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This
Week's Coffee
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April 1, 2007 ~ Next
update: April 8th |
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Welcome friends,
Leanne on left and Tricia
during the marathon.
Leanne writes:
Hello Everybody,
Just wanted you to know I very successfully
finished the marathon! My time was very slightly
better than Napa: 6:08:02. Was hoping for
5 1/2 hours but couldn't quite make that happen.
The weather was beautiful and the sights along
the race course were amazing. Tricia and I ran
together the whole time. My mentee, Rob, whom we
expected to finish in about 4 hours, suffered low
blood sugar at the 26km mark and had to be taken
away in the ambulance. Although he didn't run
the full course, he did meet Tricia and I at the 40 km
mark and ran to the finish with us! All 3
Burlingame team members finished all together...
Festive, yet sad at the same time. Rob is doing
much better and his spirits are good.
The weather today is another story. Pouring
down rain and lots of wind... Very reminiscent of
Napa!!! My, what a difference a day makes.
Well, we're off to meet friends for
dinner then we're going to the Piazza Navona.
Hope all is well and everyone is happy.
Please thank everyone who supported me on making this
marathon successful.
Leanne
As many of you
know, my daughter Leanne returned
from Rome, Italy where she ran the
Maratona della citt`a di Roma Full Marathon (26.2
miles). She is a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society's Team In
Training.
Leanne wants you all
to know how very grateful she is to those
of you who supported her in this marathon. She
also wants you to know she appreciates your generosity
and sensitivity to the needs of others who are coping
with what none of ever want to face ...
cancer. 
As her mother, I sincerely
thank those of you who donated to the Lymphoma
Society on Leanne's behalf. Unfortunately,
she is still shy of meeting her goal by $1,500. If
you would like to help Leanne finish this fund
raiser successfully, click the "Donate
Now!" It
will take you to a secure page, which is encrypted
for your security.
Where is this year going? My, my
it is time to get ready for Easter. And our
Easter page is a good place to
start.
I hope you enjoy this week's Coffee
Break. Your participation is welcome and invited,
so send us your jokes, trivia, things to ponder, tips and
noteworthy items. If you have a suggestion of
something you would like to see here, be sure to
let us know that, too.
Take care, stay in
touch, and be happy,
Joanne
Your San Francisco
Bay Area Real Estate Broker
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Pet-food recall expands; FDA still stumped
The recall of wet and dry pet foods contaminated with
a chemical found in plastics and pesticides expanded
Saturday even as investigators were puzzled why the
substance would kill dogs and cats.
Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. said it
was recalling all sizes and varieties of its
Alpo Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food
with specific date codes. Purina said a limited amount
of the food contained a contaminated wheat gluten from
China.
The same U.S. supplier also provided wheat gluten,
a protein source, to a Canadian company, Menu
Foods, which last month recalled 60 million
containers of wet dog and cat food it produces for sale
under nearly 100 brand labels.
Menu Foods and the Food and Drug Administration,
which regulates the pet-food industry, have refused to
identify the company that supplied the contaminated
wheat gluten.
Hill's Pet Nutrition said late
Friday that its Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry
cat food included the tainted wheat gluten. The
FDA said the source was the same unidentified company.
Hill's, a division of Colgate-Palmolive Co., is
so far the only company to recall any dry pet food.
Meanwhile, experts said Saturday that a greater
sensitivity of cats to a chemical found in plastics and
pesticides could explain why they've died in larger
numbers than dogs.
The small number of confirmed reports of pet deaths
bolstered by a far larger number of unconfirmed
anecdotal reports suggests cats were more susceptible to
poisoning by the chemical melamine that tainted the now
recalled pet food, officials with the FDA and American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said
Saturday.
"I am concerned we have a situation where we have a
sensitive species, and it is the cat," said Steven
Hansen, a veterinary toxicologist and director of the
ASPCA's Animal Poison Control center in Urbana, Ill.
Testing by the FDA and Cornell University has found
melamine in samples of recalled pet food as well as in
crystal form in the urine and kidney tissue of dead
cats.
