WE FINISHED UP 2-2 THIS WEEKEND

After going 1-1 on Saturday we also went 1-1 on Sunday. We won yesterdays 1st game 3-1 & fell in the 2nd game of the 7-4. It may have been one of the poorest run tournaments that I have ever been involved with from the tournament directer not knowing what he was doing, to poor field conditions and numerous other things. It's no doubt these tournaments are big money makers for these people running these tournaments and after thinking back to my softball days I think most of these people running theses tournaments may be a bit on the shady side. We did get to eat a Cheddar's again yesterdays for lunch & I have to say if they had one of these places around here I think they would do very well, they have very low priced meals for the amount of food you get thats for sure. Well after all the bickering between Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers management he will be back in Packers training camp battling for his old job back which I think is a joke. I am not saying Rogers is a bad QB but if you have Favre on your roster he gives you the best chance to win for sure. Carl Edwards won yesterdays Sprint Cup race at Pocono on a fuel mileage run, Tony Stewart finished 2nd. Kyle Busch still leads the point standing by 176 over Dale Jr and 185 over Carl Edwards. Also today is the 1st official day of high school football practice for most of the high schools here in central Virginia. MICKEY

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
- Malcolm Forbes

The US Coast Guard was founded on this day in 1790.

An Amazing Fact
The number 111,111,111 multiplied by itself will result in the number 12,345,678,987,654,321.

In their place
There is a quick and easy technique that can vastly improve your effectiveness when dealing with other people. It can make you a better parent, spouse, friend, coach, negotiator, marketer or leader.

What is this technique? It is simply to imagine yourself in the other person's place.

By so doing, you can quickly create valuable and genuine rapport with others. You can significantly improve your ability to understand, to persuade and to motivate.

You'll find that you can work through difficult, conflict-filled situations in such a way that everyone emerges a winner. You'll discover countless ways in which you can contribute real value and make a positive difference.

Everyone desires to be more fully understood. By imagining yourself in another person's situation, you greatly improve both your understanding and your ability to be understood.

Each individual is blessed with a unique, one-of-a-kind perspective. By seeking to know perspectives other than your own, you can accomplish many wonderful and useful things.
-- Ralph Marston

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