Caution... They Walk Among Us!

This came across my desk, and I thought I would share.



Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: 'Free to good home. You want it, you take it.' For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal.
It looked too good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: 'Fridge for sale $50.'

The next day someone stole it!

***They walk amongst us!***
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*One day I was walking down the beach, with some friends, when someone shouted....'Look at that dead bird!' Someone looked up at the sky and said...'where?'

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While looking at a house, my brother asked the estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, 'Does the sun rise in the north?' When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, 'Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff'

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My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the beach. She drove down in a convertible, but 'didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving'.

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My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car it's designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped She keeps it in the trunk.

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I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, 'Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?' I had to explain that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned...

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I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. 'Now,' she asked me, 'Has your plane arrived yet?'...
(I work with professionals like this.)

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While working at a pizza parlour I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. 'Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don’t think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces.

***Yep, They Walk Among Us, too.!!!!!!!!

Sadly, not only do they walk among us, they also reproduce !!!!

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Why waste my breath

This "Diaspora in Search of Power" seminar was held in Toronto and I wonder who, what, why, where and when.
Who wants the political power
What type of power do they (diaspora)really want.
Why do they strive for this elusive power.
Where do they want the power to come from
When do they want to get this power.

"Caribbean nationals are faced with the Canadian multi-cultural dilemma: old Anglo-Canada wants newer arrivals to fall in line with a certain pecking order of power and authority while accommodating silos of cultural diversity. The old guard accepts turbans in the legislature and in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police but no one will be happy with an RCMP of Gurkhas."

Feel free to read the entire article Diaspora in Search of Power

Change Agents are difficult to implement and "change" maybe seen as a threat to the establishment's comfort zone. The ship of "change" will take a long time to turn in the right direction.

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Selling snow to Eskimos

The phrase "carrying coal to newcastle" has similiar but not the same meaning.
"Newcastle on Tyne in England was a well known coal mining area and the UK's first coal exporting port. Taking coal there was an archetypally pointless activity"
The rest of the exposure can be read Carry col to Newcastle

This article Importing US made Ja. Patties to Jamaica is a perfect axiom for the phrase "Carrying Coal To Newcastle"

This additional article speaks volumes Imported Patty Row

This entire storm appears to be wrong on many levels.
-Currency exchange, when the Island is broke.
-support (or lack thereof) of the local Juci and Tastee.
-Frozen Patties in JA. (give me a patty and a coco bread)

Is this what is known as "selling snow to Eskimos"?

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Tweets on Twitter

The security on Twitter is suspect.

"Despite the popularity, Twitter still a lot to do when it comes to securing the platform"

Please take the time to read 3 Ways Twitter Security Fails

"Some Twitter users received scam tweets, or direct messages, to visit certain sites or blogs. The URL in the message redirected users to a bogus login page in an attempt to steal login credentials for a phishing scheme."

Read the entire article Twitter Security Hacks

"Identity theft, much like with Facebook and other Web 2.0 tools, it is always possible people are sharing too much information, ...... which could be useful for the purpose of identity theft or other illegal activity."

Phishers are now hitting Twitter.
"Facebook is no longer alone in its troubles. Twitter is also becoming a target of phishers. The last few days have seen a slew of Twitter phishing attacks, possibly orchestrated in a chess-like multi-move plan that resulted in three sets of victims and, very likely, some seedy profits."
To read the entire article, go Phishing on Twitter



I have a friend who had 659 updates on Twitter, in 60 days. My question to him was "Don't you have a life"?

Security on the Internet MUST be taken as a priority or else Identity Theft will be the norm.

Be Careful when you surf.

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Some of Us Have Nothing To Do ......

Hi
I am all for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, however, sometimes PETA goes way too far with their fanatical ranting.

"PETA took a while to slam President Obama for fly murder, but finally got around to condemning Obama for his war-mongering on flies. They even had a gift for Obama so he can treat flies more humanely next time."

To read the entire article, please visit
PETA Protests Obama Fly Murder

This is a FLY for heavens sake.

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Apply for a Job, Give up your privacy

There are those who value their privacy, and this development invades the fundamental rights of privacy.
When applying for a job in the City of Bozeman, Montana, USA, there are certain requirements.

