The latest featured undercover boss is Henrik Slipsager, President and CEO of ABM Industries. ABM Industries is the largest service contractor offering janitorial, parking, maintenance, engineering and security services.
The CEO, as usual traded his mansion and large office to work with the people in the bottom of his company. It is the same old storyline from the other undercover boss! What else can they do, except that? The outcome too, is the same...the CEO introduces himself to his trainers and gives them some kind of a reward, either a vacation, scholarship or a promotion! This is fine and dandy. My only qualm is ...how about the others in the company that works as hard as the few chosen ones?? Just say sorry ro these folks because they did not have the luck to be with the big honcho?? That is not fair! Is anything fair in this twisted world of ours? Comments, anyone?
It is also the same old story that the CEO fails miserably on his task and gets fired for the first time in his life! This happened in this episode when he was driving an airport shuttle bus with Kenny. Kenny thought that he was too slow and complained how heavy the bags are! Well, for one thing, the CEO is old! Ahem, excuse me...mature! Okay...mature and wise! That is better and more pleasing to the ears for the mature people, is it not??
Then he also cleans toilets and wash windows! Had he ever cleaned before? I do not think so! Of course, it is out of his comfort zone, so he will be very slow and not proficient!
I think they should try a different storyline for the undercover boss. Like what? It is for the writers and producers to decide! I am sure they have brilliant writers with grand ideas that can be put into the storyline! It is getting too monotonous and boring! Then why do you watch? There is nothing else to watch! Plus I do not really stay and watch it. I move around during the show! But some people like it. It is the same content...it is missing something that is hard to explain! Hopefully, they will change some of their format!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Goodbye To A Friend
It is Tuesday, December 7, 2010. I feel sooo lazy, after going to the funeral service of our friend. It was a beautiful service graced by about 300 people, more or less. The church was really full and there were many cars that saw him laid to rest in the cemetery. Although it was cold, it was a beautiful, sunny day! The priest talked about him and his past deeds and friends. I heard someone remark on our way out if on her funeral, there will be as many people as there was today? Indeed, this guy has many friends.... golfers, walkers, co-workers....etc.....etc......
The subject of death has been one that we usually do not want to touch. Why? For obvious reasons! The guy's family has bought the cemetery plot almost 20 years ago! In this year of inflation, that amount spent 20 years ago must have been 5x or 6x higher now. What do you think?
As we were driving, a discussion came about the final days on earth. We were thinking, the family chose a funeral home farther away from their home. We were thinking that is a good idea! Why? If the funeral home is close by, every time you pass the funeral home, it will just remind you of your loved one that has been there. What do you think?
The next discussion was about a cemetery plot or cremation. Cremation is less expensive, but you have the ashes stored in an urn. Someone had the ashes of her loved one in the cemetery, and she moved to another state. Our question...when you move, who will visit your grave or ashes? Another had the ashes of their loved one in their house. Question? Would you like to store the ashes in your home? When you leave this world, what will happen to the ashes? These are good, interesting questions!!! Someone said to scatter the ashes in your favorite place, your birthplace, etc...etc... so no one will be obligated to go to the cemetery. If the loved one re-marries, then the person that passed away will not have anyone visiting! These are really excellent questions that only you and a loved one can agree to. Any comments, anyone???
We were soo glad though that we were able to talk and be merry with him for the last time 2 weeks ago! Unbelievable! We were seated together in a party, drinking, eating, dancing, joking and carrying on. In an instant, the one you know will no longer be there on the usual place that he is on!! Life is really short! Make the most with it! Be at peace with everyone! Be happy and keep smiling!!
One thing though is really hard to do... to see someone depart from this life, whether it is your relative or a friend!! Goodbye, dear friend. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine unto him! Amen!
The subject of death has been one that we usually do not want to touch. Why? For obvious reasons! The guy's family has bought the cemetery plot almost 20 years ago! In this year of inflation, that amount spent 20 years ago must have been 5x or 6x higher now. What do you think?
As we were driving, a discussion came about the final days on earth. We were thinking, the family chose a funeral home farther away from their home. We were thinking that is a good idea! Why? If the funeral home is close by, every time you pass the funeral home, it will just remind you of your loved one that has been there. What do you think?
