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The post below is funny, but it is a warning to all. I see it every day in attitudes of clients toward the competition and in people as well. The "Rat Race" has done us in . More later

Notice to employees

Filed under: General — mostly cajun @ 1:36 pm

As of November 5, 2008, when President Obama is officially elected into office, our company will instill a few new policies which are in keeping with his new, inspiring issues of change and fairness:

1. All salespeople will be pooling their sales and bonuses into a common pool that will be divided equally between all of you. This will serve to give those of you who are underachieving a “fair shake.”

2. All low level workers will be pooling their wages, including overtime, into a common pool, dividing it equally amongst yourselves. This will help those who are “too busy for overtime” to reap the rewards from those who have more spare time and can work extra hours.

3. All top management will now be referred to as “the government.” We will not participate in this “pooling” experience because the law doesn’t apply to us.

4. The “government” will give eloquent speeches to all employees every week, encouraging it’s workers to continue to work hard “for the good of all.”

5. The employees will be thrilled with these new policies because it’s “good to spread the wealth.” Those of you who have underachieved will finally get an opportunity; those of you who have worked hard and had success will feel more “patriotic.”

6. The last few people who were hired should clean out their desks. Don’t feel bad, though, because President Obama will give you free healthcare, free handouts, free oil for heating your home, free foodstamps, and he’ll let you stay in your home for as long as you want even if you can’t pay your mortgage. If you appeal directly to our democratic congress, you might even get a free flatscreen TV and a coupon for free haircuts (shouldn’t all Americans be entitled to nice looking hair?) !!!

If for any reason you are not happy with the new policies, you may want to rethink your vote on November 4th.

(From a post by ol’ Clyde on CSP Gun Talk’s Political Page)

Well harvest is almost done. We have 500 acres of Canola left. it was too dry to combine .The 1/2 ' of rain on Sunday Monday will do the trick. Uncle will test it today and if its ready it will be gone and in the bin

Otherwise all is normal. I upgraded my other PC to Ubuntu 8.04 finally and all seems well. Amazing how Umbuntu finds all the drivers but i still have to reinstall drivers in Windoze. Oh well... more later when i have something none boring... my thoughts on the elections .

More coming. No excuses at all,other than work and sloth. If pollsters stopped calling me to ask my opinion on the election I could get more work done.......Will post a "bon mot " shortly

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/sk-46_metric_e.html

Watches

Melfort - Tisdale - Nipawin - Carrot River
1:15 PM CST Friday 5 September 2008
Tornado watch for
Melfort - Tisdale - Nipawin - Carrot River issued

Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon.

Conditions are favourable for the development of funnel clouds or weak tornadoes. These types of funnel clouds form out of large cumulus clouds or very weak thunderstorms and normally do not have the energy to reach the ground. However one or two of these funnels may briefly touch down and can become destructive over a very small area. Treat all funnel clouds and tornadoes seriously and avoid when possible. Should one develop overhead take shelter until it dissipates. Remember these funnel clouds will normally appear with little or no warning.

Better not land here to much crop in fields and I have to go out there eartly in the AM

http://www.katepwabeach.com/bins/index.asp

Do the cottage owners at Wakaw know about this

See also the following........

Resort tax burden
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 06:09 PM CS
IT'S QUIET ON KATEPWA. ONLY THE WEATHER COULD DO THAT. COTTAGE COUNTRY IS HOT PROPERTY, AND THERE'S A RACE TO CREATE MORE ROOM. RON WEIBEL/Berry Hills Development "More and more people are trying to get out of the city to a place that's a little more quiet." THE HOUSING DEMAND HAS DRIVEN UP PRICES ACROSS THE PROVINCE, BUT ESPECIALLY AT THE LAKES. WHERE RETIREMENT AND VACATION DREAMS - BOUGHT FOR 80 OR 90 THOUSAND DOLLARS - ARE ABOUT TO COLLIDE WITH THE REALITY OF REASSESSMENT. FRED WEEKLEY/Mayor, Katepwa District "Property is now valued at $600,000. They're going to lose their homes it's a simple as that." FRED SMITH HAS HAD A PLACE AT KATEPWA FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS. FACING A POTENTIAL 70 PERCENT INCREASE WOULD MEAN ONE THING. FRED SMITH/Nearly 40 Years at the Lake "I'd drop out. I'd have to sell the place cause I'm retired." BIG HOMES, AND BIG INVESTORS ARE AN EASY TARGET FOR DRIVING UP TAXES. BUT RALPH WOOD, WHO'S ALSO LIVED AT THE LAKE FOR 4 DECADES, WELCOMES THE NEIGHBOURS. RALPH WOOD/4 Decades at Katepwa "If folks want to squander their money then say - oh big cottages should pay more. To me that's not fair." THE BURDEN COMES FROM THE EDUCATION PORTION OF PROPERTY TAX. IT'S ESPECIALLY HIGH IN RESORT COMMUNITIES WHICH REQUIRE LITTLE LOCAL TAX. KATEPWA HAS A GROWING PETITION TO MOVE THAT BURDEN ELSEWHERE. AN INCREASE TO PROVINCIAL SALES TAX IS WHERE THE COMMUNITIES MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. THAT WAY THOSE WHO COULD AFFORD MORE - WOULD PAY MORE. FRED WEEKLEY/Mayor, Katepwa District "Brad and the boys have to get this done sooner rather than later." WEEKLEY ADMITS IT MAY NOT BE POPULAR, BUT IT WOULD BE FAIR. IT'S AN IDEA THAT'S ALSO BEING SHARED WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES - ESPECIALLY RURAL WHERE THE EDUCATION EQUATION HAS BEEN QUESTIONED FOR YEARS. DAN MCINTOSH/CTV News "It will be a tall order to convince the government to change tax policy in a way that makes a significant difference. If the peitition can't do that - next year, a day at the beach will be much more expensive for many. Dan McIntosh CTV News, Katepwa." reposted from the CTV news web site in case it goes away Katepwa is in the Qu'Appelle valley E of Regina in S Saskatchewan Its all about the money. Ok ENOUGH

