The Missus has issued another ultimatum: No more squeezing the toothpaste in the middle.
That's right. So you do it too.
In order to keep peace in my household, my analytical brain went into overdrive for a solution.
It was then that I encountered words of wisdom in the "Art of Toothpaste Squeezing" from something called Bonanza World and answers from some so-called experts.
Here's one from 'Shlynn': A thought-provoking question. How do you squeeze your toothpaste. Usually I'll buy the ones that stand on the bathroom sink, where it doesn't matter where you squeeze it, it always comes out. Unfortunately, this last time I bought the tube squeeze toothpaste (a topper squeezer is me), and now I have paste gook all at the top. Yuck!
From 'Camera_Chic': Usually I grab the tube and squeeze it from the middle. It annoys my sister a lot, though, and she always comes in after me and squeezes it up from the bottom.
From 'ALC': I remember when I was little my grandma taught me to squeeze from the bottom of the tube one night when I was staying over ... just stuck with me all these years ... thanks grandma! :)
From 'Shiva': Top squeezer for me. I remember trying to do the squeeze-n-roll thing once, but it always came unrolled so I gave up on that one.
From 'Jeanie Cartwright': I squeeze pretty much anywhere, but usually in the middle. However, every couple of weeks or so, I'll lay the tube on the counter and moosh all the stuff that's at the bottom up to the top so it's easier to squeeze. Hubby and I use different tubes of toothpaste so we can do whatever makes us happy and not have to worry about ticking anyone else off.
From 'Milesky1': We have a little plastic do-hickey that slides onto the bottom of the tube, and instead of squeezing, as you slide it up, the toothpaste comes out. I guess that makes me closest to a 'bottom roller squeezer.'
From 'Karine': I squeeze it from the bottom. I don't like to squeeze from the middle.
From 'Sammiandmilo': I squeeze it anywhere, then when it starts to run out I squeeze the toothpaste in the bottom to the top.
From 'Sissy': Wherever I grab it is where I squeeze it. Most times, though, it's in the middle.
From 'LifesMagic': I'm an anywhere squeezer and when I'm having trouble getting some out, I'll either squeeze from the bottom or lay the tube down and use something to push the paste up so it works again!
From 'Anna': I squeeze anywhere. I kinda have a toothpaste fetish, I love buying and using toothpaste, so when I've squeezed the bulk of the paste out I just use a different tube. My brother and I have had to buy separate toothpastes because he is a bottom and roll guy, he even bought one of those rolly things. Weird.
From 'Bonanzagal': I just squeeze anywhere, just as long as I get toothpaste!
So you see, Missus, I'm not insane. Maybe, a bit misguided, so now onto the next earthshattering question(s) from Bonanza World: Toilet paper, free end hanging over the top of the roll, or dangling out from the bottom? Then there's another puzzler: Kitchen sponges ... one for the dishes, one for the floor or single sponge only?
"Have you any more questions?" I asked The Missus.
"Just one," she replied. "When are you ever going to learn to read a map?"
They have a long-term memory, don't they?
It's been a dozen years or so since we took a 300-mile detour somewhere in northern Michigan.
WHAT'S AMERICA'S BIGGEST BEEF WITH BIKE GEAR? That's a trick question, you might ask. No, a new survey released by Bell Sports claims it's sore rears. It went on to say: While three-quarters of the 1,062 respondents ride less often now than in the past 10 years, 79 per cent said they would ride more often if their key concerns about bike riding were resolved. Then came the reason: "In the category of bicycling gear, the No. 1 complaint was hard seats. Fifty-seven per cent said they would prefer bike seats with extra padding for added comfort. Flat tires were the second most cited complaint, with 36 per cent of riders saying they wish they had tires that could immediately seal themselves after a puncture."
SPEAKING OF SORE WHAT-EVERS: In my Vernon travels, I have discovered the Spine & Sports Physical Therapy place (3607-31st Street -- Beside the Civic Arena, Phone: 558-9998). Maybe, it's not the spot for the Ol' Columnist, whose most strenous physical exercise these days is involved with the TV clicker (man, I have strong thumbs), but it's definitely the right place for children, youth and adults actively involved in sports. Top-notch physical therapists include Bob Powls, Cheryl Witter and Lisa Crockett. Now, folks, it's about this "thumb" therapy?
THE HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN: Heather Kjarsgaard of the Visitor Infocentre (on Highway 97 towards Kelowna) passes along this info that wineries are definitely the 'ticket' in the Okanagan Valley & Similkameen in 2005. One to check out in the Vernon area is Hunting Hawk Vineyards at O'Keefe Historic Ranch, 9380 Hwy 97 N. Phone: (250) 546-2164 ... www.huntinghawkvineyards.com
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Ringing up another lockout
It might be the heat, Bunky, but have you noticed that everyone is either on strike or in some sort of a lockout or a lockdown?
Maybe Uncle Joe's supplier of hot dog buns is working 24-7, but there are others with August heading towards Labour Day that choose to belly ache about their job situation.
Normally, I ignore the malcontents, but on the weekend I couldn't.
