Thursday, September 8, 2011

One light bulb at a time




A physics teacher in high school, once
told the students that while one
grasshopper on the railroad tracks
wouldn't slow a train very much, but a
billion of them would. With that thought
in mind, read the following.

This past weekend I was at Kroger. I
needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce
dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb
aisle, and right next to the GE brand I
normally buy was an off-brand labeled,
"Everyday Value" I picked up both
types of bulbs and compared the stats -
they were the same except for the price.
The GE bulbs were more money than
the Everyday Value brand but the thing
that surprised me the most was the fact
that GE was made in MEXICO and the
Everyday Value brand was made in - get
ready for this - the USA in company in
Cleveland, Ohio.

So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer
Sheets ..... Yep, you guessed it, bounce
cost more money and is made in
Canada. The Everyday Value brand was
less money and MADE IN THE USA! I
did laundry yesterday and the dryer
sheets performed just like the Bounce
Free I have been using for years and at
almost half the price!

I was in Lowes the other day for some
reason and just for the heck of it I was
looking at the hose attachments. They
were all made in China. The next day I
was in Ace Hardware and just for the
heck of it, I checked the hose
attachments there. They were made in
USA. Start looking.

In our current economic situation, every
little thing we buy or do affects someone
else -- even their job.

My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I
noticed, though, that it is marked made in
Mexico now.

I do not buy it any more.


My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made
in Mexico ... Now I have switched to
Crest. You have to read the labels on
everything.

My challenge to you is to start reading the
labels when you shop for everyday things
and see what you can find that is made in
the USA- the job you save may be your own
or your neighbors!

(We should have awakened a decade
ago.)

If you accept the challenge, pass this
on to others in your address book so
we can all start buying American, one
light bulb at a time! Stop buying from
overseas companies!
 
Let's get with the program. Help our
fellow Americans keep their jobs and
create more jobs here in the U.S.A.  
 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

One for the Ladies


 WOMAN'S PERFECT BREAKFAST

She's sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee.

Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box.

Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week.

Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl.

And her husband is on the back of the milk carton.


Keep reading-they get better!!!


WOMEN'S REVENGE
 

'Cash, check or charge?' I asked, after folding items the
 
woman wished to purchase.

As she fumbled for her wallet
, 

I noticed a remote control for a 

television set in her purse.


'So, do you always carry your TV remote?' I asked.

'No,' she replied, 'but my husband refused to come 


shopping with me,

and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to 


him
 
 
legally.'




 


 





UNDERSTANDING WOMEN

(A MAN'S PERSPECTIVE)

I know I'm not going to understand women.

I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax,

pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the 

root, and still be afraid of a spider.




 



  

CIGARETTES AND TAMPONS

 THE BEST ONE BY FAR!

A man
 walks into a pharmacy 

and wanders up & down the aisles.

The sales girl notices him
 and asks him 

if she can help him.

He answers that he is looking for
 a box of 

tampons for his wife.

She directs him down the correct aisle. 

A few minutes later, he deposits a 

huge bag of cotton balls and

a ball of string on the counter. 

She says, confused, 'Sir, I thought you

 were looking for some

tampons for your wife? 

He answers, 'You see, it's like this, 

yesterday, I sent my wife to

the store to get me a carton of 

cigarettes, and she came back 

with a tin of tobacco

and some rolling papers; cause 

it's sooo-ooo--oo-ooo much

cheaper.

So, I figure if I have to roll my own ........... 

so does she..


(I figure this guy is the one on the milk carton!)




 



  



WIFE VS. HUSBAND

A couple drove down a country road for

several miles, not saying a word.

An earlier discussion had led to an 

argument and neither of them wanted to 

concede their position.


As they passed a barnyard of mules, 

goats, and pigs,


the husband asked sarcastically, '

Relatives of

yours?'


'Yep,' the wife replied, 'in-laws.'
 


 


WORDS


A husband read an article to his wife 

about

how many words women use a day.


30,000 to a man's 15,000.


The wife replied, 'The reason has to be

because we have to repeat everything to

men...


The husband then turned to his wife and


asked, 'What?' 
  


 

CREATION

A man said to his wife one day, 'I don't know
 how you 

can be

so stupid and so
 beautiful all at

the same time..

'The wife responded, 'Allow me to explain.

God made me beautiful so you would

 be attracted to me;

God made me
 stupid so 

I would be attracted to you! 

     


WHO DOES WHAT

A man and his wife were having an argument

 about who

should brew the coffee each morning.

The wife said, 'You should do it because

 you get up first,

and then we don't have to wait as 

long to get our coffee.

The husband said, 'You are in charge

 of cooking around here and

you should do it, because that

 is your job, and I can just wait for

my coffee.'

Wife replies, 'No, you should do it, 

and besides, it is in the Bible

that the man should do the coffee.'


Husband replies, 'I can't believe that, show me.'

So she fetched the Bible, and opened

 the New Testament and

showed him at the top of several pages,

 that it indeed says

 'HEBREWS' 




The Silent Treatment

A man and his wife were having some

 problems at home

and were giving each other the silent treatment.

Suddenly, the man realized that the next 

day, he would need his

wife to wake him

at 5:00 AM for an early morning

business flight.

Not wanting to be the first to break 

the silence (and LOSE), he

wrote on a piece of paper,


'Please wake me at 5:00 AM.' 

He left it where he knew

she would find it.

The next morning, the man woke up,

 only to discover it was

9:00 AM and he had missed his 

flight Furious, he was about to

go and see why his wife hadn't

 wakened him,

when he noticed a piece of paper

 by the bed.

The paper said, 'It is 5:00 AM.

 Wake up.'

Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.




 


God may have created man

before woman, but there is

always a  rough draft before 

the masterpiece