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  1. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. ---Norman Vincent Peale Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ---Henry Ford A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ---Christopher Reeve I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. ---Booker
  2. From CBS46's website (06-23-09) Truck Carrying 40K Pounds Of Beer Overturns SWANTON, Vt. -- Police said a truck carrying 40,000 pounds of beer overturned in Vermont and closed a highway for several hours. The truck went off the road Monday on Route 78. It rolled over and landed in a swamp on a wildlife refuge. The crash also knocked down some power lines. Travis Greeno, assistant chief of the Swanton Fire Department, says the truck had to be offloaded before it was pulled out of the ditch. He said it was "going to be a long day." The highway was closed for seve
  3. Oh No LPPT is "up to something." I hope she stays out of the Fountain.......I did see her at the grocery store, buying some bubbles........
  4. The difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer. ---George Santayana It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. ---Robert H. Goddard If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done. ---Dale Carnegie Alleged "impossibilities" are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched. ---Charles R.
  5. .....You have a GREAT DAY, too -- Keep on Rockin'!!!!!!
  6. Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open. ---Anonymous Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly. ---Bertrand Russell Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. ---George Sheehan Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are. ---John B. Sheerin Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you
  7. From WSB-TV's website City To Workers: Wear Underwear, Deodorant BROOKSVILLE, Fla. -- A Florida city is cleaning up with a new dress code that requires city workers to wear underwear and use deodorant. The city council in Brooksville north of Tampa recently approved a dress code that instructs employees to observe "strict personal hygiene." It also prohibits exposed underwear, clothing with foul language, "sexually provocative" clothes and piercings anywhere except the ears. Repeat offenders can be fired. Remainder of Story HERE
  8. From WSB-TV's website (06-19-09) Watch Out For Naked Hikers This Weekend HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Every year on the first day of summer, a few outdoor enthusiasts nationwide expose virtually all of themselves to insects, scrapes and thorns for the pleasure of bonding with nature au naturel. They call it Naked Hiking Day. "There's no way to explain it until you experience it," said Andrew Williams, 28, a machinist from Warren, Pa., who first hiked naked six or seven years ago. "It's not about being lewd and crude and all that. It's just enjoyment." This year, the summer solst
  9. From the Times Georgian (06-18-09) Stimulus to help build Dallas Trailhead The Dallas trailhead of the Silver Comet Trail is among $146 million in metro Atlanta transportation projects Gov. Sonny Perdue has submitted for funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Perdue’s 1511 Certification includes $723,516 for the trailhead to be built across from First Baptist Church in Dallas. Another $72,400 is designated for equipment in Paulding County, as well as $26,400 to improve the Park and Ride lot across from Chattahoochee Technical College in Dallas. “These
  10. From the AJ-C website (06-19-09) DUI crackdown begins tonight Independence Day is still two weeks away, but state and local law enforcement agencies will begin their annual Fourth of July crackdown on drunk driving tonight. More than 500 police agencies across the state will be taking part in this year’s Operation Zero Tolerance campaign, which kicks off at 9 p.m. and runs through Sunday, July 5. “If you plan to party this July Fourth, remember there are so many simple ways to prevent tragedy,” said Bob Dallas, director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. Remai
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    Giving

    The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give. ---Sparky Anderson The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose. ---Heda Bejar You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ---Kahlil Gibran Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. ---Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. ---Maya Angelou When I chased after money, I never had enough.
  12. Bill's Flea Market in Lithia Springs, West Georgia Flea Market in Bremen?
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    Focus

    The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. ---Brian Tracy We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right. ---Marianne Williamson Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention. ---Greg Anderson Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy. ---
  14. From WSB-TV's website (06-18-09) Truck Fire Shuts Down I-285 North At I-20 FULTON COUNTY, Ga. -- A truck fire shut down all lanes of I-285 northbound at I-20 in Fulton County during the Thursday morning rush hour. The tractor-trailer burned on the interstate between I-20 and Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway. WSB-TV Channel 2 traffic reporter Mark Arum warned that traffic on both 285 and 20 will be backed up. Commuters from the western suburbs should avoid I-20 east because the ramps to I-285 are closed, according to Arum. Remainder of Story HERE
  15. From 11Alive News Website (06-17-09) Free Chick-Fil-A Milkshake For Dads Saturday ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta Chick-fil-A restaurants have a Father's Day gift for dads -- one free milkshake. Fathers who go to any of the 132 metro Atlanta restaurants on Saturday, June 20 from 10:30 a.m. until closing time with their children will get one free 14-ounce milkshake. The limit is one per customer. "We look forward to providing a special treat to fathers in the greater Atlanta-area to celebrate Father's Day," said Robin Ogle, Chick-fil-A marketing director for the Atlanta area, in
  16. ....................I Have Pictures..................
  17. Now that it's "officially hot" and the First Day of Summer is this coming Sunday, June 21st, what's your favorite summer time beverage?!?
  18. LPPT was parading around on Main St, dressed up as ___________________________!!!!!
  19. From CBS46's website (06-17-09) Man Surprised By Python On Toilet WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- For a North Carolina man who says he's deathly afraid of snakes, waking up Tuesday morning turned out to be a nightmare. Doug Bodiak said he heard a thump in the bathroom of his Carolina Woods Apartments. When he flipped on the light, he noticed a roll of toilet paper on the floor. Bodiak said that's when he saw a 4-foot-long snake slithering on his toilet, reported WXII-TV in Winston-Salem. Bodiak called 911 and maintenance workers and animal control officials were soon dismantlin
  20. From the AJ-C website (06-17-09) 100 degrees possible by Friday The mercury could be flirting with the century mark later this week as the hottest weather in nearly two years is forecast for metro Atlanta. If the National Weather Service’s predicted high for Friday of 99 degrees is reached, that would be the highest temperature since a scorching 104 degrees on August 22, 2007. The hottest official temperature in Atlanta last summer was 98 on June 9, the Weather Service said. Remainder of Story HERE
  21. Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. ---Dale Carnegie A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ---David Brinkley Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ---George Edward Woodberry Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ---Dale Carnegie Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. ---Arnold H. Glasow Don't aim for success if you want it;
  22. Photos from today's March on Meth, Now ONLINE HERE-- Great job to the organizers and volunteers -- Well Done!
  23. Photos from the 2008 March on Meth More Photos HERE
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