Category Archives: Thinking Out loud

I gave up my day job – I didn’t win the lottery

Posted on March 20, 2014 by dfolstad58

Funny that since I retired people assume I have nothing to do.  I did give up timesheets, and measured coffeebreaks, office emails, and pressure of deadlines and so on. I still have a day job in a sense. I still … Continue reading →

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What kind of an idiot do you think I am?

Posted on March 18, 2014 by dfolstad58

I just created the title of this post.  Some of you are wondering how many types of idiots are out there? Well I am not the kind that falls for phone calls telling me ” You have won a free … Continue reading →

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Where do you draw the line?

Posted on March 17, 2014 by dfolstad58

When my kids were knee high to a grasshopper, I read to them every night before they went to sleep.  Now I know that was a privilege and memory beyond replacing.  I read to them Dr. Seuss “Green Eggs and … Continue reading →

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How to Drive a Business Into the Ground

Posted on March 13, 2014 by dfolstad58

I went for walk yesterday with a friend and we passed by a coffee shop that has had it’s ups and down in success. My friend casually commented on how the owners could give lessons on ” How to Drive … Continue reading →

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My Economics Professor was Wrong

Posted on March 11, 2014 by dfolstad58

My very first day of University and my class Economics 101 there was a lecture called ” No Such Thing as a Free Lunch“.  I suppose this was  how he started off every semester to the green students, just back … Continue reading →

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Neither Best, nor worst Handyman in Canada

Posted on March 9, 2014 by dfolstad58

I grew up where I saw my Dad seem to know everything. He finished basements, he put in concrete floors, he even built his own garage doors. He allowed me to be his “gopher” which meant I ran and got … Continue reading →

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