I am wondering why the airline companies don't provide parachutes during a flight? I think that this is a good way to increase the chances of survival in case of an accident. I suppose that it is possible to evacuate an airplane while it is flying, so probably you will be needing a parachute! Also, the idea of wearing a parachute makes people feel more confident that they could something to save themselves in case of emergency. So,it can help passengers feel more comfortable and safe and in that way can increase the number of people who like to travel.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
A thought for shy people
I took the long road to work this morning. As I walked down the street with the sun warming my back and stretching that long shadow of mine ahead I caught myself churning thoughts for the people who never talk to each other for lack of confidence in their words. Strangers would pass by and as our shadows overlapped I was given the joy to observe their silent play. I began to imagine about a new world where shadows had a life of their own. How they would start talking to each other as I and the two very shy strangers next to me were now all walking side by side down the street. There was a lovely December chill in the morning air. Call me the incurably romantic on it but if it wasn't for their shadows 'kissing' into each other these total strangers would never have met. They would never exchange a word not even an innocent smile of introduction!
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The 95% rule! Want a good credit score fast?
Does paying the full amount on your credit card every month make your credit score increase the fastest? Yeah??
No it doesn't. Your score goes up but that's not the fastest way it can go up. You must always leave a minimum amount unpaid. How much? Say the total you owe is $100 and this month you must pay a minimum of $5. Don't pay the full amount even if you can. Just pay $95. This will raise your score faster than if you paid the full $100. Banks reward their making some money too you see. Most people don't know about it!!
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No it doesn't. Your score goes up but that's not the fastest way it can go up. You must always leave a minimum amount unpaid. How much? Say the total you owe is $100 and this month you must pay a minimum of $5. Don't pay the full amount even if you can. Just pay $95. This will raise your score faster than if you paid the full $100. Banks reward their making some money too you see. Most people don't know about it!!
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If large head means higher IQ...
I better go study plastic surgery and get my specialty on head extensions. Didn't Einstein say "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former"?? I'll be a busy as hell plastic sergeant with a client portfolio and a patients waiting list stretching to infinity :)
Einstein's brain was measured and studied and it was small. There were areas very dense thought. This says a lot. I seriously doubt that a large head or brain equals high intelligence. It is about the shape and density of certain areas of the brain.
Shape and density huh? Maybe I should reconsider plastic surgery then. perhaps someone with a head full of angles can turn out to have very sharp IQ, so turning his round head into a polygon might help. I'll use that theory in my statement of purpose I think hehe, good food for thinking you gave me here :)
If there's still too much hot air inside that polygon head you're gonna make, stuff it with some mummy jam. it should take care of the density :)
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Einstein's brain was measured and studied and it was small. There were areas very dense thought. This says a lot. I seriously doubt that a large head or brain equals high intelligence. It is about the shape and density of certain areas of the brain.
Shape and density huh? Maybe I should reconsider plastic surgery then. perhaps someone with a head full of angles can turn out to have very sharp IQ, so turning his round head into a polygon might help. I'll use that theory in my statement of purpose I think hehe, good food for thinking you gave me here :)
If there's still too much hot air inside that polygon head you're gonna make, stuff it with some mummy jam. it should take care of the density :)
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Do you think that China can save the global economy?
If you ask the Chinese themselves they are very reluctant to even think they can by themselves act as a global leader to pull everyone out of this. It is not because their size as a country and as an economic powerhouse doesn't allow them to do that but because they either don't want to or they don't have the expertise to play that role.
A shift of economic power is happening right now as Western economies are bleeding but that does not guarantee that the power to lead and save the world is also changing hands. Europe and the US still have the infrastructure and talent to recover and keep growing again.
Actually I have to agree that to the extent China is dependent for its export-led economic growth on the West, unless it works on fixing its own problems, it will slow down too.
Notice one more thing. I am not an economist but this observation puzzles me. The world economy is doing well on the surface and the US dollar is very weak. The world plunges into a crisis and the US dollar strengthens because suddenly the world has less faith in other economies pulling this through better than the US.
