Hmmm, a first for me. Nobody started a new breakroom. Used the stuff by the dragon labeled Portland quick-set to add to the coffee pot. Looks like it thinned out the existing coffee pretty nicely. Got a really good deal on the donuts and for one buck, a guy behind the shop fished them out of the bottom of that metal container for us.

I get dibs on the bear claw.

 

Good morning DTR from a still kinda cool Paradise. Wonder if that could be because it is winter? Bark, what on earth is that stuff in the coffee pot? It has greenish colored 'steam' coming out of it. Whatever you added appears to be causing some sort of reaction. The donuts are moving away from it. Think I will pass on both thank you and take a run to the corner convenience store.
This day next week Christmas will be over, a memory for some and an experience for others. Just never forget that Jesus is the reason for the season.

There was once a man who didn't believe in God, and he didn't hesitate to let others know how he felt about religion and religious holidays, like Christmas. His wife, however, did believe, and she raised their children to also have faith in God and Jesus, despite his disparaging comments. One snowy Christmas Eve, his wife was taking their children to a Christmas Eve service in the farm community in which they lived. She asked him to come, but he refused. "That story is nonsense!", he said. "Why would God lower Himself to come to Earth as a man? That's ridiculous!" So she and the children left, and he stayed home..

A little while later the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into a blizzard. As the man looked out the window, all he saw was a blinding snowstorm. He sat down to relax before the fire for the evening. Then he heard a loud thump. Something had hit the window. Then another thump, He looked out, but couldn't see more than a few feet. When the snow let up a little, he ventured outside to see what could have been beating on his window. In the field near his house he saw a flock of wild geese. Apparently they had been flying south for the winter when they got caught in the snowstorm and could not go on. They were lost and stranded on his farm, with no food or shelter. They just flapped their wings and flew around the field in low circles, blindly and aimlessly. A couple of them had flown into his window, it seemed.

The man felt sorry for the geese and wanted to help them. The barn would be a great place for them to stay, he thought. It is warm and safe; surely they could spend the night and wait out the storm. So he walked over to the barn and opened the doors wide, then watched and waited, hoping they would notice the open barn and go inside. But the geese just fluttered around aimlessly and did not seem to notice the barn or realize what it could mean for them. The man tried to get their attention, but that just seemed to scare them and they moved further away. He went into the house and came back out with some bread, broke it up, and made a bread crumb trail leading to the barn. They still didn't catch on. Now he was getting frustrated. He got behind them and tried to shoo them toward the barn, but they
only got more scared and scattered in every direction except toward the barn. Nothing he did could get them to go into the barn where they would be warm and safe. "Why don't they follow me?!", he exclaimed. "Can't they see this is the only place where they can survive the storm?" He thought for a moment and realized that they just wouldn't follow a human. "If only I were a goose, then I could save them", he said out loud.

Then he had an idea. He went into barn, got one of his own geese, and carried it in his arms as he circled around behind the flock of wild geese. He then released it. His goose flew through the flock and straight into the barn-and one by one the other geese followed it to safety. He stood silently for a moment as the words he had spoken a few minutes earlier replayed in his mind: "If only I were a goose, then I could save them! Then he thought about what he had said to his wife earlier. "Why would God want to be like us? That's ridiculous!" Suddenly it all made sense. That is what God had done. We were like the geese - blind, lost, perishing. God had His Son become like us so He could show us the way and save us. That was the meaning of Christmas, he realized. As the winds and blinding snow died down, his soul became quiet and pondered this wonderful thought. Suddenly he understood what Christmas was all about, why Christ had come. Years of doubt and disbelief vanished like the passing storm. He fell to his knees in the snow, and prayed his first prayer: "Thank You, God, for coming
in human form to get me out of the storm!"

Author unknown

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON! "O Holy Night"

 

Now he's gonna start makin' excuses for it being so chilly in his 'paradise'. Next week he'll be liking the 'refreshing weather in paradise'!

Good story Stan!





Morning all.

Today is Sunday, December 19th. Only 5 days & 14 hours 'til Christmas! Get that shopping done this week so I can get some presents!


On this day in 1777 - General George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, PA, to camp for the winter.

1842 - Hawaii's independence was recognized by the U.S.

1843 - Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was first published in England.

1871 - Corrugated paper was patented by Albert L. Jones.

1907 - A coalmine explosion in Jacobs Creek, PA, killed 239 workers.

1959 - Walter Williams died in Houston, TX, at the age of 117. He was said to be the last surviving veteran of the U.S. Civil War.

1973 - Johnny Carson started a fake toilet-paper scare on the "Tonight Show."

1989 - U.S. troops invaded Panama to overthrow the regime of General Noriega.

1998 - U.S. President Bill Clinton was impeached on two charges of perjury and obstruction of justice by the U.S. House of Representatives.

1998 - A four-day bombing of Iraq by British and American forces ended.

2008 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed a $17.4 billion rescue package of loans for ailing auto makers General Motors and Chrysler.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Why is the word "abbreviate" so long?

The coffee's ok. A little thin and runny, but ok I guess. Bob's gonna be mad you didn't make his ph00 tho. Don't you northerners have a moose-poop flavored ph00 or something?

 

Late good morning all.

Been up since 0500 doin' stuff.

Wifey wrappin' presents for her relatives before we head over to her cousin's this afternoon for a early season Peruvian 'get together'


Hoping the week goes by quickly so I can head to Casa Del Shovelhead for the holidays.

 

Mornin.

Good story, Stan.

I'll try to keep up this week...

 

morning all...
I skipped the breakroom coffee and brought my own jug of dunkin' donuts.
I see no elves unloaded my truck last night. guess Im gonna have to make the boys do it.

 

A fine start there Bark! Excellent job on the coffee. The donuts seem a bit timid but they'll do.

Nice story Stan.

Warmed up a bit. Only about-25* or so.

 

I added some [censored] to the PH00oo and stirred vewy vewy carfullwy. Gotta tip toe outta here while it reacts.

Be vewy vewy quwiet

 

Hey, Scotty... are you coming down?

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS YALL Mr Scott i have some moose pop pHOo .........in other new some "lady" last monday night decided it was a good idea to cut me off ......now im looking for a new nose for the 88 and i cant drive it till i get the radiator fixed ....apperiantly she dosnt know where i came from hummm.....its a RED DODGE DIESEL with led lights all over the ...weelll what was the front and a straight piped stack........so how yall been?

 

I guess you SHOWED her where you came from tho, huh? Glad you weren't hurt and by the sounds of it, your truck is fixable. On HER dime I hope. Sorry to hear about this.

 

Dang it, that sucks. Sad to say, but you've got to watch out for that other person...

Bout to go clean my work boots and shave the cat.

 

'tis the season eh?

 

Yeah. He's bald now, and I'm close...

 

Good story Stan!
Hmmm, thats a thought. People drink that civet cat poop coffee. Maybe they will pay 10 bucks a cup for moose poop coffee.
Is their coffee as good as I have heard?

Its up to 19f here. Do you have Christmas off this year or New Years?
We had rabbit the other day. I forgot how good it is when done right. Almost as good as buffalo
Is her family from Peru? My mother was visiting there last year and loved it.


Cats like to get shaved even more than they like baths.