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Apr 07, 01
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*something I found on the Crobar website*
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 basement shack 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. Let me tell you about it. I turned the dial up into the phone portion of the band on my ham radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning swap net. Along the way, I came across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. You know the kind; he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business. He was telling whomever he was talking with something about "a thousand marbles." I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to sad. "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. "No, 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 round up 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic container right here in the sack next to my gear Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away." "I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focus more on the reall 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 that if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given a little extr time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time." "It was nice to meet you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your family, and I hope to meet you again here on the band. 75 year Old Man, this is K9NZQ, clear and going QRT, good morning. You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the antenna that morning, and then I was going to meet up with a few hams to work on the next club newsletter. 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.... A friend sent this to me, so I to you, my friend. "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you."....... -Winnie the Pooh. Pass this on to all of your FRIENDS, even if it means sending it to the person that sent it to you. And if you receive this e-mail many times from many different people, it only means that you have many FRIENDS. And if you get it but once, do not be discouraged for you will know that you have AT LEAST ONE GOOD FRIEND .... And that's ME 
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Apr 08, 01
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Wow. After reading that......i started to think about life and how short it is. Wow, that quote open my eyes A LOT! THX!:029:
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Apr 08, 01
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I love Winnie the POOH.. don't you@
aww that was a good story..
thank god I know what I want before it's too late some people can enjoy their saturdays.. and some can't I have class every sat.. *chinese art painting* but it helps me to remember where I came from and metaphors that I'm show through painting. but it's all good that was sweet Azn Sweet E *hugs*
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Apr 08, 01
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azn_sweet_e...thanx for the awesome story...knowing u have limited days does help u get things prioritzed and done cuz then u wanna get everythign done before u run outta time rite?..and winnie the pooh quote...i luv it~....thanx again for sharing~...*hugz*:D
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Apr 08, 01
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Bring me with you Ms Piggy!! :031:
Lazee Grrl**Sooo true. Reading this story made me realise that I've been totally wasting my life recently. Just being lazy and not getting the things that I need to get done, in order to be where I want to be. Mojo**Awww, don't feel depressed. It's supposed to be some sorta inspiration/motivation. *hugglez* BB Yung Yung**That's awesome that you can spend your Saturdays like that. It's good to get in touch with your cultural roots, as well as being able to express yourself through art. I love doing that as well!! I should try Chinese painting sometime.
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Apr 08, 01
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Let's not be depressed people, let's be enlightened :023:
It just means we gotta live our lives to the fullest. So instead of us thinking about it and worrying, we should just go out there and do whatever the hell we wanna do. GO KRAYZEEE! :023:
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Mar 18, 04
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Warm fuzzies from the past. :kimmie:
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Mar 18, 04
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I've lived one quarter of my existence and loved every minute of it!
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Mar 18, 04
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hahahahah, that story sucked no offense. Life is not measured by marbles or by math. It's about how lucky you are. Live life large, but not so large that it cannot be contained. Get your shit priorities for life straight and everything should hopefully work out in the end. It's a waste of money to buy marbles only to throw them away later anyways.
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Mar 18, 04
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attributing the quality of life to a force outside of yourself is called 'passing the buck' luck has nothing to do with the quality of your time here You have every control over your persective and your actions - you are the master of how good or bad your life is luck might help you win the lottery or find some shoes on sale but it does not dictate the quality of your life *Lisa stop digging up old threads!!!****
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