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This seat belt ad should be seen by everyone

Man about to drive with no belt

This is a “wear your seatbelt” ad from the UK.  It was made in 2010 by some dude who was not hired to do it.  But, because the cause is important to him, he came up with the idea.  It’s now being hailed around the world as a beautiful and …

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The Porch

Old white porch

A blonde teenage girl, wanting to earn some extra money for the Summer, decided to hire herself out as a ‘handy-woman’ and started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighborhood. She went to the front door of the first house, and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for her …

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Bombshell

2 color photos of Hedy Lamarr

BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW THIS. It all started with a skin flick. In 1933, a beautiful, young Austrian woman took off her clothes for a movie director. She ran through the woods, naked. She swam in a lake, naked. Pushing well beyond the social norms of the period, the movie …

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No matter how hopeless, no matter how far

football practice

We were going through a normal football practice. Drills were crisp, coaches coaching, everyone hustling and working hard to prepare for the upcoming game…when off in the distance, a line of cars was approaching our practice field! The line stopped at the portion of the practice field we named the …

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Senile Serenity

a group of happy retirees

Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, ‘How old was your husband?’  ’98,’ she replied… Two years older than me’   ‘So you’re 96,’ the undertaker commented…   She responded, ‘Hardly worth going home, is it?’ ~~~~~~~ Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old …

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Why I Like Retirement

2 happy old couples

Question:  How many days in a week?   Answer:  6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday  Question:  When is a retiree’s bedtime?   Answer:  Three hours after he falls asleep on the couch.  Question:  How many retirees to change a light bulb?   Answer:  Only one, but it might take all day.  Question:  …

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Johnny the Bagger

Barbara Gantz and Johnny the Bagger

By Mac Anderson, founder of SimpleTruths.com Many years ago, Barbara Glanz was speaking to 3,000 employees of a large grocery chain. Her speech was on customer service and how to create memories to make the customers want to come back. At the end of her presentation, she put up her …

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Jesus knows you’re here

blue parrot in a cage

A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said,  ‘Jesus knows you’re here?’  He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze.  When he heard nothing more , after a bit, he shook …

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