Stock markets are down because they operate short-term. If you are interested in where people keep their faith in the ability of national economies to pull this through looking at exchange rates is more insightful I think.
Anyone checked the value of the Russian Rouble or those of other emerging economies? It's on a free-fall...
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A shift of economic power is happening right now as Western economies are bleeding but that does not guarantee that the power to lead and save the world is also changing hands. Europe and the US still have the infrastructure and talent to recover and keep growing again.
Actually I have to agree that to the extent China is dependent for its export-led economic growth on the West, unless it works on fixing its own problems, it will slow down too.
Notice one more thing. I am not an economist but this observation puzzles me. The world economy is doing well on the surface and the US dollar is very weak. The world plunges into a crisis and the US dollar strengthens because suddenly the world has less faith in other economies pulling this through better than the US.
Stock markets are down because they operate short-term. If you are interested in where people keep their faith in the ability of national economies to pull this through looking at exchange rates is more insightful I think.
Anyone checked the value of the Russian Rouble or those of other emerging economies? It's on a free-fall...
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Monday, August 10, 2009
What's the most inappropriate thing to say...
...to a widow at her husband's funeral??
1. He wanted to die
2. It's for the best
3. Just think you'll reunite with him soon
4. So did you contract his disease too?
5. Have you met his other wife yet?
6. Is it true what they say about big coffins?
7. Did he tell you I was his daughter?
8. He was gay...........with me
Vote below and add your comments to the list :)
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1. He wanted to die
2. It's for the best
3. Just think you'll reunite with him soon
4. So did you contract his disease too?
5. Have you met his other wife yet?
6. Is it true what they say about big coffins?
7. Did he tell you I was his daughter?
8. He was gay...........with me
Vote below and add your comments to the list :)
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If someone could teach you how to...
know when a woman fakes her orgasm, would you really want to learn how?? What's more important to you? What people want you to think? Or what they really think?
For me, it depends on how well the woman can fake her orgasm. Think about it this way.
If she is such a good actress and can fake a good orgasm with ease, then she can fake it 100% of the time which naturally makes me proud and very excited. But if I have to produce a stunning orgasm in her 100% of the time, there will definitely be times when I will fail to do that because in some of those times it will also be her fault.
So to turn the question around, I would like someone to teach me the skill of training a woman to fake her orgasm well 100% of the time and be content with getting a real one from me 90% of the time.
The only way I can switch the order of the performance numbers above is if that woman was Olga without her bikini in that picture...
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For me, it depends on how well the woman can fake her orgasm. Think about it this way.
If she is such a good actress and can fake a good orgasm with ease, then she can fake it 100% of the time which naturally makes me proud and very excited. But if I have to produce a stunning orgasm in her 100% of the time, there will definitely be times when I will fail to do that because in some of those times it will also be her fault.
So to turn the question around, I would like someone to teach me the skill of training a woman to fake her orgasm well 100% of the time and be content with getting a real one from me 90% of the time.
The only way I can switch the order of the performance numbers above is if that woman was Olga without her bikini in that picture...
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I cheated on my boyfriend... Should I tell him?
here's not anything you can do to justify what you did. You have to tell him and then let him decide what he wants to do. If you really want him, you have to stop the bullshit and let him go. Like that proverb thing goes - if he comes back to you he's yours. But seriously cheating and lying is completely anti-cool. I'd probably kick your dog.
I think that you should definitely come clean to your boyfriend about the cheating and as far as the Update: Once you tell your guy that you have cheated you may not need to make the decision. If you love him then explain yourself (whatever that may be) but I definitely don't think you should just break up with him to avoid an awkward situation, besides once you tell breaking up with HIM might not be an option.
ornela wild girl!! you cheated on your boyfriend 4 times and you are not sure whether you should tell him huh?
first of all you didn't tell us if you cheated him with a guy or a girl.
if it's a girl, hey girl you don't have to tell him, of course not. just show him how you did it and i'm sure he will like it and join in. just make sure you remember all the details of all 4 times.
now if it's guy, this is where you will test what a man he really is. if he sits there doing there while you show him, then he is not a man. if he beats the s of both of you, you know what i mean then he is a man and guess what, you might like it!!!
