In a recent computer software engineering
course, the participants were given an awkward question to answer:
If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your team of
programmers had been responsible for the flight control software, how
many of you would disembark immediately?
Among the many raised hands, only one man sat motionless. When asked
what HE would do, he replied that he would be quite content to stay on
board. With his team's software, he reasoned, the plane was unlikely to
even taxi as far as the end of the runway, let alone leave the ground!
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"A new study found that heavy drinkers outlive non-drinkers, but the
ways they die are a lot more embarrassing."
-Jimmy Fallon
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"There has been a lot of talk about conserving energy. Like keeping the
thermostat down in the winter. Using low energy bulbs. Turning off
lights. Using less gas. It made me realize, my dad was like the first
environmentalist. He would walk around the house yelling, 'Turn off
those lights! Turn the heat down!' He was green before his time."
-Jay Leno
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"My girlfriend and I are talking about getting married. She keeps asking
me if I can support her, but she knows I can...she's always on my back."
--Scott Wood
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Real Letters to Pastors:
"Dear Pastor, My father should be a minister. Every day he gives us a
sermon about something."
- Robert, age 11, Anderson
"Dear Pastor, I think a lot more people would come to your church if you
moved it to Disneyland."
- Loreen, age 9, Tacoma
"Dear Pastor, I liked your sermon on Sunday. Especially when it was
finished."
- Ralph, age 11, Akron
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Household Tips
Tarnished Silver
In a pan with about a quart hot water dissolve 1 tablespoon of laundry
water softener and 1 tablespoon of salt. Place a sheet of aluminum foil
on the bottom of the container and immerse the tarnished silver. It
should become clean in about 10 seconds.
Spray less cleaner
Spraying less glass cleaner on a window or mirror will make cleaning up
faster. Too much spray causes you to work more and is the a big reason
for streaks on glass and mirrors.
Spray directly on to your paper towel or cloth, much more efficient and
faster.
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Bizarre News
*-- Boy finds $10,000 in hotel room drawer
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Staying in a Kansas City, Mo., hotel, Tyler Schaefer,
10, opened a drawer in his hotel room and found $10,000, he said.
"He looks for stuff at random. He's very
observant," his father, Cody Schaefer, said.
After the two checked into the room Saturday,
Tyler methodically began opening drawers and found the neatly stacked
cash.
"We need to call the cops," the father told the
son.
They found two off-duty police officers,
working at the hotel, who summoned Sgt. Randy Francis, a property and
evidence supervisor, who stored the cash at a police facility, the
Kansas City Star, reported Friday. Missouri law says lost money can
revert to the finder after about seven months. Cody Schaefer lives in
South Dakota and meets his ex-wife annually in Kansas City, a central
meeting point between their homes, to provide their three children a
summer vacation, the newspaper said. He said he told several friends and
relatives about his son's find, and most agreed his son did the right
thing.
"I didn't come there with $10,000 and I didn't
leave with $10,000, so it was a wash," he said.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
Once during pre-production for Jaws, director Steven Spielberg, along
with his friends Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, and John Milius, visited
the effects shop where the shark was being constructed. Lucas stuck his
head in the shark's mouth to see how it operated and pranksters Milius
and Spielberg snuck to the controls and made the jaw clamp shut on
Lucas's head.
Charlton Heston was considered for the role of Chief Brody while Jeff
Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Jon Voight, and Jan-Michael Vincent were
considered for the role of Hooper.
Steven Spielberg named the shark "Bruce" after his lawyer.
In addition to "Bruce," Steven Spielberg also called the shark "the
great white turd" when he really got frustrated with the troublesome
animatronic fish.
In a biography, Steven Spielberg revealed Robert Duvall's encouragement
to make the film. In exchange, Spielberg offered the role of Brody to
Duvall but he turned it down, fearing that it may make him too famous.
Jaws single-handedly caused a downturn in the package beach holiday
trade.
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Hog Faith
I have been reading MountainWings for years, and never submitted a "MountainWings
Moment" before because, well I didn't think I have ever had one so
profound as this one is to me.
It may sound like hopeful, crazy, grief consumed words from someone who
misses the love of her life and that she's gone crazy. But, to me this
is a real sign of my loved one who passed away and God's love for me.
On the way home from work, I drive though a beautiful rural farm area
that's very lush and green and has a very nice sized stream that runs
right along side of the road. I was as usual, missing my beloved fiancé
Derrick, who passed away last August. I was listening to one of our many
favorite gospel songs, singing about holding on and not giving up and to
have faith. Derrick was a huge support to me as far as reminding me to
keep faith in God, that he didn't leave us this far in life, he wouldn't
abandon us now.
I was literally thinking about all this listening to the song, when as I
was driving beside the stream, a huge, and I mean not normal size ground
hog was sitting on the side of the road with his fat butt (lol) in the
road, eating some long strands of vegetation. Groundhogs and other
animals are very common but normally they run as soon as they hear a car
approach. This one had other plans.
I was going the speed limit when I saw him about 100 feet away. I slowed
to give him a chance to see what direction he was going to bolt in. This
groundhog did NOT move, but continued to watch me as I drove towards
him. In fact as I got closer and closer it felt as though HE WAS
WATCHING ME.
I got as close as a few feet away in my car going like 3 miles per hour
and he still didn't move but just kept chomping away.
Seriously, it was as if he KNEW I was not going to hit him with my car.
I kept driving a little bit and actually had to go AROUND HIM!
Then it hit me, if that groundhog had faith in me enough to know I was
not going to hit him with my car, a HUMAN, then why won't I have faith
that God will not let me go through life with grief. I felt so at peace,
and I felt just like I did when Derrick would "talk me down" from one of
my panic episodes.
~A MountainWings Original by Cindy Zorger, Mount Carmel, PA~
Thank you, Shari!
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