The next discussion was about a cemetery plot or cremation. Cremation is less expensive, but you have the ashes stored in an urn. Someone had the ashes of her loved one in the cemetery, and she moved to another state. Our question...when you move, who will visit your grave or ashes? Another had the ashes of their loved one in their house. Question? Would you like to store the ashes in your home? When you leave this world, what will happen to the ashes? These are good, interesting questions!!! Someone said to scatter the ashes in your favorite place, your birthplace, etc...etc... so no one will be obligated to go to the cemetery. If the loved one re-marries, then the person that passed away will not have anyone visiting! These are really excellent questions that only you and a loved one can agree to. Any comments, anyone???
We were soo glad though that we were able to talk and be merry with him for the last time 2 weeks ago! Unbelievable! We were seated together in a party, drinking, eating, dancing, joking and carrying on. In an instant, the one you know will no longer be there on the usual place that he is on!! Life is really short! Make the most with it! Be at peace with everyone! Be happy and keep smiling!!
One thing though is really hard to do... to see someone depart from this life, whether it is your relative or a friend!! Goodbye, dear friend. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine unto him! Amen!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Amazing Race, 12052010
The racers are down to the final 3! Who are the final 3? Who won this leg of the race? This race sure has taken the racers all over the world. This leg of the race took them 1,300 miles to Seoul, Korea. The teams had to drive to the DeMilitarized Zone near the North Korean border. Is that not scary? I do not think the show will do something that will endanger the safety of the racers! There they had to search for Seungil Bridge where they will find the next clue!
The clue instructs them to raft down the Hantangang River, board a humvee to go to the US Army Base Camp Casey. River rafting seems to be dangerously fun as the racers found out! Wow! It gave the racers the adrenaline push that they need! I will probably be scared to death doing the river rafting! Would you?
In Camp Casey, 1 team member had to choose a headband, walk among 200 soldiers practicing tae kwon do and find the matching headband, trying not to get hit by the tae kwon do-ers! Is there such a word? Well, there is one now...with me...Ha! Ha! Ha! Once the soldier is found, he would kick a board to reveal the next clue!
Where will the clue send them? By subway to Seoul World Cup Stadium. They had 2 options: Full Throttle or Full Bottle. In Full Throttle, teams had to travel on foot or subway to Mokdong Ice Rink, change into a speeding skating suit and skate a 2 person relay for 24 laps! Goodness gracious!!! That is a lot of laps! Suppose you do not know how to skate??? Tough!!! You will just have a sore behind!!! LOL! In Full Bottle, teams had to travel by foot or subway to Namdaemun Market, put on delivery uniforms and carry 6 giant ginseng roots without breaking any glass jar. Once the task is done, the clue will be given.
Next task was to go to Han Riverside Park or Yeouido Hangang Park to search for a statue of an airplane where the next clue is. The next clue finally instructs them to the Pit Stop at Temple of Heaven, the imperial shrine built in 1897 for the first and only emperor of Korea.
Who were the first team to arrive? Brook and Claire! But, alas! they incurred a 30 minute penalty for taking a taxi, instead of the subway to Mokdong Ice Rink! That cost them a trip for 2 to Argentina! Well, at least, they are still in the final 3!!! Jill and Thomas were the second to arrive who were ecstatic to receive the good news! Nenenenene, Brook and Claire, that is what you get for not reading the instructions!!! How many teams were eliminated because of non-compliance to the rules? Plenty!!!
Nick DeCarlo and Vicki Casciola were eliminated! Final 3: Jill/Thomas, Brook/Claire and Nat and Kat! Who are you rooting for? Well, the prize money is 1 million... Nat and Kat are doctors, they do not need the money. I am rooting for Brook and Claire and not for Jill and Thomas just because there are no 2 women pair winners yet!
The clue instructs them to raft down the Hantangang River, board a humvee to go to the US Army Base Camp Casey. River rafting seems to be dangerously fun as the racers found out! Wow! It gave the racers the adrenaline push that they need! I will probably be scared to death doing the river rafting! Would you?
In Camp Casey, 1 team member had to choose a headband, walk among 200 soldiers practicing tae kwon do and find the matching headband, trying not to get hit by the tae kwon do-ers! Is there such a word? Well, there is one now...with me...Ha! Ha! Ha! Once the soldier is found, he would kick a board to reveal the next clue!
