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Posted:Mar 20, 2013 6:40 am
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Stay
I pulled into the crowded parking lot at the local shopping center,and rolled down the car windows
to make sure my Yellow Lab Puppy Had enough fresh air.
She was stretched-out on the back seat
and I needed to impress upon her that she must remain in the car.
I walked to the curb backward,
pointing my finger at the car
and saying emphatically,
"Stay .... You stay.
Do you hear me?"
"Stay !!! Stay !!!"
I said over and over again.
Suddenly,
the driver of a nearby car,
a pretty blonde young woman,
gave me a strange look and shouted,
"Why don't you
just put it in
"Park"?"
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more random thoughts
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Posted:Mar 20, 2013 6:35 am
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1] Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout.
2] So a car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the rear view Mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, Look Ahead and Move on.
3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes years to write, but only a few seconds to burn.
4] All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, it will not last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, it can't last long either.
5] Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond, don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base of Gold!
6] Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!
7] When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.
8]A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?" He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!"
9] When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.
10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.
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9 things That Will Disappear In Our/Your Lifetime
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Posted:Mar 20, 2013 6:29 am
Last Updated:Apr 29, 2024 6:25 am
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Interesting to note.....
Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come.....
1. The Post Office
Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.
2. The Cheque
Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with cheque by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process cheques. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the cheque. This plays right into the death of the post office. If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business. In Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Scandinavia, cheques have practically vanished in favour of direct bank transfers and electronic payments.
3. The Newspaper
The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile I internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to form an alliance. They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell phone companies to develop a model for paid subscription services.
4. The Book
You say you will never give up the physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages. I said the same thing about downloading music from iTunes. I wanted my hard copy CD. But I quickly changed my mind when I discovered that I could get albums for half the price without ever leaving home to get the latest music . The same thing will happen with books. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half that of a real book. And think of the convenience! Once you start flicking your fingers on the screen instead of the book, you find that you are lost in the story, can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget that you're holding a gadget instead of a book.
5. The Land Line Telephone
Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore. Most people keep it simply because they've always had it. But you are paying double charges for that extra service. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes
6. Music
This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalogue items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with. Older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies."
7. Television
Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. And they're playing games and doing lots of other things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV. Prime time shows have degenerated down to lower than the lowest common denominator. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I say good riddance to most of it. It's time for the cable companies to be put out of our misery. Let the people choose what they want to watch online and through Netflix.
8. The "Things" That You Own
Many of the very possessions that we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the future. They may simply reside in "the cloud." Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be. But all of that is changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest "cloud services." That means that when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system. So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet. If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud. If you save something, it will be saved to the cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud provider. In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device. That's the good news. But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all b e able to disappear at any moment in a big "Poof?" Will most of the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical? It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out that photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.
9. Privacy
If there ever was a concept that we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy. That's gone. It's been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure that 24/7, "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. "They" will try to get you to buy something else. Again and again.
All we will have left that can't be changed are "Memories".....
And then probably Alzheimer's will take that away from you too!
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Carolyn's new car
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Posted:Mar 20, 2013 6:24 am
Last Updated:Apr 29, 2024 6:25 am
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Carolyn, a very rich blonde, buys a new automatic Jaguar XKR Sports car.....
She drives the car perfectly well during the day,
But at night, the car just won't go at all.
After trying to drive the car at night for a
Week (but without any luck), she furiously
Calls the Jaguar dealer, and they send out a
Technician to her.
The technician examines the car and finds
Nothing wrong with it.
So he turns to the blonde and asks:
"Ma'am, are you sure you are using the
Right gears?"
Full of anger, the blonde replies:
"You nut, you idiot, how on earth you could ask
Such a question? I'm not stupid you know!
Of course I am using the right gears;
I use "D" during the day
And "N" at night."
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The Quickie
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Posted:Mar 20, 2013 6:23 am
Last Updated:Apr 29, 2024 6:25 am
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A man goes into a restaurant and is seated. All the waitresses are gorgeous. A particularly voluptuous waitress wearing a very short skirt and legs that won't quit came to his table and asked if he was ready to order, "
What would you like, sir?"
He looks at the menu and then scans her beautiful frame top to bottom, then answers, "A quickie."
The waitress turns and walks away in disgust.
After she regains her composure she returns and asks again, "What would you like, sir?"
Again the man thoroughly checks her out and again answers, "a quickie, please."
This time her anger takes over, she reaches over and slaps him across the face with a resounding "SMACK!" and storms away.
