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WITandWISDOM(tm) - October 3, 2001 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: "Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower." - Shigenori Kameoka Source: Quotation Sensation, http://www.QuotationSensation.com ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: Dr. Harry A. Ironside told of visiting a godly Irishman, Andrew Frazer, who had come to southern California to recover from a serious illness. Though quite weak, he opened his worn Bible and began expounding the deep truths of God in a way that Ironside had never heard before. Ironside was so moved by Frazer's words that he asked him, "Where did you get these things? Could you tell me where I could find a book that would open them up to me? Did you learn them in some seminary or college?" The sickly man gave an answer that Ironside said he would never forget. "My dear young man, I learned these things on my knees on the mud floor of a little sod cottage in the north of Ireland. There with my open Bible before me I used to kneel for hours at a time and ask the Spirit of God to reveal Christ to my soul and to open the Word to my heart. He taught me more on my knees on that mud floor than I ever could have learned in all the seminaries or colleges in the world." Source: Christian Voices, http://www.christianvoices.org/ Submitted by Sherri Rimmer ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: PERPLEXING PROVERBS - Quiz Part 1 of 3 [October 3, 12, 22] 1. A rotating fragment of minerals collects no plants of the class Musci. 2. Exercise your visual facilities prior to executing a jump. 3. An excess of individuals skilled in the preparation of edibles impairs the quality of a thin derivative of meat. 4. A feathered biped in the terminal part of the arm equals in value a pair of feathered bipeds in densely branched shrubbery. 5. Everything is legitimate in matters pertaining to ardent affection and armed conflict between nations. 6. The herbage is customarily more verduous on the diametrical selvage of the property division. 7. A single unit of a seam properly distributed at the correct measure of duration will maintain a square root of 81. 8. Feathered bipeds in their segregated environment associate with a high degree of amiability. 9. Any object that ascends into the stratosphere irrevocably and inevitable descends to terra firma. 10. Reclining early on one's couch and rising with the sun creates one who is salutary, opulent, and erudite. 11. Taciturnity is aurous. ANSWERS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1. A rotating fragment of minerals collects no plants of the class Musci. - A rolling stone gathers no moss. 2. Exercise your visual facilities prior to executing a jump. - Look before you leap. 3. An excess of individuals skilled in the preparation of edibles impairs the quality of a thin derivative of meat. - Too many cooks spoil the broth. 4. A feathered biped in the terminal part of the arm equals in value a pair of feathered bipeds in densely branched shrubbery. - A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 5. Everything is legitimate in matters pertaining to ardent affection and armed conflict between nations. - All's fair in love and war. 6. The herbage is customarily more verduous on the diametrical selvage of the property division. - The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 7. A single unit of a seam properly distributed at the correct measure of duration will maintain a square root of 81. - A stitch in time saves nine. 8. Feathered bipeds in their segregated environment associate with a high degree of amiability. - Birds of a feather flock together. 9. Any object that ascends into the stratosphere irrevocably and inevitable descends to terra firma. - What goes up, must come down. 10. Reclining early on one's couch and rising with the sun creates one who is salutary, opulent, and erudite. - Early to bed, and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise. 11. Taciturnity is aurous. - Silence is golden. Source: Roshan's Humour List (Inactive) ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: A friend was thinking about buying a new house in the country and asked me to come out and look at it. We found the town, but we couldn't locate the road. We drove over to the city park, where a community get-together was going on, and asked around, but no one had heard of the road. Even the policemen and fire personnel were stumped. We went to city hall and consulted a map, with no luck, until finally one young man came to our aid. He pointed to the map, showing us exactly how to get there. I thanked the young man and asked if he was with the police or fire department. "Neither," he politely replied. "I deliver pizzas." Source: The Funnies, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/andychaps_the- funnies ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: FIX YOUR OWN VCR Ever had your VCR go bad? Well, this site can help the do-it-yourself types out there to avoid costly repair bills and fix the thing yourself. Everything from safety, to database pages (for various brands of VCRs), to step by step instructions. They even have a neat trick to eject a stuck tape. VCR Repair Instruction - "The Self Service Website" http://www.fixer.com/ Source: Computer Tips, http://www.coolnewsletters.com |