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Wednesday,
March 31, 2004
It's another rainy day here
in Central Pennsylvania and it's supposed to stay quite chilly with the
temperature only predicted to go to a high of 48 degrees today. Yep we've
definitely made a backslide into Winter.
Today is the last day of the month and that's when I am my busiest around
here. I worked pretty late last evening but still have a ton of stuff to get
done today. I printed envelopes and materials yesterday for a bulk mail for
Betty's positions in my 2 downline builders, one for the Tape of the Month program,
$2= $SUCCE$$, and of course
the other for the Coin Savers Club,
2 Bucks for SUCCESS. It is now
already to go and we'll be taking the mailing to the post office this
afternoon for mailing. It's not a large mailing but pretty nice size for us
with 200 mailing pieces.. It takes a lot of work to put together a
mailing even of only 200 pieces. I want to get one out for myself by the end
of this week if we can swing enough time for it. I already have the envelopes
printed and a lot of the other printing done.. Just a couple of items to
finish and then the assembly of it etc. So hopefully if I can finish all of my
end of the month stuff, we'll be able to get that done as well.....
Well, I'd better get back to writing the
Once A Month Association newsletter for this month so we can get all of
that stuff wrapped up today and YOU, YOU have a GREAT
Wednesday!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Wednesday March 31, 2004
Tuesday,
March 30, 2004
It's cold and rainy here in
Central Pennsylvania and it's supposed to stay that way around here the rest
of this week. It went down to 33 last night and it's only supposed to go to a
high of only 50 degrees today. Looks like Spring didn't last too long and
we've slipped back into Winter!
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average dude and/or dudette I thought I'd mention the one I get as it is one
of the best I've seen. It's PC WORLD. It's a monthly and it
covers a lot of neat stuff that not only keeps me up with the latest "stuff"
but also helps me keep up with the "stuff" I already have. It's saved me a lot
of time and money from time to time. Check out an issue and if you like it go
ahead and subscribe. No, I don't get a commission..... Just thought I'd
pass a good thing along. This month's issue has "132
Search Secrets" in it. Each issue also has a Home Office section in
it. At any rate that's my "plug" for today.
Yesterday brought quite a pile of mail that I'm still going through and the
month is running out fast... Tons of things to get done before the end of the
month, (tomorrow), so for me it's back to work NOW, and YOU, YOU
have a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Tuesday March 30, 2004
Monday,
March 29, 2004
It's a nice sunny day here
in central Pennsylvania. It's not supposed to get REAL warm here today but
still not bad with a high of 58 degrees predicted. We had a beautiful weekend
here at the Blue Bird Cottage and did get a good bit of cleaning up done. I
even got my tomato seeds planted and also got the lawn mower running and tuned
up for the Summer. I didn't get much cleaned up down in the lower forty, (back
yard), as the river is still on it's way up and down like a yo-yo lately. It's
back up a foot since yesterday. I'll hopefully get to that next weekend.
This week's going to be very busy as the month runs out and I'll have to get
all the
Once A Month Association
"stuff" done by Wednesday. The monthly statements, monthly Member Benefit
Directory, and of course the monthly Newsletter. It's quite a job but I do
love that project. This year will be the 12th year since I began the
Association and I've sure met a lot of nice people over the years. Some have
since passed away but I still have many of the "Old folks" left in the
Association. Anyway, that will have to be done by mid week so that alone will
make this a very busy week.
I didn't get a whole lot done, here in the office, over the weekend so now I
must "plow" into it today and get caught up before I go get my first load of
mail from the post office. As today is Monday, the mail should be "heavy"
today.
I'm still trying to get used to "stabbing" myself 4 times a day to check my
blood sugar. I am bringing down my sugar content though and that makes me feel
like it's all worth it. I'm still learning the foods to shy away from and the
ones that are pretty safe.. I imagine that it will be an "on going"
education and I'll never get to learn it all. Thank goodness for the Internet.
There is so much information on the WEB about diabetes that I really don't
need any books, (although I've already bought one), to help teach me the do's
and don'ts of this malady. I like reading the news threads of other folks that
are in the "same boat" as I am. It really makes me feel good to know that I'm
not the only one, (there are thousands), who is fighting this disease.
Oh well, enough of that.... I must get back to work and caught up some
before my trip to the post office and YOU, YOU have a GREAT
Monday!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Monday March 29, 2004
Friday,
March 26, 2004
T.G.I.F. ...... The
sun is out and it's supposed to go up near 70 degrees here in Central
Pennsylvania today! Spring HAS sprung!