A man sitting at the next table leans over and whispers, "Um, I think it's pronounced 'quiche'."
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Posted:Mar 10, 2013 10:47 am
Last Updated:Mar 22, 2013 4:40 pm
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We will always be best friends - you know too much!
Either you love bacon - or you are wrong.
You're name is not Calvin Klien and you are not an underwear model -- pull up your pants!!
Damn right i am good in bed... sometime I can stay in bed all day.
I am not fat -- I am just blessed with abundance.
Please be patient,,, even a toilet can handle only one asshole at a tiime.
The secret of being happy -- a good sense of humor and a dirty mind.
Drinking alcoholic beverages can lead to pregnancy.
On the door to a classroom= Dear students, I know when you are texting... Seriously no one looks down at thier crotch and smiles.
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Posted:Mar 10, 2013 10:37 am
Last Updated:Mar 13, 2013 2:36 pm
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A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience with a raised glass of water. Everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, 'half empty or half full?'... She fooled them all .... "How heavy is this glass of water?" she inquired with a smile. Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.
She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.”
“If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance. In each case it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes." She continued,"and that's the way it is with stress. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on."
As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden - holding stress longer and better each time practiced.
So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night... Pick them up tomorrow.
1 * Accept the fact that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue!
2 * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
3 * Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
4 * Drive carefully... It's not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker.
5 * If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
6 * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
8 * Never buy a car you can't push.
9 * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.
10 * Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
11 * Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
12 * The second mouse gets the cheese.
13 * When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
14 * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
16 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.
17 * We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.
18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
19 * Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
20 *Save the earth..... It's the only planet with chocolate!*
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the two dollar bill
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Posted:Mar 1, 2013 4:46 pm
Last Updated:Mar 10, 2013 2:18 pm
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Everyone should start carrying $2 bills! I'm STILL laughing!!
I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public.
The younger generation doesn't even know they exist!
STORY: On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick
bite to eat. I have a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure with the $2
bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about
irritating anyone for trying to break a $50 bill.
Me: 'Hi, I'd like one seven-layer burrito please, to go.'
Server: 'That'll be $1.04. Eat in?'
Me: 'No, it's to go.' At this point, I open my billfold and hand him
the $2 bill.
He looks at it kind of funny.
Server: 'Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back.'
He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within my earshot. The
following conversation occurs between the two of them:
Server: 'Hey, you ever see a $2 bill?'
Manager: 'No. A what?'
Server: 'A $2 bill. This guy just gave it to me...'
Manager: 'Ask for something else. There's no such thing as a $2 bill.'
Server: 'Yeah, thought so.'
He comes back to me and says, 'We don't take these. Do you have anything else?'
Me: 'Just this fifty. You don't take $2 bills? Why?
Server: 'I don't know.'
Me: 'See here where it says legal tender?'
Server: 'Yeah.'
Me: 'So, why won't you take it?'
Server: 'Well, hang on a sec.'
He goes back to his manager, who has been watching me like I'm a
shoplifter, and says to him, 'He says I have to take it.'
Manager: 'Doesn't he have anything else?'
Server: 'Yeah, a fifty. I'll get it and you can open the safe and get change.
Manager: 'I'm not opening the safe with him in here.'
Server: 'What should I do?'
Manager: 'Tell him to come back later when he has real money.'
Server: 'I can't tell him that! You tell him.'
Manager: 'Just tell him.'
Server: 'No way! This is weird. I'm going in back.
The manager approaches me and says, 'I'm sorry, but we don't take big
bills this time of night.'
Me: 'It's only seven o'clock! Well then, here's a two dollar bill.'
Manager: 'We don't take those, either.'
Me: 'Why not?'
Manager: 'I think you know why.'
Me: 'No really, tell me why.'
Manager: 'Please leave before I call mall security.'
Me: 'Excuse me?'
Manager: 'Please leave before I call mall security.'
Me: 'What on earth for?'
Manager: 'Please, sir.'
Me: 'Uh, go ahead, call them.'
Manager: 'Would you please just leave?'
Me: 'No.'
Manager: 'Fine -- have it your way then.'
Me: 'Hey, that's Burger King, isn't it?'
At this point, he backs away from me and calls mall security on the
phone around the corner. I have two people staring at me from the
dining area, and I begin laughing out loud, just for effect.
A few minutes later this 45-year-oldish guy comes in.
Guard: 'Yeah, Mike, what's up?'