Where will the clue send them? By subway to Seoul World Cup Stadium. They had 2 options: Full Throttle or Full Bottle. In Full Throttle, teams had to travel on foot or subway to Mokdong Ice Rink, change into a speeding skating suit and skate a 2 person relay for 24 laps! Goodness gracious!!! That is a lot of laps! Suppose you do not know how to skate??? Tough!!! You will just have a sore behind!!! LOL! In Full Bottle, teams had to travel by foot or subway to Namdaemun Market, put on delivery uniforms and carry 6 giant ginseng roots without breaking any glass jar. Once the task is done, the clue will be given.
Next task was to go to Han Riverside Park or Yeouido Hangang Park to search for a statue of an airplane where the next clue is. The next clue finally instructs them to the Pit Stop at Temple of Heaven, the imperial shrine built in 1897 for the first and only emperor of Korea.
Who were the first team to arrive? Brook and Claire! But, alas! they incurred a 30 minute penalty for taking a taxi, instead of the subway to Mokdong Ice Rink! That cost them a trip for 2 to Argentina! Well, at least, they are still in the final 3!!! Jill and Thomas were the second to arrive who were ecstatic to receive the good news! Nenenenene, Brook and Claire, that is what you get for not reading the instructions!!! How many teams were eliminated because of non-compliance to the rules? Plenty!!!
Nick DeCarlo and Vicki Casciola were eliminated! Final 3: Jill/Thomas, Brook/Claire and Nat and Kat! Who are you rooting for? Well, the prize money is 1 million... Nat and Kat are doctors, they do not need the money. I am rooting for Brook and Claire and not for Jill and Thomas just because there are no 2 women pair winners yet!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Happy Saturday
What is happy with Saturday? Well, you are alive, right? Yes? You can see, right? Yes? You can hear, right? Okay, I get it!
The day started right with breakfast, and getting dressed to see a friend that fell and banged his head on the floor last Monday. Diagnosis was aneurysm and he was taken off from life support on Wednesday. A friend of ours went to visit him yesterday, he was transferred from ICU and was still comatose. When we arrived in the hospital, we asked the receptionist his room number. She asked if we were family which we said," friends." She told us we have to talk to the family! We called one of our friends who told us he passed away last night! Is that what they usually say in the hospital if a person is gone? Why can't they just say the bad news? I do not know. And we did not even had any hint of what is going on! We thought that he was just really bad that is why they are not letting people visit him! Little did we know that he was gone! And to think that we were in his table on a party last Saturday!! He even requested to be with us on the same table!! Goodness gracious!!! One da, you are here, next day, you are gone!!! He is just in his early 70's!! He is still very young! Please pray for him!!!
Do you believe that on our way back home that our car would not start? Dead battery!! We were sooo glad that we got a booster...and a new battery had to be installed!!! Ayayay!!!! More moolah to fork out!!! Oh, well, at least it was still daytime when that happened!
We were on our way home, when we passed Popeye chicken in Oak Park. I have not had any for a long time, so we stopped to get some. When we arrived home and started to eat, we found out that we were shorted by an order of large fries!!! Dumbo!!! How come I did not check the bag??? I usually check it!! And this place is more than 30 minutes away from us!!! Yikes!! I was going to call the place but there is no phone # on the receipt! Finally got the telephone #, but there was no answer! I also found out that this place has had quite a few of missed items in the order! Lesson learned: Always check your order before leaving!!! It is only probably $2. 39 for the fries, but if they kept on doing that, that is a lot of money that the management can pocket from the customers!!! I will keep on trying to call them even though it might be awhile before I probably go that way! I was sooo disappointed that I did not have the cajun fries! Oh, well, less calories! The chicken and cajun rice were really good!!!
So, you are right, it is a happy and glorious Saturday, after all!! Have a nice weekend, everyone!!! May God bless all of us!!!!
