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Son got to talk to mom and abuela, we discussed what to purchase here shoes, athletic and more dressy, a nice pencil box, erasers and pencil sharpeners, two more dressy shirts with ties (son loves clip-on ties... who'da thunk it?) books for math, geometry, writing-- not so much comprehension, but writing legibly, geography, and science in general, as well as books he'll read. Last year, westarted with Captain Underpants, and this year we've added all of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books (hat tip to Militarytracy and Josh, these have become a staple!)
So... re-scheduled biopsy Tuesday. Don't know what to write about it. Maybe I'll live blog without pictures. After all, if you've seen Uranus once, that ought to be enough.
Planning the schools I'll be going to down there to set up I hope some interviews sometime in the new year. Also, a business thing that's completely foreign to me, possibly representing a US steel fabricator. No idea what it would take, but the ex said it sounded like something I could do. Maybe it's simply sales, but selling something I think works doesn't bother me.
Oh well, rambling now.
I hope you stay strong. My family has had experience with cancer, and it's never easy.
(Funny note about your comment: this is the first time I've seen "micturate" since I read it in a translation of Freud I was assigned in a victorian literature class in college!) Parent
We're talking absolute basics here. I took no business courses in college except accounting, which I dropped because I decided I preferred to take fiction writing in the English department instead of the Business School, lol!
(Please accountants, don't beat me too bad!) Parent
Hmmmm...Curiouser and curiouser. And maybe a change would do me good! Parent
Selling, yes thats the biggie, a commission based business. Dealing with the local wholesale distributors of the brand in your assigned territory so the manufacturer doesn't have to and can concentrate on the manufacturing. The manufacturers local face and hand to shake basically....a liason between parties. Some rep firms, like my outfit, do the quotes, receive and check customer's orders for pricing and catch errors before forwarding to the factory...thats where the cube-dwelling is, my end. The outside sales team just gives out the baseball and football tickets to keep 'em stocking our brands:)
Not sure if the rep model is the same for all industries, but I'd imagine steel is similar to slinging pipe and valves. If you do look more into it, I'd make sure there is an existing customer base, otherwise you're cold-calling and sweating a paycheck every month. Parent
My concern would be people are creatures of habit, it takes a lot mojo to get a guy to switch brands...its a hassle, like moving. What I see quite a bit is a customer will talk with ya, "sounds good let me think about it", then bring your pitch to his existing supplier and get a better price out of him.
Though if the timing is right and existing supplier is sh*tting the bed at the moment...I'd definitely do some research on the competitors as well.
Where they play cards, they play Hold 'Em, or they don't play cards hermano:)...the Latin America Poker Tour stops in Bogota this year matter of fact, date TBA. Parent
Young Dadler loved these a few years back, and I just discovered we still have all six books in this latest version of a series that's been around for a hundred years, in various form and incarnations. More adventure/sci-fi than Wimpy Kid, obviously, but Eli loved Wimpy Kid, too, so I thought I'd suggest it. If you think your son might take a cotton to them, we can certainly arrange a TL library loan, as in just email me where to send 'em and they're yours.
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No pictures in the online, though... maybe there would be if I looked at different ones, though. Parent
Of course, we here at TL should all pat ourselves on the back because it's the same thing most of us have been saying for quite a while.
Then what were all the political criticisms and policy suggestions doing in your report, Mr Chambers?
Is he backpedaling or oblivious or just lying?
"We [S&P] don't give policy recommendations, that's not our place, we just judge the capacity and willingness to pay debt." Parent
Basically, he's full of it. Parent
Thugs are all the same. Parent
She's fine now, so all's well that ends well. Back to barking at the dogs on TV. My bank account will not recover so fast.
I can't say much more about the PPUS. It was all obvious from the start, and BTD and Digby have the documentation to prove it. The idea that the righty nutters would embrace someone not 'reasonable' ....ludicrous.
May have been just a normal black garden snake and non-poisonous, but just gave her the allergic reaction with the swelling. May not have really needed the anti-venom, but I didn't want to take any chances. Parent
I always worried about the rattlers in Colorado when I was hiking near where i lived. There was a canyon with a rocky rim walk we used to do, and I saw them there from time to time. I let the dogs off leash up there, and I was probably lucky they never got bit. they had such fun though it was worth the risk. They got to be real dogs sometimes, sniffing out the rabbits, etc.
Then she gets bit walking on a leash in our own street. sigh. Parent
When I get my next dog, I'm sure it won't stop me from our fun/freedom, but I will be aware (what to do) in case something happens. I'm not one to not let a dog be a dog, or me not be me ;)
I had coons in my yard last night for the first time (obvious signs that is) since I've lived here. I know they've been in my neighbors house through his cat door (last summer) and it's common knowledge (and I've seen them cruising around) they're here. I'm pretty sure we're safe from snakes on the streets though . . . . but in some of the wild areas around here, all bets are off.
Corgi-terrier mix? Yeah, I can see that one knowing how to do a strike on a snake :) My mom's lil' terrier mix may be small, but she's got guts ;) She's funny though, totally polite to resident felines, the sea birds were looking like playmates, etc. But those big black bees . . . Parent
Please mother nature, no mas! Parent
But yes, there went my vacation money. Will not be seeing you again in NYC for a while! Parent
There were coyotes near where I used to live in Colorado. we would see them on our walks from time to time, but they stayed pretty far away. Probably did not want to mess with the big dogs. A bear on the other hand- would not have wanted to come across one of those! Parent
Sure, "Governor Moonbeam" would come up, but on the other hand... California has given us some two, or at least one-and-a-half term presidents before... and one fantastic Chief Justice.
seems he's using his dog to mellow things this time around, nice counter balance I guess. says it loosens folks in the room up, lol!~.
thanks for the link, i'll watch in the AM when my weekend of no news/related stuff is over :) Parent