I bought a seed starter kit yesterday to get my tomato seeds started. Usually
I just use an old egg carton and some potting soil. Well, I was out of potting
soil and it would be another week until I could scrounge up an egg carton so I
thought I'd stop at "Home Depot" and pick up a "seed starter" kit and some
potting soil. After all how much could it cost... I figured about 3 or 4
bucks. A small seed starting kit and a small bag of potting soil with tax was
almost 9 bucks! WOW! I never expected it to be that expensive.... Oh
well the potting soil should last me for a couple of years.... but you can bet
your bottom dollar that next year I'm back to my egg carton starter bed. The
tomato seeds won't even recognize the difference, I'm sure.
With the temperature going up to almost 70 degrees today I may have to let our
coal stoker go out. With a coal stoker, to keep a fire, you must let it run.
It will run only when the computer box calls for it to turn on.. I usually
have it set for 3 minutes on and 5 minutes off. If the thermostat does not
call for more heat it will stay in this cycle. However, even in this cycle it
does produce heat. If it gets too warm outside then I must shut down the
stoker or slowly roast to death! This time of the year, and Fall, is the worst
as we will get some warm days in a row and then it will turn colder and I'll
have to build another fire in the stoker which is NOT and easy job. Oh well, I
do love the heater as it does keep us warm and toasty in cold weather.......
I am still revising and creating new promotional material for my 2 downline
builders, one for the Tape of the Month program,
$2= $SUCCE$$, and of course
the other for the Coin Savers Club,
2 Bucks for SUCCESS. It's not
as easy as it sounds... As soon as I feel I have some real good material.... I
have some of my friends check it out and they always point out my mistakes
which to me seem huge! Oh well, hopefully it won't take too long..... I'll let
you folks who are already in one or both of these programs know, right here,
when the new material is available.
I hope you're ready for your weekend.... I have several things that I must get
done even before my daily trip to the post office 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 March 26, 2004
Thursday,
March 25, 2004
It's a rainy day here in
Central Pennsylvania but it's supposed to climb up to 60 degrees today! That's
good enough for me.... go ahead and rain.....
I must go this morning for another appointment at the cardiologists. I went
earlier in the week for a blood test and this appointment is probably to
discuss the results.. I sure hope I don't need more changes in my medicine..
It's getting to be a pain in the neck as well as other places..... I should be
back in the office by early afternoon as all I need to stop for is some
planting supplies to get my tomato seeds started. Hopefully Winter weather
won't come back and hold on until late May and early June like it did last
year. Boy, everything, including my tomatoes got planted very late last year.
By the time they started producing real good the frost hit and destroyed them.
Oh well..... can't count on anything when it comes to a vegetable garden can
we? I guess in a way, that's what makes it so much fun.... If you live
in an apartment, these days you can plant some tomatoes in pots and enjoy your
own fresh picked fruit for in your salads, etc. It's a real joy.
I do have a few things I must finish so I can get them in this mornings mail
and also I must get a bank deposit ready and stop at the bank so I can pay
some bills before heading to the doctor's, 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 March 25, 2004
Wednesday,
March 24, 2004
Things are looking up here
in Central Pennsylvania. It's sunny out right now and it's supposed to cli mean that Spring is finally showing up? I
hope so.. It also reminds me that it's time to start my tomato plants.
It usually takes a little over a week to germinate them so I'm going to try to
take some time today and get my seeds planted. (Nothing beats the taste of
"home grown" tomatoes!)
I bought some new seeds this year from a guy in Texas. They are not hybrids so
if I like them I'll be able to save some seeds for next year. (Only problem
is, I bought them about a month ago and now I must find where I put them!) I
don't have a lot of room in our yard so I'm still going to plant a couple of
the type of tomatoes I know we like just in case. Better safe than sorry.
I really like buying things over the WEB as I can always find things cheaper
than my local stores and I get them delivered right to my door. With the price
of gasoline these days that's a definite PLUS. Last week I was bidding on a
DVD movie with my favorite actor, Clint Eastwood, called "BLOOD
WORK." I actually won the bid for $3.88 for a brand new DVD
wrapped and sealed in it's original packing! The shipping and handling was a
bit high I thought at $4.50 but altogether it still only cost me a hair over
$8 bucks. Not bad when you consider that it's selling from $14.99 to $17.98 at
www.amazon.com! You must be careful not to
get "caught up" in the bidding and bid more than is really necessary but with
all that said you can save a good bit of money if you don't need something
immediately. I know I'll never buy EVERYTHING over the WEB as some things are
needed right now, but most things can be purchased that way and the savings
can really add up! Most of the vendors on Ebay are honest and give you good
service. I won the bid on
"BLOOD WORK" on Wednesday of last week and it was delivered VIA
the postman yesterday. Not bad at all. Besides that I just love getting
packages in the mail.
