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Friday,
April 30, 2004
T.G.I.F. Yep we're at the
end of the week and lookin' forward to a GREAT weekend. We're starting off
good with a nice sunny morning. My tomato seedlings are really lovin' this
weather here in Central Pennsylvania.
I'm sure as heck not ready for my weekend as I still have most of the
Once A Month Association end of the month material to get done. I'll be
working on that all day. Everything else will have to sit until that's done. I
do have some done but most is yet to do. It's going to be very busy around
here today.
I sure hope you don't have much to do to get ready before you start your
weekend. Fridays can be a hassle.
I hope I get the time to get my boat in the River over the weekend. If I do
I'll post a picture of it up here for you to see. Last year I go so busy with
my 2 - $2 downline builders that I didn't even get it in the water! The $2
downline builders are doing as good as ever but I have them more automated now
and it takes less time to do them. Of course it didn't hurt any when the
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any rate, I'm developing another pre-launch situation for the
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that will begin to eat into my time this summer but until then..... I'll
be doing at least a little fishing....
I must get back to working on the
Once A Month Association stuff that has to go out today so for me it's
back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT weekend, See you
in May!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Friday April 30, 2004
Thursday,
April 29, 2004
Another beautiful sunny day
here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania and it's supposed to go
all the way up to 75 degrees today! Wow! Spring may have finally arrived!
Things are really getting busy here at my home business office as the end of
the month is just about here and I must get a lot done before we go into a new
month. The end of the month is always my busiest mainly because this is the
time of the month that I must get out all the monthly mailings for the
Once A Month Association. This includes writing a newsletter and bringing
our Monthly Member Benefit Directory up to date and of course running
statements and issuing checks.
This usually takes
more than a day to complete even with Betty's help. So for the next day or so
I'll REALLY be busy.....
Most of our trees have their new clothing of brand new leaves on them. There
are a few late comers though. It's really great to look across the river and
see the mountain turning green. It never ceases to amaze me how neat nature
is.
We always keep an American Flag in our back yard facing the river but the one
we have now is a bit ragged from all the winter weather so our next trip out
I'd better pick up a new flag. If I'm going to keep a flag up, I better keep a
good looking one there.
Well, with all the work to be done over the next two days, I'd better get my
butt back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Thursday April 29, 2004
Wednesday,
April 28, 2004
It's a nice sunny day here
in Central Pennsylvania but a bit on the cool side. However they are calling
for it to go up to 75 degrees tomorrow so it will be getting better. It's okay
with me as I'm more than ready for Spring.
I didn't get a whole lot done here in the office yesterday as it had rained so
long when the sun came out yesterday I spent the entire afternoon and evening
mowing the yard and cleaning up debris down at the river. As the days are
longer, until I finished up, the day was just about shot. I did get a few
things done last evening but not a heck of a lot.
I had to bring my tomato seedlings in last night as it went down into the 30s
over night. Actually when I woke up at 5:30 this morning, it was 38 degrees on
the deck out back. I just now took them back out onto the deck and into the
sunshine. Right now they're doing GREAT! I'll be putting them into the soil in
another couple of weeks. Our last frost date around here is about May 10th.
Boy, the rabbits are out in force now around here. Yesterday when I was
working outside I must have seen about 20 of them! They were enjoying the
sunshine as well! The birds are out if force too, here this morning. One house
wren has been messing around right out side my office windows for about an
hour. I think she's planning on building a nest out there. The one side of my
office is all windows and the front is full length windows from the floor to
the ceiling and a sliding glass door so even when I'm in my office working I
have a GREAT view of the outdoors.
Betty's been working on her flower garden right outside my front door so I
should be seeing a splash of color out there pretty soon.
We have a few geese stopping in our back yard that come in from the river.
Pretty soon we'll be seeing a bunch of "kids" with them as this is about the
time of the year for it. When that happens I'll grab a couple of pictures and
post them up here for you to see.
Well I do have a bunch to get done today..... so for me it's back to work and
YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Wednesday April 28, 2004
Tuesday,
April 27, 2004
It's a beautiful, sunny day
here in Central Pennsylvania, FINALLY! It's not supposed to get that warm
today with a predicted high of only 60 degrees but I'll sure settle for it.
Anything but more rain. At least for awhile.
Yesterday really pulled through with the usual Monday's large mail day and I'm
still going through it. I don't even have it all sorted as of yet but should
by this afternoon. Lot's of applications coming in for the $2 =
SUCCESS downline builder that ends on April 30th. It's great!
Today, being election day, I must find some time to get to the polls to do my
thing. Maybe when I go to the Post Office. I'll be glad after today as a lot
of the mud slinging ads on TV will stop after the election. I'm just so darn
sick of hearing them.
Also, if it dries out enough today, I'd better get some mowing done. The grass
is growing fast with all the rain we've had lately. It's tough to keep up with
it when it won't stop raining long enough to mow the darn stuff.
