Posted 11.26.07
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A DAX ‘SMUCKLE:’
Subsequent to providing Adam with a helpmate, God devoted a fair amount of time informing the brand new couple of the ‘rules,’ as well as explaining how they came to be and other pertinent and useful data.
Later, when they were alone (or so, they thought!) Adam wondered aloud why it would be so bad if he were to snack on a tasty-looking apple he spotted a few yards away, whilst Eve, obviously puzzled, said, ‘’I don’t get it. God said we were created in HIS image. We are clearly very different-looking from one another so, which of our images is like His - yours or mine?'’
Gazing lustily upon his wife’s perfectly-formed and naked body - which had yet to be clothed, per the Creator’s instructions - Adam murmured, ‘’Damn! I sure hope it’s yours!'’
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-THIS WEEK’S LIST OF {9} DAX LIFE-ENHANCERS!-
DEAN’S RANT: Pigeon-Holing
TEST YOUR LITTLE GRAY CELLS: Is This One TOO easy? Let Me Know!
MONEY-MAKING: He Who Can, Does . . . He Who Cannot, Teaches!
KICK STARTS: Why Most Fail But YOU Will Succeed!
MONEY-SAVING: Does Wally-Mart REALLY Save You 2500 Bux Per Year?
PONDER THIS: Try Never To Get THAT Busy!
HEALTH BOOSTERS: Is There Finally Light At The End of The Carpal Tunnel?
SHORT TAKES: This Is Disturbing And Startling!
DAX-YAX: Why I Took Out A Loan On My Rolls-Royce!
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DEAN’S RANT: Pigeon-Holing
Our recent interchange of thoughts - some extremely fervent - by DAXERS vis-B-vis religion and such, brought to the fore another topic that I’ve always considered an oddity, which is most prevalent in our American culture: The apparent need people have to categorize everybody they know.
It seems that no one is comfortable unless they confirm whether so and so is a Catholic, Baptist or Jew, a liberal or a conservative - their country of origin, whether they are married or not - have children or no - heterosexual or otherwise - and so on.
Even more peculiar is that often, when a person discovers something about another that they do not like - or especially, if they maintain a stance with which they vehemently disagree or disapprove - they want nothing more to do with them.
Thus, you may hear someone say that such and such an actor ‘’stinks'’ but when you delve into the reason for that you discover that actually, it’s only because of a personal dislike for the fellow’s personality or habits - rather than his actual ability as an actor.
Someone may hate the likes of Clint Eastwood or Robert Du Vall (my long-lost cousin!) and suggest that they are poor performers when what they really are saying is that they simply do not care for them as people. The fact that both actors have Oscars reposing on their mantels indicates that they ARE, indeed, very fine performers.
I find the politics of both Barbra Streisand and Susan Sarandon distasteful - more to the point, their methods for expressing their opinions. BUT I also find each to be extremely talented - especially, Streisand - and would not allow my feelings about their real-life personalties to cloud my enjoyment of their performances. Indeed, as we speak, there’s a Streisand cd blaring in my office.
On the other hand (is my watch - as one of my former {crooked} employees used to say . . . ) there is Sean Penn. I do not like any of his work - and I do not like him as a person, either. No doubt if he knew me, he’d feel the same. Maybe not, but that’s another, natural human trait that’s hard to fathom:
If you tell me that you do not like me - probably, my knee-jerk reaction will be to let you know that the feeling is mutual, eh wot? Why, if you think about it, should that be true? You may be a terrific person who just happens to dislike me. If you ARE an otherwise ‘okay’ guy or gal, why should I allow myself to be all jacked out of shape and in turn, form a dislike for you?
What is that all about - a 5 year-old’s ‘tit for tat?!’
Well, I’ve exhausted this subject for now - just some random thoughts there that came to me as a result of all the other communiques we received over the past couple weeks stemming from my stated thoughts on religion, atheism, agnosticism and so on.
