If I were any better, I would be twins
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.

I choose to be in a good mood."

Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.

Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.

"Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.

You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."

I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it!

Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.

I saw him about six months after the accident.

When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Do you wanna see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. He continued, "…the paramedics were great.

They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'."

Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34.
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
You have two choices now:
1. Forget this.
2. Pass it to the people you care about. Have an "amazing" day!

The Great English Culture
CHAV SCUM
Before visiting this wonderful Country you'll want to learn a few things about Tony Blair's Britain that'll make any Englishman's heart glow with pride. Visit www.chavscum.co.uk and discover why the English are so loved and respected all around the world. Sit in awe at their beauty, marvel at their intelligence, avoid them like the plague.

Meaning of Life
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand- chocolate-dipped strawberries in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming - WOO HOO! What a Ride!

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Who's is the warmest & friendliest? Vote Here
Who have you had the most fun with? You know, laugh factor. Vote Here
Which nation has the Hottest natives?
Vote for Boys here
Vote for Girls here

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Cehck Tihs Out
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a ttoal mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Kinda amzanig huh?

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Wise Words
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

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Beer
Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel shamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
~ Jack Handy
 
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
~ Benjamin Franklin
 
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. "
~Frank Sinatra
 
"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
~ Henny Youngman
 
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."
~ Stephen Wright
 
"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!"
~ Brian O'Rourke
 
"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
~ Dave Barry
 
BEER: HELPING UGLY PEOPLE HAVE SEX SINCE 3000 B.C.!!!
 
Remember "I" before "E", except in Budweiser.
 
To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in a can!
 
"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

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THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:

1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.

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Retro Xmas
As Christmas hoves noisily into view for another year, and the marketing divisions of the world's toy companies go into overdrive, we inevitably start to ponder... was it all like this in our day?
Read on...

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Buying a Bacardy Breezer In the Australian outback - chuckle chuckle
Send your travel funnies to FunnyOnes@LostAmigos.com

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Harbin China PhotoLog by Elkin
Big thanks to Elkin Atwell from Brixton UK who has just returned form a trip to Harbin China. He brilliantly captured his trip in photographs and kindly posted them (200 approx.) here to share his facinating experience with us all. I think you'll agree he has done a wonderful job. We love him and if we ever meet him will buy him loads of strong continental beer as show of our appreciation.
You can also chat with him here
 

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Your Email Addresses (keep 'em up to date)
It's heartbreaking to see messages sent and so many reunions that could have been if hotmail & AOL accounts had not expired.
If your email changes please update your profile, trust us it's worth it.
 

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This is what it's about (A letter from one of our members)
"Hey there fellows, i must write you and tell you about the most wonderful thing that happened to me,and it's all because of you.
i found love,my sweetheart from sweden.we are talking on a regular bases everyday now,and are very in love.i'm going to sweden in the end of this month,and we already talking about me moving there to live with her.she's so lovely,i love her so.
this is the most strange thing,she was a volunteer here in 1984,and she met an english guy who was also a volunteer here at the same time.they got married and moved to sweden. they are devorced for two years now.
i found him on your site,and we talked a little bit,i know him very well because we worked together in the bannanas back in 1984.
then a day after hw wrote,his ex-wife which i also know of course wrote me.he told her that he has found me and gave her your site address.we started talking,we know each other very well since 1984,and soon we fell in love.now we can't live one day without writing to each other,we miss each other 24hr a day. funny enough,it was her ex-husband who by indirect way connected us to eachother.what can i say ??? this is so great,i don't know how can i ever thank you.what a small world.if we'll get married,you will be the first to be invited,as my best man's :-)
you are the best matchmakers ever :-) :-) :-)
Thanks so much,you made me a very happy :-) man.
cheers,and keep up the good work, "
 

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Woman's Own Magazine article
This popular magazine recently did a couple of paragraphs about us:
 
Summer lovin’— the sequel
Ever thought you might have met your dream man on holiday, but lost contact once your feet were back on home soil? Perhaps you struck up a friendship with someone abroad years ago and then forgot about them. A new website, www.LostAmigos.net, can reunite you with your long-lost holiday interest.
A brilliant twist on the hugely popular friendreunite website, LostAmigos could help put a stop to those sleepless nights wondering if that tryst with Dave from Southend in Benidorm 10 years ago really was the stuff of dreams. You won't know till you ask!
 

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One Story of Many
Once upon a time a Latvian Girl met a Guernsey boy in a far away land. Time went by and sadly they lost contact. Then one day, 8 years later Guernsey Boy types his name into Google. Magically he was led to LostAmigos.Net were Latvian Girl was waiting. And they all lived happily reunited.
The moral of this true story is 'Make sure you're on this site and your details are complete.'
 

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