Montana Facts & Fun Newsletter

Montana Facts&Fun Newsletter
News & Entertainment Weekly 1-17-2005
Our 8th year of publication in Helena, Montana!
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LEGISLATORS: WELCOME TO HELENA
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Bad Joke Monday
If you're dog tired at night it may be because you growled all day.
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If all your problems are behind you, you must be a school bus driver.
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www.MontanaFree.com - The FREE On Line Auction For Helena
List as many items as you wish. No Fees - No Charges - It's FREE
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Instructions For Life
"The world of tomorrow belongs to the person who has the vision today." Robert Schuller
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101 Local, State & National News & Information Sources
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Happiness Is:
Sign In Pet Store "Buy one dog, regular price, get one flea..."
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Thoughts While Planning A Day Off For The Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Observance
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power.
We have guided missiles and misguided men. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing
finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance. Knox
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Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. Gandhi
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You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. Henry Ford
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If you want to stay out of debt, act your wage
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Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. Niels Bohr
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In all recorded history there has not been one economist
who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from. Drucker
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There is no pleasure in having nothing to do;
the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little
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No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful,
when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather. Pritchard
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect. Ted Turner
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Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is indistinguishable from molasses. Unknown
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OWIM (Oh Well It's Monday)
Legislative Speak Of The Week:
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Legislature Tuesday 1-11-05 in Hearing Room 472
The Hearing was interrupted by a loud hum from the speaker system.
Sen. Bob Keenan quickly went to the source, made adjustments
and soon it was sounding good so the hearing could continue.
Bystander: Wow, they should have him on staff! WayToGoSenatorBob
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Hearing room 422 Wednesday 1-12-05
Senate Business, Labor & Economic Development
Christy B. was testifying when her cell phone began ringing.
She quickly apologized and joked about being the first person
of the new session to have to bring donuts for the committee.
Sen. Duane Grimes, a member of the committee, laughed and said,
" Okay Then I'll hang up my phone now!" (as if he had been the one to call her!)

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Service Tip Of The Week
Remember! Your customer has just waded through the snow drifts too!
They have volunteered to bring job security to you and your business.
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Oh Thank You. Thank You, I needed to know this:
Nothing is so embarrassing
as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.
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People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon
undoubtedly made necessary by the 30-year mortgage.
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The Classic Sayings:
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Nowadays some people expect the door of opportunity
to be opened with a remote control.
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If it weren't for the last minute, a lot of things wouldn't get done.
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If the directions for finding a place include the words
"You can't miss it," you probably will.
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If at first you don't succeed, try looking in the waste basket for the directions.
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If some people said what they thought, they'd be speechless.
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If at first you don't fricassee, fry, fry a hen.
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If you think time heals everything, try sitting in a doctor's waiting room.
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In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
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Just about the last possibility of getting away from it all has
been ruined by the cell phone.
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Psalm 2:10
Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
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MontanaFacts Web Site Of The Week:
Quickly Calculate Distance Between Major Montana Cities
Enter two cities and up comes the answer.
For Example: The distance from Anaconda to Wolf Point is 494 miles.
Libby to Baker is 711 miles.

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Montana Quick Facts

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All Sport Stadium Blankets

Amsoil Products

Auto Concepts

Benjamin Moore Paint Store

Davisson, Ron & Lorna

Deer-D-Fence

Eric Wordal
Masterpiece Portraits

Lewis & Clark County
Humane Society

Mike Logan Cowboy Poet

Identity Theft Bob Pancich

Scuba Dive Montana

Steve Skains Flooring

Team Skains

Tizer Gardens

Townsend Personal Care

Wildlife Woodcarving

Woody's Car Wash

Classic One-Liners
Maturity is when you turn down the stereo. Age is when you turn up the heat.
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It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
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It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation.
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Mealtime is when teenagers sit down and continue to eat.
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Minor surgery is when they do the operation on someone else.
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No man goes before his time - unless, of course, the boss leaves first.
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No two men are equal, and both of them are happy for it.
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Noah was a trusting soul. Imagine going out in a wooden boat with two termites on board.
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Great web site: It's All About Montana
Population, 2003 estimate 917,621 290,809,777
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1 .
Population definition and source info Population, 2000 902,195.
And Much More. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/30000.html

The Final Word From Treebranch
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest. Hazlitt
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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. Russell
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If the human mind was simple enough to understand, we'd be too simple to understand it. Emerson Pugh
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People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. Liebling
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction. Schumacher
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Got a good Legislature story? send it to TreeBranch@Gmail.com
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