http://purrples.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Purrple R. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:39:49 GMT 2010-01-06T06:39:49Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977755368 SHOPPING   by Al Batt   I went shopping with my lovely bride. Well, I really didn’t go shopping with her. I went to a mall with her.   The mall was like a burlap . . . Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:28:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977755368 Purrple R. 2009-07-29T19:28:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977727607 Obama's Plan to Change U.S. Health Care System Will Cost Nearly Two TRILLON Dollars     If you believe that Obama's plan will benefit health in the US you are in for a rude . . . Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:04:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977727607 Purrple R. 2009-07-02T21:04:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977725099 Well, we shall see just how quickly this gets shut down!! I haven't heard a whisper in the press! Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 7:55 PM AP- WASHINGTON D.C.   In a move certain . . . Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:12:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977725099 Purrple R. 2009-06-30T06:12:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977567761 Most Important Lesson -   During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: . . . Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:46:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977567761 Purrple R. 2009-01-19T11:46:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977567754 Next time your morning seems to be going wrong and the children are slow getting dressed and you can't seem to find the car keys and you hit every traffic light, don't get mad or frustrated; . . . Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:22:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977567754 Purrple R. 2009-01-19T11:22:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977564677 This is really something to think about: a. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000 b. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year is 120,000 c. Accidental deaths per . . . Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:37:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977564677 Purrple R. 2009-01-16T04:37:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977563685   If you were arrested for being kind, would there be enough evidence to convict you?   Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:15:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977563685 Purrple R. 2009-01-15T05:15:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977563578 We don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change. No matter how good friends are, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. . . . Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:39:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977563578 Purrple R. 2009-01-15T02:39:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977563564 Many years ago, a first-year representative to the New York State Assembly received a telegram at his Albany office commanding, Come home now! Just the day before, his wife had given birth to a baby girl. . . . Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:21:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977563564 Purrple R. 2009-01-15T02:21:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562557 A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the unfortunate . . . Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:40:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562557 Purrple R. 2009-01-14T02:40:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562538 I'm sure this hits home for most of us at some time or another!   A woman was waiting At an airport one night. With several long hours Before her flight, She hunted . . . Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:15:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562538 Purrple R. 2009-01-14T02:15:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562514   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 12, 2004 WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Zell Miller (D-GA) today delivered the following statement on the floor of the United States Senate addressing . . . Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:44:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562514 Purrple R. 2009-01-14T01:44:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562502   May you find serenity and tranquility in a world you may not always understand. May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing . . . Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:19:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562502 Purrple R. 2009-01-14T01:19:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562449 Who's Packing Your Parachute ? Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam... After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted . . . Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:23:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562449 Purrple R. 2009-01-14T00:23:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562429 Some words of wisdom for the day     ADULT A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. BEAUTY PARLOR A place where . . . Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:06:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562429 Purrple R. 2009-01-14T00:06:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562375 A wise old owl             lived in an oak;           the more he saw   . . . Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:04:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562375 Purrple R. 2009-01-13T23:04:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562366 Mothers by Wally Alexander After 21 years of marriage, I discovered a new way of keeping alive the spark of love.  A little while ago I started to go out with another woman. It was . . . Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:56:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562366 Purrple R. 2009-01-13T22:56:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977560700 One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed . . . Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:47:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977560700 Purrple R. 2009-01-12T08:47:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977560690 A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer . . . Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:08:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977560690 Purrple R. 2009-01-12T08:08:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977447471 Drug Company Marketing Leads to HPV Vaccine Rise Tens of millions of girls and young women have been vaccinated against human pappilomavirus (HPV) in the United States and Europe in the two years . . . Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:16:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977447471 Purrple R. 2008-09-12T23:16:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977443797 COLONOSCOPY JOURNAL by Dave Barry For those of you with nursing background, or for your friends, or worse yet, have experienced this... read on --   ABOUT THE WRITER Dave . . . Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:44:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977443797 Purrple R. 2008-09-09T02:44:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977296799   I asked for strength that I may achieve, I was made weak that I might humbly obey. I asked God for health that I might do greater things, I was given infirmity that I might do . . . Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:17:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977296799 Purrple R. 2008-03-30T01:17:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977296780   My wife will buy anything marked down.... Yesterday she came home with an escalator!   Henny Youngman's RECIPE FOR THE PERFECT MARRIAGE 1. Two times a week we go to a nice . . . Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:48:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977296780 Purrple R. 2008-03-30T00:48:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977223377 (ed. note: often 5 weeks into the year it is time to check how one is doing with Resolutions and perhaps reset some.) The following is from the writings of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758): . . . Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:33:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977223377 Purrple R. 2008-01-08T00:33:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142507 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/etc/script.html Is Wal-Mart Good for America? Senior Producer and Correspondent Hedrick Smith Written by Hedrick Smith & Rick Young Produced . . . Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:01:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142507 Purrple R. 2007-10-09T22:01:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977123351 Interview with Dr. Russell Blaylock on Devastating Health Effects of MSG, Aspartame and Excitoxins Wednesday, September 27, 2006 by: Mike Adams   Mike : I'm here with Dr. Russell . . . Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:22:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977123351 Purrple R. 2007-09-21T00:22:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977009372 Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other. Don't believe . . . Fri, 25 May 2007 23:02:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977009372 Purrple R. 2007-05-25T23:02:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977009311   A friend is like a good bra. . .       Hard to find   Supportive   Comfortable   Always lifts you up   Never lets you down ...or... Leaves you . . . Fri, 25 May 2007 21:33:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977009311 Purrple R. 2007-05-25T21:33:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977009248   I sat with two friends in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town-square. The food and the company were both especially good that day. As we talked my attention . . . Fri, 25 May 2007 21:20:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977009248 Purrple R. 2007-05-25T21:20:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977009204 Resolve to repair your relationship rifts this New Year By Dr. Jennifer Thomas Lose weight. Get fit. Eat right. Quit smoking. The majority of resolutions made every New Year have something to do with . . . Fri, 25 May 2007 20:11:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977009204 Purrple R. 2007-05-25T20:11:57Z