HEMA is a Dutch department store.
You can't order anything and it's in Dutch, but just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens. Keep watching... hilarious!
Take a look at HEMA's product page!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
LISSA’S: HEMA’s Product Page
LISSA’S: Moving out of the entertainment Stone Age...
This is just a bit more proof that Texoma has NOTHING to offer the human race.. at least human beings that are still wanting to live and experience life and not ready to just die. True, all there is to do is go to Wal-Mart and blow your money, but when you go home and turn on the TV, this is the only source for "local" television that you get. Now keep in mind that KXII 12 and KTEN 10 only report on Oklahoma news and hardly ever Texas news. FOX (KXIID) and the PBS channel doesn't have any news what-so-ever. If you wonder what happens in Dallas, you might as well forget it. Dallas doesn't exist to Texoma. If it didn't happen in Oklahoma, then you will never hear about it.
Here is the options directly off of the Dish Network website. Just the cold, hard, sad facts:
Texoma choices:
| Sherman,TX and Ada, OK $3.99 Locals Package - $5.99 per month | ||
| Station | Local Channel Number | Dish Channel Number |
| SHERMAN CBS-KXII | 12 | 7521 |
| SHERMAN FOX - KXIID | 20 | 7523 |
| SHERMAN NBC-KTEN | 10 | 7522 |
| SHERMAN-ADA PBS-PBS-S | 60 | 7526 |
We will be moving to civilazation soon. I will be glad to finally live in a place that has REAL local channels that actually shows news where I live for a change! Just compare the difference!
Houston choices:
| Houston, TX Locals Package - $5.99 per month | ||
| Station | Local Channel Number | Dish Channel Number |
| HOUSTON ABC-KTRK | 13 | 8370 |
| HOUSTON ABC-KTRK IN HD | 13 | 6389 |
| HOUSTON CBS-KHOU | 11 | 8371 |
| HOUSTON CBS-KHOU IN HD | 11 | 6390 |
| HOUSTON CW-KHCW | 39 | 8374 |
| HOUSTON FOX-KRIV | 26 | 8373 |
| HOUSTON FOX-KRIV IN HD | 26 | 6392 |
| HOUSTON IND-KAZH | 57 | 8381 |
| HOUSTON IND-KNWS | 51 | 8377 |
| HOUSTON IND-KTBU | 55 | 8382 |
| HOUSTON IND-KZJL | 61 | 8384 |
| HOUSTON MNT-KTXH | 20 | 8375 |
| HOUSTON NBC-KPRC | 2 | 8372 |
| HOUSTON NBC-KPRC IN HD | 2 | 6391 |
| HOUSTON PBS-KUHT | 8 | 8376 |
| HOUSTON TELEF-KFTH | 67 | 8380 |
| HOUSTON TMNDO-KTMD | 47 | 8379 |
| HOUSTON UNVSN-KXLN | 45 | 8378 |
...... IN A NUTSHELL? TEXOMA SUCKS ALL THE WAY AROUND!!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
BILL’S: TFB (The Future Begins) Part VI: Action Figures
So the rumors going round at the moment are that Playmates has picked up the license to the upcoming JJ Abrams Star Trek movie. But what's the truth?...
Well I can say without a shadow of a doubt that Playmates does indeed have the license.
"You sound pretty confident about that," I hear you say, "how can you be so sure?" The simple reason is because I got to see the actual figure lines today.
And yes, I did say lines because, there is more than one. The figures themselves were early protoypes, so keep this in mind.
Whilst I'm not entirely sure of the scale of the figures (surprisingly, scale isn't a question distributors get asked about) but personally I put the main series at 6" (and I'm usually pretty good at scales). The majority of figures had not yet had articulation put into them, but I'd be guessing that you should be looking at something similar to the old Playmates Star Trek line.
As for the line up, I saw most of the crew: Kirk, Spock, Scotty, and I think Uhuru, Bones. Most of them were dressed in their Starfleet outfits, which seemed very similar to the designs from the original series. There also seemed to be a few other outfits for characters, as well as someone who looked like Sarek, who seemed to feature in all the Star Trek lines I saw today.
As well as what I'm calling the 6" line, there was a larger line with real cloth outfits. Again I have to guess at scale and this is the one I'm least sure on, thinking it between 9" and 12".