A much more interesting thought is our progress at www.DAXRICH.com:
This weekly e-MEGA-zine has been publishing for only a bit over a year now (this is the 67th such edition) and yet, a blog tracking service, ‘find blogs,’ rates us at position number SIX out of a field of over 100,000 blogs! As you know, we prefer NOT to use the word ‘blog’ - but hey! We’ll graciously take any and all plaudits that come our way.
As we say out here in the boondocks of the Midwest, ‘’Call me whatever you like - just don’t call me late for supper!'’
As an aside: We’d like to add at least 50,000 BRAND NEW weekly visitors to this weekly e-MEGA-zine and as far as I know, the ONLY way that could possibly happen is if YOU help us do that! So . . . if you like what you find here every Monday morn - please alert ALL of your friends and relatives to that fact and suggest that they come and join you at www.DAXRICH.com
You know what? The fact of the matter is - the way our strange society works today - you will probably help us MORE if you tell your friends that you think www.DAXRICH.com is horrible - horrific, even - and NOT a website that anyone in their right mind would ever deign to click onto!
That’s a fact, Jack! We live in a time when people seem to gravitate towards the ‘’Oh, CRAP!’ - rather than the, ‘’Oh, WOW!'’ That’s wonderful! Use your own judgment, BUT we would greatly appreciate your helping us add those additional 50,000 weekly visitors!
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STUPID STUFF:
A young man, Jordon Fox, enlisted in the U.S. Army and received a $10,000 sign-up bonus. Later, and just three months before his tour of duty was completed, he was wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq and sent home.
Now, the Army has demanded that he return $3,000 of his intial sign-up bonus to them as they claim he did not complete his entire agreed-upon hitch.
When this came to light via the national media, others came forth to say they had experienced the same indignity although, several complained that they were required to return the entire $10,000 bonus.
DAX-COMMENT:
Any unit of a government which would be so callous and corrupt as that, could be further expected to purposely cause bodily harm to its members so as to force $$ refunds. It’s tantamount to taking out a million-dollar policy on one’s wife and subsequently, trying to collect after her ‘’mysterious death.'’
Adding further insult to his (very real) injury: Recruiters have paid others sign-up bonuses as high as $30,000 so, Fox got screwed twice-over!
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SILLY STUFF:
Dick Wilson, the actor who played Mr. Whipple in the ‘’Don’t Squeeze The Charmin'’ teevee commercials for 21 years, died a few days ago at age 91. When I lived out Vegas way in 1990, Wilson had been retired from the Mr. Whipple gig for 5 years and was living in Henderson - nearby to Boulder City where my residence was.
One day, as I was shopping in an area Vons Supermarket, I navigated a turn at the end of an aisle too quickly and bumped into ‘’Mr Whipple'’ and a lady who accompanied him. Well, it was their cart that my cart bumped - not them, fortunately!
Anyway, we exchanged murmured apologies and then, I recognized who he was, at the same time spotting a special apropos item in my cart - a package of TP - not Charmin, but Scott. Regardless, I picked it up and looked ‘Mr. Whipple’ in the eye and squeezed the package exaggeratedly. He smiled and said, ‘’Oh, it’s OKAY to squeeze THAT brand!'’
’tis the little things in this fleeting life that make it all worthwhile, isn’t it . . .
-Dean
P.S. Call me dumb, call me uniformed (just don’t call me late for dinner!) BUT, I just discovered something that maybe every housewife or otherwise informed shopper knows: I had gone to GOOGLE for a spell-check of Scott (above) - didn’t know if one or two ‘tees.’ There, I discovered that you can go online, enter your email address and ZIP code and get cash-off coupons - which you can print and have immediately! Not just for Scott - but for a whole ton of consumer products. Hey! Free money is free money!
Indeed, now that I recall, it was out there in Boulder City where, for the first time in my life I ever used a coupon to buy anything. In the Sunday paper I had seen a $5.00 off ‘Cracklin’ Brand’ cereal which I was eating everyday at the time and thought, ‘’Geeze, the stuff only costs about five bux a box so I can essentially, get it for nothing!'’ I felt like I was stealing it when I handed the check-out lady my coupon and indeed, she deducted five dollars from my total tab - WOW!
