No Smooshing!Written by Gary E. Anderson
No Smooshing! (From book No Smooshing!) Gary E. Anderson www.abciowa.comHigh school football is in full swing, and it’s fun to sit in stands on a crisp autumn night and watch our kids play. It can also be source of some pretty funny comments by fans, especially mothers who may be watching only football games they’ll ever witness—or care to witness, for that matter. For instance, during one recent game, our cheerleaders were standing with their backs to field, leading a cheer of “hold ‘em, hold ‘em!” when one of fathers in stands yelled out, “Girls! I think that’s illegal!” He was right, of course, since our team happened to be on offense at time. But real gem of that night was an observation made by halfback’s mother. After watching her son trying to run off-tackle twice in a row, only to get caught up in a tangled pile of bodies at line of scrimmage, she said, “You know, it seems to me they’d do a lot better if they wouldn’t all just smoosh together like that.” Although her comment brought gales of laughter from everyone around her, and rest of night was punctuated by various people yelling “no smooshing!” toward players on field, I had to admit—the lady was right. Our plays would have gone better if everyone just stopped smooshing. All next week, that “no smooshing” comment kept playing through my mind, and more I thought about it, more I realized that life itself is like that football game. The key to success often lies in our ability to avoid getting caught up in tangle of everyday problems and to break into open field—in other words, to avoid smooshing.
| | FISHING WITH VELCROWritten by NLCATFISH
You have permission to publish this article in its entirety either, electronically or in print, free of charge. As long as bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be greatly appreciated! Thank You. FISHING WITH VELCRO Over years I have made improvements in my fishing boat with help of Velcro. I have a portable fish-finder so to mount it and be able to remove it easily this was my fix. I glued down a number of one type of Velcro strips to my boats bench seat. The other type of Velcro strips to bottom of mounting bar on fish-finder. This arrangement holds finder firmly, yet just lift up and it is moved around so I can see screen when I am sitting in my fishing seat. Allows easy removal to pack away at end of fishing day. The second use I found was on form rubber seat I use while controlling my outboard motor. The same manner of strips on bench seat of boat and bottom of foam seat. Holds firm while in use yet easy to remove and store at end of day.
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