As I look around my desks, there's a lot to get done today...... so..... for
me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Tuesday April 27, 2004
Monday,
April 26, 2004
The start of a brand new
week! It's raining here, again, in Central Pennsylvania and with no surprise
the mighty Susquehenna river that runs through our back yard is on the rise
again. It's been raining all weekend and the weather people are calling for
rain yet today and tomorrow. The river's supposed to rise a few feet. It will
cover our "lower 40" (the back yard), but should be of no threat to the house.
I took notice on my browser home page,
www.excite.com that they are having an election poll on the campaign
issues. I'm sure there are campaign issues, but I haven't heard much of them
for our local politicians running for the senate or just about any other
office. Looks like their campaign millions have been spent on advertising just
how bad the other candidate running against them is. It's disgusting. I have
no idea where they stand on the issues but I do know that one of them is
spending my tax dollars with no thought as to using them to do something worth
while and between doing that he's taking trips all over the world for fun with
my tax dollars. And the other guy apparently is no better as he lies all the
time, don't know his butt from a hole in the ground, and is financed by rich
drunks that he does favors for. Yep, we have quite a selection here in
Pennsylvania. If you believe any of their advertising campaigns, neither one
is worth the power it takes to blow them to He**!
Well, I'm going to take some time today and search the independent runners. I
want to see if they can tell me what they plan on doing if I give THEM my
vote. I just may give all my votes to the independents. I've really got
the craps with the "regulars".... The one guy's been a senator for 24
years.... and I haven't seen much that he's accomplished. He'll be 74 years
old this year and I think he's over due for retirement as after all those
years I'm sure he's lost the grip on true reality of the plights of people
with children to raise, etc.
The other main guy running against him apparently is younger but not much
better as according to his adversary he lies all the time... That puts
me right back at looking at the independent candidates.
I just wish one of them would take some of their campaign money to tell me
what they plan to do to lower our gas prices and heating costs. NOW! Tell me
something that's going to help me live better...
Well, I know you'll be happy to hear that's all the politics you'll hear out
of me probably for this year....
We had a great weekend around here at the Blue Bird Cottage... Couldn't
get much done out doors as it rained a LOT.... but we did enjoy ourselves
indoors and I got some work done in the office.. I still have some stuff
to get done before my trip to the post office, mainly to write checks and pay
some bills, and then get a bank deposit ready.... Once I get that out of the
way I'll be off to the post office. Today being Monday should bring me a nice
stack of mail to work on this afternoon..... With all that in mind, It's back
to work for me and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Monday April 26, 2004
Friday,
April 23, 2004
T.G.I.F Here we are at the
beginning of a brand new weekend once again. It's rainy here in Central
Pennsylvania and probably will be most of the weekend. We should get a break
from the rain drops from time to time over the weekend. At least that's what
I'm hoping for. I know I'm ready for a nice, easy weekend....
Just in case it does rain for most of the weekend I'm going to make a trip to
our library on Saturday and stock up on some movies.. I was going to go today
but I remembered that they started to close down on Fridays because they claim
they are low on funds. I can't understand that as everyone who owns property,
here in Dauphin County, have a special tax on our property tax bill specifically for
the Library. If you take all the property in Dauphin County it must be a lot
of money for the Library. Now, I'm aware that there are about 4 libraries in
Dauphin County but we should still be taking about millions of dollars... I
think I'll "nose" around and see just how much is involved. I know I spend a
good 20 bucks a month there renting movies etc. I'm sure others are just as
hooked on movies as I am. Oh well the one I go to is a well stocked library
and I'm sure it must cost a fortune to keep open and stocked..... Maybe they
should start charging a few bucks for the library cards. As of now they are
FREE.....
I received a nice batch of mail yesterday and am still working on a few orders
this morning. It will probably be late afternoon until I'm ready for my daily
trip to the post office. So I'm going to cut this post a little short here
this morning and get my butt back to work, and YOU, YOU have a
GREAT weekend!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Friday April 23, 2004
Thursday,
April 22, 2004
So far it's a nice sunny
day here in central Pennsylvania. They are calling for rain this afternoon so
I'll enjoy the sun while I can.....
I kind of thought that I was getting enough spam but now it seems I'm getting
spam from the politicians that are running for office. Well maybe not true
spam but a lot of the newsletters etc. that I did opt for are coming through
with their ads in them. Wow! I can't believe the money this guys must have to
spend on getting elected. We have one guy here in Pennsylvania that's running
for another term in congress, I think he's already been a senator for 24
years, named Arlen Specter. Every time it seems that I turn on the TV or radio
no matter which station is, they are running an ad of him cutting up the other
guy who's running against him and pushing himself. He keeps saying, "I
authorized this message." I'm so sick of hearing that phrase it's pitiful. He
is careful not to say, "I authorized this ad." No, it's a message that he
wants to tell me how GREAT he is and how BAD his adversary is. It seems like
every other day I'm receiving a piece in the mail from his "supporters"
telling me that the other guy is a crud and to re-elect Arlen Specter. I'm
starting to think that Arlen Specter must own the Republican party here in PA.
