1938 Studebaker Pickup TRIVIA: Cantaloupe or is it Musk-Melon -- Everything you don't really need to know about Melons unless you are a Trivia nut. Sonya VanOrder sent this info. The melon that Americans call cantaloupe is truly a musk-melon. True cantaloupes are mainly grown in Europe and have a rough, warty surface quite different from the melons grown in the United States. The American "cantaloupe" is the most nutritious melon of all and is related to the squash family, somewhere between the winter and summer squash in terms of nutrition. * Cantaloupes could be called the perfect food. They are naturally sweet, don't require any special processing, are a stand alone treat, and they are low in calories and fat... one-half cup of melon balls averages about 55 calories. they are a great way to diet. In addition to being a satisfyingly sweet, low-calorie treat, these melons pack a powerful nutritional punch. They are rich in fiber and carbohydrates, the nutrient that fuels your brain and muscles, and is the primary energy source when you're exercising. * Cantaloupe is high in potassium, an electrolyte that is responsible for cell and muscle growth and for maintaining normal fluid balance. They are brimming with beta-carotene and that makes them an effective cancer fighter. It's been linked to decreased lung and cervical cancer risk. * Cantaloupes have the high water content and low calorie count of the summer squash and the high levels of beta- carotene, potassium and Vitamin C found in the winter squash like pumpkins and butternut squash. * Cantaloupe is a smart fruit. It has a built-in system that halts development at exactly the right time. When the sugar content reaches saturation, a separation layer develops where the stem meets the fruit, preventing further nutrients from entering the melon. The layer in the stem then pulls away. * Choose cantaloupes that have no evidence of a stem. They should be well-netted or webbed, with a diameter of five inches or greater. Cantaloupes may be football shaped or spherical, and while it's natural for the melon to be slightly bleached on one side from lying on the ground as it grew, it should not be flattened or lopsided. * Unless the melon is cut, the only clue to ripeness is the condition of the rind. Cantaloupes should be slightly golden-- not a dull green--under the rind's mesh like "netting," which should cover the whole rind; reject those with slick spots. The stem end should have a slight indentation if the melon was picked at the ripe time. The blossom end will be slightly soft if the melon is ready to eat and, unless the fruit is chilled, a flowery fragrance will be apparent. * The surest sign of a tasty cantaloupe is a sweet, musty aroma. It is also important to look for melons that have a good fragrance, because if it smells good, it will usually taste good. Ah, cantaloupe perfume. You even can smell it through the tight, plastic wrapper on ripe, market-cut melons (as long as they're not too cold). * Most cantaloupes on display are not ready to eat and need to be ripened for a day or so. * Melons should be firm with a little give, not overly soft, which means the melon is overripe. This is particularly true of the stem end, which should yield to pressure but not be soft or mushy. * They should feel heavy; the heavier the melon the juicier the flesh. Good moisture content means that the melon will be heavy for its size. * Shake the melon and if you hear liquid sloshing around inside, the melon is probably overripe. * Avoid melons that show cracks, shriveling, or other obvious signs of poor quality. * To ripen cantaloupes, place whole melon inside loosely closed paper bags. Melons will ripen after they are picked but their sugar content won't increase. It will take up to four days for melons to ripen at room temperature. Since melons are ethylene sensitive, they will ripen more rapidly in the presence of ethylene-producing fruit such as bananas and pears in the bag. * Leave the seeds inside a cut melon until you're ready to eat it to help keep the melon moist. * Cut melons should be tightly wrapped, and always taste better if they are brought to room temperature before you eat them. Melons don't freeze well. If the flesh of cut melon has a clear or watery look, it's probably overripe. * If you discover a cantaloupe is not quite ripe after you've cut it open, it can be rescued with some orange or melon liqueur, orange or other citrus juice, a little sugar, and maybe some minced candied ginger for added flavor. * Overripe melon can be used for cold melon soup or a smoothie with some yogurt, honey, banana, and orange juice. * Cantaloupes are named for the papal gardens of Cantaloupe, Italy, where some historians say this species of melon was first grown.