Striding towards my Vernon drugstore, two "lockout" folks -- Jordan and Tim -- stood on either side of the doors with placards and pamphlets in hand.
What's this all about? I thought. I knew this wasn't about another "strike force" such as at Mother Corp -- the CBC -- so it must be the ringy-dingy dandies with TWU (Telecommunications Workers Union), the unionized workforce at Telus.
What's the big deal? I murmured to myself.
Before I could say: 1 ... 2 ... 3, there was a lockout update in my paws with the blaring question: How can I help save jobs and ensure good service from Telus?
1. Call Telus and cancel one or more of your special calling features (call waiting, call forwarding, voice mail, smart ring, call alert, call display). If you pay your phone bill through automatic deductions, you could cancel that and request a printed copy of your bill and pay by cheque. To contact Telus and make changes to your special calling features, call them toll-free at 310-2255, or go to www.telus.com
2. Call Telus Mobility and make changes to your monthly cell phone plan. If you receive your Telus Mobility bill electronically, ask for it to be mailed to you instead. Cancel one or more of your special calling features, like call waiting, call forwarding or call display. To contact Telus Mobility, call them toll-free at 1-866-558-2273, or go to www.telusmobility.com
3. If you've experienced poor service or long delays from Telus, contact the CRTC and register an official complaint. Two years ago, when the elimination of thousands of jobs led to poor customer service, it was the complaints of thousands of Telus customers like you that forced the CRTC to order to act. To contact the CRTC, go to their website at www.crtc.gc.ca and click on "Complaints and Inquiries" or call them toll-free at 1-877-249-2782. To correspond with the CRTC email them at: info@crtc.gc.ca
Now, since I have related their solutions, perhaps, it might be a good time to play the numbers game, according to the TWU:.
Telus earnings, 2003 -- $324.4 million; Telus earnings, 2004: $658 million; Growth in earnings, 2003-2004: : 49%; Increase in Telus CEO Darren Entwistle's compensation, 2003-2004: 54% (to $6.55 million per year); Increase in Telus Mobility CEO George Cope's compensation, 2003-2004: 88% (to $6.74 million per year); Increase in Telus CFO Robert McFarlane's compensation, 2003-2004: 300% (to $4.05 million per year); Wage increases for Telus bargaining unit employees, 2001-2004: 0 per cent.
So now I was bogged down with a mass of figures, about the lockout that started in Alberta and B.C. on July 21, but what's the bottom line, Mr. and Mrs. TWU: "The members of the TWU have not had a contract since December 31, 2000 or almost five years ... The TWU would like nothing more than to sit and negotiate with Telus, but unfortunately Telus will not participate in this process."
POST-MORTEM: All weekend those TWU figures whirled in my brain; particularly the compensation data for the Telus heirarchy. Now, I really have a headache and that's what I went to the drugstore for in the first place: Some Tylenol.
FAREWELL TO 'UNCLE DUKE': There was a booming farewell for Hunter S. Thompson on Saturday night. Thompson, who was immortalized in Garry Trudeau's comic strip, 'Doonesbury' as "Uncle Duke," committed suicide six months ago at age 67. However, actor Johnny Depp and Thompson's widow, Anita, helped give him an irreverent sendoff in Woody Creek, Colorado. Some 250 relatives and celebrities, including Bill Murray and Lyle Lovett, gathered as Thompson's ashes were blown sky high amid a fireworks display. Thompson will be best remembered as the leader of "gonzo" journalists in which the writer becomes a central figure in their writings, such as Thompson in the highly-successful "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." "Uncle Duke" and others such as Tom Wolfe and Gay Talese pioneered this "New Journalism."
ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN NFL: Some four years ago with the temperatures hitting 110 degrees, Minnesota Vikings' Korey Stringer died of a heartstroke during training camp practice. Early Sunday, San Francisco OL Thomas Herrion died in Denver after collapsing in the locker room. Herrion was only 23. The cause of his death has not been announced, although Frisco spokesman, Aaron Salkin, was quoted as saying: "This is a colossal tragedy for the 49ers and the entire NFL community." There have been other deaths in the NFL besides Stringer and now Herrion. In 1979, tight end J.V. Cain of the St. Louis Cardinals died of a heart attack during training camp. On Oct. 24, 1972, Chuck Hughes, a wide receiver for Detroit Lions, died of a heart attack during a game between Detroit and the Chicago Bears.
Maybe Uncle Joe's supplier of hot dog buns is working 24-7, but there are others with August heading towards Labour Day that choose to belly ache about their job situation.
Normally, I ignore the malcontents, but on the weekend I couldn't.
Striding towards my Vernon drugstore, two "lockout" folks -- Jordan and Tim -- stood on either side of the doors with placards and pamphlets in hand.
What's this all about? I thought. I knew this wasn't about another "strike force" such as at Mother Corp -- the CBC -- so it must be the ringy-dingy dandies with TWU (Telecommunications Workers Union), the unionized workforce at Telus.
What's the big deal? I murmured to myself.
