeous blonde, wearing a string
bikini this time and showing a very nice tan, came walking
toward them.
Again, she approached them and greeted them individually:
"Good morning, Father," "Good morning, Father," and started
to walk away.
One of the priests couldn't stand it and said, "Just a
minute young lady".
"Yes?" she replied.
"We are priests, and proud of it, but I have to know, how in
the world did you know we are priests?"
"Father it's me, Sister Angela."
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THE LAST LINE - - - - -
"Success is living up to your potential. That's all.
Wake up with a smile and go after life...Live it, enjoy
it, taste it, smell it, feel it." -- Joe Kapp
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REMEMBER! - IF YOU SEE IT IN thePEBBLE - IT IS SO!
Being the smartest and most intelligent individual in the
world is no substitute for being persistent and consistent.
---- Ken Darby
