What could you do with 14+ hours to continuous daylight?

In response to last week’s imponderable question, “What could you do with 14+ hours to continuous daylight?”, my equestrian friend Royce declared, “Live well...laugh often and play hard....” while my sailing friend Norm replied, “Sail ⛵on!”

My cycling friend Ted wrote, “Get one hell of a tan (or Melanoma)!”

However, my dad’s beach buddy Bob lamented, “I just cringe at the thought of it.  I like standard time so I don't have to stay up so long before getting some shut eye time.”

My sailboat racing friend Glenn yearned, “Some of the most enjoyable time I ever spent was in the BVI where because it is in the tropics you get pretty close to 50/50 on the daylight thing.  Beautiful days and wonderful nights with the sky full of stars.  I'd take that over 14+ hours of daylight anytime.”

My template friend Tracey wrote, “Go to the Southern Hemisphere. I'm a winter girl.”

And my hiking friend Kelly responded, “That’s not too far before my time.  😉  “

Please send me your thoughts about this week's "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ":

Where does the buck stop?

 

Live well...laugh often and heartily.... have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

              

Thanks to Black Swan pub, Home Depot and Firestone for allowing our foster dog Rudy to visit their stores and learn how nice people can be.  Follow his progress at https://www.facebook.com/RudyTheRescuedGolden/

Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration for Hmmm.   I invite you to call or email me to catch up.

What is the lesson learned that a tortoise never runs and does little, and lives 200+ years?

In response to last week’s imponderable question, “What is the lesson learned that a tortoise never runs and does little, and lives 200+ years?”, my writing and sailing friend Rich advised, “It just goes to prove what I have always known.  You get out of the hammock at your peril,” to which my PR friend Stan expounded, “If you sit on the couch and watch TV, you can live forever.”   And my equestrian friend

Royce added, “That having a brain the size of a pea, and a life without stress and physicality might not be a bad thing.”

This prompted by temple friend Tracey to add, “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again... exercise is bad for you!” and my dad’S beach buddy Bob to counsel, “So much to be said about vigorous exercise.  I prefer gentle isometric exercise while watching a good western movie.”

My cycling friend Ted concluded, “It means that acting like a teenager may actually pay off!! Don't tell my kids!”

My social media friend Mark called out, “Run fast, do lots, and see the world. I’m already becoming pretty useless at 66 anyway.  My hiking friend Kelly added, “It’s better to have a short, interesting life than a long, dull one.  Most of us will get neither really interesting nor really long to describe our lives – although, if you’ve lived past thirty, then I guess you’ve lived long enough to experience most of what life has to offer.”  Kelly reminds of a Billy Joel song “Only the Good Die Young”

My construction friend Henry suggested, ”Regarding the length of life for the Tortoise, I suspect it has more to do with it’s hard shell of protection as opposed to it’s slowness of movement.  We should all have that protective coating, physically and emotionally, to extend our life-time as well.  Of course, the Mac trucks out there may have a different approach on how effective that protective coating is. I’m just saying!”

My sailing from Norm shared, “Sail on - never power.”

My temple friend Vivian noted, “Take life easy and have a lot in a retirement fund,” to which another temple friend Richard replied, “It means the tortoise lived off a really nice inheritance!”

And my sailing friend Kurt offered this help, “I’ll let you know in 146 years.”

Please send me your thoughts about this week's "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ":

What could you do with 14+ hours to continuous daylight?

 

Live well...laugh often and heartily.... have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

              

One of my favorite days of the years is this Thu: Summer Solstice.  The longest day of the year.  In Atlanta, that’s 14 hr, 24 min plus another 58 min for Civil Twilight and an additional 72 min for Nautical Twilight (a total of 16 hr, 34 min of light, or less than 7 1/2hr of dark).

                Atlanta Sunrise 5:57 and 6:26     (Civil Twilight and then sunrise)

                Atlanta Sunset  8:50 and 9:19     (Sunset and then Civil Twilight)

In Alaska, it’s not actually dark on Thu.  Check out the time lapse photography….

Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration for Hmmm.   I invite you to call or email me to catch up.

When is something ‘used up’ instead of ‘run out of’?

In response to last week’s imponderable question, “When is something ‘used up’ instead of ‘run out of’?,” my writing and sailing friend Rich and adjunct executive friend Lindy concluded, “You can replenish things you run out of; once you have used up something, it is gone forever.” 

My interfaith friend Ann explained, "’Used up’ is when you can't get or won't get any more of, like the special chow-chow your Mama used to make or that special chocolate only available in Belgium.  ‘Run out of’ is when your husband used the last of the peanut butter and didn't put it on the grocery list.  You can get more but maybe not at 10 o'clock at night when you are making lunches for tomorrow.  A disturbance in the force there is with either.”  Then my social media friend Mark gave examples different meanings, “You want more of what is ‘run out’ ie beer.  You want no more of what is ‘used up’ ie ex-wife.”

My dad’s beach buddy Bob observed, “Used up is when it is threadbare and cannot be recovered.”

My Utahan friend Bruce declared, “This is a good one that has a simple answer: since we all understand that time marches on..., ergo it does not ‘stop’, we can rightfully conclude that one can never ‘run out of’ it; however, in today’s fast-paced, never-satisfying, immediate gratification seeking technological society, we constantly find our time used up... excuse me while I binge watch a minimum of five episodes of Person Of Interest on Netflix.”

My sailing and wealth management friend Norm pointed out, “Cash is used up.  Credit is used up. Broke means I’ve run out of food.”

Please send me your thoughts about this week's "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ":

What is the lesson learned that a tortoise never runs and does little, and lives 200+ years?

 

Live well...laugh often and heartily.... have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

              

Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration for Hmmm.   I invite you to call or email me to catch up.

Is normal overrated?

In response to last week’s imponderable question, “Is normal overrated?,” my dad’s beach buddy Bob advised, “Normal is all in the eyes of the beholders.....good, bad and terribly evil.”

My adjunct executive friend Lindy called out, “Normal is not overrated but may be underappreciated.  Wait . . . that’s ‘unique.’  Unique is underappreciated.   Normal is normal.”  To this, my collaboration friend Tricia observed, “What is ‘normal?’  Who is normal? Am I normal or are you normal, because we can't both be normal?  Lol!”

My production manager friend Ray concluded, “First, define normal? In the words of one of the world's greatest philosophers, ‘Normal is as normal does.’ This includes the entire Normal family: I.M., U.R., Yaint, and not least, Damn your eyes! Too late.”

My social media friend Mark replied, “I am normal and not overrated. I don’t know any other people that I would consider normal, so opinion should stop there.”

When my equestrian friend Royce yelled back, “Oh hell yes!”, my sailing friend Norm expounded, “Yes, it is overrated.  You see normal is average.  This is a math concept.  Average means some is more than normal and some is less than normal.  Nothing is ever really average.  I always wonder why people think the amount of rain we are supposed to get each year is the ‘average’ or ‘normal’ amount.  When in fact some years we get less and some more than the average and that is what is ‘normal’.” 

Please send me your thoughts about this week's "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ":

When is something ‘used up’ instead of ‘run out of’?

 

Live well...laugh often and heartily.... have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

              

Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration for Hmmm.   I invite you to call or email me to catch up.