They've also found the chemical, in apparently raw
form in concentrations as high as 6.6 percent, in wheat
gluten used in the recalled cat and dog foods, said
Stephen Sundlof, the FDA's chief veterinarian.
Sundlof and others have not been able to explain
why the chemical would have caused the kidney failure
seen in the roughly 16 confirmed pet deaths, all but one
in cats. There are anecdotal reports of hundreds more
pet deaths.
FDA Alerts
FDA Pet Food Recall
List and Latest Information
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"In God
We Still Trust" ~ Thanks to Mr. Richard
DeBiaso
You
will not hear this song on a public
broadcast.
In March, 2005,
this song was performed at a Diamond Rio concert. They
received an immediate standing ovation, and continue to
do so every time they perform it!
Sadly,
major radio stations wouldn't play it because it was
considered politically incorrect. Consequently, the song
was never released to the public.
If
this song speaks to your heart and you want to share it
with friends and loved ones, please do. Then, regardless
of our ethnic origin, let us cease being the silent
majority and join together. Not as a particular
political party, but as Americans!
Adjust your volume to hear
... In God We Still
Trust
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Note: This appeared in Coffee Break more than a
year ago. Given the state of our nation it seemed
appropriate to bring it back.
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Now, this weeks
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This will make you smile! ~ Thanks to Ms.
Florence Pierson
There are 3 good arguments that Jesus was
Black:
1. He called everyone brother.
2. He liked
Gospel.
3. He couldn't get a fair trial.
But
then there are 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was
Jewish:
1. He went into His Father's business.
2.
He lived at home until he was 33.
3. He was sure his Mother was a
virgin and his Mother was sure He was God.
But
then there are 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was
Italian:
1. He talked with His hands.
2. He had
wine with His meals
3. He used olive
oil.
But then
there are 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was a
Californian:
1. He never cut His hair.
2. He
walked around barefoot all the time.
3. He started a
new religion.
But then there are 3 equally good
arguments that Jesus was an American Indian:
1. He
was at peace with nature.
2. He ate a lot of
fish.
3 . He talked ab out the Great
Spirit.
But then there are 3 equally good
arguments the Jesus was Irish:
1. He never got
married.
2. He was always telling stories.
3 He
loved green pastures.
But the most compelling evidence of all - 3
proofs that Jesus was a woman:
1. He fed a crowd at a
moment's notice when there was no food.
2. He kept
trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who
just didn't get it.
3. And even when He was dead, He
had to get up because there was still work to
do.
AMEN!
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The Preacher's Son ~ Thanks to Mr. Jim Ward
An old southern country
preacher had a teenage son, and it was getting
time the boy should give some thought to choosing a
profession. Like many young men, the boy didn't really
know what he wanted to do, and he didn't seem too
concerned about it.
One day, while the boy was
away at school, his father decided to try an
experiment. He went into the boy's room and placed
on his study table four
objects: a
Bible, a silver dollar, a bottle of whisky
and a Playboy magazine
"I'll just hide behind the
door," the old preacher said to himself, "when he
comes home from school this afternoon, I'll see
which object he picks up.
If it's the Bible, he's
going to be a preacher like me, and what a blessing
that would be!
If he picks up the
dollar, he's going to be a businessman, and that would
be
okay, too.
But if he picks up the
bottle, he's going to be a no-good drunkard, and,
Lord, what a shame that would be.
And worst of all, if he
picks up that magazine he's gonna be a skirt-chasin'
bum."
The old man waited
anxiously, and soon heard his son's footsteps as he
entered the house whistling and headed for his room.
The boy tossed his books on the bed, and as he turned to
leave the room he spotted the objects on the
table. With curiosity in his eye, he walked over
to inspect them.
Finally, he picked up the
Bible and placed it under his arm. He picked up the
silver dollar and dropped it into his pocket. He
uncorked the bottle and took
a big drink while he
admired this month's Centerfold.
"Lord have mercy," the old
preacher disgustedly whispered, "he's gonna be a
Congressman!"
