Our next support group will take place on Tuesday February 12, 2013 at

6pm (2nd Tuesday of each month).

The support group meeting is FREE

and open to the public.

Please call (508) 853-8180 to find out more information. 

The support group leader is Elaine Kapperman, LICSW.

Ms. Kapperman has many years of experience with grief counseling, elder

and caregiver issues,  coping with illness, EMDR, relaxation techniques, child treatment. She is running Dodge Park support group since 2007.

They should invent a treadmill with a laptop built in. And if you weren't walking, the internet wouldn't work. And if you wanted to download something, you'd have to run. And the faster you ran, the faster it would download.

I would lose so much weight.

Michael really hated his wife, Patricia's cat. So he decided to get rid of it for good. Michael put it in the car and drove 2 miles away and dropped it off. Just as he pulled in the driveway, he noticed the cat sitting in the entrance the porch.

The next day he decided he would take the cat 5 miles away and drop it off. But again, the cat found it's way home. Each day Michael kept going further and further away, but the cat would always find it's way home.

Michael was so furious that he decided to take the cat even further away, he turned right, then left, circled around, then right again, another right, backtracked a couple of times, then left again. He then dropped the cat off.

Several hours later, he 'phoned Patricia, 'Darling, is the cat there?'.

'Yes,' she answered. 'Why?' Michael replied bitterly, 'Put that flippin' animal on the 'phone. I'm lost and need directions.'

Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and travelled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere.

The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a female moth.

Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.

It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented removable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood. Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes and started smoking. And Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100 foot clipper.

Actually, Homer was not written by Homer but another man of that name.

Magna Carta provided that no man should be hanged twice for the same offence.

The sun never set on the British Empire because the British Empire's in the East and the sun sets in the West.

The inhabitants of Egypt were called mummies. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and travelled by Camelot.

Without the Greeks, we wouldn't have history.

The Greeks invented three kinds of columns - Corinthian, Doric and Ironic.

1. Kidnappers are not very interested in you.

2. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.

3. No one expects you to run into a burning building.

4. People call at 9 PM and ask, "Did I wake you?"

5. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.

6. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.

7. Things you buy now won't wear out.

8. You can eat dinner at 4 P.M.

9. You can live without relationship but not without glasses.

10. You enjoy hearing about other peoples operations.

11. You get into heated arguments about pension plans.

12. You have a party and the neighbours don't even realise it.

13. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

14. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

15. You sing along with elevator music.

16. Your eyes won't get much worse.

17. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.

18. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service.

19. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.

20. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.

21. You can't remember who sent you this list.

If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong.

I have traced 'Murphy's law back to a Captain Edward A. Murphy, an American engineer at Muroc, California (later named Edwards Air Force Base). In 1949 he was working on a project to test the effects of sudden braking. Time after time his machinery failed, exasperated he said of his technician, "If there is any way to do it wrong, he'll find it." John Paul Stapp picked up on Murphy's phrase and used at a press conference.

As with any good idea, Murphy's Law can be adapted and extended.

1st Amendment

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

2nd Amendment

If you realize that there are three possible ways in which something can go wrong, and cover them all, then a fourth, unprepared for way, will miraculously appear out of thin air.

3rd Amendment

When something breaks, the parts damaged are in direct proportion to their value.

4th Amendment

The failure does not appear until the machinery has passed its final inspection.

5th Amendment

When you drop a part, it always rolls into the darkest corner.

Last Amendment

Any attempt to print out this copy of Murphy's law will crash the computer.

* Examples of Murphy's Law

Your lost needle will be found by your husband when he is walking around barefoot.

The worst pupil in any class will be a school governors' son.

Uniforms only come in two sizes, too large and too small.

Vital documents that were posted with no errors, will develop errors in the mail.

Murphy's Law of DIY (Do-It-Yourself )

Any project will require at least two journeys to the hardware shop.

If you need more than one item (pair, four, etc) the probability that one will be damaged or the wrong colour is directly proportional to the desire or need of the object.

You always need more paint.

You never have enough nails, screws or glue.

The likelihood that you will complete a weekend project before the end of the weekend decreases with when you actually start the project.

Therefore: Any plumbing project started after 4pm on Sunday will require an emergency call to the plumber to get the water running again.

To estimate the amount of time needed to complete a project: estimate the amount of time needed, multiply by two and use the next highest unit. Hence: A one hour task will take at least two days to complete.

Your parents have always provided patience 
 love , reassurance, and protection through all of life's ups and downs. Now it's your turn
 to be there for them .
 

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