"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man
needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that
honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money
and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want
you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember
that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You
see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things
worth believing in."
...Hub, in "Second Hand Lions"
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
"charlieb" wrote:
> I wish there was some way to deal with tele-marketers the way those
> two
> olf coots dealt with traveling salesmen.
Simplest thing in the world.
Two solutions.
1) Install an answering machine and NEVER pick up the phone until you
hear a voice on the other end you recognize.
2) Play mind games.
If you want to answer the phone, wait for the initial spiel then
respond, "That is very interesting, mind if I ask you a question?"
Wait for response.
When they answer "Yes", respond, "Why did you make that statement?"
SHUT UP AND WAIT.
When they answer repeat, "That is very interesting, mind if I ask you
a question?"
Probably will probably take 30-60 seconds for the SOB to hang up, but
they will give up.
I sometimes do it just to waste the caller's time, if I'm bored.
Have fun.
Lew
"Morris Dovey" wrote
>
> "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man
> needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor,
> courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power
> mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to
> remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy.
> You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man
> should believe in those things, because those are the things worth
> believing in."
>
> ...Hub, in "Second Hand Lions"
>
One of my wife's favorite movies. She has watched in again and again.
"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You
>> see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things
>> worth believing in."
>
> Too profound for me this early in the morning. Food, sex and beer, that's
> all I'm prepared to believe in at this moment.
You should fix your clock before you attempt any of those things.
--
Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
And the idea of Dyin' With Your Boots On - in a bi-plane - that your
crazy brother was trying to fly - through a barn - upside down - at age
79 or 80 - now THAT would make for a great obituary!
I wish there was some way to deal with tele-marketers the way those two
olf coots dealt with traveling salesmen. The idea of luring them out to
me - then shotgunning their computer sure sounds appealing as hell to
me. And maybe a hunting trip for the folks who do the robo-calls would
be a hell of a lot of fun too.
Not sure what would be appropriate for those that ring your doorbell at
7 am - on a Saturday morning asking if you've thought about eternity and
have found what they believe is GOD! When I tell them that GOD is
actually a little black lady - in Brooklyn - and that SHE is not very
please with them wakin' folks up from well deserved sleep - it takes
some of the wind out of their sails - for a moment or two.
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:06:58 -0500, Morris Dovey wrote:
> "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man
> needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that
> honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money
> and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want
> you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember
> that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You
> see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things
> worth believing in."
>
> ...Hub, in "Second Hand Lions"
Seems like that should have been in "The Sayings of Lazarus Long" :-).
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
Lee Michaels wrote:
> "Morris Dovey" wrote
>>
>> "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a
>> man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good;
>> that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and
>> money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over
>> evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never
>> dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if
>> it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things,
>> because those are the things worth believing in."
>>
>> ...Hub, in "Second Hand Lions"
>>
> One of my wife's favorite movies. She has watched in again and again.
Good for her! Not many modern women appreciate the making of a man.
Here's another good quote:
------
Remember us, he said to me. That was his hope.
"Go tell a Spartan, passer-by,
That here, by Spartan law we lie"
And so my king died, and my brothers died, barely a year ago. Long I
pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. Time has proven him wise, for
from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and
his three hundred, so far from home, laid down their lives. Not just for
Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds.
Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, Xerxes's hordes face
obliteration!
Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts
with icy fingers... knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered
at the swords and spears of three hundred. Yet they stare now across the
plain at TEN THOUSAND Spartans commanding thirty thousand free Greeks!
HA-OOH!
The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one, good odds for any Greek. This
day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny and usher in a future
brighter than anything we can imagine.
Give thanks, men, to Leonidas and the brave 300! TO VICTORY!
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> "MJMIII" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You
>>>> see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the
>>>> things worth believing in."
>>>
>>> Too profound for me this early in the morning. Food, sex and beer,
>>> that's all I'm prepared to believe in at this moment.
>>
>> You should fix your clock before you attempt any of those things.
>
> I thought that food, beer and sex were timeless goodies ...
>
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid
Not if you're an hour early.
