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If they did, Tim got it printed on a special ‘allergy band’ which was then placed on the patient’s wrist as a reference for all other hospital employees.
On one particular occasion Tim asked an elderly woman if she had any al-lergies. The old dear responded by saying that she was unable to eat bananas.
Tim received a considerable surprise later in the day when a very irate son came out of the ward demanding, ‘Who’s responsible for labelling my mother ‘bananas’?’
A man bought a new fridge for his home. To get rid of the old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying “Free to good home. You want it ….. you take it.” For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this ‘looks too good to be true’ deal, so he changed the sign to read “Fridge for sale $50”.
The next day someone stole it.
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Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~ Robert Louis StevensonWherever women are true to their feminine natures and magnify their op-portunities for loving service, they are learning to become more like God. ~ Spencer W. KimballWhen one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so re-gretfully upon the closed-door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. ~ Alexander Graham BellIn times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. ~ Lee Iacocca
back in the year 2000, about 20 percent of all jobs in America were manufacturing jobs. Today, about 5 percent of all jobs in America are manufacturing jobs.
don’t give up. moses was once a basket case.
I asked God to give me happiness.God said, No ~ I give you blessings; happiness is up to you.
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Golf Swindler
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do it like your mother told you.
While sitting at a table in the clubhouse after a game, Padraig re-marked to a fellow club member’, I’m not going to play golf with Jim Lawler anymore. He cheats.’
‘Why do you say that?’ asked his friend.‘Well, he found his lost ball two feet from the green’, replied Padraig
indignantly.‘That’s entirely possible’, commented his friend.‘Not when I had his golf ball in my pocket’, retorted Padraig with finality.
Answering Machine Funnies
“Hi. Now you say something.”
ask a questioncontinuing onraise upcrimson red affirmative yes
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SunburnA bath of apple cider vinegar is said to reduce the effects of sunburn.
The vinegar soaked on a cloth and applied to sunburn may also be used.
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The King’s Highway
Time Waits For No OneTo realize the value of a sister/brother . . . Ask someone who doesn’t have one.
What did the football coach say to the broken vend-ing machine?
“Give me my quarterback!”Once upon a time, a king had a great highway built for the people who
lived in his kingdom. After it was completed, but before it was opened to the public, the king decided to have a contest.
He invited as many of his subjects as desired to participate. The challenge was to see who could travel the highway the best, and the winner was to receive a box of gold.
On the day of the contest, all the people came. Some of them had fine chari-ots, some had fine clothing and fancy food to make the trip a luxurious journey.
Some wore their sturdiest shoes and ran along the highway on their feet to show their skill. All day they traveled the highway, and each one, when he arrived at the end, complained to the king about a large pile of rocks and debris that had been left almost blocking the road at one point, and that got in their way and hindered their travel.
At the end of the day, a lone traveler crossed the finish line warily and walked over to the king. He was tired and dirty, but he addressed the king with great respect and handed him a small chest of gold. He said, “I stopped along the way to clear a pile of rocks and debris that was blocking the road. This chest of gold was under it all. Please have it returned to its rightful owner.”
The king replied, “You are the rightful owner.”“Oh no,” said the traveler, “This is not mine. I’ve never known such money.”“Oh yes,” said the king, “you’ve earned this gold, for you won my contest..He who travels the road best is he who makes the road better for those
who will follow.”
♪ Music Notes ♫Though the beatles were still largely unknown in the U.S. in October
1963, Ed Sullivan got his first glimpse of beatlemania on Halloween of that year. His plane at Heathrow Airport outside London was delayed due to hordes of screaming beatles fans welcoming the boys back from an overseas concert. When he was notified about the cause of the delay, Ed Sullivan said, “Who the hell are the beatles?” That experience prompted him to book them on his show in 1964. (The beatles, for their part, had not previously heard of Ed Sullivan).
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Thoughts On Aging
The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
Job InterviewA man attended an interview for a job. Along the corridor, he picked up a gum wrapper and threw it into a dustbin. The interviewer passed by and saw it.This man got the job. moral of the story: Live with good habits, and you will be recognized.