If he doesn't, they REALLY must want him to stay a Senator in the worst way to
provide him with all these funds.... He's got to be spending millions on
advertising already and we still have a lot of time 'til election day. I think
that to make everything fair, they should only allow each candidate a WEB site
to advertise themselves and tell folks how great they are and to introduce
their families and kids, period! That way we could go to their site and
research them at our convenience and we wouldn't be undulated with advertising
and mud slinging! That way it wouldn't matter how much money each one had to
advertise themselves.... Oh! I'm sorry, to send us messages. Each would have
their WEB site and that would be it. Don't you think that would be a good
solution? People who don't yet have computers could use one at their local
library to go "have a look".....
I know, it will never happen as that would be too fair. As usual the ones with
the most money will win. Maybe not all of them. Once in a while a "dark horse"
slips in but 99% of the time the money wins, hands down....
Not much going on here at the office today.... Just the same old, same old....
I do, as usual, have some stuff to get done today before my trip to the post
office so for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT
day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Thursday April 22, 2004
Wednesday,
April 21, 2004
Overcast but pretty
pleasant here today in Central Pennsylvania. The mighty Susquehenna river,
that runs through our back yard, is almost down to normal levels. ("That's a
good thing" as Martha would say.)
I have plenty of work here in my home office to keep me pretty busy all day
today but nothing that's really pushing. That's what I like.... no push, push,
push to drive me nuts. Actually, if I do get caught up with all my work, I
have plenty of things I'd like to do like tune up my computers and study and
learn some software that I've installed but don't know how to use as of yet. A
lot of stuff that should be done, here in the office, that I just can't take
time off from the work and orders, that have to go out, to do. If I don't get
too many phone calls I'll be in pretty good shape today to get a bunch done
today.
I'm going to try and take some time for a trip to the library. I must return
some books and movies that I've borrowed and rented. Last night Betty and I
watched a movie called, "Rundown", starring the wrestling star, "The
Rock", Christopher Walken, and a young fellow named Seann William Scott. No, I
spelled "Seann" properly. It seems he spells his name with 2 Ns. If you like
action movies you'll love this one! "The Rock" turns out to be a darn good
actor. I think he's going to be another Arnold Schwarzenegger. Actually, even
better than Arnold was. You can check out the movie and a trailer, (preview)
of it at: http://therundown.com/
There's another thing I missed as I got older... When did Previews of movies
become Trailers? It used to be that when you went to the movies they would
show "Previews" of upcoming movies. Now they show "Trailers" instead.
Oh well, that shouldn't surprise me any... as I remember when Coke meant
a soda, shit was manure, and blow was something the wind did. Okay, I'll stop
right there.... Don't get upset, I'm not here to bore you..... Just to bring
you a little shot of my world, as lame as it is at times and as GREAT as it is
at other times.....
Take about time.... I think it's time for me to get back to work and YOU,
YOU have a GREAT Wednesday!!!! Some good jokes today....
check 'em out!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Wednesday April 21, 2004
Tuesday,
April 20, 2004
Not a bad day but a bit
cooler here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania.
Things are picking up around here with applications for the $2 =
SUCCESS downline builder. It must be human nature because each time a
phase is ready to expire I get a "spurt" of applications. The current Phase
III expires the end of this month. On May 1st we will begin Phase IV so if any
application comes in late, they will automatically be sent the new circular
and information for Phase IV. About the 2nd week of May downline reports and
join packages will be mailed to all members who have registered for Phase III.
I like it when things pick up..... it gets me excited!
I'm looking for a pack or two of a particular brand of tomato seeds. They come
in a plastic packet and are called "Flower Pot
Tomato." If you have a store near you that carries them, please
email me. I would REALLY appreciate it. These are the best tasting and
highest producing tomatoes I've EVER grown and I am now out of them. (The
seeds that is!) I had a few seeds left over from last year in the refrigerator
and planted all that where there. (Only about 8 seeds.) All but 2 seeds
germinated and I felt pretty good. Every morning I've been watering the
fragile seedlings, (they are only about an 1" high), and then taking them out
on the deck and placing them on the wide railing top around the deck to get
sunlight. Yesterday the wind really started to blow and it never hit me that
the tomatoes where in danger until I walked out on the deck to check the river
and the seedling flat lay on the deck floor upside down! Of course when I up
righted it the tomato plants went every which way and most got just plain
smashed. I salvaged what I could but it's only a few plants and I would like
to get some more started. I checked the place where we purchased the
"Flower Pot Tomato" seeds last year but they
don't have any left and did not reorder any. So next trip out please take a
look around and see if anyone has them. I bought them at one of our local
"Family Dollar" stores so anyplace that has a seed stand could possibly have
them......
