Hippie Jims C&P's

[the1much]

to ALL service people, AND their families,,,,,,
me and my family,,,, LOVE YOU ALL
Thank-YOU
and ALL the best wish's for you being away from your own family.

Jim & Family

 

[Opa]

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For some strange reason I find myself agreeing with that.

 

[Opa]

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And I definately again with this one. May God keep all of you safe.

 

[thechickenchick]

You have done it again Jim. I missed a few posts and was just catching up. You have managed to make me laugh and cry in the same 5 minutes. Keep it up. We would miss you if you didn't! I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

 

[the1much]

we did

and Thank-You

hope you all had a great Thankies Day ,, and hope the "upcomming " ( too many dang politically correct names for x-mas

) Holidays.

 

[the1much]

NATURAL HIGHS

1. Falling in love.


2. Laughing
so hard your face hurts.


3. A
hot shower.


4. No
lines at the supermarket
.


5. A
special glance.


6. Getting
mail.


7. Taking
a drive on a pretty road.


8. Hearing
your favorite song on the radio.


9. Lying
in bed listening to the rain outside.


10. Hot
towels fresh out of the dryer.


11. Chocolate
milkshake (vanilla or strawberry).


12. A
bubble bath.


13. Giggling.


15. The
beach.


16. Finding
a 20 dollar bill in your coat from last winter.


17. Laughing
at yourself.


18. Looking
into their eyes and knowing they Love you


19. Midnight
phone calls that last for hours.


20. Running
through sprinklers.






21. Laughing
for absolutely no reason at all.


22. Having
someone tell you that you're beautiful.


23. Laughing
at an inside joke with FRIENDS


24. Accidentally
overhearing someone say something nice about you.


25. Waking
up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.


26. Your
first kiss (either the very first or with a new partner).


27. Making
new friends or spending time with old ones.


28. Playing
with a new puppy.


29. Having
someone play with your hair.


30. Sweet
dreams.


31. Hot
chocolate.






32. Road
trips with friends.


33. Swinging
on swings.


34. Making
eye contact with a cute stranger.


35. Making
chocolate chip cookies.


36. Having
your friends send you homemade cookies.


37. Holding
hands with someone you care about.


38. Running
into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change.


39. Watching
the expression on someone's face as they open a much desired present from
you.


40. Watching
the sunrise.


41. Getting
out of bed every morning and being grateful for another beautiful day.


42. Knowing
that somebody misses you.


43. Getting
a hug from someone you care about deeply.


44. Knowing
you've done the right thing, no matter what other people think.

 

[the1much]

THIS IS A CHRISTMAS TREE, NOTHING ELSE.

This is NOT a Holiday Tree

This is a Christmas tree.
It is not a Hanukkah bush,
It is not an Allah plant,
It is not a Kawanza shrub
It is not a Holiday hedge.
It is a Christmas tree.
Say it... CHRISTmas , CHRISTmas , CHRISTmas
Yes. CHRISTmas - celebrating

The Birth of Jesus Christ!!!

If this offends you...too bad.

Get over it ~

Take a stand and pass this on !!

Jesus is the reason for the season... Amen!!!!!

Merry CHRISTmas to You!

 

[miss_jayne]

well done. well done. well done.

 

[the1much]

Carl's Garden



Carl was a quiet man. He didn't talk much. He would always greet you
with a big smile and a firm handshake.



Even after living in our neighborhood for over 50 years, no one could
really say they knew him very well.



Before his retirement, he took the bus to work each morning. The lone
sight of him walking down the street often worried us.



He had a slight limp from a bullet wound received in WWII.



Watching him, we worried that although he had survived WWII, he may
not make it through our changing uptown neighborhood with its
ever-increasing random violence, gangs, and drug activity.



When he saw the flyer at our local church asking for volunteers for
caring for the gardens behind the minister's residence, he responded
in his characteristically unassuming manner. Without fanfare, he just
signed up.


He was well into his 87th year when the very thing we had always
feared finally happened.



He was just finishing his watering for the day when three gang members
approached him. Ignoring their attempt to intimidate him, he simply
asked, 'Would you like a drink from the hose?'



The tallest and toughest-looking of the three said, 'Yeah, sure,' with
a malevolent little smile.



As Carl offered the hose to him, the other two grabbed Carl's arm,
throwing him down. As the hose snaked crazily over the ground, dousing
everything in its way, Carl's assailants stole his retirement watch
and his wallet, and then fled.



Carl tried to get himself up, but he had been thrown down on his bad
leg. He lay there trying to gather himself as the minister came
running to help him.



Although the minister had witnessed the attack from his window, he
couldn't get there fast enough to stop it.



'Carl, are you okay? Are you hurt?' the minister kept asking as he
helped Carl to his feet.



Carl just passed a hand over his brow and sighed, shaking his head.
'Just some punk kids. I hope they'll wise-up someday.'



His wet clothes clung to his slight frame as he bent to pick up the
hose. He adjusted the nozzle again and started to water.



Confused and a little concerned, the minister asked, 'Carl, what are
you doing?' 'I've got to finish my watering. It's been very dry
lately,' came the calm reply.

Satisfying himself that Carl really was all right, the minister could
only marvel. Carl was a man from a different time and place.



