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Gary O
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# Posted: 26 Feb 2011 20:16 - Edited by: Gary O
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I'm taking a shot at circumventing my techno-ignorance
If this takes, I'm thinking most will enjoy
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Gary O
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# Posted: 26 Feb 2011 20:29 - Edited by: Gary O
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one more time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vksdBSVAM6g&feature=player_embedded
It's quite universal in getting a message across, touching on life's struggles
There's an 8 second count down, and it starts slow........
having your speakers on would be the thing to do........
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hattie
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# Posted: 26 Feb 2011 21:16
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Wow...Thanks for sharing that Gary O.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2011 21:06 - Edited by: Gary O
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A pretty good analogy, emailed from a former boss and mentor:
>>When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in
>>a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the coffee. Anyone
>>up for some coffee?! :)
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>>A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front
>>of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and
>>empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
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>>He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
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>>The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the
>>jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas
>>between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was
>>full. They agreed it was.
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>>The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of
>>course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar
>>was full. The students responded with an emphatic "yes."
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>>The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and
>>poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty
>>space between the sand grains. The students laughed.
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>>"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to
>>recognize that this jar represents your life.
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>>The golf balls are the important things. Your family, your children, your
>>faith, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions. Things that
>>if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still
>>be full.
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>>The pebbles are the other things that matter. Your job, your house, and
>>your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff."
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>>"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room
>>for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend
>>all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for
>>the things that are important to you.
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>>Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with
>>your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to
>>dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and
>>fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first, the things that
>>really matter. Set your priorities.. The rest is just sand."
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>>One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee
>>represented.
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>>The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that
>>no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of
>>cups of coffee with a friend."
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Gary O
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2011 16:12 - Edited by: Gary O
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bobrok
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2011 17:32
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Quoting: Gary O A pretty good analogy, emailed from a former boss and mentor... ...no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."
I don't know how I missed this post, or your previous youtube clip.
Superb.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2011 22:31 - Edited by: Gary O
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one more (can't be helped)
My pet scorpion, Tippy, was the most affectionate pet I ever had.
He'd jus curl up in my shoe and go fast asleep.
An there he'd be in the morning, jus waitin' for me, wavin' his cute little tippy tail.
I'd put my finger down by his smiley little face, an he'd jus touch it with the pointy tip of his tail. The swellin' an itchin' sometimes took awhile to go away.........
One mornin' I brought him to breakfast, an ol' ma decided to play tennis with him with her tater masher.
I shoulda warned him of her killer first serve.
Here's a photo of Tippy pre-tennis career;
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2011 22:34
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OMG where do you come up with this stuff??
I sure hope youre not writing a childrens book......... lolol
The nightmares they will have.......... lol
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Gary O
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# Posted: 23 Mar 2011 22:54
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Quoting: naturelover66 where do you come up with this stuff??
One should not inquire
note to self: CHILDREN'S BOOKS!!!
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hattie
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# Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:58
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This ones special for Gary O and his sense of humour. *S*
A precious little girl walks into a PetSmart shop and asks,
in the sweetest little lisp, between two missing teeth, "Excuthe me,
mithter, do you keep widdle wabbits?"
As the shopkeeper's heart melts, he gets down on his knees so that
he's on her level and asks, "Do you want a widdle white wabbit,
or a thoft and fuwwy, bwack wabbit, or maybe one like that cute widdle
bwown wabbit over there?"
She, in turn, blushes, rocks on her heels, puts her
hands on her knees, leans forward and says, in a tiny quiet voice,
"I don't think my python weally gives a thit."
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bobrok
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# Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:59
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Haaahaaaahaaa. Made my morning Hattie. Tnx.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 24 Mar 2011 08:12
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Mine too, Hats!
Thanks for startin' our day right
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bushbunkie
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# Posted: 24 Mar 2011 18:03
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Thanks Hattie...passing that one on!
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Gary O
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:07 - Edited by: Gary O
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You know, there are some things that you just never think about
Like Mount Rushmore from the Canadian side.....
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2011 19:58
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LOLOL cute.
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hattie
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2011 21:32
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Love it Gary O. *LOL*
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bushbunkie
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2011 22:37
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Good one! Really like the Mayo jar / golf ball analogy.
A couple of friends need to read that.
Thanks GO!
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Gary O
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# Posted: 12 Apr 2011 21:24 - Edited by: Gary O
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This one caught my heart today
Poignant would be the term
Don't care about the ad itself, but appreciate their showing of the effect well structured words can have on one's soul.
http://youtu.be/Hzgzim5m7oU
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bobrok
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# Posted: 13 Apr 2011 20:06
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Gary,
I know I can get away with this on your thread otherwise I wouldn't say it.
Marketing strategy: Tug at the heartstrings and go for the wallet. There are so many commercials and ads that use this formula that I've begun to turn a blind eye to it. Now politicians are doing this and I dread the upcoming presidential campaign for what I know we are going to be bombarded with.
Poignant, yes, for me also. But when I can watch this and analyze it not for its overt message but rather its structure and content, camera work, heart-tug background music, character makeup, etc., the most poignant part for me is the realization that I have come full circle in my advertising career and now must leave it to others; those of us who are younger and perhaps a bit less cynical; who can create <or write ;-)> for the effect more so than for the message or content.
