At Amazon.Com, if you have a wish list, they usually have a box in the upper right corner showing you something on your list with the title above it “Treat Yourself”. Yet on Amazon.Ca (Canada), the title is “You Know You Want It”. Seems so much more sinister, doesn’t it? For the record Amazon.UK.Co (you can guess where that one’s from) doesn’t have anything like that.
And yes, I have Wish Lists on all three sites. The ones on the Canadian and UK sites are more for bookmark purposes, and things that I can’t find (or couldn’t when I put them there) available on the US site.
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iPod Shuffle mode is so very cool! You can shuffle ALL of the songs on it. Meaning that if you have 5235 songs on it, like someone I know, it won’t repeat any of them. It plays each one once and at random until they have all been played. The only issue with this is getting songs that are meant to be back-to-back (for instance Yes’ “Long Distance Runaround” and “The Fish”) won’t be played back-to-back obviously. But as David said, it gives you a fresh outlook on songs. Sometimes you play an album so many times through, you almost start humming the opening notes of the next song before it starts. You can’t with this. And that’s cool.
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It appears that the group of investors that were trying to buy the Nashville Predators are running into problems with their negotiations with the city about tax breaks and upgrading the arena (which isn’t that old). So it seems that they are going to back out. But what is interesting about this is that they put down a $10 million non-refundable deposit. Isn’t it amazing how much money some people have that they can come up with that kind of cash that they may not get back? I think I need a new career.
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I called the insurance company that Nigel and I had during my last two months at FLSmidth because it seemed that nothing had been done with the inquiries about his 18 month routine physical and vaccinations. The doctor’s office had sent them out twice, and both times didn’t get any response back. Not even a “claims denied” letter. After going through five (yes FIVE) different phone numbers, I finally got someone on the line from the insurance company that could help me. She told me that according to their records they had sent out correspondence to the physicians billing department regarding these claims. She also added, “That this happens all the time. I get calls like this all day long.” Hmm … you do? Maybe it’s time your employer then changed their policies or looked into it, because if so many people are having issues with what you are doing, then obviously something is not working correctly, and it can’t be all those doctors and hospitals out there. Makes me rather glad we don’t have coverage with them anymore.
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Hockey fans in North America are up in arms this morning. They are screaming “Farce!” at fans in Detroit after last night’s game. They are saying that the Joe looked rather empty for a game against the defending Cup champs, a season opener nonetheless, for a place that calls themselves Hockeytown. Maybe they need to read other news stories, like the fact that the economy in Detroit is really bad. Many are out of work. Heck, even the government for the State of Michigan has closed shop, along with other offices and service associated with the state, due to a deficit and politicians inability to balance the budget. What do people expect?
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