European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Don t let Bram rust from misuse Charles Osgood Tribune Media service some things a person should t do too often and some believe thinking is one of them. There Are those who will Lei you that when it comes to using your head Quantity and Quality Are inversely proportional. Therefore the less often you think the better. Once in the years when Eric severe id was doing his thoughtful commentaries on a the lbs evening news with Walter Cronkite Quot the vice president in charge of radio news tried to persuade him to do a separate nightly a think. Piece for radio. The vice president whose office was in new York went to Washington to Beard the lion in his Den. Severeid Ever the gentleman listened politely but declined. Then he explained with a smile a Severeid thinks but once a it be great to have to put your brain in gear Only once a Day now 1 realize that severe id a thoughts Are Worth More than mine. He could afford to make a living on one thought a Day. In my Case it takes four daily. Radio pieces a television newscast and two news blocks on a a lbs this morning a not to mention a couple of newspaper columns per week to pay the grocery Bills. That Means i have to think at least seven times a Day and sometimes eight. In be been told that this causes excessive Wear and tear on the thinking gears. But i done to know. Use it or lose it is my motto. Most of us Are More in danger of having our brains rust than Wear out. The father of my lbs news colleague Terry Smith had the right idea. In one of the last columns the great red Smith wrote before his death he related a conversation with publisher Johns Knight. According to Smith Knight said Quot nobody can write six Good columns a week. Why Don t you write three want me to fix it up a Quot look or. Smith replied. A what if i wrote three stinkers i have the rest of the week to recover. One of the beauties of this Job is that there a always tomorrow. Tomorrow things will be Smith was pretty sure writing less help him to write any better. Besides writing and thinking do not necessarily go hand in hand. You can think Alt Day Long without writing a single thing Down. And As 1 myself have frequently demonstrated it is possible to write All Day without having a single coherent thought. Before putting Tongue in motion pen to paper or fingers to word processor its a Good idea to Check first to make sure the brain is engaged. There Are those who prefer action to thought and would be Happy if there were less thinking and More doing in this world. But if you ask me the world could do with a Little less doing and a lot More thought. No kidding Rock of ageless performers Ages in 1990 Rahgo Starr a 50 Bob Dylan a 49 Paul Mccartney a 48 George Harrison �?47 Mick Dagger a 47 Diana Ross a 46 Cher a 44 Bruce Springsteen a 41 source world fio Tureo Syndicate How men react to attractive women brazilian a puts imaginary Telescope to Eye greek a strokes his Cheek Frenchman a kisses fingertips Arab a grasps his Beard italian a rotates forefinger on Cheek source do end taboos around the world names rejected for Snow Whites 7 dwarfs awful a Batty stubby Stuffy wheezy jumpy Burpy source Snow White july 8, 1990 sunday c Page 3