The day started right with breakfast, and getting dressed to see a friend that fell and banged his head on the floor last Monday. Diagnosis was aneurysm and he was taken off from life support on Wednesday. A friend of ours went to visit him yesterday, he was transferred from ICU and was still comatose. When we arrived in the hospital, we asked the receptionist his room number. She asked if we were family which we said," friends." She told us we have to talk to the family! We called one of our friends who told us he passed away last night! Is that what they usually say in the hospital if a person is gone? Why can't they just say the bad news? I do not know. And we did not even had any hint of what is going on! We thought that he was just really bad that is why they are not letting people visit him! Little did we know that he was gone! And to think that we were in his table on a party last Saturday!! He even requested to be with us on the same table!! Goodness gracious!!! One da, you are here, next day, you are gone!!! He is just in his early 70's!! He is still very young! Please pray for him!!!
Do you believe that on our way back home that our car would not start? Dead battery!! We were sooo glad that we got a booster...and a new battery had to be installed!!! Ayayay!!!! More moolah to fork out!!! Oh, well, at least it was still daytime when that happened!
We were on our way home, when we passed Popeye chicken in Oak Park. I have not had any for a long time, so we stopped to get some. When we arrived home and started to eat, we found out that we were shorted by an order of large fries!!! Dumbo!!! How come I did not check the bag??? I usually check it!! And this place is more than 30 minutes away from us!!! Yikes!! I was going to call the place but there is no phone # on the receipt! Finally got the telephone #, but there was no answer! I also found out that this place has had quite a few of missed items in the order! Lesson learned: Always check your order before leaving!!! It is only probably $2. 39 for the fries, but if they kept on doing that, that is a lot of money that the management can pocket from the customers!!! I will keep on trying to call them even though it might be awhile before I probably go that way! I was sooo disappointed that I did not have the cajun fries! Oh, well, less calories! The chicken and cajun rice were really good!!!
So, you are right, it is a happy and glorious Saturday, after all!! Have a nice weekend, everyone!!! May God bless all of us!!!!
Friday, December 3, 2010
News This Week
There are many interesting news this week. I am only going to touch on a few topics. Are you ready? Get set! Go!
What is new?? Nothing much! Same old stories..... Unemployment still sucks! Benefits are still under debate! In the meantime many have already lost their benefits since last month. Why can't the government extend the benefits for another year? Let's face it...there are not a lot of jobs out there, unless we all go overseas and work there! That is really, really sad, with Christmas just around the corner!
Housing sucks! The value of houses have really gone down a lot, but it seems the taxes are still high! What do we do about this? Not sure. Anyone has any ideas to get the housing to rebound?
Economy sucks! They say that people are spending for the holidays. I see at the mall that is true! But what are people using? Credit cards! To go deeper in debt? Sigh. That is not good! The stores are really luring customers to visit them...some had given out customers a $10.00 coupon, another $15.00 and some have ongoing sale with a 10 to 20 % off on merchandise! But when you look at it, it seems the prices were raised, and then they give you a discount??? That does not seem right! Any comments??
T =Tough! whether you liked it or not, it will be done!!! S = Sexual. Isn't groping a sexual act? A=Act that everyone despises! Wow!!! That is a good one! The invasive and intrusive strip search is still a very hot conversation piece. Ther are some women that go through the scanner wearing bikinis and underwear, only to be rejected! My! My! My! Is that insane, ridiculous or what??? Anyway, how safe is the scanner that virtually strips you from head to toe? The 135 machines which will number to 1,000 by 2011 is supposed to emit negligible amount of radiation, lower than the chest x-rays. How does it work? The radiation is absorbed in your skin, is reflected back creating an image of your body, in other words it shows everything underneath your clothes, including your "tootsies or thingie."Ha! Ha! Ha! Are those the best words you can use?? But what will be the effect in the long run for people that travel a lot? Who knows? Let us just hope and pray that we will not see a rise in cancer patients!!! They say that there is a new machine that does the same thing, but it is non- radiation. I wonder when and how long before they get to use those machines!
LeBron James was back to Cleveland the other day. Were the locals still upset with him for going with the Miami Heat? Of course, they were! The people in Cleveland should get over the saga with LeBron... If he had chosen to leave, let him go! After all, he has been in Cleveland for 7 years! Get over it! It is easy to say, but who cares, there will be another basketball star that will emerge sooner or later and LeBron James will just be another name! In the meantime, Miami Heat won against the Cleveland Cavaliers, 118 - 90! Who cares? It is just basketball!!
