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  • Out of Order

    Out of Order

    Back when we used pay phones every now and then when we stepped into a phone booth we discovered that there was a sign hung over the phone that read “Out of Order”, well,we got rid of the phones and the booths and the signs too, I guess, but every now and then I get…

  • Haircut

    Haircut

    Going in for a haircut this morning sure took me back a long ways. My barber was a lady from Thailand and as I sat watching her cut my hair my mind went back sixty nine years and I was in a barber shop in Kobe, Japan fresh out of combat in Korea.

  • Substituting for the President

    Substituting for the President

    In the fall of 1975 I received a call from the Michigan Petroleum Association. President Gerald Ford had promised when he was a Michigan Senator that he would be their banquet speaker at their upcoming meeting.

  • Avoiding Hell

    Avoiding Hell

    When asked for his definition of hell one brilliant, talented, fantastic achiever I encountered said, “Hell is a place where you are shown all of the awesome talents and abilities and opportunities to use what you have in opportunities and then shown your accomplishments. And then you are placed in a spot where can do…

  • Gratefulness

    Gratefulness

    Did you ever get just so grateful about something or somebody that the joy just came out in a big smile. It is a bit like getting into a laughing situation where you just can’t stop laughing. I just love to get into that situation. It’s like getting gitty. As I recall from laughing experiences…