So all this time you were depending on your IT guy to fix problems.... Problems continued because he had a funny accent and lived in Bangalore- NOT. The real problem was that he was inept to begin with! They don't keep up with the technology changes. What choice do you have, but to become savvy yourself.
With all the discussion about "pink slime" being added to hamburger in restaurants to stretch the beef; how do you know what you are getting in the supermarket??
They recommend what to buy as hamburger. IMHO, pick up a round steak or sirloin steak and ask the butcher to grind it while you wait AND watch. Otherwise, it might be a good time to eat something else until they come with a "slimeless" packaging law. Or maybe you can buy JUST pink slime and use it alone... How about "Pink Slime" Helper? Doesn't this "stuff" look disgusting? It looks more like strawberry ice cream than meat. Seems like the FDA is asleep again- at least on packaging. If I saw hamburger labels as "ground chuck and bits of byproducts from steers", I wouldn't hesitate to run in the other direction!
I am proud of myself. At lunch I went to the local sporting goods store to get my wife a new pair of hiking socks. I was actually presented with a choice of buying American or foreign, and I bought "Made in America". [I don't know, though, whether the ingredients were all American or that they were just assembled here. Funny, I didn't used to think of those things....]
Office conversation!
1st Person: ``Do you know anything about this fax-machine?''
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| Is this ONLY ground beef? |
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| What is this Pink Slime and goo used to extend meat products like chicken and beef? |
They recommend what to buy as hamburger. IMHO, pick up a round steak or sirloin steak and ask the butcher to grind it while you wait AND watch. Otherwise, it might be a good time to eat something else until they come with a "slimeless" packaging law. Or maybe you can buy JUST pink slime and use it alone... How about "Pink Slime" Helper? Doesn't this "stuff" look disgusting? It looks more like strawberry ice cream than meat. Seems like the FDA is asleep again- at least on packaging. If I saw hamburger labels as "ground chuck and bits of byproducts from steers", I wouldn't hesitate to run in the other direction!
I am proud of myself. At lunch I went to the local sporting goods store to get my wife a new pair of hiking socks. I was actually presented with a choice of buying American or foreign, and I bought "Made in America". [I don't know, though, whether the ingredients were all American or that they were just assembled here. Funny, I didn't used to think of those things....]
Office conversation!
2nd Person: ``A little. What's wrong?''
1st Person: ``Well, I sent a fax, and the recipient called back to say all she received was a cover-sheet and a blank page. I tried it again, and the same thing happened.''
2nd Person: ``How did you load the sheet?''
1st Person: ``It's a pretty sensitive memo, and I didn't want anyone else to read it by accident, so I folded it so only the recipient would open it and read it.''
I was signing the receipt for my credit card purchase when the clerk noticed that I had never signed my name on the back of the credit card. She informed me that she could not complete the transaction unless the card was signed. When I asked why, she explained that it was necessary to compare the signature on the credit card with the signature I just signed on the receipt.
So I signed the credit card in front of her. She carefully compared that signature to the one I signed on the receipt. As luck would have it, they matched
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