So . . . go GOOGLE yourself silly! Enter the name(s) of whatever products you normally buy anyway - and I will bet that before long you’ll have in your hot little hands enough saved money to pay for a full year’s subscription to www.DAXRICH.com
Wait a minute - all this here cotton-pickin’ good stuff is 100% FREE! Well, in THAT case I offer you a 100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE that you’ll make a whole bunch of bux pursuing the above DAX-Idea - HA!
MY DARN STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS:
Just cannot slow the flow of it at times, and the above coupon references brought to mind part of the shtick that Ron White (of the Jeff Foxworthy’s Red Neck Clan of Comics) has in his act. Unless you’ve seen it, this won’t make ANY sense whatsoever, but if you have, no doubt in a moment you’ll start tittering away as I just did, to wit:
The set-up is too long to recap here, but at one stage in his piece, White capitalizes on the set-up by saying something about ‘’the lady whipping out her ‘koo-pins.”’ The offbeat pronunciation of the word is what ‘makes it,’ and as they say, ‘’ya had to be there.'’ Wish I were, now . . .
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MONEY-MAKING: He Who Can, Does . . . He Who Cannot, Teaches
That axiom, from George Bernard Shaw’s (1903) ‘’Maxims For Revolutionists'’ may not be familiar to the younger reader. It simply means that, in a given field of endeavor, the superior types can generally be found functioning at the top of their game, whilst lesser individuals, who have similar interests, but lack skills, stamina, guts or whatever, may well ‘just’ teach.
A really great coach in football, basketball or other sport may be revered for what he or she does, but may not be able to ‘cut it,’ if called upon to act in the capacity of one of the team’s players. Or in some cases, a former star athlete may retire following his ‘prime,’ and then go on to coach others who are just coming along.
In the field of business there are similar players in both categories: Those who can get out there and get the job done, whether building a successful business from scratch or infusing new vigor into a failing one or, in some other way, acting in a hands-on fashion to ensure that the enterprise thrives.
WE INTERRUPT THIS ARTICLE TO INFORM YOU . . .
. . . that whilst the entire piece is fascinating, helpful and may very well help YOU make a fortune over the Internet - it is also far too lengthy to present HERE in its entirety, so please click on the URL that follows and when you ‘’get there'’ scroll down past the introduction to this date: 11.26.07.
After you have had a chance to peruse the entire article, be sure to come back here and enjoy the balance of this week’s e-MEGA-zine - lots more good stuff follows!
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TEST YOUR LITTLE GRAY CELLS: Is This One TOO easy? Let Me Know!
As you well know, some months have 31 days whereas others have just 30. BUT, how many have 28 days?
Think about it and then, scroll down to the very bottom of the page. WAIT! Really think about it first!
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KICK STARTS: Why Most Fail But YOU Will Succeed!
During the course of my 45+ year professional career, I’ve counselled and worked with a rather large contingent of ambitious men and women the world over - each aspiring to achieve their own interpretation of Personal Success™
That’s what I revel in - helping other people find their way down a sometimes treacherous path to wealth, happiness and a lasting sense of accomplishment. Indeed, there have been SO many over the past 4 1/2 decades it occurred to me recently that at some future event - a birthday, anniversary or some such, we ought to offer to accept a single, lowly dollar - one buck - from each of all those folks still living - and donate to my favorite charity, which would be ecstatic with those huge numbers! I’ll have to remember to do that some day ‘’before it’s all over!'’
But let’s return to my motivation for writing this particular article, which is:
Whilst interacting with all those hundreds of thousands of people from around the globe, something repeatedly came to the fore which, in the beginning, puzzled me, but later I came to understand as being just a natural human condition: Namely, that regardless of how dedicated, inspired, motivated or prodded to ’succeed’ (no matter the individual’s definition of the term), virtually everybody at one time or another suffered SELF-IMPOSED obstacles. In many cases - far too many - those obstacles were foreboding to the extent that they could not be surmounted.
