Good Thoughts

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Here is a link that you should check out!

I have met a few good people online ...some people you just know are good.

Soooos I'm sitting here thinking...why not good people on good thoughts?

Check out a good persons good thoughts...

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Ooops this is on the wrong thread...unless of coarse you go to the quote section and bam...good thoughts!

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The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

George Carlin

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Dec 26, 2014 17:34:35 GMT -5 @jolene said:

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

George Carlin

I just discovered the like button on this site...and I aint fraid to use it!

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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction.”
― Bessie Anderson Stanley

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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: )

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night....Steve Martin

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Dec 28, 2014 10:58:37 GMT -5 @jolene said:

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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night....Steve Martin

8-|You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.” — Dolly Parton

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Here is my New Years Resolution...

In living color!!!

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As we enter this brave new world in 2015 I'd like to take a moment to thank you all for being so kind and being my friend.

I pray for you all...always.

Remember that there is always a need for you in the world...lots of hurt needs your healing.

Peace and happiness are my wishes for all of you!

Love,

Michael!

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That's really nice Michael...peace and love. : )

It's my all time favorite. I've loved it for 35 years.

Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

© Max Ehrmann 1927

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Very nice words Jo...and this was written about 90 years ago. Amazing how words so true never go out of style!

I sometimes wish that I could write as fast as I think...just not that fast.

I hope that time slows down a bit...so that I can catch up.

The social media outlets are going way too far into peoples personal business.

Youngins are posting things that will stay with them forever...

You can erase Tattoos...you can clean up your act but text on the internet is here to stay.

I didn't really worry about it until the face recognition thing too place.

If that wasn't bad enough...Google maps is curious what's on the bar-b-que.

to have drones looking into your back yard is simply bad...for them.

I will bar-b-que me a drone if I ever see one snooping around.

I believe that everyone uses a card to make purchases with...it used to be money.

I suppose that since money is worthless now we can just use numbers on a card.

Advice for this year...buy silver.

So now that our lives depend on a credit score...it makes getting a 4 point 0 really bad.

These are just a few thoughts for today...not nessarily good ones but thoughts nonetheless!

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I like reading your thoughts Michael. How one thing links to the next.

I seem to use a combination of cash and my debit card. Today it was cash but I didn't spend much. Sent my sister a small package at the post office for her birthday next week. Went to Aldi's to buy some fresh veggies. Swung by Wendy's on the way home and got me a chili for lunch. I love Wendy's chili and it's really not as bad for you as you might think. Chili powder, tomatoes, onions, beans, beef are all great sources of potassium.

So that's my good thought for today...potassium is my friend. Keeps the old blood pressure functioning well.

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Jan 6, 2015 16:38:31 GMT -5 @jolene said:

I like reading your thoughts Michael. How one thing links to the next.

I seem to use a combination of cash and my debit card. Today it was cash but I didn't spend much. Sent my sister a small package at the post office for her birthday next week. Went to Aldi's to buy some fresh veggies. Swung by Wendy's on the way home and got me a chili for lunch. I love Wendy's chili and it's really not as bad for you as you might think. Chili powder, tomatoes, onions, beans, beef are all great sources of potassium.

So that's my good thought for today...potassium is my friend. Keeps the old blood pressure functioning well.

Potassium is my friend also...small world isn't it? I am thinking about raising sweet potatoes this year...such a wonderful crop!

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Willie Calhoun





A cowboy, who just moved to Wyoming from Texas , walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.


The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, "You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time."

The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in Arizona , the other is in Colorado . When we all left our home in Texas , we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together. So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself."

The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.

The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.

One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs. All the regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss."

The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs.

"Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains, "It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking."

"Hasn't affected my brothers though."

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It’s finally happened…

The worst has occurred. The grid has gone down. The balloon has gone up.

While you were one of the “smart ones” who believes in preparing yourself and your family to survive the coming collapse, your neighbors and fellow townsfolk were clueless.

And now the world looks much different than yesterday morning when they woke up.



You know something they don’t.

In fact, here are…

The Top 10 “Wake-Up Calls” For Non-Preppers When TSHTF

1. You look outside your window and only see darkness.

Our government has admitted that our electrical grid is being held together by little more than duct tape and bubble gum.

We’ve had events as “harmless” as a tree branch falling 5 states away cause entire regions of the U.S. to go black.

Without power, without street lights, urban environments become a pitch-black nightmare when the sun goes down.