The final line looked to me to be a 4" line. Now the figures I saw weren't articulated and I have no idea whether the final pieces will or not, but what was on show with them was a couple of playsets.
One was the bridge of the Enterprise, with the second one being the transporter room. Both seemed like they would come with some form of electronic effects, but these were early, early prototypes with the electronics still hanging out the back of them. What makes me think the 4" line will be articulated was the fact that the bridge had a Kirk figure, sat at his chair, and it seems stupid to me to have a playset with a non-articulated kirk figure in a sitting pose. But then I could be wrong.
The movie isn't out until Christmas 2008, so we have a LONG wait ahead of us, but I've seen plenty of protoypes in my time at Action-Figure and my takeaway impression was that if you're a fan of the old Playmates Star Trek line, then you're going to love these lines
Playmates: So Who's Got The New Star Trek Movie?
Posted by adrian on Wednesday, January 30, 2008
BILL'S: The Future Begins, Part V: The Corridor
If you stay on the ncc-1701.com website long enough, the offline camera will show the above hallway. The photo has been enhanced for brightness. This site is now linked from the official website. You can see a flashing red dot on the official page. If you press it, it will take you to the "Shipyards" page.
Also, today the Forums at the official website went live.
LISSA’S: Wal-Mart: Recession Ambulance Chasers
Wal-Mart: Recession Ambulance Chasers
Wal-Mart announced Tuesday that it will chop prices between 10 to 30 percent this week on groceries, electronics and other home-related products in an effort to keep its cash-strapped consumers excited about shopping.While its rivals, including Target (TGT, Fortune 500), have seen sales decelerate dramatically in recent weeks from a consumer spending slowdown, Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) has been benefiting from more shoppers trading down to its discount stores.
The world's largest retailer recently reported that its December same-store sales rose 2.4 percent, which was at the high-end of its expectations for the month.
Not only is Wal-Mart seeing the recession as a way to draw in more cash-strapped customers, they want to exacerbate an already bad situation by encouraging people to pile on more debt:
In addition to the extra discounts on "thousands of products," the retailer said it will offer no interest for 18 months on purchases of $250 or more with a Wal-Mart Credit Card.
No interest? Does that sound familiar? Yes, that was precisely what brokers and lenders were saying to people who bought homes they could not afford--you can do so right away with almost no money down and zero or close-to-zero interest...except that the interest payments exploded to impossible levels after a few years.
In many ways, this is the perfect economic storm for Wal-Mart. Millions of people have nothing left to hang on to. They have no cash left. No home equity left to draw on. Gasoline prices are on the rise. Wages aren't going anywhere in real terms. Hundreds of thousands of workers will likely lose their jobs in the coming year.
It's a beautiful thing for Wal-Mart.
The company can discriminate against women.
It can dodge taxes that the rest of us pay.
You can be worth billions of dollars and buy expensive paintings--but not give your workers real health care.
You can keep offering low prices on goods made in China because people in China have no real protections.
And, glory of all glories, when things really get rough for most of the population, your cash registers will hum along, ringing with the sounds of misery and poverty. The Waltons will rake in billions more--even as more people become impoverished. Ain't the free-market great?
source: The Huffington Post
LISSA’S: Wal-Mart’s common practice to keep associate pay low
In November 2003, a handful of Wal-Mart employees who had been laid off learned they could soon be hired back - but possibly at lower wages and without benefits. That's small consolation for Sandra Davies, 46, a dismissed Wal-Mart cashier. She's single and said she lives paycheck to paycheck to support herself and her 16-year-old son. If Wal-Mart does bring her back, as a new or seasonal worker, the store won't need to pay benefits for several months. If workers are brought back and paid $2 less per hour without benefits, the company is probably saving $5 an hour, Brad Shefrin, an employment attorney, said.
source: Denver Post, 11/12/03
BILL’S: The Day Life Ended In Texas
Since I have lived in the Texoma region, I have made many trips to
But in this hodge podge of feelings and news stories, something slipped by unnoticed. And now just a few months later, I have realized something more sinister has befallen us. You see the day the last person mourning left from the old high school site and returned to her hometown in
A few weeks later, I received a copy of the Sherman Herald Democrat. This is the fictious newspaper of this make believe town. As I went through the paper, I found that there was not one single story about
Yesterday, I was watching the news on Channel 12. Come to find out, there were two fires in the
So, it became official. Life in
Monday, January 28, 2008
LISSA’S: Dogs and Kids
....for all my dog lovers!