Looks like I'm still running behind with my mail, inquires, and orders this
week so on that note it's back to work for me and YOU, YOU have
a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Wednesday March 24, 2004
Tuesday,
March 23, 2004
It's another sunny day here
at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania but another chilly one...
I'm still hoping for some warmer weather by the end of the week.
As usual I'm running behind today and some things are "coming down" that need
my attention so I'm afraid that today's post will be quite small.
I did take time last night to do the Joke sheet for today so if you have time
click on it at the end of this post for some good funny ones.
Our contractor neighbor is going to clean up our coal ash pile in our back
yard this afternoon and I must get some things out of the way for him to get
in with his equipment. He's going to do that for us and in exchange I'm going
to check out his computer which he says is "slower than molasses in January."
Sounds like a fair trade to me! That will begin our yard clean up for this
Spring... As soon as we get a little warmer weather Betty and I will be
out there in the yard cleaning it up etc..
I do have some mail from yesterday to open and sort yet also, 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 March 23, 2004
Monday,
March 22, 2004
It's a beautiful sunny day
here in Central Pennsylvania to start the brand new week. Unfortunately it's
only supposed to go up to about 38 degrees today. Yep, we're still trapped in
a cold spell.
I must go today for blood tests at the cardiologists for an appointment later
this week. I guess it's to recheck some stuff that was happening last month.
That shouldn't take too long but today we'll also have to shop for groceries,
etc. so we'll be out for most of the afternoon. As today is Monday, I hope to
get back in time, (I'll probably be working late this evening), to get to the
mail. Monday's mail is always huge so I'd like to get some of it done today. I
hate carrying a job over until the next day when it should be done today. I'm
hoping to get some extra time this week to work on designing some new
promotional material for both of my $2 programs for the 2 MLMs I'm promoting.
I'll be posting here when I've finished them and have tested them for those of
you who want them. These will be for the 2 Buck Downline
builder for the Coin Savers Club and the
$2= $SUCCE$$ downline builder
for the Tape of the Month opportunity.
Betty and I were on a heart walk yesterday and our neighbor stopped to talk to
us in his truck. We asked him if he'd seen our neighborhood pet deer,
Verne, lately. He
informed us that Verne
had been killed on the "super duper" highway that runs near where we live. It
was a jolt but it's a bad spot for deer around here. If the hunters don't get
'em the highway usually does. We'll miss him this Summer that's a "fer
sure"...... Verne
is featured in
Chuck's Daily Photo
Gallery 10 on
the left side of this page.
Well, I do have some things that I must get done for the Post Office before we
head for the blood tests 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 March 22, 2004
Friday,
March 19, 2004
T.G.I.F We had a winter
snow storm here in Central Pennsylvania over night and our electrical power
went down about 5 AM this morning. Until Betty found out about it and got me
out of bed our coal stoker had lost it's fire. I got my generator filled with
gas and fired it up on the porch as it was still snowing and I couldn't put it
out on the deck it was running right outside our back sliding glass door. I
had to place a piece of tape down the door to prevent the exhaust fumes from
entering the house. I ran wiring to our coal stoker, our fish tank, the
kitchen light and also our 13" TV in the kitchen to see what was happening. I
then built a fire in the furnace and by then we were both hungry and had some
cereal. We were in pretty good shape with a nice warm house when the
electricity finally came back on. However, as you can see it's running me a
bit behind today with everything including this post.
Lot's of "stuff" I need to get done before my weekend starts and I'll still
probably be working some, here in the office, tomorrow. We got about 3 to 4
inches of snow where we are located but it's supposed to go up above 40
degrees today so by tonight most of it should be gone. After all, tomorrow is
Spring! Hot Dog it couldn't get here fast enough for me this year. I've
mentioned before that my favorite time of the year is October around Halloween
but the only bad thing is that around that time it reminds me that Fall is
here and Winter is not far behind... I just love those warm October days
and chilly nights. You don't suppose that it's because I was born in October
do you? Could be I suppose.
I hope you're about ready for the weekend.. I'm going to get back to
work so I can get ready for mine and YOU, YOU have a GREAT
weekend!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Friday March 19, 2004
Thursday,
March 18, 2004
It's a beautiful sunny day
here at the Blue Bird Cottage in central Pennsylvania this morning. The snow
is just about all gone from the big snow storm we had day before yesterday,
however, the weather bureau has posted a winter storm warning for this evening
though tomorrow and they are now calling for 4 to 7 inches more of the white
stuff for our area. Holy cats, I sure hope mommy nature gives up this Winter
thing for awhile and lets Spring arrive!
Everything is going pretty smooth here in my home office and today looks like
I'll be getting caught up with a lot of stuff. I have some work to to do on my
web site, www.homebucks.com so
maybe today I'll get the time to get that done.
