Hope every one is having or have had a wonderful weekend!!!!
My wish is for every one to be safe.
Also, think about the guys and gals over seas,, pray God watches over them!
Then on a funny note!! Yesterday Verna (my son Ken Jr. other half) called me to ask us up fotr a cook out tomorrow,, but she started by wishing us a Happy Aniversary!!! Good Lord I had forgotten it,, May 26 1961 we have been married 46 years!
And they said it wouldn't last!!!! HA HA!!!!
Boy time really flys when you are having FUN!!!! HA HA!!!
Thats all for today,, Fran!!
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN...?
All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?
It took five minutes for the TV warm up?
Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?
Nobody owned a purebred dog?
When a quarter was a decent allowance?
You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?
Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?
All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time?
And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?
Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?
It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?
They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . ...and they did?
When a 55 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?
No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?
Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a ..."and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?
Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?
And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace,and share it with the children of today?
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.
Send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Laurel and Hardy, Howdy Doody and the Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.
As well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember that"?
I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a double dog dare to pass it on.
To remember what a double dog dare is, read on.
And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care.
How many of these do you remember?
Candy cigarettes Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
Newsreels before the movie P.F. Fliers
Telephone numbers with a word prefix....(Raymond 4-601). Party lines
Peashooters Howdy Doody 45 RPM records Green Stamps Hi-Fi's Metal ice cubes trays with levers Mimeograph paper
Beanie and Cecil Roller-skate keys
Cork pop guns Drive ins
Studebakers
Washtub wringers
The Fuller Brush Man
Reel-To-Reel tape recorders
Tinkertoys Erector Sets
The Fort Apache Play Set Lincoln Logs
15 cent McDonald hamburgers
5 cent packs of baseball cards - with that awful pink slab of bubble gum Penny candy
35 cent a gallon gasoline
Jiffy Pop popcorn
Do you remember a time when... Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"? Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do Over!"?
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest?
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?
It wasn't odd to have two or three "Best Friends"?
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"?
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?
A foot of snow was a dream come true?
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?
"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?
War was a card game?
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown-up" life . .
I double-dog-dare-ya!
Oh ya!! I remember ALL these things!!!! And things were better back then!!!!
And yes, I wish the kids of today could see what the world was like back then,,
Maybe you remember to,, I hope so,,,, class of 1953 thats me and "L" with our skates going skating on Friday nights, boy we both agree THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS AND WE BOTH WISH WE COULD GO BACK!!!!! OH YA!!!!!! Fran
All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?
It took five minutes for the TV warm up?
Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?
Nobody owned a purebred dog?
When a quarter was a decent allowance?
You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?
Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?
All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time?
And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?
Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?
It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?
They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . ...and they did?
When a 55 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?
No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?
Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a ..."and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?
Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?
And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace,and share it with the children of today?
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.
Send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Laurel and Hardy, Howdy Doody and the Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.
As well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember that"?
I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a double dog dare to pass it on.
To remember what a double dog dare is, read on.
And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care.
How many of these do you remember?
Candy cigarettes Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
Newsreels before the movie P.F. Fliers
Telephone numbers with a word prefix....(Raymond 4-601). Party lines
Peashooters Howdy Doody 45 RPM records Green Stamps Hi-Fi's Metal ice cubes trays with levers Mimeograph paper
Beanie and Cecil Roller-skate keys
Cork pop guns Drive ins
Studebakers
Washtub wringers
The Fuller Brush Man
Reel-To-Reel tape recorders
Tinkertoys Erector Sets
The Fort Apache Play Set Lincoln Logs
15 cent McDonald hamburgers
5 cent packs of baseball cards - with that awful pink slab of bubble gum Penny candy
35 cent a gallon gasoline
Jiffy Pop popcorn
Do you remember a time when... Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"? Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do Over!"?
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest?
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?
It wasn't odd to have two or three "Best Friends"?
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"?
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?
A foot of snow was a dream come true?
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?
"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?
War was a card game?
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown-up" life . .
I double-dog-dare-ya!
Oh ya!! I remember ALL these things!!!! And things were better back then!!!!
And yes, I wish the kids of today could see what the world was like back then,,
Maybe you remember to,, I hope so,,,, class of 1953 thats me and "L" with our skates going skating on Friday nights, boy we both agree THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS AND WE BOTH WISH WE COULD GO BACK!!!!! OH YA!!!!!! Fran
Friday, May 18, 2007
A few days ago I was having some work done at my local garage.
A blonde came in and asked for a seven-hundred-ten.
We all looked at each other and another customer asked, "What is a seven-hundred-ten?"
She replied, "You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine, I have lost it and need a new one.."
She replied that she did not know exactly what it was, but this piece had always been there.
The mechanic gave her a piece of paper and a pen and asked her to draw what the piece looked like.
She drew a circle and in the middle of it wrote 710.
