Rambling Thoughts . . .
By Roy Miles,
Editor- Lethbridge Senior Times
Let’s talk about Volunteers. . . .
There
must be something good about volunteering.
Otherwise no one would be doing it!
There
is special feeling about doing a job you don’t get paid for, and the end
result is that you have helped someone else without expecting a special
reward. Whether it’s raising money
for a cause, or doing some form of labour to assist a group or passing on your
knowledge to those willing to learn something new, it all results in the same
good feeling.
So
why is it so hard to get volunteers? I have belonged to a number of
organizations over the years, and every one of them, without fail, had the same
ongoing problem, how do we get volunteers?
Even in the workplace, when there is a special or unusual job to be
done, the boss would ask for a volunteer to take it on, but there is dead
silence from the crowd.
But
just as people come in different shapes and sizes, there are those who love to
help out and will volunteer at any time, and there are those who just like to
belong to an organization or group and have no intention of giving of their
time and talents. In a large organization such as the
We
have to recognize that not all people are cut out or wish to be a
volunteer. But many members have never
given it much thought and if they decided to try a volunteer position, they
might find they like it very much. Why
not see Marcie Stork, the
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Some material I wanted to use in
this column is not available in time so I must fill in the rest of my space
with a senior joke or two.
Nobody believes old people -
everybody thinks they are senile. . . . .
An elderly couple who were childhood
sweethearts had married and settled down in their old neighbourhood and were
celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
They walk down the street to their old school. There they hold hands as
they find the old desk they’d shared and where he had carved “I
love you Sally”
On their way back home, a bag of
money falls out of an armoured car, practically at their feet. She quickly
picks it up, but they don’t know what to do with it, so they take it
home. There, she counts the money and its fifty thousand dollars. The husband says, “We’ve got to
give it back” She says, “Finders, Keepers” and she puts the
money back in the bag and hides it up in the attic.
The next day, two RCMP men are going
door to door in the neighbourhood looking for the money and show up at their
home. One of the Mounties
says “Pardon me, but did either of you find any money that fell out of an
armoured car yesterday?” She says
“no”. The husband says “She’s
lying. She hid it up in the attic” She says
“Don’t
believe him, he’s getting senile” But the Mounties
sit the man down and begin to question him.
One says “Tell us the story from the beginning” The old man
says “Well, Sally and I were walking home from school yesterday......”
The
Mountie looks at his partner and says
“We’re outta
here...................!”
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A
rat can last longer without water than a Camel
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The couple was 85 years old and had
been married for 60 years. They were
both in good health, largely due to the wife’s insistence on healthy
foods and exercise for the last decade.
Sadly, one day, while on vacation
their plane crashed sending them off to Heaven. They reached the Pearly Gates
and St. Peter escorted them inside. They
found a beautiful mansion, furnished in gold and fine silks, with a fully
stocked kitchen and a waterfall in the master bath. They gasped when he said “Welcome to
Heaven. This will be your home
now.” The old man asked how much this was going to cost. “Why,
nothing” Peter replied. The old
man looked out the window and saw a championship golf course. “What are
the green fees?” he asked
“In
Heaven you can play free every day” said St. Peter. In the clubhouse
there was a lavish lunch, from seafood to steaks to exotic deserts and free
flowing beverages. “
It is all free for you to enjoy “Where are the low fat and low
cholesterol foods and the decaffeinated tea?” The old man asked. “You can eat and drink as much as you like
and you will never get fat or sick - this is Heaven” replied St. Peter.
“No testing my sugar or blood pressure or .....” “Never again, all you do here is enjoy
yourself”
The old man glared at his wife and
said
“You
and your bran muffins, we could have been here 10 years ago!”
- Till next time.