Messages from Members
- Intelligent stuff to live by - if we can.
Message written by George Carlin
George Carlin was an American comedian of the 70's and 80's. He was known to be a little foul-mouthed and it is fascinating that after the death of his wife and 9-11 he would write the following.
A wonderful Message by George Carlin:
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but
shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little,
drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to
life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but
have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more
computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small
character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of
two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are
days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night
stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to
quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and
nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to
you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments
that take our breath away.
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever. Never let the brain idle. " An idle mind is the devil's
workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is
with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets,
keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,
improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a
foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments
that take our breath away.
TerryLynn
News & Announcements
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Sorry I have not been in contact, but we have been very busy here trying to set up the business, I will let you know more about that in the next couple weeks, I was thinking the other day about when I was in Canada and working in a daycare; I got asked if I knew any nursery rhymes. I said yes and said the one pussy cat pussy cat; no one had heard of it and asked me how it had originated. As many nursery rhymes come from some sort of history lesson for children, well I thought I would share this knowledge with everyone else lol, so here goes.
The origins of the "Pussycat pussycat" rhyme dates back to the history of 16th century Tudor England. One of the waiting ladies of Queen Elizabeth Ist had an old cat which roamed throughout Windsor castle. On one particular occasion the cat ran beneath the throne where its tail brushed against the Queen's foot, startling her. Luckily 'Good Queen Bess' had a sense of humour and decreed that the cat could wander about the throne room, on condition it kept it free of mice!
"Pussycat pussycat, where have you been?"
"I've been up to London to visit the Queen."
"Pussycat pussycat, what did you dare?"
"I frightened a little mouse under her chair"
"MEOWW!"
I have many more if anyone wants me to find out the origin of a nursery rhyme, here is one more that people might know.
The Jack and Jill story - French (history) connection!
The roots of the story, or poem, of Jack and Jill are in France. Jack and Jill referred to are said to be King Louis XVI - Jack -who was beheaded (lost his crown) followed by his Queen Marie Antoinette - Jill - (who came tumbling after). The words and lyrics to the Jack and Jill poem were made more acceptable as a story for children by providing a happy ending! The actual beheadings occurred in during the Reign of Terror in 1793. The first publication date for the lyrics of Jack and Jill rhyme is 1795 - which ties-in with the history and origins. The Jack and Jill poem is also known as Jack and Gill - the mis-spelling of Gill is not uncommon in nursery rhymes as they are usually passed from generation to generation by word of mouth.
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
Up got Jack, and home did trot
As fast as he could caper
He went to bed and bound his head
With vinegar and brown paper.
love ya
Daisy Pat
- Pat Pat, aka Bigsis writes:
I'm including a pic of the certificate I received from Loretta for my particiaption in the "Cloth Doll Challenge" as well. Also thought I should include a pic of the doll that won too!
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Lets Do Lunch
Okay we know so very well that this Let's do Lunch" thing is contagious!
The Island Girls Chapter of the World Wide Web Circle of Friends will be meeting at Playtime bingo at 495 Dunsmuir Street in Nanaimo TOMORROW at 11:30. How about the big winner buys lunch?????
Anyone else planning a "Lets Do Lunch"?
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Reader Feedback
Reunion Stories
The Reunion According to Daphne
Sharon's Memories of the Worldwide Circle of Friends Reunion 2004 in Ontario, Canada
The Reunion - The Michigan Chapter according to Ruth & George
Swaps
I am going to start the swaps again and our first one will be a dish towel swap. If you like to join this swap please email me Ruth
and I will put you on the sign up list. Deadline for this swap will be September 12 and Mail out deadline will be September 30. Please join us as we have lot of fun with these swaps and it a great way to get to know some of the fantastic people who belong to this wonderful circle.
Future swaps will be a bracelet and charm exchange which will be a ongoing swap. And many other swaps as well.
So every have a wonderful time doing these swaps.
Members Questions & Answers
Q: WHAT IS MARRIAGE???
- 1. Marriage is not a word. It's a sentence ( a life sentence).
- 2. Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore marriage is an institution for the blind.
- 3. Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor's Degree and the woman gets her masters.
- 4 . Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering.
- 5. Married life is full of excitement and frustration: In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens. In the third year, they both speak and the NEIGHBOR listens.
- 6. Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want, and when you see what the other person has, you wish you had ordered that instead.
