Tag: business
member name: Howard M.
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November 23, 2006 12:16 AM EST --
In part one, the manager of an auto parts store and I had reached an impasse about whether we could install a new battery into my car without disaster. He had explained, repeatedly, that he would really . . . more
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December 09, 2006 10:09 PM EST --
I just ‘lost it.' To make matters worse, I lost it in three font sizes, bold face, caps, redundancy, and exclamation marks. Those, particularly all in the same letter, are sins. I guess I have . . . more
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November 25, 2006 09:12 PM EST --
Has anyone noticed the 'Pretty Good Goods' ad that features a quote from Garrison Keillor's book, Nothing you do for children is...?
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December 30, 2006 08:45 PM EST --
This is merely an update for those of you who might either be interested in this saga or are considering Verizon Wireless as a potential supplier. Please recall or visit the previous two articles concerning . . . more
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November 07, 2006 03:28 AM EST --
I am generally opposed to posting anything that is not original but this is an exception. The bulk of this article is a verbatim copy of a document that is making the rounds of the internet. It was written, . . . more
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November 27, 2006 04:20 AM EST --
Last week, I wrote two articles summarizing the use of the comma in non technical writing. These articles excited a few comments buried in a tidal wave of apathy. I had planned to continue the . . . more
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November 22, 2006 06:16 AM EST --
I actually sat down at the keyboard to do something constructive, but my eye fell on the page my daughter had been reading. She, and then I, were taken by an ad for a research specialist. . . . more
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November 04, 2006 04:33 AM EST --
Our forefathers (as it were) had a vision of a classless society in which religion was not dictated by the state, nor was it banned by the state. Conversely, a single religion was not to be allowed to . . . more
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December 07, 2006 04:44 AM EST --
Minutes ago, I was checking out David Rochester's recommended site for writers who are looking for reputable agents and editors. It's a fine site but I ran across the best example I have ever . . . more
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December 15, 2006 03:54 AM EST --
This is an actual letter that I am sending to a life insurance company to which I recently applied for a policy. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. This is another of my series . . . more
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February 22, 2007 06:42 PM EST --
As I have previously written, I have refilling ink cartridges down to a science. However, there is a natural limit to the number of times it can be done without sophisticated equipment, and I don't . . . more
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February 01, 2007 05:22 AM EST --
Earlier today, my wife found a few chunks of memory. These 'chunks' recalled to mind the most entertaining enterprise in which we ever engaged (business wise). It was a business . . . more
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March 23, 2007 11:52 PM EDT --
A couple of days ago, I received an e-mail from my nephew. He enjoys annoying me with his political stance. He is a money broker, and, therefore, prone to the distorted value system endemic to the . . . more
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May 22, 2007 08:29 AM EDT --
In 1958, "Big Daddy" John Bishop decided to sell some ribs. He didn't know much about the restaurant business, but he knew a whole lot about cooking ribs. And so he did. Nestled in the middle . . . more
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October 13, 2006 08:12 PM EDT --
There are continuing site problems. Articles have, literally, disappeared into some unknown region of cyberspace; articles have been poste, then removed and sent back to me for a second approval. Todd, . . . more
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September 20, 2006 08:05 PM EDT --
Beware. The sense that you have that, somehow, times just aren't quite as good as your government tells you they should be is right. Go with it. Anyone with a grain of sense knows that the administration . . . more
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November 11, 2006 12:29 AM EST --
David Rochester, who has been extremely productive for our group, going out of his way to try to help, make useful comments, and simply keep us on track has agreed to take on the formal status of group . . . more
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April 04, 2007 04:20 AM EDT --
Articles posted only to the workshop are not publicly published. However, as the purpose of the workshop is to facilitate improvement, I think it might be a useful idea for authors to post revisions, possibly . . . more
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April 16, 2007 04:53 PM EDT --
I have just, for the first time this year, 'clicked' on the Gather points site from the opening page. Repeatedly, I get the following message:
There is a problem with this website's . . . more
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September 18, 2006 01:32 AM EDT --
Actually, this is either a suggestion or a request for clarification regarding a practice of this site. I noticed a posting relevant to processes of Gather; specifically, it was an announcement of . . . more
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