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How Life Is!

No-one seems to know who wrote this – Roger Jones sent it to me. I loved it!

Another year has passed
and we’re all a little older.
Last summer felt hotter
and winter seems much colder.

There was a time not long ago
when life was quite a blast.
Now I fully understand
about ‘Living in the Past’

We used to go to weddings,
football games and lunches.
Now we go to funeral homes,
and after-funeral brunches.

We used to have hangovers,
from parties that were gay.
Now we suffer body aches
and wile the night away.

We used to go out dining,
and couldn’t get our fill.
Now we ask for doggie bags,
come home and take a pill.

We used to often travel
to places near and far.
Now we get sore asses
from riding in the car.

We used to go to nightclubs
and drink a little booze.
Now we stay home at night
and watch the evening news..

That, my friend is how life is,
and now my tale is told.
So, enjoy each day and live it up…
before you’re too damned old!

The picture? Peggy Powell a recent Guest at Chanters Lodge, Livingstone who, with husband John, certainly seems to enjoy each day!

13
MAY

friends

Here’s a good idea from a friend of mine – guides, transport and arrangements for your trip to South Africa for the World Cup later this year. Don’t forget to fit it in a visit to Victoria Falls! And of course Chanters Lodge!

Go-Concierge Limited is a UK-based specialist sports travel company run by born and bred South Africans. With their international experience and local knowledge, they’re dedicated to making your trip to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa the smoothest, safest and most unforgettable experience of your life.

Go-Concierge offers you three service options. Whichever option you choose, you can count on the same standards of professionalism, personal attention and security throughout the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

* Platinum gives your group of up to 11 people the exclusive use of your own minibus with a concierge-guide on call 24 hours to help you plan your own personal itinerary. Also includes a complimentary airport transfer service.

* Gold guarantees you a seat on a Go-Concierge vehicle from your accommodation to each match or fan park and back again. It also entitles you to enjoy pre-set itineraries covering post-match venues as well as non-match day attractions such as museums, wine tasting tours, safari drives, golf courses etc. You can also take advantage of a separate airport transfer service.

* Silver guarantees you a seat on a Go-Concierge vehicle from your accommodation to each match or fan park and back again. You can also take advantage of a separate airport transfer service.

Looking beyond 2010, Go-Concierge is set to provide the same level of service to sports fans visiting the 2011 Cricket World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, the 2012 European Football Championship and the 2012 London Olympics.

19
FEB

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Meagan Hawley

Yesterday on Twitter and on Facebook I mentioned our shock about and prayers for Meagan Hawley, from Namwianga Mission. Meagan has been a frequent Guest at Chanters Lodge in the past few years – a lively, lovely vivacious girl doing an amazing job at the mission. This is what the Gregersens, also great friends of Chanters Lodge, wrote on their blog:

“Meagan Hawley, our dear friend and co-worker here at Namwianga, is on her way back to the US for medical treatment. She has been having symptoms which lead her doctors to suspect serious health problems. On Saturday, a specialist at OU looked at photos of her lymph nodes and tonsils and said she needs a biopsy immediately to diagnose or rule out lymphoma. She will have surgery in Oklahoma City on Monday or Tuesday. Meagan had just 12 hours notice to get ready to leave Namwianga, making it very difficult for her to say her goodbyes and pack for the trip while she processed this frightening news.

Meagan has devoted the last three years of her life to caring for the orphans here at Namwianga. Most recently she has been in charge of Marjorie’s House, a facility to care for babies who have health problems or compromised immune systems. Words cannot express the impact she has had on all of us who know her and especially on the little ones who rely on her tender care.

Please pray for Meagan, for her family, and for those of us here at Namwianga who need her back soon. “

We’ll do that and hope for her speedy recovery

2
FEB

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The Benefits Of Being Young And Clueless!

I’m lucky to have a lot of young friends on Facebook, a young family and young employees. Here’s something to inspire them all:

Via Inc Staff Blog

“The benefits of being young and clueless. Experience may be the best teacher, but on his blog Quick Sprout, tech entrepreneur Neil Patel argues that “the less you know, the more money you’ll make.” Granted, first-time entrepreneurs are bound to make their share of mistakes, but Patel explains that there are a number of advantages to not being a know-it-all.

Among the benefits of being a new entrepreneur is that you’re more willing to listen, more likely to try new ideas, and less likely to waste time trying to create an absolutely perfect company. Perhaps most importantly, first-time entrepreneurs are hungry for success. “You have that fire in your eye and it isn’t because you want it there, it’s because you are broke and have no choice but to figure out a way to make some money so you can put some food on the table,” says Patel.”

Now, a picture. Well I could post a photo of one of the youngsters mentioned above but they might think I was calling them ‘young and clueless’ so let me think…….got it – a relatively young and definitely clueless lot partying on the edge of Victoria Falls! Have a nice weekend!

9
JAN

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Wonderful English (2)

Following on from yesterday here’s some more ‘wonderful english’ taken from signs overseas! The picture’s another of my favourite places in England – Saunton Sands in North Devon.

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.

In a Tokyo bar:
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.

Hotel, Yugoslavia:
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.

Hotel, Japan:
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.

In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY.

A sign posted in Germany ‘s Black Forest :
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.

Hotel, Zurich:
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX
IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand :
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?

Airline ticket office, Copenhagen :
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

A laundry in Rome :
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME.

26
OCT

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Wonderful English (1)

Thanks to my friend Derek Dawson for these classics! My ‘gawjus’ daughter Alex is an expert English language despoiler, so I’m sure she’ll enjoy! Hope you do too! The picture? One of my favourite places in England – Devil’s Punchbowl on Exmoor in glorious Devon!

In a Bangkok temple:
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.

Cocktail lounge, Norway :
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.

Doctors office, Rome :
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.

Dry cleaners, Bangkok :
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS

In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.

On the main road to Mombasa, leaving Nairobi:
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDERWATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.

On a poster at Kencom:
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO WE CAN HELP.

In a City restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.

In a cemetery:
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES .

Tokyo hotel’s rules and regulations:
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.

That’s the first ten – some more tomorrow!

25
OCT

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Feeling Dumb?

Thanks to my friend Louisa Chanda for these gems – so if you ever feel a little bit stupid, just dig this up and read it again; you’ll begin to think you’re a genius.

“(On September 17, 1994, Alabama’s Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)
Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: “I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,”
Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.

“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.”
–Mariah Carey

“Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life,”
— Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign .

“I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,”
–Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.

“Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,”
–Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.

“That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I’m just the one to do it,”
–A congressional candidate in Texas .

“Half this game is ninety percent mental.”
–Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark

“It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.”
–Al Gore, Vice President

“I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix .”
— Dan Quayle

“We’ve got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?”
–Lee Iacocca

“The word “genius” isn’t applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”
–Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.

“We don’t necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people.”
— Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.

“Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.”
–Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina

“Traditionally, most of Australia’s imports come from overseas.”
–Keppel Enderbery

“If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there’ll be a record.”
–Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

The picture? Mariah of course ‘Why You So Obsessed With Me?’

17
OCT

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Living In 2009

Thanks to the lovely Amilha Young for this one! There she is in the photo – we worked together at the Ridgeway a long time ago – since when Amilha has become a high powered London lawyer!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2009 when…

1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

2 You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don’t have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12 You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t a #9 on this list

AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.

Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to. ha ha ha ha.

6
OCT

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