I was looking in the Fellowship Hall Archives and found this and thought it might be fun to post some Threads from the past! What do you think?
Posted by IAin'tMovin on 2-15-07
This is Dog Funny.................
I dont remember if Dan ever posted this on NFCF, but he posted it over on another forum and it is totally dog funny in my book......here it is.
Here goes!
Recently, I had a funeral that required the use of our local "honor guard". They perform the taps and the 21 gun salute at military funerals.
Bless their hearts...they are older guys...half of them cant get the guns up so they shoot from the hip.!
Anyways...I have told these guys to please make sure when they set up before my arrival to make sure they stand in a way that they are not aiming at the family!
A couple of weeks ago I had the honor to bury Mr. Verdin. He was 104 and was a WW1 Veteran. He had a sharp mind...often I would sit in the barber shop and talk things like the "Titanic". Amzing man.
Well...there we were under the tent....beautiful day....flag flying....67 grand children including greats and great greats.
Father Danny was going on and on and on....Mrs Verdin (94) falls sound asleep and is snoring and slumped over in her chair.
Of course I am supposed to be the picture of all that is solid.....
Well.....it comes time to fire the guns........"Ready.....aim....fire"!
When they shot the first volley....it scared Mrs Verdin so bad she slid out of her chair and hit the ground. And to my HOROR...her 8 year old great great grandson screams at the top of his little lungs...."...BEEP.... THEY DONE SHOT GRANDMA!"
Well. by now I am laughing so hard I am about to completely lose all composure.
Does it stop there? NO!
They fire the second volley..."BAM" the boys runs towards them screaming "STOP SHOOTING YOU ....BEEP..... are you trying to kill us all"!
By now me and the entire family are dying laughing....the honor guard has NO idea of what is going on...
I had tears running down my face trying so hard not to lose it while trying to fold the flag and present it to the family!
Oh my the things that happen in funerals.
Been Thinkin
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"From the time you're born, 'til you ride in the hearse, there ain't nothing bad that couldn't be worse!"
LIFE: Some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant!
I have ... Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia! The fear of long words.
"Prediction is very hard, especially about the future." - Yogi Berra
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave in reflection." - Thomas Paine
Apparently I don't belong in college...
Or...well..anywhere else it appears.
I took this nifty little assessment today that scored me on 10 different areas. It's kind of interesting.
The scores go from 1% to 100%.
The first area is anxiety. I scored 50%. That's not necessarily good, not necessarily bad. Ok, life goes on.
The second area is attitude. I scored a 20%. Hmm. That's not so good. It says I may not believe college is relevant or necessary for achieving my goals. Well......not exactly....
The third area is concentration. I think I broke the program. 1%. That ADHD I've been told I have but never diagnosed? Yeah..I might really have it.
Oh here's a good one! Information processing. 90%. Apparently, I'm really, really good at applying what I hear and see to real life. That, apparently, saves my life more than I really realized. At least according to this assessment.
Motivation. I guess I'm not very motivated either. Which is odd..cuz pretty much once I decide I'm doing something, I do it. Period. Is that motivation or just pure mule-headedness though? Oh, I scored 30%. I need to accept more responsibility for my education. Would really take up too much space to include a full response, but yeah..I'm responsible for my own education and I'm feeling pretty good about how that's working for me. lol
The next area is self testing, or how well do I check to see if I'm learning stuff before I have to prove it to someone else. Apparently, I'm no good at this. 20%.
Selecting main ideas (from a text or lecture). Not good. 15%. Good thing I have photographic memory and just remember it all (short term at least) heh
Study aids!? 30%. lol I don't know how to use resources. I'm thinking, if I can't concentrate..(and honestly that score is probably 100% accurate..lol) I'm doing mighty fine on this...just maybe not the way anyone else would like me to. lol
Time management. 15%. Well...since it all gets done, on time (nothing's been turned in late, or incomplete yet) and juggle 4 kids and 2 jobs on top of it..I must be doing something right.
