Alan A. Alop

Please, 

Take the dogs to the dogs forum.

Paul Richard Hain

Stewart,

The black dog is Max.  He eagerly likes me to read the Message Forum to him.  He's far more handsome than me.

Alan, you show a bubble wrap head? for your picture.  Isn't it at least equal to my picture of Max?  Poodles are very, I mean VERY smart dogs and thinks you should put it on an Arts and Crafts Forum.  He likes that kind of stuff.

Janis, no offense intended.  Just wanted to keep us from drifting in the old direction that becomes so hurtful to some Message Forum readers.  I hope more classmates will test the waters so to speak, and put a post for us to read.

Paul Richard Hain

Sage advice to open 2020!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

"Steve Jobs was the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Corporation and died in 2011, aged 56, after losing his battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He posted the following observation just prior to his death.

"Very profound and a realization that only became obvious when he was confronted with his certain demise.

"The World's six best doctors ... worth reading------ Steve Jobs Died a billionaire ( $10.2b ) at age 56. This is his final essay: 

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In some others' eyes, my life is the epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, my wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to. At this moment, lying on my bed and recalling my life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in have paled and become meaningless in the face of my death. 
You can employ someone to drive the car for you or make money for you but you cannot have someone bear your sickness for you. Material things lost can be found or replaced. But there is one thing that can never be found when it's lost - Life. Whichever stage in life you are in right now, with time, you will face the day when the curtain comes down. 
"Treasure love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well and cherish others. As we grow older, and hopefully wiser, we realize that a $300 or a $30 watch both tell the same time. You will realize that your true inner happiness does not come from the material things of this world. Whether you fly first class or economy, if the plane goes down - you go down with it. 
Therefore, I hope you realize, when you have mates, buddies, and old friends, brothers and sisters, who you chat with, laugh with, talk with, have sing songs with, talk about north-south-east-west or heaven and earth, that is true happiness! Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things and not the price. Eat your food as your medicine, otherwise you have to eat medicine as your food.
"There is a big difference between a human being and being human. Only a few really understand it. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In between, you have to manage!
The six best doctors in the world are sunlight, rest, exercise, diet, self-confidence and friends. Maintain them in all stages and enjoy a healthy life."

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Walking from here to there...

Does your dishwasher clean your dishes? after how many cycles?

Beverlee Ann Arpan (Marshall)

Janis...Huh?

One cycle.  Actually, I wash the dishes in the sink first, then wash them in the dishwasher to sanitize them.

Ronald I. Zager

C'mon kids, let's play nice!

Or do some of you consider that "tsk, tsking"?  :-)

btw, I'm enjoying the new, nicer format.

Stewart Myrent

Paul, I really appreciated the words that you quoted from Steve Jobs.  It should make everyone stop & think about what's really important to themselves & their loved ones.  I remember in 2018, or possibly 2017, seeing that "Forbes" magazine had named Bill Gates the wealthiest man in the world, with a net worth of $80 billion.  After hearing that, I couldn't shake the thought that, even for Bill Gates, even for the wealthiest man in the entire world, there was something in his life that pissed him off every single day -  something that was totally out of his control.  I didn't know if it was one of his kids, or Melinda, or something else - I was just pretty sure that thing is out there, unbeknownst to any of us.  But, Bill Gates is still going strong  (as far as I know) & we have all out-survived Steve Jobs.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

I don't know them.

Beverlee Ann Arpan (Marshall)

Thank you again Broadmoor.  Had a lovely visit.  Look forward to our next time.

Roger C. Kaage

Bev, we envy you your trip to the Broadmoor.  It's one of our favorite spots.  'Course, we've only been there in the summer and fall, for golf; imagine it's spectacular in the winter.  The Spa at the Broadmoor is one of my wife's favorites.  Generally, we don't like buffets--neither of us eats enough to make them worthwhile.  Our exception, though, is the Sunday brunch at the Broadmoor.  It's an experience everyone should be able to enjoy sometime.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

I am profoundly troubled that out of our tradition for living and growing with open and inquisitive minds, we have arrived at enforced censorship on our Forum.  We are too comfortable / complacent.

"The greatest thing (we) can do (for ourselves and for our young) is keep (our) minds young.  
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."  
-- Mark Twain

I shudder to think what we are revealing about our sense of decency.

Paul Richard Hain

Marcie and Max are better looking than a picture of me, so here is our other Standard Poodle on the cushiest place she is not allowed.  Enjoy this one for a while.  She is 13 years old and is slowing down.  But, she springs into action as the best alarm system when someone or something approaches the house.  Poodles are good watchdogs.  They will bark to chase people away, but they are not biters.  Their disposition is very gentle.

