I love quotes and I read one recently about Ben Franklin's remark . . . "In wine there is wisdom; In beer there is freedom; In water there is bacteria." Then some wise 'ass' added: "Remember water-poop; wine-health, therefore it is better to drink wine and talk stupid than to drink water and be full of sh-t." On a little 'higher' note, the actor Danny Kaye used to say "Life is a great big canvas. Throw all the paint you can at it." and it wouldn't hurt to sip a little glass of wine in my opinion. 
There was an interesting e-mail yesterday showing a highway going through the fifth to seventh floors of the Gate Tower Building, a sixteen story office building in Osaka, Japan. It is part of the Hanshin Expressway and called the "Beehive" "referring to a busy place". The article went on to say "held up as a bridge, no contact with other buildings and is of double base construction" ..... where are my construction folks who could explain all this to me? What a feat, built in 1983. Building permits were refused because a highway was planned and it took the property owner five years to haggle with the Expressway Corporation and come up with this solution. Pretty clever and a marvelous piece of construction, another small wonder in our world.
When you look at the picture of the veteran staring off at the graves of his war buddies, personal friends, brothers and sisters and you know his heart aches. What a terrible price we pay, and are still paying . . . and I might add, will pay, for our freedom. Oppression is evil. Keep this picture in mind when you hear the rhetoric of socialism.
So today, Tuesday and another day to work hard and clean up the messes be it in reams of paper, cartridges of ink, or sweeping the porch. Whatever takes your fancy make the job the best you can make it and pat yourself on the back for a job well done . . . and, if the mood hits, open a bottle of wine and relax at home and don't forget the pizza . . . oh you like beer with it; fine, to each his own, enjoy and smile while you do it. Hugs to all.
So today, Tuesday and another day to work hard and clean up the messes be it in reams of paper, cartridges of ink, or sweeping the porch. Whatever takes your fancy make the job the best you can make it and pat yourself on the back for a job well done . . . and, if the mood hits, open a bottle of wine and relax at home and don't forget the pizza . . . oh you like beer with it; fine, to each his own, enjoy and smile while you do it. Hugs to all.
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