Manager (whispering): 'This guy is trying to give me some (pause) funny money.'
Guard: 'No kidding! What?'
Manager: 'Get this. A two dollar bill.'
Guard (incredulous): 'Why would a guy fake a two dollar bill?'
Manager: 'I don't know. He's kinda weird. He says the only other thing
he has is a fifty.'
Guard: 'Oh, so the fifty's fake!'
Manager: 'No, the two dollar bill is.'
Guard: 'Why would he fake a two dollar bill?'
Manager: 'I don't know! Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?'
Guard: 'Yeah.'
Security Guard walks over to me and...
Guard: 'Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to use.'
Me: 'Uh, no.'
Guard: 'Lemme see 'em.'
Me: 'Why?'
Guard: 'Do you want me to get the cops in here?'
At this point I'm ready to say, 'Sure, please!' but I want to eat, so
I say, 'I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this two
dollar bill.’
I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I'm taking a swing at him.
He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his hands, and he says,
'Hey, Mike, what's wrong with this bill?'
Manager: 'It's fake.'
Guard: 'It doesn't look fake to me.'
Manager: 'But it's a two dollar bill.'
Guard: 'Yeah? '
Manager: 'Well, there's no such thing, is there?'
The security guard and I both look at him like he's an idiot and it
dawns on the guy that he has no clue and is an idiot.
So, it turns out that my burrito was free, and he threw in a small
drink and some of those cinnamon thingies, too.
Made me want to get a whole stack of two dollar bills just to see what
happens when I try to buy stuff.
Just think... those two are of the age to be voting!!!
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first job
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Posted:Feb 20, 2013 6:29 am
Last Updated:Mar 15, 2013 2:00 pm
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5 Year Old’s First Job
Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that will make you believe that we all can make a difference when we give a the gift of our time.
My sister's family moved into a house, next to a vacant lot. One day, a Construction crew turned up to start building a house on the empty lot.
My sisters 5-year-old , Sandy naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and spent much of each day observing the workers.
Eventually the construction crew, all of them "gems-in-the-rough," more or less, adopted her as a kind of project mascot. They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.
At the end of the first week, they even presented Sandy with a pay envelope containing ten dollars. My niece took this home to her mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars "pay" she'd received to the bank the next day to start a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own pay check at such a young age.. Sandy proudly replied, "I worked last week with a real construction crew building the new house next door to us."
"Oh my goodness gracious," said the teller, "and will you be working on the house again this week, too?"
My sweet little niece replied, "I will, if those assholes at Lowe's ever deliver the damn sheet rock..."
Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?
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A bear in the woods....
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Posted:Feb 20, 2013 6:20 am
Last Updated:Apr 29, 2024 6:25 am
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A Catholic Priest, a Baptist Preacher and a Rabbi all served as Chaplains in northern Ontario . They would meet frequently to talk shop.
The comment was made that preaching to people was fairly easy; a real challenge would be to preach to a bear! They decided to experiment. All 3 would go into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt to convert
it to their religion. 7 days later, the 3 men met.
Father Flannery, who had his arm in a sling, was on crutches, and had bandages on his body, began: 'Well,' he said, 'I went to find a bear. When I found him, I read to him from the Catechism. Well, that bear began to slap
me around, so I grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and he became as gentle as a lamb. The Bishop is coming to give him first communion.
Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, & had his arms and legs in casts. He exclaimed, 'Brothers, I went out and I found a bear; then I read to him from The Bible, but that bear wanted nothing to do with me.
I took hold of him and we began to wrestle, until we came to a creek. I quickly dunked and baptized him. He became as gentle as a lamb. Hallelujah!
The Priest and the Reverend looked down at the Rabbi, lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction - IVs and monitors running in and out of him, in really bad shape. The Rabbi looked up and said: "Looking back on it, circumcision may not have been the best way to start."
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After I retired
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Posted:Feb 20, 2013 6:13 am
Last Updated:Mar 15, 2013 1:59 pm
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After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target.
Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse.
Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target:
Dear Mrs. Harris ,
Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris , are listed below and are "documented by our video surveillance cameras":
1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.
2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money.
5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.
6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the shoppers they could come in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty obliged.
8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.
9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.
10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.
11. October 3: Darted around the Store suspiciously while loudly humming the 'Mission Impossible' theme.
12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.
13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'
14. October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed the fetal position and screamed 'OHNO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!
15. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where is the fitting room?
And last, but not least:
16. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, and then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.'
One of the clerks passed out.
