Your Not a Kid Anymore When...

You're Not a Kid Anymore When...
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You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

You buy a compass for the dash of your car.

You are proud of your lawn mower.

Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

You sing along with the elevator music.

You would rather go to work than stay home sick.

You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.

You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.

You make an appointment to see the dentist.

You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

Neighbors borrow your tools.

People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you ?"

You have a dream about prunes.

You answer a question with, "Because I said so!"

You send money to PBS.

The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.

You take a metal detector to the beach.

You wear black socks with sandals.

You know what the word "equity" means.

You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television.

Your ears are hairier than your head.

You get into a heated argument about pension plans.

You got cable for the weather channel.

You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.

You take a nap to get ready for bed.

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What Every Teenager Should Know

Give this to all the teenagers in your life

RULE 1
Life is not fair - get used to it.

RULE 2
The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3
You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice president with fancy car* until you earn both.

RULE 4
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure.

RULE 5
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger-flipping. They called it opportunity.

RULE 6
If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes: learn from them.

RULE 7
Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

RULE 8
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the lightest resemblance to anything in real life.

RULE 9
Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off, and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10
Television is not real life. In real life people actually go to jobs.

RULE 11
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

From Charles Sykes book, Dumbing Down our Kids

Garden of Daily Living

How To Plant Your Garden

First, you come to the garden alone,
while the dew is still on the roses....

FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING,

PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:

1. Peace of mind...
2. Peace of heart...
3. Peace of soul ...

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:

1. Squash gossip...
2. Squash indifference...
3. Squash grumbling ...
4. Squash selfishness...

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:

1. Lettuce be faithful...
2. Lettuce be kind...
3. Lettuce be patient...
4. Lettuce really love one another...

NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:

1. Turnip for meetings...
2. Turnip for service...
3. Turnip to help one another ...

TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME:






1. Thyme for each other...
2. Thyme for family...
3. Thyme for friends...


WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE. THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

Unkown Writer

You're Not a Kid Anymore When...

You're Not a Kid Anymore When...
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You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

You buy a compass for the dash of your car.

You are proud of your lawn mower.

Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

You sing along with the elevator music.

You would rather go to work than stay home sick.

You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.

You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.

You make an appointment to see the dentist.

You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

Neighbors borrow your tools.

People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you ?"

You have a dream about prunes.

You answer a question with, "Because I said so!"

You send money to PBS.

The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.

You take a metal detector to the beach.

You wear black socks with sandals.

You know what the word "equity" means.

You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television.

Your ears are hairier than your head.

You get into a heated argument about pension plans.

You got cable for the weather channel.

You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.

You take a nap to get ready for bed.

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