The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
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You might be an engineer if:You go on the rides at Disneyland and sit backwards in the chairs to see how they do the special effects.
You have "Dilbert" comics displayed anywhere in your work area.
You have a functioning home copier machine, but every toaster you own turns bread into charcoal.
You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.
You have ever debated who was a better captain: Kirk or Piccard.
You have ever owned a calculator with no equals key and know what RPN stands for.
You have ever purchased an electronic appliance "as-is".
You have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance.
You have ever taken the back off your TV just to see what's inside.
You have introduced your kids by the wrong name.
You have memorized the Discovery Channel program schedule but have seen most of the shows already.
You have modified your can opener to be microprocessor driven.
You have more friends on the Internet than in real life.
You have never backed up your hard drive.
You have never bought any new underwear or socks for yourself since you got married.
You have used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than hanging coats and taping ducts.
You introduce your wife/husband as "mylady@home.wife/husband".
You just don't have the heart to throw away the 100-in-1 electronics kit you got for your ninth birthday.
You know how to take the cover off your computer, and what size screwdriver to use.
You know the altitude limits for turning on and off electronic equipment on commercial flights.
You know the direction the water swirls when you flush.
You know what http:// stands for.
You look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids' toys You need a checklist to turn on the TV.
You order pizza over the Internet and pay for it through your home banking software.
You own "Official Star Trek" anything.
You own one or more white short-sleeve dress shirts.
You rearrange the dishwasher to maximize the packing factor.
You remember half a dozen passwords and your ten-digit Compuserve address, but you have to call your niece "kiddo".
You rooted for HAL, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
You rotate your screen savers more frequently than your automobile tires.
You see a good design and still have to change it.
You spend more time on your home computer than in your car.
You spent more on your calculator than on your wedding ring.
You still own a slide rule and you know how to work it.
You talk about the high resolution and picture-in-picture capability of your big screen TV while everybody is watching the Superbowl.
You talk about trellis code modulation at parties.
You think a pocket protector is a fashion accessory.
You think of the gadgets in your office as "friends," but you forget to send your father a birthday card.
You think Sales and Marketing are Satan's children.
You think that when people around you yawn, it's because they didn't get enough sleep.
You think your computer looks better without the cover.
You thought the contraption ET used to phone home was stupid.
You thought the real heroes of "Apollo 13" were the mission controllers.
You use a CAD package to design your son's Pine Wood Derby car.
You walk around with your hands in your two front pockets 99% of the time.
You want an 24X CD ROM for Christmas.
You wear black socks with white tennis shoes (or vice versa).
You window shop at Radio Shack.
You would rather get more dots per inch than miles per gallon.
You're in the back seat of your car, she's looking wistfully at the moon, and you're trying to locate a geosynchronous satellite You've already calculated how much you make per second.
You've ever tried to repair a $5 radio.
Your four basic food groups are: 1. Caffeine, 2. Fat, 3. Sugar, 4. Chocolate.
Your checkbook always balances.
Your dress clothes come from Sears.
Your father sat 2 inches in front of your family's first color TV with a magnifying lens to see how they made the colors, and you grew up thinking that was normal.
Your favorite actor is R2D2.
Your favorite character on Gilligan's Island was "The Professor".
Your favorite James Bond character is "Q," the guy who makes the gadgets.
Your favorite place in San Francisco is the Exploratorium.
Your favorite television show is New Yankee Workshop.
Your girlfriend says the way you dress is no reflection on her.
Your idea of a "good read" is the Edmund Scientific catalog.
Your idea of good interpersonal communication means getting the decimal point in the right place.
Your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest.
sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies Your Internet bill is higher than your long distance charges.
Your IQ is a higher number than your weight.
Your kids refer to you as The Man Who Sleeps with Mommy.
Your laptop computer costs more than your car.
Your spouse sends you an email instead of calling you to dinner.
Your three-year-old son asks why the sky is blue and you try to explain atmospheric absorption theory.
Your wardrobe looks like you shop at Goodwill Industries.
Your wife hasn't the foggiest idea what you do at work.
Your wife thinks your taste in ties is bizarre.
Your wrist watch has more computing power than a 450Mhz Pentium.
Your wristwatch has more buttons than a telephone.
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You're A Teacher If...You believe the staff room should be equipped with a Valium salt lick.
You find humor in other people's stupidity.
You want to slap the next person who says "Must be nice to work 8 to 3:20 and have summers free."
You believe chocolate is a food group.
You can tell if it's a full moon without ever looking outside.
You believe "Shallow gene pool" should have its own box in the report card.
You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says "Boy, the kids sure are mellow today.
When out in public you feel the urge to snap your fingers at children you do not know to correct their behavior.
You have no life between August to June.
When you mention "Vegetables" you're not talking about a food group.
You think people should be required to get a government permit before being allowed to reproduce.
You wonder how some parents ever MANAGED to reproduce.
You believe in aerial Prozac spraying.
You believe no one should be permitted to reproduce without having taught in an elementary setting for the last 10 years.
You've ever had your profession slammed by someone who would "Never DREAM" of doing your job.
You think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.
You know you are in for a major project when a parent says "I have a great idea I'd like to discuss. I think it would be such fun."
You want to choke a person when they say "Oh, you must have such FUN everyday. This must be like playtime for you."
Meeting a child's parent instantly answers the question "Why is this kid like this?"
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Good morning everyboomie.
Over the hump, and land with a thump, or a bump on your rump.
I hope you're not 'sore' that Wednesday is gone, and Thursday is under foot.
We have rain chances for the next three days, and I'm sore about a lot of things, but that's not one of them.
I think I may need to go wash the mud off of my truck today, thereby insuring that sod farm will be nice and muddy again the next time I go back.
It really is in need of a washing.
This morning I had to take Baby to the vet. She's been under the weather. The doc said she has a respiratory infection, and put her on antibiotics.
Well, it's time for me to get my pick and shovel, and clean the wax out of my ears.
Have a happy day everyone.
joe
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Good Morning Joe, Ana and everyone. Joe hope Baby feels better. Coffee and tea are ready. 
Sorta, hope you find something that helps!