US dollar. The US dollar has really gone down quite a bit. Here are some sample of how much the US dollar is against the other currencies: 1 USD = 0.76027 Euro, or 1 Euro = 1.31532 USD;
1 USD = 84.06433 Japanese Yen ( JPY), or 1 JPY = 0.01190 USD; 1 USD = 1.33067 New Zealand dollar ( NZD), or 1 NZD = 0.75150 USD; 1 USD = 31.34109 Russian Rouble (RUB), OR 1 RUB = 0.03191 USD; 1 USD = 1.01264 Canadian Dollar ( CAD), or 1 CAD = 0.98752 USD; 1 USD = 6.67146 Chinese Yuan Renminbi ( CNY), or 1 CNY = 0.14989 USD. Wow!!!! No wonder the Russians and the Chinese are not going to use for trading anymore the once mighty US dollar!!! Do you think the US will rebound to be the world power again?? Who knows, but China is really in full force being the number 1! Comments, anyone???
Have a nice, safe and blessed weekend!!! May God bless us all!!!
What is new?? Nothing much! Same old stories..... Unemployment still sucks! Benefits are still under debate! In the meantime many have already lost their benefits since last month. Why can't the government extend the benefits for another year? Let's face it...there are not a lot of jobs out there, unless we all go overseas and work there! That is really, really sad, with Christmas just around the corner!
Housing sucks! The value of houses have really gone down a lot, but it seems the taxes are still high! What do we do about this? Not sure. Anyone has any ideas to get the housing to rebound?
Economy sucks! They say that people are spending for the holidays. I see at the mall that is true! But what are people using? Credit cards! To go deeper in debt? Sigh. That is not good! The stores are really luring customers to visit them...some had given out customers a $10.00 coupon, another $15.00 and some have ongoing sale with a 10 to 20 % off on merchandise! But when you look at it, it seems the prices were raised, and then they give you a discount??? That does not seem right! Any comments??
T =Tough! whether you liked it or not, it will be done!!! S = Sexual. Isn't groping a sexual act? A=Act that everyone despises! Wow!!! That is a good one! The invasive and intrusive strip search is still a very hot conversation piece. Ther are some women that go through the scanner wearing bikinis and underwear, only to be rejected! My! My! My! Is that insane, ridiculous or what??? Anyway, how safe is the scanner that virtually strips you from head to toe? The 135 machines which will number to 1,000 by 2011 is supposed to emit negligible amount of radiation, lower than the chest x-rays. How does it work? The radiation is absorbed in your skin, is reflected back creating an image of your body, in other words it shows everything underneath your clothes, including your "tootsies or thingie."Ha! Ha! Ha! Are those the best words you can use?? But what will be the effect in the long run for people that travel a lot? Who knows? Let us just hope and pray that we will not see a rise in cancer patients!!! They say that there is a new machine that does the same thing, but it is non- radiation. I wonder when and how long before they get to use those machines!
LeBron James was back to Cleveland the other day. Were the locals still upset with him for going with the Miami Heat? Of course, they were! The people in Cleveland should get over the saga with LeBron... If he had chosen to leave, let him go! After all, he has been in Cleveland for 7 years! Get over it! It is easy to say, but who cares, there will be another basketball star that will emerge sooner or later and LeBron James will just be another name! In the meantime, Miami Heat won against the Cleveland Cavaliers, 118 - 90! Who cares? It is just basketball!!
US dollar. The US dollar has really gone down quite a bit. Here are some sample of how much the US dollar is against the other currencies: 1 USD = 0.76027 Euro, or 1 Euro = 1.31532 USD;
1 USD = 84.06433 Japanese Yen ( JPY), or 1 JPY = 0.01190 USD; 1 USD = 1.33067 New Zealand dollar ( NZD), or 1 NZD = 0.75150 USD; 1 USD = 31.34109 Russian Rouble (RUB), OR 1 RUB = 0.03191 USD; 1 USD = 1.01264 Canadian Dollar ( CAD), or 1 CAD = 0.98752 USD; 1 USD = 6.67146 Chinese Yuan Renminbi ( CNY), or 1 CNY = 0.14989 USD. Wow!!!! No wonder the Russians and the Chinese are not going to use for trading anymore the once mighty US dollar!!! Do you think the US will rebound to be the world power again?? Who knows, but China is really in full force being the number 1! Comments, anyone???