I've been receiving some email lately about the new hybrid cars that are now
coming out from different manufacturers. Quite a few of them and now they're
evening putting out SUVs that are hybrid. Boy am I glad to hear it! Not just
because we need them to help combat the pollution problem but to put a dent in
the petroleum companies AND the oil producing companies, OPEC. Yippee! I know
my next brand new vehicle will be a hybrid of some sort or by then if they
have perfected it an electric car.
The gasoline companies have been gouging us since the 70s when they started
the rumor that there was a "non-existent" gas shortage and had us waiting in
line at the pumps to pay exorbitant prices for gasoline. They did finally
admit that they had manufactured the entire incident but it took them over 2
years to admit it. Did our "overly protective" government make them give back
some of the money they bilked from us, let along the misery some of us went
through thinking that we wouldn't be able to get enough gasoline to get to
work to earn a living and keep our families? Heck no! Not only didn't they
even get a "slap on the wrist" for their illegal antics, but the gasoline
prices have NEVER went back down to where they belong!!!
The gas companies drove up the prices and then kept them up there. Gee, I
wonder if it were the electric companies that did something like that they
would "get away" with it. I guess they would if they "greased" enough palms in
Washington! It always comes back to money, doesn't it? I hope every American
buys a hybrid.... then watch the gasoline companies and OPEC try to "give
away" their oil. I doubt it will happen in my lifetime but I sure would like
to be around to see that. I hope it's not that far into the future......
Well, as I look around my desks I DO have a lot to get done 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 March 18, 2004
Wednesday,
March 17, 2004
It's starting off the mid
week here in Central Pennsylvania with a cloudy day. It's only supposed to go
up into the mid 30s today so it looks like we're still stuck in a winter
pattern since yesterday's snow. We only received about 3 inches of snow right
here in the mid-state but up in Erie Pennsylvania they got 18 inches of the
white stuff!!! Wow I'm glad I don't live up there!
The mighty Susquehenna River that runs though out back yard is almost back
into it's normal banks where it belongs. That high water did deposit a lot of
unwanted crap in our back yard though. Parts of trees, sticks and limbs
mostly. I won't be able to get down there to clean it up until the soil dries
up some. Right now with the coating of snow and another mixed rain and snow
front moving in for tomorrow looks like it's going to be awhile until I can
get down there.
I do have plenty to do to keep busy here in my home office though. Betty and I
did get the monthly downline reports done yesterday for the 2 Buck Downline
builder for the Coin Savers Club. We'll be mailing them this morning.
Almost 170 of them! Wow that took most of the afternoon and evening yesterday.
Those of you who are in our 2 Buck Downline
builder that sponsored anyone into the downline builder between February
15th and March 15th will be receiving a downline report with names, addresses,
phone numbers, and email addresses if they provided them to me, should receive
a report this week. It will give you a chance to contact each person and
encourage them to join the main Coin Savers Club under you.
What's the best movie you've seen lately? I saw one last night that was
absolutely GREAT! It's called THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
and it stars Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman. The movie came out in 2002 but I
don't ever remember it advertised. I was grazing though the DVDs at our
library the other day and it looked like it may be a good one. Wow was it ever
a good one! If you like mysteries and adventures then you'll probably like
this one. I've mentioned here before that our library "rents" VCR & DVD movies
for $1.50 and you get to keep them for an entire week! The library on the West
Shore in Cumberland County lets us "borrow" movies for FREE and we get to keep
them for a week. The one we use the most that charges $1.50 each though has
later movies than the other one and you still can't beat the prices! Another
thing about the library... they have literally thousands of songs on CDs or
tape. If I find an album I like I borrow it and I may just like the songs so
much that while I have it....... "you finish this".......
Here's another good use.. The library carries a lot of computer manuals
etc. I use them to teach me about computers and computer programs. Another
great use of our local library is if we like a book and think we'd like to buy
it, we check it out at the library first and if we like it, we'll buy a copy
for ourselves... So... first chance you get .... check out YOUR library and
see what they have that you can use......
Well, as I look around my desks the piles aren't too high but there are piles
of "stuff" that must be done 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 March 17, 2004
Tuesday,
March 16, 2004
Yesterday it was a
beautiful sunny day that climbed up into the 50s. This morning its snowing
like crazy! We already have about 2 inches. I know at this time of the year it
sure won't be around long no matter how much we get but it's depressing. I was
all ready for Spring weather and mommy nature figured she had to give us some
more snow. Ugh! According to the weather reports the rest of the week looks
pretty good though.
