It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test. Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's important to keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you lose it. Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence. There are only 5 questions, so don't get all excited and confused yet. Get a pen or pencil and write down your answers so you can see how well you are doing. Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or not. The answers are at the bottom. OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.
1. What do you put in a toaster?
2. say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?
3. If a red house is made from red bricks, and a blue house is made from blue bricks, and a pink house is made from pink bricks, and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?
4. It's twenty years ago and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany (if you recall Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany) Anyway, during the flight, TWO engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine fails before he can do so and the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany, West Germany or no man's land?
5. Without using a calculator - you are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 17 people get on the bus. In Reading, six people get off the bus and nine get on. in Swindon, two get off and four get on. In Cardiff, 11 get off and 16 get on. In Swansea, three get off and five get on. In Carmathen, six get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus driver?
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1. Answer: "bread" . If you said "toast" maybe you should give up now and do something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread, go to question 2.
2. Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," maybe you shouldn't even attempt to answer the next question. Your brain is apparently over-stressed and may even overheat. Content yourself with reading more appropriate literature such as Auto World. However, if you said "water" proceed to question 3.
3. Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks" why are you still reading these??? If you said glass go on to 4.
4. Answer: You don't bury survivors
If you said anything else, you're in real bad shape and for your own sake you must stop. If you said you don't bury survivors, proceed to the next question.
5. Answer: Oh for crying out loud!
Don't you remember your own name? Or have you forgotten it was you driving the bus!!
Now pass this along to all your friends and pray they do better than you. PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Are you of "a certain age" to remember these?
My friend sent me another fun post.........
A term I haven't heard in a long time and thinking about
"fender skirts" started me thinking about other words that quietly
disappear from our language with hardly a notice like "curb feelers"
And "steering knobs." (AKA) suicide knob
Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that
direction first.
Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over
50 to explain some of these terms to you.
Remember "Continental kits?"
They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that
were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.
When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?"
At some point "parking brake" became the proper term. But I
miss the hint of drama that went with "emergency brake."
I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would
call the accelerator the "foot feed."
Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come
home, so you could ride the "running board" up to the house?
Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never
anymore - "store-bought." Of course, just about everything is store-bought
these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress
or a store-bought bag of candy
"Coast to coast" is a phrase that once held all sorts of
excitement and now means almost nothing. Now we take the term "world wide"
for granted This floors me.
On a smaller scale, "wall-to-wall" was once a magical term in
our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with,
wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall
carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase "in a family
way?" It's hard to imagine that the word "pregnant" was once considered a
little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company So we
had all that talk about stork visits and "being in a family way" or
simply"expecting."
(Some people today, still use this phrase)
Apparently "brassiere" is a word no longer in usage. I said
it the other day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just "bra" now
"Unmentionables" probably wouldn't be understood at all.
I always loved going to the "picture show," but I considered
"movie" an affectation.
Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a
pure-'60s word I came across the other day - "rat fink." Ooh, what a nasty
put-down!
Here's a word I miss - "percolator." That was just a fun word
to say. And what was it replaced with? "Coffee maker." How dull. Mr.
Coffee, I blame you for this.
I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound
so modern and now sound so retro. Words like "DynaFlow" and "Electrolux."
(for those of us who sold Electrolux, that is a Model 30 in the picture)
Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with "SpectraVision!"
Food for thought - Was there a telethon that wiped out
lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what castor oil
cured, because I never hear mothers threatening kids with castor oil
anymore.
Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered
list. The one that grieves me most "supper." Now everybody says "dinner."
Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a
"certain age" would remember most of these.
Just for fun, Pass it along to others of "a certain age"!
A term I haven't heard in a long time and thinking about
"fender skirts" started me thinking about other words that quietly
disappear from our language with hardly a notice like "curb feelers"
And "steering knobs." (AKA) suicide knob
Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that
direction first.
Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over
50 to explain some of these terms to you.
Remember "Continental kits?"
They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that
were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.
When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?"
At some point "parking brake" became the proper term. But I
miss the hint of drama that went with "emergency brake."
I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would
call the accelerator the "foot feed."
Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come
home, so you could ride the "running board" up to the house?
Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never
anymore - "store-bought." Of course, just about everything is store-bought
these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress
or a store-bought bag of candy
"Coast to coast" is a phrase that once held all sorts of
excitement and now means almost nothing. Now we take the term "world wide"
for granted This floors me.
On a smaller scale, "wall-to-wall" was once a magical term in
our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with,
wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall
carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase "in a family
way?" It's hard to imagine that the word "pregnant" was once considered a
little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company So we
had all that talk about stork visits and "being in a family way" or
simply"expecting."
(Some people today, still use this phrase)
Apparently "brassiere" is a word no longer in usage. I said
it the other day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just "bra" now
"Unmentionables" probably wouldn't be understood at all.
I always loved going to the "picture show," but I considered
"movie" an affectation.
Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a
pure-'60s word I came across the other day - "rat fink." Ooh, what a nasty
put-down!
Here's a word I miss - "percolator." That was just a fun word
to say. And what was it replaced with? "Coffee maker." How dull. Mr.
Coffee, I blame you for this.
I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound
so modern and now sound so retro. Words like "DynaFlow" and "Electrolux."
(for those of us who sold Electrolux, that is a Model 30 in the picture)
Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with "SpectraVision!"
Food for thought - Was there a telethon that wiped out
lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what castor oil
cured, because I never hear mothers threatening kids with castor oil
anymore.
Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered
list. The one that grieves me most "supper." Now everybody says "dinner."
Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a
"certain age" would remember most of these.
Just for fun, Pass it along to others of "a certain age"!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Outsource & Memorial Overdose?
Here I go complaining again but I have to say I am really disgusted with companies who contract out services to foreign companies and we have to sit here and try to figure out what they are saying when we call a support line. We all know companies that do that are trying to charge us $100 for a service that they pay a quarter for. We spend twice the time on a tech help call than we should. If they are going to outsource at least do it to a country that speaks a similar language that we do. Lets all let these companies know that we are disgusted with their practices. I have nothing against foreigners but I would like to be able to understand what they are trying to tell me. Then there are the American jobs that are lost by sending them overseas. Perhaps our people would like a good job, be able to communicate with customers and those customers might use those companies more. What do you think??
I also want to agree with my son's post to lets let all this memorial publicity die down some. I know people like to remember their loved ones who have died and I feel the same way about my parents and brother who died but I don't have memorial service on the tv every year, after year, after year. I know lots of people who had relatives that died in accidents and they didn't get millions of dollars. What made the 9-11 office workers any different than these people? They died in an accident. Our state not only has to hear about 9-11 but we have the Murrah Bombing also. Fire fighters and police yes because they try to save people. Then there is Princess Diana, I loved her too but I don't need a rerun every year about how she died. Lets move on and let these families move on.
I also want to agree with my son's post to lets let all this memorial publicity die down some. I know people like to remember their loved ones who have died and I feel the same way about my parents and brother who died but I don't have memorial service on the tv every year, after year, after year. I know lots of people who had relatives that died in accidents and they didn't get millions of dollars. What made the 9-11 office workers any different than these people? They died in an accident. Our state not only has to hear about 9-11 but we have the Murrah Bombing also. Fire fighters and police yes because they try to save people. Then there is Princess Diana, I loved her too but I don't need a rerun every year about how she died. Lets move on and let these families move on.
Monday, September 10, 2007
On my SOAP BOX
I have to step up on my Soap Box for this post. What has happened to "good service"?
By this I mean listening to the customer and giving them what they ordered. I am so tired of going through a drive thru and asking for something and then having to check each item in the sack before I drive off. (I recently got home and had no sausage in my sausage, egg and cheese mcmuffin so I got in the car, drove back and parked, went inside and walked straight to the front of the line and announced in a rather loud and upset voice that they left off the sausage! My son, once went in and asked them if it was in their training book. When asked what training book, he stated the one that tells you to get everyones order wrong!)
Or having to ask the car hop which drink is which. It seems they don't care if you all have to drink after each other because you can't tell one drink from the other. I wonder why, whoever fills the drink cups, doesn't have time to punch the lid or mark the cup as to what type of drink is inside.