For some odd reason I received a lot of email this morning that needs
answering so I guess I'd better get to that first and right now! YOU
have a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Tuesday April 20, 2004
Monday,
April 19, 2004
It's a bright, sunny
beginning of the week here in Central Pennsylvania. We had a beautiful
weekend! We're supposed to have another beautiful day today.
I just enjoyed the day mostly on Saturday. I got a little work done here in
the office but not much. Yesterday, Sunday, I worked outside some and got a
good bit done. I also had our first barbeque of this year. I cleaned up the
grille and did some baked potatoes and chicken. We of course ate out on the
deck overlooking the river. The warm sun really felt good. It was just a GREAT
day all and all!
Last evening I worked on the
$2 Buck Downline Builder data
base. I ran the downline statements for the folks who signed up people in the
last month to the downline builder. From March 15th to April 15th. I also ran
mailing labels and printed envelopes. All will be assembled this morning and
in the mail today. If you are in the
$2 Buck Downline Builder and
have signed anyone into your downline in the last month you will receive a
statement, probably this week, even if you have only signed one person. I
provide this service for free for anyone in our downline builder where the
circulars come to me. If you are using some circulars going back to the
company, they too will send you a downline report once a month. You may end up
getting two. So if you are mailing both types of circulars you may end up
getting two statements. Call the company to find out what time of the month
they send out theirs.
I stopped at the library on Saturday and picked up a couple of computer books
to brush up on my Internet skills. I started reading them over the weekend and
I'm learning a lot that I didn't know before. I think we all must, every once
in a while, brush up on things. Especially as far as the WEB, Internet, and
our computers go. Things are changing rapidly.
Now, all I need is the time to implement some of the new stuff I've learned..
I did get some new ideas for Internet searches also so I'll be using them
right away. There's not a day goes by that I don't search the WEB for
something.
I do have some things to get done before my trip to the post office so for me
it's back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Monday April 19, 2004
Friday,
April 16, 2004
T.G.I.F. It's another
beautiful sunny day here in Central Pennsylvania. Wow! 2 days in a row.
The mighty Susquehenna River that runs through are back yard, (or should I say
at the moment, the River that runs IN our back yard), has just crested and
will be on it's way back down. By tomorrow it should be about 2 feet lower.
Yes, that picture at the left is me. I've had a lot a people write and ask me
if I'm a real person and if so what do I look like? Well, yes I'm a real
person and I hope the picture doesn't scare off too many of you. I try to keep
the size of this daily file as low as possible so it loads just as fast as it
can on your computer. Especially for you folks who have a phone modem hook up.
The picture is only an extra 30.8 KB so it really shouldn't have much effect
on the time of your page download. However, if you read this daily or
tap into it if nothing else for the daily joke sheet, on a regular basis, your
computer will keep most of the "stuff" on the page on your hard drive so it
will load faster. If you have any problem at all viewing this site, please
email me and let me know about it.
Looks like we're in for a GREAT weekend weather wise. I would like to get out
and visit some early yard sales tomorrow if I can talk Betty into it. I
know I drag a bunch of stuff home that I'll probably never use but I've also
found a lot of "good stuff" that I use even for my business. Copy paper,
typewriters, computers, office supplies... all kinds of neat "stuff".....
Of course if you just can't get out and around to the yard sales in your
neighborhood don't forget the biggest online yard sale at
www.ebay.com you can still have fun from
home shopping here. I buy a lot of VCR and DVD movies and book there as you
just can't beat the price and service and have them delivered right to your
front door!
Let me know what you're planning for this weekend and where you live!
I know I have plenty to get done here in the office today before my weekend
starts so for me it's back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT
weekend!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Friday April 16, 2004
Thursday,
April 15, 2004
There's a big round yellow
thing up in the sky here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania.....
I think it's the sun.... it's hard to tell as we haven't seen it in a week!
Yes, yes, it IS the sun.... We're starting out here with a beautiful day and
we're going to need a few of these to dry out. It's been raining for about a
week and everything is soaked.... It is today, however, a BEAUTIFUL day!
I even saw a couple of squirrels in the back yard playing this morning. They
must have been holed up as well waiting on the sun to return. The river is on
the rise again after all this rain and it's predicted to go all the way up to
11 feet by Tomorrow morning. It's about 8 feet now so it's definitely on the
rise. So much for finishing my brush cutting, burning, and cleaning up the
debris that the high waters dumped in the back yard a couple of weeks ago.
When this rise goes back down I can start all over again! Oh well, when you
live along a large river like the mighty Susquehenna you have to expect these
set backs. We have this kind of stuff in a small town like
Dauphin........
I sure hope you have your taxes done as today is the last day. Wow! I can't
believe a couple of centuries ago we Americans got so teed off with England
about taxing our tea we started a war with them. Now our own government takes
half of what we make and WE worry to get it paid to them on time! Who'd
a "thunk" it? We have come a long way, or have we?
