Giver Or Taker

Are you a giver of a taker, now of course all of us are both but what is the split. Do we take only from our friends, family, work, religion and the government. let's first start with are friends, how many friends would stop what they are doing to help you or how many friends do you have that you would stop and help you? Do you give all the love and support you get from your family? Do you go to work for the money or to better your position or do you do it also for the change that can be made in the Businesses and lives of others you work for and with? Religion a tough one let's just say do practice what you preach or do you preach at all? Government this would be easy yes? We all give to he government ( money money and sometimes is seems like more money) but if we don't like the actions of the government do we just complain or do we try to affect change. Takers receive value in life from other around them, givers add value to the lives of those around them. Now I am not saying only to give because you would not have balance in your life. Just remember.

always do both always do both.

Names

Do you ever wonder where name abbreviations come from Susan to Sue, OK I get that one but James to Jim or my favorite Richard to Dick. How does Richard Become Dick by adding a D and a K. Well let me tell you the secrete, a bunch of Richards got together and said " let's make our name abbreviation Dick that will be funny". So guys with name Richard can go up to girls at parties and say " Hi my name is Richard but you can call me DICK" and then wink. You don't see woman going around saying " Hi my name is Pamela but you can call me P..... I think I should stop there. "There is a time and a place for everything" hope some day I can figure out where it all goes.

Merry Christmas

Tis the season, For those who read my blog, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. With that being said I have to come to believe that the holidays should NOT be about the presents, decorations, holiday socks and the Christmas goose. We all need to decide what part we want to play in the world today. It should be about what the one can do for the many not what the many can do for the one. "We can all change the world one person at a time" John Lennon said that I think. I wish that the coming year brings hope, joy and happiness to all.

Random Thoughts II

Why is so hard for vegetarians to date. because it's hard form them to "meat" people.....


Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Loser Loser here's a dead pigeon I found under the viaduct...... Nice

What you wish for

A husband and wife, both 50 years old, were surprised by a genie that popped up in front of them. He said "I give you each one wish." the wife wished for good health for her and her husband. The genie said, "Granted." The husband said he wanted a wife 30 years younger than himself. The genie said "Granted." Poof! the man became 80 years old.

Remember be careful what you wish for it may come true....

Never make a job decision based on money

The mercenaries will always defeat the draftees, but the
volunteers will crush them both. Chuck Noll

People who are forced into something (draftees) will be the least effective, while those with external motivation (money in the case of the mercenaries) will be effective to a point. However , those with the internal drive , who have signed on because their hearts are in it, will rise to the top. Do something that you want, no love to do and the money will follow. Most of us will not have the same job in the near or distant future. why toll away at a job that is not personally rewarding. If you only work for money in the long run it will show most likely at work and at home, and is money worth ruining your life or health over. I for one think not.

Giving Notice

I wonder if a employee is expected to give 2 weeks notice before he leaves his job, do the employees have the right to the same expectation of their employer. If you change your terms it's expected but what if they change your terms of employment. Now I don't mean that if you are going to be fired that they should come up to you and say you suck and I'd just like to let you know that in two weeks your FIRED!!!! But what if the company is to be sold and there is no job guarantees shouldn't the employer let you know that a change is coming. I'm pretty sure that Benjamin Franklin said give me liberty or give me unemployment insurance.

Albanese's Restaurant

I eat here all the time it's one of my favorite Italian restaurants ( Albanese in the Milwaukee area the Brookfield location) I was there for dinner I had a pizza and a salad which I have had many times before and for that matter I have had most everything on the menu which is all good. when the pizza came out the sauce was all the way to the edge ( one of the things I like most about their pizza is the very thin crispy crust) that made the edge of the crust soft and doughy. When I mentioned it to the wait staff as more of a FYI I was told on Bocce ball nights it gets pretty busy so sometimes the cooks whip the pizzas out pretty fast and the next time I was there to mention that I would like a crispy edge. I left the restaurant and I thought about the wait staffs comment and I said to my self...self your one good looking DUDE!!! but I digress why should I have to ask that the pizza is made correct I go their expecting the normal which is very good food, so i guess that comment caught me off guard. I will go back again and have dinner there but a comment like that to someone else might drive them away. One last thing if you go make sure to try the cold red house wine very good.

Where has the time gone

Not that long ago (really or at it feels like not long ago) when I was in High School we had the Walkman a device that was the size of a small book that could play a cassette tape and we were cool. I have now learned that this will be the last year for the Walkman Sony will discontinue the item at he end of 2010. It made me think about one of my other favorite items the Boom Box, and let's not stop there when is the last time you thought about replacing your car stereo or adding a equalizer or maybe some Coaxial or better yet Triaxel speakers ( a nice set of Jensen's) Now we have our music on small mp3 players our video on ipods or both on our phones what happened to a nice belt driven turntable ( still have one great for classical music) well I have to go Now I have a truck with an Am/FM only radio and bad speakers, were going to have to change that E-Bay here I come.

A Place to Stay

Most of time I know that you read this blog and we talk about the things that make me unhappy but in a change of pace we are going to talk about a success story. Last week the company I work for ( ShoreMaster ) had a meeting in Duluth, MN we stayed at The Inn On Lake Superior. Nikki Anderson and Her staff was nothing but great. all my expectations and more were met by all of her cheerful and knowledgeable staff. If you have a chance I would definitely stay at the Inn On Lake Superior in Duluth, MN.