A friend of mine left Friday for Hawaii for 10 days. He sure did pick the
right time. He's down there soaking up the sun about now. Probably getting in
some swimming and scuba also. Ah...... what a life.... Opps...
there's reality... I just glanced out the sliding glass door of my office and
the wind is blowing the snow around... Maybe next year.....
I've been getting in a nice heart walk every day now for several days but
unless this blizzard REALLY shuts down I'm going to miss it today.
I received a "get well" card (for my hospital trip), signed by all the folks
at the "Tape of the Month" company in Texas. What a nice thing to do. I sure
NEVER expected it but am VERY pleased to get it. It's nice to know
someone is thinking of you. Thanks gang!
I received a huge bag of mail yesterday. I kind of expected it as Mondays
usually produce a lot of mail. I did get it all opened and sorted but that's
about it. This morning and afternoon hopefully I'll get a lot of it done
before another trip to the post office. I received a nice stack of
applications for the 2 Buck Downline
builder for the Coin Savers Club and also several for the
$2= $SUCCE$$ downline builder
for the Tape of the Month opportunity. They should keep me busy for a few
hours.. With that in mind it's back to work for me and YOU,
YOU have a GREAT Tuesday!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Tuesday March 16, 2004
Monday,
March 15, 2004
It's a beautiful sunny day
here in Central Pennsylvania to start off a brand new week. However, we better
enjoy today around here as tomorrow the weather folks are calling for 2 to 4
inches of snow!
Maybe this will be the "Onion" snow that my Mom always said signifies the end
of winter and the beginning of Spring. Wait a minute, I just looked up the
"Onion Snow" in The American Heritage Dictionary and it describes the "Onion
Snow" like this: NOUN: Chiefly Pennsylvania A light snow in late Spring
after the onions have been planted.
Well it's not even Spring yet so I guess the snow coming tomorrow can't be the
"Onion Snow." I remember when I was a kid an Mom would say, "It's the Onion
snow!" I would look outside and I just couldn't figure out why she thought the
snow flakes looked like onions. I know, pretty dumb, right?
I'm really getting caught up now and only have a few jobs to do before I'm
completely up-to-date which hasn't happened for a long, long time. Of course
today is Monday and Monday is known for it's super big mails so I better not
brag too much. I did work over the weekend a little but mostly just screwed
around. Now that the weather's been warming up some I'm back to taking my
"heart walk" on a daily basis. Boy I can tell I'm not used to walking that
far. I don't think it will take too awful long to start getting my walking
legs back though. Walking should help lower my blood sugar though. At least
that's what I'm hoping.
I do want to wish my oldest son, Chuck, a happy birthday and many, many more
to come. His birthday was on Saturday the 13th. Chuck is now 42 years old.
Holy cats Chuck you're catching up to me!!!
I do have several things to get done 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 Monday March 15, 2004
Friday,
March 12, 2004
T.G.I.F. Yep, Friday's here
again! It's a beautiful sunny, (but cold), day here at the Blue Bird Cottage
in Cenfatral Pennsylvania...... Hope you're just about ready for the weekend as
it's almost upon us......
Looks like we're in for a windy weekend here in Central Pennsylvania but nice
enough to get some yard work done..... Even though we did pick up a lot
of limbs etc., there's plenty more to go plus all the junk that the high water
brought last week and deposited in our "lower 40".... (Back yard.) It
will feel good to get outside and do some work I'm sure as it always does. I
still haven't figured out what the heck is digging a hole at the corner of our
cottage right under my office but I'd better find out soon as if it keeps
expanding it's going to have some effect on the structure itself! I'll be out
and around this weekend so I'll try and get a photo of it and post it up here
to give you a "look see." Reader Kathy Fouse sent me an email yesterday and
said that she has a groundhog that has taken up residence under her house and
she and her husband can't get rid of it as it's too darn big for the traps
they've set! (Any suggestions?)
Groundhogs can be a very destructive animal. I've never liked them that much
since I was a kid. Back on the dairy farm I grew up on...... I was about 13
years old and had plowed a field the day before and was now running the disk
harrow over it to break up all the clods of earth and prepare it for planting.
When harrowing you can go pretty fast.... I'd say I was doing about 5 to 8
miles an hour..... Well it seems like over night this ground hog decided
he was building a home right in the middle of the field and I didn't see the
nice sized hole that had developed over night. I was operating a Farmall model
C tractor with what they call "tri-cycle" wheels on the front of it. (Two
wheels in the middle of the tractor right beside each other.) I hit that darn
groundhog hole dead center with those wheels and sheared them right off!
My dad said that as I "broke" the tractor I would have to fix it right where
it was in the field. We got the parts and I took tools and worked on that darn
thing all the next day to get it repaired... only thing was that this darn
groundhog built his "House" right in the middle of a red ant hill!!!