Along life’s road to riches - whether monetary or otherwise - there is an enormous clutter of bodies labelled ‘’should-have,’ ‘ could-have’, ‘wish-I-had’ and of course, ‘’Man, you should have seen the one that got away!'’
Now, no matter what we do - from the moment we arise to when we pack it in for the day - we’re gonna come up against negativity. It IS the ‘way of the world.’ I’ve argued that at great length with greater minds than my own (both of ‘em!) but I cannot see how anyone can truly believe otherwise: This planet was established in a manner so as to foster BAD but allow for GOOD to forcefully emerge from the morass. ’tis NOT the other way around!
And, though I am drifting from my principal thought here (per usual) and despite the fact that I have devoted my life’s writings to positive thoughts and observations (even secured a trademark on the term PosMeTude©) - I have always approached most ANYTHING with this silent thought: ‘’I expect the worst to happen here, but if/when something wonderful occurs instead - I’ll be doubly pleased!'’
Back on topic: Here’s what I’m quite certain stymies most sooner or later during their quest for just about anything above and beyond the ordinary: Fear - plain and simple stripped-bare fear. And here’s the real problem in attempting to have a discussion about ‘fear:’ It arrives with each of us, unannounced, and without any warning whatsoever - in one or more of a BILLION guises!
What do YOU fear? Public speaking? Being made a laughing stock by your peers? Boarding a plane and flying across the ocean? Getting on a train or in a car? Failing in your personal relationship or marriage? Raising some kids that are worthless? Going broke? Living out your old age penniless? Finding yourself at 65 the local ‘bag lady?’ You could no doubt make a very long list of either possible or very real fears that you, and you alone, harbor in your subconscious, right?
Here’s the one that I’ve seen an oddly large number of people to possess; The fear of . . . success! True! Lots of people are not even cognizant of it, but as they progress TOWARDS a higher level of achievement, some will actually subconsciously sabotage their progress - not even realizing (I believe) that they are afraid of reaching their goals, as in, ‘’Oh, my gosh! I’m actually going to ‘’make it!'’ I WILL have an abundance of money, community respect, all the trappings of wealth, and so forth! How can I handle all that when I’ve had no experience?'’
Thus, those types may intentionally fail - to save themselves the angst of success! And make no mistake about it: Success - even a couple levels above the norm - is generally, NOT what a person expects it will be when ‘’back at square one'’ just a-wishin’ ‘n’ a-hopin’ FOR success.
Here are the other two major things that seem to prevent a lot of people from moving off the dime and actually DOING something productive: Apathy and laziness. Many folks just don’t care - about much of anything OR, they are like the current generation of 25 - 30 year-olds who have been given so much from birth to now that they see no need to actually get off their butt and become self-reliant.
THAT is, for sure, a whole other story we should explore some time as it’s deplorable that, as a nation, we have produced millions of ne’er-do-wells who have been TAUGHT that the world owes them a living! It really is not their fault UNTIL the truth of the matter is pointed out to them and they elect to continue their worthless ways . . .
But laziness is probably the meanest detriment to a person ever rising above the madding crowd. You decide to buy a book, a course, attend a lecture, seminar or whatever to learn HOW to ‘get ahead.’ You get all fired up and pledge to yourself - and probably, your spouse and others that, ‘’Darn it, I WILL work hard and succeed! We’re gonna be RICH!'’
That lasts for oh, about ten minutes, and then, the idea of a beer or two or a night out with the boys bowling, or, or, or - YOU fill in the excuses! Lazy-Boy-Asses seldom, if ever, get anywhere other THAN their Lazy-Boys . . .
CUT YOURSELF FROM THE HERD OF FAILURES!