Then there is going through the drive thru (which is there to save time) and having to turn your car off so you don't use all your gas while you wait in line for 20 minutes. Everyone should complain to fast food places to make the drive thru for picking up called in orders or getting drinks ONLY.
They have parking places to order food while you are there but no, people have to go through the drive thru and order 6 hamburgers with fries, 5 orders of onion rings, 4 milk shakes, 2 orders of popcorn chicken, 3 chicken wraps, 5 cokes, 3 Dr Peppers, 4 ice cream sundaes and 1 chicken salad. Of course the drive-in cooks their food while you wait to meet their "fresh cooked" advertisements. I seriously doubt there are very many people who couldn't call in their orders, after all most people have a cell phone attached to their ear.
The long waits in a drive thru are costing America twice the amount of gasoline. Why when the gas is so high are the waits so long???? Just yesterday we were in line for a cup of ice cream for my grandson and after having to turn the car off and waiting 15 minutes I just pulled out of line and we went somewhere else.
Cell phones are another peeve, or at least the use of a cell phone while driving. You have to honk to get people to drive on when the light turns green because they are on the phone, they can't use a turn signal because they don't have a free hand, they can't check when switching lanes because they are on the phone. I personally hope the laws asking for no hand held cell phone usage while driving a vehicle passes. My city has a military installation that put that into effect some time ago and I don't see anyone being deprived of anything because they can't chat while driving. Once upon a time people grocery shopped, walked through a parking lot, got clothes in the mall, ate in a restaurant, drove a car, and went to the movies or theatre without talking on a cell phone. Oh my gosh those people didn't die or dry up.
Now if you want to tell me "if I don't like the wait in a drive thru don't go," and all those other don'ts just don't comment please. However if you agree with my oration or have some of your own pet peeves let us know what you think.
By this I mean listening to the customer and giving them what they ordered. I am so tired of going through a drive thru and asking for something and then having to check each item in the sack before I drive off. (I recently got home and had no sausage in my sausage, egg and cheese mcmuffin so I got in the car, drove back and parked, went inside and walked straight to the front of the line and announced in a rather loud and upset voice that they left off the sausage! My son, once went in and asked them if it was in their training book. When asked what training book, he stated the one that tells you to get everyones order wrong!)
Or having to ask the car hop which drink is which. It seems they don't care if you all have to drink after each other because you can't tell one drink from the other. I wonder why, whoever fills the drink cups, doesn't have time to punch the lid or mark the cup as to what type of drink is inside.
Then there is going through the drive thru (which is there to save time) and having to turn your car off so you don't use all your gas while you wait in line for 20 minutes. Everyone should complain to fast food places to make the drive thru for picking up called in orders or getting drinks ONLY.
They have parking places to order food while you are there but no, people have to go through the drive thru and order 6 hamburgers with fries, 5 orders of onion rings, 4 milk shakes, 2 orders of popcorn chicken, 3 chicken wraps, 5 cokes, 3 Dr Peppers, 4 ice cream sundaes and 1 chicken salad. Of course the drive-in cooks their food while you wait to meet their "fresh cooked" advertisements. I seriously doubt there are very many people who couldn't call in their orders, after all most people have a cell phone attached to their ear.
The long waits in a drive thru are costing America twice the amount of gasoline. Why when the gas is so high are the waits so long???? Just yesterday we were in line for a cup of ice cream for my grandson and after having to turn the car off and waiting 15 minutes I just pulled out of line and we went somewhere else.
Cell phones are another peeve, or at least the use of a cell phone while driving. You have to honk to get people to drive on when the light turns green because they are on the phone, they can't use a turn signal because they don't have a free hand, they can't check when switching lanes because they are on the phone. I personally hope the laws asking for no hand held cell phone usage while driving a vehicle passes. My city has a military installation that put that into effect some time ago and I don't see anyone being deprived of anything because they can't chat while driving. Once upon a time people grocery shopped, walked through a parking lot, got clothes in the mall, ate in a restaurant, drove a car, and went to the movies or theatre without talking on a cell phone. Oh my gosh those people didn't die or dry up.
