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A U.S. Navy admiral was attending a naval conference that included a dmirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian, and French  navies.  At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a  group of half dozen or so officers that included personnel from most of  the countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a  French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many  languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that w e always have to speak English in these conferences rather than  speaking French?" Without hesitating, the American admiral replied, "Maybe it is because  the Brits, Canadians, Aussies, and Americans arranged it so you  wouldn't have to speak German." Suddenly the group became very quiet.

Batting average discounts walks as non-events. Batting average treats all hits equally. Batting average counts some fly balls as outs and ignores others entirely. If you hit a ground ball out to third that moves a runner from first to second, that’s an out in your ledger. If you BUNT a ground ball out to third that moves a runner from first to second, that’s not an out in your ledger. Sometimes, if you hit a ball and reach base safely that is still an out in your batting average.

Make sure you discuss these things before you get married: Children How many (if any)? Previous debt Don't unknowingly get yourself into tens of thousands of dollars in debt. Spending habits How will the family fortune be spent? Household expenses Sex Religion Free time Don't be surprised when he wants to play cards with his friends every Friday. Chores Try to determine who does what early. Decision making There does not need to be an alpha dog. Arguments Try to set some ground rules. More wisdom is here .

The best partners are the ones who know and like themselves – well enough not to need the validation of others. If you don’t love yourself, you’ll always be chasing people who don’t love you, either. Couples work through everything by ensuring that they both get what they need. Beware of someone who is only focused on their own interests, at the exclusion of your's. Cheaters think everyone cheats. Liars think everyone lies. Never trust anyone that lies to you. 99% of the time, the person accusing you of doing something is doing it to you right now. How you resolve your first blowup argument tells you all you need to know about whether they are potential soul-mates or life-wreckers. When you're wrong, say you're wrong. When you're right, don't say anything. Not arguing or fighting in a relationship represents a lack of interest. People who care about one another tend to argue sometimes. Don't chase people. Work hard and be yourself. The rig...

Some have asked what I'm going to be doing in retirement. Well, I applied for a building permit  for a new house. It was going to be 100 ft tall and 400 ft wide, with 12 gun turrets at various  heights and windows all over the place and a loud ,   outside entertainment sound system , that was going to entertain the whole neighborhood. It would have parking for 200 cars, and I was going   to paint it bog green with pink trim.    The Council told me; “Forget it... IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!”    So, I sent in the application again, but this time I called it a 'Mosque'.   Work starts on Monday.   I love this country. It’s the government that scares the devil out of me.

Three solutions to every problem:  Accept it Change it Leave it If you can't accept it, change it. If you can't change it, leave it. ... and for even more wisdom like this, click here .

Meaning of Flag Draped Coffin All Americans should be given this lesson.  Those who think that America is an arrogant nation should really reconsider that thought.  Our founding fathers used GOD's word and teachings to establish our Great Nation and I think it's high time Americans get re-educated about this Nation's history. Pass it along and be proud of the country we live in and even more proud of those who serve to protect our 'GOD GIVEN' rights and freedoms. I  hope you take the time to read this ... To understand what the flag draped coffin really means ... Here is how to understand the flag that  laid upon it and is surrendered to so many widows and  widowers. Do you know that at military funerals, the 21-gun salute stands for the sum of the numbers in the year 1776? Have you ever noticed th...

Does the statement, "We've always done it like that" ring any bells?  Read this to the end; this is a new one for me .   The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.  Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the US Railroads. Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used. Why did "they" use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing.  Okay!   Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing? Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that's the spa...