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 03 January 2012
My friends New Year resolution: "To drink only when I am in the company of others or by myself"

 05 October 2011
Posted - 5/10/2011 : 18:44 in WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY? (NEW)

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gearce wrote:
I started a new topic 'Inspirational and Motivational Stories' but it seems to have disappeared ...... Was it moderated?

I never got a reply so I don't know what happened ...... Anyway I'll try again

From a Collection of Inspirational and Motivational Stories and Poems.
A book in the Best Loved Classics series by BPI Inc. MCMXLIX



PUPPIES FOR SALE
(Author unknown)

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy.

"Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."

"Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "these puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money."

The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?"

"Sure," said the farmer.

And with that he let out a whistle,"Here,Dolly!" he called.

Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight.

As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared; this one noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up.

"I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt.

The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would."

With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands."

With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the little pup. Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy.

"How much?" asked the little boy.

"No charge," answered the farmer, "There's no charge for love."



The world is full of people who need someone who understands.

 30 June 2011
I will address both "when" calendars repeat with the same day/date combination, and "how often" calendars repeat with the same day/date combination.
First: "When"
There is a very simple pattern for determining "when" calendars repeat with the same day/date combinations. Define any year as one of four things: a "leap year", the "1st year after a leap year", the "2nd year after a leap year", or the "3rd year after a leap year". Add 28 to a "leap year" to get the next year that it will repeat. Add 6 to the "1st year after a leap year" to get the next year that it will repeat; add 11 to the "2nd year after a leap year" to get the next year that it will repeat. Also add 11 to the "3rd year after a leap year" to get the next year that it repeats. Ex: 2010 is the 2nd yr after a leap year and will repeat in 2010 + 11 = 2021. 2011 repeats in 2022; 2012 repeats in 2040; 2013 repeats in 2019; 2014 repeats in 2025; 2015 repeats in 2026; 2016 repeats in 2044; 2017 repeats in 2023; and so on.
Now for "how often" they repeat:
Any leap year will repeat in exactly the same way every 28 years.
Any "1st yr after a leap yr" will repeat in a 6-11-11 cycle, ie, it will repeat in 6 yrs, then come up again in 11 yrs, come up again in 11 more yrs, and again in 6 yrs, etc.
Both "2nd yr after a leap yr" and "3rd yr after a leap yr" will repeat in an 11-11-6 cycle.
Notice the patterns involve 6, 11, and 28. Even the cycles of 6-11-11 and 11-11-6 both add to 28.


Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Discuss:How_often_in_years_do_calendars_repeat_with_the_same_day-date_combinations#ixzz1QjEPtomV

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2022&country=29




 28 August 2010


 25 July 2010
Here is one of the most well-loved psalms translated into Scots (but not by me). The gentle, couthie nature of the Scots words adds even more warmth to this memorable song.

23rd. Psalm in Scots


 he Lord is my Shepherd in nocht am I wantin'
In the haugh o' green girse does He mak me lie doon 
While mony puir straiglers are bleatin' and pantin'
By saft-flowin' burnies He leads me at noon.

When aince I had strayed far awa in the bracken,
And daidled till gloamin' cam ower a' the hills,
Nae dribble o' water my sair drooth to slacken,
And dark grow'd the nicht wi' its haars and its chills.

Awa frae the fauld, strayin' fit-sair and weary,
I thocht I had naethin' tae dae but tae dee.
He socht me and fand me in mountain hechts dreary,
He gangs by fell paths which He kens best for me.

And noo, for His name's sake, I'm dune wi' a' fearin'
Though cloods may aft gaither and soughin' win's blaw.
"Hoo this?" or "Hoo that?" -- oh, prevent me frae spearin'
His will is aye best, and I daurna say "Na".

The valley o' death winna fleg me to thread it,
Through awfu' the darkness, I weel can foresee.
Wi' His rod and His staff He wull help me to tread it,
Then wull its shadows, sae gruesome, a' flee.

Forfochen in presence o' foes that surround me,
My Shepherd a table wi' denties has spread.
The Thyme and the Myrtle blaw fragrant aroond me,
He brims a fu' cup and poors oil on my head.

Surely guidness an' mercy, despite a' my roamin'
Wull gang wi' me doon tae the brink o' the river.
Ayont it nae mair o' the eerie an' gloamin'
I wull bide in the Hame o' my Faither for ever.

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