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Diligent Baby-Sitter a young man agreed to baby-sit one night so a single mother could have
an evening out. at bedtime he sent the youngsters upstairs to bed and settled down to watch football.
one child kept creeping down the stairs, but the young man kept sending him back to bed.
at 9 pm the doorbell rang, it was the next-door neighbor, mrs. Brown, asking whether her son was there. The young man brusquely replied, “no.”
Just then a little head appeared over the banister and shouted, “I’m here, mom, but he won’t let me go home!”
Printer Cleaning When a guy’s printer type began to grow faint, he called a local repair shop
where a friendly man informed him that the printer probably needed only to be cleaned. Because the store charged $50 for such cleanings, he told him he might be better off reading the printer’s manual and trying the job himself.
pleasantly surprised by his candor, he asked, “does your boss know that you discourage business?”
“actually, it’s my boss’s idea,” the employee replied sheepishly. “We usu-ally make more money on repairs if we let people try to fix things them-selves first.”
Empowering Thoughts
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10 percent of men are left-handed while only 8 percent of women are left-handed. male or female, all left-handed people are “in their right mind.”
When marrying, ask yourself this question: do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support you. marriage is a partnership in which each inspires the other, and brings fruition to both of you. ~ Millicent Carey McIntosh
A pessimist finds difficulties in every opportunity; an optimist finds opportu-nities in every difficulty. ~ Harry Truman
Education is of no value and talent is worthless—unless you have an unwav-ering aim. never find yourself without a compass. ~ Condoleezza Rice
Suzie: how can you prevent diseases caused by biting insects?Brother: don’t bite any!
• 125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of the stadium course at sawgrass
• The longest drive ever recorded is 515 yards. The longest putt ever is a monstrous 375 feet
• phil mickelson, who plays left-handed, is actually right handed. he learned to play golf by mirroring his father’s golf swing, and he has used left handed golf clubs ever since
• the chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million
• tiger Woods snagged his first ace at the tender age of eight years old• Balls travel significantly further on hot days. a golfer swinging a club at
around 100 mph will carry the driver up to eight yards longer for each increase in air temperature of 25°f
• The longest golf course in the world is the par 77 International golf club in massachusetts which measures a fearsome 8,325 yards
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Exceeding The Speed Limit
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to bed with a mosquito in the room. ~ Anita Koddick
sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a police officer sees a car puttering along at 22 mph.
he thinks to himself, “This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!” so he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.
approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies, two in the front seat and three in the back, wide eyed and white as ghosts.
The driver, obviously confused, says to him, “officer, I don’t understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem?”
“ma’am,” the officer replies, “you weren’t speeding, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers.”
“slower than the speed limit? no sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly twenty two miles an hour!” the old woman says a bit proudly.
The state police officer, trying to contain a chuckle explains to her that “22” was the route number, not the speed limit.
a bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for point-ing out her error.
“But before I let you go, ma’am, I have to ask... Is everyone in this car oK? These women seem awfully shaken and they haven’t muttered a single peep this whole time,” the officer asks.
“oh, they’ll be all right in a minute officer. We just got off route 142.”
Affirmations Of The Unstable
today, I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than “I told you so.”
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Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its ap-propriate liberator comes to set it free.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
hooked on drugs by 9 years old, Joe roberts eventually found himself homeless - living under a bridge – a hopeless addict. But in time he found ways to change his life. after successfully completing detox, Joe took a six month treatment program to fully overcome his addiction. Joe took respon-sibility for his life, not only overcoming the addiction but also the issues of poverty and homelessness.
today Joe roberts is a canadian inspiration – a prime example of over-coming adversity and managing change. as a motivational speaker, author and cEo, he is sought after internationally to motivate audiences with his “yes, I can” attitude.
Q: Where were English kings usually crowned? answer: on their heads!
School Excusesplease excuse Jennifer for missing school yes-
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1. The British, the highest per capita spenders on music, buy 7.2% of the world music market.
2. The first pop video was Bohemian rhapsody by Queen, released in 1975.
3. The Beatles song “martha my dear” was written by paul mccartney about his sheepdog martha.
4. a grand piano can be played faster than an upright (spinet) piano.5. The harmonica is the world’s best-selling music instrument.6. The term “disc jockey” was first used in 1937.7. The last note of a keyboard is c.
It hurts the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.
Mosquitoesmosquitoes have been around for as long as we
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alex comes home after his regular saturday golf game and his wife, amanda asks why he doesn’t include John gumby in the games anymore.
