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Wild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-31627910434039319652022-06-29T05:55:00.001-07:002022-06-29T05:55:58.931-07:00 A Real Winner While watching the evening news a few days ago, I saw an interview with a man who had just won a huge amount of money in a lottery draw – more than 70 millions. He was besieged with the usual question: What are your plans for the money? The man replied: I will be donating it to Ukraine to help them rebuilt. &Wild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-55485330802842317422022-06-22T06:35:00.001-07:002022-06-22T06:35:19.265-07:00 Beware of Cons I was walking in my local mall recently when a man approached me to ask for money. I assumed the man to be in his early sixties but certainly not homeless. He was well dressed, well groomed and appeared to be in fine shape. His graying hair gave him a sophisticated look. He told me someone had stolen his wallet and that he had absolutely no money to get back home on Wild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-37657269489191268812022-06-15T04:03:00.001-07:002022-06-15T04:03:38.459-07:00 Respect When talking to one of my granddaughters recently I told her about something my mother used to do when I was growing up. She would collect family clothing that was no longer wearable as well as old sheets and such, and when she had a good bunch she would ship it to some company. There, woollens were set aside to make blankets and the rest was used in the manufacture of rugs. Wild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-30186358696807580052022-06-08T05:13:00.001-07:002022-06-08T05:13:33.606-07:00Cow WashWild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-1709318006972914452022-06-01T05:47:00.012-07:002022-06-01T05:52:19.089-07:00 Living Longer Humanity seems to be on the right track for having long lives as more and more people are making it to their 90s and even over 100. Some scientists say that humans can live to be 130. That’s great as long as we are reasonably healthy physically and mentally. As a fellow I know says: I don’t see a 98-year-old doing cartwheels! PerhapsWild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-72884131791612592952022-05-25T04:42:00.004-07:002022-05-25T04:45:19.272-07:00 Accidental Genius I’m at an age when little surprises me. When you reach seasoned middle-age ‘been there, seen that’ becomes the prevailing attitude. However, I was amazed—indeed somewhat shocked—when I heard about acquired savant syndrome which makes geniuses out of ordinary people following a trauma. Take the case of a Colorado man who began playing the piano like a virtuoso Wild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-33067636317273759652022-05-18T06:06:00.002-07:002022-05-18T06:06:36.409-07:00 Discovery Now that I’m older, here’s what I’ve discovered: 1.I started with nothing, and I still have most of it. 2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and all-bran. 3. I finally got my head together, and now my body is falling apart. 4. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded. 5. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded. 6. If all is not lost, where is it? 7. It is Wild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-56625218299491701792022-05-11T02:38:00.011-07:002022-05-11T02:41:09.796-07:00 Making a Statement My retired neighbors are both in their mid 60s. He has long gray hair and a white bear, always neatly trimmed. He used to have a gold stud in one ear, but now sports a diamond in each lobe. Of course, I am not sure that they are real diamonds, but they do shine. In any event, I assume he is trying to make a statement: Look at me, I may be aging but I can still look Wild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-51694634894519120392022-05-04T14:54:00.002-07:002022-05-04T14:54:53.815-07:00 Stop Talking Stop talking -- those were the words uttered by the driver of the car in which I was a passenger recently. The driver was attempting to set a different route than the one the GPS marked but the device did not accept the change. It kept selling the usual route while the driver knew that part of that road was closed to traffic. The driver lost patience and Wild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-12516284910161139512022-04-27T05:49:00.000-07:002022-04-27T05:49:21.466-07:00FOR FUN Wild Nanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016739753257922366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147886978682157618.post-76256684156634117992022-04-20T07:12:00.001-07:002022-04-20T07:12:15.013-07:00 Invest in Our Planet Every year April 22nd is Earth Day, a time when the human race is urged to examine how it can modify its action faced with the degradation of the planet. Earth Day had a modest beginning in 1970 when U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin invited students to implement projects to sensitize their communities to the needs of the environment. 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