Business has slacked off a bit in the last couple of days and that's just fine
with me as I DO need the break. It's hard to keep pushing all the time. I do
have a good bit planned for today though and I must do some work on my website
at www.homebucks.com and bring a lot of
"stuff" up to date. I also still have some mail from yesterday I must get
through before my trip to the post office..... so.... with that in mind, It's
back to work for me and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Thursday!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Thursday April 15, 2004
Wednesday,
April 14, 2004
Nothing new as far as the
weather goes here in Central Pennsylvania. It's STILL raining! Hopefully we'll
get a break pretty darn soon... We SURE need it!
Watch out when you sign up for any kind of cell phone plan. I signed for one a
few months ago and I wish now that I'd have stayed with my old one and just
bought a new telephone. I was only paying about $25 a month for the old plan
and it had enough time for just about all I wanted to do with it. But I
thought if I got a plan with more long distance minutes it would be better and
I wouldn't have to buy more phone cards. That part turned out okay however,
the $39.95 plan has turned into an almost $50 a month plan. Until they put on
tons of taxes and federal phone charges the $39.95 grows to about $46 bucks!
Last time I received my bill it was just about $50 and had almost $5 in
"roaming charges" on it. Since I never get over a 50 mile radius of where I
live I wondered how the heck I made "roaming" calls. It turned out that it was
2 calls to Betty's phone here at home from our post office about 1 1/2 miles
away! I had to call "customer assistance." It took me over a half an hour to
explain that the 2 calls in question, (that lasted only about 4 minutes
total", was made within less than 2 miles from my "home base." They
still weren't convinced so I asked them which terminal their records said the
called came from. It was from one in New York State! I explained that the
nearest terminals to me would be in Harrisburg and why would the phone pick a
terminal in New York, (over 200 miles from me) to connect my phone?
Finally after a half an hour they decided to "credit" me with the "over
charge." Yes, I wish I would have never heard of them and I'm "locked" into a
contract with them for a year. I now can't wait for it to run out. I think I'm
going back to my old provider. At least when they say the contract is this or
that a month, that's just what it is.. Not almost 10 bucks more!
Yesterday was a pretty good mail day here so I have plenty to get done before
my daily trip to the the post office, so for me it's back to work and YOU,
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Wednesday April 14, 2004
Tuesday,
April 13, 2004
It's still raining here in
Central Pennsylvania. As of now the National Weather Bureau has out all kinds
of flood warnings. Looks like they're calling for rain, off and on, up until
Thursday. The good news is everything is turning green and it's starting to
look like Spring. However the temperatures don't seem like Spring as it's way
too cold out. I guess it could always be worse.
Looks like we're in for a very productive day here in my home office though.
Can't get anything done out doors so it looks like I'll be working in here all
afternoon.
Those of you who are in the $ =
SUCCESS downline builder for the Tape of the Month club don't forget that
the Phase III runs out the end of this month. Don't stop promoting though as
1st of all any of your prospects that come in late, will automatically be
mailed the new promotion material for Phase IV. Also secondly for some reason,
and I guess it just must be chalked up to human nature, people wait until the
last minute to join things. Usually we have more sign-ups at the end of a
Phase than at any other time in the Phase. Amazing, but true! So keep mailing
your circulars and you should get some good responses here in the last month
of Phase III.
The
The Coin Saver's Club
has come up with new circulars for the $2 downline builder this month besides
my original
$2 Buck Downline Builder.
I've mailed out all of my company circulars as Jeff Charlton did say with his
test mailing of them they out pulled My
$2 Buck Circular by 4% to 6%.
(Don't hold my toes to the fire on that one but I'm pretty sure that's the
percentage he quoted.) After mailing out the company's circulars I am now
mailing copies of my original promo
$2 Buck Circular as that IS
the one I originally used to build my downlines and it STILL is pulling good
for me. We'll see how well the new company circulars do...
I'm still receiving lots of applications with the original
$2 Buck Circular. I received a
bunch yesterday that I will be keying into the data base this morning and will
be mailing them out in today's mail.
Talking about getting things done to mail in today's mail, it's time for me to
get back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Tuesday April 13, 2004
Monday,
April 12, 2004
The beginning of a brand
new week and a wet one here in Central Pennsylvania. It started to rain off
and on yesterday and it's supposed to continue for the next few days.
Everything is turning green and growing like wild fire.
Saturday was nice and sunny and I worked most of the day in the "lower 40",
(the back yard), cleaning and burning sticks and debris that the high spring
waters of the mighty Susquehenna river, that flows through our back yard, left
over the last few weeks. I'm also cutting down brush and bushes that grew over
the year along the river. I still have more to go but I did get a lot done. It
is going to take longer than I first thought though. It felt good just to be
working outside for a change. Even though it brought a lot of aches and pains,
(but I'm NOT used to doing that kind of work anymore), it did give me a good
feeling of getting a lot accomplished.
