Cecil Adams ... Denison Hydraulics! Thanks Jim and Barbara Walker!

What a pleasant surprise to awake to a wonderful email reminder of such a good friend of mine- Cecil Adams.  Thanks Jim and Barb, a couple of my other good Denison friends!  Denison had some of God's greatest people!

From: James Walker



Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 16:45


To: skegley@columbus.rr.com



Subject: Poem about Cecil

Barb found the poem you wrote about Cecil. There is also the "Inventor of the year" article from the Dispatch.


Any other old stuff you need, Barb probably can find. She never throws away anything.

Jim

Thanks so much Jim and Barbara!




It was true man-love for me with Cecil. I have had so many great friends in this life, but God granted me the sense to observe greatness as so many of us humans are so blessed. God, please bless Cecil Adams and surely you, Lord, know of this gentle soul and where he is.



I am currently reading Mitch Albom's "Five people you will meet in Heaven". I hope Cecil is one of my five.



My oldest son, Jay, wrote a paper on Cecil while he was in college. I will try to find it.



I, too, am a pack rat, Barb, I just do not have your fast recall.



Sam

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Sam

For the ladies! Thanks Lyle!

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:



I don't want to brag or make anyone jealous or anything,

but I can still fit into the earrings I wore in high school.



It's National Girlfriend and Sister's Week...



I am only as strong as the coffee I drink, the hairspray I use, and the friends I have.

To the cool women who have touched my life. Here's to you!









It is good to be a woman:



1. We got off the Titanic first.

2. We can scare male bosses with mysterious gynecological disorder excuses.

3. Taxis stop for us.

4. We don 't look like a frog in a blender when dancing.

5. No fashion faux pas we make could ever rival the Speedo.

6. We don 't have to pass gas to amuse ourselves.

7. If we forget to shave, no one has to know.

8. We can congratulate our teammate without ever touching her rear end.

9. We never have to reach down every so often to make sure our privates are still there.

10. We have the ability to dress ourselves.

11. We can talk to the opposite sex without having to picture them naked.

12. If we marry someone 20 years younger, we are aware that we will look like an idiot.

13. We will never regret piercing our ears.

14. There are times when chocolate really can solve all your problems.

15. We can make comments about how silly men are in their presence because they aren't listening anyway.

I really haven't changed much over the years...right??? Yeah, right, but earned every wrinkle.

My brain still works like it did twenty years ago....???????

German parade floats ... Thanks Leswinner!

Subject: German Parade Floats


We have the rest of the world laughing at us. They can see what the man is doing to this country---

German Parade Floats

During this year’s carnival parades in Germany (originally a Roman Catholic tradition), some of the contestants in the float competition decided to depart from the standard bashing of Bush, America, and German politicians, and built a float that has the German Islamic front groups seething: Carnival attracts 3 million in Germany - Muslims offended

You gotta love this!!



Do the Europeans have a better handle on what's going on here than we do?



GERMAN FLOAT

This float was in a parade in Berlin

You'v e got to LOVE those Germans

Is that Hillary? What is she hanging on to?

Answer: His stimulus package.

Jokes you can tell in church ... Thanks Judi cole!

JOKES THAT CAN BE TOLD IN CHURCH




Two boys were walking home from Sunday school



after hearing a strong preaching on the devil.



One said to the other, 'What do you think about



all this Satan stuff?'



The other boy replied, 'Well, you know how



Santa Claus turned out.



It's probably just your Dad.'



~~~~~~~~~~~~



Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl



whispered to her mother,



'Why is the bride dressed in white?''



The mother replied, 'Because white is the color



of happiness,



and today is the happiest day of her life.'



The child thought about this for a moment then said,



'So why is the groom wearing black?'



~~~~~~~~~~~~



A little girl, dressed in her Sunday best, was running



as fast as she could,



trying not to be late for Bible class.



As she ran she prayed,



'Dear Lord, please don't let me be late! Dear Lord,



please don't let me be late!'



While she was running and praying, she tripped



on a curb and fell,



getting her clothes dirty and tearing her dress.



She got up, brushed herself off, and started running



again!



As she ran she once again began to pray,



'Dear Lord, please don't let me be late...But please



don't shove me either!'



~~~~~~~~~~~~



Three boys are in the school yard bragging about



their fathers.



The first boy says, 'My Dad scribbles a few words



on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem,



they give him $50.'



The second boy says, 'That's nothing. My Dad



scribbles a few words on piece of paper,



he calls it a song, they give him $100.'



The third boy says, 'I got you both beat. My Dad



scribbles a few words on a piece of paper,



he calls it a sermon, and it takes eight people to



collect all the money!'



~~~~~~~~~~~~



An elderly woman died last month.



Having never married, she requested no male



pallbearers.



