Forwarded message
From: Ken W
Date: 10 August 2017 at 06:18
Subject: Fwd: Found these Pictures very interesting
| you probably have seen some of these fotos before now
Rare Historical
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Forwarded message
From: Ken W
Date: 8 August 2017 at 08:30
Subject: Fwd: Lexophile
Lexophile……."Lexophile" is a word used to describe those who have a love for words, such as
"you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish", or "to write with a broken pencil
is pointless.
A competition to see who can come up with the best lexophiles
is held every year. This year’s winning submission is posted at the very end.When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.
A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.
The batteries were given out free of charge.
A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.
A will is a dead giveaway.
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
A boiled egg is hard to beat.
When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.
Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old
was resisting a rest.Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off ?
He’s all right now.A bicycle can’t stand alone; it’s just two tired.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.
He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
When she saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she’d dye.
Acupuncture is a jab well done. That’s the point of it.
AND THE CREAM OF THE TWISTED CROP:
Those who get too big for their pants will be totally exposed in the end.
ALWAYS LAUGH WHEN YOU CAN – – IT’S CHEAP MEDICINE!
Forwarded message
From: Ken W
Date: 19 July 2017 at 02:27
Subject: Fwd: To children of the greatest generation
Born in the 1930s and early 40s, we exist as a very special age cohort. We are the Silent Generation.
We are the smallest number of children born since the early 1900s. We are the "last ones."
We are the last generation, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the impact of a world at war which rattled the structure of our daily lives for years.
We are the last to remember ration books for everything from gas to sugar to shoes to stoves.
Wesaved tin foil and poured fat into tin cans.
We hand mixed ’white stuff’ with ‘yellow stuff’ to make fake butter.
We saw cars up on blocks because tires weren’t available.
We can remember milk being delivered to our house early in the morning and placed in the “milk box” on the porch. [A friend’s mother
delivered milk in a horse drawn cart.] We sometimes fed the horse, and our dog, Spot, a Fox Terrier, would greet the milkman when he made our delivery, then he would ride in Glenn’s truck til the end of his route, when Glenn would drive by the house and let Spot off the truck just in time to greet us coming home from elementary school.
We are the last to hear Roosevelt ‘s radio assurances and to see gold stars in the front windows of our grieving neighbors.
We can also remember the parades on August 15, 1945; VJ Day.
We saw the ‘boys’ home from the war, build their Cape Cod style houses, pouring the cellar, tar papering it over and living there until they could afford the time and money to build it out.
We remember trying to buy a new car after the war. The new cars were coming through with wooden bumpers.
We are the last generation who spent childhood without television; instead we imagined what we heard on the radio.
As we all like to brag, with no TV, we spent our childhood "playing outside until the street lights came on."
We did play outside and we did play on our own.
There was no little league.
There was no city playground for kids.
To play in the water, we turned the fire hydrants on and ran through the spray.
The lack of television in our early years meant, for most of us, that we had little real understanding of what the world was like.
Our Saturday afternoons, if at the movies, gave us newsreels of the war sandwiched in between westerns and cartoons.
Telephones were one to a house, often shared and hung on the wall.
Computers were called calculators, they only added and were hand cranked; typewriters were driven by pounding fingers, throwing the carriage, and changing the ribbon.
The ‘internet’ and ‘GOOGLE’ were words that didn’t exist.
Newspapers and magazines were written for adults and the news was broadcast on our table radio in the evening by H.V Kaltenborne and Gabriel Heatter.
We are the last group who had to find out for ourselves.
As we grew up, the country was exploding with growth.
The G.I. Bill gave returning veterans the means to get an education and spurred colleges to grow.
VA loans fanned a housing boom.
Pent up demand coupled with new installment payment plans put factories to work.
New highways would bring jobs and mobility.
The veterans joined civic clubs and became active in politics.
In the late 40’s and early 50’s the country seemed to lie in the embrace of brisk but quiet order as it gave birth to its new middle class (which became known as ‘Baby Boomers’).
The radio network expanded from 3 stations to thousands of stations.
The telephone started to become a common method of communications and "Faxes" sent hard copy around the world.
Our parents were suddenly free from the confines of the depression and the war and they threw themselves into exploring opportunities they had never imagined.
We weren’t neglected but we weren’t today’s all-consuming family focus.
They were glad we played by ourselves ‘until the street lights came on.’
They were busy discovering the post war world.