He then took her over to another car which had its hood up and asked "is there a 710 on this car?"
She pointed and said, "Of course, its right there."
If you're not
sure what a 710 is
Click Here
<http://www.hotautoweb.com/cogifs/710.jpg>
SINCE NOW I AM A BLONDE!!!
(ONLY TO COVER THE GRAY!!!!)
I CAN LAUGH ABOUT THIS ONE!!! FRAN
A blonde came in and asked for a seven-hundred-ten.
We all looked at each other and another customer asked, "What is a seven-hundred-ten?"
She replied, "You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine, I have lost it and need a new one.."
She replied that she did not know exactly what it was, but this piece had always been there.
The mechanic gave her a piece of paper and a pen and asked her to draw what the piece looked like.
She drew a circle and in the middle of it wrote 710.
He then took her over to another car which had its hood up and asked "is there a 710 on this car?"
She pointed and said, "Of course, its right there."
If you're not
sure what a 710 is
Click Here
<http://www.hotautoweb.com/cogifs/710.jpg>
SINCE NOW I AM A BLONDE!!!
(ONLY TO COVER THE GRAY!!!!)
I CAN LAUGH ABOUT THIS ONE!!! FRAN
How To Drive In Jersey
1. You must first learn to pronounce the city name, it is New-erk not New-ark. (actually, it's pronounced "NERK")
2. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 a.m. to noon. The evening rush hour is from noon to 7:00 p.m. Friday's rush hour starts on Thursday morning.
3. The minimum acceptable speed on the turnpike is 85 mph. On the parkway it's 105 or 110. Anything less is considered "Wussy."
4. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Jersey has its own version of traffic rules. For example, cars/trucks with the loudest muffler go first at a four-way stop; the trucks with the biggest tires go second. However, in Monmouth county, SUV-driving, cellphone-talking moms ALWAYS have the right of way.
5. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, cussed out, and possibly shot.
6. Never honk at anyone. Ever. Seriously. It's another offense that can get you shot.
7. Road construction is permanent and continuous in all of Jersey . Detour barrels are moved around for your entertainment pleasure during the middle of the night to make the next day's driving a bit more exciting.
8. Watch carefully for road hazards such as drunks, skunks,dogs, cats, barrels, cones, celebs, rubber-neckers, shredded tires, cell-phoners, deer and other road kill, and the Homeless feeding on any of these items.
9. Mapquest does not work here -- none of the roads are where they say they are or go where they say they do and all the Turnpike ez pass lanes are moved each night once again to make your ride more exciting.
10. If someone actually has their turn signal on, wave them to the shoulder immediately to let them know it has been "accidentally activated."
11. If you are in the left lane and only driving 70 in a 55-65mph zone, you are considered a road hazard and will be "flipped off" accordingly.. If you return the flip, you'll be shot.
12. Do not try to estimate travel time -- just leave Monday afternoon for Tuesday appointments, by noon Thursday for Friday and right after church on Sunday for anything on Monday morning.
Good friends are like stars....You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
NOW YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I AM REFERING TO, IF YOU LIVE IN NEW JERSEY!!!BUT MAYBE IT IS TRUE ABOUT EVERY PLACE!! ANYWAY,, HAVE A LAUGH,,,,,,I DID,,, FRAN
1. You must first learn to pronounce the city name, it is New-erk not New-ark. (actually, it's pronounced "NERK")
2. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 a.m. to noon. The evening rush hour is from noon to 7:00 p.m. Friday's rush hour starts on Thursday morning.
3. The minimum acceptable speed on the turnpike is 85 mph. On the parkway it's 105 or 110. Anything less is considered "Wussy."
4. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Jersey has its own version of traffic rules. For example, cars/trucks with the loudest muffler go first at a four-way stop; the trucks with the biggest tires go second. However, in Monmouth county, SUV-driving, cellphone-talking moms ALWAYS have the right of way.
5. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended, cussed out, and possibly shot.
6. Never honk at anyone. Ever. Seriously. It's another offense that can get you shot.
7. Road construction is permanent and continuous in all of Jersey . Detour barrels are moved around for your entertainment pleasure during the middle of the night to make the next day's driving a bit more exciting.
8. Watch carefully for road hazards such as drunks, skunks,dogs, cats, barrels, cones, celebs, rubber-neckers, shredded tires, cell-phoners, deer and other road kill, and the Homeless feeding on any of these items.
9. Mapquest does not work here -- none of the roads are where they say they are or go where they say they do and all the Turnpike ez pass lanes are moved each night once again to make your ride more exciting.
10. If someone actually has their turn signal on, wave them to the shoulder immediately to let them know it has been "accidentally activated."
11. If you are in the left lane and only driving 70 in a 55-65mph zone, you are considered a road hazard and will be "flipped off" accordingly.. If you return the flip, you'll be shot.
