No Comparison - We Like Everything Bigger and Bigger

THE TITANIC
We all think of the Titanic as a big ocean liner . . . . well at least I did until I saw the following comparison.

Size comparison --

Titanic vs Allure of the 

Seas Cruise Ship

Not that big, was it?

This will make your day...Friends are a must!!!

After losing his parents, this 3 year old orangutan was so depressed he wouldn't eat and didn't respond to any medical treatments.

The veterinarians thought he would surely die from sadness.  The zoo keepers found an old sick dog on the grounds in the park at the zoo where the orangutan lived and took the dog to the animal treatment center. The dog arrived at the same time the orangutan was there being treated.

These 2 lost souls met and have been inseparable ever since.

The orangutan found a new reason to live and each always tries his best to be a good companion to his new found friend.  They are together 24 hours a day in all their activities.

 They live in Northern California where swimming is their favorite past time, although Roscoe (the orangutan) is a little afraid of the water and needs his friend's help to swim.

Together they have discovered the joy and laughter in life and the value of friendship.

 They have found more than a friendly shoulder to lean on.

Long Live Friendship!!!!!!!
I don't know. Some say life is too short, others say it is too long, but I know that nothing that we do makes sense if we don't touch the hearts of others... while it lasts!

May you always have Love to Share, Health to Spare, And Friends who Care.....even if they are a little hairy at times. 

I Mow My Own Lawn!!!

Lee Trevino: a true story, you gotta love him.

One day, shortly after joining the PGA tour in 1965, Lee Trevino, a professional golfer and married man, was at his home in Dallas, Texas mowing his front lawn, as he always did.

A lady driving by in a big, shiny Cadillac stopped in front of his house, lowered the window and asked, "Excuse me, do you speak English?"

Lee responded, “Yes Ma'am, I do."

The lady then asked, “What do you charge to do yard work? " 

Lee said, "Well, the lady in this house lets me sleep with her."

The lady hurriedly put the car into gear and sped off.

Nothing beats laughter.............!

Diversionary tactic 

Words of Wisdom

A fortune to remember!

DESPERATE FOR A TICKET TO THE WORLD CUP

BEST T-SHIRT DESIGN

FRIDGE MAGNET

Camera is backwards

What will I be when I grow up? 
This is just too priceless not to share! 

 If you don't pass this along,  A dog will come out and pee on your computer!

There may have been times when I may have;

Disturbed you,

Troubled you,

Pestered you,

Irritated you,

Bugged you or

Got on your nerves with all the emails I send, So today I just wanna' tell you that...

I PLAN TO CONTINUE!!!!!!     in 2013

China vs Germany

Wild Deer Rescued From Drowning By Boaters

I think this happened recently (Sept or Oct) 2013

Tom Satre and his family were cruising aboard Tom's boat the Alaska Quest in Taku Inlet in Alaska when they saw four deer swimming towards their charter boat.

The juvenile Sitka black-tail deer were obviously in distress and cold and tired battling 2 foot white-capped waves.

There was a strong wind in the Inlet and the deer were cold and tired. They were desperately looking for somewhere to go, but they were still around 1.2 miles (2 km) from shore. Tom and his family could see that the deer were close to drowning and decided to help.

"They swam right toward the boat," Tom said. "Then they started to circle the boat. They were looking up like they needed help." Tom knew they had to get the deer out of the water if they were to survive. But how to get them onboard? 

"I formed a lasso with the mooring line and dropped it around their heads one at a time," said Tom. "They were about 85 pounds (39 kg), sopping wet. We were fortunate to have a low swim step at the stern, and I was able to pull them onboard. If we had to haul them over the side, I couldn’t have done it."
 

 The deer willingly came onboard and sat on the deck. One of the deer was hypothermic so Tom administered massage to warm him. "The last one was in really poor shape. He was very hypothermic. I massaged him for 20 minutes trying to warm him up. He bleated like a little lamb. I think he was appreciative."
 

Tom's sister Sharon Kelly, his daughter Anna and brother Tim helped him with the deer.

It was an hour journey to the shore and when they arrived at Taku Harbor the deer had warmed up. One quickly jumped onto the dock and found its way into the forest.

 Tom's sister Sharon Kelly, his daughter Anna and brother Tim helped him prompt the other deer out of the boat.

The last deer who had been hypothermic had to be put in a wheelbarrow and pushed off the boat. But the wheelbarrow had a flat so they waited at the dock as the deer warmed up enough to get to his feet.

Tom Satre runs Alaska Quest Charters eco-tours from his boat the Alaska Quest.

First We Dream

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things,
which escape those who dream only by night.
Edgar Allen Poe


There is an inner wakefulness that directs dream,
and that will eventually startle us back to the truth of who we are.
Rumi


Don’t be pushed by your problems.  Be led by your dreams.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

We all have our won life to pursue, o
wn own kind of dream to be weaving,
and we all have the power 
to make wishes come true, 
as long as we keep believing.
Louisa May Alcott

Only the dreamer shall understand realities,
though in truth his dreaming must be not
out of proportion to his waking.
Margaret Fuller



If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost;
that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau


Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
Always remember, 
you have within you the strength,
the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars 
to change the world.
Harriet Tubman


We are the music-makers,
and we are the dreamers of dreams.
Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy


Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never regains its original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes


Ideals are like stars; 
you will not succeed in touching them with your hands,
but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters,
you choose them as your guides, 
and following them, you reach your destiny.
Carl Schurz



What you can do,
or dream you can do, begin it;
boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe


Each man should frame life so that,
at some future hour, fact and his dreaming meet.
Victor Hugo

Sow a thought, and you reap an act;
Sow an act, and your reap a habit;
Sow a habit, and you reap a character;
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Charles Reade

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