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OLd COWbOYS ... never die, they are just deranged.
When you have a mild road rage incident with someone, only to find out they work with you or live on your street.
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Canadian Quiz
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How small a portion of our life it is that we really enjoy. In youth we are looking forward to things that are to come; in old age, we are looking back-wards to things that are gone past; in manhood, although we appear indeed to be more occupied in things that are present, yet even that is too often ab-sorbed in vague determinations to be vastly happy on some future day, when we have time. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
Bizarre Laws North DakotaIt’s illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.FloridaIf you tie an elephant to a parking meter, you must pay the same parking fee as you would for a vehicle.OhioYou must honk the horn whenever you pass another car, according to the state’s driver’s education manual.
An astronaut candidate for the International Space Station or Crew Exploration vehicle program must be between 62 and 75 inches (157-190cm) tall. NbA players would be eligible based solely on this requirement. mutombo is 7’2” , ming is 7’6” and Olajuwan is 7’0”. While ming, mutombo, and Olajuwan have all played for the Houston Rockets, none has actually ridden a rocket into space.
Where does the word Canada come from?
a) Jacques Cartierb) Samuel de Champlainc) Jean Nicolletd) A foreign language
One song can spark a moment.One flower can wake the dream.One tree can start a forest.One bird can herald spring.
Answer:
A. kanata was a word used by the St. Lawrence Iroquois people in quebec in the 16th century. It means village or settlement. When French explorer, Jacques Cartier explored this territory, he misused the word to describe the area and within ten years’ time the Europeans were using it to describe the entire region.
Sudoku Solution Crossword Solution
• The first men’s college basketball game was played on January 18, 1896 between the University of Iowa and the University of Chicago. The final score was 15-12.
• The game became an official Olympic event at the Summer Games in berlin, Germany in 1936.
• michael Jordan, who retired in January 1999, but returned to the league in 2001, has scored more points [5,987] in the playoffs than any other player.
• most points scored in one half: Wilt Chamber-lain on march 2nd 1962 [59 points].
Basketball Facts
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‘Outstanding! 47 Ways to Make Your Organization Exceptional’, http://www.qbq.com/ denver, Colorado, USA 303-286-9900 [email protected]
Personal Accountability in Parenting Our twenty-something daughter, molly, was in charge of a neighbor’s twelve-
year-old boy for a weekend while his parents traveled. On Saturday morning, molly brought him over to hang out at our house, along with his buddy Grayson. We’d never met Grayson, nor had we met Grayson’s mom and dad.
We don’t know what they’re like, where they’re from, or what they do for a living, but we do know something about them. They left clear evidence—in Grayson.
We live on a couple acres of Colorado land with a big barn and a swimming pool. There are signs everywhere that this has been home to seven children: a trampoline, a rope to swing on, a well-worn four-wheeler, and lots of indoor “techno toys.” It’s a place that kids can really enjoy. So for many hours the boys had tons of fun and the day flew by.
Around 7 P.m., molly yelled, “Guys, time to go!” Hearing high-energy foot-steps and the swift opening and closing of doors, we assumed they’d all left the house, so we were startled when Grayson appeared in our living room.
“Thanks for letting me come over, mr. and mrs. miller!”“You’re welcome,” we replied. “Hope you had fun.”“I sure did!”“Come again, okay?” karen said.“I will. Thanks!”“Terrific! See ya, Grayson.”“Okay. Have a good evening. bye!”Hmm, did we just interact with an engaging young person who demonstrated
courtesy and gratitude? did he actually say, “Have a good evening”?And instantly we knew this: He didn’t pick any of that up by watching televi-
sion. He learned it from his mom and dad because, like children everywhere, he is a product of his parents’ outstanding parenting.
