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Spanked? At age 53, you were spanked? Yes replied Janet Orlando from California. Her employer said this was a team-building exercise. In some states, it is against the law for you to spank your child, but a company in California thinks it is ok for you to spank an employee for an exercise? What is this world coming too??? Employess at a home secuirty company, Alarm One Inc., were paddled with rival companies yard signs. It was supose to be a contest that pitted sales teams against each other. The winners poked fun at the losers, threw pies at them, fed them baby food, made them wear diapers, and swatted their backside. Now I have a question, how could you MAKE a 53 year old wear diapers? I know unless physical force was used, you could never make me wear one. The company said this was a voluntary program to build comaraderie and were not discriminatory because they were given to both males and female workers. If it was voluntary, I would have never been in the diaper line! Alarm One has sinced ceased the practice in 2004, when the lady sued and another employee complained of being injured. What do you say reader? Would you work for a company that spanked it's employee's? .... Marlene

Do you beleive in 'ghost'?

Have you heard the story about a 'ghost' in a London pub? This couple decided to buy a pub that was for sale. The owner told them to watch for the 'ghost'. They lived there a year before anything happened. One night while they were asleep, the alarm went off at the pub. The couple lived above the pub so the man went down to check things out while the wife called the police. When he got there, he checked everything out and didn't find anything so he went back to bed. The alarm went off again. He went down and all of the T.V.'s were on. He went into the woman's bathroom, and there was a woman in there dressed in a long white robe and half of her face was gone. About that time the police arrived and the man told them about the woman in the bathroom. They went in to question her and she wasn't there. However, all of the toilets started flushing! Needless to say, the police ran out of the bathroom. Hmmmm..... Marlene

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One of the first Just a thought articles that I wrote was talking about wanting to get out of debt. Well, today, we paid off two of our bills! That is exciting! We just decided it was time to do this and stop dragging our feet. So, here we are on our way out of debt. Dave Ramsey says to live like nobody else so you can LIVE like nobody else. We haven't got the extra two or three jobs that he suggest that you do, we just tightened down and put ourselves on a budget and now we are excited to see some results! If we as Americans did what he said, we'd put the credit card companies out of business and our national debt would no longer be there. Wouldn't that be nice? Oh well, I just thought that I'd blog a few minutes, nothing special... Hope you have a great day!... Marlene

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The DaVinci Code Lie Exposed

The movie "The DaVinci Code" staring Tom Hanks, directed by Ron Howard will soon be released this year. This movie will have the potential to deceive billions of the world's population. The story line attacks the very heart of the Gospel and attempts to destroy the very nature and character of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God. (Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His anointed? Psalm 2:1, 2) Satan knows his time is about up and now he will attempt to take one of his best shots by enlisting all of hell to belch out its worse deception in that of stripping Jesus Christ of His Divine nature and turning him into a mere man who secretly marries Mary Magdalene. To add insult to injury the story depicts the idea that certain shadowy Christian groups for 2,000 years have purposely and secretly hidden this so called "fact" behind the scenes and thus it is finally revealed in a coded message buried in Leonardo Da Vinci's painting. Even the movie trailer for this story presents it as "the truth" finally revealed about Jesus! (this is just what the Islamic Fascists need to give added credence to their bloody, destructive campaign of global terror!) It is time for Christians (the Body of Christ) everywhere to rise up and expose this lie from the pit of hell that will be perpetuated on the whole world in just a couple of short months. This is no time to back down in the "day of battle". It is a time to pray and fast like never before that God will raise up a standard against the enemy as he comes in like aflood. Satan always "overplays his hand" and once again he is about to overplay it big time because as usual he overplays it right into God's plan to present the "truth" to the whole world. "..and this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come" Matthew 24:14 Oswald Chambers states in his timeless writing My Utmost For His Highest ."Our calling is not primarily to be holy men and women but to be proclaimers of the Gospel of God. The one all-important thing is that the Gospel of God should be recognized as the abiding reality." Yet we have to ask ourselves today when this abiding reality comes under direct attack who will defend it? The answer can only be that those of us who have been transformed by it's truth for eternity will and must defend it here and now.
Pray that Christian lay people, prayer leaders, writers, pastors, and all those in Christian media outlets will get the message out and expose this deception of hell and reveal the lie this movie will present before it ever hits the theaters.We can only say about Tom Hanks & Ron Howard "Father forgive them for they know not what they do". Lord, help us as Christians to stand up in the end times.... Marlene

