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Couple Married 50 Years

A couple had been married for 50 years. They were sitting at the breakfast
table one morning when the wife says, "Just think, fifty years ago we were
sitting here at this breakfast table together." "I know," the old man said,
"We were probably sitting here naked as jaybirds fifty years ago." "Well,"
Granny snickered, "Let's relive some old times" Whereupon the two stripped
to the buff and sat down at the table. "You know, honey," the little old
lady breathlessly replied, "My nipples are as hot for you today as they were
fifty years ago." "I wouldn't be surprised," replied Gramps. "One's in
your coffee and the other is in your oatmeal."

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Carefully follow the instructions below and I will read your mind and place your answer on a webpage:

* Think of a number between 2 and 9

* Multiply the number by 9

* Add the two digits together

* Subtract 5 from the number you now have

* Convert the number into a letter: 1 = a 2 = b 3 = c etc

* Think of a European Country starting with that letter

* Now think of the second letter of that country

* Think of an animal that starts with that letter

(This must be an animal - not a bird - so if you are thinking of an eagle think again!)

* What colour is your animal?

** Now concentrate carefully on your answers

Click here and I will read your mind!!

The women who wrote this email and signed below are Federal Budget
Analysts in Washington, D.C.

Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for the active
ingredient in prescription medications? Some people think it must cost a
lot, since many drugs sell for more than $2.00 per tablet.
We did a search of offshore chemical synthesizers that supply the active
ingredients found in drugs approved by the FDA.
As we have revealed in past issues of Life Extension, a significant
percentage of drugs sold in the United State contain active ingredients
made in other countries. In our independent investigation of how much
profit drug companies really make, we obtained the actual price of active
ingredients used in some of the most popular drugs sold in America.

The chart below speaks for itself.

Celebrex 100 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $130.27
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.60
Percent markup: 21,712%

Claritin 10 mg
Consumer Price (100 tablets): $215.17
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71
Perce nt markup: 30,306%

Keflex 250 mg
Consumer Price (100 tablets): $15739
Cost of general active ingredients: $1.88
Percent markup: 8,372%

Lipitor 20 mg
Consumer Price (100 tablets): $272.37
Cost of general active ingredients: $5.80
Percent markup: 4,696%

Norvasec 10 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $188.29
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14
Percent markup: 134,493%

Paxil 20 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $220.27
Cost of general active ingredients: $7.60
Percent markup: 2,898%

Prevacid 30 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $44.77
Cost of general active ingredients: $1.01
Percent markup: 34,136%

Prilosec 20 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $360.97
Cost of general active ingredients $0.52
Percent markup: 69,417%

Prozac 20 mg
Consumer price (100 t! ablets) : $247.47
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.11
Percent markup: 224,973%


Tenormin 50 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $104.47
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.13
Percent markup: 80,362%

Vasotec 10 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $102.37
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.20
Percent markup: 51,185%


Xanax 1 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets) : $136.79
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.024
Percent markup: 569,958%

Zestril 20 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets) $89.89
Cost of general active ingredients $3.20
Percent markup: 2,809%

Zithromax 600 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $1,482.19
Cost of general active ingredients: $18.78
Percent markup: 7,892%

Zocor 40 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $350.27
Cost of general active ingredients: $8.63
Percent markup: 4,059%

Zoloft 50 mg
Consumer price: $206.87
Cost of general active ingredients: $1.75
Percent markup: 11,821%

Since the cost of prescription drugs is so outrageous, I thought
everyone I knew should know about this. Please read the following and
pass it on. It pays to shop around.
This helps to solve the mystery as to why they can afford to put
a Walgreen's on every corner.

On Monday night, Steve Wilson, an investigative reporter for Channel 7
News in Detroit, did a story on generic drug price gouging by pharmacies.
He found in his investigation, that some of these generic drugs were marked
up as much as 3,000% or more Yes, that's not a typo ... three thousand
percent!
So often, we blame the drug companies for the high cost of drugs, and
usually
rightfully so. But in this case, the fault clearly lies with the pharmacies
themselves. For example, if you had to buy a prescription drug, and bought
the
name brand, you might pay $100 for 100 pills.
The pharmacist might tell you that if you get the generic equivalent,
they would only cost $80, making you think you are "saving" $20. What
the pharmacist is not telling you is that those 100 generic pills may
have only cost him $10!

At the end of the report, one of the anchors asked Mr. Wilson whether or
not there were any pharmacies that did not adhere to this practice, and
he said that Costco, Sam's Club and other discount volume stores
consistently
charged little over their cost for the generic drugs I went to the discount
store's website, where you can look up any drug, and get its online price.
It says that the in-store prices are consistent with the online prices.
I was appalled.
Just to give you one example from my own experience, I had to use the drug,
Comparing, which helps prevent nausea in chemo patients.
I used the generic equivalent, which cost $54.99 for 60 pills at CVS.
I checked the price at Costco, and I could have bought 100 pills for $19.89.
For 145 of my pain pills, I paid $72.57. I could have got 150 at
another discount store for $28.08. I would like to mention,! that
although these are a "membership" type store, you do NOT have to be a
member to buy prescriptions there, as it is a
federally regulated substance. You just tell them at the door that you
wish to use the pharmacy, and they will let you in. (This is true, I
went there this past Thursday
and asked them.)