- 7 . There was this man who muttered a few words in the church and found himself married. A year later he muttered something in his sleep and found himself divorced.
- 8. A happy marriage is a matter of giving and taking; the husband gives and the wife takes.
- 9. Son: How much does it cost to get married, Dad? Father: I don't know son, I'm still paying for it.
- 10. Son: Is it true Dad? I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her.
Father: That happens everywhere, son, EVERYWHERE!
- 11. Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.
- 12. They say that when a man holds a woman's hand before marriage, it is love; after marriage it is self-defense.
- 13. When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a 10-year married man looks happy, we wonder why.
- 14. There was this lover who said that he would go through hell for her. They got married, and now he is going through HELL.
- 15. Confucius says: man who sinks into woman's arm soon have arms in woman's sink.
- 16. When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
- 17. Eighty percent of married man cheat in America, the rest cheat in Europe.
- 18. After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin. They just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
- 19. Marriage is man and a woman become one. The trouble starts when they try to decide which one.
- 20. Before marriage, a man yearns for the woman he loves. After the marriage the "Y" becomes silent.
- 21. I married Miss right, I just didn't know her first name was Always.
- 22. It's not true that married men live longer than single men, it only seems longer.
- 23. Losing a wife can be hard. In my case, it was almost impossible.
- 24 . A man was complaining to a friend: I HAD IT ALL-MONEY, A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, THE LOVE OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, THEN POW! IT WAS ALL GONE. WHAT HAPPENED, asked his friend. He says MY WIFE FOUND OUT.
- 25. WIFE: Let's go out and have some fun tonight. HUSBAND: OK, but if you get home before I do, leave the hallway lights on.
- 26. At a cocktail party, one woman said to another: AREN'T YOU WEARING YOUR RING ON THE WRONG FINGER? The other replied, YES, I AM. I MARRIED THE WRONG MAN.
- 27. Man is incomplete until he gets married, then he is finished.
- 28. It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.
- 29. A man inserted an ad in the paper - WIFE WANTED. The next day he received a hundred letters and they all said the same thing - YOU CAN HAVE MINE.
- 30. When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing - either the car is new or the wife is.
submitted by Linda
A:
Q: Does anyone have any questions about gardening?
Daphne has found some "home truths" about gardening that she thinks you would like to have a look at.
DISCLAIMER: Replies to questions reflect personal opinions and beliefs and should not be taken as anything more.
Tips & Recommendations
Pami wrote in with a message about
New M&M colors
There are many women out there who have breast cancer. Lets do all we can to support this cause.
The makers of M&M candies has teamed up with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to raise funds through the sale of their new " pink &white " M&M candies.
For each 8-ounce bag of the special candies sold, the makers of M&M (Masterfoods) will donate 50 cents to the foundation. The next time you want a treat, please pick up a bag (now sold in stores nationwide) - you will be donating to a great cause and satisfying your sweet tooth.
Please pass on to all your family and friends. -- Thank you.
DISCLAIMER: Tips reflect member suggestions and are not verified by the WWWCOF.
Recipes
Sharon, I would like to share some Louisiana Cajun Cooking receipes that I recently received from my son John, who lives in Pineville, Louisiana. He loves to cook and thought I might enjoy trying them out. I have picked out several which I am passing on to WWWCOF.
SHRIMP CREOLE
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 5 tablespoons shortening
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 6-8 green onions, chopped
- 1 small garlic clove, chopped
- 1 tablespoon Worchester sauce
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 3-4 pounds shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup celery, chopped
- 1/4 cup bell pepper, chopped
- 1-8 ounce can tomato sauce
- 1 can water (add more if necessary)
- Red pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
Preheat deep skillet. Add flour to shortening and cook on medium heat, stirring constantly to avoid scorching. Cook until mixture is a rich dark brown. Add all remaining ingredients, except shrimp. Season to taste. Simmer for about 30 minutes, then cover bring to a boil and add shrimp. Cook 15-20 minutes. Serve over hot, fluffy rice. Serves 4-6.
CREOLE COFFEE
1 pint of coffee
2 tablespoons dry cocoa, dissolved
Simply add dissolved to each pint of coffee. Add cream and sugar to taste.
Love to all, Lois Hinson, of Hertford, North Carolina
Do be sure to check out all the wonderful recipes in the WWWCOF Cookbook and we would love for you to add your own favourites or email The Recipe Lady aka Claudia who will be happy to add them to our ever growing collection.