Test strategies. Woot...30%. That was actually higher than I expected. I might need to learn a better way to study for a test. Well..I won't argue that.
This whole thing just cracked me up though.
nahkoe, are you doing any better in 2010? Just wondering!
Been Thinkin
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"From the time you're born, 'til you ride in the hearse, there ain't nothing bad that couldn't be worse!"
LIFE: Some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant!
I have ... Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia! The fear of long words.
"Prediction is very hard, especially about the future." - Yogi Berra
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave in reflection." - Thomas Paine
nahkoe, are you doing any better in 2010? Just wondering!
Been Thinkin
LOL! Still in college...still parenting four kids, still working. Still turning things in on time. Actually just did 16 weeks worth of tests in 3 classes in 4 weeks, and moved 1400 miles in the middle of a semester. Must be getting better at this thing.
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You become free from who you have become, by becoming who you were meant to be. ~Mark from another forum I post on
God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. ~Romans 3:24 from The Message
LOL! Still in college...still parenting four kids, still working. Still turning things in on time. Actually just did 16 weeks worth of tests in 3 classes in 4 weeks, and moved 1400 miles in the middle of a semester. Must be getting better at this thing.
arch ae ology....let's see, what does that mean? Maybe I could ask JTullock and Jeffery. I'm sure one of them could explain what it means in 25 or 30 pages. Ha ha
Enjoyed looking at some of the older material. It's amazing what you can find in the archives.
Been Thinkin
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"From the time you're born, 'til you ride in the hearse, there ain't nothing bad that couldn't be worse!"
LIFE: Some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant!
I have ... Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia! The fear of long words.
"Prediction is very hard, especially about the future." - Yogi Berra
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave in reflection." - Thomas Paine
Last edited by BeenThinkin; 04-22-2010 at 09:31 PM.
I received this email this morning from a retired C.of Christ minister.
Every time I am asked to pray, I think of the old deacon who always prayed, "Lord, prop us up on our leanin' side."
After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently.
He answered, "Well sir, you see, it's like this....I got an old barn out back. It's been there a long time; it's withstood a lot of weather; it's gone through a lot of storms; and it's stood for many years. It's still standing, but one day I noticed it was leaning to one side a bit. So I went and got some pine poles and propped it up on its leaning side so it wouldn't fall.
Then I got to thinking 'bout that and how much I was like that old barn. I been around a long time; I've withstood a lot of life's storms; I've withstood a lot of bad weather in life; I've withstood a lot of hard times; and I'm still standing too. But I find myself leaning to one side from time to time, so I like to ask the Lord to prop us up on our leaning side, 'cause I figure a lot of us get to leaning at times.
Sometime we get to leaning toward anger, leaning toward bitterness, leaning toward hatred, leaning toward cussing, leaning toward a lot of things that we shouldn't, so we need to pray, 'Lord, prop us up on our leaning side,' so we will stand straight and tall again."
-- Author Unknown
Good stuff...
Been Thinkin
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"From the time you're born, 'til you ride in the hearse, there ain't nothing bad that couldn't be worse!"
LIFE: Some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant!
I have ... Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia! The fear of long words.
"Prediction is very hard, especially about the future." - Yogi Berra
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave in reflection." - Thomas Paine
LOL! Still in college...still parenting four kids, still working. Still turning things in on time. Actually just did 16 weeks worth of tests in 3 classes in 4 weeks, and moved 1400 miles in the middle of a semester. Must be getting better at this thing.
Why the move Nahkoe?
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Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
LOL! Still in college...still parenting four kids, still working. Still turning things in on time. Actually just did 16 weeks worth of tests in 3 classes in 4 weeks, and moved 1400 miles in the middle of a semester. Must be getting better at this thing.
I was thinking about you just today. Hope you're doing well!
I thought this thread was going to be another thread on standards. lol
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Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
Still turning things in on time. Actually just did 16 weeks worth of tests in 3 classes in 4 weeks, and moved 1400 miles in the middle of a semester. Must be getting better at this thing. 
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