Honesty is always the best thing. It may hurt him now, but it will hurt less than it would if he were to find out about it another way. It sounds as if you're not ready for a committed relationship right now, so maybe it's best if you tell him the truth now so that he's not being strung along.
If you make it clear that it was a simple lustful mistake without any meaning to you, your boyfriend will probably be angry, but will eventually forgive you. If you lie, however, there will be a serious trust problem that you will have to deal with. In my opinion, the lying is worse than the cheating in this instance: everyone makes mistakes, even the best of us. It's how you deal with these mistakes that reveal your character: if you add lying to cheating, that isn't saying great things. Coming clean is the harder choice, but ultimately better.
You have to remember that you are in a relationship, which means you must consider how both people in your relationship feel; if you respect your boyfriend you will tell him the truth, even if that results in him breaking up with you, it is his decision to make, not yours. You do not have the right to decide what information is relevant to the relationship without consulting him.
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I think that you should definitely come clean to your boyfriend about the cheating and as far as the Update: Once you tell your guy that you have cheated you may not need to make the decision. If you love him then explain yourself (whatever that may be) but I definitely don't think you should just break up with him to avoid an awkward situation, besides once you tell breaking up with HIM might not be an option.
ornela wild girl!! you cheated on your boyfriend 4 times and you are not sure whether you should tell him huh?
first of all you didn't tell us if you cheated him with a guy or a girl.
if it's a girl, hey girl you don't have to tell him, of course not. just show him how you did it and i'm sure he will like it and join in. just make sure you remember all the details of all 4 times.
now if it's guy, this is where you will test what a man he really is. if he sits there doing there while you show him, then he is not a man. if he beats the s of both of you, you know what i mean then he is a man and guess what, you might like it!!!
Honesty is always the best thing. It may hurt him now, but it will hurt less than it would if he were to find out about it another way. It sounds as if you're not ready for a committed relationship right now, so maybe it's best if you tell him the truth now so that he's not being strung along.
If you make it clear that it was a simple lustful mistake without any meaning to you, your boyfriend will probably be angry, but will eventually forgive you. If you lie, however, there will be a serious trust problem that you will have to deal with. In my opinion, the lying is worse than the cheating in this instance: everyone makes mistakes, even the best of us. It's how you deal with these mistakes that reveal your character: if you add lying to cheating, that isn't saying great things. Coming clean is the harder choice, but ultimately better.
You have to remember that you are in a relationship, which means you must consider how both people in your relationship feel; if you respect your boyfriend you will tell him the truth, even if that results in him breaking up with you, it is his decision to make, not yours. You do not have the right to decide what information is relevant to the relationship without consulting him.
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cc: Customer Capitalism!
With so much talk going on about how to save capitalism from the global economic crisis, I like to use radical thinking and toy with totally unheard-of thoughts in my mind.
Here's a recent one that's been toying my head.
We know of shareholder capitalism. Shareholders buy stocks and own a company. Shareholders make a profit (or loss) when they sell the stock or when the company pays dividends out of profits.
Now how about this. Imagine for a moment there are no shareholders and no stocks to buy in a publicly listed, publicly owned company. The company is owned by the founders but the rules are that dividends are not exclusively paid to the owners. After the company's profit is taxed and some money is invested in the business and a portion of it retained by the owners, dividends are paid back to the customers that bought the services and/or products of the company.
In other words, only customers who bought the products/services of the company and are the source of the company's profit get to receive the dividends. Every receipt for purchase of goods and services essentially functions as 'stock'. It entitles the customer that holds it to a portion of the dividends the company normally pays out. The individual portion each customer gets is equal to the percentage of his purchase amount over total sales.
