Teenagers not known by the sweat of their brows

"Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.

- Heywood Broun

Young people, I am told, don't like to sweat.

While previous generations often revered sweat and the labor it represented, that appears to be changing. A news release from Certain Dri Antiperspirant Roll-On tells me 14 million U.S. teens admit to having a problem with perspiration.

According to the poll results, 54 percent of teens think sweating people are nervous; 27 percent think sweating people are sick; 9 percent think the sweating person is weird.

That's probably the opposite of older generations, who think sweating people are working people; sweating people are productive people; sweating people are busy people - all good things.

The only thing we don't like sweating about is the future, which, as usual, appears to be in doubt.

TRAVELS CONTINUE: James and Camilla Hooper, of Edgefield, S.C., send two postcards - one from San Francisco, where they visited the Golden Gate Bridge, and another from Las Vegas, where the temperature was 115 degrees.

Elaine Wilcher, of Louisville, Ga., sends more cards from Oregon and Idaho, where the weather is nice and cool.

Frank and DoraLea Nagles, of Evans, are getting around. They sent one card from Delaware and another from Mackinac Island, Mich.

Harriet Wilkinson and Pamela Anderson are having a great cruise around Hawaii, visiting Fanning Island, where "time has stood still ... no electricity and no running water."

Bob and Barbara Durland; Dave, Tammy, Hunter and Ally Burgess; and Jason, April and Noah Ward send two more cards from England.

The Hill family - Keith, Dale, Nicole and Rachel - send a sunny hello from Myrtle Beach, S.C. Len, Nancy, Stephanie, Todd and Lemuel, of North Augusta, are enjoying the fishing, sailing and eating on Maryland's eastern shore.

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TODAY'S JOKE: A retiree was given a set of golf clubs by his co-workers. Thinking he'd try the game, he asked the local pro for lessons, explaining that he knew nothing whatever of the game.

The pro showed him the stance and swing, then said, "Just hit the ball toward the flag on the first green."

The novice teed up and smacked the ball straight down the fairway and onto the green, where it stopped inches from the hole.

The pro was stunned.

"Now what?" the fellow asked the speechless golf expert.

"Uh ... well," he stammered, "you're supposed to hit the ball into the cup."

"Oh, great!" said the beginner. "Why didn't you tell me before?"

Reach Bill Kirby at (706) 823-3344 or bill.kirby@augustachronicle.com.