NOT ALL HEROES ARE PEOPLE This is a true story which happened on September 11th, 2001!!! James Crane worked on the 101st of Tower 1 of the World Trade Center. He is blind, so he has a golden retriever named Daisy. After the plane hit 20 stories below, James knew that he was doomed, so…
I have attended three of my high school class reunions. At my 20th I was drunk and fit right in. By my 30th I’d quit drinking. That proved to be a big mistake. Sober, straight, and wearing casual island garb – I’d just married Carolyn aboard a tall ship sailing into a Key West sunset…
Will They Respond? Have you wondered which of the presidents of the United States will respond to a birthday greetings request? Check out our comments from readers and other facts on who responds. I read your Suddenly Senior article concerning presidential birthday greetings in December of 2005. I wrote President Bush, and former Presidents Carter…
This is an article submitted to a 1999 Louisville Sentinel contest to find out who had the wildest Christmas dinner. This won first prize. As a joke, my brother used to hang a pair of pantyhose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say…
After a Christmas break, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holidays. One small girl wrote her “child’s view of retirement”: We always used to spend Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma. They used to live here in a big brick home but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Florida. Now they…
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