A young UPS driver thought he could win her over with a dog treat.  He stashed a box of Milkbones in the cargo area.  One day he came up the drivway with a treat in hand.  Marcie ran right past him, jumped in the truck and found the cache.  On another occasion, she ran down the street, jumped in his parked truck and sat on the driver's seat until he came back and gave her a treat.  We don't let her loose very often anymore!

Dog stories are better than politics.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

As Alan said earlier: 

"Please,
"Take the dogs to the dogs forum."

Yes, dogs are kewl,   
but dogs are not people.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"Ideas from the heart could help make employment more attainable for people with disabilities."

"It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses."  -- George Eliot

Ronald I. Zager

Hey, Janis and Carol:

Since you mentioned me by name I'll do the same

Which I've tried not to do in the past.

I don't think I complain, just try to explain

By holding up a mirror so folks can see themselves

As others see them

And dogs, I like them

But they are relatively high-maintenence

Compared to cats, of course

And now, off to enjoy a snow day

Ahhh...the gift of time!

Keep warm, y'all, and PEACE

Make love, not war

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Hey Ron, do something then --

with the gift of time on a snow day,

build a snowman and post a photo.

Show us how a wise old bird

makes love, not war.

Jack Edmund Bookwalter

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Try Colorado Springs, Colorado when googling the Broadmoor.

Stewart Myrent

Carol, I have no idea what an FB group is, but, I have to say, I've been laughing my ass off from the picture of your little canine UPS deliveryman.  Great photo!  However, I do agree with some other's sentiments that these dogs need to find their very own Forum, to express themselves, their feelings & their rationales for their behaviors.  I am fairly sure that their lives are not very complicated, compared to humans.  That's right, I've played the species card!

Beverlee Ann Arpan (Marshall)

Rog,  The Broadmoor, I give it 5 stars all around, that's for sure.  Do you know about all of the renovations?  We like to stay in the West building in an upper room overlooking the lake.  They don't take down the Christmas lights on the trees outside until March, so at night it looks like they're filled with tiny stars.  So beautiful.  And, yes, we love Sunday brunch at the Broadmoor.  It's spectacular and not to be missed.  I've never seen such a grand spread, and so yummy.  Our getaways to the Broadmoor are Bill's Christmas and anniversary gifts to me, and to a destination we both love.  Who knows, maybe we'll see you there sometime in the fall.

Bev

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Manischewitz Matzos are a product of Israel, distributed by The Manischewitz Co. in Newark, NJ.

The box of Manischewitz egg & onion matzos I bought is stamped "NOT FOR PASSOVER" - does anyone know why Christian prayer cards are included in the packaging?

Paul Richard Hain

Stewart,

I am glad that you liked Steve Jobs thoughts.  I think they resonate with most of us more at our age than they would have 20 years ago.  

Having fond memories of a dog after all those years is also heartwarming.  They seem gifted with the abiity to know people even better than we do.  What is more wonderful than to come home after a hard day and to be greeted by a happy friend.  It recharges my batteries everytime.

Stewart Myrent

Carol, thank you for the clarification of FB = Facebook, but, in my defense, I have never (not even once) been on Facebook.  But, Janis, I do have a question about the Manischewitz matzos.  I get why your particular box of egg & onion matzos (good choice, by the way) is stamped "NOT FOR PASSOVER", because very soon, before Passover starts (usually in April, right around Easter) you will see every type of Manischewitz matzos stamped "KOSHER FOR PASSOVER", because those very fortunate & blessed matzos will have the good fortune to receive an extra Passover blessing, from the rabbis who are in charge of such things.  As far as I know, that is the extent of the difference between the good "KOSHER FOR PASSOVER" matzos & the not-so-good "NOT FOR PASSOVER" matzos.  However, my question is about the presence of Christian prayer cards, included in the matzo box packaging.  I don't get the connection between Manischewitz matzos & Christian prayer cards, but it sounds to me like someone is diversifying. 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Thanks, Stewart. Diversification... Why not? cover all the bases...

Sooo,

if those who believe in climate change are wrong, we will have needlessly created a cleaner world,

rather than following those who don't believe, and die if they are wrong...

something like 

better to live like there's a heaven and hell, and die to find out there isn't,

than to live like there isn't, and die to find out there is.

Hey,

we can all get dogs and bring heaven on earth.

Ron, did you build a snowman? show us how a wise old bird makes love, not war?

Stewart Myrent

Janis, i found your comments about both climate change, and heaven & hell, to be enlightening,  thought-provoking, truthful & hilarious.  I couldn't have said it any better myself.  Great post!