Before I could say: 1 ... 2 ... 3, there was a lockout update in my paws with the blaring question: How can I help save jobs and ensure good service from Telus?
1. Call Telus and cancel one or more of your special calling features (call waiting, call forwarding, voice mail, smart ring, call alert, call display). If you pay your phone bill through automatic deductions, you could cancel that and request a printed copy of your bill and pay by cheque. To contact Telus and make changes to your special calling features, call them toll-free at 310-2255, or go to www.telus.com
2. Call Telus Mobility and make changes to your monthly cell phone plan. If you receive your Telus Mobility bill electronically, ask for it to be mailed to you instead. Cancel one or more of your special calling features, like call waiting, call forwarding or call display. To contact Telus Mobility, call them toll-free at 1-866-558-2273, or go to www.telusmobility.com
3. If you've experienced poor service or long delays from Telus, contact the CRTC and register an official complaint. Two years ago, when the elimination of thousands of jobs led to poor customer service, it was the complaints of thousands of Telus customers like you that forced the CRTC to order to act. To contact the CRTC, go to their website at www.crtc.gc.ca and click on "Complaints and Inquiries" or call them toll-free at 1-877-249-2782. To correspond with the CRTC email them at: info@crtc.gc.ca
Now, since I have related their solutions, perhaps, it might be a good time to play the numbers game, according to the TWU:.
Telus earnings, 2003 -- $324.4 million; Telus earnings, 2004: $658 million; Growth in earnings, 2003-2004: : 49%; Increase in Telus CEO Darren Entwistle's compensation, 2003-2004: 54% (to $6.55 million per year); Increase in Telus Mobility CEO George Cope's compensation, 2003-2004: 88% (to $6.74 million per year); Increase in Telus CFO Robert McFarlane's compensation, 2003-2004: 300% (to $4.05 million per year); Wage increases for Telus bargaining unit employees, 2001-2004: 0 per cent.
So now I was bogged down with a mass of figures, about the lockout that started in Alberta and B.C. on July 21, but what's the bottom line, Mr. and Mrs. TWU: "The members of the TWU have not had a contract since December 31, 2000 or almost five years ... The TWU would like nothing more than to sit and negotiate with Telus, but unfortunately Telus will not participate in this process."
POST-MORTEM: All weekend those TWU figures whirled in my brain; particularly the compensation data for the Telus heirarchy. Now, I really have a headache and that's what I went to the drugstore for in the first place: Some Tylenol.
FAREWELL TO 'UNCLE DUKE': There was a booming farewell for Hunter S. Thompson on Saturday night. Thompson, who was immortalized in Garry Trudeau's comic strip, 'Doonesbury' as "Uncle Duke," committed suicide six months ago at age 67. However, actor Johnny Depp and Thompson's widow, Anita, helped give him an irreverent sendoff in Woody Creek, Colorado. Some 250 relatives and celebrities, including Bill Murray and Lyle Lovett, gathered as Thompson's ashes were blown sky high amid a fireworks display. Thompson will be best remembered as the leader of "gonzo" journalists in which the writer becomes a central figure in their writings, such as Thompson in the highly-successful "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." "Uncle Duke" and others such as Tom Wolfe and Gay Talese pioneered this "New Journalism."
ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN NFL: Some four years ago with the temperatures hitting 110 degrees, Minnesota Vikings' Korey Stringer died of a heartstroke during training camp practice. Early Sunday, San Francisco OL Thomas Herrion died in Denver after collapsing in the locker room. Herrion was only 23. The cause of his death has not been announced, although Frisco spokesman, Aaron Salkin, was quoted as saying: "This is a colossal tragedy for the 49ers and the entire NFL community." There have been other deaths in the NFL besides Stringer and now Herrion. In 1979, tight end J.V. Cain of the St. Louis Cardinals died of a heart attack during training camp. On Oct. 24, 1972, Chuck Hughes, a wide receiver for Detroit Lions, died of a heart attack during a game between Detroit and the Chicago Bears.
Unforgettable Prince Stephanos
Stephen Mengesha knows where the original Ark of the Covenant is located. He told me so.
In fact as a boy prince known as Prince Stephanos, this favorite great grandson of the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, spent time exploring the ancient city of Aksum, where the the most important, historical and religious object in man's history is likely buried in the bowels of an Ethiopian Orthodox church, St. Mary of Zion.
Others have written thousands of words about the Ark's supposed location, including the esteemed journalist Graham Hancock (author of 'The Sign and the Seal'), and even the Ol' Columnist, who spent time in Ethiopia and Israel on an extended search, which began in 1990 and continues to this day.
In a follow-up column to Thursday's 'Unforgettable' -- Gershon Salomon -- who believes he has been given the task of the rebuilding the Third Temple on Jerusalem's Holy Hill, Prince Stephanos believes the original Ark of the Covenant would be necessary for such an esteemed structure to be completed.
In the past, Prince Stephanos was instrumental in supplying me with valued information about Ethiopia's obsession with the Ark, which I have related in the three-volume 'The Glory of the King.'
