Monday, August 29, 2005

ENTRY #SEVENTY-SEVEN

Our Family by our Airplane around 1947 Posted by Picasa


This picture brings precious memories to me. The time has passed so quickly...
DAD

Thursday, August 11, 2005

ENTRY # SEVENTY FOUR.

Good Afternoon,Here is a little story that my son , Jim sent me, I like it and just wanted to share it.

Business and Fishing

One day a fisherman was lying on a beautiful beach, with his fishing pole propped up in the sand and his solitary line cast out into the sparkling blue surf . He was enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun and the prospects of catching a fish.About that time a business man came walking down the beach, trying to relieve some of the stress of his workday. He noticed the fisherman sitting on the beach and decided to find out why this fisherman was fishing instead of working harder to make a living for himself and his family."You aren't going to catch many fish that way," said the business man to the fisherman, " you should be working rather than lying on the beach!"The fisherman looked up at the business man, smiled and replied, " And what will my reward be?"" Well, you can get bigger nets and catch more fish!" was the business man's answer."And then what will my reward be?" ask the fisherman still smiling.The business man replied, " you will make money and you'll be able to buy a boat, which will then result in larger catches of fish!" " And then what will my reward be?" asked the fisherman again.The business man was begining to get a little irritated with the fisherman's questions. " You can buy a bigger boat and hire some people to work for you!" he said"And then what will my reward be?" repeated the fisherman.The business man was getting angry. " Don't you understand? You can build up a fleet of fishing boats, sail all over the world, and let your employees catch fish for you!"Once again the fisherman said " And then what will my reward be?"The business man was red with rage and shouted at the fisherman, " Don't you understand that you can become so rich that you will never have to work for your living again! You can spend all the rest of your days sitting on this beach, looking at the sunset. You won't have a care in the world!"The fisherman, still smiling, looked up and said,

" And what do you think I'm doing right now?"+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Friday, August 05, 2005

ENTRY # Seventy Three

Good morning,

Here is a interesting story a friend sent me.

A TOMATO TYCOON

An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor's job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test.The human resources manager tells him, "You will be hired at minimum wageof $5.35 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can get you in the loop.Our system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day.
"Taken aback, the man protests that he is poor and has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this the manager replies, "You must understand that to a company like ours that means that you virtually do not exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high-tech firm.Good day."Stunned, the man leaves.
Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers' market and sees a stand selling 25 lb.crates of beautiful red tomatoes. He buys a crate, carries it to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than 2 hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 and arrives home that night with several bags of groceries for his family.
During the night he decides to repeat the tomato business the next day. By the end of the week he is getting up early every day and working into the night. He multiplies his profits quickly. Early in the second week he acquires a cart to transport several boxes of tomatoes at a time, but before a month is up he sells the cart to buy a broken-down pickup truck.
At the end of a year he owns three old trucks. His two sons have left their neighborhood gangs to help him with the tomato business, his wife is buying the tomatoes, and his daughter is taking night courses at the community college so she can keep books for him.By the end of the second year he has a dozen very nice used trucks and employs fifteen previously unemployed people, all selling tomatoes. He continues to work hard.Time passes and at the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse that his wife supervises, plus two tomato farms that the boys manage.
The tomato company's payroll has put hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work. His daughter re! ports that the business grossed a million dollars.Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. Then the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically.When the man replies that he doesn't have time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the insurance man is stunned, "What, you don't have e-mail? No computer? No Internet?
Just think where you would be today if you'd had all of that five years ago!""Ha!" snorts the man. "If I'd had e-mail five years ago I would be sweeping floors at Microsoft and making $5.35 an hour."
Which brings us to the moral of the story: Since you got this story by e-mail, you're probably closer to being a janitor than a millionaire. Sadly, I received it also.

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http://journals.aol.com/white6416r/DadsTomatoGardenJournal/

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

ENTRY #SEVENTY-TWO

Tomato Slice 2005 Posted by Picasa

Mmm Mmm Good!

Good Morning,