12. Do not try to estimate travel time -- just leave Monday afternoon for Tuesday appointments, by noon Thursday for Friday and right after church on Sunday for anything on Monday morning.
Good friends are like stars....You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
NOW YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I AM REFERING TO, IF YOU LIVE IN NEW JERSEY!!!BUT MAYBE IT IS TRUE ABOUT EVERY PLACE!! ANYWAY,, HAVE A LAUGH,,,,,,I DID,,, FRAN
Friday, May 11, 2007
Happy IVGLDSW Day
Today is International Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman's Day, so please send this message to someone you think fits this description. Please do not send it back to me as I have already received it from a Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman!
And remember this motto to live by: Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
Have a wonderful day !
To the Girls !!
Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what the hell happened.
- Cora Harvey Armstrong-
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.
-Helen Hayes (at 73)-
I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows.
- Janette Barber-
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first one being -- hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
- Erma Bombeck -
Old age ain't no place for sissies .
-Bette Davis-
Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.
- Caryn Leschen -
If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
-Catherine-
I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.
- Roseanne Barr-
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
- Maryon Pearson-
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.
-Eleanor Roosevelt-
Send this to five bright women you know and make their day.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Hi, every one... as you might know by reading this ,,I hate this WAR!! I hate the thoughts of our guys and gals over in this God forsaken place,, risking their lives,,for WHAT????
Please go to this web site and say a prayer, together with the rest of us,, and turn your speaker on ,, to hear the music.
You can copy and paste the http, and send it to your friends,, please do it,,
Maybe the good Lord is listening and will give "" BUBABUBBA''' (I hope you know who I mean) a good bang ON the HEAD!!!
Giving him some GOOD sense!
Maybe you do not agree with me,,, that is your choice,,, but as a Mother ,, I feel for the Mothers who have to worry every day about their children!!
Also the wives and husbands with children who do not have their families together,,AGAIN~~~ FOR WHAT??????
Just my thoughts!!! FRAN
http://www.alighthouse.com/freedom.htm
Please go to this web site and say a prayer, together with the rest of us,, and turn your speaker on ,, to hear the music.
You can copy and paste the http, and send it to your friends,, please do it,,
Maybe the good Lord is listening and will give "" BUBABUBBA''' (I hope you know who I mean) a good bang ON the HEAD!!!
Giving him some GOOD sense!
Maybe you do not agree with me,,, that is your choice,,, but as a Mother ,, I feel for the Mothers who have to worry every day about their children!!
Also the wives and husbands with children who do not have their families together,,AGAIN~~~ FOR WHAT??????
Just my thoughts!!! FRAN
http://www.alighthouse.com/freedom.htm
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
YOUR GONNA LOVE THIS ONE.
The Wife You Dont Know
We were celebrating our golden wedding anniversary on the beaches in Hawaii. Our domestic tranquility had long been the talk of the town. People would say, "What a peaceful & loving couple".
The local newspaper reporter was inquiring as to the secret of our long and happy marriage.
I replied: "Well, it dates back to our honeymoon," I explained.
"We visited Cape Cod and did some horseback riding.
We hadn't gone too far when my wife's horse stumbled and she almost fell off.
My wife looked down at the horse and quietly said, "That's once."
"We proceeded a little further and the horse stumbled again.
Once more my wife quietly said, "That's twice."
"We hadn't gone a half-mile when the horse stumbled for the third time.
My wife quietly removed a revolver from her purse and shot the horse dead.
*I SHOUTED* at her, "What's wrong with you, Woman!
Why did you shoot the poor animal like that! Are you crazy?
She looked at ME, and quietly said, "That's once."
"And from that moment.....we have lived happily every after."
That should clear up any questions!!! LOVE IT !!! FRAN
The Wife You Dont Know
We were celebrating our golden wedding anniversary on the beaches in Hawaii. Our domestic tranquility had long been the talk of the town. People would say, "What a peaceful & loving couple".
The local newspaper reporter was inquiring as to the secret of our long and happy marriage.
I replied: "Well, it dates back to our honeymoon," I explained.
"We visited Cape Cod and did some horseback riding.
We hadn't gone too far when my wife's horse stumbled and she almost fell off.
My wife looked down at the horse and quietly said, "That's once."
"We proceeded a little further and the horse stumbled again.
Once more my wife quietly said, "That's twice."
"We hadn't gone a half-mile when the horse stumbled for the third time.
My wife quietly removed a revolver from her purse and shot the horse dead.
*I SHOUTED* at her, "What's wrong with you, Woman!
Why did you shoot the poor animal like that! Are you crazy?
She looked at ME, and quietly said, "That's once."
"And from that moment.....we have lived happily every after."
That should clear up any questions!!! LOVE IT !!! FRAN
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