Spend some time, by your ownsome, studying and absorbing the true meaning of certain words and phrases, such as: Self-reliance, motivation, inspiration, inventiveness, enthusiasm, PosMeTude©, creativity, generosity, and the biggest of all: Helping others for the sake OF helping others - NOT for helping yourself!
If it helps you to peruse the observations and suggestions of mentors - make certain that the advisors you seek out are successful in their own right! Far too many of today’s ‘gurus’ really are not validated. They are ‘HOPEFUL ‘gurus'’ and someday, if/when they actually accomplish something they may also be someone from whom others should seek counsel.
‘’Think & Grow Rich,'’ ‘’Grow Rich With Peace of Mind,'’ ‘’The Power Of Positive Thinking'’ - three good titles by two good men ‘’no longer with us:’ Napoleon Hill wrote the first two and the late Dr. Normal Vincent Peale, a Methodist Minister, penned the third one - a huge best-seller a half century ago.
You may also want to listen to one of my tapes that addresses the topic in great detail, ‘’PosMeTude{r} - A DAX Dynamic.'’ It’s also very old - first produced in 1983 and is a full hour of yours truly yammering on and on. $25 from DAX, Box 447, Centreville, MI 49032-0447. Pretty good stuff, HOWEVER:
You really may not need ANY of the above help IF you are already steeped in the basics of self-control, have a solid plan to succeed and do one more thing that I always asked of attendees to my all-day seminars, which we used to present all over the world:
At ANY time that you’re feeling a bit down, but ALWAYS, when you first arise in the morning facing another day of life’s usual little nasties - stand up very straight, take in a couple deep breaths and literally YELL: ‘’I'm fully DAXed - I’m wholly prepared and WANT to SUCCEED - and I am filled with DAX-POWER!'’
Amazing how that little get-off-your-duff exercise can really get you going!
Try it - unless, of course, you fear succeeding, are downright lazy or simply apathetic . . .
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MONEY-SAVING: Does Wally-Mart REALLY Save You 2500 Bux Per Year?
I’ve made no secret over the years of the fact that I do not care much for the current regime running Wal-Mart. From CEO H. Lee Scott, Jr. on down to the ‘greeters’ I find most all of the staff to be obtuse, boorish, often downright stupid and for certain, very unhappy with their jobs, wages and related issues. This can result in a not-very-pleasant shopping experience.
Ol’ Sam, Walton has been flipping in his crypt for several year now, I’m sure. I met him years ago and even had dinner with him one evening (or as he called it, ’supper’) - and about a jillion others. He was the model of a down-to-earth individual, dedicated to sound and honest business principals, committed to cutting costs everywhere possible and fulfilling the shopping needs of a vast customer-base. Actually, Sam was much like ME - except he lacked my everlasting charisma . . .
In recent years, it has become a popular political and media football to kick around as to whether Wal-Mart is good or bad for Americans, the U.S. economy and so forth. Seems like a no-brainer to me: If you can go to a store - any store - and buy a product for $65.00 that would cost you $135 at ANY other store in your area - what’s the question, again?
The fact that the conglomerate has, indeed, pushed other smaller operations out of business wherever they’ve opened a new store is what we used to call: C-o-m-p-e-t-i-t-i-o-n. Consider: If you go out to fill up your SUV today and you know that one station will charge you a hundred bux for the fill whereas, another down the street will do it for say, $85.00 . . .
. . . do you have trouble making up your mind as to WHOSE nozzle you will grab?
Okay. When you get to work, you mention your ‘’find'’ and someone there says, ‘’Yes, but if you don’t buy your gas at ol’ Joe ‘n’ Mary’s gas station and pay that extra $15.00 - it may force them out of business. You know, they’ve been there selling gas for the past 40 years!'’
Yes, they HAVE been there for the past forty years - charging more than the competition and sucking out extra bux that they can no longer do - because of the aforementioned, often-sullied word . . . c-o-m-p-e-t-i-t-i-o-n.