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‘of course I wouldn’t,’ states amanda. ‘Well,’ mutters alex, ‘neither does John gumby.’
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Across5. 100th of a meter6. Unit of electricity8. distance light travels10. dry measure capacity12. Basic length measure15. 1000 meters18. measurement of force
19. 1/12 of a year20. metric unit of capacity
Down 1. measure of length2. 1/1000th of a second3. 12 inches (pl)4. time measure (60
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Reasons To Be From SaskatchewanBumper Sticker 1. no disintegrations. 2. If you’re running from the law, hide in a building
and lock the door. They may decide to move on to the next one. otherwise, hope they don’t have blasters.
3. If it’s, like, -50 degrees out, and the doors are going to close, come in out of the cold. The meteor will still be there tomorrow.
4. take a good look around for bad guys before looking into your binoculars.
5. fire on a rebel base *before* they blow up your space station.
6. cute, cuddly, widdle teddy bears usually will eat you alive unless you can prove you’re a god.
Prosecutor: What were you doing on July 15th at 9 o’clock in the evening?prisoner: I was eating hamburger.Prosecutor: What were you doing at 9:30 p.m.?prisoner: I was taking a bicarbonate of soda.Prosecutor: do you expect us to believe you?prisoner: you would if you had eaten one of those hamburgers.
• The astronauts must eat any fresh vegetables or fruit within two days after launch, as it quickly spoils, so the majority of fruit such as apricots is dried. any meat will have to be heat-treated to kill any bacte-ria that might spoil the food. certain foods such as bread are not allowed in space as crumbs can be inhaled, get in one’s eyes or damage equipment. tortillas are given to the astronauts instead.
• Being an astronaut is their regular job, but they do have relaxation time. during this time the astronauts can read a book, watch a movie, or talk to their fam-ily on Earth. They can even use an exercise bike (and they have to do a lot of exercise to stay healthy.).
• you never run out of wheat • Those cool saskatchewan Wheat pool hats • cruise control takes on a whole new meaning • your province is really easy to draw • you never have to worry about roll-back if you have a standard • It takes you two weeks to walk to your neighbor’s house • you can watch the dog run away from home for hours • people will assume you live on a farm • Buying a huge John deere mower makes sense • americans give you weird looks because the your province or town’s
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While piloting a car can be rife with weird restric-tions, drivers should also be careful of some strange parking rules.
In cape coral, fla., it’s illegal to park a pickup truck on the street in front of a house unless you own the property. similarly in montreal, you may not park a car in such a way that it blocks your own driveway. trucks may only park inside closed garages in park ridge, Ill., and in long Beach, calif., cars are the only item allowed in a garage. In Indiana you cannot back into a parking spot because it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate.
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Celebrity Quotes In my wildest dreams I never thought - well, I never thought I’d work. ~ steve carell
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Be an Owner, Not an Occupier one definition of “occupy” is to “dwell in a space.” too often, we humans do
this we just take up space. and sometimes, we just take up … time. time, as we all know, can be measured in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes or seconds. But I like the word the unit of time—called a “moment.”
It’s certainly a common description of time. We say, “Just a moment!” “I’ll be with you in a moment!” or “please wait one moment.” or, if we demonstrate quickness of mind or humor, or we act fast, decisively, and perform deftly, we are said to be “in the moment." We are told to “seize the moment.” moments are the essence of the adage, “don’t blink or you’ll miss it.” But it is easy to miss a mo-ment, and what we’re really missing is the opportunity to own the moment. The truth is, opportunities come in moments and in moments there can be opportu-nity. and when we fail to own the opportunities that come along, we diminish ourselves because in that moment—we likely served less, contributed little, added no value, and eschewed practicing personal accountability.
on the flip side, when we simply occUpy a moment, we miss our chance to give, to help someone, to solve a problem. occupiers of moments are often bystanders, watchers, observers. Quite honestly, sometimes they are complainers, whiners, blamers. not always … I said sometimes. Bottom line, I just think it’s bet-ter to own moments than to occupy them.