"The requirement is included on a waiver statement applicants must sign, giving the City permission to conduct an investigation into the person's "background, references, character, past employment, education, credit history, criminal or police records."

"Please list any and all, current personal or business websites, web pages or memberships on any Internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or forums, to include, but not limited to: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, YouTube.com, MySpace, etc.," the City form states. There are then three lines where applicants can list the Web sites, their user names and log-in information and their passwords"

If you are interested, please take the time to read the entire article from the City of Bozeman

Is this a trend for any future job applicants?
If this is the acceptable future "norm", then everyone should be very careful of what they write/publish on the Internet and also refrain from publishing anything personal e.g. name, picture, birth etc.

This includes emplyees that are made redundant. Read this Article about Laid Off Workers

For any reader who wants to get more information on how to protect thenselves on "facebook", feel free to check Facebook Best Practice and 10 Facebook Privacy Settings

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Grocery store rants...

I shop for groceries all the time, no big thing. It is usually a painless experience. The last few times I’ve gone to grocery stores in my neighborhood, the experience has been anything but annoying.
1) Why on earth would someone jump into the Express Checkout line when they have 20 items? The sign says 10 items or less. Did they miss the sign or are they really that inconsiderate?
2) Why on earth would someone use their American Express to pay for a carton of $2.00 blueberries and then break out their Air Miles card to further aggravate the situation? I wasn’t sure if I should just break out a Twoonie to pay for this guy’s berries or leave my ice cream at the cash and forget about my half price ice cream jug.
Is it just me or are people going insane?

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Whatever happened to .........

When I started blogging a few years ago, there were certain “blogs” that I read consistently. They provided me with some insight into the blogging world, what the topics could be and (to a certain extent) the methodology of bloggers.
The question usually asked is why did some people stop blogging?
Here is one analogy: You don't walk into a bar, start screaming about what's on your mind and expect people to converse with you. Instead, you first listen to what's being said - as it's always easier to enter an existing conversation than to start a new one.
Such is life in the blogosphere. If you only write but never read, the motivation can be lost.
My take on why people stop blogging is: because they have no reason to blog.

So where are these bloggers, whatever happened to them?:

http://jamaicangirl2007.wordpress.com/ (last entry Jan 19, 2007)

http://nuffcrap.com/ (this one seemed to have vanished)

http://onejamaica.blogspot.com/ (last entry Sept 11, 2008)

http://jamaicagirl.wordpress.com/ (last entry Jan 08, 2008)

http://veesgirl.wordpress.com/ (this one has been suspended by Wordpress)

http://marangand.wordpress.com/ (this one finally had an entry … whew!)

http://xaymacablog.com/ (this one finally had an entry … whew!)

http://enterjamaica.wordpress.com/ (the link works, but nothing has been updated. Same person had nuffcrap.com)

If anyone who reads this and knows the whereabouts of the above bloggers, let me know.

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Making Old, New Again

Over the years I have collected lots of records, including 78's, 45's and 33 RPM. The 45's and 78's were not kept in pristine condition, but the 33 were always stored properly.
A few years ago I decided to transfer the 45's to CD's. I wouldn't call it a disaster, but it was a trying experience. Suffice it to say I did do a fairly decent job and now have CD's of all my 45's and they sound decent enough, with no pops or crackles. I also transferred a few 33 to CD, and the effort was rewarding, but time consuming.
Using my existing turntable with a pre-amp to the PC had wires going all over the place, refer to this article, to get the picture and the requirements.
Now they have USB turntables, and that is what I needed, so I bought an Audio Technica, and that works great, without the myriad of wires and hookups.
I also used a piece of software called Spin It Again, and that makes the transfer easy. I tried a lot of software applications that transfer LP to CD's, however, SIA is the best I have used for its "ease of use" and its efficiency in doing what it is designed to do, and that is transfer LP/cassettes to CD.
To get the vinyl records clean, I use Nagaoka and Discwasher D4+
I decided to use "lightscribe" discs so that I could burn the label directly onto the cd, without having to print a label, which may create an imbalance in the CD player.
This is going to take me a long time to complete, but it is fun.
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