Edition 404 Monday 06/11/17
Hi,I havent wanted to moan about it but I have been having a
terrible time with my ears.They seem to be almost permanently blocked or infected!I
havent swum for nearly 6 weeks and frankly I am a bit grumpy bordering on
bitter and twisted about it!
So when my caring sharing wife googled a natural remedy for
my ailment I didn’t hesitate to give it a crack.Crushed garlic was wrapped in
gauze and held in place in and on both ears by tape overnight.Unfortunately
while the thought was touching and appreciated the smell nearly killed me and
the remedy had the reverse affect making things worse L
Fletcher
reckons the house still smells like a French Restaurant kitchen and
that he nevers wants to eat anything
with garlic in or on it ever again.
Something
funny about this whole ’ear’ affair was looking like an All Black
lock forward with tape and gauze on and the tape was so sticky and tough it
didn’t want to come off!
‘They’ say nothing beats Wellington on a good day and ‘they’
would be right as I was treated to another cracker last week(love the Airport
too!).I am pleased to report a far less stressful trip all round I never cease
to be amazed and entertained by the stories Cabbies can tell!
As long as our Pohutukawa survives I will never complain ever
again about my weekly yard sweeping missions.I apologise weekly to our tree and
promise to do all in my power to save her whilst never speaking to our ‘Johnny
come lately know it all’ neighbours again!
I hope you had an eventful week too and look forward to yet
another…….Cheers Jonesey.
Kate Henderson reckons garlic does have magic healing
qualities if used correctly!
“Quality is not an act it is a habit”.Aristotle
Last week at Napier Airport I
bumped into a good bugger I used to work with.
He went out of his way to
stop and chat and he made a point of recounting his fond memories of the weekly
‘Monday Morning Motivator’ (now ‘Upbeat’) newsletter.
I managed to crank out 99
MMMs before some know all Aussies thought they knew better.
As a result of an
acquisition the company we both used to work for became part of a larger one
and he was now in a senior role within the new entity.
I couldn’t help thinking how
well he had done and that good buggers like him always do!
As we talked I realised that
a number of other colleagues from the old company had also worked their way
into senior and influential positions in the new and larger company.
For me this was an
interesting parallel to an acquisition I was part of where a larger company (the
red
team) took over the smaller company I was part of (the blue team).
Like a lot of similar
takeovers it was hostile and there was no love lost between the teams who had
been fierce competitors before the sale.
In these situations where
larger companies are the buyer there is typically an arrogance or right that is
exercised over the smaller company being acquired and this was no exception.
The blue
team people like me who survived this
‘occupation of France by the Germans’ type of approach to the merging of the
two companies actually did ok in the new regime.
Slowly but
surely the blue survivors
kept their heads down and worked themselves into senior and influential positions
in the new and improved red team.
This and my chance meeting
with my fellow colleague last week proves that good buggers will always rise to
the top no matter what challenges they face.
It also proves that there is
no place for arrogance and complacency in business or life!
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking”. Henry Ford
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