PostsLaw of the Garbage Truck 21st June 2011 1:47 PM “Do you think it boils down to each person having their own breaking point. Some have a higher tolerance than others?” Yep, and depending what time it is, what day it is, am I hungry? List goes on lol I think you mellow with age though, not as feisty as I used to be  Or maybe kids does that to you!Law of the Garbage Truck 20th June 2011 3:57 PM Courtesy of the Mother in Law... One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.' He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally.. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so ... Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it! ------------------------------------------------------------- I would love to say I lived my life like this, but alas I'm as grumpy and bad natured as the next person  Debt Doctor gone bust 20th June 2011 3:21 PM Ok guys, there is an obvious difference of opinion as to what the CAB can and can't do, but it's been an interesting and informative thread, which would be a shame to lose as it degenerates into abuse which is where I suspect this is going  So I think it's run its course and I'm closing it. Greece - troubled times for the Euro and Europe? 20th June 2011 2:24 PM “That said - best thing is for Greece to go bust - like Argentina did in the 1980's get all the pain out of the way - bring their debts down to a manageable level and move on.” I guess everyone is scared of any associated fall out if they did go bust, as most of the world seems a bit wobbly at the moment New TLD's announced .coke .google .bbc anyone? 20th June 2011 2:21 PM A global internet body has voted to allow the creation of new website domain suffixes, the biggest change for the online world in years. BBC News - Icann increases web domain suffixes This will be an interesting one to watch. So we could apply for .mylocalservices but it would cost us $185,000 ( Greece - troubled times for the Euro and Europe? 20th June 2011 2:09 PM So what does everyone think about the current Greek crisis? Scary times that could spill over to the rest of us, or do you think this will remain a mainly Eurozone problem? Interesting league table of countries exposed to Greeks debt below at the bottom of the BBC article, France and Germany expecting to have the biggest impact, but still potential fall out for the UK and US. BBC News - Greece: Eurozone ministers delay decision on vital loan Forum Posting is Still Effective 20th June 2011 1:21 PM “Sometimes you also get useful ideas for your own blog from reading others' contributions. It's a real slog writing my blog and anything which lessens the pain is welcome. ”heh heh, know what you mean. Downside of forum posting, never have any ideas left to blog about! But then I'm not a good blogger, as Tomsk keeps telling me... http://www.mylocalforums.com/take-break/1436-steve-worse-blogger.html Google getting even faster... 20th June 2011 1:17 PM “Let's start our own search engine and call it Schmoogle. Everyone would use it. It would be awesome  Terry” Nahhh just call it Terry how good would that be! You've been terried Psychology of social networks and the internet; 20th June 2011 12:28 PM Can't offer anything myself, but this site is big into the psychology of the internet. Her blog may offer some pointers may help? Joining Dots: Growing thicker skins UK Hosting companies..... 20th June 2011 12:16 PM “I'm after shared (from a zillion providers). Now I've a better understanding of the question I've asked, I can see why it's almost impossible to answer it! ”Problem is, anyone can open a reseller account with a hosting provider, put up a shiny website, and they then become a "hosting provider". A lot of them are actually sat on shared servers, that then are dividing up space again, so you can get multiple resellers on the same physical server. You can literally have thousands of websites on a single server. Not necessarily a problem, as 99% of websites generate little load and use minimum resources, but if it's not set up properly and one of those websites starts looping database requests or grows out of control, then it can in some instances bring down the whole pack of cards. I know, <ahem> because I did just this in our early days, and kept bringing everyones website down as we played with our database, and in the end, the hoster asked us politely to leave Me personally, I like to use hosting providers who actually own their own data centre, as opposed to renting off someone else, downside is these hosters tend to be more expensive. But there are plenty decent rent a box hosters, just a minefield trying to find one Best bet is to ask who everyone else uses.. |
