Old Photos

Pauline & Melvin Cabbage with grandson Cameron 1967

 Still working with old photos.  These might not mean much to anyone other than relatives, but do bring back a lot of memories.  I don't have dates for all of them.

Last gathering of rural school District 73 at Lower Lodi, Nebraska
1967

Mom & Dad Kermit & Pearl Miles with sister Louise

Cameron & Michelle with Phyllis - early 1970's

Phyllis and Lynn - early 1970's

Mom, Pearl, Louise, Darrell & Lin - probably 1985 or 1986

Lynn with Cameron & Michelle on horse
Phyllis standing - probably about 1969

Miles reunion 1994 at our place

Cecil Sunderman giving buggy rides at our 1994 gathering

November of 1999

brothers Roger, Donald and Lynn with sister Louise

September almost here

75º here in Clarinda, IA - have had several spots of rain - dumped .15 " rain from gauge at 5:00 pm.

Even with spraying these things with 2-4D they keep growing.
Pulled almost a 5-gallon bucket full of the Prostate Spurge Weeds.

Besides our own few tomatoes, got some from friends!

What a meal!

Oak tree closest to street has a gazillion acorns on it.

Spent time in Omaha Monday, saw a lot of brown corn and bean fields, getting ready for harvest.  Also saw many that are solid green and still need some time.

Planning on going to this with our trailer Thursday thru Saturday

GROANER’S CORNER:(( Church Bulletin Bloopers::

Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands.

The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled due to a conflict.

Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done.

This afternoon, there will be a meeting in the south and north ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

Tuesday at 4:00 pm there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk will please come early.

Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.

Due to weather conditions, there will not be any “Women Worth Watching” this week.

Don't miss this Saturday's exhibit by Christian Martian Arts.

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A three-year-old boy went with his dad to see a litter of kittens. On returning home, he breathlessly informed his mother, 'There were 2 boy kittens and 2 girl kittens.' 'How did you know?' his mother asked. 'Daddy picked them up and looked underneath,' he replied. 'I think it's printed on the bottom.'

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Later, Lynn

Saturday

92º at 1:40 pm Saturday - been pleasant lately, in 60's or even 50's at night and warmer in the daytime.

Haven't written lately because haven't done anything worth writing about.

Have been scanning old photos to digital.  
Guess I could put on some old photos - 

1910 photo of my where my Mother was born and grew up near
Lodi, Nebraska (Between Callaway & Oconto, NE)

My mother when she
was about 16 years old

Dad in about 1932

Dad - in Nebraska

My mom (back left) with her siblings about 1960

Our trip to South Dakota 1960  -with aunt Alma

Picnic behind Alma's bar

Darrell, Rosemarie, Kermit, Louise, Alma, Pearl

At Uncle Jack's near Gothenburg, NE

And, putting some 230 YouTube videos of Jack Benny's programs onto DVD so can see later.  Very interesting with the various guests he had over the years.  Most of them no longer living...........

Maybe later............Lynn


GROANER’S CORNER:((  Okay boys you just can't win, and here are the reasons why: If you put a woman on a pedestal and try to protect her from the rat race, you're a male chauvinist. If you stay home and do the housework, you're a pansy.  If you work too hard, there is never any time for her. If you don't work enough, you're a good-for-nothing bum.  If she has a boring repetitive job with low pay, this is exploitation.  If you have a boring repetitive job with low pay, you should get off your butt and find something better.  If you get a promotion ahead of her, that is favoritism.  If she gets a job ahead of you, it's equal opportunity.  If you mention how nice she looks, it's sexual harassment.  If you keep quiet, it's male indifference.  If you cry, you're a wimp. If you don't, you're insensitive.  If you make a decision without consulting her, you're a chauvinist.  If she makes a decision without consulting you, she's a liberated woman.  If you ask her to do something she doesn't enjoy, that's domination.  If she asks you, it's a favor.  If you like a woman to shave her legs and keep in shape, you're a sexist.  If you don't, you're unromantic.  If you try to keep yourself in shape, you're vain.  If you don't, you're a slob.  If you buy her flowers, you're after something.  If you don't, you're not thoughtful.  If you're proud of your achievements, you're up on yourself. If you don't, you're not ambitious.
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“When an escaped prisoner was caught camping out in the woods it was a clear case of criminal in tent.”
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Three preachers sat discussing the best positions for prayer, while a telephone repairman worked nearby."Kneeling is definitely best," claimed one."No," another contended. "I get the best results standing with my hands outstretched to Heaven.""You're both wrong," the third insisted. "The most effective prayer position is lying prostrate, face down on the floor."The repairman could contain himself no longer."Gentlemen," he interrupted, "the best praying I ever did was one day hanging upside down from a telephone pole, smoldering."

