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I received this in an email and it really made me think. Sorry for the Long read but to me it made a lot os since! A THOUSAND MARBLES (Received in email) The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable.A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the kitchen with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time. I turned the volume up on my radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning talk show. I heard an older sounding chap with a golden voice. You know the kind; he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business himself. He was talking about "a thousand marbles" to someone named "Tom". I was intrigued and sat down to listen to what he had to say. "Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital." He continued, "Let me tell you something Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities." And that's when he began to explain his theory of a "thousand marbles." "You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years." "Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900 which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. Now stick with me Tom, I'm getting to the important part." "It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy." "So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to roundup 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic container right here in my workshop next to the radio. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away." "I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight." "Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time." "It was nice to talk to you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your loved ones, and I hope to meet you again someday. Have a good morning!" You could have heard a pin drop when he finished. Even the show's moderator didn't have anything to say for a few moments. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to do some work that morning, then go to the gym. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast." "What brought this on?" she asked with a smile. "Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. Hey, can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles." HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND MAY ALL YOUR SATURDAYS BE SPECIAL!

Texas The Lone Star has It's share of Quacks too... In Texas it's legal for a chicken to have sex with you, but it's illegal to reciprocate In Dallas County it is illegal to own any realistic looking, phallic shaped, personal massager more than one foot in length. It is legal for a husband to beat his wife as long as he uses something no bigger than his thumb. Port Arthur: Obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator You can be legally married by publicly introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times. Texas law forbids anyone to have a pair of pliers in his possession. There is an old law in Texas that states you are unable to tuck your pants into one boot unless you own ten or more cattle

More than likely it's just a bad switch. Just so you'll know thye don't used that much power in stan-by mode I have a TV that from time to time will do the same thisng. It is the switch and would cost $98.75 to fix (Switch is 48.75 the rest is labor) But a simple fix is just to leave it on for a couple of days and that seams to fix the problem for at least 5 to 7 months 5 years!! That is getting your money worth with an LCD Monitor Edited I Just poped the 200 post cherry ;D

Buying less hp than u need is never a good compromise. As far as used motors go, Some of those old motors will still be pushing boats after some of the new 2010 models die ;D 2010 is not a typo BTW >

All traffic violations to include stop signs & redlights, train guards, seatbelt (never where mine till i see a cop) tickets are a waste of money. Any money given to any form of fine to a goverment official is a waste of good fishing / hunting / family fun time money

I shook President Bush (THe first one) hand Does that count

i'm a slow poke around areas where the little ones may dart out into the street and on the Hight way I'll usually run no nmore than 5 to 8 miles above the speed limited. Like Raul said "whats the rush :

The show was good, Good Terminator was really good. If the writers do their job this show will have a nice run

His Dell more than likely does not have a seperated sound card on it for him to pull mod numbers off of so he will not be able to DLoad anything from driverguide-com If you still have your original disk it will have all the drivers that you need to reinstall your onboard/intergrated sound card/device If you no longer have your disk here is a link to dell site where you should be able to DLoad the drivers that you need. The link goes directly to teh 4600's support Dload page http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/devices.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=DIM_P4_4600&os=WW1&osl=EN On some Dells, Compaq, HP, their will not be a per-say actuall sound card driver to sown load and you migh have to download your mother boards driver which will have all the drivers for the circuits on the board IDE, USB, SOUND< VIDEO etc.... Hope this helps. Why you ask.. the area on his C: drive that the drivers are loaded from when he starts his computer up may be courpreted. He may have install a new game, and some games will load custon driver files for Video and sound to suit it needs. It does not take muck for a driver file to get screwed up. Normally windows will reinstall these files by it self and you as the user will be none the wiser. But this self repair by windows may not happen if your machine is running off a Priotery version of windows Dell, Compaq/HP and many others have these versions of windows that it release with it's computer that only runs on it machines due to the hardware in stall. Priotery version of windows = hacked up version of Microsoft different Windows that are not complete but just what is need to run what ever machine that it is install on. If you got a new PC and you only got a restore disk with your computer and not a original copy or Windows, you my friend are running a hacked up version of windows setup just for your PC

All are good guesses but more than likely it's the drives for the hardware and not the hardware it self Reinstall the drivers for your onboard sound card and that will more than likely fix your noise problem.

Both are good locations for the battery, I would try both locations and put he batter where your boat best ridees/fishes with it I have two 14's one has it's battery in the back while the other has it battery in the front.

What grinds my gears is when I'm in the Middle lane doing 80 and some nut case comes up behind me and flash the high beams and wants me to speed up so he can get around the cars in the Left and Right Lanes that will not speed up or slow dow so he can pass PUT YOUR BEAMS ON THE CLOWN IN TE PASSING LANE NOT ON ME >

Burley = yelruB Reverse Global Warming = Global Freezing

Do as LBH says and you cam pull your Sea Eagle as a toy behind it. Sea Eagle's are good but I would say they don't make good tow boats

Ah come on guys give will a break... He save and that weird hair guy saved the planet a few moos ago ;D

Take the wife and child to moms house and we bring the new year in at our Church with the extended family

CGH = Computerguyhouston I have a knack for resurrecting computers that repair shops say have seen their better days. Floods, Lighting Stricks, hammer blows from x-wives etc..... I start off on here as Computerguyhouston till one of the senior members blasted me as a computer guy so I shortened it to CGH Everywhere else on the net I'm CGH, Computerguyhouston

Happy New Year to you also and likewise to the rest of the Members

Thanks Bassnleo. These will surely come in handy!

Get back in shape In 2006, I lost 56 pounds in about 45 days (March thru Mid April) In 2007 7 I gained about 35 pounds back. Fish more work less

15.9 mi About 20 minutes as long as trafic on 10 is not backed up! So my cost is about 35 to 50 a trip reguardless if I buy something from the Katy Mills Mall Bass Pro Shops or not. Star Bucks for her Food court for them Booksamillion for them Duckhunt shoot range at BPS for them

Duh... He Did ask for "Your Dream Ride " Dream Big, Do Big, 8-) Just think of all the galaxices that that I could go and fish

Kawasaki Ninja 1000R 8-) Was over in Germany and Mom Said don't bring that death machine home. So I sold it and have regreated it ever since :'(

Are you now in teh witness protection program ;D

Get you a injector and inject your seasons throught you meat. It will make a world of a difference. Also if you are going to marinade always try to do it over night and in a zip-lock bag with as much air removed as possible. Give the bag a good shaken and turnover at least 3 to four times if you can Kraft SunDried Tomato Dressing is a very good Marinade for chicken