Message-ID: <26924060.1075844224171.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:22:00 -0700 (PDT) From: alienenvoy@aol.com To: diamondg@colorado.edu, eastmanjim@cs.com, jewel29639@aol.com, ffisch@fdic.gov, fiserm@hallevans.com, irenegilbert@fairisaac.com, mcgridleyusa@netscape.net, june-harold@webtv.net, luis.corchado@exchange.state.co.us, michael.shapiro@gm.com, uconnmommy@aol.com, rickshapiro@hotmail.com, rshapiro@enron.com, mrodgers@evolving.com, lstamp@fdic.gov, bikermgd@aol.com, lowwoman@aol.com, timothyt@coweblink.net, jwood@carbon.cudenver.edu Subject: Fwd: Fw: Dave Barry Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Alienenvoy@aol.com X-To: DiamondG@colorado.edu, EastmanJim@cs.com, Jewel29639@aol.com, FFisch@fdic.gov, Fiserm@hallevans.com, irenegilbert@fairisaac.com, mcgridleyusa@netscape.net, june-harold@webtv.net, Luis.Corchado@exchange.state.co.us, michael.shapiro@gm.com, Uconnmommy@aol.com, rickshapiro@hotmail.com, rshapiro@enron.com, mrodgers@evolving.com, lstamp@fdic.gov, BikerMGD@aol.com, Lowwoman@aol.com, TimothyT@coweblink.net, jwood@carbon.cudenver.edu X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Richard_Shapiro_June2001\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: SHAPIRO-R X-FileName: rshapiro.nsf Return-Path: Received: from rly-ye02.mx.aol.com (rly-ye02.mail.aol.com [172.18.151.199]) by air-ye03.mx.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:48:57 -0400 Received: from mail.acli.com (mail.acli.com [38.250.210.11]) by rly-ye02.mx.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:48:09 -0400 Received: from ACLI-Message_Server by mail.acli.com with Novell_GroupWise; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 20:08:40 -0400 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.2 Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 20:07:45 -0400 From: "James Hall" To: "Beth Byrne" , "Bill Schreiner" , "Bruce Ferguson" , "Bryan Cox" , "Dana Kelley" , "Michael Bartholomew" , "Robert Sweeney" , "Stanton Cole" , "Victoria Fimea" , , , , , , , , , , , , , Subject: Fwd: Fw: Dave Barry Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=_9EC6FA98.3B5A227C" All right, my friends, here are words to live by. For you men, #14 is particularly important. For everyone, #19 is the bottom line. Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-Path: Received: from rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (rly-yc02.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.34]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:55:35 -0400 Received: from mail.snowcrest.net (mail.snowcrest.net [209.232.213.212]) by rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:55:18 -0400 Received: from newmicronpc (stkfrD067.snowcrest.net [209.78.175.67]) by mail.snowcrest.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA04932; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:55:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <002b01bfdb01$58153ba0$43af4ed1@newmicronpc> Reply-To: "I & C Cassorla" From: "I & C Cassorla" To: "Skip Johnson" Cc: "Martha Johnson" , "Dick Johnson" , "Guy Johnson" Subject: Fw: Dave Barry Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:48:55 -0700 Organization: Micron Electronics, Inc, X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline > > > > > 19 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME 50 YEARS TO LEARN by DAVE BERRY > > > > 1. Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on > > the same night. > > > > 2. 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". > > > > 3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." > > > > 4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never > > want you to share yours with them. > > > > 5. And when God, who created the entire universe with all of its glories, > > decides to deliver a message to humanity, He WILL NOT use, as His > > messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle. > > > > 6. You should not confuse your career with your life. > > > > 7. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too > > seriously. > > > > 8. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one > > individual > > who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that > > individual is crazy. > > > > 9. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. > > > > 10. Never lick a steak knife. > > > > 11. Take out the fortune before you eat the cookie. > > > > 12. The most powerful force in the universe is gossip. > > > > 13. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling > > reason why we observe daylight savings time. > > > > 14. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests > > that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging > > from her at that moment. > > > > 15. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to > > make > > a big deal about your birthday. That time is age 11. > > > > 16. "The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, > > gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep > > down > > inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers. > > > > 17. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy > > people who are not in them. > > > > 18. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice > > person. > > > > 19. Your friends love you, anyway. > > > > >