However, sometimes, it's wise to look back on notes of conversations I had with him. With Israel so much in the news these days, this conversation was startling, for the Prince told me about a possible war that could rage over the Ark of the Covenant.
Corbett: What do you see as its future?
Prince: If it's found, and if it's such a sacred item for the Jewish faith, what's to stop Israel from waging war to get it back? It's not a matter of diplomatic negotiations or going to the United Nations. This is something the world Jewry around the globe believes it's necessary to build the Third Temple and if that's how important it is, the chances of Israel going to war to get it (are greatly increased). It's a fact that since Israel's creation, it has been inclined to strongly support Ethiopia, so the pressure from the Orthodox Jewish community in this case is there. They are not going to tell you, it's there. Absolutely not. But they also have a fascination of what if it's there in Aksum and if that's true we've lost it, so where is it, and if that story of Ethiopia's is true, then we want it. So there's pressure on whoever is in power in Israel to pursue the thought.
Corbett: Isn't it true there's a replica of the Ark in every Ethiopian Orthodox Church?
Prince: Yes, that's true. An Ethiopian Coptic Church can't be consecrated unless there's a replica of an Ark. In an Ethiopian Orthodox church there's a place for it and it's carved out of wood. It used to be carved out of marble, supposedly the same type of stone it was carved from originally.
In other conversations with the Prince, he firmly claimed there have been searchers for it, from Mussolini to the Israelis.
Corbett: What is the importance of the Ark?
Prince: The building of the Third Temple is the cornerstone of the revival of the Jewish faith and the coming of all Jews to Israel. Finding the Ark of the Covenant is paramount for this to happen and the coming of their Messiah. So even though it's unspoken, they're on the look out for it, and many times they have explored the possibility of the Ethiopian claim. It has been pursued by various people throughout history prior to the Italian occupation (through the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church) and after the restoration of the Emperor to the throne (in 1941). Even today, they're still looking for it.
Corbett: Is it possible there's an ark on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem?
Prince: The lack of an ark being mentioned in the book, 'In The Shadow of The Temple,' isn't evidence the Israelis don't care about it. After all it's the cornerstone. If you're going to build a temple, you have to have something to put in it and no where in Jewish traditions does it say that God is going to bring it down from heaven. There's nothing of that nature being mentioned in prophecy. The building of the Third Temple I just mentioned requires the Ark inside it or else it would be a meaningless building.
Corbett: I've read, probably in one of Grant Jeffrey's books, that during the evacations underneath the Temple Mount that they've spotted something that looks like the Ark. Is this a duplicate.
Prince: There is a duplicate Ark. The rabbincal council knows about it.
Corbett: There are lots of duplicates around. Isn't that true?
Prince: Yes. Finding the original Ark of the Covenant is an interest by the Catholic Church and the Pope during the 1936-1940 Ethiopian occupation by Italy and Mussolini and there's a good indication that the Catholic Church was looking for it.
Corbett: Was that one of Mussolini's aims?
Prince: Not Mussolini's, but he was persuaded by the Pope and, of course, the Pope has been criticized for blessing Mussolini's mission to Ethiopia because of that.
Corbett: What about Hitler, did he have any interest in the Ark?
Prince: No.
Corbett: The hit movie, 'The Raiders Of The Lost Ark,' was based on Hitler's obsession with finding religious artifacts such as the Ark. Was this true?
Prince: I never heard of Hitler's interest it. That's pure fantasy, but it would make a good movie, wouldn't it?
In fact as a boy prince known as Prince Stephanos, this favorite great grandson of the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, spent time exploring the ancient city of Aksum, where the the most important, historical and religious object in man's history is likely buried in the bowels of an Ethiopian Orthodox church, St. Mary of Zion.
Others have written thousands of words about the Ark's supposed location, including the esteemed journalist Graham Hancock (author of 'The Sign and the Seal'), and even the Ol' Columnist, who spent time in Ethiopia and Israel on an extended search, which began in 1990 and continues to this day.
In a follow-up column to Thursday's 'Unforgettable' -- Gershon Salomon -- who believes he has been given the task of the rebuilding the Third Temple on Jerusalem's Holy Hill, Prince Stephanos believes the original Ark of the Covenant would be necessary for such an esteemed structure to be completed.
In the past, Prince Stephanos was instrumental in supplying me with valued information about Ethiopia's obsession with the Ark, which I have related in the three-volume 'The Glory of the King.'
However, sometimes, it's wise to look back on notes of conversations I had with him. With Israel so much in the news these days, this conversation was startling, for the Prince told me about a possible war that could rage over the Ark of the Covenant.
Corbett: What do you see as its future?
Prince: If it's found, and if it's such a sacred item for the Jewish faith, what's to stop Israel from waging war to get it back? It's not a matter of diplomatic negotiations or going to the United Nations. This is something the world Jewry around the globe believes it's necessary to build the Third Temple and if that's how important it is, the chances of Israel going to war to get it (are greatly increased). It's a fact that since Israel's creation, it has been inclined to strongly support Ethiopia, so the pressure from the Orthodox Jewish community in this case is there. They are not going to tell you, it's there. Absolutely not. But they also have a fascination of what if it's there in Aksum and if that's true we've lost it, so where is it, and if that story of Ethiopia's is true, then we want it. So there's pressure on whoever is in power in Israel to pursue the thought.