So much for that - which by the way, also encompasses - simple to be sure - but quite accurately - the other argument that, by Wal-Mart buying goods from overseas they are putting Americans out of work. Yep - as do all of the other old-timey manufacturers of virtually EVERYTHING in this country - from appliances to cars to textiles - you name it:
We now live in a GLOBAL economy - like it or not. No, I do not like it either - but it’s a fact! Blame NAFTA and all the rest of the politicos who insisted years ago that we make a major effort to mix our fate with that of all the emerging-economy countries on the globe.
Recently, Presidential candidate Billary Clinton deflected a question about U.S. jobless rates based on the fact that her husband, when President, pushed hard for NAFTA. Ross Perot’s name was mentioned. You will recall he was a staunch foe of NAFTA, until ‘’someone'’ issued a bonafide death threat to him and his family. Soon after, he just faded away from the national spotlight. Hard to fault him for that.
Hillary (now) said of him, merely, ‘’Oh, I only recall that he had a bunch of charts!'’ She conveniently ignores that Perot ALSO said (over and over and over!) that if NAFTA were to be enacted, ‘’Soon after, we will all hear a giant sucking sound: American jobs being drained off to south of the border!'’
BACK ON TOPIC
Lately, Wal-Mart has mounted a major advertising campaign to convince customers that by shopping at their stores the family can save $2,500 a year. Yes, they can - no doubt whatsoever. Even if one confines purchases just to staple grocery items that is quite doable. But if, like most, a family buys other things - electronics, books, cds, hardware, lawn supplies and such - the annual savings can easily soar beyond that figure measurably.
I do all the shopping by myself. SuEllen just doesn’t have time, and we both like to eat so, I venture out every week and do the grocery shopping as well as buy all the other stuff we need at BLUE HERON POINTE. One week I will go to an area chain store and run through my list. The next week I will go to one of the several area Wally-Marts.
I have noted on many occasions and said aloud, ‘’When I go to Meijer’s I cannot get out of there for less than $150.00 - no matter what. Generally, the tab will easily reach $200.00. But when I go to Wally’s, I cannot SPEND more than $100.00 - no matter what!
’tis true, and probably, you’ll ask why I don’t just go to Wally’s every week and save all that dough. Well, because they do not stock everything that I want and I refuse to split up my valuable time between TWO separate stores in a given week (unlike females, I do NOT possess that popular, well-known shopping GENE!) so, I alternate.
What sort of things does Wally not see fit to carry? Altoids, fennel, leeks, a decent selection of cheeses - and NO liquor of any kind - just cheap wines. Also, those aforementioned electronics I referred to can be pretty crappy if you’re not careful and NEVER-EVER buy any RCA VHS tapes - they are faulty from the get-go!
If you have never shopped at Wal-Mart I suggest that you give it at least one try. Most everything - but do note that NOT everything - is less costly than elsewhere. You need to compare prices closely. But generally, especially when it comes to packaged foods - frozen, boxed or canned - you’ll find pricing that is 30% - 40% less.
Some recent examples: Egg beaters, $2.19 -v- $2.99 - Macaroni ‘n’ Cheese - an incredible 35 CENTS per box -v- 95 cents - shredded cheese, $1.49 -v- $2.49, ‘fake’ BBQ ribs, $2.49 -v- $3.49 and so on. It adds up pretty fast.
But as stated, not everything is automatically cheaper: We buy a LOT of canned kitty food and Wal-Mart charges two bux a case MORE than anywhere else!
Give it a try sometime - but avoid chatting with the employees - IF you can find one - and don’t ever consider having a prescription filled there - yikes!
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PONDER THIS: Try Never To Get THAT Busy!
I decided this morning (actually, S.E. decided for me!) that I should jump in a car and go to one of our Amish neighbor’s to make certain the fellow (and his brother-in-law) had not forgotten that we need our dock taken out and stored for the winter.
The DAX-LIFE ‘yacht’ (all 244″ of her!) was whisked away to dry dock well over a month ago - and we’re starting to get a few spits of snow daily - indicating that before long, the lake will freeze solid and our very expensive dock had BETTER be gotten outta there before then!