In chapter one of the QBQ! book, there is story about Jacob, the rock Bot-tom restaurant server, who, as he was heading to the kitchen weighed down by a loaded tray of dirty dishes, spotted me, stopped, and met my needs. he didn’t think the thoughts of an occupier such as, "not my department. not my job. not my problem". he thought the thoughts of an owner: "I care. I want to serve oth-ers. I will be my best today". maybe a tad pedestrian, but in the pedestrian we find the practical, here are the kinds of things people do when they own a moment:
a manager stops debating with a staff member, trying to win a point, and pauses, saying, “you know, I think there’s more to this than I’m aware of. can
you share with me what’s really on your mind?”a parent, after instructing a child to stop engaging in a specific behavior, actu-
ally follows through, preventing disobedience and earning the child’s respect. (We call this “strong parenting” in parenting the QBQ Way)
a salesperson on a sales call stops blathering on about the product and asks the customer, “What problems are you experiencing?” and “how can I best help you?”
a driver on the road responds to another driver—who just committed a mental error—with a rare-in-today’s-society friendly wave and a smile.
a spouse arriving home from a long, tough slog at work rises above, saying to the other, “tell me about your day.”
a sibling, friend, or co-worker, when told by another that their words or ac-tions hurt, stops and asks, “I am so sorry, what was it that I said or did?” instead of lashing out with defensiveness, justification, and blame.
a twenty-something with a cell phone, good car, and some money in his pocket stops to help a stranger on a colorado highway at midnight as all the other cars drove on by.
now, I am not recommending anyone engage in that last one and there’s no need to email me about the risk. I understand. But when michael, the only miller son, informed us the next morning that he’d stopped to help a woman stranded in a decade old vehicle with only $10 in her purse, secured for her a tow truck by phone with his debit card, and waited for help to arrive—I don’t think I’ve ever been more proud of him.
owning a moment—not just occupying one—is really an outstanding way to live. at its core, it’s what personal accountability is all about, asking The Question Behind the Question, the QBQs: “What can I do own this moment?” and “how can I right now make a difference?”
don’t be an occupier. Be an owner. John g. miller
Black Or White
a french guest who was staying in a hotel in Edmonton phoned room service for some pepper.
“Black pepper, or white pepper?” asked the concierge.“no! I want toilette pepper!” exclaims the
exasperated guest.
Good Question
1. If a woman can be a meter maid, can a man be a meter butler?2. If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? 3. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? 4. If all those psychics know the winning lottery numbers, why are they all
still working?
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Excellent Service for over 14 Years!Dentures made on site = Time+Cost E�ectiveMaximum bene�ts from the most advanced denture technology
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Adam FishOwner
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• improve communication • improve safety in your home
• assistive listening devices • hearing aid batteries
Phone 613-498-3933 TTY 1-877-817-8209Or visit us at 68 William Street, Suite 205
Brockville, Ontario K6V 0A7
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51 King St. West, Brockville, ON613 - 498 - 2200
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• Quality Eyewear• Contact Lenses• Eye Exams Arranged• 24 Years of ExperienceRosemary
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John G. Miller author of ... ‘QBQ! The Question Behind the Question®’, ‘Flipping the Switch ... Unleash the Power of Personal Accountability’, ‘Outstanding! 47 Ways to Make Your Organization Exceptional’,
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Be an Owner, Not an Occupier one definition of “occupy” is to “dwell in a space.” too often, we humans do
this we just take up space. and sometimes, we just take up … time. time, as we all know, can be measured in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes or seconds. But I like the word the unit of time—called a “moment.”
It’s certainly a common description of time. We say, “Just a moment!” “I’ll be with you in a moment!” or “please wait one moment.” or, if we demonstrate quickness of mind or humor, or we act fast, decisively, and perform deftly, we are said to be “in the moment." We are told to “seize the moment.” moments are the essence of the adage, “don’t blink or you’ll miss it.” But it is easy to miss a mo-ment, and what we’re really missing is the opportunity to own the moment. The truth is, opportunities come in moments and in moments there can be opportu-nity. and when we fail to own the opportunities that come along, we diminish ourselves because in that moment—we likely served less, contributed little, added no value, and eschewed practicing personal accountability.
on the flip side, when we simply occUpy a moment, we miss our chance to give, to help someone, to solve a problem. occupiers of moments are often bystanders, watchers, observers. Quite honestly, sometimes they are complainers, whiners, blamers. not always … I said sometimes. Bottom line, I just think it’s bet-ter to own moments than to occupy them.
