Cybersalt News

Today's Cybersalt mailings have a special "prairie" theme in honor of my mother-in-law, Gladys Priest, who passed away peacefully on Saturday.

Gladys was born in Saskatchewan.  Even after living over half her life in the mountainous Alberni Valley of British Columbia's West coast, Gladys never lost her love of the prairie, nor her ability to find someone in any crowd who was from Saskatchewan.

To kick our theme off, today's featured funny picture on the Cybersalt site has a car with Saskatchewan license plates. You'll find "Car Advantage" at:

http://www.cybersalt.org/funny-car-pictures/lumber-spoiler

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing.

Lost In Canada

An American and his wife were driving in Canada and got lost on the prairie. After what seemed like forever, they finally came to a city.

When they saw a gentleman on the sidewalk they pulled up to the curb and the lady wound down her window and asked: "Excuse me, sir.  Where are we?"

The gentleman replied, "Saskatoon, Saskatchewan."

The woman rolled up the window, turned to her husband and said,

"We really are lost.  They don't even speak English here!"

One-liner #0765

"Farming looks easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from a cornfield."
- Dwight D. 'Ike' Eisenhower

Blogging Farmers

A lot of farmers have been starting online blogs and writing about their wheat.

They're cropping up everywhere.

Quote #1219

"One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact."
- David F. Houston

Prairie Fire

Some people try to punish themselves for their sins. They do not stand on the promises of forgiveness and Christ's propitiation.

"Many years ago, a father and his daughter were walking through the grass on the Canadian prairie. In the distance, they saw a prairie fire, and they realized that it would soon engulf them.

The father knew there was only one way of escape: They would quickly begin a fire right where they were and burn a large patch of grass. When the huge fire drew near, they then would stand on the section that had already burned.

When the flames did approach them, the girl was terrified but her father assured her, 'The flames can't get to us. We are standing where the fire has already been.'"

- Erwin Lutzer, Failure, The Back Door to Success.