Yep, by the time I finished repairing the tractor I had ant bites from bottom
to top and in places I don't want to mention. Since then I DO NOT like
groundhogs!! PERIOD!!!
Well it looks like my story took up about all of my Friday's post...
Oh well, you know me when I get to rambling..... Thanks for reading and
I guess I'd better get back to work and YOU, YOU Have a GREAT
Weekend!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Friday March 12, 2004
Thursday,
March 11, 2004
It's a nice sunny day here
in Central Pennsylvania and it's supposed to go up into the 50s. I know it's a
far shot from the 80s and 90s they've been experiencing in California but
around here we'll gladly settle for it.
At the corner of my office under the house a large hole is being dug by some
critter. It's at the same place that our
pet, wild rabbit used
to get to his place under my office. I was going to fill it in immediately but
I've had second thoughts. Suppose I fill it in and what ever built it is at
home under my office? I wouldn't want to trap it in. I'm going to have to do
something about it but it will take some thought. The hole is getting pretty
big so I'm thinking that it just may be a ground hog. However, it's a bit
early for them to be out and about..... I'm sure I'll find out before
too long....
The mighty Susquehenna River that flows through our back yard is now receding
back into it's banks. I feel a lot safer however the high water deposited a
huge pile of rubble in our back yard. We'll have to wait until the soil dries
out some so we can clean it up.. Right now though it's a mess.
I sure hope I get enough time this summer to get my boat into the river and
get some fishing time in. Last summer I was so busy with my 2- $2 downline
builders that I didn't have any spare time at all!
Still playing catch up and with all the work I have on my desks so it's back
to work for me, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT day!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Thursday March 11, 2004
Wednesday,
March 10, 2004
Believe it or not it's a
snowy morning here in Central Pennsylvania!
Sorry I'm getting this post up so late.... It seems like every time I try to
get going on it the phone rings... It's been a busy morning so far.
I worked most of yesterday trying to get the mail caught up from last week's
fiasco. I'm not done yet but I'm getting closer.
If you would like to get rid of all of the spy ware programs on your computer,
(these are programs that keep track of what you do with your computer and
where you go on the Internet), you need to download a good program to get rid
of them. I downloaded a FREE program a few days ago and it REALLY
cleaned out my computer. It's called "Spybot" - "Search and Destroy."
Download it here
and read the instructions... You'll be surprised all the stuff it finds
that you DON'T want on your machine... Click here:
Spybot after
you install it read the small tutorial and it will guide you though just what
you must do.. It's easy and effective.
In The News..........
Hot Dog! Some of the nation's largest Internet providers, in an unusual joint
effort, said today they filed six lawsuits against hundreds of people who were
accused of sending millions of unwanted e-mails in violation of the new U.S.
law against "spam." The legal actions were brought by Microsoft Corp., America
Online Inc., Earthlink Inc., and Yahoo Inc. who represent the first major
industry actions under the "can spam" legislation that went into effect Jan.
1. The lawsuits, filed in federal courts in California, Georgia, Virginia and
Washington state, were announced at a news conference.
The defendants include some of the nation's most notorious large-scale
spammers. The Internet providers - collectively with tens of millions of
subscribers - said they shared information, resources and investigative
information to identify some of the defendants.
I hope they knock all the spammers off the WEB. I spend many hours each month
deleting and blocking these darn things and they just keep coming. I'm sure
you face the same problem. I'm glad the "big boys" are joining forces to get
rid of these worthless b--tards!
Well, there's a lot to get done here in the office today so for me it's back
to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Wednesday!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Wednesday March 10, 2004
Tuesday,
March 9, 2004
It's another nice bright
sunny day here at the Blue Bird Cottage in Central Pennsylvania... It's
still a bit on the cold side though.
Yesterday Betty and I took some time picking up sticks in the yard. We have
many trees around our cottage and the Winter weather knocked quite a few into
our yard. Small ones big ones..... plenty of them to clean up. Boy, you
can tell after a winter that both of us are out of shape and not used to
bending over so much.. It's a pain in the neck, (as well as a lot of
other places), to get old. If you're pretty young, for gosh sakes start taking
real good care of yourself. I'm always using that old cliché, "If I knew I was
going to get this old, I'd have taken better care of myself!" ...and I MEAN
it! Develop good eating habits, take plenty of vitamins and minerals, and set
up a good exercise program and stick to it! Believe me these are words
from someone who really does know what he's talking about. It's no fun going
to the doctor's and hospitals what seems like every other day and taking
zillions of tests and finding more and more wrong that must be taken care
of.... It's so much nicer to take care of yourself when your young and
enjoy your middle and old age years......
