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Week Ending 3 May 2013
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Just as we say.
No words are needed
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An Egotist - A person more interested in himself than me.
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A Little Reader Feedback
 Corporate Ninja, Ron Lee, writes to challenge our Thought for The day published on the last day of April.
He's pretty stern, but we know it's all in our best interests. As a master motivator with many years' experience he knows that getting things just right can make all the difference. He says:-
"Your thought for the day seems to imply that if you aim for the moon and fall short, you could at least be up there with the stars.
I don't want to spoil a mediocre metaphor but the moon is 384,400 km from us and the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, is 4.367 light years away. Even if you regard our Sun as a star, it is still 149,600,000 km away, so rather than fall short of the moon you'd have to overshoot it by a factor of 389 times.
The metaphor was clearly not well thought out, yet some people have adopted it as a life philosophy.
Perhaps he should have written, "If you aim for our Solar System sun, then if you fall short, you might make moderate impact on the moon or reach an area in its vicinity or an area equidistant from the Earth".
That would have been more accurate, believable and factual.
We take your point Ron and will now rephrase the old adage "Practice makes perfect" so that it reads "Only perfect practice makes perfect"
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Just How Big IS One Billion?
Following on Monday's thought for the day and yesterday's revised budget deficit we are prompted to ask "Just how big is a Billion" (and can you hit one with a sledgehammer?)
Well to start with there's the old question of "Is it a million millions, or merely, a thousand millions?", or, more formally is it the "long scale" 10 to the 12th (1,000,000,000,000) or the "short scale" 10 to the 9th (1,000,000,000)?
It's clear it's not clear. So just what figure was Howard Hughes talking about on Monday?
Thankfully Wikipedia can help and tells us that for Americans (and now it seems for all of us) it is the more modest one thousand million.
But it's still a big figure so when politicians talk about billions how can we grasp what they mean?
Here are some clues:-
- A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
- A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
- A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
- A billion days ago no-one walked on earth on two feet.
To see what Wikipedia has to say Click Here
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Who Is This Incredible Artist With Amy Keys?
 | | Phil Collins & Amy Keys - Separate Lives (Live at Paris 2004) |
It's 2004, it's Paris and it's a song by Steven Bishop (You know the guy who wrote the theme song for the movie "Tootsie")
The atmosphere is palpable and there will soon be a duet between an established, but relatively unknown artist and an acknowledged super star.
Trouble is, it's difficult to say which performance is the most amazing.
OK, we nearly all know the opening singer is Phil Collins from Genesis, but now we can see how being around him helps get the best out of people.
All the write ups seem to be saying things about inspiring, emotional, tears, faces and streaming, but we expect better than that of our readers.
Unless of course they happen to be like us in which case the chosen words seem quite appropriate.
To see if you agree Click Here
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Simply Whimsical
If you c an start the day without caffeine,
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without alcohol,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
Then You Are Probably....The Family Dog!!!!
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My Blackberry Is Not Working
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My Blackberry Is Not Working
The Two Ronnies
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It seems the British public can be merciless.
Following on the heels of the Two Ronnies Four Candles (Fork Handles) sketch we promptly received emails telling us about Ronnie Corbett's frozen blackberry.
As if Blackberry weren't having enough problems since the launch of the iPhone, here is a sketch that takes their name in vain and has the audience "laughing in the aisles". (Isles?)
Here is a comment posted about this video about 3 months ago "I lived in England when these comedians were so active, the world was a better place with them around . May I also include Harry Secombe. I loved them all especially " the cleaning ladies song" by the two Ronnies Brilliant in every way."
To see what the writer means Click Here
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