Beautiful Jim!, just Beautiful!!!
Pike
TEXAS!
Jim Wiehe wrote:
> Since we are all members of a global mobile green community, we
> are all aware of prices per whatever where ever we live.
>
> I live in Canada where gas is sold in litres, I have friends and relatives
> in the U.S. where gas is sold in gallons.
> When I buy gas , if I go to a non self-serve, I sometimes say gimme 20
> or 30 bucks worth. I'm sure that all my fellow green machine lovers say
> at some point in time, " Gimme 20 dollars, marks, pesos, pounds, dinars,
> rubles, francs, rupees ?, yen, zolties, etc.
> I'm sure that those whose work, lives depend on knowing to difference
> do. The average guy just wants the most bang for his ( insert local currency ).
>
> All this talk of sizes and variances is rather interesting if not sliding straight
> toward the "Jerry Can " incident. Yes I was a contributor to that little bit of
> insanity. We all need to let the cheese slide off our crackers sometime.
> So before the cheese hits the floor, let's please put this to rest.
> I would like to offer the following:
>
> A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of
> him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise
> jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2" in diameter.
>
> He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was. So
> the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.
> He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas
> between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
> They agreed it was. The students laughed. The professor picked up a box of
> sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything
> else. "Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognise that this is your
> life. The rocks are the important things your family, your partner, your
> health, your children - things that if everything else was lost and only
> they remained, your life would still be full.
>
> The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your
> car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff." "If you put the Sand
> into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same
> goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small
> stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
> Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with
> your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out
> dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a
> dinner party and fix the disposal." "Take care of the rocks first - the
> things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
>
> But then...
>
> A student then took the jar which the other students and the professor
> agreed was full, and proceeded to pour in a glass of beer. Of course the
> beer filled the remaining spaces within the jar making the jar truly full.
> Which proves that no matter how full your life is, there is always
> room for a beer.
>
> Also: 24 beers in a case ( In Canada ) , 24 hours in a day , co-incidence?
> Hmmm....
> Just my 2 cents. ( Canadian ) You do the exchange. [:-)
> Cheers,
> Jim Wiehe , VA3JHW
> mail to : j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
>
> P.S. I don't care if the jar holds gallons , imperial gallons, litres or liters
> I just feel sad over that wasted beer.
>
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