--
Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
Morris Dovey <[email protected]> wrote in news:49bce0e6$0$33214$815e3792
@news.qwest.net:
>
> "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man
> needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that
> honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money
> and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want
> you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember
> that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You
> see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things
> worth believing in."
>
> ...Hub, in "Second Hand Lions"
>
I'll second that, Morris!
In addition, Mom said, we're put on this earth to help each other ...
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
"MJMIII" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
> "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You
>>> see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the
>>> things worth believing in."
>>
>> Too profound for me this early in the morning. Food, sex and beer,
>> that's all I'm prepared to believe in at this moment.
>
> You should fix your clock before you attempt any of those things.
I thought that food, beer and sex were timeless goodies ...
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
On Mar 16, 4:53=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "charlieb" wrote:
> > I wish there was some way to deal with tele-marketers the way those
> > two
> > olf coots dealt with traveling salesmen.
>
> Simplest thing in the world.
>
> Two solutions.
>
> 1) Install an answering machine and NEVER pick up the phone until you
> hear a voice on the other end you recognize.
>
> 2) Play mind games.
>
> If you want to answer the phone, wait for the initial spiel then
> respond, "That is very interesting, mind if I ask you a question?"
>
> Wait for response.
>
> When they answer "Yes", respond, "Why did you make that statement?"
>
> SHUT UP AND WAIT.
>
> When they answer repeat, "That is very interesting, mind if I ask you
> a question?"
>
> Probably will probably take 30-60 seconds for the SOB to hang up, but
> they will give up.
>
> I sometimes do it just to waste the caller's time, if I'm bored.
>
> Have fun.
>
> Lew
I seldom get any calls like that. Unlisted phone number must help. I
also made sure I was on all the NoCall lists.
The only ones who have unlimited access are Sir Paul McCartney,
Swingman and, of course, Morris.
Now, that my dear Angela and Snowflake are in Chicago shopping for
March Break, I will also allow calls from Ms Anniston, Meg, and in a
pinch, Scarlett.
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You
> see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things
> worth believing in."
Too profound for me this early in the morning. Food, sex and beer, that's
all I'm prepared to believe in at this moment.
On Mar 15, 10:09=A0am, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
> > "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man
> > needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that hono=
r,
> > courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and po=
wer
> > mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to
> > remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, bo=
y.
> > You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man
> > should believe in those things, because those are the things worth
> > believing in."
>
> > ...Hub, in "Second Hand Lions"
>
> Next to "Casablanca" and "The World's Fastest Indian", one of my all time
> favorites. The electorate, as ignorant as it is, tries to embrace that ev=
ery
> sentiment time it's called upon to cast its vote ... too damn bad our
> political heroes always put lie to it.
>
I haven't seen the Indian movie yet. I have to, soon.
As far as political heroes go, I put them all in the same can that I
use for John Wayne and other phonies.
Morris Dovey wrote:
>
> "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man
> needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that
> honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money
> and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want
> you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember
> that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You
> see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things
> worth believing in."
>
> ...Hub, in "Second Hand Lions"
>
Something things are believed *because* they are true.
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"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
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"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man
> needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor,
> courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power
> mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to
> remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy.
> You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man
> should believe in those things, because those are the things worth
> believing in."
>
> ...Hub, in "Second Hand Lions"
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
"Second Hand Lion" was perhaps one of the best movies I've ever seen. I had
never even heard of it, my wife said someone said it was ok, so we watched
it. OK is a gross understatement.
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man
> needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor,
> courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power
> mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to
> remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy.
> You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man
> should believe in those things, because those are the things worth
> believing in."
>
> ...Hub, in "Second Hand Lions"
Next to "Casablanca" and "The World's Fastest Indian", one of my all time
favorites. The electorate, as ignorant as it is, tries to embrace that every
sentiment time it's called upon to cast its vote ... too damn bad our
political heroes always put lie to it.
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"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man
> needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor,
> courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power
> mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to
> remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy.
> You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man
> should believe in those things, because those are the things worth
> believing in."
>
> ...Hub, in "Second Hand Lions"
Words to live by.
Great movie, one of the few that I will watch a second time.
Another great movie, Worlds Fastest Indian. A similar outlook on life.