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Good News for Car Drivers Meme of the Month: “Is anyone else getting ‘3 weeks to the gallon’ in their cars these days?” American Family Insurance said it’s refunding more than $200 million in premiums to it’s insured drivers and Allstate, is giving back $600 million.  American FamilyInsurance Company said it …

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview. The director would do the last interview and make the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth’s academic achievements were excellent all the way, from …

Employee: Excuse me sir, may I talk to you? Boss: Sure, come on in. What can I do for you? Employee: Well sir, as you know, I have been an employee of this prestigious firm for over ten years. Boss: Yes.  Employee: I won’t beat around the bush. Sir, I …

A successful Christian business man was growing old and knew it was time to chose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his directors or his children, he decided to do something different.  He called all the young executives in his company together. “It is …

His name was Bubba. He was from Mississippi, and he wanted $5,000. So, he walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Paris for an International Redneck Festival for two weeks and needed to …

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.  As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that …

Once, there was a farmer who regularly sold butter to a baker. One day, the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting the exact amount that he asked for. He found out that he wasn’t, so he took the farmer to court. The judge asked …

Excerpt from:ÔÇ¿The Best Way Out is Always Through, ÔÇ¿by BJ Gallagher

Mary Kay Ash banged her head on the corporate glass ceiling one too many times.  Working for several direct sales companies from the 1930's until the early 1960's, she achieved considerable success.  She climbed the corporate ladder to become the sole woman on the board of directors of the World Gift Company - quite an accomplishment for a woman in the 1950's.

By a two-step process of invention, Earl S. Tupper created one of the most practical items of Americana to date: the airtight plastic food container that still bears his name.

Earl Silas Tupper was born on a farm in New Hampshire in 1907. As a boy, he applied his native creativity to building devices that made work around the family's farm and greenhouses easier. In fact, he earned a patent for a frame used to dress chickens for sale. The young Tupper also showed a talent for salesmanship: he increased his family's income by selling poultry and produce door to door rather than from a stand or at the market.

-- By Mark Tier The other day my cable company called to offer me two tickets to a special preview of the latest Sherlock Holmes movie. FREE. I wasn't interested myself (this Sherlock wasn't Basil Rathbone). But I knew my two boys would be. And the price was right. That evening, we were a bit rushed for time so instead of having dinner at home we had close-to-indigestible fast food near the movie theater. Bang. There went the price of eight movie tickets. Another movie ticket went into popcorn.