off topic

[Guest guest]

WOW! Thank God no one was seriously injured! I am so glad that everyone was Ok, well except for the car. Statistic's prove more & more that people who wear their seat belt's suffer less injuries and escape from death more than if you don't wear them!

As far as her cousin being a Nun, Mother Superior and possibly knowing the answer as to why it happened; well to be truthful I hope she doesn't know the answer to that because it could be taunting.

It sounds like one freaky accident, and one I am sure they don't want to experience again. Maybe the cargo in the car was just powerful enough to overcome what that nasty road had in store for them? One may never know the truth about that.

Thanks for sharing the story. It's one more story that helps put things in perspective for me. Maybe that's why these things happen? Take care Jan & send my Love & Hugs to your friend and her cousin.

Love & Hugs...Bert. )

[Guest guest]

Happy Birthday to me! ( : haha

Alice <justagram@...> wrote:And You Thought You Knew

EVERYTHING...

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The

spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know

you're there.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at

least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne

particles resulting from the flush.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as

substitute for blood plasma.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7

times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching

television.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty

years of age or older.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's

gum.

The king of hearts is the only king without a

mustache.

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the

brother's first flight.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating

1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you

up in the morning.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called

aglets.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead

skin.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung

cancer.

Jordan makes more money from Nike annually

than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia

combined.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't

like being seen wearing them in public.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads

for dating are already married.

The three most valuable brand names on earth:

Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not

downstairs.

A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from

the days when the engines were pulled by horses.

The horses were stabled on the ground floor and

figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Millhouse Nixon was the first US president

whose name contains all the letters from the word

criminal. " The second was Jefferson Clinton.

Turtles can breathe through their backsides.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than

all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint

pens every year.

On average people fear spiders more than they do

death.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently

arrived immigrants.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or

older.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an

inch every year because when it was built, engineers

failed to take into account the weight of all the

books that would occupy the building.

A snail can sleep for three years.

No word in the English language rhymes with " MONTH. "

Average life span of a major league baseball: 7

pitches.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our

nose and ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

All polar bears are left-handed.

In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from

their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using

the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

" Go, " is the shortest complete sentence in the English

language.

If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be

39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent .

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick

their elbow.

Don't forget to pass these weird facts on to everyone

you know. They will get a kick out of it!!

P.S. So, did you try to lick your elbow????

[Guest guest]

Hi Folks,

Actually, a labrador and poodle mix is called a labradoodle. I know,

because we have one! People laughed so hard when my husband told them

what kind of dog he is that now he just calls him a lab/poodle mix.

They're supposed to be bred for people with allergies but be forewarned,

ours sheds a lot of hair and grew larger than we were told to expect.

He's a sweet dog now but was incredibly stubborn as a puppy and required

heavy-duty training. We got him from Canada, as in, my brother-in-law

flew to Canada and brought him back! We adopted him from my sister's

family a few weeks later.

Best,

a

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[Guest guest]

hi everyone, sorry i havent been on line recently, just to let you know that guy will not let me see amy at all now. thinking about just packing up and moving away.

hope everyones ok.

love and hugs

anita

[Guest guest]

,

I'm so sorry to read about your mother-in-law and know that this is a

very difficult time for your family. I will keep you and your family

in my thoughts and prayers.

Hugs!

Alice

<I would appreciate prayers for my family. We are heavily involved

in turn taking as we sit with my mother-in-law who is terminally ill

at this time. R>

[Guest guest]

Sorry Alice,

Ralph had sent me something quite important and I couldn't get my

mail server to accept my outgoing mail and I needed to let him know I

got it. I'll be more careful in the future.

Pete

> Ok ... Please remember to put " off topic " in the subject line if

your

> message doesn't apply to cochlear implants. It's ok to to have fun

> and be friends but this list is international and there are those

> that pay for their time on the internet so we try to give them the

> choice to read or not to read.

>

> Some subjects can be shared privately too. <smile>

>

> Just a gentle reminder, folks.

>

> Alice

[Guest guest]

what is off topic?

I have CI and love to hear story from other.

smile

allison

[Guest guest]

Must be , mine are slow today too. just to let you know you aren't alone.

smiles,

B.

Re:

Phyllis,

I got this one. Let me go check your settings.

Alice

--- Phyllis <pmiller@...> wrote:

---------------------------------

I am not getting any replies to any mail I send out

today and it doesn't show up on my email either.

Darn it. Wonder what is wrong now.

[Guest guest]

Well..the big change takes place tomorrow so

that's probably what is going on.

Alice

--- Phyllis <pmiller@...> wrote:

---------------------------------

finally some of them are going through. They came

back to me today with the note, no such address. It

must be the stuff.

Re:

Phyllis,

I got this one. Let me go check your settings.

Alice

--- Phyllis <pmiller@...> wrote:

---------------------------------

I am not getting any replies to any mail I send out

today and it doesn't show up on my email either.