What do you call a dog that does magic tricks?
A labracadabrador

Rain in Clarinda

73º - here in Clarinda, IA at 11 am Monday - been raining lightly since yesterday afternoon.  (Adding this later:  Phyllis dumped 3" of rain from the gauge at 1:30 pm)

 These photos were taken at Coffee time after church service yesterday.

Had lunch on patio yesterday before any rain

Grilled salmon patties, grilled zucchini, sweet corn
and butter beans

bush over the trellis behind the garage

Friday Leland and Bonnie Brown went with us to Villisca to visit with Oliver and Mary Jo Herzberg and have coffee and Texas lemon pie.  Had a nice visit

Both of these are on wall at  Mary Jo and Oliver place.






If bacon kills you and smoking kills you, how come you smoke bacon to cure it?

GROANER’S CORNER:(( The new army recruit was given guard duty at 2 a.m. He did his best for a while, but at about 4 a.m. he went to sleep. He awakened to find the officer of the day standing before him.  Remembering the heavy penalty for being asleep on guard duty, this smart young man kept his head bowed for another moment and looked upward and reverently said, “A-a-a-men!”
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My girlfriend told me to take the spider out instead of killing it. We went and had some drinks. Cool guy. Wants to be a web developer.

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1. If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

2. A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

3. Life's briefest moment is the time between reading the sign on the

freeway and realizing you just missed your exit.

4. No one ever says "It's only a game," when their team is winning.

5. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.

6. A clear conscience is usually a sign of a poor memory.

7. After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done.

8. Always remember that one effective way to deal with things that want to eat you is to taste terrible.

9. The light at the end of the tunnel is usually a sign that says "No Exit."

10. If you must choose between two evils, choose the one you've never tried before.

Later, Lynn

Some things to think about

Most seniors never get enough exercise. In His wisdom, God decreed that seniors become forgetful so they would have to search for their  glasses, keys and other things, thus doing more walking. And God looked down and saw that it was good.

Then, God saw there was another need.  In His wisdom He made seniors lose co-ordination so they would drop things, requiring them to bend, reach, and stretch. And God looked down and saw that it was good.

Then God considered the function of bladders and decided seniors  would  have additional calls of nature, requiring more trips to the bathroom, thus providing more exercise.  God looked down and saw that it was good.

So, if you find as you age, you are getting up and down more,  remember it's God's will. It is all in your best interest even though you mutter under your breath.

Nine Important Facts to Remember as We Grow Older

#9  Death is the number 1 killer in the world.

#8  Life is sexually transmitted .

#7  Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

#6   Men have 2 motivations: hunger and hanky panky, and they can't tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.

#5  Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

#4  Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.

#3  All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

#2   In the 60's, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.

#1  Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today may be a burning issue tomorrow.

Please share this wisdom with others while I go to the bathroom.

Customer Review on Fuel Saver

4.0 out of 5 starsYou have to buy more than one to really get the benefit

Byasd89fu09328r0ad939r09fsi30ssss4f023934on September 24, 2015

Why buy just one? I used a huge series of splitters and adapters to plug in 100 of these, and now my car 

uses no gas at all. In fact it actually generates fuel as I drive. Starting with an empty tank, I put in one drop

of gas, plugged in my FuelShark array, and started driving. Ten minutes later, my gas tank was so full it 

overflowed and started spraying gas all over the road. Now I sell gas to chumps who don't know about 

the FuelShark. In less than a month I've earned enough money to begin construction of a power plant that

 will harness over 9000 FuelSharks to generate enough free energy to run a large factory. The factory will

 produce 100,000 FuelSharks every day. In one week, the entire planet will be powered by FuelSharks. 

In one month, spacecraft will be launched to Mars in order to disassemble it for material for more FuelSharks.

 In one year, most of the solar system will be converted into FuelSharks, providing enough energy for

 humans to colonize the entire galaxy.

Rain in Iowa

73º and overcast here in Clarinda - another 1/2 inch rain overnight and more predicted today.

As we drove west from Marengo, IA to home last Monday we stopped and visited with friends we have made at some Bluegrass Festivals we have attended this summer - Harold and Elaine Brown - near Indianola, IA.

They are both 88 and have some health issues, but like to dance when they can at the festivals.

 Harold built this underground house in the early 70's and all the buildings on the place.  We had a nice visit with them and went into Indianola to eat lunch and visit some more.  He did farm, but then ran a tiling, bulldozing business for years.  Now he rents out the ground and they enjoy life.

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This was recently published as the way the new Bank Iowa building will look

This is the way it looked 2 weeks ago.  Today it is torn down
The bank is not in this building, but are/have been a block east
for many years now.  This building housed a bank many years ago.

Till later, Lynn