Crafts
Easy Afghan Pattern - Crazy Shell (Brick)
Row 1) Make a foundation chain (multiples of 4) plus 3 extra chains to turn. 3 dbl in 4th chain from hook,*skip 3 ch, 1 sc in next chain, chain 3, 3 dbl in the same chain. Repeat from * across row and end w/a sc.
Row 2) Chain 3 and turn, 3dbl in the sc from previous row, * 1 sc in the space made by the chain 3 space of previous row, chain 3 and 3 dbl in same space. Repeat from * across and end w/ sc in last chain 3 row.
Row 3) Repeat row 2 until you reach the length desired.
Tips: Some interesting color patterns emerge w/this stitch when you alt. colors every row, or every other row and so forth, Good luck, It's FUN and VERY EASY.
Do you have a favourite craft that you would like me to publish in an upcoming issue of the newsletter. Do be sure to email it to me.
Be sure to check out all the wonderful craft ideas in the WWWCOF Craft Site and add your own favourites or email Crafty Jayne who will be happy to add them to our ever growing collection.
Remember to take a moment to enjoy looking at some pictures Pat, aka Bigsis, has published online for us. She has done a great job with the reunion photos and I know Claudia was busy doing uploading her photos so check the albums for new pictures!
More Photo Albums for your enjoyment!
Fun Tests & Quizzes
DISCLAIMER: This section is indended for member amusement purposes only and the WWWCOF accepts no responsibility for individual outcomes, lol.
JUST FOR FUN - Funnies from Fran
1. Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?
2. Why is it that no matter what color of bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
3. Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
4. Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
5. On electric toasters, why do they engrave the message "one slice"? How many pieces of bread do they think people are really gonna try to stuff in that slot?
6. Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
7. Why is it that no plastic garbage bag will open from the end you first try?
8. How do those dead bugs get into those closed light fixtures?
9. Considering all the lint! you get in your dryer, if you kept drying your clothes would they eventually just disappear?
10. When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with shopping cart than apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right so why don't we say, "That hurt, you stupid idiot?"
11. Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
12. Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?
13. In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
14. How come we never hear father-in-law jokes?
15. If at first you don't succeed, shouldn't you try doing it like your wife told you to do it?
And my favorite:
16. The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from sort of mental illness.Think of your three best friends, if they're okay, then it's you.
JUST FOR FUN - Why Men Are Just Happier People
What do you expect from such
simple creatures?
- -Your last name stays put.
- -The garage is all yours.
- -Wedding plans take care of themselves.
- -Chocolate is just another snack.
- -You can be president.
- -You can never be pregnant.
- -You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
- -You can wear NO T-shirt to a water park.
- -Car mechanics tell you the truth.
- -The world is your urinal.
- -You never have to drive to another gas station
restroom because this one is just too icky.
- -You don't have to stop and think of which way to
turn a nut on a bolt.
- -Same work, more pay.
- -Wrinkles add character.
- -Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental -- $100.
- -People never stare at your chest when you're
talking to them.
- -The occasional well-rendered belch is practically
expected.
- -New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
- -One mood -- all the time.
- -Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
- -You know stuff about tanks.
- -A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
- -You can open all your own jars.
- -You get extra credit for the slightest act of
thoughtfulness.
- -If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still
be your friend.
- -Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.
- -Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
- -You almost never have strap problems in public.
- -You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
- -Everything on your face stays its original color.
- -The same hair style lasts for years, maybe decades.
- -You're supposed to have facial hair.
- -You only have to shave your face and neck.
- -You can play with toys all your life.
- -Your belly usually hides your big hips.
- -One wallet and one pair of shoes, one color for all seasons.
- -You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.
- -You can "do" your nails with a pocket knife.
- -You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
- -You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 45
minutes.
No wonder men are happier
submitted by Jeanette, from the Land Down Under
FEATURED SITE-
Pat, aka Bigsis just received her newsletter from HomeMadeSimple and it contained some
fabulous ideas. With summer over (boohoo) and the kids back in school, I
know many of us are looking at cleaning up, organizing and all that other
fun stuff.
Also, seveal of us have recently moved (myself included) so these ideas
might be invaluable to those folks as well.
So, grab a coffee, click on Home and Hearth
Yes, it's still there, the Home and Hearth site on MSN and read all about
it. here's what you'll find:
- Organized Life: Organize space under kitchen sink.
