"Credit theft..." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Sunday)

Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst New York and has worked in

the ophthalmology field of medicine for over 30 years.

 Credit theft

Whenever we travel I always call my credit card companies to let them know because each time I use them, the company will shut it down for suspicious usage. It is good in a way but inconvenient. 

 I am sooo glad they do that because I got a call last night on a card that I rarely use with suspicious  questioning. They told me that there were 3 transactions on my card that they declined and wondered if they were mine.  THEY WERE NOT...I had used that card only once recently on line with a reputable company for a purchase or so I thought.  They must have hacked into it on that website.

 When the man from my credit company started to ask me what my address was and if I had put in a change yesterday..then I got really suspicious of him.  I told him no offense but I am going to call back my credit card company for verification,  It turned out he was legitimate but one can't be too careful.  Immediately I closed the account and had them reissue another card, to be so bold as to even change my address with the company to take over the account blows me away.

Be careful out there people...dangerous people are lurking on the web.

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"The Doctors Receptionist..." 'Robert Bitos Gandia' (Source)(True story)

Guest-blogger,Robert Bitos Gandia.

Robert is an avid cook (ono gandule rice) and always laughing!!
He works at Syngenta as a Research Associate.

Robert lives in Kekaha on Kauai's west-side and loves football!!

The Doctors Receptionist.

There's nothing worse than a Doctor's Receptionist who insists you tell her what is wrong with you, in a room full of other patients. I know most of us have experienced this, and I love the way this old guy handled it. 

A 75-year-old man walked into a crowded waiting room and approached the desk. The Receptionist said, 'Yes sir, what are you seeing the Doctor for today?' 'There's something wrong with my dick', he replied. 

The receptionist became irritated and said, 'You shouldn't come into a crowded waiting room and say things like that.' 'Why not, you asked me what was wrong and I told you,' he said. 

The Receptionist replied; 'Now you have caused some needless embarrassment in this room full of people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear or something and discussed the problem further with the Doctor in private.'

 The man replied, 'You should not ask people questions in a roomful of strangers if the answer could embarrass anyone.' The man then decided to walk out, waited several minutes and then re-entered. 

The Receptionist smiled smugly and asked, 'Yes??' 'There's something wrong with my ear,' he stated loudly. The Receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her advice. 'What is wrong with your ear, Sir?' 'I can't piss out of it,' he replied. The waiting room erupted in laughter.

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" The Richest Planet In The Graveyard..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Classic Wednesday)

Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic Garden Island of Kaua'i for over 40 years...

Bettejo is the author of the famed novellas "The Scam."

and recently published  "Children of Extinction..." 
Both books available on www.amazon.com
Photo above, Bettejo with her nephew a few years back

The Richest Planet In The Graveyard

How green was our planet. How blue was our water? How fresh was our air? How nourishing was our bounty?

I’m 84, and as a child such questions never came up. We grew alfalfa in the fields, harvested it, and fed it to the horses. Built new mown stacks and slept in it on mellow summer nights. It was crunchy on our backs as we watched the moon transverse a velvet sky. It was pleasant to our noses-all our senses-when we turned on our tummies. We never wondered why it was green.

Asparagus was green and deliciously edible. So was lettuce and the tops of carrots and the leaves that covered the tuberous potato. The ripe potatoes popped up brown when we pulled them out of the loamy earth. We cut out their eyes to plant them again.

Mashed potatoes were my favorite, but mother often made a thick carrot, potato and chicken soup that warmed the tummy on cold winter nights. We fed scraps to the dogs and they, too, flourished. 

Apples were green. They turned red. We picked and ate them straight from the tree, baked in a pie, or spooned up in a bowl of applesauce. We never, ever, questioned their value as a food.

Today there are kids who think applesauce grows in a can and apple pies miraculously appear in plastic covered tins on a super market shelf. There are kids who've never seen an apple tree. Further, we must question if that apple is sick with the toxins we sprayed upon ‘their hungry mouths that prest against the earth’s sweet flowing breast’.

Water? It was clear as it gurgled from a faucet. We turned on a hose and clean, fresh water gushed out. We drank it. Bathed in it. Washed our clothes in it. We’re running out of water.

Our oceans are garbage dumps. The fish are dying.