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A Tale of Two Cockies ~ Thanks to Mr. Jim
Knudsen
3 pages of
photo's after you enter the site. This is really
awesome. Worth looking at! An absolutely
amazing love story.
http://www.juliusbergh.com/cocky
This link is to
a photography journal of the story of two cockatoos, one
domestic and one wild. The female has a bad wing and
cannot fly and she is courted by a wild male. He manages
to get her cage open and the relationship continues from
there. They even raise a family. These are some
wonderful photos and a great story.
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George Carlin's Solution to Save Gasoline ~
Thanks to Mr. Tracy DeBiaso and Mr. Jim
Knudsen
Bush wants us to cut the
amount of gas we use. The best way to
stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million
illegal immigrants! That would
be 11 million less people using our
gas. The price of gas would come
down.
Bring our troops home from Iraq to
guard the border. When they
catch an illegal immigrant crossing the
border, hand him a canteen, rifle
and some ammo and ship him to
Iraq. Tell him if he wants to come to
America then he must serve a tour in the
military. Give him a soldier's pay while
he's there and tax him on it. After his tour,
he will be allowed to become a citizen since
he defended this country. He will also be
registered to be taxed and be a legal
patriot. This option will probably deter
illegal immigration and provide a solution for the
troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a
better life for themselves.
If they refuse
to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the
canteen, rifle or ammo. Problem solved.
If you think this is a good solution to both
the problems, copy and paste this in an email and
sent it to your friends.
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Daisy the Silly Goose ~ Thanks to Ms. Linda
Jo Bruton
You won't believe
this even when you see it
Watch Daisy the
Goose ... this is an
incredible Goose
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You've got to go to
school! ~ Thanks to Ms. Linda
Bruton
Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her
son. "Wake up, son. It's time to go to school!"
"But why, Mom? I don't want to go."
"Give me two reasons why you don't want to go."
"Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers
hate me, too!"
"Oh, that's no reason not to go to school. Come on
now and get ready."
"Give me two reasons why I should go to school."
"Well, for one, you're 52 years old. And for another,
you're the Principal!"
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Strawberry Fertilizer ~ Thanks
to Mr. Richard DeBiaso
A farmer was
driving along the road with a load of fertilizer. A
little boy, playing in front of his house, saw him and
called, "What've you got in your truck?"
"Fertilizer,"
the farmer replied.
"What are you
going to do with it?" asked the little boy.
"Put it on
strawberries," answered the farmer.
"You ought to
live here," the little boy advised him. "We put sugar
and cream on ours."
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Funny! ~ Thanks to Ms.
Florence Pierson
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Job
placement process ~ Thanks to Mr. Michael Pruitt and Ms.
Juanita Whiteside
Basic Instructions:
1. Put 400
bricks in a closed room.
2. Put your new hires
in the room and close the door.
3. Leave them
alone and come back after 6 hours.
4. Then
analyze the
situation:
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a. If
they are counting the bricks, put them in the
accounting department.
b. If
they are recounting them, put them in
auditing.
c. If they have messed up
the whole place with the bricks, put them in
engineering.
d. If they are
arranging the bricks in some strange order put them
in planning.
e. If they are
throwing the bricks at each other, put them in
operations.
f. If they are sleeping,
put them in security.
g. If they have
broken the bricks into pieces, put them in
information-technology.
h. If they
are sitting idle, put them in human
resources.
i. If they say they have
tried different combinations, they are looking for
more, yet not a brick has been moved, put them in
sales.
j. If they have already left
for the day, put them in
marketing.
k. If they are staring out
of the window, put them in strategic
planning.
l. If they are praising
each other, and not a single brick has been touched,
congratulate them and put them in top management
m. If they made a record of what everyone else
was doing Put them in office administration
o. Finally, if they have surrounded themselves
with bricks in s uch a way that they can neither be
seen nor heard from, put them in Congress.
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The Dying Man ~ Thanks to Mr. Richard
DeBiaso
A priest was
preparing a man for his long journey into the night.