I'm still trying to play "catch up" here in the office. I did take some time
yesterday and develop a new $2 downline builder circular for the Coin Savers
Club but I'll have to do some refining on it before I post it up here for the
members of the 2 Buck Downline
builder..... I'll let you know about it in a few days.
I heard yesterday that a friend of mine had a hard drive crash and lost all of
her records. I ask her about a back up and she said she did one about a month
ago... That's a lot of material to lose..... a whole month's worth!
A couple of months ago I bought a 80 gig Western Digital external hard drive
that operates from 2.0 USB port and boy it's one of the best purchases I've
ever made. I can back up everything at night, before I shut down, in only a
few minutes and that's on all three computers that I have connected to
my home office network! With the back up external hard drive hooked up to my
main computer and a FREE backup program that I downloaded and configured with
a couple of clicks of my mouse I can start the back up. It takes about 12
minutes to do the back up on all 3 computers. On just one it would
probably be about 5 minutes for me. It all depends on how many files you are
backing up.... It's the best thing I've done for myself in quite awhile.
I say for myself because with my systems now, I have complete peace of mind.
If I happen to start one of my computers in the morning and find one of my
hard drives "fried" I'll be able to recover my files, after installing a new
drive in only a few minutes! Now that's "peace of mind".....
As I look around my desks I see a lot of work to be done, 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 March 9, 2004
Monday,
March 8, 2004
It's a nice sunny day here
in Central Pennsylvania but I think a bit of winter is coming back for a few
days.. A little snow and some colder weather, especially at night here this
week is forecast.
The mighty Susquehenna river that runs through our back yard is at this moment
about 3/4 of flood stage. It's REALLY high! The ice on the river is completely
gone. We had rain over the last few days and coupled with the warm weather,
and the snow melting north of us, the river is bulging. It's a 13 1/2 feet
right now and is just about at crest so later this morning it will start to
recede. (Thank goodness!)
In the news.....
The radio and TV are both covering the Martha Stewart trail and now that she's
been judged guilty they can't seem to get enough of it on. They even had part
of the jury on the Today Show this morning.
Well, I may as well kick my 2 cents in.... here goes.... Okay, Martha's
guilty. As far as Martha almost certainly getting jail time, I think that's
ridiculous! I thought we jailed people who were a threat to the rest of us.
What kind of threat does Martha present to you and I? I don't think she's
going to sneak in our houses and steal from us and perhaps murder us tonight
or even tomorrow night. I think, if these are our laws, they definitely need
changed. No wonder our jails and prisons are over flowing. I didn't say that
Martha should not be punished.... Hit her where it apparently REALLY
hurts her and that's her wallet! She has already been fined one million
dollars. She'll never be able to be in charge of her own company again as she
is now a felon. She's been in the spotlight and dragged through our court
system and publicly humiliated. Now we have to toss her butt in jail? WHY?
What purpose would it serve us as a society to do this? Now we're going to
feed, clothe and supply shelter for her for a period of time. Why? It sure as
heck won't make me feel any better at all. There are plenty of other folks too
that don't deserve to be in the penal system as well as Martha. Some people
analyzed that if Martha would have "broken down" and cried and admitted that
she was "only a woman" and could make mistakes, that maybe the jury wouldn't
have been as harsh. Well la ti da! Why should she? She's a strong business
women and doesn't have to do crap like that. So she was mean and yelled at her
employees..... Well tough shit! Nobody told those people they had to
continue to work for her.... they did it because they were "well paid" and
nothing more. As far as I'm concerned, I didn't start out on Martha's side but
as this situation has proceeded I'm for her more and more. Go Martha!!!
I may be more critical than I should but sometimes think that our system of
lawyers, yes, I'm talking about our government, make so many laws that we need
them to constantly interpret them for us, (and charge us to do so.) That's the
way they make themselves indispensable. Take notice while they're making laws
to govern us that they also take care of themselves very generously. Just like
they've given us the social security system to supposedly "take care of us" in
our old age...... they've given themselves a separate insurance policy
to take care of themselves and families for life, plus even after serving,
(serving, there's another inappropriate use of that word in this case), for
only 4 years they collect their FULL Salaries for the rest of their lives!!!
Consider this....... our congress, the Senate and House of
Representatives, are there for only one main reason that I can see and that's
to make laws. They've been making laws for hundreds of years.. My
question is, "When do we finally have enough laws?" They sure wouldn't want to
acknowledge that as that would put them out of a job! Still, these things
bother me.... I want to know!!!
