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WITandWISDOM(tm) - February 21, 2007 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: A compliment is verbal sunshine. - Robert Orben Source: Life Support System, mailto:LifeSupport-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: Some years ago, Laurence J. Peter wrote a book about inefficiency in the business world. He called it: The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong. He sent the manuscript to McGraw-Hill. Their publications editor rejected it, saying, "I can foresee no commercial possibilities for such a book and consequently can offer no encouragement." Peter sent his manuscript to 29 more publishers, and 29 more publishers rejected it. They agreed that its market value was limited. After 30 rejections, you'd think that Peter would give up on his manuscript. But he didn't; he sent it out one more time -- this time to William Morrow and Company. This time it was accepted. And how did the book do marketwise? It sold over eight million copies. Not too bad for a book that 29 publishers rejected. By Rev. Dianne O'Connell, East Anchorage United Methodist Church http://www.acsalaska.net/~dao/Chaplaincy/Sermons/Defiance.html ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: With the average cost for a nursing home reaching $188.00 per day, there is a better way to spend our savings, when we get old and feeble. I have already checked on reservations at the Holiday Inn for a combined long term stay discount and a senior discount. It comes to only $49.23 per night. That leaves $138.77 a day for: 1. Breakfast, lunch and dinner in any restaurant I want, or room service. 2. Laundry, gratuities and special TV movies. Plus, they provide a swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge, washer, dryer, etc. Most have free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and soap. 3. They treat you like a customer, not a patient. $5 worth of tips a day will have the entire staff scrambling to help you. 4. There is city Bus stop out front, and seniors ride free. The Handicap bus will also pick you up (if you fake a decent limp). 5. To meet other nice people, call a Church bus on Sundays. For a change of scenery, take the Airport shuttle Bus and eat at one of the nice restaurants there. While you're at the airport, fly somewhere. Otherwise the cash keeps building up. 6. It takes months to get into decent nursing homes. Holiday Inn will take your reservation today. And - you are not stuck in one place forever, you can move from Inn to Inn, or even from city to city. Want to see Hawaii? They have a Holiday Inn there too. 7. TV broken? Light bulbs need changing? Need a mattress replaced? No problem. They fix everything, and apologize for the inconvenience. 8. The Inn has a night security person and daily room service. The maid checks to see if you are OK. If not, they will call the undertaker or an ambulance. If you fall and break a hip, Medicare will pay for the hip, and Holiday Inn will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life. 9. And no worries about visits from family. They will always be glad to find you, and will probably check in for a few days mini-vacation. The grandkids can use the pool. What more can you ask for? Submitted by Malladi Murthy ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: "I want to know what good is a web search engine that returns 324,909,188 'matches' to my key word. That's like saying, "Good news, we've located the product you're looking for. It's on Earth." - Bruce Cameron Source: Laugh & Lift, http://www.laughandlift.com/list.html ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: National Archives Documents Digitized Footnote Inc. is making parts of the National Archives available digitally. It has digitized Mathew Brady's Civil War photographs and FBI documents. Initially, there will be a subscription fee to view the documents. But they will be free to view in five years. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16674631/ Copyright 2005, The Kim Komando Show. All rights reserved. Kim Komando's News of the Day http://www.komando.com/newsletter.asp |