Many rivers no longer flow to the sea. The Jordan. The Colorado River. Aquifers are drying up. The southwest of the United States is fast becoming a desert. Man, and green living things on this planet, cannot live without water.

Green living things create fresh air. Grass and trees are the best photo synthesizers. Clean up that nasty C-02. First came the grass, then came the trees, and then came all living things on earth. Our planet. Our home.

I was born in the depression. Way too many of us were desperately poor. But few of us had to worry about breathing fresh air, drinking clean water, or eating a healthy wholesome apple when we found one.

Today, we have people on this planet who have billions of that long green stuff we call money and they will plunder the planet dry. Can we teach them when the last tree is cut, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, we cannot eat that kind of green?

Or will we become the richest planet in the graveyard?


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"Man Buys A Dead Horse..."'Obama Da Dog' (Source)

Obama Da Dog  was born and raised on the island of Kaua'i.
She can be seen around Kapa'a  town with her best friend, James "Kimo" Rosen.

Man Buys A Dead Horse

A young man named Chuck bought a horse from a farmer for $250.00 the framer promised to deliver the horse the next day.

The farmer showed up and told Chuck I have some bad news, the horse died.
Chuck said well just give me my money back.

The farmer said I can't do that, I already spent the money.

Chuck said then bring me the dead horse, the farmer said what you gonna do with a dead horse? Chuck replied I am gonna auction him off.

The farmer said you can't auction off a dead horse, Chuck said watch me. The farmer ran into Chuck a few weeks later and inquired about the dead horse auction.

Chuck said I sold 500 tickets for $5.00 each, I made $2495.00 profit. The farmer said didn't the people complain?

Chuck said only the one that had the winning ticket, so I gave him his money back.

Chuck grew up and now works for the government..........

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"Gluten Smuten..." 'James"Kimo" Rosen' (Kimo's world #48)

       James “Kimo” Rosen is a retired professional photographer

 living in Kapa'a Hawai'i with his best friend Obama Da Dog, 

                         Rosen also blogs as a hobby.

James "Kimo" Rosen on the sidelines  with

              Buffalo Bills Quarterback

  Doug Flutie during the 1998 Pro-Bowl in Honolulu.

Gluten free has now taken
 over as the new fad.

Kimo's world #48
Gluten Smuten...

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-jan/article_9ae74536-988d-11e4-89f6-57d7aeae80aa.html

What the hay is gluten and why  are so many afraid of it? All you hear lately is gluten free and  how you will live forever by becoming gluten free, or something like that.

I went to a restaurant and they raved about gluten free tacos. I told them I like gluten and wanted gluten added to my tortilla. They looked at me like I was from outer space.

Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. Gluten also shows up in many whole grain foods related to wheat, including bulgur, spelt, farro, kamut, and triticale.

For a small number of  people approximately 1% of the population  gluten can be a matter of life or death. These people contain a condition known as celiac disease. For a good many of the remaining  99% of the population there seems to be an anti-gluten fad happening. Many swear by it and others call it a health nut hoax.

Living gluten-free may make you fat.  There are some people who go off gluten  as a means to lose weight and  end up gaining weight instead. That's because they consume gluten-free packaged products that are often just as high in saturated fat, sugar and sodium as other junk food.

Jimmy Kimmel on his late night talk show did a segment on  the streets of L.A. asking people who were on gluten free diets, what is gluten? The results were alarming yet hilarious, not one person could tell him what gluten was. Kimmel said it best;
 "Some people can't eat gluten for medical reasons, but a lot of people in Los Angeles don't eat gluten because someone in their yoga class told them not to."

Therefore if your a hipster or anti, it's the new cool to be gluten free.  I like the word free, but not when applied to gluten.

Now here's the real clincher. After spending many hours researching gluten, I still have no idea what the hell it is? all I can say  is Gluten Smuten.

P.S.
This same blog was published in The Garden Newspaper on 01-10-15. Check it out!
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-jan/article_9ae74536-988d-11e4-89f6-57d7aeae80aa.html

This meme was used to promote this blog on Facebook!

P.S.
Check out Jimmy Kimmel's hilariousYouTube short asking people on gluten free diets, what is gluten?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdJFE1sp4Fw

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An honest politician, a kind lawyer, and Santa Claus stepped off an elevator and spotted a $20 bill on the floor. Which one of them picked it up and claimed it for himself?

Santa Claus because the other two aren't real.
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