LISSA’S: How much longer can I make it?
Homesick... Yes I am. It's no secret that I hate the Texoma region. We have been planning to move to Houson and Galveston areas for 3 years now.. of course you already know the story as to why we haven't been able to move. I am missing what is soon to be my life... that's the reason for our current profile picture (as of 1/28/08).
Yes.. homesick. I can feel my soul die here in Texoma. I feel moments of life again when I watch videos and look at pictures of Houston and Galveston!
Click on Pictures to see whole picture.
I imagine all the time our final trip down there... the trip where we will never come back to Texoma!
I know when I do get there, my life will actually start.
Another place I really feel alive is Galveston! I am so happy there! I've taken an interests in palm trees now!
It is like a whole other world there! The local people are so nice! The historic flavor is so appealing.
Everytime we are there, I take in the wonderful weather...
...the beautiful scenery....
...and the relaxing oceans!
Even the seagulls love it here!
In Galveston, we have found a local Gem! It's called 'THE SPOT'. It is located right across the street from the Seawall (the beach)!
The Spot has the best cheeseburgers and fries! Their onion rings aren't half bad either!
My whole family loves this place! Anytime anyone mentions The Spot, everyone gets hungry!
This restaurant is so classy, it has a WEBCAM so you can see their patio dinning overlooking the beach! Now that's my kind of dinning!!
So our eyes are all on the not to distant plans to our new life.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
LISSA’S: Another unhappy associate.. surprise surprise!
This morning I received a letter in my inbox from another unhappy Wal Mart associate. For her privacy, I am not disclosing a name. That's how Wal Mart is run backstage: if her management were to find out she felt this way, she would automatically be targeted in her store. I know, I am speaking from experience. This is what she had to say:
Well, in general, I am not happy with the course Wal-Mart is taking on many issues, but my main complaint is the Pay-caps on long term associates.
I have worked for WM for over 20 yrs now, and am on yr 2 of being pay-capped, at $15.86 an hour. I think it is a crying shame that the company is doing this to it's most experienced and loyal people who have been there through thick and thin so to speak.
I spent over 15 yrs in Management, as an Asst. Mngr, so I know probably more than your average associate. I got out of Mngmt. because I could not take the long hours and just flat got sick and tired of the night shifts, the stress, and the job itself. Now I am just the Ladies Apparel Dept Mngr. in the store I started out at 20 yrs ago. There are many 20+ associates in my store and we are all against the pay-cap, but always we are quieted by the come-back statement that the new bonus incentives are the "cure-all" for no raise. But my store has received the max bonus every time since it's creation and still the amount would not equal what just a simply 6% raise would do for me.
So the unhappy associates are out there. Like I said, no one really knows what it's like being a slave for Lee Scott unless you've actually been there!
Friday, January 25, 2008
BILL'S: The Future Begins, Part IV
Just to introduce the new cast members
James T. Kirk is played by:
Chris Pine
-Smokin' Aces
-Just My Luck
Spock is played by:
Zachary Quinto
-Heroes, the series
Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy is played by:
-The Bourne Supremacy
-The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
-The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott is played by:
Simon Pegg
-Hot Fuzz
-Shaun of the Dead
Captain Christopher Pike is played by:
Bruce Greenwood
-National Treasure: Book of Secrets
-Firehouse Dog
-Deja Vu-Firehouse Dog
-Eight Below
-The Core
-Nowhere Man, the series
Hikaru Sulu is played by:
John Cho
-Harold & Kumar Escape from
Guantanamo Bay
-Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
Pavel Chekov is played by:
Anton Yelchin
-Alpha Dog
-Hearts In Atlantis
-Hearts In Atlantis
Nyota Uhura is played by:
Zoe Saldana
-Guess Who
-The Terminal
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the
Black Pearl
-Drumline
LISSA’S: One Sheet of Paper
These are entries for an art contest at the Hirshorn Modern Art Gallery in DC. The rule was that the artist could use only one sheet of paper.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
LISSA’S: Wal-Mart vs. the Poor
Wal-Mart vs. the Poor
Blame Howard Jarvis for big-box projects beating low-income housing
By Greg Katz
On the campaign trail 30 years ago, Howard Jarvis said his anti-tax measure would guarantee housing to those with low incomes, whether renters or homeowners.