Have a nice, safe and blessed weekend!!! May God bless us all!!!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Survivor Nicaragua, 12012010
This episode had a new development that I do not think has happened before in the history of Survivor! And what is that? Two survivors are quitting!! Just like that!!! In a blink of an eye...not one, but 2 people! Surprise! Surprise! I think even Jeff Probst was surprised at the sudden development of the show! Now, there will be no voting in the tribal council tonight! The other survivors are sooo thankful to these two! Wow!!! What a shocker!!! The others really felt relieved that they can survive 2 more weeks!!! Does that mean they do not have to vote next week also?? How about the people on the jury??? They were also so shocked and surprised and at the same time mad as a burrito! Why did you say burrito? I have another word but I do not think I can say that word here! Plus I can say anything I want since this is a free country! Sort off, is it not?? He! He! He!
The survivors had to be divided into 2 teams: the yellow team - Fabio, Sash, Purple Kelly S, and Jane; the blue team - Chase, NaOnka, Holly and Benry. Each team had to be tied together while they have to untie a giant Gulliver and go though a series of obstacles. The obstacles were not easy! They had to climb over to the other side while bringing Gulliver and go though mud, hay etc. Yikes!!! A very physical challenge! I applaud these survivors for going through all these physical challenges! Dan, on the other hand, is having a free ride all along, not participating in the reward challenge! He chose the winning team, which was the blue team!!! The reward was going to the Survivor's Cinema to see Gulliver's Travels, and feast on hot dogs, nachos and popcorn! Yum! Yum!
Since the survivors lost their tarp and food, Jeff made them an offer that only Holly took, which was to give up her place in the cinema. In exchange, the survivors can have the tarp and rice! How noble Holly was!!! Or was it just to gain sympathy and friendship from the others??? Hmmm...You always think of something! Oh, well...NaOnka and Purle Kelly announced that they were quitting the game. Jefft looked surprised, but not the other survivors. What was the reason that they were quitting??? They cannot take anymore the harsh weather that is on them day in and day out! Jeff told them to think it over until the tribal council! Do you think they made a mistake? No, I do think so! At least they lasted for 28 days!! Wowie!! That is indeed an accomplishment! NaOnka and Kelly S...Bravo!!!! Good job, girls!!! If that was me, I would have quit the 1st day... with the punishment you take everyday, living in the open, always cold and hungry! I like my bed, showers, food...the whole thing!! I was wondering though about Jane and Holly. My gosh these are 2 elderly women out there! The million dollars must have been a really good incentive for them! Jane Bright is 56 and Holly Hoffman is 44!! Woo...hooo....ladies!!!! you both are either insane or like physical challenges!!! I hope you two get to be the last 2 standing against the young men and Dan Lembo,63, who is a weakling!
The tribal council was just a reiteration of what NaOnka Mixon, 27, and Purple Kelly Shinn, 20, told everyone during the reward challenge that they are quitting! No ifs, buts or maybe!!! Good job girls!!! Will they be joining Alina, Marty and Brenda in the jury house, since they were not voted off but they quit?? Who knows?? Will there be some more that will quit??
This is really one show that will test your endurance and the will to live in an environment that is harsh and open! Are you up to the challenge for the next episode to win a million dollars????
The survivors had to be divided into 2 teams: the yellow team - Fabio, Sash, Purple Kelly S, and Jane; the blue team - Chase, NaOnka, Holly and Benry. Each team had to be tied together while they have to untie a giant Gulliver and go though a series of obstacles. The obstacles were not easy! They had to climb over to the other side while bringing Gulliver and go though mud, hay etc. Yikes!!! A very physical challenge! I applaud these survivors for going through all these physical challenges! Dan, on the other hand, is having a free ride all along, not participating in the reward challenge! He chose the winning team, which was the blue team!!! The reward was going to the Survivor's Cinema to see Gulliver's Travels, and feast on hot dogs, nachos and popcorn! Yum! Yum!
