Tuesday, June 30, 2009
June has been a busy month here on the Triangle Ranch.
Laura came to visit us for a week as she is in a career transition stage. We are also enjoying a long visit by Ryan and Kelly Gentry and Eve is also spending many days and nights with us. We are getting good use of the pool. We have also had all the yard sale bikes on the road with no mishaps – so far. The Gentry parents will come and fetch their kids this weekend.
Bob and Sergio spent several days painting and fixing up two of our rental units on the west side of Phoenix. One apartment was in very good shape and the other needed a complete renovation. We have another unit schedule to become vacant as of 1 July so we are hoping Craig’s List attracts us some good tenants.
On 22 June, Bob was attempting to add some voice over to a long video on his Mac Laptop and it froze up. It is now in repair and apparently no data was lost. The Apple Store refused to honor its warrantee because the previous owner had dropped the laptop and dented the corner. Bob tried to argue that the computer worked fine for six months so the dent was not the problem but – rules is rules- and Apple’s rule is if the case is damaged the warrantee is void.
We had a chance to participate in canning spaghetti sauce at the church cannery. We put up approximately 7,500 quarts in a four hour shift. Bob put the empty bottles from the pallets on to the conveyer belt. Rose did quality control.
We were able to have our first youth fireside at our home on 28 June. We had enough chairs for everyone to sit. Bob tried to make a slideshow using Rose’s PC but it did not turn out as well as the slideshows he has made on the Mac. Most of the problems were caused by operator input error as the old Fortran message use to say.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Very good letter to Obama
I forwarded this letter to some 250 people and then hotmail said I couldn't send any more emails for 24 hours. I tried to reply to an email and they wouldn't let me send it. I didn't realize they set a limit per 24 hours. Did you?
Conversation: An Open Letter to Obama
Subject: An Open Letter to Obama
Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America 's true living legends - an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world's most highly rated speakers. Acknowledged as the foremost leader in change management, Lou Pritchett has been featured in numerous books and periodicals and accredited by savvy and successful corporate executives everywhere. He is the author of the best seller, Stop Paddling and Start Rocking the Boat.
It was Lou Pritchett who changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as "partnering."
Lou Pritchett rose from soap salesman to VP Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble (P&G). Over the course of 36 years, he made corporate history as an agent of change at P&G. He served as president of the company in the Philippines and as corporate VP of World Sales, where he worked in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, India, Middle East, North and South America. Lou Pritchett stood at the vanguard of corporate futurists to challenge a hidebound corporate giant to face the future by creating the future, thus ensuring its continuing role as one of America's great corporate success stories.
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
Dear President Obama:
You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.
You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.
You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.
You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.
You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.
You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd and deliver this message abroad.
You scare me because you want to change America to a European-style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.
You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.
You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.
You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.
You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.
You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.
You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Reillys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.
Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.
Lou Pritchett
Conversation: An Open Letter to Obama
Subject: An Open Letter to Obama
Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America 's true living legends - an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world's most highly rated speakers. Acknowledged as the foremost leader in change management, Lou Pritchett has been featured in numerous books and periodicals and accredited by savvy and successful corporate executives everywhere. He is the author of the best seller, Stop Paddling and Start Rocking the Boat.
It was Lou Pritchett who changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as "partnering."
Lou Pritchett rose from soap salesman to VP Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble (P&G). Over the course of 36 years, he made corporate history as an agent of change at P&G. He served as president of the company in the Philippines and as corporate VP of World Sales, where he worked in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, India, Middle East, North and South America. Lou Pritchett stood at the vanguard of corporate futurists to challenge a hidebound corporate giant to face the future by creating the future, thus ensuring its continuing role as one of America's great corporate success stories.
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
Dear President Obama:
You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.
You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.
You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.
You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.
You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.
You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd and deliver this message abroad.
You scare me because you want to change America to a European-style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.
You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.
You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.
You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.
You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.
You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.
You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Reillys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.
Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.
Lou Pritchett
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Warren Buffet Advice
Read this to your kids or if they have already left home, send it to them.
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the world’s second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Following are some very interesting aspects of his life:
1.He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late! Things were very cheap that time… Encourage your children to invest.
2.He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers. One can buy many things with few savings. Encourage your children to start some kind of business.
3.He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha , that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence. Don't buy more than you "really need" and encourage your children to do and think the same.
4.He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him. You are what you are…
5.He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
Always think how you can accomplish things economically.
6.His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. Assign the right people to the right jobs.
7.He has given his CEO's only two rules: Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1. Set goals and make sure people focus on them.
8.He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television. Don't try to show off, just be your self and do what you enjoy doing
9.Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
10. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
His advice to young people:
"Stay away from credit cards & bank loans and invest in yourself and remember:
A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simply as possible.
C. Don't do what others say - listen to them, but do what you feel good doing.
D. Don't follow brand names; just wear those things in which you feel comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on those things you really need.
F. After all, it's your life so why allow others to rule your life?"
The HAPPIEST people DO NOT necessarily have the ‘BEST’ THINGS. They simply APPRECIATE the things they have” “Let us choose a simpler and smarter way to live…
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the world’s second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Following are some very interesting aspects of his life:
1.He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late! Things were very cheap that time… Encourage your children to invest.
2.He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers. One can buy many things with few savings. Encourage your children to start some kind of business.
3.He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha , that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence. Don't buy more than you "really need" and encourage your children to do and think the same.
4.He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him. You are what you are…
5.He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
Always think how you can accomplish things economically.
6.His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. Assign the right people to the right jobs.
7.He has given his CEO's only two rules: Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1. Set goals and make sure people focus on them.
8.He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television. Don't try to show off, just be your self and do what you enjoy doing
9.Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
10. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
His advice to young people:
"Stay away from credit cards & bank loans and invest in yourself and remember:
A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simply as possible.
C. Don't do what others say - listen to them, but do what you feel good doing.
D. Don't follow brand names; just wear those things in which you feel comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on those things you really need.
F. After all, it's your life so why allow others to rule your life?"
The HAPPIEST people DO NOT necessarily have the ‘BEST’ THINGS. They simply APPRECIATE the things they have” “Let us choose a simpler and smarter way to live…
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Rainy day in Gilbert
Hi friends and family, Just thought I would add a few pictures that Bob took today. It has been overcast and rainy. We are dog sitting our "granddog" while the owners are on a fun trip to Hawaii so we were off for a walk at 6 a.m. while it is still cool. If you look closely you will see raindrops falling in the pool. As we left our home we noticed a new flower on the cactus at the beginning or end of the driveway (it depends on which way you are going).
The strawberry and rhubarb pie does taste yummy. Come on over, if there is any left, we will give you a piece. We also planted cactus cuttings today. Maybe tomorrow we will have a before and after picture to post.
The strawberry and rhubarb pie does taste yummy. Come on over, if there is any left, we will give you a piece. We also planted cactus cuttings today. Maybe tomorrow we will have a before and after picture to post.
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