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*Nose Hair* 11/1/01 ______________________________________ If you enjoy this free daily email service, I encourage you to spread the word to family and friends that we may bring inspiration into the lives of many! If you are not on the list and this has been passed along to you, join the thousands of Heart Touchers readers around the world by sending an e-mail with the word "Subscribe" in the subject line to: HeartTouchers@aol.com Visit our inspirational web site and read all the past stories in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com ____________________________________________ Michael's long awaited book Straight From the Heart: "A Celebration of Life," is finally here! Close to 200 pages of true short stories filled with love and laughter await you! Visit our web site to order the EBook, or to order by credit card! You can also read some sample stories from the book here! http://HeartTouchers.com/michael_t__powers/ AOL Users Click below: Straight From the Heart: A Celebration of Life To order your autographed copy at no extra charge, send a check or money order for $18 ($14.95 for the book and $3.05 for shipping and handling) made out to Michael T. Powers, and then send to: Michael T. Powers 1918 Liberty Lane Janesville, WI 53545 For two books add $4 for shipping and handling and for three books add $5 for shipping and handling. If you want four or more autographed copies of our book you only pay $5 for shipping and handling. Be sure to let us know who you would like it autographed for and then allow about two weeks for us to sign it and send it on its way to you. _________________________________________ Before we get to today's humorous story by Heart Touchers regular, Al Batt, I wanted to let everyone know about another Heart Touchers writer, Irene Budzynski. Irene and her story Night Shift will be the centerpiece on the November 1 radio program called Night Sounds, which is on later in the evening, nationwide. To find out when the show will air in your area and on what station, log on to http://www.NightSoundsRadio.org Those who have been Heart Touchers readers for any length of time know that Irene is a gifted writer, So you won't want to miss it! (You can also read the interview we did with Irene a couple of weeks ago at HeartTouchers.com and clicking on the "HT Authors" button!) From my family to yours, Michael _________________________________________ NOSE HAIR By Al Batt I have reached that mystical age where the hair that is disappearing from the top of my head is magically appearing in my nose. There is a regular rain forest growing in my schnozzola. You would think that I work in a factory that manufactures hair-restorer and that I spend 8 hours a day plus overtime inhaling Rogaine fumes. Well, tough times require fast action. What I need is a nose hair trimmer. I pay a visit to my favorite drug store. I walk in with my head held high. I have to, it's the only way my bifocals will work. The pharmacist greets me like I am a rich uncle at the door. "Why, Mr. Batt, what a pleasant surprise. We are always so happy to see you." With his howdying done, he presses the button on the store's intercom. In an instant, the facility's speakers blare the news, "Attention, all departments. Al Batt has entered the building. I repeat, Al Batt has entered the building. All those in need of a good laugh, please gather in aisle 11." Aisle 11. An aisle that I am all too familiar with. It is the aisle that contains the various ointments for the treatment of cuts, scrapes, abrasions, chafing, slivers, scratches, bites, burns, stings, itches, irritations, sunburn, dry skin, wounds and other assorted owies. "I don't think I deserve such treatment," I protest. "I agree, but the store isn't often very busy at this time of the day. Let me call my wife and maybe she can bring her church circle in. You deserve a crowd. I can't tell you how much your little visits do for the morale of everyone who works here," said the druggist. He has to yell in order to be heard over the din caused by all of the people scrambling to get to aisle 11. "Sometimes, we get to feeling a little sorry for ourselves. After all, we are only human. Then you show up and we realize that we don't have it so bad. What is the rash du jour?" "I will require no ointment today," I answer. "What? You can't mean that. The entire store is gathered in aisle 11. Why, your ointment use is legendary. Please tell me that you are kidding. This will have a devastating impact on employee morale. Profits will plummet. Jobs will be lost. Homes will be foreclosed upon. People will suffer from depression. Divorces will run rampant." "I am sorry to disappoint you, but I need a tool this time." "A tool?" "Yes. A manly tool. Something I can use to chop things down. " "An axe? A handsaw? I'm afraid we don't handle chainsaws. This is great. If you buy one of these things, you will need a lot of ointment. An axe would be a good thing for you to have. I've noticed that a number of the weeds on your lawn grow to tree-like proportions." "No, the tool I need is even more masculine than a double-edged axe. What I need is_and here I am going to depend on your professionalism in keeping this confidential_what I need is a nose hair trimmer." "A nose hair trimmer? This is wonderful. This