Yup, the poignancy for me is the warmth in the knowledge of having had a good career and the enjoyment of its rewards.
You accomplished something with your post that I'm sure was unintended, but thanks, I'm glad you did it.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 13 Apr 2011 21:43 - Edited by: Gary O
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Quoting: bobrok Marketing strategy: Tug at the heartstrings and go for the wallet
Gee Gosh, bob! Didn't know your cynicism could match mine, and you're only 50, but then again you deal with NYC people, so that adds, saaaay, 30 yrs to your cynical rating right there.
Well played.
Now you've gotten me to thinking.
I'm intrigued with your outlook, and several paragraphs are passing thru my frontal lobe, and if I can type fast enough, will get written somewhere, but not here oh-h-h-h-h no, not here. (Nice try though...been a forum cherub for days now, as the OT entry urges have abated).
It's all targeted to the next manuscript.
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bobrok
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# Posted: 13 Apr 2011 21:52
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Thanks for the compliment but I'm 60, not 50, gar.
Got that add'l 10 years of cynicism goin' fer me, dontchaknow?
...Old Guy bob
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Gary O
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# Posted: 13 Apr 2011 22:04
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Quoting: bobrok but I'm 60, not 50, gar
Give it a couple years...you'll be hiddin' yer own easter eggs.....(of which w/be on my birthday this year).
Cake and strange eggs....sheeesh, not sure if I'm up for that kind of excitement all in one day....
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Gary O
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2011 11:20
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An associate sent me this, and I hadn't seen it in awhile, not sure how true, but still entertaining and a pretty good premise in regard to the use of leverage;
A cowboy from Two Dot, Montana walked into a bank
in New York City and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer
that he was going to Paris for an international rodeo for two weeks and
needed to borrow $5,000 -- and that he was not a depositor at the bank.
The bank officer told him that the bank would need
some form of security for the loan, so the cowboy handed over the keys to a
new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank.
The cowboy produced the title and everything checked
out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and
apologized for having to charge 12% interest. Later, the bank's president
and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the cowboy from Montana for
using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan. An employee of the
bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's private underground garage and
parked it.
Two weeks later, the cowboy returned, repaid the
$5,000 -- and the interest of $23.07. The loan officer said, "Sir, we are
very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very
nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out
on Dunn & Bradstreet and found that you are a highly sophisticated investor
and multimillionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the
world. Your investments include a large number of wind turbines around
Livingston, Montana. What puzzles us is -- why would you bother to borrow
$5,000?"
The good 'ole Montana cowboy just laughed and replied, "Where
else in New York City could I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 -- and
expect it to be there when I return?"
Don't mess with Montana cowboys!
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Scott_T
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2011 11:58
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Quoting: Gary O "If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around."
I like this one Gary...I always wondered why my Ceaser Milan abilities with our two pooches never worked so well with other people's dogs. A few months ago at our friend's super bowl party I accidentally dropped my cheese and cracker on the floor near where the host's dog was. I reached down to pick it up and he growled at me to stop right there because he was going to eat it. Well at my house I simply growl at my dogs to "LEAVE IT" and they back off immediately...so I growled at him to leave it and he growled back louder and then bit my hand. His house, his floor, his cracker! So much for my influence in this world...
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Gary O
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2011 12:36
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Quoting: Scott_T ...so I growled at him to leave it and he growled back louder and then bit my hand. His house, his floor, his cracker! So much for my influence in this world...
Too too funny, Scott!
Your words gave me the complete visual.
Thanks for makin' my day.
Hang on to yer cracker
Gary O'
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Gary O
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2011 16:38
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Some of these are mine, some I'm passing on, but informative light reading after having one of those days...
Words to live by..........................
UNIVERSAL TRUTHS
1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.
5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
6. Was learning cursive really necessary?
7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
10. Bad decisions make good stories.
11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.
13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
14. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this - ever.
15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? ), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What did you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
17. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
18. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
19. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than K.
20. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
21. Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.
22. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
23. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.
24. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
25. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?
26. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent an idiot from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!
27. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
28. There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
29. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
30. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my behind everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!
31. When walking down a busy hallway, never hold a cup of coffee in the same hand you have an important, original, document.
32. When wearing a tie, always throw it over your shoulder.
It gives the illusion of urgency, even when standing still.
Your subordinates will become inspired and those you report to will leave you the ef alone.
33. You really shouldn't even think about going to work with a bad cough while experiencing a case of diarrhea.
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bobrok
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2011 17:14
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I've had that kind of day, too. This was worth the break just to read and digest it and have a very good laugh.
Ya came thru agin' GaryO
Thanks!
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2011 19:51
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Thanks is Right !!!! Best laugh ive had all week...
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Erins#1Mom
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2011 22:22
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I needed this. 10 hours overtime in three days and I'm on salary with no such thing as comp time!!!!! Favorites: 2, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12(still don't have DVD much less Blue Ray), 20 and 25.
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Just
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2011 22:56
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# 5 I think it's called the j pan method,, Kate's been teaching me it for the last 40 years .
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