Now if you want to tell me "if I don't like the wait in a drive thru don't go," and all those other don'ts just don't comment please. However if you agree with my oration or have some of your own pet peeves let us know what you think.
Monday, September 3, 2007
A friend sent this and I had to share it........
Ramblings of a Retired Mind
(author unknown)
I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. So, I'm wearing my garage door opener.
You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people didn't like me anyway.
I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans!
I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is 'when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.'
I know, when people see a cat's litter box, they always say, "Oh, have you got a cat?" Just once I want to say, "No, it's for company!"
Employment application blanks always ask 'who is to be notified in case of an emergency.' I think you should write, "A Good Doctor!"
Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the
Post Office? What are we supposed to do... write to these men? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen could look for them while they deliver the mail? Or better yet, arrest them while they are taking their pictures!
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older. Then, it dawned on me, they were cramming for their finals.
As for me, I'm just hoping God grades on the curve.
(author unknown)
I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. So, I'm wearing my garage door opener.
You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people didn't like me anyway.
I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans!
I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is 'when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.'
I know, when people see a cat's litter box, they always say, "Oh, have you got a cat?" Just once I want to say, "No, it's for company!"
Employment application blanks always ask 'who is to be notified in case of an emergency.' I think you should write, "A Good Doctor!"
Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the
Post Office? What are we supposed to do... write to these men? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen could look for them while they deliver the mail? Or better yet, arrest them while they are taking their pictures!
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older. Then, it dawned on me, they were cramming for their finals.
As for me, I'm just hoping God grades on the curve.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
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The Great Cookie
Tons of sites with great cookie recipes
Curtis Dean Tucker
Who is Curtis, Graphic designer. cartoonist, logo designer, web designer and entrepreneur
Kid Trip Games
Easy games for the kids and adults to play in the car while on a trip - saves hearing "are we there yet?"
Classic Baby
Unique baby items for your unique baby
Dorm Rooms
Ideas for decorating a dorm room
Move with Aging Parent
Ideas for telling grandparents you are moving and if they need to move with you
Smooth Move
Relocation ideas
Connie Jill Tucker-Smith
Who is Connie? a mom, a wife, a daughter, etc
Deployed Parent
Ideas for the kids when a parent is deployed
Family Tree Me
Ideas for creating your family tree
Garage Sale Hints
Best hints for having a great garage sale
Find a College
Hints to find the right college
Redo that Junk!
Finding items at a garage sale or tag sale and fixing them up to great treasures
Christmas Savings
You will have to read how to have the cheapest Christmas ever
Freshman 101
Great tips for the new college freshman
Job Resume!
How to make the perfect resume
Cook Vegetarian
Great recipes for the person cooking for a vegetarian
Car Survival Kit
What to keep in your car for trips and emergencies
and take a look at my granddaughters lense: Fashion
Tons of sites with great cookie recipes
Curtis Dean Tucker
Who is Curtis, Graphic designer. cartoonist, logo designer, web designer and entrepreneur
Kid Trip Games
Easy games for the kids and adults to play in the car while on a trip - saves hearing "are we there yet?"
Classic Baby
Unique baby items for your unique baby
Dorm Rooms
Ideas for decorating a dorm room
Move with Aging Parent
Ideas for telling grandparents you are moving and if they need to move with you
Smooth Move
Relocation ideas
Connie Jill Tucker-Smith
Who is Connie? a mom, a wife, a daughter, etc
Deployed Parent
Ideas for the kids when a parent is deployed
Family Tree Me
Ideas for creating your family tree
Garage Sale Hints
Best hints for having a great garage sale
Find a College
Hints to find the right college
Redo that Junk!
Finding items at a garage sale or tag sale and fixing them up to great treasures
Christmas Savings
You will have to read how to have the cheapest Christmas ever
Freshman 101
Great tips for the new college freshman
Job Resume!
How to make the perfect resume
Cook Vegetarian
Great recipes for the person cooking for a vegetarian
Car Survival Kit
What to keep in your car for trips and emergencies
and take a look at my granddaughters lense: Fashion
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