Notes from Dottie and the Sommers -We are going to Africa in 2013

To Dottie:

Congratulations on the wedding of your granddaughter.  Such a wonderful
occasion.  Nan and I just got home from two + weeks on the east coast.
Chuck and Marilyn just got home an OAT Turkey trip.  We four went on the
China trip together this past spring.  That is a good one.  We're doing the
initial planning for OAT Africa in '13.  Wanna come? Cheers, Tom
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Dorothy Erdman [mailto:derdman14@gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 9:06 AM
Subject: Our trip starting tomorrow
 
Hi Everyone,
 
Bob and I are headed out tomorrow morning for about 10 days.  We'll be
attending our granddaughter's wedding in northern California.  Our plans
are to be back home on November 16th before dark.
 
Have a great Veteran's Day weekend, and please give special remembrance to
our past and present members of our armed services.  They have done so much
and are continuing to keep us safe and sound.
 
Love,  Dottie Erdman
 

 

New post from Dottie

This makes such good sense to me that I simply had to share it with almost everyone on my email list.  Thank you for reading it thoroughly. 

Love,  Dottie

Subject: ABSOLUTELY NECESSITY

     You are one of my 20....... Ok, I added a couple in case I have dated e-mail addresses for some of you.

   The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified!  Why?  Simple!  The people demanded it.  That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail,

 before cell phones, etc.

  

 Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.

 I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

  

 In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message.  This is one idea that really should be passed around.

  

 Congressional Reform Act of 2011

 1. Term Limits.

  

         12 years only, one of the possible options below..

  

                 A. Two Six-year Senate terms

  

                 B. Six Two-year House terms

  

                 C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms

  

 2.  No Tenure / No Pension.

  

            A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

  

 3.  Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.

  

            All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately.  All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American

            people.

  

 4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

  

 5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.  Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

  

 6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

  

 7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

  

 8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.

   

 The American people did not make the current contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.

  

 Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

  

 If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only

 take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message.

 Maybe it is time.

  

 THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it on.   If not, just delete

  

 You are one of my 20+.  Please keep it going.

Happy New Year Chuckles

This past year has proven to be the year of stupidity and political correctness so I am including an item sent to me by a friend:

Thanks everyone!


As we progress toward the end of 2010, I want to thank all of you for your educational e-mails over the past year. I am totally screwed up now and have little chance of recovery.

I no longer open a bathroom door without using a paper towel, or have the waitress put lemon slices in my ice water without worrying about the bacteria on the lemon peel.

I can’t use the remote in a hotel room because I don’t know what the last person was doing while flipping through the adult movie channels.

I can’t sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has happened on it since it was last washed.

I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the number one pastime while driving alone is picking one’s nose.

Eating a little snack sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine how many gallons of trans fats I have consumed over the years.

I can’t touch any woman’s purse for fear she has placed it on the floor of a public bathroom.

I MUST SEND MY SPECIAL THANKS to whoever sent me the one about rat poop in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every envelope that needs sealing.

ALSO, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.

I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die for the 1,387,258th time.

I no longer have any money, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.

I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa’s Novena has granted my every wish.

I can’t have a drink in a bar because I’ll wake up in a bathtub full of ice with my kidneys gone.

I can’t eat at KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes, feet or feathers.

I can’t use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.

THANKS TO YOU I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.

BECAUSE OF YOUR CONCERN, I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.

I no longer buy gas without taking someone along to watch the car so a serial killer doesn’t crawl in my back seat when I’m filling up.

I no longer drink Pepsi or Fanta since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put ‘Under God’ on their cans.

I no longer use Cling Wrap in the microwave because it causes seven different types of cancer.

AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW I can’t boil a cup of water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face. Disfiguring me for life.

I no longer go to the movies because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS when I sit down.

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.

I no longer receive packages from UPS or Fed Ex since they are actually Al Qaeda agents in disguise.

And I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica , Uganda , Singapore , and Uzbekistan ...

I no longer buy cookies from Neiman-Marcus since I now have their recipe.

THANKS TO YOU I can’t use anyone’s toilet but mine because a big black snake could be lurking under the seat and cause me instant death when it bites my butt.

AND THANKS TO YOUR GREAT ADVICE I can’t ever pick up $0.25 coin dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting to grab me as I bend over

I no longer drive my car because buying gas from some companies supports Al Qaeda, and buying gas from all the others supports South American dictators.

I can’t do any gardening because I’m afraid I’ll get bitten by the Violin Spider and my hand will fall off.

If you don’t send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 pm. tomorrow afternoon, and the fleas from 120 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor’s ex-mother-in-law’s second husband’s cousin’s best friend’s beautician . . .

Oh, by the way.....

A German scientist from Argentina , after a lengthy study, has discovered that people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their hand on the mouse.

Don’t bother taking it off now, it’s too late.

P. S.: I now keep my toothbrush in the living room, because I was told by e-mail that water splashes over 6 ft. out of the toilet.

New post from Dottie

For all Americans - click on link below to start video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=KTb6qdPu8JE

Area Code 809 SCAM

This seems pretty important to me. I hope I am not just sending nonsense forward, but I sure don't want any of my loved ones--- friends or family---- to be on the ugly end of this scam.

Love, Dottie

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READ THIS!!!!!!!!

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Snopes and AT&T verified. See bottom of this e-mail. This sounds like a serious warning. 809 Area Code We actually received a call last week from the 809 area code. The woman said 'Hey,this is Karen .. Sorry I missed you--get back to us quickly. I have something important to tell you..' Then she repeated a phone number beginning with 809 We did not respond. Then this week, we received the following e-mail: Do Not DIAL AREA CODE 809, 284, AND 876 THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US BY AT&T. DON'T EVER DIAL AREA CODE 809 This one is being distributed all over the US ... This is pretty scary, especially given the way they try to get you to call. Be sure you read this and pass it on. They get you to call by telling you that it is information about a family member who has been ill or to tell you someone has been arrested, died, or to let you know you have won a wonderful prize, etc.. In each case, you are told to call the 809 number right away. Since there are so many new area codes these days, people unknowingly return these calls. If you call from the U.S. , you will apparently be charged $2,425 per-minute. Or, you'll get a long recorded message... The point is, they will try to keep you on the phone as long as possible to increase the charges. WHY IT WORKS: The 809 area code is located in the Dominican Republic .. The charges afterward can become a real nightmare. That's because you did actually make the call. If you complain, both your local phone company and your long distance carrier will not want to get involved and will most likely tell you that they are simply providing the billing for the foreign company. You'll end up dealing with a foreign company that argues they have done nothing wrong. Please forward this entire message to your friends, family and colleagues to help them become aware of this scam. AT&T VERIFIES IT'S TRUE : http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=6045 SNOPES VERIFIES IT'S TRUE: http://www.snopes.com/fraud/telephone/809.asp

Family

From Dottie (click on the black screen below to start video
and have some tissues ready). At the end of the video, a link is available:

Greetings from the Sommers and Milams

April 2010 greetings from Aphrodites Rock, Cyprus:

Look like the four of you are having a great time. Keep on trucking.

June

and...

How cool!!!  And how proud it made me for you to toast my son, David, =

and his partner, Vince---- at least that is what I thought you said!!!

What a great trip you must be having and I wish I were a mouse in your =

pockets!!!

Love, Dottie

more...

How nice to be able to share a sunset with you.  April 5.  I was in
Cappadocia, Turkey, that day.  We enjoyed the same sunset.  Nice to
keep connected. 

Claire