Things haven't panned out that way.
In trying to compensate for their lost property tax revenues, city governments have focused their zoning decisions largely on bringing sales tax generators – Wal-Marts, Best Buys, and other big box retailers – into their cities. A study by the Public Policy Institute of California found that, given 20 possible priorities for new developments, more than 300 city managers in California ranked "new sales tax revenue generated" at number one on average – and "meeting affordable housing needs" at number 15.
"The shift was, with Prop. 13, that local governments' – cities, and in many cases, counties – preferences shifted from a mix of residential and business properties to retail and business properties, because the expectation was that they'd make no demands or fewer demands on services, and that they'd bring in, in addition to property tax, sales tax," says Julie Spezia, executive director of non-partisan affordable-housing advocate Housing California. "Zoning for apartment buildings and multi-family, anything really over a single family residence [became] very difficult to get cities and counties to be willing to do. That really constricted the supply."
"To the extent that cities were expected to maintain certain service levels at the same time their primary revenue source was taken away, this is really where the rubber met the road," says Professor Stuart Gabriel of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, who's studied the land-use effects of Prop. 13 for decades. He explains that, as a result of the lost local revenues from Prop. 13, the land use conversations between developers and cities take place in the language of dollar signs. "If I was a developer, and you were the city of Thousand Oaks, and I came to you and said, 'Look, I've got this giant parcel. One idea is to put affordable housing on the parcel, and the other idea is to put a luxury hotel, and they both cancel, so I can make money doing either' … you, as the city of Thousand Oaks, would say, 'Whoa! I vastly prefer the luxury hotel because I'm going to get huge occupancy tax and sales tax revenue from the hotel.'"
With the huge incentive for retail property, is Prop. 13 going to shaft affordable housing every time? "It has in most every case, yeah. The authors of Prop. 13 basically sold that piece of legislation by suggesting that the lower property taxes would make housing more affordable to entry-level buyers. The upshot is that it's exactly the opposite, because affordable housing oftentimes doesn't pay its way in terms of local government cost-revenue impact, and because of that, affordable housing doesn't get built; it's much scarcer. And because of … excess demand for affordable housing, housing at the lower rungs, all things equal, has become more expensive and not less expensive because of Prop. 13."
Is there a way to fix this problem without repealing Prop. 13, Professor Gabriel? "It's not clear how that incentive structure would be mitigated, short of removing this limitation."
source: LA City Beat
LISSA’S: Wal-Mart makes bold new promises, ignores old ones.
LEE SCOTT'S SPEECH DEMONSTRATES WAL-MART'S FAILURE TO LEAD
Wal-Mart Watch Executive Director David Nassar today issued the following statement in response to Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott's speech at the company's annual kick-off meeting for its U.S. Stores:
"If Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott's speech tonight was supposed to build on his October 2005 'Leadership in the 21st Century' speech, he missed the mark. Scott hardly mentioned the lofty goals from his 2005 speech such as increasing fleet efficiency by 25% in three years, reducing greenhouse emissions of existing stores by 20% in seven years or reducing solid waste from U.S. stores and clubs by 25% in three years. Listeners must assume progress in those areas was minimal. Instead, he takes credit for health care coverage that others provide, avoids accountability for previous goals and shifts responsibility to others in ways we've come to expect from Wal-Mart's leadership.
"Wal-Mart has a track record of shifting responsibility and tonight's speech was simply more of the same. While demanding cheaper, greener products from its suppliers or less expensive record keeping systems from the health care industry are certainly admirable, Wal-Mart uses them as a distraction for the company's poor business practices. For example, Wal-Mart has failed to significantly reduce its energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from its more than 4,000 U.S. stores, failed to provide a health care plan that more than half of its employees find attractive and failed to raise wages that can sustain the company's employees.
"Certainly Wal-Mart has made some progress in a few areas, but the progress thus far is not what we can and should expect from the largest company in the world. Once again, instead of focusing on substantive leadership and actions in these areas from Wal-Mart, Scott focused on shifting the burden to suppliers. In typical Wal-Mart fashion, he takes credit for 'leading' and then doesn't do it.
"We agree with Scott on one thing. No company can make the difference that Wal-Mart can make. It's time for the company to stop talking and start doing."
source: walmart watch
LISSA’S: Six Ways Stores Trick You Into Spending More
by Jeffrey Strain
It's one of life's ironies that retailers try to lure you into their stores with low prices, only to do everything in their power to make sure you spend more than you intended once you're inside.
