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I can’t say we are weird, but I will say we are amazing and complicated. First, we are a lot more than flesh and bones. Our body is more than that. It is composed of millions of cells all performing specific duties in our body. Some are parts of our liver, our lungs, our heart, our kidneys, and the list goes on. Our skin is the largest organ we have, and is very important. A lot of animals have the same kind of innards that humans have and they perform their jobs, whether it is running, jumping or becoming beefsteak. Humans are pretty much the same, but animals are different for a purpose. For instance, a cow has a different purpose in life than does a wolf. A dog is different than a snake etc. Every animal has a purpose in life that is organized. The main difference is that man has a large brain and is able to think, communicate and organize things and control animals. He can talk and intelligently plan ahead, and he can determine how to make decisions and solve problems. Animals cannot do that. Come to think about that, if animals could think and talk, that would make a large difference in our lives. Uff Daa! My friend Ole says a gorilla in the Minnesota Zoo watches television near his cage and he seems to be nearly human, except that he enjoys the commercials. Whatever is done or accomplished takes brain power. It takes a leader, a point man who will devote time to get almost anything accomplished. You cannot just talk about it. You must do it. Do you read the obituary list of people who die each day? I was curious because so many of them are relatively young. I looked into the reasons on Google and found out that smoking is one of the main factors of early death. Google says many smokers never reach the age 65 and those that do suffer from lung cancer and from the lack of oxygen and are required to carry a tank of oxygen with them wherever they go. Not good. In this day and age 65 is time for retirement, and if you are a smoker, it may be your time to die. 65 years of age is retirement age, and the rest of your life is supposed to be a life of relaxed luxury and should permit you to live into your 80’s or 90’s, but not if you are a smoker. You won’t make it! I remember smoking when I was a teenager, and saw my older friends who were in their 50’s at the time suddenly disappear and died because they were smokers. Smoking was in vogue at that time because the cigarette companies promoted smoking. Now when we see an old movie we notice that almost all of the actors were smoking. I quit smoking after about 6 or 8 years and to this day I have a spot on my left lung that could have grown and killed me if I had continued. Luckily it is benign and not dangerous. We wish young people would quit smoking. We don’t see many older people smoking any more. They know the answer and want to live a long normal life and we here in the bank do too. We want you for our customer for many years to come. And hope you live happily into a ripe old age. Right Dave?
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