THINGS I DON'T BELIEVE

1) One must drink 8 glasses of water a day.
Why would one need or want 1 gallon of water per day ? I lived the first 80 years without drinking any water at all. My kidneys and bladder tell me one or two glasses should suffice.
2) 5,000,000 children in the US go to bed hungry every night.
I have never heard of anything more ridiculous. Who do you suppose counted those hungry children ? Where are the parents ? A box of macaroni and cheese costs about one buck. Add water or milk and, if possible, a bit of butter and it will serve 4. Maybe not the worlds best diet but it will fill an empty stomach. I suspect the nanny state is behind this absurdity.
3) The spotted owl is an endangered specie.
The timber industry in the Pacific NW was almost destroyed by imposed restriction on their operations. It happens that the spotted owl , often under a different name, lives in great profusion up and down the Pacific coast.
The snail darter is supposed to be threatened also. Why would anyone care ?
4)The average salary of CEO's of publicly traded companies is $9,300,000. 244 times the average pay.
Certainly, the paychecks of huge companies might be that large and perhaps more. There are thousands of small cap.corporations with more modest salaries. My guess, maybe 2,000,000
as an average.

This only scratches the surface of those things I don't believe. We may continue with this theme at a later date.

VERY OLD MEMORY

When I take my early morning walk I like to clear my febrile mind of all thoughts and let whatever appears come to the surface. Like magic, Mr Gallager and Mr. Sheen appeared. The names were vaguely familiar, but who were they ? Through the magic of the internet I was able to refresh my memory. They were the most famous vaudeville act of the 1920s. Since I was not yet born, I never saw their act and strangely, I can nor imagine where I had ever heard of them.Yet, somehow there they were, two names, stuck in some cranny of my mind.

I quizzed everyone I could find, even very old folks, and no one in my purview had ever heard of this most famous comedy team. I wonder if any of my readers know of them. I am betting that no one has. Too bad , they really were funny. I wonder whatever happened to vaydeville. I miss it alot even though I never did see a vaudeville show.