Some people will pursue endlessly the “nature versus nurture” debate, but we’re not going there in Parenting the QbQ Way. Sure, this trait or that characteristic might be born into our kids, but the danger in thinking about the impact of “na-ture” is that we’ll use nature as an excuse for whatever our children are like if we’re not careful. Since this book is focused on personal account
ability in parenting, the last thing we’ll do is encourage any dad or mom—includ-ing John and karen miller—to look outside of ourselves and the way we parent to find reasons why our children think, feel, or act the way they do.
We know that this is a difficult notion for many parents to accept, so we’re go-ing to say it early to set the tone:
If you have problems with your teen, you likely had problems with your tod-dler.
A parent writes this: Our eighth-grade son is driving us crazy! Each week he’s supposed to empty all
of the trash cans in the house, consolidate the garbage into bags—not cans—and place it by the curb for pickup. but he routinely places one of our large cans on the street instead, knowing it’s the wrong way to do it! When he doesn’t set his alarm at night and oversleeps, he blames his sister for not getting him up. If we tell him to stop playing games on the computer and do his homework, he ignores us and says that we’re “mean.” When he doesn’t practice his piano lesson, he takes abso-lutely no accountability for his lack of preparedness for the next time he’s with his teacher. What do we do? Help!
This is an awfully frustrating situation—and we truly feel for these parents—but problems like these don’t appear overnight. We don't mean for this to sound harsh, but we believe problems like these are a direct result of the parents’ prac-tices through the child’s lifetime. So the wrong questions to ask are “Why is my child so difficult?” and “When will he change?” while the right questions would be: “What have I done to create my current problems?” and “How can I start par-enting differently?” questions like these (we call them QbQs) not only represent accountable thinking, they lead to learning—and where there is learning there is change.
For many parents, one key change needed is the willingness to adopt this prin-ciple:
my child is a product of my parenting. With this premise in place, regardless of the age of the child, any parent can become the outstanding mom or dad they wish to be by practicing personal accountability.
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Excellent Service for over 14 Years!Dentures made on site = Time+Cost E�ectiveMaximum bene�ts from the most advanced denture technology
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A�ordable Pricing! Call us for details!
The Canadian Hearing Society
• improve communication • improve safety in your home
• assistive listening devices • hearing aid batteries
Phone 613-498-3933 TTY 1-877-817-8209Or visit us at 68 William Street, Suite 205
Brockville, Ontario K6V 0A7
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51 King St. West, Brockville, ON613 - 498 - 2200
Fax 613 - 498 - 2205
• Quality Eyewear• Contact Lenses• Eye Exams Arranged• 24 Years of ExperienceRosemary
ColemanOwner
ROSEMARY’S OPTICAL SHOP Golden Soles
Gift CertificatesAvailable 46 King St East, Brockville, On
613-342-7111 cell 613-340-6330
Summer Footwear & Accessories
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6 Beverly StreetSpencerville, ON.613-658-31011-888-370-9859www.thestovestore.netthestovestore@ripnet.com
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Check out what is happening daily for local community events @ www.mcguffysnewsbrockville.ca
Or submit your event to us to post on-line for FREE!
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Back to School Specials!Quality Refurbished Computers
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John G. Miller Author of ... ‘QBQ! The Question Behind the Question®’, ‘Flipping the Switch ... Unleash the Power of Personal Accountability’,
‘Outstanding! 47 Ways to Make Your Organization Exceptional’, http://www.qbq.com/ denver, Colorado, USA 303-286-9900 [email protected]
Personal Accountability in Parenting Our twenty-something daughter, molly, was in charge of a neighbor’s twelve-
year-old boy for a weekend while his parents traveled. On Saturday morning, molly brought him over to hang out at our house, along with his buddy Grayson. We’d never met Grayson, nor had we met Grayson’s mom and dad.
We don’t know what they’re like, where they’re from, or what they do for a living, but we do know something about them. They left clear evidence—in Grayson.
We live on a couple acres of Colorado land with a big barn and a swimming pool. There are signs everywhere that this has been home to seven children: a trampoline, a rope to swing on, a well-worn four-wheeler, and lots of indoor “techno toys.” It’s a place that kids can really enjoy. So for many hours the boys had tons of fun and the day flew by.
