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Simple Solutions

I received this e mail and thought I would pass it along. I found it to be very handy around the house.

Subject: FW: Simple Solutions 

Oldies but still goodies.

THESE REALLY WORK!!   I checked this out on Snopes and it's for
real!   

7 AMAZING SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES: 



1. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE
ELSE TO   HOLD THEM WHILE YOU CHOP. 



2. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH FEMALES ABOUT LEAVING THE TOILET SEAT UP BY
USING THE SINK. 



3. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SUFFERERS, SIMPLY CUT YOURSELF AND BLEED
FOR A FEW MINUTES, THUS REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON YOUR VEINS. REMEMBER TO USE
A TIMER. 



4. A MOUSETRAP PLACED ON TOP OF YOUR ALARM CLOCK WILL PREVENT YOU
FROM ROLLING OVER AND GOING BACK TO SLEEP AFTER YOU HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON. 



5. IF YOU HAVE A BAD COUGH, TAKE A LARGE DOSE OF LAXATIVES. THEN
YOU'LL BE AFRAID TO COUGH. 



6. YOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE -- WD-40 AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT
DOESN'T MOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE WD-40. IF IT SHOULDN'T MOVE AND DOES, USE
THE DUCT TAPE. 



7. IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL
PROBLEM. 

Random Thoughts

I swear that this was not done on purpose, but I checked how many posts I had done in 2010

237.

I did this many in 2009.

237

spooky

My junk email box has changed lately.

I have found out 7 people want to date me on Face book.
Not too bad, out of 500 million people. It didn't say if they were women!

My thingy is still too small and needs more performing power.

Everyone still wants my money including, yes, Nigeria.

New to the line up, devotional prayers. They really don't know me well.

Rolex watches, very cheap.

Expect that package delivery.

A new career is awaiting for me.

I use safari for my browser. It has a built in spell checker.

But there are days when it doesn't know what the hell I am writing! Most of the time it works. however,

It does not help me write a coherent sentence or thought however. sigh....

My knee is out to stop me this year. It is on a crusade to keep me on the sidelines. I will not allow it.
But right now, it is winning.

I will try to evolve more as a person, do things, see things, even if it is on my own.

that's all for now!

What Do You Sound Like?

What do I sound like? The words and thoughts behind the picture(s), words, music, music videos, my likes and dislikes that I have posted may be thought of differently, for better or worse when one hears the speaking voice behind the blogger. I am looking into doing a podcast or posting a you tube video, ( actually, I have no idea what I am doing, this thought jumped into my head this morning.)

I have been fortunate to hear the sweet voices of some of the bloggers I follow, in one form or another. It was wonderful and it seemed to bring us closer together across the ever growing void we call the web.

If you want to talk to me, email me at raydenzel1@gmail.com and we will set something up. I want to have some fun with this. It may not work out but I will give it a try. At least we get to say hi!

Warning: I have been told I sound like Elmer Fudd!

We Were Animal House!

I disavow any knowledge of doing anything like this with the boys, needless to say, this movie  was an inspiration to us all! Ok, yes we did a lot of drinking and stuff, purely medicinal!



I have added the lyrics to Louie Louie because I don't know the words and I know you don't either.



CHORUS:

Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go

Fine little girl waits for me
Catch a ship across the sea
Sail that ship about, all alone
Never know if I make it home

CHORUS

Three nights and days I sail the sea
Think of girl, constantly
On that ship, I dream she's there
I smell the rose in her hair.

CHORUS

Okay, let's give it to 'em, right now!

GUITAR SOLO

See Jamaica, the moon above
It won't be long, me see me love
Take her in my arms again
Tell her I'll never leave again

CHORUS

Let's take it on outa here now
Let's go!!

Smile And Say....( you know )

May you always make the right moves.

May your cup runneth over with love.

May you always find shelter from any storm.

May you remain good looking and looking good!

May you find the perfect diet for your soul. 

May you find perfect balance in the company you keep

 May you have as much fun as you can before someone makes you stop.  

May the worst thing that happens to you come in slobbery pink and furry

(our four dachshunds looked like this)

May you manage to make time for siesta.

