Opening Stuff:
Every day, somewhere across the great U.S. of A., a handicapped person is accomplishing something truly great. Even if it is incredibly small.
The Tids Community Is A helpful Community Department:
A good contributing reader says he feels that you, the community, "...are interested and informed." Especially when it comes to politics. Is there anything more confusing than the current Repub candidate posturing? I don't think so! help us sort it out. Rate and send in your top 3 possibilities (Or favorites) from the following list of GOP wannabees: Palin, Romney, Huckabee, Christie, Pawlenty, Paul, Thune, Petraeous, Giuliani, Gingrich, Jindal, Bush (Jeb), Barbour and Daniels. Any write-ins?
Why do? Department: Why do people keep all of their junk in the garage and their $40,000 car in the driveway? How come the sick have to walk to the back of the drug store for medications while smokers get their cigs next to the fron door?
The Question:
We haven't had a 2Q day in a long time. Let's go. 1. What do you think men and women wear to breakfast? 2. What mistakes do new, small businesses make most often?
The Headlines:
--Japan Nuke Situation Remains Precarious; Restarting Work In Disabled Plants.--US Stocks Iffy Even As Nikkei Bounces Back Strongly.
--New Home Construction Plunges In Feb.
--Food Pushes Wholesale Prices Up 1.6%.
--Italy's Berlusconi Adopts "Too Old For So Much Sex" Defense.
--Supermarkets make More Dough When Green Shoppers bring their Own Bags.
--Bahrain Forces Force Out Protesters.
--Libya Military Retake Rebel Strongholds.
--Petraeus Ok's Troop Drawdown.
Back to More Stuff:
Numbers Department:
--Total US Newspaper ad revenue slipped once again, now down to $25 Billion. That is exactly the same number we saw for ad revenue in 1985 which, in today's numbers, translates to $49 Billion. Almost half! Now $25 Bil sounds like a lot of dough to me. But relevant it ain't. Papers will continue to get thinner and that $25 Bil will find its way into the Net or other alternatives. --The NCAA Playoffs add up to a big negative if you measure the $3.2 Billion lost in worker productivity and the $2.5 Billion waged in pretty much a hopeless adventure. Now the productivity numbers ad up to about 2 hours of relaxation per employee. Now if all the execs at a much greater hourly rate partake, which they probably do, then hours per employee lost is probably even lower.
When you get older, everything seems like yesterday.In fact I remember everything I have done in every decade of my life. Hmmm. Except yesterday. Does anybody know what I did yesterday?
A lot of these hurriedly put together teacher protests we are seeing these days display signs about many themes. Among the most prominent is the ludicrous "Save the middle class." In actuality the middle class is missing more and more today because the unions chased businesses, especially manufacturing, overseas.
I played golf with a woman the other day who said she could write a book about how annoying playing with women can be. Mark that.
I think we are going to see a lot of cooking stories about using middle east spices, like Egyptian. I guess the chefs of the world think it will help rally eaters in favor of the rebels.
Almost Near: Chapter 12 continues. --Tucker introduced himself and showed his press credentials to the receptionist. Tucker joked quickly about "good trees to bad newspapers", an old newspaper joke. She laughed, but it was obvious she didn't understand. She just laughed at anybody wearing a smile. It was her job, Tucker thought. "Can I leave my suitcase here for a couple of hours." She nodded and he followed her directions to the archives.
It was all tedious, grind it out investigation. As a good writer and reporter, he loved the task. Tucker knew three things. Samantha lived in Little Rock, she go married in Little Rock and her name was Samantha Wilcox when she moved there. He figured she moved to Arkansas sometime between August 1995 when she dumped Tucker and December 1996 when she finally wrote back saying she had been married. But, he assumed, that in an effort to compartmentalize her now two lives she never mentioned her married name. She was still Samantha Wilcox to me. Since she used Jergens when she was in Lobster Cove, that was a good place to start. Somehow, though, his instincts said that will be a dry well.
In this part of Florida, there is a Publix Supermarket on just about every corner. And it appears that everybody goes there. But yesterday, I went in to Sweetbay and found it visually much more lively with better prices. And more important, it is the only supermarket that carries biscuits in their bakery. Sweetbay is part of the excellent Hannaford chain which I enjoy when in Maine.
I think the world could get along with 50% fewer restaurants. In many cases they are more of a hassle than a treat, and they cost a helluva lot more than eating at home.
It would be interesting to see the media reaction if 0-Man decided to take out the Sadaam Hussein like Libyan leader to open the doors for the folks wallowing in the hinterlands.
The Answer:
1. 40% of men wear the day's clothes while 35% of the women wear pj's. 18% of men wear pjs while 27% of women wear clothes of the day. Whcih means that women look better in pjs. 2. The big one is underestimating monthly expenses (32%). next is hiring the wrong people (20%, not knowing how to sell (!) (18%) and not securing a large enough credit line.
The End:
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
I will pester you on the Candidate rating Q. And as a few of you know, I can be a pest.
Successful people who say they could never be a salesman are always selling.
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