I did get a lot done here in the office over the weekend and some chores
around the house done as well but I did NOT get caught up with my office work,
so..... as I look around my desks at the piles of work I feel it's time for me
to go back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT
Monday!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Monday March 8, 2004
Friday,
March 5, 2004
Thank you all who wrote to
me wishing me the best and a speedy recovery. It really DOES
mean so much to me!
T.G.I.F. Yep, Friday the
end of the work week. Are you ready for the weekend? I know I am....
It'll give me a chance to catch up on some work after the first part of this
week was a complete catastrophe! I'm feeling a lot better today .... not as
tired.. We're supposed to go up into the low 60s here today in Central
Pennsylvania. Wow, looks like Spring IS on the way! We've had a
rough winter in these parts this year and we're all looking forward to Spring
this year..
The ice broke on the the mighty Susquehenna River that runs though our back
yard without any incident and it's flowing nice and smoothly. It is, however
on the rise but should not get above half bank of flood stage. (At least
that's the immediate prediction.)
I was supposed to overnight the applications for the Tape of the Month
program from the Phase II of the
$2= $SUCCE$$ downline builder
on Tuesday so they would get to the company on the deadline, the 3rd of the
month. However as you know I was in the hospital. I called the main company in
Texas from the hospital and asked them if they could hold their books open one
more day and they agreed to. When I was released on Wednesday afternoon I came
straight home and worked on the applications, bundled them up, and rushed them
to the Fed Ex depot to get them on their way. So those of you who joined this
time, don't worry as all applications got into the company on time.
My mail load is still backed up and I'm working on it, but it will take awhile
to catch up. With that in mind and the weekend on it's way, for me it's back
to work, and YOU, YOU have a GREAT weekend!!!
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Posted by Chuck Rollason at Friday March 5, 2004
Thursday,
March 4, 2004
I'M BACK.......
Sorry I missed a couple of days doing this post but I had a good excuse....
Monday I told you I had one more trip to the hospital, (out patient), for the
EGD procedure to band the rest of the blood vessels in my esophagus. I went
Monday morning and the doctor banded 5 more of them. The was the last of them,
(this was my third trip in 3 months), and boy was I glad. It was a painful
experience. I came home in the early afternoon, took a quick nap and felt
pretty good so I started to work in the office. Actually I worked a little
late as I was getting behind with some "stuff" as a result of my hospital
trip.
Late Monday evening actually almost midnight, Betty had already went to bed, I
was about half dozing watching the Jay Leno show when I sat up for a trip to
the bathroom. All of a sudden I felt really "flushed" all over. After I went
to the bathroom I sat down in there as I was really feeling bad. I remember
calling to Betty a couple of times and then I recall waking up leaning against
the wall. I had passed out. Betty was there by then and I mentioned to her
that I really felt sick and I thought I was going to throw up which I did into
the bathroom sink and I was all blood! Lot's of it! Betty called 911 and I
really couldn't wait 'til they got here as by then I was getting pretty
scared. When I arrived at the ER I threw up another batch of blood that looked
like about a quart.... of it. They got me stabilized and was giving me blood
though an IV. Well, to make a LONG story short what had happened is one of the
bands the doctor had placed Monday morning had "slipped" and the vein started
to rupture.. I spent Tuesday and most of yesterday in the hospital
getting back to normal, (whatever normal is for me).... and I'm back in the
"saddle" as it were, here in my office this morning .... just a bit worse for
wear.
I'm feeling a LOT better and the worse part now is that I've been on a
liquid diet since Sunday... I'm so darn hungry I COULD eat a
horse. Maybe after a trip to the doctor's tomorrow afternoon he'll put me back
on solid food. I hope so as I've had enough "Ensure", Jell-O, and juice to
choke on. Anyway that's my story... That's why I missed this post the last
couple of days....
As you can figure, things are really backed up here in the 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 March 4, 2004
Monday,
March 1, 2004
Welcome to a new month. It's another beautiful day
here in Central Pennsylvania.. Beautiful over the weekend as well....
Although I didn't get much of a chance to enjoy the weather, as I worked here
in the office most of the weekend..... I did get a chance to take a
couple of "heart" walks....
Betty and I did finish all the
Once A Month Association "stuff" and it will go into the mail this
morning. Also tried to get caught up with a few other things but failed..
This will be another short post as it's really early here and I must be a the
hospital by 8AM. This should be my last visit for
the
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy or EGD test & procedure to band the rest of the
swollen blood veins in my esophagus. I sure hope so anyway as it tends to be a
very painful procedure. This is the 3rd time in 3 months I've been through
this and hopefully this will be the last.. It's an out-patient deal so
I'll be back in my office by this afternoon.... Probably a little worse
for wear but I'll be here...
I have just a couple of things to get done before we're "out the door" so for
me it's back to work and YOU, YOU have a GREAT Monday!!!
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