Tuesday, April 27. 2010
Google Exists. But in Bill's world nobody Googles.
I can spell Google without a red line appearing – but when I type Googled, MS underlines it with RED indicating a spelling mistake. So MS accepts Google as a noun, but they refuse to acknowledge it within their world as a verb.
Ok, ok nobody really Googles anything. Oops “Googles” begets another red underline. Another term that does not really exist as a verb…
AND know that when I type Binged – the MS verb that, if you will, opposes the active action of “Googled” there is no red line. MS defines their world – on their terms.
Wish I could define my world that way.
Ok, ok nobody really Googles anything. Oops “Googles” begets another red underline. Another term that does not really exist as a verb…
AND know that when I type Binged – the MS verb that, if you will, opposes the active action of “Googled” there is no red line. MS defines their world – on their terms.
Wish I could define my world that way.
Sunday, April 25. 2010
I’ve just found the neatest device.
Very convenient. Always works. Uses NO batteries. Has a long cord. You’ll never believe it – it’s a phone!
Yes we like most got a cordless phone for the house, years ago. Then it progressed to a dual line cordless phone, then with 2 lines, we added 3 more cordless devices. Soon when a phone rang, all hell broke loose. We heard the base station ring and ring and ring – we could even tell if it was line one, or line two. But darned if we could find a cordless unit that worked.
Yes the phone would ring - and panic would set in. We'd run, we'd look - sometimes we'd find it - but whoever was calling had already hung up - could we have missed Readers Digest telling us we'd won the millions??
One day I was in a store, seemed like an antique store – but there it was “nirvana” a phone that I could screw to the wall.
It had a ringer bell.
It gets “power” right through the phone wires.
No batteries needed.
No electric circuits needed.
No hiding under pillows, on the deck, in the laundry room, in the basement?
Now when the phone rings for line one – we know right where to go. Planted firmly on the wall – a telephone with a handset attached by a curly cord.
Old but predictable. And I predict these things could make a comeback.
GO ON, ADMIT it - sounds like a good idea - eh?
Yes we like most got a cordless phone for the house, years ago. Then it progressed to a dual line cordless phone, then with 2 lines, we added 3 more cordless devices. Soon when a phone rang, all hell broke loose. We heard the base station ring and ring and ring – we could even tell if it was line one, or line two. But darned if we could find a cordless unit that worked.
Yes the phone would ring - and panic would set in. We'd run, we'd look - sometimes we'd find it - but whoever was calling had already hung up - could we have missed Readers Digest telling us we'd won the millions??
One day I was in a store, seemed like an antique store – but there it was “nirvana” a phone that I could screw to the wall.
It had a ringer bell.
It gets “power” right through the phone wires.
No batteries needed.
No electric circuits needed.
No hiding under pillows, on the deck, in the laundry room, in the basement?
Now when the phone rings for line one – we know right where to go. Planted firmly on the wall – a telephone with a handset attached by a curly cord.
Old but predictable. And I predict these things could make a comeback.
GO ON, ADMIT it - sounds like a good idea - eh?
Thursday, April 15. 2010
Inflation here in Canada?
Only as a result of Government Services, Taxes – at every level, regulated services and public utilities. And oh what a perfect time to bring on the HST in Ontario and BC.
And somehow – right here in Ontario ... Insurers have just cut the cost they will cover on Health Plans for dispensed drugs...yeah that makes sense..Government reduces costs of Generic Drugs, but my deductible goes up? Huh? Whats wrong with this story?
And somehow – right here in Ontario ... Insurers have just cut the cost they will cover on Health Plans for dispensed drugs...yeah that makes sense..Government reduces costs of Generic Drugs, but my deductible goes up? Huh? Whats wrong with this story?
Wednesday, April 14. 2010
Drug Store Wars Against Who?
My sign is Aquarius but i missed the drug days of youth...i built plastic models...maybe the glue substituted. But here we are – it’s today, and I’m concerned. BC has changed the rules for the small time local drug dealers – they’re legalizing the stuff and threatening the very existence of this entrepreneurial sector.
And now Ontario threatens their big brother. Heck the way I understand it – we’re going to have to buy drugs on almost the blind faith of our Medical Doctor, no more consultations – with the Dealer. And we may not be able to buy them at 3 in the morning – and that’s a problem, cause my doctor usually stays open till at least 2:30am so I can get prescriptions. And they won’t deliver for free....means i may have to visit them on a corner, under a dimly glowing street light? Well then I agree, close earlier...I don’t like late night rendezvous. And if the line-ups and wait times get too, too long for drugs at the pharma ...I’ll do the street corner at WalMart – even though I’m not their greatest fan.
In a competitive world I just don’t understand how businesses that are loosely attached to Medical Care – refer to me as a patient. And as for this new breed of Drug Dealer holding me “hostage” as the media has been saying...only till I cross the street to WalMart.
Go back, return to your core business – sell drugs. Give up the milk, makeup, magazines and whatnot. Go take a look at what pharmacies in Europe are all about – small medical-help style dispensaries. Find your core business – balance your overhead to that core...it can all work out.
...so buddy can you spare a buck, for your local drug dealer? Send it to one of those big stores - the rents are just giant!
