Nov 15, 2008 | 9:33 AM
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An elderly woman walked into the Bank of Canada one morning with a purse full of money. She wanted to open a savings account and insisted
on talking to the president of the Bank because, she said, she had a lot of money.
After
many lengthy discussions (after all, the client is always right) an
employee took the elderly woman to the president's office.
The
president of the Bank asked her how much she wanted to deposit. She
placed her purse on his desk and replied, '$165,000'. The president was
curious and asked her how she had been able to save so much money. The
elderly woman replied that she made bets.
The president was surprised and asked, 'What kind of bets?'
The elderly woman replied, 'Well, I bet you $25,000 that your testicles are square.'
The president started to laugh and told the woman that it was impossible to win a bet like that.
The woman never batted an eye. She just looked at the president and said, 'Would you like to take my bet?'
'Certainly', replied the president. 'I bet you $25,000 that my testicles are not square.'
'Done',
the elderly woman answered. 'But given the amount of money involved, if
you don't mind I would like to come back at 10 o' clock tomorrow
morning with my lawyer as a witness.' 'No problem', said the president
of the Bank confidently.
That night, the president became very
nervous about the bet and spent a long time in front of the mirror
examining his testicles, turning them this way and that, checking them
over again and again until he was positive that no one could consider
his testicles as square and reassuring himself that there was no way he
could lose the bet.
The next morning at exactly 10 o'clock the
elderly woman arrived at the president's office with her lawyer and
acknowledged the $25,000 bet made the day before that t he president's
testicles were square. The president confirmed that the bet was the same as the one made the day before. Then the elderly women asked him to drop his pants.
The president was happy to oblige.
The
elderly woman came closer so she could see better and asked the
president if she could touch them. 'Of course', said the president.
'Given the amount of money involved, you should be 100% sure.'
The
elderly woman did so with a little smile. Suddenly the president
noticed that the lawyer was banging his head against the wall. He asked
the elderly woman why he was doing that and she replied,
'Oh, it's
probably because I bet him $100,000 that around 10 o'clock in the
morning I would be holding the balls of the President of the Bank of
Canada !'
Nov 15, 2008 | 8:20 AM
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Sears isn't alone, but they are a great example of how to treat those who put on a service uniform to show their love for our country!!!!I got this in an email.
Give me a HEART full of GRACE, a SOUL generated by LOVE.
Sears - Christmas shopping has already started
I
know I needed this reminder since Sears isn't always my first choice.
Amazing when you think of how long the war has lasted and they haven't
withdrawn from their commitment. Could we each buy at least one thing
at Sears this year?
How
does Sears treat its employees who are called up for military duty? By
law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but
nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a
result of being called up.
Sears
is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all
benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all
called up reservist employees for up to two years.
I
submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be
recognized for its contribution. I suggest we all shop at Sears, and be
sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company
gets the positive reinforcement it well deserves.
Pass it on.
Decided to check this before I sent it forward. So I sent the following e-mail to the Sears Customer Service Department:
I
received this e-mail and I would like to know if it is true. If it is,
the Internet may have just become one very good source of advertisement
for your company. I know I would go out of my way to buy products from
Sears instead of another store for a like item, even if it's cheaper at
that store.
This is their answer to my e-mail:
Dear Customer:
Thank you for contacting Sears.The information is factual. We appreciate your positive feedback.
Sears
regards service to our country as one of greatest sacrifices our young
men and women can make. We are happy to do our part to lessen the
burden they bear at this time.
Bill Thorn
Sears Customer Care
webcenter@sears.com
1-800-349-4358
Please
pass this on to all your friends. Sears needs to be recognized for this
outstanding contribution and we need to show them as Americans, we do
appreciate what they are doing for our military!!!
Nov 11, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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Well, I haven't been on in ages. I have had some time to myself lately and wanted to drop in and say hi to everyone. Tallmanok, colt, shock, car, steve, luvs, catz, ratt, blindone, smitty,rita,...can't remember all others right off hand, but those were most of the regulars.
How is everyone???????? Me, doing great. School is overwhelming, kids are good. I haven't went through the latest pages of the blogs, but I can just imagine the content as of late....LOL.
Well, just thought I would drop a line. I imagine there are many new bloggers, but the tried and true are hopefully still around. (at least I see tall, ratt, and car are by the community pages links anyway).
Drop in, say hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Till later on...xoxox...Mary
(yes, I put my pic back on, remember how my avatar looked when I left? It was a smiley holding up the middle finger.....lol....yeah, I left on a sour note...too many do....oh well....you guys are cool with me)