A few weeks later the three returned. Just as before their threat was

unchallenged. Carl again offered them a drink from his hose



This time they didn't rob him. They wrenched the hose from his hand
and drenched him head to foot in the icy water.



When they had finished their humiliation of him, they sauntered off
down the street, throwing catcalls and curses, falling over one
another laughing at the hilarity of what they had just done.



Carl just watched them. Then he turned toward the warmth giving sun,
picked up his hose, and went on with his watering.



The summer was quickly fading into fall. Carl was doing some tilling
when he was startled by the sudden approach of someone behind him. He
stumbled and fell into someevergreen branches.



As he struggled to regain his footing, he turned to see the tall
leader of his summer tormentors reaching down for him. He braced
himself for the expected attack.



'Don't worry old man, I'm not gonna hurt you this time.'

The young man spoke softly, still offering the tattooed and scarred
hand to Carl. As he helped Carl get up, the man pulled a crumpled bag
from his pocket and han ded it to Carl.



'What's this?' Carl asked. 'It's your stuff,' the man
explained. 'It's
your stuff back. Even the money in your wallet.' 'I don't
understand,'
Carl said. 'Why would you help me now?'



The man shifted his feet, seeming embarrassed and ill at ease. 'I
learned something from you,' he said. 'I ran with that gang and hurt
people like you. We picked you because you were old and we knew we
could do it. But every time we came and did something to you, instead
of yelling and fighting back, you tried to give us a drink. You didn't
hate us for hating you. You kept showing love against our hate.'



He stopped for a moment. 'I couldn't sleep after we stole your stuff,
so here it is back.'



He paused for another awkward moment, not knowing what more there was
to say. 'That bag's my way of saying thanks for straightening me out,
I guess.' And with that, he walked off down the street.



Carl looked down at the sack in his hands and gingerly opened it. He
took out his retirement watch and put it back on his wrist. Opening
his wallet, he checked for his wedding photo. He gazed for a moment at
the young bride that still smiled back at him from all those years
ago.



He died one cold day after Christmas that winter. Many people attended
his funeral in spite of the weather.



In particular the minister noticed a tall young man that he didn't
know sitting quietly in a distant corner of the church.



The minister spoke of Carl's garden as a lesson in life.

In a voice made thick with unshed tears, he said, 'Do your best and
make your garden as beautiful as you can. We will never forget Carl
and his garden.'



The following spring another flyer went up. It read: 'Person needed to
care for Carl's garden.'



The flyer went unnoticed by the busy parishioners u ntil one d ay when
a knock was heard at the minister's office door.



Opening the door, the minister saw a pair of scarred and tattooed
hands holding the flyer. 'I believe this is my job, if you'll have
me,' the young man said.

The minister recognized him as the same young man who had returned the
stolen watch and wallet to Carl.



He knew that Carl's kindness had turned this man's life around. As the
minister handed him the keys to the garden shed, he said, 'Yes, go
take care of Carl's garden and honor him.'



The man went to work and, over the next several years, he tended the
flowers and vegetables just as Carl had done.



During that time, he went to college, got married, and became a
prominent member of the community. But he never forgot his promise to
Carl's memory and kept the garden as beautiful as he thought Carl
would have kept it.



One day he approached the new minister and told h im that he couldn't
care for the garden any longer. He explained with a shy and happy
smile, 'My wife just had a baby boy last night, and she's bringing him
home on Saturday.'



'Well, congratulations!' said the minister, as he was handed the
garden shed keys. 'That's wonderful! What's the baby's
name?'

'Carl,' he replied

 

[the1much]

DID YOU KNOW?
by Andy Rooney

As you walk up the steps to the
building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court
you can see near the top of the building a row
of the world's law givers and each one is
facing one in the middle who is facing forward
with a full frontal view ... it is Moses and he
is holding the Ten Commandments!


DID YOU KNOW?

As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments
Engraved on each lower portion of each door.


DID YOU KNOW?


As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see

The wall, right above where the Supreme Court
judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!


DID YOU KNOW?
There are Bible verses etched in stone all
over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in
Washington , D.C.


DID YOU KNOW?
James Madison, the fourth president, known as
'The Father of Our Constitution' made the
following statement:


' We have staked the whole of all our political
institutions upon the capacity of mankind for
self-government, upon the capacity of each and
all of us to govern ourselves, to control
ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to
the Ten Commandments of God.'

DID YOU KNOW?


Every session of Congress begins with a prayer
by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid
by the taxpayer since 1777.


DID YOU KNOW?
Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the
Constitution were members of the established
orthodox churches in the colonies.


DID YOU KNOW?
Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would
overstep their authority and instead of
interpreting the law would begin making law
an oligarchy

the rule of few over many.


How then, have we gotten to the point that
everything we have done for 220 years in this
country is now suddenly wrong and
unconstitutional?

Let's put it around the world and let the world
see and remember what this great country was
built on


It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God.
Therefore, it is very hard to understand
why there is such a mess about having the Ten
Commandments on display or 'In God We Trust'
on our money and having God in the Pledge of
Allegiance.

Why don't we just tell the other 14% to

Sit Down and SHUT UP!!!