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Much has been said about the genius Albert Einstein, the great physicist, inventor, smart person, etc, but also considered a bit eccentric and sometimes forgetful.Einstein was once traveling from Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger.

How’s this for some off-beat humor?· First cannibal: “You don’t look well, my friend. What’s wrong?” Second cannibal: “Oh, not much. I guess I’m just fed up with people.”· Years ago, they didn’t put up signs reading “Men Working.” But back then, you could tell when someone was working.

Some of us have time during when “…there’s nothing to do.” Maybe this little group of suggested activities might help fill the idle spaces.Bread is like the Sun. It rises in the yeast and sets in the waist.Why do French people eat snails?

One of the more popular expressions knocked around by people in my age group (OLD!!) is “used to be.”That is certainly true of our mothers, past and present.

By John Bill Martin Staff WriterWe had made it through Monroney Jr. High in my blessed journey through a charmed life when we ran out of room last week. And, it’s a good time to start mentioning my “other” jobs.

Today Is my birthday and while it will not be cause for the celebration that Preston Dunlap will have in a couple of weeks when he turns 16, it is still significant, to me, anyway.

It’s been six years since I completed my 57 th and final year as a teacher and I’ll be honest with you, in many ways I am glad that I am not having to face the classroom (and out of classroom) challenges that teachers are facing in this topsy-turvy year of the COVID and the situations it creates.

Leftovers from last week’s suggestions for holiday gift giving:MISCELLANEOUS GUIDELINES:1. Husband concedes that writing thank you notes for the entire household and buying gifts for husbuying gifts for husband’s business associates are not the Wife’s job.2.

Here’s a warning all the way from the Big Lake region in Reagan County (West) TX from publisher Randy Mankin who ran into any number of frustrations while shopping for a new vehicle.M y solution to the problem is simple. Don’t buy a new (or used) car.

For four years, I was unable to attract a single hummingbird to try the sugary red liquid housed in an (expensive) and delicate special container designed especially for the busy little creatures.