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member name: Tim Bryce
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November 06, 2009 06:31 AM EST --
For over 40 years I have been a loyal follower of NBC news. It began in the 1960's with the Huntley-Brinkley report which I still consider the preeminent newscast of all time, better than both Walter . . .
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November 03, 2009 06:58 AM EST --
Back in the early 1980's there was a big push for "quality" in the work place. The sudden interest came about after it was discovered the Japanese were overtaking the Americans in building superior products. . . .
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October 16, 2009 06:45 AM EDT --
I have been mowing lawns for 46 years now. When I was a kid in Connecticut, my family had a reel mower; you know, one of those plain push mowers where the blades twirl faster as you push the mower. When . . .
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September 15, 2009 07:06 AM EDT --
I recently developed a poll in Facebook whereby I was curious how Americans generally felt about their government officials, specifically how much they trusted them. To this end, the question was simply: . . .
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October 05, 2009 03:33 PM EDT --
Suffering a fender bender can be a very irritating experience, particularly if it is to a new car. I'm not talking about a major collision, but some sort of ding, scrape or scratch most of us have suffered . . .
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October 13, 2009 07:19 AM EDT --
Down here in Florida we have a lot of problems with trucks breaking down, particularly those used for delivery or maintenance. It seems every time you make an appointment with a driver to drop something . . .
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October 23, 2009 06:47 AM EDT --
I was recently talking to a friend who was commenting on some of my pet peeves, many of which he could relate to. Inevitably, he asked me why the world was so screwed up today. I thought about this for . . .
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October 30, 2009 06:57 AM EDT --
I recently saw a local merchant close his doors after only one year of operation. I don't want to get into the type of business he was in, but suffice it to say it could have been successful had the . . .
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September 04, 2009 06:56 AM EDT --
"So, I want you to get up now; I want all of you to get up out of your chairs; I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out, and yell, "I'm as mad as Hell and . . .
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September 29, 2009 07:15 AM EDT --
I've got a friend who owns a family style restaurant offering basic comfort food. It's not cheap, nor is it expensive either; just a family-run restaurant that offers basic home cooking. I'm sure you . . .
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October 02, 2009 07:04 AM EDT --
There's some trouble brewing in Virginia, something that will inevitably spill over to other states if we're not careful. In the case of Kellerman v. McDonough, et al, a 14 year old North Carolina girl . . .
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October 08, 2009 06:49 AM EDT --
I have been watching the History Channel a lot lately. I find as I get older there is little on the "prime time" channels that interest me. Instead, I find myself drawn to documentaries, biographies, . . .
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October 20, 2009 07:02 AM EDT --
I've never been comfortable with the concept of "Man Hours," not that it's a gender issue, but rather it implies ignorance of how time is used in the work place and fumbles away some simple management . . .
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October 27, 2009 07:03 AM EDT --
If you lookup the word "Productivity" in a dictionary, you'll probably find something like, "The rate at which goods or services are produced, especially output per unit of labor." This implies the . . .
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September 11, 2009 06:53 AM EDT --
I have been a fan of NBC's popular sitcom "The Office" for quite some time. More than anything, the secret to the show's success is its ability to develop a humorous parody of true life office situations, . . .
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September 30, 2009 08:51 AM EDT --
Like most Americans, I have been watching the wrangling over the Health Care bill carefully. Something that has bothered me from the beginning is how it was developed which, frankly, sounded like it . . .
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July 30, 2009 07:16 AM EDT --
During my summer sabbatical I took a tour of Alaska, our 49th state who is celebrating their 50th anniversary of statehood in 2009. My two week tour took me to Katchekan, Juneau, Scagway, Valdez, Copper . . .
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August 18, 2009 08:48 AM EDT --
Well I think it's time to open Pandora's Box again and discuss another subject sure to generate some discussion, namely gun control, a subject which divides the country as much as the subject of abortion. . . .
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August 21, 2009 07:06 AM EDT --
For many years, we usually got our news from the morning or evening newspapers. This was then supplemented by radio, which we either listened to at home or in our cars to and from work. The radio was . . .
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August 04, 2009 07:11 AM EDT --
Some time ago I commented on how people tend to behave in group settings (see "The Stupids" ). This led to a series of e-mails I received from people asking me where they could find more information . . .
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