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- Everything all right?
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- Love to see you soon.
- Obviously I miss you.
Can you believe it is June already!? The exciting and interesting June Report from your Department of Vital Statistics Director Bigsis Pat is ready so please do take a moment to explore its amazing contents ... such as the handy Photo Album Index.
There are a number of bizarre holidays this month so be sure to check them out on the Wacky Holidays Page ... you will even discover a Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe!
Last but not least in the June Report are a couple of important notices including a last call for Reunion 2006 proposal submissions.
Announcements
Arlene from the USA would like to share with us what Americans are doing all across the land in honouring their brave men and women in uniform. America Supports You
What happening in your corner of the globe that you would like to share with us. Send it to me and I will be happy to publish it in the newsletter.
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Bogus Warnings
I hate it when people forward bogus warnings...but this one is real, and it's important. So please send this warning to everyone on your e-mail list:
If someone comes to your front door saying they are conducting a survey on deer ticks and asks you to take your clothes off and dance around with your arms up, DO NOT DO IT!! IT IS A SCAM; they only want to see you naked.
I wish I'd gotten this yesterday. I feel so stupid now.
Submitted by Charla from Florida.
One of the World Wide Web Circle of Friends' best kept secrets is Jeanette's Garden Room. Jeanette from the Land Down Under has set up this site for all of those who love gardening - like she does, and loves to be creative in making garden junk. Do take some time to visit and join her site and share ideas, seeds, photos of your garden and plants, laughter and great sites to visit.
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Friendship Recipe
Ingredients
- Forgiveness - use as generously as you can
- Respect - this ingredient is at its best when it works both ways
- Inspiration - this will cause your friendship to rise above the rest, because of its spirit-lifting properties
- One heaping portion of Encouragement - very easily digested
- Determination - an ingredient hard to come by at times, but when blended with the rest, you have a no-fail recipe
Unconditional Love - funny how the most important ingredient of all happens to be the most available, and easiest to add
Servings - Many
A sweet treat to tuck in the glove box for those times when the travel munchies hit!
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 cups breakfast cereal (Special K, Raisin Bran, etc.)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Stir in peanut butter and vanilla.
Remove from heat. Add cereal and chocolate chips. Mix until everything is evenly coated.
Press firmly into a buttered 8" x 8" pan. Cool and cut into narrow bars.
Check out all the wonderful recipes being collected in the WWWCOF Cookbook Cooking Around the World
HAVE A GREAT WEEK
and remember that one way to develop a strong sense of happiness is to give yourself the gift of self-appreciation. Offer yourself the same respect and kindness you give those you care deeply about. Treat yourself to favourite pastimes - great music, happy people, laughter!
In this issue...
- Ruby
- Announcements
- Cooking Around the World
- Crafts
- Department of Vital Statistics
- Planet Kryzys
- Gardening
- Just For Fun
- Health Corner
- Fun Tests & Quizzes
- Meet The Members
Fun Tests & Quizzes
Cool Math sent in from Lena from Ontario, Canada.
Does Ruby have your name on the list of people for her to come and visit?? Email Daphne today, and she will make sure you are added
Look forward to hearing from all of you.
Follow up on Ruby's travels so far here.
Does anyone else like to do Macrame? I used to do it with a passion. I guess it could be what you like but I was thinking along the lines of a pot holder to hang in the yard or even in the house with an ivy. Off to the store we go for beads and chords. For our side it would be jute. Lets have fun with this one. Loretta Asst. Manager
Be sure to check out all the wonderful craft ideas in the WWWCOF Craft Site and add your own favourites or email Crafty Jayne from Kansas, USA, who will be happy to add them to our ever growing collection.
Meet the Members
My name is: Loretta and I have spent the biggest part of my working life as an electronics assy/ tech. from an assembler to group leader and as an inspector. I had a flea market booth for a couple of years after getting laid off and it was a lot of fun but I finally found a job in electronics. I even went through a spell as a barmaid which was also fun but only between jobs. I retired at 62 from Lockheed Martin after working many years on a NASA contractor where I built the heads up display and flight simulator for the astronauts to play with lol. I was born in Austin, Texas and now live in Bedias, TX. My short term goal is to live each day as best I can.
Health Corner
Some health humour from Tajuan from Alabama, USA.
HEALTH QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION
Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is good for only so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have body fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good.
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO .... Cocoa beans ... another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!
Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
Please note that there will not be a June 10th Issue of Global Express. Our next issue will be June 17th! Look forward to receiving all your submissions for that issue!
With International Environment day coming up on June 5th (see- I knew there was something in June! or is it only down here?) Daphne has updated Planet Kryzys in its Recycling sections and Ethnic groups.
As we continue to embrace the latest in electronic gadgets, especially in computers; something that shows no sign of slowing down, neither does the steady stream of discarded electronics that end up at the curb. "E-waste" is crowding our landfills more each year, creating a hazardous waste problem that threatens our air and water.
What Can We Do?
We can help to keep electronic products out of landfills by:
- Encouraging vendors and brand owners to subscribe to a take-back and recycling program for the electronic products they sell or make.
- Upgrading or repairing electronic products where feasible instead of replacing them with new ones.
- Donating your old equipment to a family member, friend or charitable organization.
- Checking with your municipality to learn about reuse, recycling and disposal options for electronics in your area.
- Daphne's Group for Argentina
- Bigsis Pat's Group for Port Colborne & Wainfleet
- Oceanside/Nanaimo for Nanaimo (and surrounding areas)
Some simple words to heed --
Be sure to check out our Recycle Message Board on our MSN Community.
Raising awareness is always the first step to action. Join our Planet Kryzys" (Crisis) Team today and come forward with things about your own area. We start off with awareness, and follow up with what we can do about it.
- Site manager, Daphne (BA, Argentina)
- Western Canada Coordinator, Sharon (BC, Canada)
- Eastern Canada Coordinator, Pat (Ontario, Canada)
- Eastern US Coordinator, Becky (Maryland, US)
- US Coordinator, Claudia (Chester, IL)
The Planet Kryzys" (Crisis)site has been updated. Check out the latest news!
I hope you have enjoyed this week's issue which I would like to close with the following which I received from Ann, aka Spiderlady from Nanaimo, B.C. Canada:
Your Parachute
Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience!
One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
"I packed your parachute," the man replied.
Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude.
The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked !"
Plumb assured him, "It sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, "I kept wondering what he had looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat; a bib in the back; and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor."
Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know.
Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?" Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. He also points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down over enemy territory -- he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety.
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack your parachutes.
I am sending you this as my way of thanking you for your part in packing my parachute. And I hope you will send it on to those who have helped pack yours!
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