Some of the Best Kept Amusement Ride secrets: From Conklin Rides * Rides are hugely expensive to purchase. For instance Chance Manufacturing http://www.rides.com/the top maker of amusement rides quote on a new carousel, their smallest simplest merry-go-round, is $350,000.00 US. To replace the Double Loop Coaster would cost in excess of $5,000,000.00 not including the trailers and equipment to move the ride. To replace all the rides on the Conklin Shows would cost well over $50,000,000.00 * The cost of moving rides, from Fair to Fair, even before the increase in gas, has become almost prohibitive. Last year to move the show the 20,000 miles from Florida to the Calgary Stampede and back cost in excess of $5,000,000.00 * For each $1.00 spent ride coupons Conklin Shows pays the fairs from 25 cents to 35 cents for the privilege of providing the carnival * It takes a 10,350 Kilowatt generator to operate the show each day The show generates enough electricity to supply a good sized town of 30,000
1948 Tucker QUOTES: "True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost." --Charles Caleb Colton
The only way to have friends is to be one. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make a friend. --Abraham Lincoln
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same. --Author unknown
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway. --Fr. Jerome Cummings
True friends are angels who lift us us to our feet when our own wings have trouble remembering how to fly. --Author unknown
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substance, if there is any reaction, both are transformed. --Carl Jung
I don't know how, I don't know when, but you and I will meet again. --Author unknown
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one, when they discover that someone else believes in them and is willing to trust them. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. --Dale Carnegie
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend. --Albert Camus
In loneliness, in sickness, in confusion- the mere knowledge of friendship makes it possible to endure, even if the friend is powerless to help. It is enough that they exist. Friendship is not diminished by distance or time, by imprisonment or war, by suffering or silence. It is in these things that it roots most deeply. It is from these things that it flowers. --Pam Brown
A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself. --Author unknown
Don't be dismayed at good-bye's. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. --Richard Bach
"My friends are my estate." -- Emily Dickinson
"A friend is one who walks in when others walk out" --Walter Winchell
"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else." -- Len Wein
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
"A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more." -- Jasmine Fitzwilliam
"It takes a long time to grow an old friend." -- by John Leonard
1940 Ford Woody CHUCKLES AND BELLY LAUGHS Poor ol' Leroy, he still poor From Gary n' Patti A filthy rich man in North Carolina decided that he wanted to throw a party and invited all of his buddies and neighbors. He also invited Leroy, the only redneck in the neighborhood. He held the party around the pool in the backyard of his mansion. Everyone was having a good time drinking, dancing, eating shrimp, oysters and BBQ and flirting with the women. At the height of the party, the host said, "I have a 10 ft man-eating gator in my pool and I'll give a million dollars to anyone who has the guts to jump in." The words were barely out of his mouth when there was a loud splash and everyone turned around and saw Leroy in the pool! Leroy was fighting the gator and kicking its butt! Leroy was jabbing the gator in the eyes with his thumbs, throwing punches, head butts and choke holds, biting the gator on the tail and flipping the gator through the air like some kind of Judo Instructor. The water was churning and splashing everywhere. Both Leroy and the gator were screaming and raising sand. Finally Leroy strangled the gator and let it float to the top like a K-mart goldfish. Leroy then slowly climbed out of the pool. Everybody was just staring at him in disbelief. Finally the host says, "Well, Leroy, I reckon I owe you a million dollars." "No, that's okay. I don't want it," said Leroy. The rich man said, "Man, I have to give you something. You won the bet. How about half a million bucks then?" "No thanks. I don't want it," answered Leroy. The host said, "Come on, I insist on giving you something. That was amazing. How about a new Porsche and a Rolex and some stock options?" Again Leroy said no. Confused, the rich man asked, "Well, Leroy, then what do you want?" Leroy said, "I want the name of the DUDE who pushed me in the pool."
Job Application Wendy or Keith Wert sent this one. Two young engineers applied for a single position at a computer company. They both had the same qualifications. In order to determine which individual to hire, the applicants were asked to take a test by the department manager. Upon completion of the test, both men had each missed only one of the questions. The manager went to the first applicant and said, ''Thank you for your interest, but we've decided to give the job to the other applicant.'' "And why would you be doing that? We both got nine questions correct," asked the rejected applicant. "We have based our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you missed," said the department manager. "And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?" the rejected applicant inquired. ''Simple,'' said the department manager, ''Your fellow applicant put down on question #5, 'I don't know.' You put down, 'Neither do I.'''