I had a slow mail day on Saturday and that was just fine as it gave me more
time to work outdoors and now, being Monday I'm sure my mail box will be
pretty full today so I kind of look forward to doing some work here in my home
office today. Apparently it's going to be a good day to work indoors.
Betty's sons, one and then the other stopped yesterday to bring their mom her
Easter flowers. They really smell great and it's another thing to remind of me
of Spring when I walk into the kitchen and the aroma from the flowers hits me.
Wow..... Betty will enjoy transplanting them to the outdoors pretty soon. Her
daughter Tammy also stopped in for awhile yesterday with her daughter and we
had a nice visit. What else did we do for Easter? Hmmmm. well we had a
nice dinner. We don't have conventional dinners anymore since I stopped eating
red meat over 10 years ago... So yesterday for dinner we had spaghetti and
turkey white meat hot dogs. I know it may sound ugly to you but believe me
it's mmmm mmmm good!
Yeah, they make all white meat hot dogs now. The brand name of them is
"Ball Park Franks." They are a little more
expensive than the usual run of the mill doggies but they taste just about
like a regular good hot dog without all the organ meat, pork, and beef in
them. We use them for lots of meals.. We never seem to tire of them and they
have almost no carbohydrates in them! If you're watching your blood sugar or
just trying to lose weight, you can't go wrong with them. Locally, around our
neck of the woods, Weis Markets and Giant used to carry them but lately Weis
don't carry them anymore, however Giant still does and we've also found them
at Wal-Mart's food outlet. They're even a bit cheaper at Wal-Mart.
Well, I do have some stuff I must get done before my daily trip to the post
office so for me it's back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT
day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Monday April 12, 2004
Friday,
April 9, 2004
T.G.I.F. It's bright an
sunny and a beautiful day here at the Blue Bird Cottage in central
Pennsylvania. It's supposed to climb to 60 degrees today and they're not
calling for rain until Sunday. Looks like we just me get some yard work done
this weekend. I hope so as our back yard looks like a hurricane hit it!
A couple of my tomato seedlings got pretty lanky because of lack of light and
died off so I had to replant a few more seeds. Most came up pretty good though
and are doing fine. I move the seed bed into the sun when I can. I guess for
perfect conditions I should have a "grow" light on them but hey, they should
grow by giving them all the light that daytime provides. They sure didn't have
"grow" lights years ago... Come to think of it, they didn't have computers
years ago either... hmmmmmmmmmm.. Oh well, it's a good excuse anyway. Not
having a grow light that is.. No, I'm not going to buy a green house
either to start a few tomatoes.. That's about all that's going in my
garden again this year.. I just love those fresh, home grown tomatoes.
A local newspaper columnist had some pretty neat comments in her column
yesterday that I thought you may get a kick out of...
In the news........
Self-service supersedes convenience
Earlier this week I found myself battling the cold and the wind while pumping
$1.62-a-gallon gasoline into my van.
Because I've been traveling back and forth to State College this semester to
teach, I've pumped a lot of overpriced gas since January.
I've pumped during the cold and the snow and the rain and the wind, mostly at
Sam's Club to save a few bucks.
From Our Advertiser Sam's Club is convenient to my home, and charging the fuel
on my Sam's card allows me to write a check just once a month.
That's what passes for convenience these days.
But I remember a time when life was more convenient.
When I was in high school, I used to pull up in my VW Bug and an attendant
would pump 50 cents worth of gasoline, check the motor oil and clean the
windshield, often with a smile.
Now, I pump $30 worth of gas then drive around with a dirty windshield,
wondering about the oil. And I miss the smile.
Lots of businesses advertise convenience. But convenience is relative.
When I was a kid, someone brought milk to our door. Another guy delivered
bread.
A farmer arrived once a week with eggs, and a guy pulled in the driveway every
Friday in a truck filled with ice cream.
Now, we have convenience stores. That's what we call them.
But how convenient is it to pull on a coat, find your shoes, walk out to the
car and drive somewhere when you need to get an egg or a slice of bread?
In the days when the farmer, the milkman and the others were stopping by our
house, the insurance man used to come, too.
Think about it next time you're in the supermarket scanning and bagging your
own groceries.
She's right on the money with that article.. There was more but you get the
idea... Most of us know what she's talking about. Some of us are too young.
It's a shame that the younger folks had no experience with the milk man, egg
man or the meat man. Boy, I know I'll never forget the ice cream
man. We used to hear his music for a mile away which gave us plenty of time to
beg mom for some money to get some. Of course if I remember right, mom used to
have us get her a treat as well.
