The South Marysburgh Mirror Druella Acantha Melvina's Column Money will buy a fine dog, but only love will make its tail wag. dod ok kok ok ok ok You know you're aging.......... (1) When you feel like the morning after and you haven't been anywhere. (2) When your children begin to look middle aged. (3) When you turn out the lights for economics rather than romantic reasons. (4) When your knees buckle and your belt won't. (5) When your back goes out more than you do. (6) When your pacemaker opens the garage door. (7) When the little old gray haired lady you help across the street is your wife. (8) When you sink your teeth into a steak and they stay there. * ok ok kok ok ok ok Strawberry Muffins 2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. nutmeg 1/2 tsp. salt Stir together and make a well in the centre. Combine 2 eggs beaten 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup buttermilk and pour into the well in the centre. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Gently fold in 1/2 cup strawberry jam. Put in muffin tins and bake 20 minutes at 375 Degrees F. kk kook ok ok ok dk Barbecue season is here -- Remember! Don't place your cooked hamburgs, wieners, etc. on the same plates you carried the raw meat on. Bacteria love to grow here. * kk kk ok kk A farmer, working in his field, noticed a county truck stop by the side of the road. A man got out, dug a hole and got back in the truck. A few minutes later a second man got out of the same truck, filled up the hole, tamped the dirt and got back in the truck. They drove a short distance and repeated the process--several times. Finally the farmer could stand it no longer and went over to ask what they were doing. "We're on a highway beautification project," the driver said, "and the guy who plants the trees is home sick today."