is even better than the rarest of ointments." Here he pauses to make another store announcement about my need for a nose hair trimmer. It appears that no one knows where such trimmers are located, so everyone gathers around the fingernail clipper display. I take this opportunity to sneak out the front door. Have I gotten my nose hair trimmer? No, I am waiting for Black and Decker to come out with a 5 horsepower, diesel powered one that not only trims, but also vacuums, mulches and aerates. When I harvest a crop, I really harvest a crop. Al Batt SnoEowl@aol.com Write Al and let him know what you thought of his story! _______________________________ Al Batt lives on a farm near Hartland, Minnesota. Besides being a husband to Gail, father and grandfather; Al is a newspaper columnist, a radio and TV personality, a storyteller, a tour leader and an avid birder. Al Batt RR1 Box 56A Hartland, M 56042 SnoEowl@aol.com _________________________________________ Reader Feedback! I enjoyed reading Trisha's story. We too are in the adoption process and it is such a long ordeal. We have had our daughter since she was ten months old and in November she will be four years old. We used to go to our local Children's Home before we got our daughter and get children for the holidays and they really blessed our hearts to help them. We hope one day that we will be able to do it again when our daughter is older. Thanks again for the story. Cheryl cmann@carolina.rr.com ************ Thank you for that story it was inspiring, and I too believe that God always provides for us. I came from a broken marriage 2 years ago where I loved a man so much that I almost built him into a god but then found out he had feet of clay. It almost destroyed me, but i asked God for his help, and he has provided it every step of the way.....i went from a very substantial income to barely enough to live on and it was hard, but God provided family and friends to help me every step of the way.....without his help i would have not made it and i thank him every day.....I am slowly building a good life for myself and ask God's guidance through it all, i sometimes forget to thank him i am sure, but i know he understands, i know that God is the one who will never abandon me but always be there if i take the time to speak with him thank you for your story it did make me realize that i need to look to God and thank him more often for what he has done for me thanks Margaret ******** Dear Michael, I am in awe. When you printed my story last Tuesday, I never DREAMED how many responses would come by email. I have spent an entire WEEK reading them, with tears running down my cheeks every day. It's taken me a whole week just to answer all of them! People from all over the country have written and even people from other countries. It is incredible to me -- and I am so blessed to see that the Lord could use my simple little (unprofessionally written!) story to bring glory to Himself. Thanks for your faithfulness in doing God's work His way. I know that He does, and will continue, to bless you for all you do for Him. Your friend in Christ, Holly Johnson poochkie1@yahoo.com _________________________________________ Thought For The Day: "Blessed is the man who having nothing to say, abstains from giving in words evidence of the fact." -- George Eliot Verse for the Day: "The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark." -- James 3:5 Kid's Thought For The Day: "You can't ask to start over just because you're losing the game." Parent's Thought For The Day: "The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant -- and let the air out of their tires." -- Dorothy Parker Coach's Thought For The Day: "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -- John Wooden Deep Thought For The Day: "A customer called an airline's reservation office to pay for his ticket with a credit card. He was asked, "Would you please spell the name as it appears on the card?" The customer replied, "V-I-S-A." ___________________________________________ REQUESTS: A few weeks ago I asked prayer for my wife, she had a mole removed from her foot. The test results came back negative. We are so thankful. I even had a reader send me an E-mail a few days ago to see how my wife was, what a blessing to know that people remember and pray for people they do not know. Again thank you and God bless all. Montie montieh@msn.com ___________________________________________ _ /_/\/\ MICHAEL T. POWERS \_\ / HeartTouchers@aol.com /_/ \ "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no \_\/\ \ longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I \_\/ live in the body I live for the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20 ___________________________________________ The copyrights to the stories that appear in Heart Touchers are owned by the authors and are used with their permission. We refuse to run stories without the author's permission and contact info listed after the story. We also refuse to publish stories listed as "author unknown." (All of which violates Copyright Law and the rights of the authors.) This e-mail may be forwarded in its entirety, but please do not cut and paste the stories to be used elsewhere unless you have contacted and been given permission by the individual writer. 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