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Over Main Street  March 28, 2020

Lakewood Ranch Florida

Thanks to Diane Heron

Bubba and Jim move to Florida!

Jim Nesci MPHS Jan 66 and his Gator Bubba are moving to Naples, Florida.  Welcome to Florida,  the far south side of Chicago, guys!

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Bubba the 10’ Gator Arrives at Kowiachobee 
Animal Preserve in Naples, Florida 

Video of Bubba and Jim moving to their new Hood


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Covid Finger Painting

Thanks to Larry Herman MPHS 66 for sharing this image from:

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Time Out!

We have been bad

God is giving us a timeout

I was very proud of myself for inventing that joke.  

Then my wife told me she had read it to me from the internet.

Is one of the symptoms of Covid-19 forgetfulness?  Or evidence that I have that problem that I can't remember the name of? 

Does Covid make you end sentences in prepositions that Mrs. Duffy and Mrs. Camutz would yell at me for?

I sense that they are looking down at me from on high with a baleful expression.

Is baleful the right word?

I did invent the joke below. I think.

Why Plan When You Can React?

USA Response to Covid-19

The 7 P's of Planning 

Preliminary Prior Planning Prevents Pitiful Poor Performance

Time Out!

We have 

been bad

This Too Shall Pass

This is a proverb from the medieval Levent (Persian, Hebrew and Turkey) around 1200 AD. The proverb means that all material conditions, whether good or bad, are transient. This proverb has the ability to make the happy person sad and the sad person happy because of the realization that both the 'best and worst of times' will soon pass.

I love the quote and it is a prudent reminder for us all that regardless of how the serendipity of life has dealt with us, it will soon pass. It speaks to me that "Change is the one constant in the universe" and it aligns with what the poet Rudyard Kipling said in his poem "IF" ...

If you can meet with triumph and disaster

And treat those two imposters just the same

Looking around the web, what I have below is the best I can come up with in regard to its history ...

The legend of the quote finds its roots in the court of a powerful eastern Persian ruler who called his sages (wise men) to him, including the Sufi poet Attar of Nishapur, and asked them for one quote that would be accurate at all times and in all situations. The wise men consulted with one another, and threw themselves into deep contemplation, and finally came up with the answer ...

"this too, shall pass".

The ruler was so impressed by the quote that he had it inscribed in a ring.

The quote was popular in the first half of the 19th century particularly with the English poet Edward Fitzgerald and later being employed in a speech by Abraham Lincoln, in his address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society in 1859. He summed up the quote's impact so well by saying:

"How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction."

Peter Baskerville, Love Quotes. Written plenty. 

https://www.quoteandquote.com/peter.baskerville

Covid-19

Covid-19 Coping Strategy

March 18, 2020 - March 20, 2020

The Corona Virus 19 is changing our lives. 

What We Should Do:

Shelter in Place - Stay at home when possible

Wash our hands for 20+ seconds whenever we have been outside

Avoid the public - keep a social distance of 6 feet from everyone

Minimize trips to public spaces

This Will Be Boring. Ways To Avoid Boredom Include:

Read all the books you have always meant to read

Watch lots of happy movies and TV

Get out and walk, hike, bird watch, commune with nature

Take lots of photos and share them on the internet

Take nice scenic short drives

Visit lots of Forest Preserves and Natural areas

Buy a kayak and paddle it

Call all your old friends 

Make some new friends online 

Learn and use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Connect with People

Write your memoirs, put it on a blog

Write your family history, put it on a blog

Walk around your suburban downtown - keep your distance

Meet friends - stay 6 feet away

Therapeutic use of Wine and/or Weed

Shred old documents

Clean out closets

Convert old music to mp3 format and put it all on a spreadsheet

Create cartoons for Facebook postings

Update your phone/address/email list

Fix all the stuff you set aside to fix

Make casseroles and freeze the extra

Do sudoku puzzles until you are dreaming about them

Take free online courses com/jessica-stillman/500-free-online-courses-from-ivy-league-schools.html

You can edit and improve this Strategy. Click on the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OPS4tX6Vghdb4CSvhnx-2X6aJTH4WAVCry0Mm8s5U4s/edit?usp=sharing

History of Pandemics

Wonderchicken!

First Bird  
B-b-b-bird, b-birdd's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, bird is a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, well-a bird is a word
Click to Read the article:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/world/wonderchicken-fossil-modern-birds-scn/index.html?utm_term=15846133563754a91c4528a07&utm_source=5+Things+for+Thursday+March+19%2C+2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=190827_1584613356380&bt_ee=iCEzKDPm9zWRG40Tvag6duwuNk1bv8vutulZmZtMLgp1N%2F4d30JZeRNByQYELmFN&bt_ts=1584613356380

A-well-a ev'rybody's heard about the bird
B-b-b-bird, b-birdd's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, bird is a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, well-a bird is a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, well-a bird is a word
A-well, a bird, bird, b-bird is a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, well-a bird is a word
A-well, a bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is a word

A-well-a-bird, bird, b-bird's a word, a-well-a

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
Bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well, a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody's talking about the bird!

A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, surfing bird, brrrrrrrrpagh!
Aaah, bap-a-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pap

Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-mow
Ma-ma-ma-ma, ma-ma-mow
Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow

A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is a word

A-well, a bird, bird, b-bird's a word
A-well-a mow, mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, ma-ma, mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, ma-ma, mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, ma-ma, mow, pa-pa

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: John Harris / Turner Wilson Jr / Alfred Frazier / Carl White

Surfin' Bird lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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