It's important to understand these methods so you don't fall for them.
Double Discounts: Retailers know that most people aren't good at math, and they take advantage of this. More and more are using double discounts to earn more money while making customers think they are getting a better deal than they actually are.
For example, if you are given a choice of buying a $100 item at 45% off, or buying the same item at 20% off with 30% additional taken off at the register, which would you choose? Most people simply add the 20% and 30% and assume that they are getting 50% off the item.
When you do the math, however, it doesn't work out that way. Taking 45% off of $100 means the item sells for $55. But if 20% off $100 is $80; taking 30% off that $80 leaves you with an additional $24 discount, for a price of $56, or a dollar more.
A 2007 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research indicates that shoppers are likely to feel the double discount is a better value.
Fight Back: Do the math before buying. If you can't do the calculations in your head, purchase an inexpensive calculator and carry it around when you go shopping. If you see an item that comes with a double discount, the store may be attempting to make you believe you are getting a better price than you are.
Pricing items at $9.99 vs. $10: Studies have found that when prices end in 9, consumers end up spending more money. While this might seem strange, there are various theories as to why this happens. Most note that when people process information, the first number they read has a stronger impression than the following numbers. So $9.99 seems much lower than $10.
Another theory is that pricing items this way makes it more difficult to calculate and compare unit prices. For example, if a 200-ounce package of an item is $3 and a 400-ounce package of the same item is $5, it's fairly easy to calculate that the 400-ounce package is a better value.
But when the same items are priced $2.99 and $4.99, respectively, they may appear to be the approximately same price, since the first numbers are what register and two is half of four.
Fight Back: Instead of looking at the first number, make a conscious effort to round everything up when doing your calculations. This is another reason to take a calculator when you shop: it can help you work out the true price if you have trouble doing calculations in your head.
Three for $9.99: Stores will often offer multiple items for a single price, such as three for $9.99. Most people assume that they need to purchase three of the items to get this "special" price so they buy more than they really need.
The truth is that unless the items are marked at higher individual prices or the label says something like "must purchase quantity stated to get discount," you can buy a single item for $3.33.
Fight Back: Get in the habit of purchasing only the amount you really need.
Buy One, Get One Free: This is another promotion that can mislead you into thinking you're getting a good deal. It's often difficult to tell whether you would pay half as much for purchasing a single unit or, for that matter, whether the price of a single unit has been inflated to take into account the extra item being "given away."
Many times the "buy one, get one free" offers are not better than the regular price of purchasing two items.
Fight Back: Before purchasing a buy-one-get-one-free item, find out what the regular price of that item is. Then do the math to see if you're really getting a bargain.
"Sale" doesn't mean a discount price: Retailers play on the assumptions you make. Consumers are trained that "sale" means a good price and these items are usually advertised in big, bright lettering at the end of store aisles. The problem is that what the stores call a "sale" may not give you a very good price. (Check out The Grocery Store Game (Janine Bolan), page 28, for other tips of this ilk.) So the casual passerby will see the item is "on sale" and buy the product assuming it's a good price, when it isn't necessarily so.
Fight Back: Don't assume things on the end of an aisle or that are marked as "on sale" are actually a good price. Make a grocery price book so you know a good price and always compare the prices with other similar items.
Putting things at eye level: When you walk down the aisles of the store, notice what items are at eye level. They will be the ones that are the most profitable for the store, which usually means the most expensive ones. This is because stores know you are much more likely to see and choose something at eye level than something on the top or bottom shelf.
Fight Back: When shopping, be sure to look high and low before deciding which product to purchase. You'll often find what you're looking for at a lower price on another shelf.
Stores are quite sophisticated when it comes to getting you to part with your money. If you understand how they are trying to manipulate you, you are less likely to fall into these traps and hold onto more of your hard-earned money.
LISSA’S: Just look at what you can do!!
People often wonder what it is about Houston and Galveston that we love so much. Well thanks to Galveston.com, they have now created a You Tube page. These are my favorite videos. This shows just some of what all there is to do in Galveston. Just look at what all you can do here, that you can't in Texoma!
....and this is just Galveston!
Mardi Gras! 2008
Have a life in Galveston!
Galveston Beaches
Galveston Overview
The SPOT... our favorite place!
