To all my "Ageless" Friends!!

by Dianne

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12: THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE

LET'S PRETEND

by Just Lin

During the last several months, I spent quite a bit of time in the house I grew up in.  That brought back memories of my childhood and all the great games I played with little more than my imagination. 

 

One thing that always fascinated me was the switchboard operators that I would see in old movies.  They were always so busy connecting their callers to the right office or hotel room or whatever.  I discovered that I could make my own switchboard by placing a shoe box upside down and putting the top of the box at right angles to it in order to make a backboard. I would then poke small holes in the surface of the box and also in the "backboard".  I would use the elastic bands from doll bonnets to be my telephone cables.  The metal ends on those bands kept the band in place when put through one of the holes.  In this way, I would connect my pretend calls.

 

I'm still kind of fascinated with switchboards.  Several years ago, I came across a beautiful wood and brass one in an antique store.  I imagine it came from a grand hotel.  I swear, if I had a bigger house I would have bought it just as a conversation piece.  It was kind of expensive but it would have made me happy and maybe I would have played with it late at night when no one was watching.  LOL 

 

What pretend games did you play when you were a child? 

Friendship

by Jodi

A friend of my daughter shared this on her Facebook page and I thought it was quite touching. Enjoy ♥

Irish Diet

 by Zona

An Irishman was terribly overweight, so his doctor put him on a diet.

'I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day, then eat regularly again for 2 days, then skip a day. Repeat this procedure for 2 weeks. The next time I see you, you should have lost at least 5 pounds.'
 

When the Irishman returned, he shocked the doctor by having lost nearly 60lbs!
 

'Why, that's amazing!' the doctor said, 'Did you follow my instructions?'

The Irishman nodded. 'I'll tell you though, Doctor, I thought I were going to drop dead on dat 3rd day.'

'From the hunger, you mean?' asked the doctor.

'No, from the f****** skipping!'

A Better Place

by Just Lin

Glen Campbell has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.  This song is from his recently released c/d, "Ghost on the Canvas".  It will no doubt be the last time that Mr. Campbell is in a recording studio. 

 

This song breaks my heart when I hear it.  It was absolutely horrible to watch my mother die from cancer but at least it was relatively quick.  I don't think I could have beared to watch her slip away slowly through Alzheimer's.  What a horrible disease it is.

~ The Playboy Club? ~

by Tina~in_ut

Kathy and I were talking about all the new shows we were watching.  Out of all the ones she was watching, the only one I hadn't heard of was The Playboy Club.  I really didn't think anything of it because I had way too many shows taping already.  Then I talked to Di.  I asked her if she was watching Pan Am and she said she was and liked it, along with The Playboy Club.  That's when I realized I hadn't even seen a commercial for it. Not one!  Di said it was on Monday nights, so I thought I'd tape it this Monday and check it out.  I couldn't find it.  So I checked online and saw that it is on NBC.  I went back to the TV and tried again to find it.  STILL not there. 

(after some googling....)

Oh my hell!  NBC in Utah refuses to air it.  I should have known.  They won't show SNL either.  I have to watch it on some loser channel.  This is also the same station that moves my NASCAR races to the loser channel when the LDS General Conference is in town in order to air their "talks."  In case you haven't figured it out, NBC in Utah, KSL-TV, is owned by the Mormon church.  Ugh!  I checked the loser channel when I figured out what was happening and the show wasn't there either.  After some more googling, I found the name of the station that is supposed to be carrying it, but hell if I know where to find it.....I guess I'll just have to check one station at a time.  I also found a statement made by the head of the TV station:

"The Playboy brand is known internationally. Everyone is clear what it stands for. We want to be sure everyone is clear what the KSL brand stands for, which is completely inconsistent with the Playboy brand," said KSL President and CEO Mark Willes in a statement. "

And just in case it's unclear what the KSL brand is, the affiliate is run by the LDS-owned Deseret Media.

A publicist for the station said the decision was based on the station's long-term policy "to screen programming for material which significant portions of our audiences may find objectionable."

Michelle Torsak, KSL's programming director, added: "Our intent is not to tell people what they can and cannot watch, but rather to share programming with our audience in accordance with our mission."

Ya know.....when I was young, if my parents thought I shouldn't be watching a particular show (Three's Company), THEY DIDN'T ALLOW IT! When I find my kids watching something inappropriate, I TURN IT OFF!!!  And then I hit them, cuz I know full well they'll watch it online if they really want to see it.  God I hate the internet sometimes........well.....except for today~  I just finished watching both episodes of The Playboy Club........loved loved loved it~ Gotta go find the station now~

Webcam 101 for Seniors....

by Zona