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Sunday, April 12, 2009

AN OBITUARY PRINTED IN THE LONDON TIMES.

'Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend.

'Common Sense',
who has been with us for many years.
No one knows for sure how old he was, since his
birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such
valuable lessons as:

Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn't always fair;
and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies
(don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable
strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well
intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.
Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment
for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for
using mouth wash after lunch; and a teacher fired for
reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked
teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed
to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to
get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an
Aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when
a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became
businesses; and criminals received better treatment than
their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend
yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar
could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a
woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee
was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly
awarded a huge settlement .

Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents,
Truth and Trust, his wife, Discretion, his daughter,
Responsibility, his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights;
I Want It Now; Someone Else Is To Blame; I'm A Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.

Monday, April 6, 2009

AGEING...COMPUTERS vs PEOPLE

Two weeks ago my sisters & I finally went through
the last of my mom's boxes & photo albums and I
got some old & VERY OLD family photo's.

I just spent the last few days SLOWLY recovering
files from my old computer & I'm still in the process
of gettin this new one set up the way I want it &
I got to thinkin about how people & computers
age.

~Computers~ if your lucky and or have the very
BEST security programs on them and keep them
healthy & updated with the latest developments
can have a life span of a few years or so but they
too still slow down with age & don't look or perform
near as good as the younger "newer" models.

Computer models when they first come out are
kind of odd lookin at first. But with computers
their looks don't change as they age ya just get
used to they're appearance & when they
"pass away" they still look the same but somehow
just don't look as good as they did years ago.

~People~ when they first come out are kind of odd
lookin to but as we age we get new developments,
get bigger & for most better lookin & we try to stay
healthy and can have a very long life span. But then
we also start slowin down & don't perform as well
as we used to & people when we "pass away" at
the end of that long life span we DON'T look as
good as we did years ago.

So I think I'd have to conclude that the biggest
differences would be that computers never change
in appearance & have a relatively short life span,
people have a longer life span but are almost
always changing in appearance.

Here's an example.
The first picture is me at age 47, the second picture
is me at about age 2... wasn't I a cute little shit
when I was new!
POKE THE PICS. TO BIGGIE SIZE EM.