Friday, May 29, 2020

Ah the Irish

Thanks to my friend George for these, not sure where the;y originated from but I thought they were funny, and so I am passing them along.
I went into the confessional box after many years of being away from the Catholic Church.
Inside I found a fully equipped bar with Guinness on tap. On one wall, there was a row of decanters with fine Irish whiskey and Waterford crystal glasses.
On the other wall was a dazzling array of the finest cigars and chocolates.
When the Priest came in, I said to him, “Father, forgive me, for it's been a very long time since I've been to confession, but I must first admit that the confessional box is much more inviting than it used to be.”
The Priest replied, ”You moron! You're on my side.”
Some Light Dublin Traffic Humor
A car full of Irish nuns are sitting at a traffic light in downtown Dublin when a bunch of rowdy drunks pull up alongside them. “Hey, show us yer teets, ya bloody penguins” shouts one of the drunks.
Quite shocked, Mother Superior turns to Sister Mary Immaculata and says, “I don't think they know who we are; show them your cross.”
Sister Mary Immaculata rolls down her window and shouts, ”Piss off, ya fookin' little wankers, before I come over there and rip yer balls off.” She then rolls up her window, looks back at Mother Superior quite innocently, and asks, “Did that sound cross enough?”
AN IRISH BLONDE IN A CASINO
An attractive blonde from Cork, Ireland arrived at the casino. She seemed a little intoxicated and bet twenty-thousand Euros on a single roll of the dice.
She said, “I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely naked.”
With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and with an Irish brogue yelled, “Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!”
As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down and squealed: “YES! YES! I WON, I WON!”
She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings (and her clothes) and quickly departed.
The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them asked, “What did she roll”
The other answered, “I don't know - I thought you were watching the dice."
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Not all Irish are drunks.
Not all blondes are dumb.
But all men....are men.
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Mick says to Paddy: “Close your curtains the next time you're shagging your wife. The whole street was watching and laughing at you yesterday.”
Paddy says: “Well the joke's on them stupid bastards, because I wasn't even home yesterday.”
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Paddy & Mick find three grenades, so they decide to take them to a police station.
Mick: “Paddy, what if one explodes before we get there?”
Paddy: “We'll lie and say we only found two.”
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Mick goes to the vet with his goldfish. "I think it's got epilepsy", he tells the vet.
The vet takes a look and says, it seems calm enough to me”.
Mick says, ”I haven't taken it out of the bowl yet.”
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Paddy was driving home, drunk as a skunk. Suddenly he has to swerve to avoid a tree, then another, then another. A cop car pulls him over as he veers about all over the road. Paddy tells the cop about all the trees in the road.
Cop says "For God's sake Paddy, that's your air freshener swinging about!"
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Reilly went to trial for armed robbery. The jury foreman came out and announced,”Not guilty.'
“That's grand!” shouted Reilly. “Does that mean I can keep the money?”
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An old Irish farmer's dog goes missing and he's inconsolable.
His wife says: “Why don't you put an ad in the paper?”
The farmer does. Two weeks later the dog is still missing.
"What did you put in the paper?" his wife asks.
"Here boy" he replies.
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Paddy's in jail. The Guard looks in his cell and sees him hanging by his feet.
“What the hell you doing?” he asks.
"Hanging myself", Paddy replies.
“It should be around your neck,” says the Guard.
"I know", says Paddy, “but I couldn't breathe.”
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The Tour Director asks an Irishman: "Why do Scuba divers always fall backwards off their boats?"
To which the Irishman replies: “Well, if they fell forwards, they'd still be in the bloody boat wouldn’t they?”
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Murphy told Quinn that his wife was driving him to drink.
Quinn thinks he's very lucky because his own wife makes him walk.
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Mrs. Feeney shouted from the kitchen, “Is that you,  I hear spittin' in the vase on the mantelpiece?”
'No,' he says', but I'm gettin' closer all the time.'
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Finnegin: “My wife has a terrible habit of staying up 'til two o'clock in the morning. I can't break her out of it.”
Keenan: “What on earth is she doin' at that time of the morning?”
Finnegin: “Waitin' for me to come home.”
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He phoned the maternity ward at the hospital. 'Quick!' he said.'Send an ambulance, my wife is goin' to have a baby!'
'Tell me, is this her first baby?' the intern asked.
'No, this is her husband, Kevin.’
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Did you hear about the Irish newlyweds who sat up all night on their honeymoon waiting for their sexual relations to arrive?
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My Mother wanted me to be a priest. Can you imagine giving up your sex life; and then once a week people come in to tell you the details and highlights of theirs?

Thursday, May 28, 2020

41 Old Fashioned skills that Children need to know today

My cousin sent me this list via Facebook and I thought what an interesting idea that we as the older generation could tell our sons’ daughters and grandchildren how to do these things. By the way, many of the younger generation do these things very well, and I would say they do some of them better than my generations. Generation gaps exist, they always have, we were not understood by our parents, they were not understood by theirs and we certainly do not understand the next generation. To compensate we give wonderful advice, which is not needed.

For the first five skills listed, I have shown how easy it is to find out how to do them. I could do the above with all of the remaining skills that we or someone speaking for my generation believe our young people should learn. My point is that all of these skills can be learned online and learned very quickly.

We may not like it but we are moving to a need to know society. Each generation has to learn many skills to make us happy and productive, without a previous generation telling us what those skills should be. We did not like it when our parents told us what we should do, our children and our grandchildren will not either. They will ask us and learn from us when they are ready. Be patient and enjoy.

