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I decided to take a survey today a work. The question was: "When I say, Bigger is not necessarily better, what comes to your mind?" Most people would grin at first not sure what to say. I told them whatever it is just say it. As you might guess most answers involved sex. These are some of the things they said that involved sex: Penis was said 10 times. Sex was said 4 times. Boobs was said 5 times. Then there was naughty thoughts, dirty stuff and something sexual. The other short replies were;   A house, a meal, money, government, plant building, engine, bullshit, weight, ice cream cone, size, piece of cake,big corporations and big business. The other longer replies were: Heavier people are friendlier then skinny people. Bigger could lead to lower quality. Quality beats quantity. It's not the size of the ship, it's how you sail it. It's how you use it. Not always a good thing to be over educated.  Now to tell you the truth I knew I would get answers ...

 Recently the biggest news in my hometown paper has been about if chickens should be allowed in town. It all started when someone noticed a few chickens in a pen in someones backyard. Now being, what I think is just a busy body, this person went to the courthouse to find out what the rules were for having chickens in town. There was none at the time. Well, some how the paper got word of it and did a story about the people who had the chickens in question. The people had I think four or five hens in a small pen that they moved around the yard so the chickens could eat grass and other things. It was a cute little a-frame shaped pen. The father was originally raised on a farm himself and he just wanted to show his kids what it takes to raise chickens. I think this fall he was planning on butchering them.  This story set off a fire storm of debate which ended up in front of the city council.They were forced to make a ruling whether chickens should be allowed in town or not. What w...

I've been thinking of posting something but I wasn't sure what. So I decided to post one of the old letters. This one was post marked Sept. 9, 1932. So here it is: Dear Howard; I received your most welcome letter and I was glad to hear from you, how are you? Gee it's been a long time since you have written to me, and I haven't answered you, you'll have to forgive me. I'm so busy working 10 hours a day, six days a week and when I get home I'm all tired out.And you enjoying yourself out in Ogema going to places such as parties or dances or any place where you could have fun. You know ever since I left Wisconsin I always dream of being there and when I wake I find myself here, isn't that awful? I wish I could meet some real people, someday. Howard the only real people I've met is in Wisconsin. Here boys and girls are all together different, they are mostly wild which I hate. So I wish I could go back to Wisconsin soon and get a job anywhere ...

Watching the news today they talked about 6 teenagers that drowned at the same time. I understand that how it happened was that one did not know there was a drop off. The part I find  hard to believe is that of all the people there no one knew how to swim. I only want to ask is, if you don't know how to swim why do you not have some kind of flotation devise with you. Me, I'm a swimmer. But if I'm around someone who does not know how to swim I try to tell them to very careful. You never know what is under the water. They should also have something to hold onto when they are in water they are not sure of. I know they did mean to wade out so far but it happens when you lest expect it. My heart goes out to the families who lost their loved ones. Advice to all, no matter who you are if you plan on spending any time in or around the water you should know the basics even if it's just the dog paddle. And always have something with you that can float on. Even an experienced s...