- Celebrate Living: Creating a bedroom retreat
- Clever Kitchen: Looking forward to lunch
- Outside Pleaseures: Outdoor yardwork
- Easy decor: getting a fresh start
I do hope you have enjoyed this newsletter, and I hope each of you have met new friends.
We close off this week's edition with this piece that Daphne found and adapted.
CROSSING THE EQUATOR: SEAMAN’S BAPTISM.
Now I am sure on all types of ships they have ceremonies on crossing the Equator. Has anyone ever been on a cruise or anything and could tell us about their ceremony?
Around latitude 0º (Equator) and Longitude 30º (Midway point in the Atlantic between two continents), the sea novices prepare for their long awaited crossing of the Equator.
There are an enormous amount of tales related to this type of tradition, so wide and old that its exact origin is unknown. One of the first such ceremonies known is related to the columns of Hercules in the Straits of Gibraltar. Also the northern Vikings had similar rites on crossing certain latitudes, who must surely have passed the custom on to the Anglo-Saxons and Normans which were transmitted in a similar form that they are carried out today..
Down here in South America, the Equator is crossed from south to north, instead of the other way round as happens with northern countries, a ceremony all seamen have to go through, there is no escape, they are hunted out of all corners of the ship by special “police”.
 In the Argentine Navy, for example, a pool of salt water is put up on deck within a few meters of a stage specially for the court of the mythological King of the Sea , Neptune, who is announced by the herald in a message in which he informs the ship commander that he will be on board to take over the ship and the baptism of the novices who cross the Equator line for the very first time. It only needs one such novice on board any sized ship for the ceremony to take place. In the old times the point chosen represented the exact center of the sea world, an extreme which the crew used to determine if the novice was really apt for a seaman’s life.
And so King Neptune arrives accompanied by queen Amphitrite, well provided with female attributes. They come up to the commanders on deck, who are accompanied by the barber, the doctor, the scribe, the sharks and the police. The Herald asks for the command of the ship for Neptune, and the Captain’s binoculars are handed over to Neptune as a sign of authority.
A proclamation of Neptune, the now commander, is read, which in general contains such things as enforcing disciplinary actions, punishments to undesirable crew members, and improving the rations, and of course, a list of the novices to be baptized.
The police begin to hunt all over the ship, leaving no corner uninvestigated until all the novices are together on deck where they are given a brush shave. It was then decided how many times each should be thrown into the pool one at a time where the sharks carried out their part…. This Makes sure the men carry out their commitments. Next they are informed of the type of fish, animal or marine life they will be as King Neptune´s subjects. Once this ceremony is over the novices get a fancy diploma signed by the ship commander and of course Neptune himself, and as in all baptisms the ceremony continues with a special meal. This kind of ceremony, which is not suspended for bad weather or sickness, sticks with the men all through their sea life, and helps strengthen such tributes as, fun, companionship, spirit raising in the hard life of a seaman.
Note: Neptune is usually represented by the person on board who has crossed the Equator the most times.
I think I must have crossed the equator about 15 times, but by air, so that doesn’t count. Leo says the first time he did it, he was on board a sub, and even there they have a pool up on the deck just for this ceremony, which he says they do every time because there is always someone new. He was dunked three times and held under till near panic point (enough to make sure they remember the moment!) and was called a ray fish. The second time he was on a minesweeper, they were bringing back from England – the ship he had gone there to get when we met. But he only ever crossed the Equator three times by ship.
NEPTUNE: Latin NEPTUNUS, in Roman religion, originally the god of freshwater; by 399 BC he was identified with the Greek God, POSEIDON and thus became a deity of the sea. His female counterpart, Salacia, was perhaps originally a goddess of leaping springwater, subsequently equated with the Greek Amphitrite. Neptune's festival (Neptunalia) took place in the heat of the summer (July 23), when water was scarcest; thus, its purpose was probably the propitiation of the freshwater deity. Neptune had a temple in the Circus Flaminius at Rome; one of its features was a sculptured group of marine deities headed by Poseidon and Thetis. In art Neptune appears as the Greek Poseidon, whose attributes are the trident and the dolphin. - source Encyclopaedia Brittanica
I found a very interesting article here from the Australian navy, although I live in a very different “land down under”
And a complete definition of the Equator
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