Joe,

JM>> didn't fly there instead of taking Amtrak?? I replied "I want to treat
JM>a vacation like a Thanksgiving Day meal...savor every bite from the
JM>dinner roll to the pumpkin pie.

JM>  Good analogy.  --swipe--

  I would call you a thief, but since you're the moderator, rank has its
privileges. <G>

JM>  I have a very bad habit of wolfing down my food as well.  At home I
JM>think nothing of it, but when I'm with others I have to keep reminding
JM>myself "slow down".

  That's why the idea of those marathon hot dog eating deals turn me
off. Why gorge yourself, then barf it all back up. That's as bad as the
late Red Skelton, in a skit, saying "I had oysters on the half shell
twice in one meal. Once going down...", then he paused, grimaced, and
you could hear folks going "Ewwwww!!". 

JM>  To me food is simply fuel for the body.  The reason I'm as happy with a
JM>bowl of corn flakes as with a big juicy steak.

  I remember when my late wife woke up after a heart surgery, they had a
bowl of chicken broth in front of her. She growled "What is this
garbage?? I want a steak!!". <G>

JM>   I really liked the line about the seeing eye dog tied to the front
JM>bumper!

  When their eyes glow, as in a photo, they have their bright lights on.
<G>

JM>   When I was 13 my got my first pair of real glasses and could see the
JM>world in focus all the time.

  I had been wearing glasses since I was 9, but now just wear reading
glasses. Yet, they are so difficult to keep clean.

JM>   All my life I wore coke bottle lenses and hated them.  In my mid 30s
JM>the price of contacts had come down, got them and never looked back.  (I
JM>do wear glasses once a week while my eyes are "resting" and the contacts
JM>being cleaned.

  Reminds me of the joke where the woman gets pulled over by a
blonde female cop. She asks her where her glasses are, as her license
notes "Corrective Lenses". When the woman replied "I've got contacts",
the cop exploded "I don't care who you know!! You're supposed to be
wearing glasses!!". <G>

JM>  Thankfully I've never had that.

  One woman was lamenting that the man she thought she was going to
marry dealt with Cadillacs -- when he actually said "Cataracts". 

JM>  Isn't it strange in medicine (and science) something new comes along
JM>and it pooh-poohed by others then eventually becomes the norm?

  Yep.

JM>  Mine were never that bad but do have a bit of stigmatization in one eye.
JM>  Once in a while I need readers (esp. if small print) but generally don't.
JM>  Then there are times I do and the next time I don't.  Or to put it
JM>another way, sometimes I don't need them and sometimes I do.  

  I like what the late Red Skelton noted on reading glasses. "I don't
need these, but I've reached the age where curiosity is greater than
vanity". <G>

JM>  Don't ya love how some people never let you live something down?  

  With friends like these, you don't need any enemies.

JM>>   But, if you can't laugh at yourself, you have a lot of problems.

JM>  Ain't it the truth!

  But, some folks just won't admit it to such.

JM>  Oh, you mentioned being lost in a parking lot.  I never consider myself
JM>lost, I'm just on an unexpected side trip.  

  There you go. I guess next time, I'll call AAA for travel guidance.
<G>

Daryl
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