Around 7 P.m., molly yelled, “Guys, time to go!” Hearing high-energy foot-steps and the swift opening and closing of doors, we assumed they’d all left the house, so we were startled when Grayson appeared in our living room.
“Thanks for letting me come over, mr. and mrs. miller!”“You’re welcome,” we replied. “Hope you had fun.”“I sure did!”“Come again, okay?” karen said.“I will. Thanks!”“Terrific! See ya, Grayson.”“Okay. Have a good evening. bye!”Hmm, did we just interact with an engaging young person who demonstrated
courtesy and gratitude? did he actually say, “Have a good evening”?And instantly we knew this: He didn’t pick any of that up by watching televi-
sion. He learned it from his mom and dad because, like children everywhere, he is a product of his parents’ outstanding parenting.
Some people will pursue endlessly the “nature versus nurture” debate, but we’re not going there in Parenting the QbQ Way. Sure, this trait or that characteristic might be born into our kids, but the danger in thinking about the impact of “na-ture” is that we’ll use nature as an excuse for whatever our children are like if we’re not careful. Since this book is focused on personal account
ability in parenting, the last thing we’ll do is encourage any dad or mom—includ-ing John and karen miller—to look outside of ourselves and the way we parent to find reasons why our children think, feel, or act the way they do.
We know that this is a difficult notion for many parents to accept, so we’re go-ing to say it early to set the tone:
If you have problems with your teen, you likely had problems with your tod-dler.
A parent writes this: Our eighth-grade son is driving us crazy! Each week he’s supposed to empty all
of the trash cans in the house, consolidate the garbage into bags—not cans—and place it by the curb for pickup. but he routinely places one of our large cans on the street instead, knowing it’s the wrong way to do it! When he doesn’t set his alarm at night and oversleeps, he blames his sister for not getting him up. If we tell him to stop playing games on the computer and do his homework, he ignores us and says that we’re “mean.” When he doesn’t practice his piano lesson, he takes abso-lutely no accountability for his lack of preparedness for the next time he’s with his teacher. What do we do? Help!
This is an awfully frustrating situation—and we truly feel for these parents—but problems like these don’t appear overnight. We don't mean for this to sound harsh, but we believe problems like these are a direct result of the parents’ prac-tices through the child’s lifetime. So the wrong questions to ask are “Why is my child so difficult?” and “When will he change?” while the right questions would be: “What have I done to create my current problems?” and “How can I start par-enting differently?” questions like these (we call them QbQs) not only represent accountable thinking, they lead to learning—and where there is learning there is change.
For many parents, one key change needed is the willingness to adopt this prin-ciple:
my child is a product of my parenting. With this premise in place, regardless of the age of the child, any parent can become the outstanding mom or dad they wish to be by practicing personal accountability.
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How small a portion of our life it is that we really enjoy. In youth we are looking forward to things that are to come; in old age, we are looking back-wards to things that are gone past; in manhood, although we appear indeed to be more occupied in things that are present, yet even that is too often ab-sorbed in vague determinations to be vastly happy on some future day, when we have time. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
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• The first men’s college basketball game was played on January 18, 1896 between the University of Iowa and the University of Chicago. The final score was 15-12.
• The game became an official Olympic event at the Summer Games in berlin, Germany in 1936.
• michael Jordan, who retired in January 1999, but returned to the league in 2001, has scored more points [5,987] in the playoffs than any other player.
• most points scored in one half: Wilt Chamber-lain on march 2nd 1962 [59 points].
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Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~ Robert Louis StevensonWherever women are true to their feminine natures and magnify their op-portunities for loving service, they are learning to become more like God. ~ Spencer W. KimballWhen one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so re-gretfully upon the closed-door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. ~ Alexander Graham BellIn times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. ~ Lee Iacocca
back in the year 2000, about 20 percent of all jobs in America were manufacturing jobs. Today, about 5 percent of all jobs in America are manufacturing jobs.
don’t give up. moses was once a basket case.
I asked God to give me happiness.God said, No ~ I give you blessings; happiness is up to you.