I used to mess around with pitching with both hands as a kid. I tried switch hitting, too, but never on a team for either one in a game.

I am naturally left handed, but broke my left arm when I was 6, so I learned to play baseball left handed.

That's the reason I toyed around with the idea of trying 'lefty'.

I could actually hit the ball farther batting left handed than right handed, but would miss too many pitches, so I abandoned the idea.

I couldn't throw hard enough left handed and it hurt my shoulder after a few pitches, so I gave that up as well.

Little did I know that someone would actually make it to the Major Leagues who was actually ambidextrous.


Maybe I should have stuck with it.

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Something that most people don't even think about today:

Pop-up ads.

I received my first pc as a Christmas present over 20 years ago.

It was a Compaq and I had lots of trouble with it the 2 years I had it.

I am being serious when I tell you that pop up ads were so bad at that time that your screen would literally fill up with pop up ads and cause your computer to crash.

I don't know who invented the pop up blocker, but that person should have been given some sort of hero's medal, for they saved many, many people lots of money in computer related repair bills.

So the next time you go to surf the 'net, take a second to thank the mysterious, anonymous person who saved us all

by inventing the pop up blocker.

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Sometimes...


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I was watching the pro football game Monday night when tragedy occurred.

I saw Damar Hamlin make the tackle, stand up and then fall face down on the field.

By now, everyone knows he suffered a heart attack and is in the hospital in intensive care.

My prayers go out to him and his family.

As events were unfolding, I remembered another tragedy I watched on my television in 1971.

The team I root for, the Chicago Bears, were playing the Detroit Lions at Tiger Stadium in Detroit one October Sunday afternoon.

Late in the game, with Chicago leading 28-23, Detroit had the ball and was moving down the field.

Chuck Hughes, a wide receiver, had caught a 32 yard pass. Two plays later, he collapsed on his way back to the huddle.

He was rushed to the hospital, but died within the hour of a heart attack.

I thought of all of this while watching Hamlin being attended to on the field and eventually being carried away by ambulance.

One more thought struck me as I watched events unfold:

In 1971, after Hughes was carried away, the game resumed.

Today, the game was suspended indefinitely.

I hope we have transcended from a 'business as usual' society to one who realizes that some things are more important than a game.

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I took my car in today to have the rear defogger fixed. The connection on one side had come loose and I couldn't reach it.

While I was waiting, a young lady came in to set up an appointment to have her vehicle serviced.

She was wearing yoga pants that were clinging to the crack in her rear end.

Sure, I took a gander while her back was turned to me.

The funny part was watching all of the men standing around,

some customers, some employees,

try to get a good look without being obvious.

A good time was had by all in attendance.

If you liked the original, you'll like this one, too:


Well done!

Why can't you trust atoms?

Because they make up everything.

I told you it was a groaner.

:O

If variety is the spice of life,

does that make a regular routine the bran muffin?

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I forgot to mention that I retired a week ago.

It was the last day of the pay period and a winter storm was about to arrive here,

so I said "Fuck It!", left a message for my supervisor where he would definitely find it, and left.

I didn't bother calling the owner because we don't get along at all.

Since then I have not set my alarm clock when I go to bed.

I eat, shower and am online at the usual times.

I watch a little more t.v., but still read, do my daily cross words and work out the same.

Two main differences:

I now take long walks.

And, most importantly, I no longer feel any job related stress.

I have arrived at the summit and plan on staying there.

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Yesterday evening, after dinner, I sat down in my recliner to watch a little television.

In a few minutes I drifted off to sleep.

After a short nap, I woke up and looked at the t.v. and saw the picture but heard no sound.

For a few seconds I thought I had either lost the sound or, in a slight panic, that I had gone deaf.

After my brain unmuddled from sleep, I realized, to my great relief, that I was only sitting on the remote control.

Phew!

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