I once worked for a landscape company in Columbus, Ohio...a job which required pulling a covered trailer loaded with equipment. One muggy afternoon, it began to rain as we were driving back to the shop. The rain was coming down so hard that we were going to pull over and wait it out once we got to an area in Dublin where there was an open parking lot.
You just got home on a Friday night, walk into your kitchen and smell the ungodly. You look down the hallway and notice that there is sewage running down it! It backed up through the toilet because of a clog in the sewage line...
At our house (prior to us buying it), there were two separate instances of the sewage line backing up through the toilet in our basement. The most expensive instance (or claim) was for over $10,000 in damages.
What is with the mini map on my friend’s Facebook post? Why does it say they just “checked-in” at some local business, restaurant, coffee shop, or any other place? What is the point of this new social networking tool called Foursquare?
Foursquare is a fairly new social networking tool (founded in March 2009) that has popped up on the grid (no pun intended). It is like Facebook + Twitter + Meetup.com all wrapped and smushed together into one awesome way to connect.
Did you know that the average office employee loses 2.1 hours of productivity EVERY DAY to interruptions and distractions? If I’m the CEO of my company, the only thing I care about is profit and productivity. Intel has estimated that e-mail overload can cost large companies as much as $1 Billion a year in lost employee productivity. Wow.
Are you a SENIOR driver? I’m talking about those of you that the state considers to be seniors when you reach age 55. WOW. It seems ridiculous that age 55 merits the title “senior” but the good news is that you can begin to take advantage of discounts and savings almost EVERYWHERE. So cash in!
First of all, let's be clear - this article does NOT contain smart remarks in lieu of Bob Evans, Depends, and so forth – I know my dad is reading this and I will have to account for any sly remarks when I see him next…so no worries Dad!