OBSERVATIONS

OBSERVATIONS

There were a couple of articles in Monday's Salt Lake City Tribune that
might not have made it to Newport yet and I thought you'd like to be kept up
to date.

"People Different From Us". The New Jersey Department of Health and
Senior Services issued a warning in January to residents of the city of
Ringwood that they should limit their intake of squirrel to no more than
twice a week (children once a month). (A toxic waste dump is nearby).
Dan Gulley Jr., 70, and David Brooks Jr., 62, fought in January in
Atmore, Ala., and acccording to police, Gulley pulled out a gun and shot
Brooks. The two were arguing over how tall the late singer James Brown was.

"When Bad Things Happen to Stupid and Unlucky People". Glenn Vickers,
58, allegedly intoxicated, wildly tailgated a driver in January on
Interstate 64 that happened to be Kanawha County, W. Va., Sheriff Mike
Rutherford in an unmarked car. After jockeying behind Rutherford for a
while, Vickers peeled off at an exit and flipped Rutherford the finger, but
immediately crashed into a guardrail.

The March/April issue of AARP magazines delights us by telling us that
"They'll be back-- four million kids ages 25 through 34 will move back home
this year".

Warren Beatty turns 70 next month, be sure to send him a card.

I think I am finally starting to understand why the Muslims in Iraq are
killing each other, and it took Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" cartoon in last
Sunday's paper to clue me in. In the strip an American GI and an Iraqi
interpreter are cruising the streets of Bagdad in a Humvee looking for a bad
guy. The GI tells the interpreter that their orders are to capture the bad
guy and do him no harm. The interpreter says that as soon as he sees the
suspect he is going to kill him instead. The GI is puzzled and asks why?
The Iraqi explained that a member of the suspect's family had killed a
member of his family and he was sworn to avenge the act. The American
asked: "Gosh, when did this happen?". The Iraqi said: "In the year 1358".
(This is a great time for an Editorial Comment, but I will refrain and let
you make your own comment here).

The next time you see Ben Davi, pull up a chair and ask him to tell you the
joke about the talking dog. I advise that you hold onto the chair to keep
from falling out when he delivers the punch line.

The Dixie Chicks are releasing their new album "Shut Up and Sing" today.
Oh, well.....I DO agree with half of the title.

Fill in these answers: "I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you......"
(when?)
"They bring the flowers that booom in
May....." (who?)
"So I just did me some talkin' to the
sun....." (why?)
"Getting soaking wet, torturing my heart by
trying to forget....." (what?)

You got them all right, didn't you? When....come rain or come shine.
Who....April Showers. Why....Raindrops keep falling on my head.
Why....Just walking in the rain.

I dunno if the Editor's Box is still up in the Club House. I will be there
on March 3 if there is anything you'd like to share.

Jim and Marilynn McCrea (Utah transplants)