Whispering
firmly, the priest said, "Denounce the devil! Let him
know how little you think of his evil."
The dying man
said nothing.
The priest
repeated his order. Still the dying man said nothing.
The priest
asked, "Why do you refuse to denounce the devil and his
evil?"
The dying man
said, "Until I know where I'm heading, I don't think I
ought to aggravate anybody."
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Husband and wife ~ Thanks to Ms. Florence
Pierson
Husband and wife in bed together.
She feels his hand rubbing her shoulder.
She: "Oh, that feels good."
His hand moves to her breast.
She: "Gee, honey, that feels wonderful."
His hand moves to her leg.
She: "Oh, honey, don't stop."
But he stops.
She: "Why did you stop?"
He: "I found the remote."
He should be out of the Hospital Tuesday!
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Euro
Semi ~ Thanks to Mr. Jim
Knudsen
European
delivery truck painted to look like the Pringles Hot
& Spicy chips
were so hot they burned up the
truck!
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Trivia ~ Thanks to Mr. Richard
DeBiaso
Why would you undo
a sex-change?
In the spring of 2000, it
was reported that a 25-year-old Tehran transsexual, who
had just undergone extensive surgery to become a woman,
said he wanted to change back to a man after realizing
just how poorly women are treated in Iran.
How long does it
take for a lobster to grow?
It takes a lobster
approximately seven years to grow to be one pound
Who was the first
woman on the Wheaties box?
The first female athlete
to appear in a Wheaties "Breakfast of Champions"
television commercial was Mary Lou Retton, shortly after
her gold medal win at the 1984 summer Olympics.
Which is the
world's largest art gallery?
The world's largest art
gallery is the Winter Palace and Hermitage in St.
Petersburg, Russia. Visitors would have to walk 15 miles
to see the 322 galleries which house nearly 3 million
works of art.
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Amazing
young artist ~ Thank to Mr. Skip
Munson
This is totally amazing and
beautiful:
http://tinyurl.com/yxewot
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Your drivers license tells it all! ~ Thanks to
Mr. Richard DeBiaso
A
mother is driving a little girl to her friend's house
for a play date. "Mommy," the little girl asks,
"how old are you?"
"Honey,
you are not supposed to ask a lady her age," the mother
replied. "It's not polite."
"OK",
the little girl says, "How much do you weigh?"
"Now
really," the mother says, "those are personal questions
and are really none of your business."
Undaunted,
the little girl asks, "Why did you and Daddy get a
divorce?"
"That
is enough questions, young lady, honestly!" The
exasperated mother walks away as the two friends begin
to play.
"My
Mom won't tell me anything about her," the little girl
says to her friend.
"Well,"
says the friend, "all you need to do is look at her
drivers license. It is like a report card, it has
everything on it."
Later
that night the little girl says to her mother, "I know
how old you are, you are 32."
The
mother is surprised and asks, "How did you find that
out?
"I
also know that you weigh 140 pounds."
The
mother is past surprised and shocked now. "How in
heaven's name did you find that out?"
"And,"
the little girl says triumphantly,"I know why you and
daddy got a divorce."
"Oh
really?" the mother asks. "Why?"
"Because
you got an F in sex."
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This is the crystal cave of giants found in
the Naica Mine, Chihuahua,
Mexico.
These are
Selenite crystals (gypsum) and are the largest crystals
ever discovered. They are 1000 feet down in a limestone
host rock where they are mining for lead, zinc and
silver. These crystals were formed by hydrothermal
fluids emanating from the magma chambers below. The
miners had to drill through the Naica fault, which
they were worried would flood the mine, and this is
what they discovered.
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I hope you enjoyed this issue of
Coffee Break. Your comments and suggestions
are always welcome. When you come
across something funny or informative and in good
taste, please send it along. I would love
to include it with your name and our
thanks.
Be sure to visit our Easter page.
I leave you to ponder what a good
friend of mine shared with me: "The happiest of
people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
they just make the best of everything that comes along
their way."
Make it a good week, be happy and and come
back soon.
Joanne
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