That should have read “An Old Dog Is Learning A New Trick”.
Here it is, mid January, and I’m trying to get caught up on everything. Well, the tree and decorations have been down for about a week or so.
I bought (finally) Office 2007 after having worked with Office 1997 for 10 years. Actually, when I told a client of mine, he laughed uncontrolably for about one whole minute. So, I guess you could say, he shamed me into it. At any rate, I am now trying to learn Access. I even got “Access for Dummies” to help me. That means, if I ever figure it out, I will be spending all weekend inputting. Did I tell you how much I hate data entry? Gawd. It’s boring and yet you have to be ever so careful because as we all know, garbage in - garbage out.
Well, I guess you now know what I’ll be doing for the rest of January and maybe even into February.
Wish me luck.
January 17th, 2008
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A thought just struck me - what about the population of the Americas? Aren’t we all illegal immigrants? The native people did not give the settlers and looters permission, did they? And they kept coming, ship after ship full of folks looking to grab what they can. Permission, titles, grants came from their home country. Kind of makes you chuckle - in a crazy sort of way - doesn’t it? The natives were just overwhelmed and overrun by these palefaces. They didn’t have a chance.
However, I predict that in the years ahead, they will take over. You can see it now. They are now educated and have accumulated some wealth. They are using the law of the land to their advantage. The reservations, which initally were created to put the natives on designated land and, therefore, away from the palefaces and their daughters, now have the power to run their own businesses including gambling, banking, all manner of services. In short, they are getting rich and with riches comes power.
If you live near a successfuly run reservation, you hire their services. For example, say you need carpeting or flooring. Hire a native contractor working from the reservation and you save the taxes. Furthermore, since they don’t have to pay sales taxes, they buy their materials cheaper and pass the savings on. You can save yourself a bundle by dealing with native businesses. So, let’s support native industry.
March 14th, 2007
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It’s been quite some time since I posted to this blog. It’s been a wild time for me as I’ve been very busy trying to fill impossible positions. There is certainly nothing easy about the work I do. Some days I feel totally burned out. Like today, for example.
Last week, we had a court date in Small Claims Court, trying to get our money out of a client that hired someone I presented, under the table. Everything I stated and proved, he denied. So now, we go to trial. I hate this. Maybe it’s time to get out of the business.
To top it all, I had sold my china cabinet which meant that the contents of same were all over the place - in boxes on the floor etc. I took a lot of time scouring the internet. I looked in both eBay and Kijiji. I was starting to feel defeated. Finally, yesterday I took the bull by the horns and set up a couple of appointments to see a wall unit and a china cabinet. The wall unit was a piece of crap. The china cabinet had possibilities but you could tell it was not a quality piece.
I felt depressed. We drove towards home and decided to hit Brampton Galleries. We’ve bought from them before and been happy with the quality of their stock. We were not disappointed this time, either. There, in a back room stood the china cabinet with my name on it. It was perfect. Clean lines. Mahogany. Lovely. Bingo, bango, we bought it and am now anxiously awaiting for Wednesday to come as they are delivering it to us then.
February 26th, 2007
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Actually, this morning was the third time I’ve had to appear in court over the same issue. Here are the facts. (The defendant didn’t show up for the previous two sessions.)
In February of 2005, I presented a candidate to company “B”, having first presented him verbally, at which time I was asked to submit his resume which I did. Subsequent phone calls regarding the suitablility of my candidate remained unanswered until I finally got to speak to the Sales Manager who told me that he had printed the resume and given it to the owner. “It’s his call. I don’t know what he did.”
I kind of dropped that after a time, thinking they just didn’t like his resume. Read more…
November 28th, 2006
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