Look pictures of the Wakaw project

http://news.webshots.com/album/23703287AnZohclvCM

For an update on the Wakaw Canal http://www.townofwakaw.com/WakawCanalUpdate05.html

So we can sail to get our booze when the oil runs out

Tourism is a panacea, that does not produce a sustainable "Value added " economy. This is an example of the "Service" economy we in the west have become. It is a type of shuffle game where one party gives something of perceived high value, to gain even more short term High value. Society is left holding the bag. I wonder if there is provision in the plan for dredging the silt and wildlife bird poop up in a few years. Oh well its not in my back yard. I go further North where the Loons cry rings clear at 4:45 am and the fish jump out of the lake into your boat. OK ENOUGH Ranting for now.

Going to the Farm, probably will do the truck driving and such. I won't get stuck in the kitchen this year. Oh its raining here so i am going for coffee

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader called Abraham of Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot.

And Dot of Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had been called "Amazon Dot Com". And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel far from town to town with thy goods when thou can trade without ever leaving thy tent?"

And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?"

And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale and they will reply telling you which hath the best price. And the sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."

Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever moving from his tent. But this success did arouse the envy of a man named Maccabeus (Mac for short), who did secrete (look it up, it means to hide) himself inside Abraham's drum and was accused of insider trading.

And many young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites, or NERDS for short. And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to the drum maker, one Brother William of Gates, who bought up every drum company in the land. And indeed did insist on making drums that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.

And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others."

And as Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel , or as it came to be known "eBay" he said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."

And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."

"YAHOO!" said Abraham. And that is how it all began.

Al Gore had absolutely nothing to do with it.

Borrowed from Mostly Cajun

Canal announcement expected next week

SP Services

Published: Friday, August 22, 2008

Wakaw's watery dream appears to be about to come to fruition.

Provincial Environment Minister Nancy Heppner will be in the town next Thursday on behalf of Premier Brad Wall to make an announcement on the Wakaw canal.

A proposal to build a one-kilometre canal to link Wakaw lake to the town as part of a multi-million dollar resort development dates back to the late 1990s. Calls to the town office were not returned Thursday afternoon.

Town Coun. Steve Skowodro said he could not comment on the announcement, but said it's good news for the area.

In 2005, the canal was priced at $1.14 million.

The total project involved a hotel-spa-convention centre, golf course and marina and hinged on the participation of a private developer.

The total price tag at the time was $60 million, but there has been significant inflation around capital costs in recent years.

According to the project's business plan, the development is expected to provide roughly 200 direct jobs within the community and 300 indirect jobs in the surrounding area.

This is an ECONOMIC improvement so people can boat up to the local bar?

Check out this
http://www.ohmibod.com/naughtigirl.html

I want one NOW

So just in case anyone gets offended because they stumble here by mistake you know where to kiss. I once again thank The Remmittance Man for the pic and the idea. He is my GURU. We should all be like that so for now BANG ON TOO EASY and get back to whatever it is you do



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Read the sign people unless you have a shotgun or rifle you can't do in mother nature , just a rant

I'm back

Been too long, since i was here . Now i am back in blog land I intend to be a viberant contributor of all things blog like.....................Yeah right. so any one out there in Blog land got rants they want to share or all we all so self absorbed that we only publish to our own Blog. This is my current rant. I am in the Server/pc side of computers and I just did a windows server build does any one else care that not only do you have to buy Windows Server software but they make you pay for a user licence as well. Seems weird to me?



My thanks to The Remmittance Man

So check this out
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/portal/2008/08/22/ftlumley122.xm



Miss AB FAB is speaking her mind, you see she and I are on the same page we are all too tech. Its sad but we have become a service economy and I think the end result is a dead economy. Capitalism is dying we are not making enough value added things to increase our capital. Just a rant more later