Corbett: Isn't it true there's a replica of the Ark in every Ethiopian Orthodox Church?
Prince: Yes, that's true. An Ethiopian Coptic Church can't be consecrated unless there's a replica of an Ark. In an Ethiopian Orthodox church there's a place for it and it's carved out of wood. It used to be carved out of marble, supposedly the same type of stone it was carved from originally.
In other conversations with the Prince, he firmly claimed there have been searchers for it, from Mussolini to the Israelis.
Corbett: What is the importance of the Ark?
Prince: The building of the Third Temple is the cornerstone of the revival of the Jewish faith and the coming of all Jews to Israel. Finding the Ark of the Covenant is paramount for this to happen and the coming of their Messiah. So even though it's unspoken, they're on the look out for it, and many times they have explored the possibility of the Ethiopian claim. It has been pursued by various people throughout history prior to the Italian occupation (through the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church) and after the restoration of the Emperor to the throne (in 1941). Even today, they're still looking for it.
Corbett: Is it possible there's an ark on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem?
Prince: The lack of an ark being mentioned in the book, 'In The Shadow of The Temple,' isn't evidence the Israelis don't care about it. After all it's the cornerstone. If you're going to build a temple, you have to have something to put in it and no where in Jewish traditions does it say that God is going to bring it down from heaven. There's nothing of that nature being mentioned in prophecy. The building of the Third Temple I just mentioned requires the Ark inside it or else it would be a meaningless building.
Corbett: I've read, probably in one of Grant Jeffrey's books, that during the evacations underneath the Temple Mount that they've spotted something that looks like the Ark. Is this a duplicate.
Prince: There is a duplicate Ark. The rabbincal council knows about it.
Corbett: There are lots of duplicates around. Isn't that true?
Prince: Yes. Finding the original Ark of the Covenant is an interest by the Catholic Church and the Pope during the 1936-1940 Ethiopian occupation by Italy and Mussolini and there's a good indication that the Catholic Church was looking for it.
Corbett: Was that one of Mussolini's aims?
Prince: Not Mussolini's, but he was persuaded by the Pope and, of course, the Pope has been criticized for blessing Mussolini's mission to Ethiopia because of that.
Corbett: What about Hitler, did he have any interest in the Ark?
Prince: No.
Corbett: The hit movie, 'The Raiders Of The Lost Ark,' was based on Hitler's obsession with finding religious artifacts such as the Ark. Was this true?
Prince: I never heard of Hitler's interest it. That's pure fantasy, but it would make a good movie, wouldn't it?
Unforgettable Gershon Salomon
Gershon Salomon is the most unforgettable character I have ever met in my lifetime. And, strangely, enough, I met him on the streets of Jerusalem.
With Israel in the spotlight with the agonizing withdrawal of settlers from Gaza and the deadly shooting in the West Bank, my thoughts turned to Israel where I was a newsman in 1999 for World Net Daily and a number of other publications.
It certainly was a quieter time than the turmoil of 2005, however, Salomon's message remains the same: The rebuilding of a great Jewish sanctuary on the Temple Mount.
In 1999, thousands, and I was one of them, walked with Salomon towards the closed gates of the Temple Mount and later to other Biblical sites. It was a sweltering day and there aboard a flatbed truck was a massive rock, which Salomon designated the "Foundation Stone" for the Third Temple
On June 6, 2005, Salomon's group repeated the parade from Ammunition Hill to the Temple Mount as "another step in their godly end-time campaign to build the house of G_d."
Salomon believes the mission to rebuild the Third Temple came as a result of a life-changing experience, which occurred 38 years ago in 1967.
As a commander of an Israeli unit of paratroopers, he helped "liberate" the Temple Mount and Biblical Jerualem.
He described it this way: "It was after a critical time in my life after I had been seriously wounded in a battle in the Golan Heights against the Syrian enemy which had attacked the Israeli villages. In a great miracle, G_d, together with His brave Israeli soldiers defeated the Syrians and saved my life.
"He appeared in my life on that critical day and promised me that He had not yet finished with me but that He had something great for me to do in my life. He surrounded me with His angels as the Syrians later testified. They told the UN observers that they saw angels with their own eyes.
"After a year in hospital with terrible pains and struggling together with G_d Who stood with me to recover and be ready for what He would tell me to do, I volunteered back to my unit using two crutches and G_d continued to heal me."
When the Temple Mount was in Jewish hands once again after nearly 2,000 years, Salomon was elated. He felt, at that moment, G_d had saved his life and "that I should build His House."
Salomon 's tears of joy turned to sorrow shortly afterwards when Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan, had the nation's flag and the Star of David removed from where Salomon believes is the Holy of Holies and "placed it on the Western Wall of the Temple Mount which is the symbol of destruction and exile."