Well, as I look around my desk there is a bunch of "stuff" that needs done
before my weekend starts.... so for me it's back to work and YOU,
YOU have a GREAT weekend!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Friday April 9, 2004
Thursday,
April 8, 2004
It started out nice and
sunny here in Central Pennsylvania this morning but has since then
turned overcast and dreary. According to the weather folks that's what we'll
see the rest of the day along with rain. Well, this is Spring time and
Spring does bring rain. I did get a chance to mow the "lower 40", (back yard
along the river), last evening.
I did get some of the crap cleaned up that high waters left in our back yard
but there is plenty to clean up yet and it will probably take an entire day to
get it "back to normal."
In the news..............
I stumbled onto an article about Terry Nichols trail. Terry Nichols is the guy
who was supposed to be involved with Timothy McVeigh in the bombing of the
Federal Building on April 19, 1995. In the small article it has a paragraph
that is some of what his ex wife testified to. The small paragraph reads,
"Padilla, (the ex-wife), testified that Nichols had collected gold and silver
bullion coins; authorities discovered gold coins searching the Nichols home."
Now, this got my attention as it mentioned this among the testimony that
Nichols had sold fertilizer etc. that may have had to do with the bombing.
Does this mean that if we save gold and silver bullion we are thinking like a
terrorist? Wow! I've always been interested in saving gold and silver. I don't
have any gold, (can't afford it), but I do have a few pieces of silver on
hand. (The grandkids get some of it from time to time.) Does this mean I think
like a terrorist? I just can't understand why this would even be mentioned in
the trial? Scary, isn't it? It sure is to me.. Anyway if it interests you
click here,
the article, to read it.
Do you work in a cubicle all day? Do you decorate it? ABC Morning Show is
having a contest this week to see who has the best decorated cubicle in
America. Don't forget to set your tape recorder before you head for work to
see how yours compares to theirs!
Lot's to get done here in my little home office before I head to the post
office so for me it's back to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT
day!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Thursday April 8, 2004
Wednesday,
April 7, 2004
It's sunny again here in at
the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania. That's two days in a row....
WOW! I'm getting spoiled.
Last week was one of Betty's Great Granddaughters birthday. She was 15 years
old. When we sent our usual birthday card I mentioned to Betty that now that's
she's getting older perhaps we'd better increase the money we usually send
her. So we doubled our usual amount. Betty was talking to the mom last night
and it seems that the child's daddy gave her $200, her God mother gave her
$200........ and it seems that between all of the relations and folks that
came to her party she received over $600 in cash!! Yep you read it
right, 600 bucks! I'm glad for the child but it all sounds like a bit much for
me. Has inflation gotten that bad? I remember for one of my birthday's
receiving $1.00 from my Grand Dad. I think I was about 11 years old at the
time..
I know at times when I haven't really felt that good or just got out of one of
my trips to the hospital, several folks told me to "hire" a neighborhood kid
to mow my grass for awhile until I got back on my feet. I didn't but I'm glad
I didn't as it seems that most kids do not have any conception of the value of
money these days. What would I pay them? I have no idea..... I know it
would NOT be as much as they expect so it's better if I just do it myself.....
How can kids get a grasp on the value of money at all. I did learn that one of
the grandkids last year received a portable DVD player for their birthday.
Holy cats.... most that I've seen of those run over 600 bucks....
It's not that their parents are "well to do" as like most they make their
bills each month with a little left over.... Like the kids next door, I
see some of the "stuff" they get from their parents for gifts.... and they
wonder why most kids today just sit around the house and play electronic games
etc.... I'll never "get it." Things sure have changed even since my kids
were small.... I'm not sure that it was a change for the good....
though.
At any rate... lot's on my desks to get done today so for me it's back to work
and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Wednesday April 7, 2004
Tuesday,
April 6, 2004
It's a beautiful, sunny,
windy morning here in Central Pennsylvania. It's supposed to go up into the
mid 50s today so it looks like we'll get some warm up as tomorrow it's
supposed to hit 60 degrees! That's okay with me as I'm ready for Spring!
Betty received her monthly commission check from
The Coin Saver's Club
and it was up about $30 dollars from last month! That's great as she's barely
just getting started. She's well into profit already and has a nice tidy
amount left after expenses. It can ONLY get better from here on out as I'm
helping her send out her promotional circulars every month plus we're making
extra and mailing them as well for her. By this time next year she should have
a nice BIG commission check coming each month from this program. I haven't
received my check this month as of yet but maybe today or tomorrow. I don't
understand it as they are usually mailed on the same day out at the main
office in Missouri but somehow they never seem to arrive here in the same day!
Go figure.....
Yesterday brought a nice pile of mail as it usually does on Mondays. I've
gotten through and sorted most of it but still have a small pile to get
through this morning.
Looks like Betty is going to do laundry down in Dauphin so I'll be by myself
for several hours this afternoon. I'll probably have a bunch of stuff for her
to do when she gets home.
I did want to mention that I ran into a very interesting WEB site yesterday.
