Broecker Family

DEAR ABBY:

‘I have always wanted to have my family history traced, but I can’t afford to spend a lot of money to do it. Any suggestions?’     Sam in California.

DEAR SAM:

‘Register as a Republican, and run for public office.’   Abby

Dinner people.

Here are those that have replied YES to our Thursday dinner

Bruce/Linda

Kevin

Brad/Carla Sue

Dan/O’Bryan/Taylor

Kurt/Mary

Anyone else?  I’ll make the reservations on Tuesday.

Bruce

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it dammed hard to plan the day.”

New sign at Wal-Mart

Our Society is Doomed!!!

A Kentucky Joke
PROUD PAPA

The year is 2016 and the United States has just elected the first woman president who happens to be from Kentucky. A few days after the election the president-elect, whose name is Debra, calls her father and says, “So, Dad, I assume you will be coming to my inauguration?”

“I don’t think so. It’s a 10 hour drive.”

“Don ‘t worry about it Dad, I’ll send Air Force One. And a limousine will pick you up at your door.”

“I don’t know. Everybody will be so fancy. What would your mother wear?”

“Oh Dad,” replies Debra, ‘I’ll make sure she has a wonderful gown custom-made by the best designer in Washington .”

“Honey,” Dad complains, “you know I can’t eat those rich foods you eat.”

The President-to-be responds, ” Don ‘t worry Dad. The entire affair will be handled by the best caterer in Washington ; I’ll ensure your meals are salt free. You and mom just have to be there.”

So Dad reluctantly agrees, and on January 20, 2017, Debra is being sworn in as President of the United States . In the front row sits the new president’s dad and mom.

Dad, noticing the senator sitting next to him, leans over and whispers, “You see that woman over there with her hand on the Bible,
becoming President of the United States .”

The Senator whispers back, “You bet I do.”

Dad says proudly, “Her brother played basketball for Kentucky”

*** Adult Truths ***

1. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history when you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.

9. Bad decisions make good stories.

10. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

11. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection…again.

12. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

13. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

14. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

15. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

16. I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.

17. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

18. How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said?

19. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

20. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

21. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

22. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

23. The first testicular guard, the “Cup,” was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.

Useful Military Warnings

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"Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on U.S. Rocket 

Launcher 

"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - U.S. 

Army 

"Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are

guaranteed to always hit the ground." - U.S.A.F. Ammo Troop 

"If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal 

"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you

least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's 

left of your unit." - Army's magazine of preventive maintenance 

"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you 

just bombed." - U.S. Air Force Manual 

"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." - Infantry 

Journal 

"Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance 

"Five-second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal 

"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - Col. 

David Hackworth 

"If your attack is going too well, you're probably walking into an

ambush." - Infantry Journal 

"No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection." - Joe Gay 

"Any ship can be a minesweeper ... once." - Anonymous 

"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown

Army Recruit 

"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you." - Your 

Buddies 

(And lastly) 

"If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him." -

U.S. Ammo Troop

Henry joined Brakeley, John Price Jones Inc.—Brakeley Briscoe’s predecessor firm—25 years ago. As managing director, he shares in the ownership and management of the firm. He has particular expertise in working with cultural, educational and environmental institutions.

Currently, he has consulting assignments with: Cincinnati Museum Center; the Idea Center, a civic partnership of ideastream (WVIZ/PBS and WCPN/NPR) and Playhouse Square Foundation, and; Long Island University; and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. (Former clients are listed on attachment.)

Henry is a native of Louisville, Kentucky and an alumnus of Princeton University. After graduation, he joined Princeton’s Annual Giving staff and subsequently served as assistant director and major gift coordinator for Princeton’s first major capital campaign. Upon completion of that assignment, he was appointed director of development and vice president at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. He managed its founding building campaign for $165 million and conducted the Center’s community affairs and art acquisition program.

Henry was then appointed vice president for development at Princeton University, where for ten years he directed fundraising from both private and public sources and participated in University planning and resource allocation. During his tenure at Princeton, Annual Giving tripled and a capital program of $125 million was achieved.

Henry has served as a trustee of Saint Augustine’s College, Raleigh, North Carolina, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, McCarter Theatre Company of New Jersey and Princeton-in-Asia. He also has held the position of Senior Warden of Trinity Church, Princeton, Treasurer of All Angels’ Church, Manhattan, and as Class Agent and Planned Giving Chair of his Princeton University Class.

Henry currently is a trustee of The Helm Foundation and a director and vice president of the Vineyard Conservation Society, Martha’s Vineyard.

Henry ‘s avocational interests are centered in the performing and visual arts, including walking and observing architecture, and preserving environmentally endangered areas, American novels and biographies, political analysis and art criticism are the reading fields, which he particularly enjoys.

Dinner Group, FYI please see attached:

Bruce

http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=HENRY-E-BESSIRE&pid=154727341

Subject: It’s educational living in the South!

Alabama

A group of Alabama friends went deer hunting and paired off in twos for the
day. That night, one of the hunters returned alone, staggering under the weight of an eight-point buck.
“Where’s Henry?” the others asked. “Henry had a stroke o’ some kind.
He’s a couple of miles back up the trail,” the successful hunter replied.
“You left Henry layin’ out there and carried the deer back?” they inquired.
“A tough call,” nodded the hunter.
“But I figured no one’s gonna steal Henry!”

Georgia

The owner of a golf course in Georgia was confused about paying an invoice,
so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into his office and said, “Y’all graduated from the University of Georgia and I need some
help. If I wuz to give yew $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?”
The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, “Everthang but my
earrings.”

Louisiana

A senior citizen in Louisiana was overheard saying … “When the end of the
world comes, I hope to be in Louisiana .”
When asked why, he replied, “I’d rather be in Louisiana ’cause everythang
happens in Louisiana 20 years later than in the rest of the world.”

Mississippi

The young man from Mississippi came running into the store and said to his
buddy, “Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!”
Bubba replied, “Did y’all see who it was?”
The young man answered, “I couldn’t tell, but I got the license number.”

North Carolina

A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road,
and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind
it. Then he got back in the car to wait.
A passerby studied the scene as he drove by, and was so curious he turned
around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.
The man replied, “I got a flat tahr.”
The passerby asked, “But what’s with the flowers?”
The man responded, “When you break down they tell you to put flares in the
front and flares in the back.
I never did understand it neither.”

Tennessee

A Tennessee State trooper pulled over a pickup on I-65.
The trooper asked, “Got any ID?”
The driver replied, “Bout whut?”

Texas

The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up
into the ditch. The Sheriff asked, “Why are you dumping garbage in the
ditch? Don’t you see that sign right over your head.”
“Yep,” he replied. “That’s why I’m dumpin’ it here, ’cause it says: ‘Fine
For Dumping Garbage.’ ”
***

Y’all kin say whut y’all want ‘about the South, but y’all never heard o’ nobody retirin’ an’ movin’ North.