Eating out II

Back to the children's menu why do they only seem to offer mac-n-cheese, chicken strips,french fries, mini corn dogs, grilled cheese sandwiches and smiley faces filled with mashed potatoes. why can't we have a skinless breast of chicken or steak for the kids. maybe mix in some rice or vegetables lets help make our kids healthier buy the food we eat. Just the thought of one, I can't be alone can I......

Eating Out

Why do you have to be under 12 to eat a kids meal or over 55 to eat off the senior menu. the portions don't change, the prices don't change. I think I should be able to have a half a sandwich and a cup of soup of maybe I want the chicken strips off the kids menu and they get dessert all the time. I'm mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore....:o

Smoking

Why do employees at gas station when it's not busy smoke out front of the store. I know that they work alone a lot, but when you pull up and go inside they take one last long drag on their smoke and just when you get to the door they let the smoke out right in your face and if you are really lucky you can hold the door for them to go inside. Someone should tell them or their employer that it looks really bad to have the employee smoking out in front of the store. just a thought....

Little Known Facts

The term Saloon first came about because men felt left out, women had salon's so men decided they would have their own place to gather and they called it a SALOON!!!

Random Thoughts

If you buy 2% milk what's the other 98%

If a shoe sales is buy ONE get ONE free don't you still only have one pair

If you see a huge tire or big tire sale how big do the tires have to be to qualify

What is LOVE

People get married because they say were in LOVE, people get unmarried because they say we are not longer in LOVE is it that simple I'm not sure. It seems to me that there are different degrees of LOVE not just the parent of a child, but within the two person relationships. We all must agree that we are not always in LOVE with our spouses or significant others but we learn to understand what quirks or other behaviours that we can deal with on a day to day basis and still be in LOVE. So then when people split up they have not necessarily fallen out of LOVE but have reached a point that they can no longer deal with the day to day quirks and other oddities we may do or have. "LOVE is a fickle fish" I'm sure Plato Said that.

Would someone like to help

I had the opportunity to buy a flip video recorder the other day so I went to Best Buy made my way back to the Camera/Video area and there was a salesman helping a couple with a camera purchase so I found the flip and stared to look at the options. a couple of minutes passed and no help, but just then two sales guys ( loose use of the term ) stopped near buy me I thought if I became more interested in the product that I would get help but their personal conversion continued I was almost making love to the product. They finished their chat and walked away, maybe they didn't work in that department but could they at least help find a person to take my money. I left after ten to fifteen minutes with no help. I went to wal-mart and they do not stock the product so I went home to do a Little research and found much to my dismay Best Buy was the only stocking dealer in town all other could order and sent to me or their store within 2-5 days but I wanted it for the weekend so I would have to return and purchase the product from them.

Why I love Air TRAVEL

I had the opportunity to ride on the new Northwest (Delta) I was at the airport I knew that is was going to close to make my plane so I asked if we could speed up the check in process the agent said yes so I thought I will make my plane. The Agent took me took a kiosk to check in and it did not work, I flagged her back down and told her of My plight and she said I could get into a new line and that would not help me she then said that she was to busy and that was the best she could do and walked away. I missed my flight but got re booked I had 4 hours until my flight so I started to look into other destinations that would speed up my day and I did find a couple of options so I went to a gate agent and said I had missed my flight could you help me look into getting me a different flight and the gate agent said " we have a new computer system and it's hard for us to use so could I use the courtesy phone and call a Delta agent" at that point I gave up. I will get to start the process over tomorrow and I hope and believe it will be better if not I will be back here again to recount the story.

why O why

I traveled to Grand Rapids MI. to do some training for our dealers. the three of us went to dinner the night before the school at Smokey Bones and the hostess that sat us put us in the only section with a guy waiter. Why if three Guys walk into a restaurant does the host put them with a guy waiter. Would the sever not have a better chance for larger tips if you took three guys and put them with a female server? I would like to point out that this is not the first time this has happened to us as a group or while I have been by myself.

Is zero tolerance the only option

My daughter came home from school the other day and told me a little story. She was walking down the hallway between class and saw here cousin they said hi and hugged (as lots of girls did when I was in school)the teacher gave them a 1st warning no touching in school second warning would result in detention, now I understand the no pda rule for girls and boys as I do not condone kissing and other displays in public(by the way a pda is what I used to keep me on schedule) but do we always have to draw the line at zero. I know this is easier to enforce but it takes away all thought and reason in the very place used to foster quality minds used to make good decisions. I do want to point out I do not think I have all the answers I would just like to believe that we could move back a little in time.

WHAT ???

Why do large corportions think that they have special rules. I saw where a large software company( hutchinson tech.) wants 20 MILLION dollars to maintian jobs at one plant. Is it not the job of the company to make money to pay for the jobs, we paid them to come to town and build the plany and now we need to pay them in the form of low intrest loans to stay. I keep waiting for the goverment to bail me out instead of the schools, cities, states, and country telling me they are also broke and they need more money. all I know is that sooner or later ( I belive that it will be sooner) we will all be bbroke and where will they get the money from then!!!!

Where to start

I always wondered what it would be like to have my own blog, now that I have one I find it only has created more questions in my mind. I would like this blog to be not only iformational but a free flowing river of thoughts, questions and answers.