The Best of Email Forwards |
All-Good Forwards It is interesting to me how may people I know who never or rarely spoke of religious beliefs now frequently forward essentially religious emails that are perfect for the other friend who just forwarded me one perfect for THAT friend . The circle thrives. |
This is the Divine Mercy Chaplet as seen on the cable Catholic network EWTN, daily. THis is both the video of various stunning Christian artwork and the wonderful father and daughters trio that sings the chaplet so powerfully as man appeals to his God for Mercy. It is a zip file you unzip on your computer--then it is a RAM file you watch and hear, a movie about 10 minutes long, a beautiful moment for you. It is the best forward I got so far. It is breathtaking with grace and gifts. I love it but can't ever get cable tv again. Just download this file to a folder you'll remember, then click on it and it will play in Real Player. It shows paintings and statues and stained glass while people ask for mercy. |
This is the RAM file alone. It should play if you click it but you might still have to download it. It came straight off EWTN's web site, free, if you'd rather get it there. |
Maybe this will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1904 ... one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1904: The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarianbetween $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home. Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason. The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30. Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic. There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S. .. And I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to all of you in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years ... it staggers the mind |
In 1904 ...... |
You know you're living in 2004 when... 1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3. 4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you. 5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they don't have e-mail addresses. 6. When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner. 7. When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally dial "9" to get an outside line. 8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies. 10. You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news. 11. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job. 12. Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long-service awards. AND THE REAL CLINCHERS ARE... 13. You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling. 14. As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to all your "friends." 15. You got this email from a friend that never talks to you anymore, except to send you jokes from the net. 16. You are too busy to notice there was no #9. 17. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't #9. 18. AND NOW YOU'RE LAUGHING at yourself!!! |
You Know You're Living in 2004 When..... |
Words to live by, ladies!! I'll be happy when.. We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, when we are able to go on a nice vacation or when we retire. The truth is there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with ... and remember that time waits for no one. So, stop waiting ... Until your car or home is paid off. Until you get a new car or home. Until your kids leave the house. Until you go back to school. Until you finish school. Until you lose 10 lbs. Until you gain 10 lbs. Until you get married. Until you get a divorce. Until you have kids. Until you retire. Until summer.. Until spring. Until winter. Until fall. Until you die. There is no better time than right now to be happy. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and, dance like no one's watching. If you want to brighten someone's day, pass this on to someone special. I just did! . |
BE HERE NOW! |
Think You Know Everything? Think Again! An Anerican dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air is a skein. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. A snail can sleep for three years. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver, or purple. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye." Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump.' "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand; lollipop" with your right. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable". The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze competely solid. The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. There are more chickens than people in the world. There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility." There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. .. ... now you know everything |
You Don't Know It All |
Subject: 15 Things to do at Wal-Mart while your spouse /other is taking his/her sweet time > 15 Things to do at Wal-Mart while your spouse /other is taking his/her sweet > time: > > 1. Pick up condom packages & randomly put them in > peoples carts when they aren't looking. > > 2. Set all the alarm clocks in housewares to go > off at 5 minute intervals. > > 3. Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor to > the rest rooms. > > 4. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an > official tone, 'Code 3 in housewares,'...and see what > happens. > > 5. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of > M&M's on lay away. > > 6. Move a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a > carpeted area. > > 7. Set up a tent in the camping department and > tell other shoppers you'll only invite them in if > they bring pillows from the bedding department. > > 8. When a clerk asks if they can help you, begin > to cry and ask 'Why can't you people just leave me > alone? > > 9. Look right into the security camera and use it > as a mirror while you pick your nose. > > 10. While handling guns in the hunting department > ask the clerk if he knows where the anti-depressants > are. > > 11. Dart around the store suspiciously while > loudly humming the theme from 'Mission Impossible'. > > 12. In the auto department practice your Madonna > look using different size funnels. > > 13. Hide in the clothing rack and when people > browse through say 'PICK ME! PICK ME!!!!!!' > > 14. When an announcement comes over the loud > speaker assume the fetal position and scream 'NO! > It's those voices again'. ! > > and last but not least, > > 15. Go into a fitting room and yell real loud We're out of > toilet paper in here!'. > |
Subject: Fourteen things that took 50 years to learn by Dave Barry > Never under any circustances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same > night. > > If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not > achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be > "meetings." > > There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." > > People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want > you to share yours with them. > > You should not confuse your career, with your life. > > Never lick a steak knife. > > The most destructive force in the universe is gossip. > > You will never find anyone who can give you a clear and compelling reason > why we observe daylight savings time. > > Never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she > is pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that > moment. > > The one thing that unites all human beings , regardless of age , gender, > religion, economic status , or ethnic background etc....., is that deep down > inside, we ALL believe that we are above - average drivers........LOL. > > A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter/waitress, is not a nice > person. (This is very important. Pay attention, It never fails.) > > Your friends LOVE you anyway! > > > Yesterday I had a vision..... Today it looks like another bad decision. > Life goes on come what may, Pick up the pieces and ROLL.................! > > > Fourteen things that it took over 50 yrs. to learn by Dave Barry |