While he considered Dayan's decision sinful and anti-godly, Salomon re-iterates his mission to anyone, who will listen, and that is to rebuild the Third Temple and for that purpose he's still leads The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement. Unforgettable.
UPDATING THE UNFORGETTABLES: In 1999, Ernest Frank Mauck, aka Prophet Elijah, was locked up in the stark confines of the Kfar Shaul mental hospital on the outskirts of Jerusalem, for "mentioning the Name of Yeshua (Jesus) and issuing pronouncements that God was going to judge the city of Jerusalem and Israel unless "they repented of their evil ways." As I wrote at that time, Mauck, with his flowing wild mane of white hair, was mocked constantly for his appearance, however, he gained thousands of supporters."He's considered a kind and completely sane man despite the fact he has been lumped with the Denver-based cult that was thrown out of Israel and also with those with 'Jerusalem Syndrome.'" In 2005, Mauck has been living on the island of Cyprus and he has a world-wide audience, for he uses a website and e-mails to spread his "messages" of impending doom.
CHECK OUT THE MOTIVE: (From R. Kent Hughes' 1001 Great Stories -- Quotes): Lining Miami's Flagler Street are bautiful royal palm trees. One night vandals cut down six of the magnificent trees, and the city did not have the money to replace them. Then, at last, a donor came forward and offered to replace the lost trees. But while the former trees had been 15 feet tall and formed a perfect foreground for a big Delta Air Lines billboard, the new trees were 35 feet tall and completely hid the billboard. The donor? Eastern Airlines.
DOG DAYS (From 'A Hog On Ice' by Charles Earle Funk): These are the extremely hot days that, in the Northern Hemisphere, occur during July and August. It used to be the popular belief that this hot period was given the name "dog days" or "canicular days," because dogs frequently went mad in such weather. Actually the name has an astronomical source. It is the period in which the Dog Star, Sirius, the most brilliant star in the constellation Canis Major (the Great Dog), rises in conjunction with the sun. In ancient belief it was the combined heat of Sirius and the sun, while these two heavenly bodies are in conjunction, that brought about the sultry weather.
TO KEEP UNDER ONE'S HAT (Also from Mr. Funk): One would suppose that this warning would be as old as the first hat, but its actual history appears to have been no earlier than the closing years of the 19th century. What is kept under the hat, of course, is retained within the head; that is, it remains a secret.
With Israel in the spotlight with the agonizing withdrawal of settlers from Gaza and the deadly shooting in the West Bank, my thoughts turned to Israel where I was a newsman in 1999 for World Net Daily and a number of other publications.
It certainly was a quieter time than the turmoil of 2005, however, Salomon's message remains the same: The rebuilding of a great Jewish sanctuary on the Temple Mount.
In 1999, thousands, and I was one of them, walked with Salomon towards the closed gates of the Temple Mount and later to other Biblical sites. It was a sweltering day and there aboard a flatbed truck was a massive rock, which Salomon designated the "Foundation Stone" for the Third Temple
On June 6, 2005, Salomon's group repeated the parade from Ammunition Hill to the Temple Mount as "another step in their godly end-time campaign to build the house of G_d."
Salomon believes the mission to rebuild the Third Temple came as a result of a life-changing experience, which occurred 38 years ago in 1967.
As a commander of an Israeli unit of paratroopers, he helped "liberate" the Temple Mount and Biblical Jerualem.
He described it this way: "It was after a critical time in my life after I had been seriously wounded in a battle in the Golan Heights against the Syrian enemy which had attacked the Israeli villages. In a great miracle, G_d, together with His brave Israeli soldiers defeated the Syrians and saved my life.
"He appeared in my life on that critical day and promised me that He had not yet finished with me but that He had something great for me to do in my life. He surrounded me with His angels as the Syrians later testified. They told the UN observers that they saw angels with their own eyes.
"After a year in hospital with terrible pains and struggling together with G_d Who stood with me to recover and be ready for what He would tell me to do, I volunteered back to my unit using two crutches and G_d continued to heal me."
When the Temple Mount was in Jewish hands once again after nearly 2,000 years, Salomon was elated. He felt, at that moment, G_d had saved his life and "that I should build His House."
Salomon 's tears of joy turned to sorrow shortly afterwards when Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan, had the nation's flag and the Star of David removed from where Salomon believes is the Holy of Holies and "placed it on the Western Wall of the Temple Mount which is the symbol of destruction and exile."
While he considered Dayan's decision sinful and anti-godly, Salomon re-iterates his mission to anyone, who will listen, and that is to rebuild the Third Temple and for that purpose he's still leads The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement. Unforgettable.
UPDATING THE UNFORGETTABLES: In 1999, Ernest Frank Mauck, aka Prophet Elijah, was locked up in the stark confines of the Kfar Shaul mental hospital on the outskirts of Jerusalem, for "mentioning the Name of Yeshua (Jesus) and issuing pronouncements that God was going to judge the city of Jerusalem and Israel unless "they repented of their evil ways." As I wrote at that time, Mauck, with his flowing wild mane of white hair, was mocked constantly for his appearance, however, he gained thousands of supporters."He's considered a kind and completely sane man despite the fact he has been lumped with the Denver-based cult that was thrown out of Israel and also with those with 'Jerusalem Syndrome.'" In 2005, Mauck has been living on the island of Cyprus and he has a world-wide audience, for he uses a website and e-mails to spread his "messages" of impending doom.
