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    That's the exact point I've been trying to get across about several things in recent months. If it works for the company and it works for the customer, that's all that matters.

    Advice is one thing. Overbearing attitudes about doing something only a certain way are absurd. Unless safety or legal issues are involved, of course.

    There you go trying to be reasonable again, Don.

    Cut it out!

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    The great thing about being self-employed with children is that if things get really slow you can buy a bag of charcoal and go into the diamond business. :o

    OK, old and bad joke, but you guys can relate.

    Whenever I think that it would be safest for my family for me to jump back into the corporate world with some 'security' I have to remember that the reason I left that was because there was no security AT ALL.Your job is always just a pen stroke away from being gone. Mergers, acquisitions, and "Exciting New Pay Plans" are always looming over the horizon.

    I spent 50-60 hours a week in an office doing a job that I hated and when I did come home I doubt that my family was very happy about it because I was so stressed out and irritable.

    I just have to remind myself to put faith and family first and work hard and things will be great.

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    I have been searching one side up and another side down google trying to find bleach resisant polo shirts. I have work pants by Dickies that are 65/35 polyester and cotton blend. They are navy and don't respond at all to bleach contact.

    Anyone have polos that seem to have the same effect?

    Yes!

    (that aren't $30/piece)

    Oh.

    No!

    The new Dri-fit type shirts seem to hold up to bleach but they're really expensive if you don't have a sister with an embroidery and screen print business (like me).

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    TO:

    Former Gulf Coast Residents

    Current Gulf Coast Residents

    Future Gulf Coast Residents; and/or

    Those who know a Gulf Coast Resident

    We have just entered the 6-month hurricane season. Any day now, you're going to turn on the TV and see a weather person pointing to some radar blob out in the Gulf of Mexico and making two basic meteorological points:

    (1) There is no need to panic.

    (2) We could all be killed.

    Yes, hurricane season is an exciting time to live along the Gulf Coast.

    If you're new to the area, you're probably wondering what you need to do to prepare for the possibility that we'll get hit by "the big one." Based on our experiences, we recommend that you follow this simple three-step hurricane preparedness plan:

    STEP 1. Buy enough food and bottled water to last your family for at least three days.

    STEP 2. Put these supplies into your car.

    STEP 3. Drive to Nebraska and remain there until Thanksgiving.

    Unfortunately, statistics show that most people will not follow this sensible plan. Most people will foolishly stay here in Gulf Coast area.

    So we'll start with one of the most important hurricane preparedness items:

    HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE: If you own a home, you must have hurricane insurance. Fortunately, this insurance is cheap and easy to get, as long as your home meets two basic requirements:

    (1) It is reasonably well-built, and

    (2) It is located in Nebraska.

    Unfortunately, if your home is located along the Gulf Coast, or any other area that might actually be hit by a hurricane, most insurance companies would prefer not to sell you hurricane insurance, because then they might be required to pay YOU money, and that is certainly not why they got into the insurance business in the first place.

    So you'll have to scrounge around for an insurance company, which will charge you an annual premium roughly equal to the replacement value of your house. At any moment, this company can drop you like used dental floss.

    Since Hurricane Katrina, I have had an estimated 27 different home-insurance companies. This week, I'm covered by the Bob and Big Stan Insurance Company, under a policy which states that, in addition to my premium, Bob and Big Stan are entitled, on demand, to my kidneys.

    SHUTTERS: Your house should have hurricane shutters on all the windows, all the doors, and -- if it's a major hurricane -- all the toilets. There are several types of shutters, with advantages and disadvantages.

    Plywood shutters: The advantage is that, because you make them yourself, they're cheap. The disadvantage is that, because you make them yourself, they will fall off.

    Sheet-metal shutters: The advantage is that these work well, once you let them all up. The disadvantage is that once you get them all up, your hands will be useless bleeding stumps, and it will be December.

    Roll-down shutters: The advantages are that they're very easy to use, and will definitely protect your house. The disadvantage is that you will have to sell your house to pay for them.

    "Hurricane-proof'' windows: These are the newest wrinkle in hurricane protection: They look like ordinary windows, but they can withstand hurricane winds! You can be sure of this, because the salesman says so.

    He lives in Nebraska.

    "Hurricane Proofing Your Property: As the hurricane approaches, check your yard for movable objects like barbecue grills, planters, patio furniture, visiting relatives, etc. You should, as a precaution, throw these items into your swimming pool (if you don't have a swimming pool, you should have one built immediately). Otherwise, the hurricane winds will turn these objects into deadly missiles.

    EVACUATION ROUTE: If you live in a low-lying area, you should have an evacuation route planned out. (To determine whether you live in a low-lying area, look at your driver's license; if it says "Galveston, New Orleans, Houston, Biloxi, Mobile, or any other location close to the coast you live in a low-lying area.) The purpose of having an evacuation route is to avoid being trapped in your home when a major storm hits. Instead, you will be trapped in a gigantic traffic jam several miles from your home, along with two hundred thousand other evacuees. So, as a bonus, you will not be lonely.

    HURRICANE SUPPLIES: If you don't evacuate, you will need a mess of supplies. Do not buy them now! Hurricane tradition requires that you wait until the last possible minute, then go to the supermarket and get into vicious fights with strangers over who gets the last can of SPAM.

    In addition to food and water, you will need the following supplies:

    23 flashlights. At least $167 worth of batteries (Of Course, when the power goes out, they turn out to be the wrong size for the flashlights.)

    Bleach. (No, I don't know what the bleach is for. NOBODY knows what the bleach is for. But it's traditional, so GET some!)

    A 55-gallon drum of underarm deodorant.

    A big knife that you can strap to your leg. (This will be useless in a hurricane, but it looks cool.)

    A large quantity of raw chicken, to placate the alligators. (Ask anybody who went through Hurricane Andrew in Florida; after the hurricane, there WILL be irate alligators.)

    $35,000 in cash or diamonds so that, after the hurricane passes, you can buy a generator from a man with no discernible teeth.

    Of course these are just basic precautions. As the hurricane draws

    near, it is vitally important that you keep abreast of the situation by turning

    on your television and watching TV reporters in rain slickers standing

    right next to the ocean and tell you over and over how vitally important it

    is for everybody to stay away from the ocean.

    Good luck and remember: it's great living in paradise! Those of you who aren't here yet you should come. Really!

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    Speaking of Katrinaville, did New Orleans East ever get back up and running do you know? I've stayed over in Covington a couple times, and now I guess every time I go back to see my relatives, I will be staying there, since none of them live in N.O. East anymore. I like it over there in Mandeville/Covington area, seemed like a nice place. Didn't seem like they got much flooding, just a ton of trees knocked down.

    No, East NOLA is still pretty much deserted. It's like driving through a ghost town.

    Slidell got hit very hard by a 20 foot storm surge. Almost everything between Old Town and the Lake is still in bad shape. Whole neighborhoods and shopping centers off of Ponchartrain were slammed and are still deserted. A lot of people that I have talked to are moving out. There are a lot of houses that people came back and started rebuilding and then just abandoned.

    Mandeville/ Covington didn't get any flooding, just wind damage, but it is waaaaay overcrowded now. A lot of people from south of the Lake (including about 13 billion St. Bernarders) moved over here. We went from around 200,000 to over 300,000 almost overnight. The infrastructure is screaming.

    Florida is looking better and better. :)

    I just need to figure out which part I would like the best and could do the most business in.

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