Most of us had no life plan, but with the unexpected virtue of ignorance and an economic rising tide we simply stepped into the world and started to find out what the world was about.
We entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where we were welcomed.
Based on our naive belief that there was more where this came from, we shaped life as we went.
We enjoyed a luxury; we felt secure in our future. Of course, just as today, not all Americans shared in this experience.
Depression poverty was deep rooted.
Polio was still a crippler.
The Korean War was a dark presage in the early 50s and by mid-decade school children were ducking under desks.
Russia built the “Iron Curtain” and China became Red China .
Eisenhower sent the first ‘advisers’ to Vietnam ; and years later, we went towar there.
Castro set up camp in Cuba and Khrushchev came to power.
We are the last generation to experience an interlude when there were no existential threats to our homeland.
We came of age in the 40s and early 50s. The war was over and the cold war, terrorism, technological upheaval, “global warming”, and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life with insistent unease.
Only our generation can remember both a time of apocalyptic war and a time when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty. We have lived through both.
We grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better. not worse.
We are the Silent Generation – "The Last Ones".
More than 99.9% of us are either retired or deceased, and
feel privileged to have"lived in the best of times"!
From: Carol Z
Date: 5 July 2017 at 02:10
Subject: God Bless America
“America’s fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.”
Praying & giving thanks for our armed services who are fighting to protect us and keep us free. Also praying for all of you that you have a safe holiday.
Forwarded message
From: Terry
Date: 20 June 2017 at 15:49
Subject: Fwd: Just for a laugh
Hi everyone! Perhaps not a politically correct camel, but some good laughs in these!
Hope you are all well. Best wishes.
Terry
Trump rule or not, it’s a good idea.
Forwarded message
From: Ken W
Date: 3 June 2017 at 14:19
This email should bring everyone together to get behind these issues
no matter what side of the isle you are on as a tax payer.
Trump is asking everyone to forward this email to a minimum of 20
people, and to ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in the United States will have the message
This is an idea that should be passed around, regardless of political
party.
The TRUMP Rule
Congressional Reform Act of 2017
1 No Tenure/No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in
office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
2. Congress (past, present, & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social
Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social
Security system, and Congress participates with the American people.
It may not be used for any other purpose. [and I add that all Social
Security funds are to be removed from the General fund and used only
for Social Security payments]
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional
pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in
the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void
effective 5/1/17. The American people did not make this contract with
Congressmen/women.
Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress
is an honor, not a career The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen
legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and go
back to work.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people, then it will only
take three days for most people in the U.S. to receive the message.
It’s time
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!
Pass it on!!!
Forwarded message
From: Ken W
Date: 25 May 2017 at 07:29
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Fwd: Friendship
It was national friendship week in April. I just received this so consider this friendship day.
FROM ONE FRIEND TO ANOTHER
Take two minutes to read these sayings and be sure to read all the way to the bottom:
Written by Andy Rooney, a man who had the gift of saying so much with so few words
Rooney has passed away but used to be on CBS’s 60 Minutes TV show.
I’ve learned….
That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I’ve learned….
That when you’re in love, it shows.
I’ve learned …..
That just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day.
I’ve learned….
That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
I’ve learned…..
That being kind is more important than being right.
I’ve learned….
That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I’ve learned….
That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in any other way.
I’ve learned….
That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I’ve learned….
That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I’ve learned….
That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
.
I’ve learned….
That money doesn’t buy class.
I’ve learned….
That it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I’ve learned…
That under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I’ve learned…..
That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I’ve learned…
That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I’ve learned….
That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am..
I’ve learned….
That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I’ve learned….
That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I’ve learned…
That life is tough, but I’m tougher.
I’ve learned…
That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones
you miss.
.
I’ve learned….
That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.
I’ve learned….
That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I’ve learned…
That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I’ve learned…..
That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, you’re hooked for life. (this happened to me when we went to adopt our daughter)
I’ve learned….
That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
I’ve learned….
That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
To all of you…..
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.
It’s National Friendship Week..Show your friends how much you care.
Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it back to the person who sent it to you.
If it comes back to you, then you’ll know you have a circle of friends.
HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK TO YOU!
YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!
Now send this to every friend you have! This was sent to me by a friend.
Forwarded message
From: Ken W
Date: 13 May 2017 at 06:36
Subject: Fwd: God bless them all
Lest we forget. Thanks to Lenny. CW
Thanks to ALL of you who served!!!!!!! We are GRATEFUL!!!