2. Your family is complaining of being hungry and thirsty all the time

With grocery stores picked clean and chaos still ruling the world outside your home, you’ll be left to survive with only what you’ve collected so far.

In some scenarios, without electricity to run the city’s pumps (or your well), there won’t be any water coming out of your faucet.

Even if there is, if the utility infrastructure collapses and water treatment fails, the water coming out of your pipes could be dangerously contaminated and come out brown and smelling like chemicals or sewage.

People can only live 3 days without water – even less in hot, stressful conditions.

Even for survivalists who hoarded food and water early, you won’t want to run through your stockpile too soon so rationing will be a big part of your response plan… and you’ll need to make hard decisions.

For non-preppers, it will be much worse!

3. Your toilet is smelling up the house.

With no water, there’s no indoor plumbing. But non-preppers will still try to use their toilets which will soon be useless and begin to stink up their house.

YOU will be forced to find another means of getting rid of what’s coming out of your body.

4. You have no access to an ambulance.

In a disaster, critical injuries are more common but your local paramedics will be overwhelmed with the amount of casualties.

You may be the one who’s responsible of whether your child lives or dies from their wounds.

Basic first aid skills may not be enough if there’s massive bleeding.

5. Fires are burning uncontrolled.

With more people turning to alternative means of cooking and heating in their homes, the probability of fires skyrockets.

But as firefighters are called on to assist with crisis response throughout the area, flames will overtake homes and spread.

6. Mobs are moving from house to house – looting, smashing, and burning.

Police departments are manned based on peacetime needs and not prepared for an all out collapse.

With the anger and frustration over not being “taken care of”, local residents can turn mean and decide to take things into their own hands.

In a collapse, there’s no more law.

7. You pick up the phone to call 911 and the line is dead.

Remember the “old days” when the power went out but your phone still worked?

Well, with the “advancements” of internet lines, most phones now are all delivered digitally and almost nobody uses land-lines anymore.

In a collapse, if your computer goes down, so does your phone – and the cell networks will quickly become overloaded and drop your signal.

Your trusty smartphone will be useless.

Even if you do get through to emergency services, police will be outnumbered and rendered practically useless

Many police officers will be forced to abandon their posts and look after their own families and as looting spreads to your area, YOU could be the only thing protecting your family.

8. You feel unsafe at home.

Most people think they can just wait out a disaster.

But what if a flood, wildfire, violent riot, or hostile force is heading your way?

Or the looting mobs spread to your home and there’s no back-up from law enforcement to protect you?

It’s a sad fact that most people will realize they have not choice but to get out of Dodge until it’s too late.

Unfortunately, very few know the right way to design a bug-out “go bag”… even experienced “preppers”.

This is one of the most critical elements of a survival plan and if you don’t get this right, you and your family are in severe danger

9. You look for an escape but there’s no way out.

Without a proper bug-out bag, most people will be scrambling around trying to collect all their belongings to evacuate the area.

This takes up critical time you need to get ahead of the masses.

Amidst the chaos, roadways will be jammed with fleeing citizens and stalled cars that have broken down or run out of gas.

Highways will look more like giant parking lots.

You’re stuck where you are.

10. Traveling outside your home becomes too dangerous.

As a sense of frustration, fear, and hopelessness sets in among your fellow townsfolk, even good people can turn bad.

Desperate people do desperate things to survive – like attacking others for food after asking… then begging… yields nothing for their families.

All travel, even over short distances, will be too risky if you don’t have your go-bag ready and can get out the door before the highways turn into parking lots.

At that point – faced with hordes of desperate citizens in chaos – the odds greatly increase that you could be killed if you venture out.

Preparing To Survive A Collapse

In a collapse, if you haven’t made preparations, if you haven’t stockpiled supplies, if you don’t have a PLAN… you won’t have a prayer of surviving!

Plain and simple.

The sickness, the lack of emergency response personnel, the terrible sanitation, the deprivation from lack of food… these are all realities of trying to survive a collapse scenario with no preparations.

The top ten realities of such an emergency might seem too horrible for most people to face.

But even for those of you who are already preparing, if your only plan lies in your stockpile at home, you can now see all of the threats that you may face that could uproot you and your family in a split second.

This is why all the smart preppers know to start with your bug-out bag – because they realize what others don’t… that you must have the ability to go mobile if a crisis forces you to leave your food, water, and belongings behind.

Put yours together now and put your action plan into place now.

It will be too late to get your evacuation kit together AFTER a crisis is already under way.

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"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

Dr. Seuss


....and from your earlier post Michael, yams are yummy.