I was interested to read here that people who sleep less tend to be fatter because disturbed sleep patterns affect their appetite. That's the gist of it anyway but then my eye strayed to another heading - "10 ways to burn off 100 calories." Two of those were:
walking briskly for 35 minutes
shopping for 35 minutes.
Well, no contest there! But the last one was the best of all:
Watch TV for one hour and 10 minutes!!!
Hands up who's for a brisk walk then!
Camaro anyone?
Keith's new car is a Camaro, which is American and does about 2 miles to the gallon apparently! At the moment it is minus a carburettor, filthy inside and needs a lot of TLC but I am reliably informed that when it gets going, it will take the roofs off the nearby houses (which should endear us to the neighbours) and everyone will stop and stare in unbounded admiration!
But for the moment, it's in the back garden. No comment! :)
Giving up?
Another little gem from T.K. Enjoy!
A man walking down the street was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked him for a couple of dollars for dinner. The man took out his wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy some beer with it instead?" "No, I had to stop drinking years ago," the homeless man replied."Will you use it to gamble instead of buying food?" the man asked. "No, I don't gamble," the homeless man said. "I need everything I can get just to stay alive.""Will you spend the on greens fees at a golf course instead of food?" the man asked. "Are you NUTS!" replied the homeless man. "I haven't played golf in 20 years!""Will you spend the money on a woman in the red light district instead of food?" the man asked.
"I’ve given up sex – too dangerous these days." exclaimed the homeless man."Well," said the man, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you home for a terrific dinner cooked by my wife."The homeless man was astounded. "Won't your wife be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting."
The man replied, "That's okay, I just want her to see what a man looks like who's given up beer, gambling, golf, and sex.
A man walking down the street was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked him for a couple of dollars for dinner. The man took out his wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy some beer with it instead?" "No, I had to stop drinking years ago," the homeless man replied."Will you use it to gamble instead of buying food?" the man asked. "No, I don't gamble," the homeless man said. "I need everything I can get just to stay alive.""Will you spend the on greens fees at a golf course instead of food?" the man asked. "Are you NUTS!" replied the homeless man. "I haven't played golf in 20 years!""Will you spend the money on a woman in the red light district instead of food?" the man asked.
"I’ve given up sex – too dangerous these days." exclaimed the homeless man."Well," said the man, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you home for a terrific dinner cooked by my wife."The homeless man was astounded. "Won't your wife be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting."
The man replied, "That's okay, I just want her to see what a man looks like who's given up beer, gambling, golf, and sex.
Compliments!
A customer came in on Saturday with his computer which needed repairing. As he would need everything to be wiped, he asked for 'My Documents' to be saved.
"There's a lot a great music in there," he said to me. "Mostly from about 1979, so before your time."
If I had thought he meant it, it would have made my day!
Actually, it made my day anyway - I can fool myself! :)
"There's a lot a great music in there," he said to me. "Mostly from about 1979, so before your time."
If I had thought he meant it, it would have made my day!
Actually, it made my day anyway - I can fool myself! :)
Do you sell.......?
Regular readers will possibly remember the tale of the elderly lady who walked into the shop one day and asked if we sold cotton. At least that gave us a laugh. What is not so funny is people who come in and demand to know where your video tapes, mobile phone holders, shredders and guillotines are and then stalk out disgusted when you tell them we don't sell them!
One lady was particularly disgusted yesterday when I informed her that we did not sell blank video tapes.
"Well, you want to get some in!" she said, "I can't get them anywhere."
I'm on the phone ordering mountains of them as we speak...............:)
But the best of all is the three year old who came in this afternoon with his older brother and removed his dummy just long enough to ask where the Christmas hats were.
One lady was particularly disgusted yesterday when I informed her that we did not sell blank video tapes.
"Well, you want to get some in!" she said, "I can't get them anywhere."
I'm on the phone ordering mountains of them as we speak...............:)
But the best of all is the three year old who came in this afternoon with his older brother and removed his dummy just long enough to ask where the Christmas hats were.
Repairs
In the shop we have a very good system for repairs. When someone brings their sick computer in, I (usually it's me) write their name, phone number and their description of the problem on a worksheet which Keith designed some time ago. Then when he or his son are ready to repair the computer, they come to me to decode the hieroglyphics I have written ......but that's another story..........!
On the sheet are 2 tick boxes. One says 'Save data,' the other says 'Wipe data'.
If the customer doesn't need their data saving, I put a cross in the 'save data' box but Keith and Giles have, it transpires, taken this to mean that the data needs to be saved.
"No," I explained, "It means that you don't have to save it."
"So why don't you tick the 'wipe data' box?" asked Keith.
"Because you don't have to deliberately wipe it, you just don't have to bother with it," I explain.
Seems logical to me, but not to Keith or Giles!
On the sheet are 2 tick boxes. One says 'Save data,' the other says 'Wipe data'.
If the customer doesn't need their data saving, I put a cross in the 'save data' box but Keith and Giles have, it transpires, taken this to mean that the data needs to be saved.
"No," I explained, "It means that you don't have to save it."
"So why don't you tick the 'wipe data' box?" asked Keith.
"Because you don't have to deliberately wipe it, you just don't have to bother with it," I explain.
Seems logical to me, but not to Keith or Giles!
A little tweak
Hope you like the butterfly. Thanks to Just Sue because I found it on her site and thought it was so cute I had to take it home with me!
It's only a little tweak! :)
It's only a little tweak! :)
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