When I got to the Amish fellow’s place, his wife came to the door and I said, ‘’Are you having a flood?!'’ Nope - she was just washing clothes but the floor in the wash room was soaking wet. We chatted about washing clothes a bit - I’m an oddity around here, as it is ME who does all the cooking, cleaning, washing (but absolutely NO ironing!) and so forth at BLUE HERON POINTE . . .
. . . not a female, as is the case everywhere in the Amish society, as well as, for that matter, in the English culture (which is what the Amish call ‘us'’ - ‘the English’) and I observed that I’ll bet her family’s clothes smell a lot better than mine as she washes them inside and then, hangs them up outside on a clothes line - a long-held tradition of many cultures. Therefore, when the clothes are dry, they smell really fresh!
They do that at least once ever week - no matter what the weather. They will actually hang out the clothes in the rain - get an extra rinse that way - and for certain, freezing temperatures and snow storms do not thwart their duties.
That was the case with my late mother: She would get out the ancient wringer- washer every Monday - no matter what. She had to heat all the water in several big pots on the kitchen stove, as we did not have a hot water heater.
After she washed, rinsed and squeezed the water from the clothes (utilizing that scary wringer attachment into which I was always admonished NOT to stick my hand!) - she’d let it all hang out - the clothes, that is - on a series of rope lines strung in the backyard.
My father wore long underwear. That sounds like I was about to say, ‘’Your mother wears Army boots'’ - a popular put-down from WWII!!) So, when my mother would bring in all the clothes at the end of the day (often, way after dark) - there were five of us in the family - a lot of clothes when you can wash just once a week - in the really cold winter months, most of the fresh laundry was frozen.
So, here’s my recollection: My father’s long underwear literally standing up over in the corner of the kitchen waiting to thaw - HA!
I’d give a buck and a half for even a black ‘n’ white snapshot fo THAT! I’d give MUCH more if I had videos of my own children. I did take some 8mm film of Deanie and Laurie when they were about 10 - 12 and visiting me (and second wife) in Williamston, and the box of film followed me everywhere I moved from that point on - over the next half century.
Recently, S.E. took the film to an expert in such things to have it all converted to a DVD but, you guessed it, after all those years (some out in the scorching Nevada desert) the film had deteriorated and was unsalvageable.
Then, there’s P.C., my youngest (now 37, by the way!): Why I never got a single frame of her on video when she was a toddler I do not know. We do have still photographs - many of em’ - of all the kids, plus some studio-type formal portraits - but no videos.
The ONLY reason for that void that I can think of was that I was always ‘’too busy'’ to do much of anything BUT build my business empire - to ‘’put out fires'’ with errant employees and material sources necessary to keep everything running smoothly. That’s not an excuse - just a fact of failure - which is what I consider that to be - a MAJOR personal failure on my part.
DO NO LET THAT HAPPEN TO YOU!
No matter what, as you diddly-bop along in your business life - cut out at least a LITTLE slice of time for your personal interests, as well. Capture as many of those ‘’irreplaceable'’ moments of your life in video, audio and any other of the more modern means of nailing down posterity. ’cause here’s the deal, Camille: You can NOT ‘’re-up'’ posterity!
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HEALTH BOOSTERS: Is There Finally Light At The End of The Carpal Tunnel?
Folks suffering from the mysterious and painful malady of carpal tunnel syndrome - especially men, we are told - may benefit from ensuring they get a goodly supply of vitamin B6 on a regular basis.
To do any real good, apparently, a therapeutic dose of 200 milligrams every day is necessary - a quantity too high (in our mind) to take without first consulting with one’s doctor. It is said that the B6 can help alleviate the pain, numbness, tingling and other nasty symptoms of the hand or wrist common to the condition.
Another suggestion: Slap a magnet over the area and get on with living! Many swear by the magnet therapy.