In her handwritten instructions for her memorial



service, she wrote,



'They wouldn't take me out while I was alive,



I don't want them to take me out when I'm dead.'



~~~~~~~~~~~~

A police recruit was asked during the exam,



'What would you do if you had to arrest your own



mother?'



He answered, 'Call for backup.'



~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Sunday School teacher asked her class why



Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem..



A small child replied, 'They couldn't get a baby-sitter.'



~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds.



After explaining the commandment to 'Honor thy



father and thy mother,' she asked,



'Is there a commandment that teaches us how to



treat our brothers and sisters?'



Without missing a beat, one little boy answered,



'Thou shall not kill..'



~~~~~~~~~~~~

At Sunday School they were teaching how God



created everything, including human beings.



Little Johnny seemed especially intent when they



told him



how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs.



Later in the week his mother noticed him lying



down as though he were ill,



and she said, 'Johnny, what is the matter?' Little



Johnny responded,



'I have pain in my side. I think I'm going to have



a wife.'



~~~~~~~~~~~~



You don't stop laughing because you grow old..



You grow old because you stop laughing!



Take heed and pass these along to people who



need a laugh.



I thought you would enjoy this....times are tough



right now...for all of us...



so we need something to make the day a happy



place.



"They" haven't found a way to tax you for



laughing yet.



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911 Pentagon Marines act

For sure, it never made the headlines around here! God bless our troops!



Little Known Story of 9-11



This is a little-known story from the Pentagon on 09/11/2001:

During a visit with a chaplain, who happened to be assigned to the Pentagon, I had a chance to hear a first-hand account of an incident that happened right after Flight 77 hit the Pentagon.. The chaplain told me what happened at a daycare center near where the impact occurred.



This daycare had many children, including infants who were in heavy cribs. The daycare supervisor, looking at all the children they needed to evacuate, was in a panic over what they could do. There were many children, mostly toddlers, as well as the infants that would need to be taken out with the cribs There was no time to try to bundle them into carriers and strollers.







Just then a young Marine came running into the center and asked what they needed. After hearing what the center director was trying to do, he ran back out into the hallway and disappeared. The director thought, 'Well, here we area” on our own.' About 2 minutes later, that Marine returned with 40 other Marines in tow. Each of them grabbed a crib with a child, and the rest started gathering up toddlers. The director and her staff then helped them take all the children out of the center and down toward the park near the Potomac and the Pentagon.









Once they got about 3/4 of a mile outside the building, the Marines stopped in the park, and then did a fabulous thing - they formed a circle with the cribs, which were quite sturdy and heavy, like the covered wagons in the Old West. Inside this circle of cribs, they put the toddlers, to keep them from wandering off. Outside this circle were the 40 Marines, forming a perimeter around the children and waiting for instructions. There they remained until the parents could be notified and come get their children.

The chaplain then said, "I don't think any of us saw nor heard of this on any of the news stories of the day. It was an incredible story of our men there. There wasn't a dry eye in the room. The thought of those Marines and what they did and how fast they reacted; could we expect any less from them? It was one of the most touching stories from the Pentagon."





Remember Ronald Reagan's great compliment: "Most of us wonder if our lives made any difference. Marines don't have that problem."







God Bless the USA, our troops, and you.



If you care to offer the smallest token of recognition and appreciation for the military, please pass this on and pray for our men and women who have served and are currently serving our country and pray for those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. Pass this on to all your friends!!!

New Poster Thanks Sonny!

Thomas Jefferson ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale!

Subject: Thomas Jefferson ...


Thomas Jefferson



This is amazing. There are two parts. Be sure to read the 2nd part (in RED).



Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.



At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.



At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.



At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.



At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.



At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.



At 23, started his own law practice.



At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.



At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America ” and retired from his law practice.



At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.



At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence .



At 33, took three years to revise Virginia 's legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.



At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia , succeeding Patrick Henry.



At 40, served in Congress for two years.



At 41, was the American minister to France , and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.



At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.



At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.



At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions, and became the active head of Republican Party.



At 57, was elected the third president of the United States .



At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase , doubling the nation's size.



At 61, was elected to a second term as President.



At 65, retired to Monticello .



At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.



At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia , and served as its first president.



At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence, along with John Adams



Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous failed attempts at government. He understood actual history, the nature of God, his laws and the nature of man. That happens to be way more than what most understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff. A voice from the past to lead us in the future:



John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."



"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe ." -- Thomas Jefferson



"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."



-- Thomas Jefferson



"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."



-- Thomas Jefferson



"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson



"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson



"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson



"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."



-- Thomas Jefferson



"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson



"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."



-- Thomas Jefferson



Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:



"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.



If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."



I wish we could get this out to everyone!!!

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