And now Ontario threatens their big brother. Heck the way I understand it – we’re going to have to buy drugs on almost the blind faith of our Medical Doctor, no more consultations – with the Dealer. And we may not be able to buy them at 3 in the morning – and that’s a problem, cause my doctor usually stays open till at least 2:30am so I can get prescriptions. And they won’t deliver for free....means i may have to visit them on a corner, under a dimly glowing street light? Well then I agree, close earlier...I don’t like late night rendezvous. And if the line-ups and wait times get too, too long for drugs at the pharma ...I’ll do the street corner at WalMart – even though I’m not their greatest fan.
In a competitive world I just don’t understand how businesses that are loosely attached to Medical Care – refer to me as a patient. And as for this new breed of Drug Dealer holding me “hostage” as the media has been saying...only till I cross the street to WalMart.
Go back, return to your core business – sell drugs. Give up the milk, makeup, magazines and whatnot. Go take a look at what pharmacies in Europe are all about – small medical-help style dispensaries. Find your core business – balance your overhead to that core...it can all work out.
...so buddy can you spare a buck, for your local drug dealer? Send it to one of those big stores - the rents are just giant!
Friday, April 9. 2010
Words to Grab Back...or an attitude??
Dateline: April 2010
News-Magazine: Post City Magazine Thornhill edition
Feature: Real Estate Roundtable
Background - Housing "heavies" weigh-in at a round-table, about what else - the Toronto Market (real estate).
Page 15:
Conversation about a million dollar home being mortgaged for three to four hundred...that I understand to mean $300,000 to $400,000.
response from an Editor-at-large, Financial Post:
"That's a nuisance mortgage".
....and folks if the "market's" in trouble, it's exactly her attitude that drives the bus.
How can an editor at large of a financial section for a National newspaper be that far from the street of reality and fairly write about news that matters?
If I'm wrong and they really did mean $300 to $400, then like Gilda...."oops never-mind".
News-Magazine: Post City Magazine Thornhill edition
Feature: Real Estate Roundtable
Background - Housing "heavies" weigh-in at a round-table, about what else - the Toronto Market (real estate).
Page 15:
Conversation about a million dollar home being mortgaged for three to four hundred...that I understand to mean $300,000 to $400,000.
response from an Editor-at-large, Financial Post:
"That's a nuisance mortgage".
....and folks if the "market's" in trouble, it's exactly her attitude that drives the bus.
How can an editor at large of a financial section for a National newspaper be that far from the street of reality and fairly write about news that matters?
If I'm wrong and they really did mean $300 to $400, then like Gilda...."oops never-mind".
Friday, April 2. 2010
So You want to be Optimized.
Decades ago they were called Snake Oil Charmers. At another time they were Potato Bug Killer Companies, selling, 2 sticks of wood during the Depression, to already depressed Farmers, that would help them “save the farm”. In a landmark decision by a US Judge about mail-fraud, it was determined that "used correctly - the advertisement supported the claim of the product which shipped - bang the 2 sticks together, with even just one of teh crop-killing bugs and indeed they served as a Potato Bug Killer.
Today’s Charmers – for sure SEO’s – Search Engine Optimizers.
They are the guru’s that will advise your business on how to best conquer Google, Jeeves and Bing to make it to the top – “above the crease”.
You pay them, they do an analysis of your business, your site, your competition And then they deliver the MAGIC. The words, the special order of the words and how many times to repeat the words to “trick” the Search Engines to putting you first. And of course – first – is in business terms – Nirvana.
But there’s a catch – the words change. Often. So you require these wizards always, on a continual basis, to trick the “net” and keep you first.
So logic has one question – why on a recent “search”, oh hell lets just call it right in the modern vernacular – “why when I Googled the term – SEO Optimizers do I then see:
1,370,000 hits AND in ONLY .18 seconds ?
The Top Bar position – the highest PAID FOR POSITION – has 3 companies who can do it for me, but not for themselves?
The Right Side Bar – another Paid Advertising Position – has 8 more imperial wizards who can save me from oblivion.
...and then there’s other 1,370,000....
Oh gosh...who to pick to save me from falling in with the masses?
Today’s Charmers – for sure SEO’s – Search Engine Optimizers.
They are the guru’s that will advise your business on how to best conquer Google, Jeeves and Bing to make it to the top – “above the crease”.
You pay them, they do an analysis of your business, your site, your competition And then they deliver the MAGIC. The words, the special order of the words and how many times to repeat the words to “trick” the Search Engines to putting you first. And of course – first – is in business terms – Nirvana.
But there’s a catch – the words change. Often. So you require these wizards always, on a continual basis, to trick the “net” and keep you first.
So logic has one question – why on a recent “search”, oh hell lets just call it right in the modern vernacular – “why when I Googled the term – SEO Optimizers do I then see:
1,370,000 hits AND in ONLY .18 seconds ?
The Top Bar position – the highest PAID FOR POSITION – has 3 companies who can do it for me, but not for themselves?
The Right Side Bar – another Paid Advertising Position – has 8 more imperial wizards who can save me from oblivion.
...and then there’s other 1,370,000....
Oh gosh...who to pick to save me from falling in with the masses?
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