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Seems it’s getting hard- er and harder to find hu morous (yet not vulgar) material for people of a certain age to enjoy. Here is a glimpse of some signs or billboards that have been randomly seen across the United States. Enjoy!!!1.

One snowy Christmas Eve our family decided, at the last minute, to drive to Texas to see my wife’s parents. Weather advisories warned us to stay home but we said “We’ll drive slowly. Who cares how long it takes us to get there?” But after traveling an hour the fierce storm forcedus to turn back.

Dear Santa Clause, I think that I have been very bad this year. Do you want to know some things I did? O.K. I’ll tell you anyway. First of all, I have been planning to dominate the world. I’ve done other bad things also. That is the worst. Now, I will name some things that you will get me (or else).

For many folks, it’s that dreaded time again. The Christmas holiday dinner with the extended family.The event that causes you to have to make a choice. A choice between seeing Mom’s happy smile because everyone came, or staying home so you don’t have to be around The Tongue this year.

The other day I was sitting in my chair overseeing my domain which consists of my television. I was watching football or golf or Gunsmoke or something when Gayla came into the room and announced she was going to The WalMarts. She said I should go with her.I said that I would not go.

First black graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an In- dian Wars army officer, Henry Ossian Flip per, eldest son of Festus and Isabella Flipper, was born a slave on March 21, 1856, in Thomasville, Georgia. He was a mulatto and possessed some Cherokee ancestry.

Veterans Day is a time to pay respect to those who have served. For one day, we stand united in respect for you, our veterans. This holiday started as a day to re- flect upon the heroism of those who died in our country’s service and what was originally called Armistice Day.

“I hate this, I don’t want to have to go thru this!” Don’t blame you for feeling that. But sometimes, maybe you need ‘this’. Maybe, it’s going to prepare you for something that is coming your way, years from now. Or just maybe, it is to shape you into becoming a better person.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.

No other state or place has such a rich and profound story as that of the Buffalo Soldier history in Oklahoma. Black Americans fought in every war in which the United States engaged, including the Revolutionary War. They fought for “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.