CHECK OUT THE MOTIVE: (From R. Kent Hughes' 1001 Great Stories -- Quotes): Lining Miami's Flagler Street are bautiful royal palm trees. One night vandals cut down six of the magnificent trees, and the city did not have the money to replace them. Then, at last, a donor came forward and offered to replace the lost trees. But while the former trees had been 15 feet tall and formed a perfect foreground for a big Delta Air Lines billboard, the new trees were 35 feet tall and completely hid the billboard. The donor? Eastern Airlines.
DOG DAYS (From 'A Hog On Ice' by Charles Earle Funk): These are the extremely hot days that, in the Northern Hemisphere, occur during July and August. It used to be the popular belief that this hot period was given the name "dog days" or "canicular days," because dogs frequently went mad in such weather. Actually the name has an astronomical source. It is the period in which the Dog Star, Sirius, the most brilliant star in the constellation Canis Major (the Great Dog), rises in conjunction with the sun. In ancient belief it was the combined heat of Sirius and the sun, while these two heavenly bodies are in conjunction, that brought about the sultry weather.
TO KEEP UNDER ONE'S HAT (Also from Mr. Funk): One would suppose that this warning would be as old as the first hat, but its actual history appears to have been no earlier than the closing years of the 19th century. What is kept under the hat, of course, is retained within the head; that is, it remains a secret.
Now, the rest of the story
Young Paul Aurandt had a smooth baritone voice, who while still in high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma went on radio in 1933.
This son of Harry Harrison Aurandt, a police officer, who died in 1921 after being shot on duty, and Anna Dagmar Christensen, quickly earned radio gigs across Kansas and Missouri and at KXOK-AM in St. Louis where he met Lynne (Angel) Cooper, the station's "women's news" reporter. On the first date, Paul Aurandt proposed to her and she soon became his wife, producer and editor.
According to his profile, he began his "News and Comment" for ABC Radio in 1951 and in 1976, he began his daily telling little-known anecdotes about famous folks or historic incidents, always with "a twist at the end."
Paul Aurandt and Angel had one son, whom they called Paul Jr.
So the other morning, I tuned to local radio and there were the dulcet tones of a broadcaster, whom I thought had died. But I knew he was very much alive, when Paul Aurandt, Sr. said those magic words: "Paul Harvey ... Good Day."
This prodded me into trying to find an original Harvey story, which I knew was buried in an aging scrapbook. It had Harvey's son, Paul Aurandt Jr.'s byline on it, but it was very much in the famous broadcaster's style.
It read (1980 Los Angeles Times Syndicate):
"He was lying there in the grass, hiding and thinking.
He had studied the little girl's habits. He knew she'd come outside her grandfather's house at mid-afternoon to play.
He hated himself for this.
In his whole miserable, messed-up life he'd never considered anything so callous as kidnapping.
Yet here he was, waiting for an innocent, red-haired, two-year-old child to come within reach.
It was a long wait; there was time to think.
Maybe all his life Harlan had been in too much of a hurry. He was five when his Hoosier farmer daddy had died. At 14 he dropped out of school and hit the road. He tried odd jobs as a farm hand, hated it. Tried being a streetcar conductor and hated that. At 16 he lied about his age and joined the army -- and hated that. too.
At 18 he got married and within months, wouldn't you know she announced she was pregnant the day he announced he'd been fired again?
Then, one day, while he was out job hunting, his wife gave away all their possessions and went home to her parents.
Then came the depression.
He tried selling insurance, selling tires. He tried running a ferryboat, running a filling station. No use.
Face it -- Harlan was a loser.
And now here was hiding in the woods outside Roanoke, Virginia, plotting a kidnapping.
He'd watched the little girl's habits, knew about her afternoon playtime. But this day, she did not come out to play, so his chain of failures remained unbroken.
Later in life he became chief cook and bottle washer at a restaurant in Corbin. And did all right until the new highway bypassed the restaurant.
He'd stayed honest -- except for that one time when he had attempted kidnapping. In fairness to his name it must be noted that it was his own daughter he'd meant to kidnap from his runaway wife. And they both returned to him, the next day, anyway.
But now the years had slid by and a lifetime was gone and he and they had nothing.
He had not really felt old until the day the postman brought his first social security cheque. That day, something within Harland resented, resisted, and exploded.
The government was feeling story for him.
His restaurant customers in Corbin said they'd miss him, but his government said 65 candles on the birthday cake is enough. They sent him a pension cheque and told him he was "old."
"Nuts," he said.
He got so angry he took the $105 cheque and started a new business.
For the man who failed at everything was Harlan Sanders. The late Colonel Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame. And as Paul Harvey Aurandt would say in that smooth baritone voice: "NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY."