MY HEART’S AFLAME!
Maybe, not for a hot new lover - but it does burn like crazy! That’s heartburn, of course - also known as acid reflux or GERD. Often, it signals a more serious condition, and repeated or frequent heartburn should not be ignored.
You can get a full in-depth review of the topic along with many other related subjects in our report #5 ‘’Dealing With Digestive Disorders'’ available via the DAX BOOK NOOK - see the MENU TAB at the top of this page. Meanwhile, here are some suggestions to relieve common symptoms:
A tablespoon of lemon juice often does the trick, as does (instead) a tablespoon of apple cider. Activated charcoal capsules are a cheap and effective remedy for many people - just do not take an hour on either side of taking any drug or other medicine - even vitamins - because charcoal tends to absorb EVERYTHING it contacts and swoops it out through the digestive system!
Some ways to avert heartburn in the first place (always the best way to handle ANY nasty problem!): Make certain it’s not an Rx that’s causing the problem - many drugs do just that. Avoid spicy, acidic, fatty foods and for many, the list of foods to avoid might include coffee, alcohol, carbonated drinks, chocolate, nicotine in any form and even tomatoes, oranges, grapefruit and especially their juices.
Gingeroot - either in capsule form or preferably, the genuine article, minced up, and boiled in a cup of water for two minutes in a microwave then, steeped for another ten minutes and consumed before eating foods known to cause your heartburn may help stave off an attack. And, as we reported here not long ago that same concoction has been recently found to ALSO relieve persistent arthritis pain - within a mere 5 minutes or so!
There are many commercial preparations available on the market to prevent or treat heartburn, but it would be wise not to depend on any of them for too long:
IMPORTANT: Heartburn may mask an underlying serious malady, and some ingredients in those commercial remedies may themselves, be harmful such as the aluminum in some popular antacids which has been linked to Alzheimer Disease. So, do not mess around with recurrent heartburn: Consult with your personal physician!
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SHORT TAKES: This Is Disturbing And Startling!
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We MUST band together to get these poor souls to visit www.DAXRICH.com as often as possible - before it’s too late and perhaps, even if we can’t make ‘em rich - at least we may help them to become markedly more self-confident.
Otherwise, what a hellish way to live - thinking that you may end up living your declining years in a refrigerator box. (At least, the positive thinkers will insist on a SUB-ZERO container, eh wot?!)
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DAX-YAX: Why I Took Out A Loan On My Rolls-Royce!
A couple years ago, when we decided to take a trip to Europe, we thought it would be nice to first, incorporate a side trip to New England, and to that end we drove our car so we could easily traverse from one spot to another along the way.
When it came time to get on the plane in New York, we had the problem of what to do with the car. After checking with local parking garages and getting quotes of anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000 to store the vehicle for the duration of our trip, we went to a local bank and applied for a $7,000 loan - putting up the fully paid-for Rolls as collateral. We surrendered the title and there was no delay for a credit check.
Thus, we turned over the keys to our brand-new Rolls to the loan officer and were on our way - to a glorious two weeks in Paris, Geneva, Vienna and London.
When we returned, we went to the bank and gave back the loan officer his $7,000 PLUS the interest of $19.67. He called the garage where the Rolls was stored and told them to bring the vehicle to the front of the bank.
Obviously curious, he said, ‘’Mr. Du Vall, we are really happy to have your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a bit puzzled:
‘’While you were in Europe, we checked further and found that you are a multi-millionaire. We simply cannot figure out why you would bother with borrowing such a small amount as $7,000.00?'’
So I said, with as straight a face as possible: ‘’Where else in new York could I park my car for two weeks for less than twenty bux?!'’
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TEST YOUR LITTLE GRAY CELLS (The answer!)
I guess I shouldn’t chide you too much if you failed to come up with the answer, as it IS a ‘’tricky question'’ - the answer to which is:
ALL 12 months of the year have 28 days . . . (Yes, you are now permitted to groan a little and call me a few nasty names!)
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