Picoftheweek

Picoftheweek
Waaaaaaaay too many to count...

My Statement

"Let me emphatically say that I am not anti-Facebook (Fleecebook), anti-smart phone, anti-Microsoft, anti-Apple, anti-Google or anti-Internet. I do believe, though, that the consumer is being ripped off of his privacy, identity and purchase history. We are being herded into a Facebook corner where what we "Like" and where we go physically and on the net will be scrutinized and sold numerous times to actually corrode and erode our culture while tempting us only with convenience, high tech and flashing video screens. The unsuspecting consumers need to be aware..." - Gary Lapman

Quote of Note

“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.”-W.C. Fields

"For the strength of the Wolf is in the Pack, and the strength of the Pack is in the Wolf." - Rudyard Kipling

"Common sense is not so common. " -Voltaire

“Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, but only character endures.” - Matthew McConaughey

"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him"

"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason" - Jerry Seinfeld

"Fleecebook is free, you (and your identity) is the product!" - Gary Lapman


"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves." - Eric Sevareid

"'Smart' phones are only smart for the cell phone providers!" - Gary Lapman

"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.” -Albert Einstein

"Technology creates the illusion of companionship without the intimacy of friendship." - unknown

"No worry, there's an app for that..." - Gary Lapman

Friday, May 14, 2010

FF (Finally Friday...)

Was a good day today, although it didn't SEEM like we accomplished much, it really was very prolific.  Went to a going away party at lunchtime, and it was a surprise since I just heard yesterday and today is his last day. I realize that it is important for younger employees to change jobs every two years or so to get their salaries up, but for some reason they think that there is going to be less bullshit where they are going.  All large defense oriented companies are run badly.  Part of the blame is the gubmint and how they force us to do business.  The rest is the companies' fault because they agree to do business that way.


Lean times hints:
  1. Every non-food item in the grocery store is more expensive than it is at a non-grocery store (i.e. Kmart, Walgreen's, CVS).
  2. Always buy an amount of a particular item that you know when entering the checkout line.  For example: If you are buying cans of dog food, pick up ten (or any other number).  When you are checking your receipt after the sale, you won't have to do an actual count.  Lately, many checkout clerks have been making mistakes on the number of products they ring up.  Also, group like items on the conveyor belt, so they will appear together on the receipt.
  3. The absolute best deal around is a pre-cooked whole chicken at Costco, for only $5.


Alert:  Virus Warning

If you receive an email entitled "Badtimes," delete it
immediately. Do not open it. Apparently, this one is pretty
nasty. It will not only erase everything on your hard
drive, but it will also delete anything on disks within 20
feet of your computer.

It demagnetizes the stripes on all your credit cards. It
reprograms your ATM access code, screws up the tracking on
your VCR and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any
CD's you attempt to play.

If you drive a Ford, it will start missing like a Chevy. It
will program your phone auto dial to call only your
mother-in-law's number. This virus will mix antifreeze into
your fish tank. It will drink all your beer.

For god's sake, are you listening?

It will leave dirty socks on the coffee table when you are
expecting company. It will replace your shampoo with Nair
and your Nair with Rogaine, all the while dating your
current boy/girlfriend behind your back and billing your
Visa card. It will cause you to run with scissors and throw
things in a way that is only fun when someone loses an eye.
It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your active
verbs to passive tense and incorporating undetectable
misspellings that grossly change the interpretations of key
sentences.

If the "Badtimes" message is opened in a Windows XP
environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave
your hair dryer plugged in dangerously close to a full
bathtub. It will not only remove the forbidden tags from
all of your mattresses and pillows, it will also refill
your skim milk with whole milk.

PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU
CAN!

If you don't send this to 5000 people in 20 seconds you'll
fart so hard that your right leg will spasm and shoot
straight out in front of you, sending sparks that will
ignite the person nearest you.

********Please send, send, send, send, and send!********



A Sunday school teacher
is concerned that his students might be a little confused about Jesus, so he asks his class, "Where is Jesus today?"

Steven raises his hand and says, "He's in Heaven."

Mary answers, "He's in my heart."

Little Johnny waves his hand furiously and blurts out, "He's in our bathroom!"

The surprised teacher asks Little Johnny how he knows this.

"Well," Little Johnny says, "every morning, my father gets up, bangs on the bathroom door and yells 'Jesus Christ, are you still in there?!'"





Top ten sarcastic dares
Sarcastically speaking, I dare you to do some of the things found on my top ten list.

10. Pull into a gas station and use the window washer to wash your entire car.

9. Ask a bank teller to break a $100 bill for you. Then when asked how you want it done say, "in hundreds".

8. Call a political candidate's campaign office and ask them for a donation to your non-candidacy.

7. Ask a security guard how it feels knowing that in all the action movies the security guards are always the first to die.

6. When you get credit card offers in the mail, stuff the prepaid envelopes with toilet paper and mail them back. (whether you use new or used toilet paper is totally up to you.)

5. Call your bank and ask them to add your checking account onto the $700 billion government bail out plan.

4. Find someone who is big into worrying about the threat of global warming, remind them of their own carbon dioxide and body heat contribution to the planet, and ask them to stop it.

3. Ask a judge if you can get away with murder as long as you can convince a jury of your peers ahead of time that it is justified.

2. Send a bill to every TV station, radio station, cell phone company, and satellite company, charging them an "access fee" for the waves they broadcast through your property. If they refuse payment, charge them with trespassing.

And the #1 Sarcastic Dare...

1. Circulate a petition to put "intelligent human beings" on the endangered species list. 





A blonde just texted me saying,
"What does idk stand for?"

I texted back saying, "I don't know" and she replied, "OMG, no-one does!" 




Received this in the mail and had to share it....

He's done it again..
He sure isn't backing down on his hard line stance and one has to appreciate his belief in the
rights of his native countrymen.

A breath of fresh air to see someone lead.
I wish some leaders would step up in
Canada & USA.

 

 
Australian Prime Minister does it again!!

 
This man should be appointed King of the World. Truer words have never been spoken.


It took a lot of courage for this man to speak what he had to say for the world to hear.  The retribution could be phenomenal, but at least he was willing to take a stand on his and Australia 's beliefs.

 
Whole world n
eeds a leader like this!


Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - Australia



Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday, March 17th to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks..
 
Separately, Rudd angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote:


'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT.. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the
majority of Australians. '

'This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom'

'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society . Learn the language!'

'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our
schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.'

'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All
we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.'

'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and
we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'.'



'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.'

Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves in
Canada & USA , WE will find the courage to start speaking and voicing the same truths.

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