Since the survivors lost their tarp and food, Jeff made them an offer that only Holly took, which was to give up her place in the cinema. In exchange, the survivors can have the tarp and rice! How noble Holly was!!! Or was it just to gain sympathy and friendship from the others??? Hmmm...You always think of something! Oh, well...NaOnka and Purle Kelly announced that they were quitting the game. Jefft looked surprised, but not the other survivors. What was the reason that they were quitting??? They cannot take anymore the harsh weather that is on them day in and day out! Jeff told them to think it over until the tribal council! Do you think they made a mistake? No, I do think so! At least they lasted for 28 days!! Wowie!! That is indeed an accomplishment! NaOnka and Kelly S...Bravo!!!! Good job, girls!!! If that was me, I would have quit the 1st day... with the punishment you take everyday, living in the open, always cold and hungry! I like my bed, showers, food...the whole thing!! I was wondering though about Jane and Holly. My gosh these are 2 elderly women out there! The million dollars must have been a really good incentive for them! Jane Bright is 56 and Holly Hoffman is 44!! Woo...hooo....ladies!!!! you both are either insane or like physical challenges!!! I hope you two get to be the last 2 standing against the young men and Dan Lembo,63, who is a weakling!
The tribal council was just a reiteration of what NaOnka Mixon, 27, and Purple Kelly Shinn, 20, told everyone during the reward challenge that they are quitting! No ifs, buts or maybe!!! Good job girls!!! Will they be joining Alina, Marty and Brenda in the jury house, since they were not voted off but they quit?? Who knows?? Will there be some more that will quit??
This is really one show that will test your endurance and the will to live in an environment that is harsh and open! Are you up to the challenge for the next episode to win a million dollars????
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Just Plain Talk
Time flies when you are having fun!!! Where did the time go?? It is already December 1st!! Wow!!! Pretty soon, it will be Christmas! I have a question... why do we say pretty soon??? Is soon pretty?? Who, when and how were the words started to be used with soon? I really do not know, and who cares?? If you really care, then do a research and blog about it!!! Or ask someone. I am sure there is at least one person out there that is very smart and knows when pretty came to being with soon! In the meantime, let us go on with our blogging....
The first thing on my list is the billionaires, e.g., Buffett, Gates etc, etc.. going on a trip to China. They were going to see about investing in a business overseas. It also showed how these billionaires do not have to go though security and the customs! Of course, they would not have to go through the TSA and the infamous pat down/ groping because they have their own luxurious jets!! It must really be nice to be able to go anywhere without any worry about money or anything! They were also trying to talk to the rich Chinese about charity. I guess charity is not really in the vocabulary of the Chinese people. It might take time to persuade them to part with their precious yuan to help the less fortunate! Any, comments???
The fall of the dollar. It seems that China and Russia have dropped using the dollar for trading. They will each use their money now. What will happen to the dollar??? It will probably be weaker and more devalued! Wouldn't that be good for the US economy??? If the dollar is down, more people will come to America to buy mercandise, is it not?? I remember a few years back, I saw at the mall some people from Canada coming to the US to buy since their money went up!!! Can you imagine that? Canadian money is equal or higher than the American money now! I remember about 20 years ago that $1.00 US was equal to $1.50 Canadian! Sigh! Gone are those days! Oh, well. Comments, anyone???
Federal deficit. What are the plans of the US government to reduce the deficit??? Plenty, from what I heard. Are you ready?? 1 - Raise the age for social security benefits. My goodness, that is bad for the older people, they really will not enjoy their golden years! Excuse me, some seniors are not enjoying it now either! Some went back to work to make ends meet! And there is quite a bit of seniors that filed for bankruptcy! 2 - Change of the tax laws that will cost an average taxpayer $1,700 more per year! Yikes!!! That is not good!!! 3- Raise the Medicare premium. Oh, oh. This is not good either! By the way, they are also cutting down the doctor's fee by 25 % come January 1st!!! They have not given an increase to seniors for 2 years now!!! 4 - End the home mortgage deduction! What??? That is the only thing people can deduct from their taxes, since they took out the other deductions! My! My! My! What is the world getting into??? 5 - Raise gasoline taxes!! Goodness gracious!!! What will gasoline cost?? $7.00/gallon??? Wow!! Today, gasoline was $2.92 /gallon. It is outrageous!! If the gasoline go up, then everything will go up!!! Then what are people supposed to do??? Live on the streets???
Federal pay freeze. The federal employees are not going to have raises for the next 2 years! Woo..hoo....Except they already had a big chunk of raise for the last 2 years! Even if they do not get a raise, they are still better off than the private sector when it comes to pay rates!!! Right????
