Taking my wife out for a Sunday Brunch. We are celebrating her 75th Birthday, my 80th, and our 56th Anniversary. Rolling it all into one. YOLO

Quick Test...
and if you remember taking this test last year, let's see if you have retained enough to get a higher score this time:

The average person only gets 7 correct.
This is based on U.S. info, so use all lobes of your brain. This can
be more difficult than it looks - it just shows how little most of us
really see!

There are 25 questions about things we see every day or have known
about all our lives. How many can you get right? These little simple questions are harder than you think-- it just shows you how little we pay attention to the commonplace things of life.

Put your thinking caps on. No cheating! No looking around! No
getting out of your chair! No using anything on or in your desk or
computer!

Can you beat 20?? (The average is 7) Write down your answers as you
go.

Check answers (on the bottom), AFTER completing all the questions.

REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!! BE HONEST!!! That means no looking at your
phone or anything on your desk...

Then, before you pass this on to your friends, change the number on the
subject line to show how many you got correct. Forward to your friends
and also back to the one who sent it to you.

LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE.
1 On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?

2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people
don't know)

3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?

4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?

5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?

6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg?
(Don't you dare get up to see!)

7. How many matches are in a standard pack?

8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?

9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?

10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?

11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?

12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?

13 On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons?

14. Which way do fans rotate?

15 How many sides does a stop sign have?

16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?

17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?

18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?

19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?

21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark?

22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the
opening between the slats?

23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no
digits?

24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?

25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?

ANSWERS

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
BOTTOM

2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people
don't know) 50

3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? RIGHT

4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? BLUE,
RED, WHITE, YELLOW, BLACK & GOLD

5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?
1, 0

6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg?
RIGHT

7. How many matches are in a standard pack? 20

8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? RED

9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 88

10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?
CLOCKWISE (NORTH OF THE EQUATOR)

11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
TOWARDS BOTTOM RIGHT

12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 12 (no #1)

13 On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? LEFT

14. Which way do fans rotate? CLOCKWISE AS YOU LOOK AT IT

15 How many sides does a stop sign have? 8

16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?
LEFT

17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 5

18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 6

19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?
BASHFUL

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 8

21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? ACE OF SPADES

22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the
opening between the slats? LEFT

23 There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? *, #

24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 3

25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? COUNTER

Every person, and all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

Train of Life

Some folks ride the train of life

Looking out the rear,

Watching miles of life roll by,

And marking every year.

They sit in sad remembrance,

Of wasted days gone by,

And curse their life for what it was,

And hang their head and cry.

But I don't concern myself with that,

I took a different vent,

I look forward to what life holds,

And not what has been spent.

So strap me to the engine,

As securely as I can be,

I want to be out on the front,

To see what I can see.

I want to feel the winds of change,

Blowing in my face,

I want to see what life unfolds,

As I move from place to place.

I want to see what's coming up,

Not looking at the past,

Life's too short for yesterdays,

It moves along too fast.

So if the ride gets bumpy,

While you are looking back,



Go up front, and you may find,

Your life has jumped the track.



It's all right to remember,

That's part of history,

But up front's where it's happening,

There's so much mystery.

The enjoyment of living,

Is not where we have been,

It's looking ever forward,

To another year and ten.

It's searching all the byways,

Never should you refrain,

For if you want to live your life,

You gotta drive the train!

If you ain't the Lead Dog, the view never changes.
~author unknown~

Everything has it's good and bad side. Just your perception of what you prefer.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots,
> each hung on the ends of a pole
> which she carried across her neck.
>
>
> One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot
> was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
> At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot
> arrived only half full.
>
>
>
> For a full two years this went on daily,
> with the woman bringing home only one
> and a half pots of water.
> Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
> But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable
> that it could only do
> half of what it had been made to do.
>
>
>
> After 2 years of what it perceived to be bitter failure,
> it spoke to the woman one day by the stream.
>
> "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak
> out all the way back to your house."
>
>
>
> The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that
> there are flowers on your side of the path,
> but not on the other pot's side?"
>
> "That's because I have always known about your flaw,
> so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path,
> and every day while we walk back, you water them."
>
> "For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate
> the table. Without you being
> just the way you are, there would not be
> this beauty to grace the house."
>
>
>
> Each of us has our own unique flaw.
> But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make
> our lives together so very interesting and rewarding.
>
>
>
> You've just got to take each person for what they are
> and look for the good in them.
>
>
>
> So, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day
> and remember to smell the flowers
> on your side of the path.