I Can't Believe We Made It! According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or even the early 80's, probably shouldn't have survived. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids or locks on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking ... As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors! We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable! We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms. We had friends! We went outside and found them. We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out any eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors! Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. The idea of parents bailing us out if we got in trouble in school or broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the school or the law. Imagine that! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors, ever. We had freedom, failure, success, and responsibility --- and we learned how to deal with it. And you're one of them! Congratulations. You're welcome to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids before lawyers and government regulated our lives for our own good !!! |
Who Was Jesus THREE PROOFS THAT JESUS WAS MEXICAN His first name was Jesus. He was bilingual. He was always being harassed by the authorities. But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS BLACK He called everybody "brother." He liked Gospel music. He couldn't get a fair trial. But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS JEWISH He went to His Father's business. He lived at home until he was 30. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his Mother was sure he was God. But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS ITALIAN He talked with his hands. He had wine with every meal. He used olive oil. But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS CALIFORNIAN He never cut his hair. He walked around barefoot. He started a new religion. But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS IRISH He never got married. He was always telling stories. He loved green pastures. But then there were equally good arguments that... JESUS WAS A WOMAN He had to feed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was no food. He kept trying to get the message across to a bunch of men who just didn't get it. Even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was more work to do. |
The Average Military Man > > The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, > tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society > as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a > beer, but old enough to die for his country. > He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than > wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either. > > He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, > pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has > a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to > be waiting when he returns from half a world away. > > He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm > Howitzers. He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home > because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk. > > He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can > field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the > dark. He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade > launcher and use either one effectively if he must. He digs foxholes and > latrines and can apply first aid like a professional. > > He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march. He > obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit > or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient. He has two sets of fatigues: > he washes one and wears the other. > He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry. He sometimes forgets to brush > his teeth, but never to clean his rifle. > > He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts. If > you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food. > He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run > low. > > He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his > hands. He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job. He > will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw>half the pay and still find > ironic humor in it all. He has seen more suffering and death then he should > have in his short lifetime. He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and > helped to create them. He has wept in public and in private, for friends > who have fallen in combat and is unashamed. He feels every note of the > National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while > tempering the burning desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't > bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, > day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be > disrespectful. > > Beardless or not, he is not a boy. He is the American Fighting Man that has > kept this country free for over > 200 years. He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and > understanding. Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and > admiration with his blood. For our Military, Prayer wheel for our > military...please don't break it. Please send this on after a short prayer. > > Prayer Wheel: When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a > prayer for our troops in Iraq, and anywhere else they serve. This can be > very powerful.... Just send this to all the people in your address book. > Do not stop the wheel, please.... Of all the gifts you could give a US > Soldier, Sailor, Marine or Airman, prayer is the very best one.. |
I want you to close your eyes and picture in your mind the soldier at Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody hands. He stands barefoot in the snow, starved from lack of food, wounded from months of battle and emotionally scarred from the eternity away from his family surrounded by nothing but death and carnage of war. He stands though, with fire in his eyes and victory on his breath. He looks at us now in anger and disgust and tells us this... I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and now your children graduate too illiterate to read it. I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the freedom to vote and you stay at home because it rains. I left my family destitute to give you the freedom of speech and you remain silent on critical issues, because it might be bad for business. I orphaned my children to give you a government to serve you and it has stolen democracy from the people. It's the soldier, not the reporter who gives you the freedom of the press. It's the soldier, not the poet who gives you the freedom of speech. It's the soldier, not the campus organizer who allows you to demonstrate. It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag, whose coffin is draped with the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag!!! Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen." When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our US ground troops in Afghanistan, Kuwait, AND all over this world. There is nothing attached.... This can be very powerful.... if you will simply pass it on. Please, do not stop the wheel, please. Of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, Prayer is the very best one. |
.I GOT YOUR BACK... Sent by Lady Lin I am a small and precious child, my dad's been sent to fight... The only place I'll see his face, is in my dreams at night. He will be gone too many days For my young mind to keep track.. I may be sad, but I am proud. My daddy's got your back. I am a caring mother. My son has gone to war... My mind is filled with worries that I have never known before. Everyday I try to keep my thoughts from turning black. I may be scared, but I am proud.. My son has got your back. I am a strong and loving wife, with a husband soon to go. There are times I'm terrified in a way most never know. I bite my lip, and force a smile as I watch my husband pack... My heart may break, but I am proud. My husbands got your back... I am a soldier... serving proudly, standing tall. I fight for freedom, yours and mine by answering this call. I do my job while knowing, the thanks it sometimes lacks. Say a prayer that I'll come home. It's me who's got your back. |
These are just a handful of the interesting diversions my friends send daily. I am so greatful for you guys! You keep me whole, knowing I have you. |