Subject: Please circulate this before May 30
| With Memorial Day just around the corner, PLEASE view and forward. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eEs4ke7cdNQ?feature=player_detailpage%25 |
Forwarded message
From: Ken W
Date: 5 May 2017 at 04:25
Subject: Fwd: Talk about unusual photos!!
OLD PHOTOS WITH CAPTIONS
Here is the way they parked cars in NYC during the 1930’s.
Wouldn’t you love to own this group of cars today?!
Righting the overturned hull of USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, 19 March 1943
A worker helping to build the Empire State Building in the 1930’s, during the Great Depression era.
No safety equipment used here and very dangerous work.
In the Paluxy River, in Glen Rose, Texas, they found human AND
dinosaur footprints in the clay.
This is what NYC looked like in the late 1800’s. A busy place. I wonder who had the job
of picking up all the road apples from the horses?
The USS Ranger….the first Aircraft Carrier. Just look at the Bi-Planes!
A Normandy Beach landing photo they don’t show in textbooks –
Brave women of the Red Cross arriving in 1944 to help the injured troops, WWII.
Library hidden in a cave, a unique repository of ancient manuscripts known as the Library Cave. A hidden cache of 50,000 books
and rolls dating from ca. 500 to 1002 AD that were deemed heretical and hidden in the cave since the early 11th century.
"Second Class Saloon…The saloon that Wyatt Earp and wife owned in Nome, Alaska between 1887-1901
He knew where the money was!
It took big cajones to be a steel worker during this period, where they weren’t
required to use any safety lines. I mean BIG!
This crew was working on the Woolworth Bldg., NYC, in 1926. Like I said…BIG ONES!
Atlanta in the Civil War before Gen. Sherman burned the city to the ground.
New Orleans circa 1906. "Italian headquarters, Madison Street." The streets were still dirt!
This woman!! She cost many American servicemen theirs lives! Actress Jane Fonda sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun during her 1972 visit to the country,
as a protest against the Vietnam War. POW handed her pieces of paper with SS# on it, she gave the list to the Vietnamese, the soldiers were executed later that same day!!
On July 10, 1913, Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
You remember 20 mule team Borax’ ?
A cool photo of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, in 1928.
Baptism in the river. From "Appalachian Life" photographic study.
Child soldier – in desperation the Nazi’s used many of these children often as fodder for
front line diversionary actions. These children didn’t have a chance.
No other family in American history has suffered a wartime loss like that of Waterloo’s Sullivan family. The Sullivans
gave up their five sons in a World War II tragedy that has never been forgotten.
They all were serving on the same ship that was sunk. The Navy changed its policy, after that tragedy, about next of kin serving on the same ship.
lleta Sullivan reads a letter from the U.S. Navy. She received two letters from F.D.R. in February of 1943. The first informed her of the death of her five sons in the line of duty, the second sent later requested her presence at the christening of the destroyer U.S.S. Sullivans named in their honor.
Forwarded message
From: Ken W
Date: 29 April 2017 at 21:16
Subject: Fwd: The lady plumber
the following says it correctly :
"The HOLOCAUST was not just a Jewish massacre; far less Jews were annihilated than were Christians, most being Lutherans" . . . sad that side of the story is NEVER said about the Holocaust.
Remember this
lady?
Irena SendlerDied: May 12, 2008 (aged 98)
Warsaw, Poland
During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the
Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.
She had an ulterior motive.
Irena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of
the tool box she carried. She also carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck, for larger kids.
Irena kept a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.
During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save
2500 kids/infants.
Ultimately, she was caught, however, and the Nazi’s broke both of her legs and arms and beat her severely.
Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she had smuggled out, In a glass jar that she buried under a tree in her back yard.After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and tried to reunite the family.Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.
In 2007 Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize.
She was not selected.In MEMORIAM – 65 YEARS LATER
I’m doing my small part by forwarding this message. I hope you’ll consider doing the same. It is now more than 65 years since the Second World War in Europe ended.This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, In memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, mostly Lutherans and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated!
Now, more than ever, with Iran , and others, claiming the HOLOCAUST to be ‘a myth’, It’s imperative to make sure the world never forgets, Because there are others who would like to do it again.
This e-mail is intended to reach 40 million people worldwide!
Join us and be a link in the memorial chain and help us distribute it around the world. Please send this e-mail to people you know and ask them to continue the memorial chain.
Please don’t just delete it. It will only take you a minute to pass this along.
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