16 things....

[Mowgli1647545497]

16 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN:

By Dave Barry, Nationally Syndicated Columnist

 

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

 

2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."

 

3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

 

4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

 

5. You should not confuse your career with your life.

 

6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

 

7. Never lick a steak knife.

 

8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.

 

9. You will never find anybody who can give you a compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

 

10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

 

11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.

 

12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.

 

13. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)

 

14. Your friends love you anyway.

 

15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

 

16. Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

[tandm]

Originally posted by Mowgli:

2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."

One word, "Nationwide" graemlins/lol.gif

 

 

Hope my coworkers see this!

[Brandon]

10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

Very true, but I dont even have a proublem with this one, cause girl's with guts are the devil.

[Lustalbert]

Originally posted by Mowgli:

3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

 

most of us have already crossed the line

[El Karacho1647545492]

Originally posted by 00 T/A:

One word, "Nationwide" graemlins/lol.gif

 

 

Hope my coworkers see this!

you work at nationwide? Ever work with Tony Caxide?

[smokin5s]

16. Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

 

 

LMAO!

[LJ]

9. You will never find anybody who can give you a compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

So the farmers would be able to basically get up at the same time, but be able to work longer in the fields do to the later daylight. Do I win something?

[Lustalbert]

Originally posted by Drunky McDrunk:

So the farmers would be able to basically get up at the same time, but be able to work longer in the fields do to the later daylight. Do I win something?

nope

daylight savings time was introduced to save natural rescources used for making electricity during world war II.

[tandm]

Originally posted by 10xworse:

you work at nationwide? Ever work with Tony Caxide?

Never heard of him.

[Guest FBody Addict]

Originally posted by Lustalbert (more used cars than CR):

nope

daylight savings time was introduced to save natural rescources used for making electricity during world war II.

although first suggested by ben franklin over 200 years ago

[LJ]

Originally posted by Lustalbert (more used cars than CR):

nope

daylight savings time was introduced to save natural rescources used for making electricity during world war II.

We learned both reasons in school back in the day.

[Guest doggunracing]

Reason for Daylight Saving Time:

 

To make better use of daylight.

Conserve energy

Saves lives because people travel home in the light which is safer.

Can prevent crime because people do their errands in the daylight which is safer.

Contrary to popular belief, it was not created for farmers nor does it benefit farmers.

 

History:

 

First thought of by Benjamin Franklin in his 1784 essay, "An Economical Project".

On March 19, 1918, an Act to preserve daylight and provide standard time for the United States was enacted. Daylight Saving Time was set to begin on March 31, 1918 until the end of World War I.

It was repealed in 1919.

President Roosevelt instituted year-round Daylight Saving Time during World War II. He called it War Time and it lasted from 1942 to 1945.

Daylight Saving Time was not a law after 1945 and some locations still used it, which created difficulties for scheduling.

The Uniform Time Act of 1966 was signed by President Lyndon Johnson. It had Daylight Saving Time begin on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October. States that wanted to be exempt had to pass a State law to do so.

During the energy crisis in the 1970's, President Nixon signed into law, the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act of 1973. This extended Daylight Saving Time to longer periods in an effort to save energy.

In 1986 it was amended to start Daylight Saving Time on the first Sunday in April and kept it ending on the last Sunday in October.

 

Places in the U.S. and it's Territories That Do Not Participate in Daylight Savings Time:

 

Hawaii

Most of the Eastern Time Zone portion of the State of Indiana

The state of Arizona except for the Navajo Indian Reservation

American Samoa

Guam

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

[LJ]

Originally posted by doggunracing:

Reason for Daylight Saving Time:

 

To make better use of daylight.

 

Contrary to popular belief, it was not created for farmers nor does it benefit farmers.

 

Umm, those two statements are contradictory of each other