1.         How to write a letter
a. When was the last time you were asked to or did write an actual letter? I have not written an actual letter in a very long time, I have written many email messages and tweets and blog posts, but have not had the need to write a letter. If I needed to write a letter, I would just go to YourDictionary and do a search and find learn on how to do this task.
2.         How to make a phone call
a. This is an important skill and most children learn this before they learn to write, However in the event that a child did not know how to make a phone call, they could go to WikiHow and find at least three ways to make a phone call.
3.         How to take a message
a. This is another important skill and one that many seniors do not know how to do well, but a quick search of WikiHow and I could find out how to take a message with pictures.
4.         How to get to know an older person
a. Great skill, a quick search of Google gives us over one million, nine hundred thousand ways to do this.
5.         How to sew on a button
a. If you have to do this, then all you need to do is go to YouTube and do a search for How to sew on a button, which I did and found over 20 videos which had been uploaded in the past week
6.         How to play with a baby
7.         How to make a genuine apology
8.         How to read slowly
9.         How to hammer a nail
10.     How to shake hands
11.     How to introduce themselves
12.     How to take notice of the needs around you
13.     How to make scrambled eggs
14.     Hoe to balance a chequebook
15.     How to see a job through to completion
16.     How to write a thank-you note
17.     How to do laundry
18.     How to take care of a garden
19.     How to fix something instead of replacing it
20.     How to plan a healthy meal
21.     How to hand a picture
22.     How to wash dishes
23.     How to make a budget
24.     How to wait and save for something
25.     How t check tire pressure
26.     How to ask questions to get to know someone better
27.     How to read a map
28.     How to find a book in the library
29.     How to and when to seek counsel from someone more experienced
30.     How to care for a pet
31.     How to select a gift that the receiver will appreciate
32.     How to admit a mistake
33.     How to set the table
34.     How to iron a shirt
35.     How to give someone the benefit of the doubt
36.     How to weigh out the pros and cons of a decision
37.     How to have good table manners
38.     How to read a recipe
39.     How to attend a concert or a performance
40.     How to do something well even id no one is watching
41.     How to be kind.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Strategies to help strengthen your core and help prevent falls

Here are some strategies to help strengthen your core and lower-body muscles. Just a note, do not start or change your exercise routine without consultation with your health care provider. Some of us may find the following easy, but some may find them hard. 

Kneeling Extension
Start this move by kneeling on all fours with your hands beneath your shoulders and your knees directly below your hips. Tighten your core muscles and slowly lift your right arm and extend it straight forward. Slowly lift your left leg and extend it straight back, with your toes pointed down. Hold for 10 seconds and slowly lower to starting position. Repeat three times on each side. If this movement is too advanced, try the easy modifications of this movement, lifting just an arm or just a leg. Hold for 10 seconds and slowly return to the starting position. Repeat three times on each side.

Hip Lifts
To strengthen your core muscles, lower back and buttocks, try this simple exercise. Lie on your back with your knees bent and with your arms flat on the floor on either side of you. Rotating your pelvis and tailbone down, tighten your core muscles and push your lower back into the floor. Holding this position, slowly lift your midsection off the ground, using your legs, arms and shoulders to balance. Hold in an elevated position for 10 seconds, and slowly lower to starting position, relaxing the core muscles. Repeat five times.

Plank Hold
Plank holds are an excellent way to strengthen your core muscles and lower back muscles. Lying face down on the floor, tuck your toes into the ground and place your elbows on the ground on either side of your body. Keep your stomach muscles tight and slowly raise your body up off the ground and hold in an elevated position. You must keep your core muscles tight and your bottom lifted as high as your shoulders to avoid strain on the lower back. Hold for 10 seconds and slowly lower to starting position. Repeat five times. As you become stronger, hold the position for longer periods of time.

Stand on one leg
Try to do this while you are washing the dishes. When you can hold the pose for 30 seconds on each side, to increase the challenge, even more, do it with your eyes closed.

Take a tai chi class
A study of tai chi practitioners in their mid-60s found that on measures of stability, most scored around the 90th percentile of the American Fitness Standards. 

Try this yoga pose for better balance: Walk heel to toe
The same sobriety field test cops give drunk drivers also improves balance. Take 20 steps forward, heel to toe. Then walk backward, with toe to heel, in a straight line.

Do squats
To build quads, start with a simple squat: With feet hip-width apart, bend knees and hips and slowly lower yourself as if sitting in a chair behind you. Keep arms straight out, abs tight, back straight, and knees above shoelaces. Stop when thighs are parallel to the floor (or as close as you can get), then contract glutes as you stand back up. Aim for 3 sets of 10, with a 1-minute break after each set.

Practice the force
It takes muscle strength to get out of a chair, but it takes muscle force to do it quickly. Try this move: Instead of gingerly rising from a chair, once in a while leap out of it so forcefully that you need to take a few running steps after you do so. (You can use your arms to gain momentum.) 

Get a good night's rest

Sleep more than 7 hours a night. Sleep deprivation (here are 5 signs you're sleep deprived) slows reaction time and a study at California Pacific Medical Center shows that it's also directly related to falls. Researchers tracked nearly 3,000 older women and found that those who typically slept between 5 and 7 hours each night were 40% more likely to fall than those who slept longer.

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