Hello.....From Good Clean Fun and Bud Casselberry. The proprietor of a small village drugstore was called out one sleepy summer morning, leaving the establishment temporarily under the sole management of a very young, and very uneducated, clerk. "Just answer the phone if it rings, Jim," instructed the proprietor. The phone rang. "Hello," said the clerk. "Do you have streptomycin and aureomycin?" asked a voice at the other end. The clerk scratched his head, then said, "Ma'am, when I said 'Hello' I told you everything I know!"
TEXAS PREACHER: - Rita sent this one to Bud and Bud sent it to me, and I had no trouble hearing Conway talking. The new Texas preacher was a dead ringer for Conway Twitty, the country music singer. One day he decided to visit some of the church members who hadn't been to service lately. He went to the first lady's house and knocked on the door. When she answered the door, she said, "Conway Twitty!" "No ma'am," he replied. "I'm your new pastor, and I came to have prayer with you." So she told him to come right on in. He visited several more homes, and everyone thought he was Conway Twitty. Then he came to a widow woman's house on the end of the street. She was taking a shower at the time, so she just wrapped a towel around her and opened the door. When she saw her caller, she threw up her hands - which allowed the towel to fall to the floor. "Oh my God!" she exclaimed. "It's Conway Twitty!" And the preacher said......."Hello, Darlin"
Strange 911 Calls C Wayne Wert for this one * A call came into 911 Emergency because two couples were going to share a hotel room and there weren't enough towels. * A man called 911 and said: "Please connect me to Switzerland." * A lady called 911 because of a fight going on in a parking lot. When asked to describe the combatants, she said: "I'll try. There's one man, and he's dressed like Elvis. He's kicking another man who's laying on the ground and screaming 'You Ainta nothing but a hound dog.'" * Another person called to report he had the hiccups. * A thirteen-year-old boy called to report he had "stuff" coming from his navel. Paramedics examined the boy and all they found was belly-button lint. * A male complainant called and requested police call gas stations on all exits of I-95 to find out which ones were open. * A woman called emergency to report she had seen a wild mouse in her house. * Someone called 911 to report the parrot got out of his cage and is in a tree outside. * A man broke up with his girlfriend and wanted police to go by her house and report to him the owners of any cars, other than hers, in her driveway. * A man called to report he had a roach stuck in his ear.
THE GROANERS: "Dept. of Defense Engineers" Wayne Smith -- Sorry Wayne this has to be a GROANER. Five Cannibals get appointed as engineers in a Defense Department Organization. During the welcoming ceremony the boss says: "You're all part of our team now. You can earn good money here, and you can go to the cafeteria for something to eat. but don't trouble the other employees." The cannibals promise not to trouble the other employees. Four weeks later the boss returns and says: "You're all working very hard, and I'm very satisfied with all of you. One of our cleaners has disappeared, however. Do any of you know what happened to her?" The cannibals disavowed all knowledge of the missing cleaner. After the boss has left, the leader of the cannibals says to the others: "Which of you idiots ate the cleaning lady?" A hand raises hesitantly, to which the leader of the cannibals says: "You fool! For four weeks we've been eating Team Leaders, Division Chiefs and Project Managers so no-one would notice anything, and you have to go and eat the cleaning lady!"
The Herd Of Cows: Dr Bill Hamm is back from his 'puter glitches and starts out with a groaner. A young man visiting a dude ranch wanted to be "macho," so he went out walking with one of the hired hands... As they were walking through the barnyard, the visitor tried to start up a conversation. "Say, look at that big bunch of cows," he said. The hired hand replied, "Not 'bunch,' but 'herd'." "Heard what?" "Herd of cows." "Sure, I've heard of cows. There's a big bunch of 'em right over there." - - - Duh...
Your dog bite? Also from Bud There was a hound dog laying in the yard and an old geezer in overalls was sitting on the porch. "Excuse me, sir, but does your dog bite?" the tourist asked. The old man looked up over his newspaper and replied, "Nope." As soon as the tourist stepped out of his car, the dog began snarling and growling, and then attacked both his arms and legs. As the tourist flailed around in the dust, he yelled, "I thought you said your dog didn't bite!" The old man muttered, "Ain't my dog."
Get The Duck Outta Here! This one from Dr Bill is really bad. A duck goes into the drug store. The duck gets some Blistex and takes it to the check out. The checker says, "Cash or charge?" The duck says, "Put it on my bill."
And a day was born... God: "Whew! I just created a 24-hour period of alternating light and darkness of Earth." Angel: "What are you going to do now?" God: "Call it a day."
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