Which way? Over here, turn here, no...........Over there, yea that's it....Meers. I'm sorry, I blinked back there and almost drove right past the place. Where? Oh, I didn't say? My bad. The World Famous Meers' Store and Restaurant in Meers, OK. This quaint little mining town in the Wichita Mountains is home to one of the finest eating places in southwest Oklahoma. Founded during the gold rush of 1901 the place is one hundred and five years old. What? You have never heard of the Wichita gold rush? Well that is because they never did find it!! There were a few veins of ore found, but they went broke trying to get it. Spent more than they collected (sounds like they should have listened to Eli Ramsey.....Dave's great-great granddad....."Don't charge that pick at the store, pay cache and be debt free!!") I suppose. Anyway it is a great place to eat and learn. It is worth the drive, if you can find it.

S-later,
Ricky.

You can run and hide for 30 years?

An 87 year old woman shot and killed a 13 year old 30 years ago was found recently in Miami. She owed an upscale waterfront apartment complex with a pool. Four friends jumped into the pool and the lady stood on her balcony and told them to leave. The boy was shot while running away from the pool. How did she hide for 15 years in Miami? It's amazing to me how these things can happen. I do realize though that our law enforcements are a busy bunch of people. But how did she survive? Wasn't her social security number listed somewhere that would let them know her where abouts? Or is this the way they do things? Let killers run lose and people that do drugs and sell them are behind bars.... Now I don't think that the drug dealers/doers should be free either. But I do wonder about our system. What is your thoughts and comments on this readers? Feel free to leave a comment without using your name if you'd like... Marlene

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Mad? Angry? Why should I be? A little upset, maybe. Who gives them the right? Congress, or the president? No! They take it upon themselves to infuriate me. Who are They? They are the three idiots I happened upon in the Wal~mart parking lot. (Yes, that is a "squiggly" in the wal~mart name not a dash. Do the wal~mart cheer and you will learn to spell it right!) Anyway, Today I pulled into the associates parkinglot only to find it full, except for the ten spaces in the back that were occupied by three cars! Yes, that is right, T-H-R-E-E cars! Not new cars prized by their first owners not wanting scratches on the pristine paint, but cars that were in lesser shape and not as pretty, or near blue book value.

Who gave Jethro the right to park his truck in any manner he chooses? It is a sad day when American's don't know how to be polite. Maybe I should park on the grass next time.

Well, anyway,

Hubby

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I wanted to give those that read this something to laugh about today...

If You Gotta Go, Start Early...

A very proper lady began planning a week's camping vacation for her and her Baptist Church group. She wrote to a campground for reservations. She wanted to make sure that the campground was fully equipped and modern, but couldn't bring herself to write the word "toilet" in her letter. So, she decided on the old-fashioned term "Bathroom Commode" Once written down she still was not comfortable. Finally she decided on the abbreviation "B.C." and wrote, "does your campground have its own "B.C.? "When the campground owner received the letter, he couldn't figure out what she meant by "B.C. "He showed it to several of the campers, one of whom suggested the lady was obviously referring to a Baptist Church since there was a letterhead on the paper which referred to a Baptist Church.

