HOSER!!!...where you been???

[bigpoppapuff]

that's you,newf!!!...

[Monk]

that's you,newf!!!...

And here I was thinking it was me! Send me that rugby info there Sid and I can check out some places here....



-W.

[Newfie]

Thanks for asking Sid.

If I may quote a PM I sent to a Brother on this board yesterday who asked how and where I've been, and was everything OK:

snip...Things are going great (but real busy), thanks for asking. As an example, this past weekend, I taught at the college both days, last night was bowling (mixed league), Tuesday is bowling (mens league), Wednesday is golf league, Thursday is Weight Watchers and we go out for dinner after. This weekend I'm golfing Saturday morning then off to the airport to pick up my sister who's coming for the weekend. Next week, I go through the same schedule and the weekend of the 23rd, I teach at the college again. In between all that, I have to fit in work, chores and try to workout at the gym. Don't leave much time for sleep or cigars, does it??...snip

Just this morning, I came across something that I'd seen before. I took a lesson from it years ago, and it looks as if I need to take that course again. Here it is:

When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.

They agreed it was. The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car. The sand is everything else---the small stuff.

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled.

"I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

Feel free to substitute smoke, chat, e-mail, phone call, whatever for coffee here.

Thanks again for asking Sid.

[Dickson]

Slow down buddy........

[Cabaiguan Juan]

Slow down buddy........

Like the great Ferris Bueller once said: Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

[Newfie]

Like the great Ferris Bueller once said: Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Was it Ferris who said "Every once in a while, you just have to say "What the fuck"". Or maybe that was Tom Cruise!!