Darn it. Wonder what is wrong now.

[Non-text portions of this message have been

removed]

[Guest guest]

that is true. I have not been on here all that much in the past few weeks. I

am still doing walls and things like that that come with moving! I may never get

done.

Re:

Phyllis,

I got this one. Let me go check your settings.

Alice

--- Phyllis <pmiller@...> wrote:

---------------------------------

I am not getting any replies to any mail I send out

today and it doesn't show up on my email either.

Darn it. Wonder what is wrong now.

[Non-text portions of this message have been

removed]

[Guest guest]

Hi Velma:

Actually I have a breakfast burrito every Sunday at the Frontier Restaurant.

But I'll have the one at the Fiesta for you.

Hal

[Guest guest]

I've had dinner twice with Alice and she really is a supper lady.

Hal

[Guest guest]

Wow..Thanks for all the complements.

Alice

Re:off topic

I've had dinner twice with Alice and she really is a supper lady.

Hal

[Guest guest]

Right you are and I should know better as I do go to the JCC to Swim and

exercise 3 times a week and see it all the time. However, when typing and I

type too fast and make errors and the spell check doesn't catch them all.

Happy Holidays .

Re:

, there are about 4 or 5 ways to spell Hannukah (this is the newest) in

English, but only one way in hebrew.

Happy holidays, everyone.

Steinerman

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/12/2004 7:59:18 PM Pacific Standard Time,

Jonikt4@... writes:

i just talked with my dr and found out the blood test to check for the genes

that cause some deafness called connexin 26 costs $400. does anyone where i

could get it done cheaper?

not sure,,, do you really want the test?

I never took the test myself yet they can tell that I have genetic deafness

solely on catscan alone. If you did have catscan or MRI already.. ask about

" how many loops " your cochlea have, average size is 2.5 to 3 loops, genetic

deafness tends to be smaller (mine was 1.75 to 2 loops) and the doctor said " it

is

usually seen in genetic deaf " .

Lee

[Guest guest]

This is a most informational list concerning cochlear implants. Genetic

deafness and size of the cochlear makes sense. Insufficient turns in cochlear

therefore insufficient numbers of hair cells provided to hear well.

Hermine Willey

Columbus OH

[Guest guest]

I was told it will cost 300.00 for both myself and my daughter. I bet it

has to do with where you are. I am also going to submit a 'family' tree to

the U of Iowa and see if we can get into that one. Are you planning to

have your kids checked?

susan

At 10:51 PM 3/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>hi everyone.

>

>i just talked with my dr and found out the blood test to check for the genes

>that cause some deafness called connexin 26 costs $400. does anyone where i

>could get it done cheaper?

>thanks jb

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

About the Italian infantry thru the ivy---now I get it..I'd never heard that

before and not just because I wear a CI.

Hal

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/20/2004 7:25:53 AM Pacific Standard Time,

Ci92000@... writes:

I am seeing a lot of medical info and advice being dispensed here lately and

it disturbs me.

Thank you , you worded it so nicely. I too been concerned. I have

noticed those information provided by non-qualifying person tend to bring on

scares, panics, and un-needed worries.

Lee

[Guest guest]

Sure - I'll fix this for you.

Alice

Re: Chatter

In a message dated 7/29/2004 7:09:20 AM Alaskan Daylight Time,

justagram14@...<mailto:justagram14@...> writes:

> I do not recommend getting any information from the website that had this

> information Pam as it's very slanted. Instead, you can search the

internet

> for the real articles but nothing further has been presented.

>

> Alice

Thanks.. I was more interested in the Medicare and other info presented

there

than in the lawsuit.. seems there's always a lawsuit in the backyard. :-)

Pam

[Guest guest]

Does any of you know how to change the font, size, color for posting

here?

Thanks!

> <font color= " #cc00cc " size= " 3 " font face= " tahoma " > hello! read my

> next post. checking to see if it works dont mind me * </font>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Font size can be changed within your e-mail program. Before I can explain

how this is done, I need to know what e-mail program you are using. Eudora?

Outlook? Outlook Express?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

I'm using Plus.

> Hi ,

>

> Font size can be changed within your e-mail program. Before I can

explain

> how this is done, I need to know what e-mail program you are using.

Eudora?

> Outlook? Outlook Express?

>

> Thanks,

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Unfortunately, I can't help further because I don't have a mail

account and can't access the options you're talking about with my screen

reader and Braille display. I would think that the mail page where you

read your e-mail may have some font settings under the " view " menu if there

is such a thing. Sorry I can't help further. .

[Guest guest]

, it's okay. Thank you for willingly to help me out though.

(:

> Hi ,

>

> Unfortunately, I can't help further because I don't have a

mail

> account and can't access the options you're talking about with my

screen

> reader and Braille display. I would think that the mail page

where you

> read your e-mail may have some font settings under the " view " menu

if there

> is such a thing. Sorry I can't help further. .

>

>