By Andy and Renie Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com Cheating –– taking what you didn’t earn. Yeah, that’s a real self-esteem builder. “I’m not brainy enough or strong enough to do it myself, I have to ‘borrow’ from someone else.”

Do this one. (If your spouse is a bit squeamish, then best accomplish this without them being in the kitchen) Catch a live toad. Fill a large pan with cool water and place the pan on the stove. Put the toad in the pan and then turn the burner on to low heat. The innocent soon-to-be-in-danger toad will sit contentedly in that water, never dreaming that his nice, personal paradise will begin to heat up and his lovely new home will steadily turn into a personal pit of death. He will sit there enjoying his little pond, not recognizing that is getting warmer, then entirely too warm, and then eventually will cook him to death.

Constitution Minute #45 Let’s do a quick summary of principle points we have covered in the previous columns: • To understand the Constitution, you need to understand the concept of “enumerated” powers, i.e. if a power is not listed, then the federal government has no authority to regulate that subject.

By Andy and Renie Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com “Customer Service” –– the belief that every person walking in through the door of the store needs to be treated as vital to the financial life blood of that business. When did it become “Customer to be Tolerated or Ignored?”

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Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com My husband was walking recently on a sidewalk near our home, when he saw a male who was definitely not in good humor, coming toward him. The dude was quite a bit smaller in size, weighed a lot less, and would be no match if they were to get into a physical fight. But his threatening demeanor and the anger spewing from his mouth let Andy know that a friendly conversation wasn’t on his mind.