Actually it was Kim Komando's cool site of the day. It has actual personal
accounts written by folks that were actually there at historical happenings
throughout history. This kind of stuff really interests me. I read the
account of when Socrates committed suicide. It seems that it was not a
conventional suicide at all but he had to drink the hemlock
poison as he was sentenced to death! Many other stories are here from ancient
Greece to date. This is also a great site to bookmark if you have
children or grand children in school as it is a great place for research. It
even has an account of when President Lincoln was assassinated. Click here to
get there and don't forget to book mark it!
Eye Witness to History
Well, looking around my desks, for me it's back to work and YOU, YOU
have a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Tuesday April 6, 2004
Monday,
April 5, 2004
Monday, the beginning of a
brand new week! It's nice, bright, and sunny here in Central Pennsylvania but
very cold and windy. It's supposed to only reach into the low 40s today and go
down to 22 degrees tonight! Brrrrrrrrrrrr that's cold! We are definitely stuck
into a cold pattern here at the Blue Bird Cottage.
Although it rained practically all weekend we did have a nice weekend. We went
out and had a nice meal at the new Chinese restaurant,
"The
Grand Buffet,"
in Harrisburg on Saturday and came home and spent the rest of the day doing
anything we wanted to. (Mostly laze around.) We haven't had one of these kind
of days for awhile and if felt good.
Sunday morning we changed our clocks to Daylight Saving time. It always takes
me a few days to get used to the change. I really slept late this morning but
if I were going by last week's time it really wasn't that late... Oh
well thank goodness I don't have to be elsewhere to go to work. I'd be up the
creek without a paddle.
The grass is growing like crazy even in this cold weather and as soon as it
warms up a bit I'll be mowing the lower 40, (the back yard), as it's getting
quite deep down there already. Right now the might Susquehenna River that
flows through our back yard is up and down like a yo-yo as we've had so much
rain lately. As soon as that settles down some I must get down there and do
some clean up work from all the debris that the high waters brought and dumped
in our yard. It's an on going battle when you live beside a river.. It's
nice in the Summer to be able to go down and jump in your boat and go fishing,
but by golly it is a "pain in the ass" the bulk of the year.
Well, today being Monday, I will be probably getting quite a bit of mail to go
though and I must get a few things done before me trip to the post office so
for me it's back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Monday April 5, 2004
Friday,
April 2, 2004
T.G.I.F. It's the end of
the work week and still raining cats & dogs here in Central Pennsylvania. I
think it's supposed to rain most of the weekend so we won't be working outside
in the yard this weekend.. Mostly indoors...
I have plenty to get done here in the office over the weekend but I intend to
take some time off this weekend. As the weather is not going to be that good
I'm going to rent several Movies from our Library. That will give us plenty to
watch if we feel like hibernating this weekend. Betty wants to visit a
"viewing" at a funeral parlor early this afternoon of a friend that she knew
for years so after that we'll probably eat out and then stop at the Library on
the way home..... They have lots of movies we haven't seen yet and at
$1.50 a pop you can't beat the price and we get to keep them for an entire
week! I also borrow audio books from them. I don't get much time to actually
read books, I have trouble just keeping up with my magazine subscriptions but
when I do something in the office that don't require concentration I can
listen to an audio book in the back ground. I get to "read" plenty of books
this way and keep up on the latest books that are out. We sure get "our
money's worth" at our library, here at our house.
The mail load seems to be picking up around here as a lot more people are
joining money making programs that can be worked from their homes in the
attempt to make some extra money or to replace the income due to losing their
jobs.. There will always be folks who are anxious to make money from
home. Yes, there are scams running on the WEB and in the mail but if you study
them and keep in mind that "If they look and sound too good to be true", they
usually are... All the programs I'm in require time and money investment
to get paid actual commission checks. Keep that in mind when you go
looking for home opportunities...
Lot's to get done before we head off today so for me it's back to work and
YOU, YOU have a GREAT weekend!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Friday April 2, 2004
Thursday,
April 1, 2004
April Fools Day! It's
raining like cats and dogs here in Central Pennsylvania and the weather bureau
at Penn State has already issued flood warnings for the mid state and that
includes us. Right now it's only for small streams but they are talking about
the mighty Susquehenna river, (that runs through our back yard), is on it's
way up and may approach at least cautionary stage. If that's the case we'll be
safe.... It rained yesterday and all night and is supposed to rain all of
today, tonight and into tomorrow.. What's up with this crazy weather? Oh
well, the bright side is that we'll have plenty of water to start Spring with.
This office has been a mad house since yesterday morning.. Betty and I are
still working on the
Once A Month Association stuff. The good news is that hopefully all of the
statements, etc. should be in the mail by this afternoon.
I'll be working in the office just about the entire day today but that's okay
as it's so miserable outside this is a GREAT day to be indoors.
Well, as I have so much to get done this morning for me it's back to work and
YOU, YOU have a GREAT day! ----- Check out today's
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