RULES TO REMEMBER (in the forecasting game) :1. Forecasting is very difficult, especially if it's about the future; 2. For this reason: He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass; 3.Similiarly: The moment you forecast you know you're going to be wrong, you just don't know when and in which direction; 4. Nevertheless, always be precise in your forecasts because: Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humour; 5. Another basic law: If the facts don't conform to the theory, they must be disposed of; 6. If you've always had doubts about the judgments of forecasters, it's quite understandable because: An economist is a man who would marry Farrah Fawcett-Majors for her money; 7. By the same reasoning, your suspicions about the narrow range of most forecasts are justified: The herd instinct among forecasters make sheep look like independent thinkers; 8. When presenting a forecast: Give them a number or give them a date, but never both. (Remember, the preceding came from an unknown source).
ERMA BOMBECK ONCE WROTE: "If a husband watches more than three football games a week the wife should have him declared legally dead and have his estate probated." Ouch!
This son of Harry Harrison Aurandt, a police officer, who died in 1921 after being shot on duty, and Anna Dagmar Christensen, quickly earned radio gigs across Kansas and Missouri and at KXOK-AM in St. Louis where he met Lynne (Angel) Cooper, the station's "women's news" reporter. On the first date, Paul Aurandt proposed to her and she soon became his wife, producer and editor.
According to his profile, he began his "News and Comment" for ABC Radio in 1951 and in 1976, he began his daily telling little-known anecdotes about famous folks or historic incidents, always with "a twist at the end."
Paul Aurandt and Angel had one son, whom they called Paul Jr.
So the other morning, I tuned to local radio and there were the dulcet tones of a broadcaster, whom I thought had died. But I knew he was very much alive, when Paul Aurandt, Sr. said those magic words: "Paul Harvey ... Good Day."
This prodded me into trying to find an original Harvey story, which I knew was buried in an aging scrapbook. It had Harvey's son, Paul Aurandt Jr.'s byline on it, but it was very much in the famous broadcaster's style.
It read (1980 Los Angeles Times Syndicate):
"He was lying there in the grass, hiding and thinking.
He had studied the little girl's habits. He knew she'd come outside her grandfather's house at mid-afternoon to play.
He hated himself for this.
In his whole miserable, messed-up life he'd never considered anything so callous as kidnapping.
Yet here he was, waiting for an innocent, red-haired, two-year-old child to come within reach.
It was a long wait; there was time to think.
Maybe all his life Harlan had been in too much of a hurry. He was five when his Hoosier farmer daddy had died. At 14 he dropped out of school and hit the road. He tried odd jobs as a farm hand, hated it. Tried being a streetcar conductor and hated that. At 16 he lied about his age and joined the army -- and hated that. too.
At 18 he got married and within months, wouldn't you know she announced she was pregnant the day he announced he'd been fired again?
Then, one day, while he was out job hunting, his wife gave away all their possessions and went home to her parents.
Then came the depression.
He tried selling insurance, selling tires. He tried running a ferryboat, running a filling station. No use.
Face it -- Harlan was a loser.
And now here was hiding in the woods outside Roanoke, Virginia, plotting a kidnapping.
He'd watched the little girl's habits, knew about her afternoon playtime. But this day, she did not come out to play, so his chain of failures remained unbroken.
Later in life he became chief cook and bottle washer at a restaurant in Corbin. And did all right until the new highway bypassed the restaurant.
He'd stayed honest -- except for that one time when he had attempted kidnapping. In fairness to his name it must be noted that it was his own daughter he'd meant to kidnap from his runaway wife. And they both returned to him, the next day, anyway.
But now the years had slid by and a lifetime was gone and he and they had nothing.
He had not really felt old until the day the postman brought his first social security cheque. That day, something within Harland resented, resisted, and exploded.
The government was feeling story for him.
His restaurant customers in Corbin said they'd miss him, but his government said 65 candles on the birthday cake is enough. They sent him a pension cheque and told him he was "old."
"Nuts," he said.
He got so angry he took the $105 cheque and started a new business.
For the man who failed at everything was Harlan Sanders. The late Colonel Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame. And as Paul Harvey Aurandt would say in that smooth baritone voice: "NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY."
RULES TO REMEMBER (in the forecasting game) :1. Forecasting is very difficult, especially if it's about the future; 2. For this reason: He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass; 3.Similiarly: The moment you forecast you know you're going to be wrong, you just don't know when and in which direction; 4. Nevertheless, always be precise in your forecasts because: Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humour; 5. Another basic law: If the facts don't conform to the theory, they must be disposed of; 6. If you've always had doubts about the judgments of forecasters, it's quite understandable because: An economist is a man who would marry Farrah Fawcett-Majors for her money; 7. By the same reasoning, your suspicions about the narrow range of most forecasts are justified: The herd instinct among forecasters make sheep look like independent thinkers; 8. When presenting a forecast: Give them a number or give them a date, but never both. (Remember, the preceding came from an unknown source).
ERMA BOMBECK ONCE WROTE: "If a husband watches more than three football games a week the wife should have him declared legally dead and have his estate probated." Ouch!
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