Midweek Madness

This is "Hump Day" as I used to say when still working; "two days down and two to go." In retirement that does not usually mean that. However, this week has turned into a very busy time of travel. It started with Saturday and a 200 mile trip to a couple's anniversary party. Then yesterday another 200 mile trip to see a dentist. Now today, a 120 mile trip to see a doctor. The dentist couldn't save my tooth. Lets hope the doctor will have better news for my wife. One good thing came out of yesterday's trip. Got to see the daughter, son and daughter in law for supper. Son and wife prepared a delicious meal of steak and shrimp!

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Subject: FW: Coffee Cups
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the Professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Some times, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided."
So, don't let the cups drive you... enjoy the coffee instead.

Author Unknown

Thanks for the item, Ted.

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Benjamin is in the midst of a long dry spell in Las Vegas.
Eventually he gambles away all his money and has to borrow a quarter from another gambler just to use the men's room. He finds a stall that happens to be open and pockets the quarter. Believing that his luck has finally changed, he puts the quarter in a slot machine and hits the jackpot. He takes his winnings and goes to the blackjack table and turns his modest winnings into a million dollars.
Wealthy beyond his wildest dreams, Benjamin goes on the lecture circuit, where he tells his incredible story. He tells his audiences that he will always be eternally grateful to his benefactor, and if he ever finds the man, he will share his fortune with him.
After months of speaking, a man in the audience jumps up and says, "I'm that man. I was the one who gave you the quarter."
"Yes, I remember you well, but you aren't the one I'm looking for. I mean the guy who left the stall door open!"
Received from Marty's Joke of the Day.
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