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Catholic lipstick
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Posted:Feb 10, 2013 10:25 am
Last Updated:Mar 10, 2013 10:51 am
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Catholic lipstick
According to a news report, a certain private Catholic school was recently faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine provided it was of a natural or neutral skin tone, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.
Every night the maintenance man would remove them; and the next day the girls would put them back. Finally, the principal, Sister Mary, decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian, who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little princesses).
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, Sister Mary asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required. He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.
Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
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Posted:Jan 27, 2013 11:00 am
Last Updated:Apr 29, 2024 6:25 am
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I received this from a friend. Makes sense to me.
>>
>> ACE HARDWARE - Made in the USA - Very Encouraging!!!
>>
>> READ ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM!
>> LOTS OF GOOD INFO. HERE!
>>
>>
>> Costco sells Goodyear wiper blades for almost
>> half the price that you will pay
>> on the outside and they are made in the U.S.A.
>> Read and do the following.
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>> Unfortunately our politicians and top CEO's have
>> pushed for trade to China and
>> Mexico for years so Americans are now out of work.
>>
>> Did you know that there is no
>> electric coffee maker made in the US and that
>> the only kitchen appliances made in the US is
>> Viking? This information
>> came from the a report by Diane Sawyer. Hopefully this
>> has changed or will soon!!
>>
>> I DIDN'T KNOW HALLMARK
>> CARDS WERE MADE IN CHINA! That is also why I
>> don't buy cards at Hallmark anymore, They are
>> made in China and are
>> more expensive!
>> I buy them at Dollar Tree - 50 cents each and made in
>> USA
>>
>> I have
>> been looking at the blenders available on the
>> Internet.
>> Kitchen Aid is MADE IN
>> the US. Top of my list already...
>>
>> Yesterday I was in Wal Mart looking for a
>> wastebasket. I found some
>> made
>> in China for $6.99. I didn't want to pay that much so I
>> asked the lady if they had any others.
>> She took me to another department
>> and they had some at $2.50 made in USA. They are
>> just as good. Same
>> as a kitchen
>> rug I needed. I had to look, but I found some made in
>> the USA - what a concept! - and they were
>> $3.00 cheaper.
>>
>> We are being
>> brainwashed to believe that everything that comes from
>> China and Mexico is cheaper. Not so.
>>
>> One Light Bulb at
>> a Time..
>>
>> I was in
>> Lowe's the other day and just out of curiosity, I looked
>> at the hose attachments. They were all
>> made in China. The next day I was
>> in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I
>> checked the hose attachments
>> there. They were made in USA.
>>
>> Start looking, people . . ...In our current
>> economic situation, every little thing
>> we buy or do affects someone else - most often, their
>> job.
>>
>> My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is
>> now marked "made in Mexico." I
>> don't buy it anymore.
>>
>> My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico...now I
>> have switched to Crest.
>>
>> You have to read the
>> labels on everything.
>>
>>
>> This past weekend I was at Kroger . . . I needed
>> 60W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets.
>>
>>
>> I was in the light bulb aisle,
>> and right next to the GE brand I
>> normally buy -- was an off-brand labeled,
>> "Everyday Value." I picked up
>> both types of bulbs and compared them: they were the same
>> except for the price . . .the GE bulbs
>> cost more than the Everyday Value
>> brand, but the thing that surprised me the most was
>> that that GE was made in MEXICO
>> and the Everyday Value brand was made in - you guessed
>> it - the USA at a company in Cleveland, Ohio.
>>
>> It's Way past time to start
>> finding and buying products you use every
>> day that are made right here.
>>
>> So, on to the next
>> aisle: Bounce Dryer Sheets... yep, you guessed
>> it, Bounce cost more money and is made in
>> Canada. The Everyday Value brand cost
>> less, and was MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry
>> yesterday and the dryer sheets
>> performed just like the Bounce Free I have been
>> using for years, at almost half the price.
>>
>> My challenge to you
>> is to start reading the labels when you shop for
>> everyday things and see what you can find that is made
>> in the USA -
>> the job you save
>> may be your own or your neighbor's!
>>
>> If you accept the challenge, pass this on to
>> others in your address book so we can
>> all start buying American, one light bulb at a time!
>>
>> Stop buying from overseas companies - you're
>> sending the jobs there.
>> (We should have awakened a decade ago....)
>>
>> Let's get with the program and help our fellow
>> Americans keep their
>> jobs and create more jobs here in the USA.
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