Dog, Cat & Mouse - From one animal loving friend to another...

Background Story: This is a video of a homeless man in Santa Barbara and his pets. They work State Street every week for donations. The animals are pretty well fed and are mellow. They are a  family. The man who owns them rigged a harness up for his cat so she wouldn't have to walk so much (like the dog and himself). At some juncture the rat came along, and as no one wanted to eat anyone else, the rat started riding with the cat and, often, on the cat! The dog, will stand all day and let you talk to him and admire him for a few chin scratches. The Mayor of Santa Barbara filmed this clip and sent it out as a holiday card A good example for all of us. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=D85yrIgA4Nk&feature=player_embedded

FW: Why Do I Like Retirement !!! :)

       

   
  Question:   How many days in a week?   

      Answer:   6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday  

         

      Question:   When is a retiree's bedtime?   

      Answer:   Three hours after he falls asleep on the couch.  

         

         

      Question:   How many retirees to change a light bulb?   

      Answer:   Only one, but it might take all day.  

         

      Question:   What's the biggest gripe of retirees?   

      Answer:   There is not enough time to get everything done.  

         

         

      Question:   Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors?   

      Answer:   The term comes with a 10% discount.  

         

      Question:   Among retirees what is considered formal attire?   

      Answer:   Tied shoes.  

       

         

      Question:   Why do retirees count pennies?   

      Answer:   They are the only ones who have the time.     

       

       

         

      Question:   What is the common term for someone who enjoys work and refuses to retire?    

      Answer:   NUTS!    

         

         

      Question:   Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?  

      Answer:   They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there. 

         

      Question:   What do retirees call a long lunch?   

      Answer:     Normal  .  

         

         

      Question:    What is the best way to describe retirement?   

      Answer:   The never ending Coffee Break.  

         

         

      Question:   What's the biggest advantage of going back to school as a retiree?   

      Answer:   If you cut classes, no one calls your parents.  

         

      Question:   Why does a retiree often say he doesn't miss work, but misses the people he used to work with?   

      Answer:   He is too polite to tell the whole truth.   

         

      And, my very favorite....  

      QUESTION:   What do you do all week?   

      Answer:   Monday through Friday, NOTHING..... Saturday & Sunday, I rest.  

      SERENITY

      Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, 

      'How old was your husband?' '98,' she replied... 

      'Two years older than me'  

      'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented..  

      She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it?

       

       

      Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: 

      'And what do you think is the best thing 

      about being 104?' the reporter asked..  

      She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'

       

       

      The nice thing about being senile is 

      you can hide your own Easter eggs

      and have fun finding them.

       

       

      I've sure gotten old! 

      I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, 

      new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes. 

      I'm half blind, 

      can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, 

      take 40 different medications that 

      make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. 

      Have bouts with dementia. 

      Have poor circulation; 

      hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. 

      Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. 

      Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, 

      I still have my driver's license.

       

       

      I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, 

      so I got my doctor's permission to 

      join a fitness club and start exercising. 

      I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. 

      I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, 

      by the time I got my leotards on, 

      the class was over.

       

       

      An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and 

      told her preacher she had two final requests. 

      First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, 

      she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart .  

      ' Wal-Mart ?' the preacher exclaimed. 

      'Why Wal-Mart?'  

      'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week'

       

       

      My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. 

      Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

       

       

      Know how to prevent sagging? 

      Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.

       

       

      It's scary when you start making the same noises 

      as your coffee maker.

      These days about half the stuff 

      in my shopping cart says, 

      'For fast relief.'

       

       

      THE SENILITY PRAYER :  

      Grant me the senility to forget the people 

      I never liked anyway, 

      the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and 

      the eyesight to tell the difference.

       

       

     

      Now, I think you're supposed to share this with 5 or 6, maybe 10 others. Oh heck, give it to a bunch of your friends if you can remember who they are! 

       

      Always Remember This:    

      You don't stop laughing because you grow old,  

      You grow old because you stop laughing