...and of course, don't forget this!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
LISSA’S: Government Health Warning
Do not swallow your chewing gum! Catastrophic events could occur. If this should happen to you or someone you know, bounce your and your friend's bubble butts down to the emergency room! See photo for example.
thanks Apryl!
LISSA’S: Facial Tumors
Huang Chuncai undergoes a medical check-up before his second operation to remove his tumours, which currently weigh around 10kg (22lbs), at a hospital in Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong province, January 5, 2008. Huang, a 32-year-old native from a remote village in China's southern province of Hunan, says he is relieved after a part of his facial tumours, which originally weighed about 23kg (50.7 lbs), was removed last year. His second operation will remove another part of the tumours, which weighs 4.5kg (9.9lbs). Huang suffers from Neurofibromatosis, which is a genetic disorder of the nervous system that primarily affects the development and growth of nerve tissues.
LISSA’S: Signs You Are Having A Bad Day
2) You had trouble getting out of bed.
3) You washed your hair and couldn't do a thing with it.
4) You feel like you have a hangover and you weren't even drinking last night.
5) Your new diet doesn't seem to be working.
6) You pulled a muscle when you tried to exercise.
7) Your new hat looked better on you at the store.
8) Your old hat doesn't seem quite right either.
9) The dry cleaners shrunk your favorite outfit.
10) You keep losing things.
11) You have a stiff neck.
12) You feel like you're in the wrong place at the wrong time.
13) The boss chewed you out at work.
14) You got caught in the rain at lunchtime.
15) The lunch you had didn't seem to agree with you.
16) You get no respect.
17) You feel trapped.
18) Traffic on the way home was brutal.
19) Uninvited guests showed up at dinnertime.
20) Dinner left you feeling a bit queasy.
21) You think you're coming down with the flu.
22) You're alone in the house at night and you hear a noise in the basement.
thanks Bobie!
LISSA’S: Hello new subscriber.. yeah YOU!
I see you have subscribed to our blog, but you have not requested to add us to your list. Is this your way of "spying"? Typical Sherman Wal Mart Manager act...
Are you REALLY sure you want to keep up with the things I write about in MY own blog? Can you handle it? Don't you even think you can do anything to anyone still being a slave to that company because it is I... Melissa that posts these blogs and you can no longer touch me! You lost that right back early September when you mindless managers terminated me over the STUPIDEST reason anyone could ever come up with.
Bitter? Yes I am... I will always be bitter towards you Sherman Wal Mart managers. All of you gave me really good reasons to; up to, not limited to and including making me, my husband and 2 children lose their home to foreclosure. Now my credit shows the scars of you mindless Sherman Wal Mart managers.
SO, if you think you can handle my words, then hang on tight, because I can guarantee you.... this is going to be a bumpy ride!!!
For those of you who do not understand what I am talking about, I have just discovered that a Sherman Wal Mart manager has subscribed themselves to our blog with no warnings and no notification and they are not in our Friends List. The only reason I can figure that they would do this is to spy on me and my family.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
BILL’S: The Future Begins, Part III
Found a great shot of the Enterprise under construction. Click on it to get the full picture.
LISSA’S: A Blonde’s Year in Review
A Blonde's Year in Review
January - Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight.
February - Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels..... Helllloooo!!!.......bottles won't fit in printer!!!
March - Got really excited.....finished jigsaw puzzle in 6 months..... box said " 2-4 years! "
April - Trapped on escalator for hours .... power went out!!!
May - Tried to make Kool-Aid.....wrong instructions....8 cups of water won't fit into those little packets!!!
June - Tried to go water skiing.......couldn't find a lake with a slope.
July - Lost breast stroke swimming competition.....learned later, the other swimmers cheated, they used their arms!!!
August - Got locked out of my car in rain storm..... car swamped beca
Posted January 29, 2008
These days are times for the Waltons of Wal-Mart to be dancing in the streets of Bentonville, Arkansas. After all, the economy is tanking and millions of people are heading for a painful few years, people are losing their homes, gasoline prices are on the rise, health care is continuing to evaporate--these are precisely the kinds of economic conditions that the Waltons of Wal-Mart thrive on. Indeed, it is the Wal-Mart economic model.
Sensing an opportunity and smelling the tragedy facing millions of people, Wal-Mart execs are moving aggressively to make sure their cash registers keep ringing: