And I would love to sit and talk motorcycles with you guys this morning, but I have something on my mind. I actually wrote something earlier, while I was at work, so let me cut and paste and put it in here:

I must get something off my chest that I heard on the radio the other day.

Imagine that you are a veteran that served your country honorably, you lost your legs during a training incident and now you are fighting to get a wheelchair lift installed in your home. Then you receive a letter saying that we will NOT supply you with a lift, but if you are so desperate, madam, we can offer you a medical assisted suicide device. From the Canadian Veterans Affairs.

Now, does she look like she’s ready to end it all?

I’ve never been so disappointed in ANY Veteran’s Affairs organization in my entire life.

And that’s saying a lot.

Now they’re saying that they’ve done this to several other Vets and it’s all been one single Rep who was doing it and they’ve since been fired … if so, good on them and let’s not ever see this happen again.

But did you know that 1 in 20, 5% of deaths in Canada are due to suicide because it is legal for the state to help you, for doctors to prescribe what you need, for them to send you a MAID kit. That stands for Medical Assistance In Dying.

And did you know that there are 12 states here that offer the same thing!!! California, Colorado, Delaware, Washington D.C., Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. And another 17 considering it!

Now, don’t get me wrong, I understand that there are times where, at the end of someone’s life, they are suffering so horribly that it might be a mercy to help them along a path that is inevitable. But advocating for suicide because you are depressed, unhappy, or in the case of Canada it seems, a financial burden on the state?!?!

WHAT IS WRONG WITH US!!!

As human beings we should be utterly ashamed of ourselves.

Go to the simplest of verses that I’m absolutely sure everybody knows. John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” God gave up His own Son for us! And we’re just going to encourage people to throw that away because they are costing us too much money? 

I have some familiarity with this topic, so I’m not just screaming in the wind here.

Very familiar.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem and I mean that with ALL my heart. “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

Okay.

I have gotten way off topic from where I started…led by the Spirit I guess and maybe someone out there needed to hear it, maybe I needed to get it off my chest, maybe I just needed to remember and cry.

I don’t know.

I’m going to take a break and come back and we’ll carry on with the show.

Okay, that wasn’t such a bad break, now was it? So….

This lady sure is popular all of a sudden. Not saying that she has a reason or which side you may fall on in this controversy, but the little guy who lost the ball ended up with a pretty good deal in the end.  Here’s a few more.

And Aussie Pete sent me another one of these…

And I got this as a suggested add on for the new bike … no thanks.

This is the coin I carry in my pocket all the time. That is the entire 23 Psalm on the back, King James version (because I DO happen to like a little Shakespeare with my scripture). I always carry an extra one with me at all times also, in case I ever have need to give one away to someone in need.

A graduate in economics who completed his degree in the 1950’s returned to his old university for a visit. 

He was amazed to see that the examination questions were identical to the ones asked in his day.
 
When he pointed this out to a member of staff, he replied, “That’s true, but, of course, the answers are completely different now.”

That is CRAZY!

Then after the red slippers, click on the twister! You’re welcome again!

Man, I need a box full of those things!

I told you guys that the doc has got me counting carbs, right? I was at a little get-together on Saturday for some dear friends anniversary and someone had some Kroger oatmeal raisin cookies, second only to my dear Mary’s oatmeal raisin cookies. The very best cookie in the world! Anyway, I thought to myself, I said, “Self, one cookie is not going to blow your carb limit all to wack.”  You can look it up later. Because you know you can google ANY-THING! I looked it up later. One…ONE…I’m telling you ONE Kroger oatmeal raisin ever-lovin’ cookie was 30 carbohydrates! A sausage egg McMuffin from McDonalds is only 29!!! I about died.

By the way, you need to read that last one in a little old southern lady’s accent. I tried really hard to get that across that way. Yeah, re-reading it I may have only half hit it.

IDIOTS IN SERVICE:
This week, our phones went dead and I had to contact the telephone repair people. 
They promised to be out between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. 
When I asked if they could give me a smaller time window, the pleasant gentleman asked, “Would you like us to call you before we come?”
 I replied that I didn’t see how he would be able to do that since our phones weren’t working. 
He also requested that we report future outages by email. (Does YOUR email work without a telephone line?).
 
IDIOTS AT WORK:
I was signing the receipt for my credit card purchase when the clerk noticed I had never signed my name on the back of the credit card. 
She informed me that she could not complete the transaction unless the card was signed. 
When I asked why, she explained that it was necessary to compare the signature I had just signed on the receipt. 
So I signed the credit card in front of her.
She carefully compared the signature to the one I had just signed on the receipt. 
As luck would have it, they matched.
 
IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:
I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. 
The reason: too many deer were being hit by cars and she didn’t want them to cross there anymore. 
I could swear I’ve recently been with some of these people…

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with the hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
 
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give their vacuum one more chance?
 
Why is it that no plastic garbage bag will open from the end you first try?
 
How do those dead flies get into closed light fixtures?
 
Considering all the lint you get in your dryer, if you kept drying your clothes would they eventually just disappear?
 
 Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?
 
In winter, why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
 
Why are the needy only thought of during the holidays? Aren’t they just as needy throughout the rest of the year?
 
How come we never hear any father-in-law jokes?
 
Do Chinese people get hungry an hour after they eat American food?
 
Is the real reason women live longer than men because they don’t have to live with women?

I’ve always thought my neighbors were quite nice people…
But then they put a password on their Wi-Fi!

A man is buying a suit from a local tailor. “I need to warn you,” he says, as the tailor is taking his measurements. “That I won’t be able to pay for this suit for three months.” 

“That’s quite all right, sir,” the tailor replies. 

“By the way,” the man asks, “when will it be ready?” 

“In three months.”

A small boy in a farming town was leading a donkey passed by an army camp.

A couple of soldiers wanted to have some fun with the boy.
“What are you holding on to your brother so tight for?”

“So he won’t join the army,” the youngster replied with blinking an eye.

There’s an octopus scene?

That’ll work well…

The Bermuda Triangle used to be called The Bermuda Square until one side mysteriously vanished.

What type of prize do they give someone who hasn’t moved a muscle in over a year? A trophy.

 If you lose your khakis in Texas, it means you can’t find your pants, but if you lose your khakis in Boston, it means you can’t start your car.

Waiter: How do you like your steak sir? 
Sir: Like winning an argument with my wife. 
Waiter: Rare it is!

 Two peanuts were walking in a tough neighborhood and one of them was a-salted.

There are two types of people in the world…those that finish what they start. 

Did you know in Las Vegas there are more Catholic churches than casinos. Not surprisingly some worshippers at Sunday service will give casino chips rather than cash when the basket is passed. Since they get chips from many casinos the churches have devised a method to collect the offerings. The churches send all their collected chips to a nearby Franciscan monastery for sorting and then the chips are taken to the casinos of origin and cashed in. This is done by the chip monks.

And yet again this morning, no one was standing next to my be saying, “Your Royal Highness, here is your coffee”.

I lost my wife yesterday at the Helsinki airport. She disappeared into Finnair.

Claustrophobia is the fear of closed spaces. For example, I am going to the wine store and I’m scared it will be closed.

I’m so glad I learned about parallelograms in high school, instead of how to do my taxes, as it comes in so handy during parallelogram season.

The definition of a will is a dead giveaway.

 I have been nominated on Facebook to a “25 pushups a day challenge” – I blocked that person.

My son asked me why I make noises every time I stand up. I told him it’s because I’m a groan man.

Met the guy who invented the trampoline. Nice guy, but a bit jumpy.

I know this one wrapped up a little early, but I’m just out of time my friends. Until next time. I hope I can get one put together for Saturday. I really need a couple of extra hours in my days.