In chapter one of the QBQ! book, there is story about Jacob, the rock Bot-tom restaurant server, who, as he was heading to the kitchen weighed down by a loaded tray of dirty dishes, spotted me, stopped, and met my needs. he didn’t think the thoughts of an occupier such as, "not my department. not my job. not my problem". he thought the thoughts of an owner: "I care. I want to serve oth-ers. I will be my best today". maybe a tad pedestrian, but in the pedestrian we find the practical, here are the kinds of things people do when they own a moment:
a manager stops debating with a staff member, trying to win a point, and pauses, saying, “you know, I think there’s more to this than I’m aware of. can
you share with me what’s really on your mind?”a parent, after instructing a child to stop engaging in a specific behavior, actu-
ally follows through, preventing disobedience and earning the child’s respect. (We call this “strong parenting” in parenting the QBQ Way)
a salesperson on a sales call stops blathering on about the product and asks the customer, “What problems are you experiencing?” and “how can I best help you?”
a driver on the road responds to another driver—who just committed a mental error—with a rare-in-today’s-society friendly wave and a smile.
a spouse arriving home from a long, tough slog at work rises above, saying to the other, “tell me about your day.”
a sibling, friend, or co-worker, when told by another that their words or ac-tions hurt, stops and asks, “I am so sorry, what was it that I said or did?” instead of lashing out with defensiveness, justification, and blame.
a twenty-something with a cell phone, good car, and some money in his pocket stops to help a stranger on a colorado highway at midnight as all the other cars drove on by.
now, I am not recommending anyone engage in that last one and there’s no need to email me about the risk. I understand. But when michael, the only miller son, informed us the next morning that he’d stopped to help a woman stranded in a decade old vehicle with only $10 in her purse, secured for her a tow truck by phone with his debit card, and waited for help to arrive—I don’t think I’ve ever been more proud of him.
owning a moment—not just occupying one—is really an outstanding way to live. at its core, it’s what personal accountability is all about, asking The Question Behind the Question, the QBQs: “What can I do own this moment?” and “how can I right now make a difference?”
don’t be an occupier. Be an owner. John g. miller
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a french guest who was staying in a hotel in Edmonton phoned room service for some pepper.
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sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a police officer sees a car puttering along at 22 mph.
he thinks to himself, “This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!” so he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.
approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies, two in the front seat and three in the back, wide eyed and white as ghosts.
The driver, obviously confused, says to him, “officer, I don’t understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem?”
“ma’am,” the officer replies, “you weren’t speeding, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers.”
“slower than the speed limit? no sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly twenty two miles an hour!” the old woman says a bit proudly.
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a bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for point-ing out her error.
“But before I let you go, ma’am, I have to ask... Is everyone in this car oK? These women seem awfully shaken and they haven’t muttered a single peep this whole time,” the officer asks.
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Affirmations Of The Unstable
today, I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than “I told you so.”
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Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its ap-propriate liberator comes to set it free.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
hooked on drugs by 9 years old, Joe roberts eventually found himself homeless - living under a bridge – a hopeless addict. But in time he found ways to change his life. after successfully completing detox, Joe took a six month treatment program to fully overcome his addiction. Joe took respon-sibility for his life, not only overcoming the addiction but also the issues of poverty and homelessness.
today Joe roberts is a canadian inspiration – a prime example of over-coming adversity and managing change. as a motivational speaker, author and cEo, he is sought after internationally to motivate audiences with his “yes, I can” attitude.
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1. The British, the highest per capita spenders on music, buy 7.2% of the world music market.
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10 percent of men are left-handed while only 8 percent of women are left-handed. male or female, all left-handed people are “in their right mind.”
When marrying, ask yourself this question: do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support you. marriage is a partnership in which each inspires the other, and brings fruition to both of you. ~ Millicent Carey McIntosh
A pessimist finds difficulties in every opportunity; an optimist finds opportu-nities in every difficulty. ~ Harry Truman
Education is of no value and talent is worthless—unless you have an unwav-ering aim. never find yourself without a compass. ~ Condoleezza Rice
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• 125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of the stadium course at sawgrass
• The longest drive ever recorded is 515 yards. The longest putt ever is a monstrous 375 feet
• phil mickelson, who plays left-handed, is actually right handed. he learned to play golf by mirroring his father’s golf swing, and he has used left handed golf clubs ever since
• the chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million
• tiger Woods snagged his first ace at the tender age of eight years old• Balls travel significantly further on hot days. a golfer swinging a club at
around 100 mph will carry the driver up to eight yards longer for each increase in air temperature of 25°f
• The longest golf course in the world is the par 77 International golf club in massachusetts which measures a fearsome 8,325 yards