 May all the new folks you meet be interesting and kind

May your accessories always harmonize with your 

natural beauty!

Should your mouth be bigger than your stomach, may you have a chewing good time!

And may your friends always bring you joy!

Forget The Season To Be Jolly, It Really Is The Season Of The Witch!

The show Dark Shadows was kind of a gothic, vampire based soap opera that we used to race home from school to watch when I was a kid. A very spooky and well told story of a vampire Barnabas Collins. Very much worth watching. This song fits perfectly.



This groovey Donovan tune and clips from the 1966-71 series "Dark Shadows" make for a far-out trip through time.
(This show scared the @!$#*&% out of me as a kid!)

I Resolve

Happy New Years Eve!

I liked this post last New Years Eve. It will be a repeat every year at this time.

Only four at the time, I was probably sleeping at midnight, Little did I know, Guy Lombardo was a yearly visitor at our house. A bit of nostalgic look back from me to you

as we get ready to ring in the new year.

Do you know all the words when you are singing? Me neither. Here they are.

From

http://military.rightpundits.com/2009/12/31/auld-lang-syne-lyrics-happy-new-year/

Auld Lang Syne - Lyrics

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And auld lang syne?

CHORUS:

For auld lang syne, my dear,

For auld lang syne,

We’ll tak a cup of kindness yet,

For auld lang syne!

And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp,

And surely I’ll be mine,

And we’ll tak a cup o kindness yet,

For auld lang syne!

We twa hae run about the braes,

And pou’d the gowans fine,

But we’ve wander’d monie a weary fit,

Sin auld lang syne.

We twa hae paidl’d in the burn

Frae morning sun till dine,

But seas between us braid hae roar’d

Sin auld lang syne.

And there’s a hand my trusty fiere,

And gie’s a hand o thine,

And we’ll tak a right guid-willie waught,

For auld lang syne

Auld Lang Syne Lyrics - Meanings

auld lang syne - times gone by

be - pay for

braes - hills

braid - broad

burn - stream

dine - dinner time

fiere - friend

fit - foot

gowans - daisies

guid-willie waught - goodwill drink

monie - many

morning sun - noon

paidl’t - paddled

pint-stowp - pint tankard

pou’d - pulled

twa - two

Auld Lang Syne’ is a song that is from the Robert Burns Scottish poem written in 1788. The song is sung to the tune of a traditional folk song, Roud #6294. It is generally sung as we ring in the New Year at the stroke of midnight. The modern day definition of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ is translated from the Scottish to the English as ‘for old times sake’ or ‘to the good old days’. Yes, we seem to think that Scottish, Irish and Welsh are the same as English, but they aren’t. When the British Empire became the United Kingdom, they tried to incorporate the Scottish, Welsh and Irish people into the Empire, but there was a time when they were all individual cultures with their own languages and their own cultures. Many continue to keep the memories of their own cultures and languages and work to keep them as they once were.

For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas

by A. G. SULZBERGER

click on the reporters name for the link.

It all ends today for the ionic kodak film that changed how we looked at photographs.  Like many other things in life we grew up with, like LP's changing over to CD's, there will be some that say the feel and quality of pictures will never be the same. Here is a salute to the billions of out of focus pictures stuck in boxes in basements and attics around the world, capturing that singular moment we cherished for a moment, forgotten forever.

Paul Simon said it best didn't he! This song came out in 1973! 

Why back in 1973, I was this many fingers old...

Some more info:

Kodachrome film first hit the photography market in 1936 and on June 22, 2009, Kodak officially retired Kodachrome color transparency film after 74 years. Any photographer who ever took a picture has fond memories of this film and probably a few thousand 35mm Kodachrome slides stashed in a closet somewhere. Paul Simon immortalized Kodachrome film and the Nikon camera with this song in 1973.

Lyrics to Kodachrome:

When I think back on all the crap I've learned in high school
It's a wonder I can think at all
Though my lack of education hasn't hurt me much
I can read the writings on the walls

Kodachrome, they give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

If you took all the girls I knew when I was single
Brought 'em all together for one night
I know they'd never match my sweet imagination
Everything looks worse in black and white

Mama don't take my Kodachrome away . . .