| JIMMY DURANTE |
| ON AUGUST 23, 2016 A FEW LOCATIONS IN OKLAHOMA HAD RUN OFF ELECTIONS TO NARROW DOWN THE CANDIDATES FOR THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. I HEARD THE FOLLOWING:
A voter called Pat Campbell's morning talk show (KFAQ) in Tulsa and reported the church that served as his polling location was not open when voting legally started at 7am.
The caller reported voters were voting in the parking lot on normal paper ballots and turning the ballot over after voting and placing them in a box.
Pat asked where the box was placed? The caller said in the back of a pick up truck. The veteran talk show host expressed surprise the box was in the back of a pick up truck.
The caller said, "It was a new pick up." Pat sarcastically remarked, "Well, if it was a new truck, that's OK!"
ONLY IN OKLAHOMA !!!!!!!! IS THIS A GREAT STATE OR WHAT????
GLENN <><
JUST WEST OF YESTERDAY
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| WHAT IT COST THEN AND WHAT ITS WORTH NOW
In the U.S., parents and grandparents are fond of telling their beloved offspring what things cost back then.
1959
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| A WINNING HAND
This story
will be hard for contemporary readers to believe. I vow that is entirely true.
The time and location of my undergraduate schooling must be understood. The
time was 1959-63 and the location was Purdue University in West Lafayette,
Indiana. My dearest friend at Purdue was a Catholic fellow from Chicago. Ray Halbert
remarked that there were more Catholics at Purdue than at Norte Dame. All of
these factors help establish a framework and foundation for what follows.
Dress
standards were very strict. Girls were not permitted to wear slacks to class. A
shirt and tie, with clasp, were required to enter the Cary Hall dining room at
supper. A suit coat or sports coat was an additional requirement for the Sunday
noon meal.
The Four
Cardinal Sins in Cary Hall, which would lead to immediate expulsion were:
1. No females beyond the main lobby
sitting area
2. No fireworks in the dorm
3. No alcohol in the dorm
4. And No playing cards in the
rooms---There was a single room adjacent to the TV room for cards. The room was
to close at 11pm each night.
During my
sophomore year I was elected representative of the Cary Hall East student
council. Four students were caught by an RA playing Bridge after the 11pm
closing time. This was a bending of the rules not a violation of the a Cardinal
Sin. The “guilty” foursome was turned over to the dorm student council for
adjudication.
A student
named Joe Post was a hardliner---“let’s kick ‘em out.” I thought the entire
incident was a waste of time and a much lesser punishment was warranted. I
jokingly called our deliberations the “Nuremburg Trails.” After a couple of
weeks of testimony and discussion, a vote was taken and the guilty foursome was
restricted from the card room for a month.
The rest of
the story: Two of the guilty later flunked out.
My special
friend Ray died about 10 years ago. Just recounting this event makes me very
sad. Ray was a special man in many ways. His life mattered. One of his daughters was in the Air Force when Ray died.
Glenn <>< Just West of Yesterday |
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| WIGGLE IT JIGGLE IT While channel surfing the other night, I came across a harness race from Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana. The race was named for the legendary Dan Patch. It must have been important because it was worth $325,000. The above horse--Wiggle It Jiggle It won. What a great name! Glenn <><Just West of Yesterday |
| DID YOU TAKE YOUR MEDS TODAY ?? 15 UNDENIABLE TRUTHS ABOUT YOUR MEDICATIONS
1. You go to a doctor whose name you cannot pronounce; he/she writes a script you cannot read; you take it to a pharmacist you may not know; yet you take it with unquestioned faith.
2. If you drop a pill, it will immediately roll to the most inaccessible location.
3. There is an inverse relationship between pill/capsule size and costs. The small ones cost the most.
4. When you go on vacation your meds suitcase will weigh more than your clothes suitcase.
5. You discover the pill that’s most important to your health will run out when your pharmacist is closed and it’s a three day holiday.
6. Your list of meds is as long as a love letter.
7. The brand name meds will go generic the same day your doctor takes you off of it.
8. It takes you a half hour or more to fill your meds 7-Day planner.
9. You run out of sleep meds the night your daughter/granddaughter has a 5-girl sleepover.
10. A relative dies and you are in charge of flushing their meds down the toilet and every sewer rat in town gets high!!!
11. The possible side effects are worse than your ailment. 12. A friend discovers you are taking a med that her late sister took and she is convinced the med killed her! 13. Young people carry their meds in one hand. Old folks carry their meds in one Wal-Mart sack. 14. Why is it we never miss a meal but sometimes forget to take our meds? 15. Another mystery--You change doctors and the first thing they do is question the wisdom of your former doctor in prescribing this or that med. (I have been there more than once) Glenn <>< Just West of Yesterday |
| Lincoln at Gettysburg
At Purdue
University ('59-'63) there were two kinds of students: Greeks (Fraternity/Soriety) and
Independents (GDI’s). There was not a lot of love lost between the two. It was
widely reported that one of the benefits of living in a Greek “House” was the
massive collection of test files left by members.
The rumor
had it that Greeks did not have to study as hard as Independents because they
had inside info on tests that was contained in the large “House”collection and
therefore could party until dawn.
An interesting
story concerned a Big Ten football star who pledged a fraternity and was in
hopes of using their large file to finally pass the required Composition 101.
Up until the last test he had a strong “B+” going and looked like a sure winner
this time. All along, he merely copied his compositions directly from the Greek
House files. He had an assured “C” no matter what he did on the final. On the
last day there was an in-class theme required. The star halfback handed in a
typed theme!
Now back to
Speech 112---The speech was to persuade. The urban legend machine had an often
repeated story that a student started his speech by saying “Four score and
seven years ago our forefathers brought….” The professor jumped to his feet and
pointed an accusing finger at the student and shouted:”BY %$(#@ THAT SPEECH IS
FILED!”
Glenn <>< Just West of Yesterday |