Unemployment. It is still very high! And many people will lose their benefits come Christmas or have already lost their unemployment benefit last month, the end of November! What will happen to these people??? I am not sure but I am praying to God that our government will do something to alleviate the unemployment and hopelessness that seems to be the norm in our society now! Can the billionaires do something for America and the people in need??? They will probably say, " what do they care?" I do not know, maybe I am thinking that there might be someone with money and nice enough to do something to make the lives better for our people! Isn't there a country that helps their people???
I think that is it for now. Let me talk about something lighter now. Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting last night. Wow!!! That is a huge Christmas tree that was lit up and witnessed by hundreds of people! And there was a bevy of celebrities that made the occasion really festive, like Jackie Evancho, Terry Fator, Jessica Simpson, Susan Boyle and Josh Groban. It was indeed a very nice celebration to herald the start of the Christmas season in New York City!!!
The first thing on my list is the billionaires, e.g., Buffett, Gates etc, etc.. going on a trip to China. They were going to see about investing in a business overseas. It also showed how these billionaires do not have to go though security and the customs! Of course, they would not have to go through the TSA and the infamous pat down/ groping because they have their own luxurious jets!! It must really be nice to be able to go anywhere without any worry about money or anything! They were also trying to talk to the rich Chinese about charity. I guess charity is not really in the vocabulary of the Chinese people. It might take time to persuade them to part with their precious yuan to help the less fortunate! Any, comments???
The fall of the dollar. It seems that China and Russia have dropped using the dollar for trading. They will each use their money now. What will happen to the dollar??? It will probably be weaker and more devalued! Wouldn't that be good for the US economy??? If the dollar is down, more people will come to America to buy mercandise, is it not?? I remember a few years back, I saw at the mall some people from Canada coming to the US to buy since their money went up!!! Can you imagine that? Canadian money is equal or higher than the American money now! I remember about 20 years ago that $1.00 US was equal to $1.50 Canadian! Sigh! Gone are those days! Oh, well. Comments, anyone???
Federal deficit. What are the plans of the US government to reduce the deficit??? Plenty, from what I heard. Are you ready?? 1 - Raise the age for social security benefits. My goodness, that is bad for the older people, they really will not enjoy their golden years! Excuse me, some seniors are not enjoying it now either! Some went back to work to make ends meet! And there is quite a bit of seniors that filed for bankruptcy! 2 - Change of the tax laws that will cost an average taxpayer $1,700 more per year! Yikes!!! That is not good!!! 3- Raise the Medicare premium. Oh, oh. This is not good either! By the way, they are also cutting down the doctor's fee by 25 % come January 1st!!! They have not given an increase to seniors for 2 years now!!! 4 - End the home mortgage deduction! What??? That is the only thing people can deduct from their taxes, since they took out the other deductions! My! My! My! What is the world getting into??? 5 - Raise gasoline taxes!! Goodness gracious!!! What will gasoline cost?? $7.00/gallon??? Wow!! Today, gasoline was $2.92 /gallon. It is outrageous!! If the gasoline go up, then everything will go up!!! Then what are people supposed to do??? Live on the streets???
Federal pay freeze. The federal employees are not going to have raises for the next 2 years! Woo..hoo....Except they already had a big chunk of raise for the last 2 years! Even if they do not get a raise, they are still better off than the private sector when it comes to pay rates!!! Right????
Unemployment. It is still very high! And many people will lose their benefits come Christmas or have already lost their unemployment benefit last month, the end of November! What will happen to these people??? I am not sure but I am praying to God that our government will do something to alleviate the unemployment and hopelessness that seems to be the norm in our society now! Can the billionaires do something for America and the people in need??? They will probably say, " what do they care?" I do not know, maybe I am thinking that there might be someone with money and nice enough to do something to make the lives better for our people! Isn't there a country that helps their people???
I think that is it for now. Let me talk about something lighter now. Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting last night. Wow!!! That is a huge Christmas tree that was lit up and witnessed by hundreds of people! And there was a bevy of celebrities that made the occasion really festive, like Jackie Evancho, Terry Fator, Jessica Simpson, Susan Boyle and Josh Groban. It was indeed a very nice celebration to herald the start of the Christmas season in New York City!!!
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