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Show February 5, 2009 Page 5 The Garfield County Insider tHe lAuGhiNg pOiNt!! Company Christmas Party I know my company has made a big effort to be family friendly, but I was baffled when I read this holiday announcement posted on the bulletin board: “All employees are invited to the annual Christmas party. All children under the age of ten will receive a gift from Santa. Employees who have no children may bring grandchildren.” GraNDMAS Meat Loaf A recent bride called her mother one evening in tears. “Oh, Mom, I tried to make Grandmother’s meat loaf for dinner tonight, and it’s just awful! I followed the recipe exactly, and I know I have the recipe right because it’s the one you gave me. But it just didn’t come out right, and I’m so upset. I wanted this to be so special for George because he loves meat loaf. What could have gone wrong?” Her mother replied soothingly, “Well, dear, let’s go through the recipe. You read it out loud and tell me exactly what you did at each step, and together we’ll figure it out.” “OK,” the bride sniffled. “Well, it starts out, ‘Take fifty cents worth of ground beef’ It Makes Sense...By Veda Hale results of puzzle from January 29 Utah Hay & Forage Symposium Held in St. George WHAT: Utah County Farm Bureau Farm Field Days Farmers and ranchers from across Utah will gather in St. George to hear the latest techniques, developments, technology and information regarding hay and forage crops in Utah. Presenters include forage agronomists Dan Undersander from the University of Wisconsin, Glenn Shewmaker Extension Forage Specialist from the University of Idaho, and Scott McKendrick Coordinator of the Statewide Small Acreage Programs from Utah State University Extension. Alfalfa breeder Peter Reisen from Forage Genetics International along with Utah hay growers and numerous Utah State University Extension specialists will also contribute to the conference. A wide variety of topics will be addressed at the symposium this year, including fertilizer management, market forecasts, marketing, hay sampling, Round-Up Ready Hay updates and more. There will be an alfalfa pest identification display as well as commercial and educational booths. WHO: Farmers and ranchers from across Utah, educational speakers, and technical experts will be present. WHEN: Thursday-Friday, January 29-30 - 12 noon to 12 noon WHERE: St. George Holiday Inn, 850 South Bluff Street, St. George, UT 84770 Contact Matt Hargreaves, Director of Communications, Utah Farm Bureau, at 801233-3003 or 801-455-4320 (cell). We live on a street that has seen a lot of building on both sides, thus the need to go across the road with power and water lines and then the necessary job of patching us the work site. Now one drives down the street and sees the patched places becoming potholes. Sooner or later, the whole street will need to be resurfaced. I thought about that as a symbol of something in life and wondered if the patches we put over tears in a relationship are usually not very permanent either. So a damaged relationship might need to be “resurfaced” sometime down the line. But, I thought, it sure is better to “patch” things up than it is to retard progress. Life is a continual time of growth. Sometimes things have to be done quickly and not very permanent just to keep a good forward momentum going. Later on, we might find we are mature enough to truly forgive At the Library and thus “resurface” our life street. Makes sense. Here’s a small housekeeping idea a friend sent in that also makes sense and cents. “The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the fil-ter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material ... I’m sure you know what your dryer’s lint filter looks like.. Well . the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn’t go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that’s what burns out the heating unit. You can’t SEE the film, but it’s there. My kids are addicted to their computers. I took them to the library. They didn’t know what it was. I told them it was Google Classic. Talking Clock A man showed some friends his apartment. One guest asked “What’s that big brass basin for?” “That’s the talking clock,” answered the man. He gave it an ear shattering pound with a hammer. Suddenly, a voice on the other side of the wall screamed, “Knock it off, it’s 2 a.m., you idiot!” It’s what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free ... that nice fragrance too. You know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box ... well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn’t know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I’d share! “ Send suggestions to Veda Hale Box 956 Panguitch, Utah 84759 or email vedahale@hotmail.com |