A customer who buys a product and is entitled to a portion of the company's profit will tend to be a loyal customer. He gets a stake in the company and its products because he can make money from it. This incentive will keep him busy consuming because he will get some money back from doing so.
At a time where the global economy and certainly the US economy could be plunging into a deflationary spiral where prices go down with no bottom in sight we need people to consume and buy to help us get out of it.
Customer capitalism in the sense I described it above could be a smart trick to use to get everyone buying again.
Of course the system I just described is a thought exercise, a brain game if you like. I find it very exciting and stimulating to imagine how the economy would function if certain rules are changed.
If you also share a similar passion, I look forward to reading your comments thoughts and reaction on this. Thanks!
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Here's a recent one that's been toying my head.
We know of shareholder capitalism. Shareholders buy stocks and own a company. Shareholders make a profit (or loss) when they sell the stock or when the company pays dividends out of profits.
Now how about this. Imagine for a moment there are no shareholders and no stocks to buy in a publicly listed, publicly owned company. The company is owned by the founders but the rules are that dividends are not exclusively paid to the owners. After the company's profit is taxed and some money is invested in the business and a portion of it retained by the owners, dividends are paid back to the customers that bought the services and/or products of the company.
In other words, only customers who bought the products/services of the company and are the source of the company's profit get to receive the dividends. Every receipt for purchase of goods and services essentially functions as 'stock'. It entitles the customer that holds it to a portion of the dividends the company normally pays out. The individual portion each customer gets is equal to the percentage of his purchase amount over total sales.
A customer who buys a product and is entitled to a portion of the company's profit will tend to be a loyal customer. He gets a stake in the company and its products because he can make money from it. This incentive will keep him busy consuming because he will get some money back from doing so.
At a time where the global economy and certainly the US economy could be plunging into a deflationary spiral where prices go down with no bottom in sight we need people to consume and buy to help us get out of it.
Customer capitalism in the sense I described it above could be a smart trick to use to get everyone buying again.
Of course the system I just described is a thought exercise, a brain game if you like. I find it very exciting and stimulating to imagine how the economy would function if certain rules are changed.
If you also share a similar passion, I look forward to reading your comments thoughts and reaction on this. Thanks!
http://www.thinkaloo.com
Fart Up your tires!!
This posting requires that you picture it as you read. Keep your nose open too. Now imagine you could use your farts to inflate your car tires. Imagine a pipe wired into the seat with an opening on the seat's surface to carry the hot gas inside.
If the gas doesn't exit fast enough or with enough force a small pump can help suck it into the tires.
On the plus side a patent like this eliminates the need to open the window of your car to ventilate the space inside and helps avoid embarrassment if others are in it as well.
The air pressure inside the tires always stays at the right amount which keeps the car in better balance.
And if the idea works well in cars it can be scaled next to buses and planes where the higher and more diverse the supply of gas the better the condition of the tires inside!
Before you get used to picturing this too much, let's see how much humor you can handle.
Say you're going to use this system in the future for your car. That by itself would mean you must have a good sense of humor. So why not display it with some kind of writing on the tires?
As you can see in the photos on the right, I made up four slogans you can put on your tires. Which one do you think better describes what will be happening inside your tires?
Vote Now!
:)
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If the gas doesn't exit fast enough or with enough force a small pump can help suck it into the tires.
On the plus side a patent like this eliminates the need to open the window of your car to ventilate the space inside and helps avoid embarrassment if others are in it as well.
The air pressure inside the tires always stays at the right amount which keeps the car in better balance.
And if the idea works well in cars it can be scaled next to buses and planes where the higher and more diverse the supply of gas the better the condition of the tires inside!
Before you get used to picturing this too much, let's see how much humor you can handle.
Say you're going to use this system in the future for your car. That by itself would mean you must have a good sense of humor. So why not display it with some kind of writing on the tires?
As you can see in the photos on the right, I made up four slogans you can put on your tires. Which one do you think better describes what will be happening inside your tires?
Vote Now!
:)
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