A Marriage Prayer

"God fill your marriage
With memories to treasure…

Of faith and trust along the way
Of love too deep to measure…

And bring to you as man and wife,
The happiness of knowing,

That God who fills your cup of life,
will keep it overflowing."

A Nurse's Prayer

"Let me dedicate my life today
To the care of those
Who come my way.

Let me touch each one
with healing hand
and the gentle art
for which I stand.

And then tonight
when day is done,
O let me rest in peace
if I helped just one…"

A Police Officer's Prayer

"Lord, I ask for courage
Courage to face and conquer my own fears.
Courage to take me where others will not go.

I ask strength
Strength of body to protect others,
And strength of spirit to lead others.

I ask for dedication
Dedication to my job, to do it well,
Dedication to my community, to keep it safe.

Give me, Lord, concern for those who trust me,
And compassion for those who need me.
And please, Lord, through it all,
Be at my side."

Children's Prayer

"Now I lay me
down to sleep,
I pray the Lord
my soul to keep.
May angels watch me
through the night,
and wake me with
the morning light."



Deputy Sheriff's Prayer

"When I start my tour of duty God,
wherever crime may be,
As I walk the darkened streets alone,
let me be close to thee.

Please give me understanding
with both the young and old.
Let me listen with attention
until their story's told.

Let me never make a judgement
in a rash or callous way.
But let me hold my patience,
let each man have his say.

Lord if some dark and dreary night,
I must give my life,
Lord with your everlasting love,
protect my family and my wife."

Good Night
Oiche Mhaith

"Sleep sweet within this room
who er though art
And let not dreams of yesterday
disturb thy heart.
Nor let tomorrow, with its
fear of coming ill.

Thy maker is thy changeless friend,
His love surrounds thee still.

The stars are watching overhead,
Put out each earthborne light.
Sleep sweep, Good night.

Good Night"

-Irish Blessing

Oiche Mhaith

I Said A Prayer

"I said a prayer for you today, (NAME),
And know God must have heard.
I felt the answer in my heart,
Although He spoke no word.

I didn't ask for wealth or fame,
I knew you wouldn't mind.
I asked Him to send treasures,
Of a far more lasting kind.

I asked that He'd be near you,
At the start of each new day.
To grant you health and blessings,
And friends to share your way.

I asked for happiness for you,
In all things great and small.
But it was His loving care,
I prayed for most of all."

Kitchen Prayer

"God bless my little kitchen,
I love its every nook.
And Bless me as I do my work,
Wash pots and pans and cook.

And may the meals that I prepare
Be seasoned from above,
With Thy great blessing
And Thy grace,
But most of all Thy Love."

Lawyer's Prayer

"Our Father, who shall be termed party of the first part,
Whose place of business is in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.

Thy Kingdom, pursuant to terms and conditions, come.
Thy will, duly uncontested, be done on earth,
in so far as existing statutes permit, as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our debts,
notwithstanding claims, liens and legal costs, as we,
who shall be termed party of the second part, forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation (i.e., sin, corruption, greed, gluttony, etc.),
but deliver us from evil, the nature of which shall be determined by the Court.
For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and, pending appeal, the Glory forever."

Amen

Native People's Prayer

"Oh Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds
and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me.
I am small and weak, I need your strength and wisdom.
Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold
the red and purple sunset.

Make my hands respect the things that you have
created and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand the sacred
things you have taught my people. Help me to learn
the many lessons that you have hidden in every
part of creation. I seek strength not to be greater
than my brother or sister, but to fight and conquer
my greatest enemy - myself.

Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands
and straight eyes, so when life fades as the fading
sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame."

Policeman's Prayer

"When I start my tour of duty God,
wherever crime may be,
As I walk the darkened streets alone,
let me be close to thee.

Please give me understanding
with both the young and old.
Let me listen with attention
until their story's told.

Let me never make a judgement
in a rash or callous way.
But let me hold my patience,
let each man have his say.

Lord if some dark and dreary night,
I must give my life,
Lord with your everlasting love,
protect my family and my wife."

The Lord's Prayer

"Our Father
Who art in Heaven
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth,
As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those
Who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil;
For Thine is the Kingdom,
And the Power.
And the Glory, forever.
Amen"

The Serenity Prayer

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things
I cannot change, courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.

Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it.

Trusting that He will make all things right if I
surrender to His Will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
Amen"

The Snowflake Prayer

"Thank You, God,
For the gift of winter.
For the cold frosty snow
And shimmering icicles,
For frozen lakes and rivers,
And most of all for snowflakes,
Ever so beautiful, so special,
So one of a kind.

Let them remind me that
I am like that in Your eyes…
So beautiful, so special,
So one of a kind.
Thank You, God for snowflakes,
Thank You God, for me."

A Pastor's Prayer

"Give me concern for others
A willingness to seek out those in need....

Give me courage
The boldness of spirit to face and conquer fear,
to share and endure the ordeal
of one who needs me....

Give me strength
Strength of heart, to bear whatever burden
might be placed upon me...
and strength of body to deliver to safety
all those placed within my care....

Give me the wisdom to lead
the compassion to comfort,
and the love to serve unselfishly
wherever You take me....

And please, Lord, through it all,
be at my side."