So he sent this reply:

Dear Madam:
The B.C. is located nine miles from the campground in a beautiful grove of trees. I admit it is quite a distance if you are in the habit of going regularly. No doubt you will be pleased to know that it will seat 350 people at one time, and it is open on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday of each week. Some folks like to take their lunch and make a day of it. The acoustics are very good, so everyone can hear even the quietest passages. It may interest you to know that my daughter met her husband there. We are also having a fund-raiser to purchase new seats, as the old ones have holes in them. Unfortunately my wife is ill and has not been able to attend regularly. It's been a good six months since she last went. It pains her very much not to be able to go more often. As we grow older, it seems to be more of an effort, especially in cold weather. Perhaps I could accompany you the first time you go, sit with you, and introduce you to all the other folks who will be there..... Marlene

Just a thought WOW!!! This is what the inside of a blog looks like? humm.... I am not sure I know what to say. Marlene asked me to blog her page today, so here it goes. My thought is this, how come Bob the tomato lives in Bumbblyburg with all the veggies, when tomato's are fruits? What? Oh not up on your Veggie Tales lingo. huh? Bumbblyburg is the town where all the veggies live. The town is protected by a supperhero named Larry-Boy. (yes, I know how to spell Super, but the thought of food made me want to eat) Larry the cucumber is the janitor of the Daily Bumbble. The editor is a tomato named Bob. (spelled B-O-B.....spelled backwords it's B-O-B) Anyway, I can't figure out why a fruit is the main man in town. Then again Tomato's never did like to hang with their own kind, for example, a salad. Tomato's would not set well in Gramma's fruit salad, yet in a garden salad they are right at home. You would never put a peach on your burger, and by all means grape juice would not make a very good pizza sauce (or would it....humm) This is a job for .......yes, you guessed right....THE TOMATO.

Yours drooly,

Marlene's wonderful Hubby

"Worse Than The Bird Flu"

There has been an enormous amount of talk these days about the coming Bird Flu Epidemic. It's in all the papers, radio, T.V., even talk shows. A government spokesman last week even recommended that we stock up on canned tuna and powdered milk to be able to survive during the lengthy quarantines. There are fearful predictions that many millions of people will die--even up to half of the world's total population! 'Bird Flu' is also called Avian Flu or more precisely the 'H5N1 Influenza.' It is a virus that is infecting and killing millions of birds around the world, including chickens. It has been passed on to humans and at this point nearly 200 have died worldwide. The fear of scientists and medical researchers is that the virus will mutate to a human form that will be passed on from human to human. If this happens, there is no known vaccine. While this thought is very alarming to the worlds leaders, it presents another challenge to the Christian-- a test of faith! 'Let not your heart be troubled...' Jesus said. Tumultuous times are always a test of trust. 'At what time I am afraid, I will trust in thee' (Ps. 56:3)".... Marlene

Tattoo or Not a Tattoo

Tattooing in Oklahoma is not legalized yet. It is the only state in the union that has banned the practice. The Democratic Senate approved the bill in 2005 but it was held up in the Republican controlled House Health and Human Services Committee. A Bill in the legislation now would require the tattoo artists to apply for licensure, complete educational courses and consent to regular inspections by the state Health Department. So what is your comment on this? Tattoo or Not? ... Marlene

Demands for Motel stays

If you own a motel, you might make notice to your employees that if Vice President Dick Chaney stays at your place here is some things you will need to do. Make sure the room temperature is 68 degrees, all T.V.'s are on Fox News channels, a private bathroom, Decaf coffee should be brewed and ready upon arrival along with four cans of caffeine-free Diet Sprite. All lights in the rooms must be turned on also. Now if John Kerry comes to stay, he needs an exercise bike, and not one of those old stationary bikes; plenty of bottled water, also vanilla and strawberry flavored Boost shakes. It has to be Poland Spring. And he needs to be able to use the phone and watch movies as soon as he gets in the room. Now a news brief here... John Kerry, husband of Teresa HEINZ Kerry refuses to eat any tomato based products! No tomatoes or no ketchup? Oh NO! Anyway, I think next time I stay at a motel, I'll ask for a piano and a private swimming pool! Have a good weekend!.... Marlene