5hVnz Book of the Month...

Thinking of the classics, this is a book that everyone should read if they are thinking of moving away from the billiards room and moving out to the range...

Pool is a game a lot of younger people play, because it's cheap and fairly easy to master because the field of view never changes...

Sure you can hear of a tighter pocket table, or faster greens, but it's just a rectangle with the same six holes in the same positions, the only difference is the accuracy of the shot...

When you're ready to move on from the musky old pool room to get some fresh air, try taking up golf...

Jonny Lang "Rack 'Em Up"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FHhDY2zmcg

The best thing about Golf is that, it's never the same game twice, so it will never get boring...

Sure, you'll get frustrated more, but that's because it's not a game you can master...

There's an old saying in golf, it's not a game you can win, it's a game you can play:

"When you play to win, you create tension and pressure that adversely affects your brain's chemistry and your ability to perform. If you play to play, you are relaxed and give yourself a chance to perform at a much higher level so you can win. However, as true as this is, most golfers continue to get caught up in the outcome and winning, which causes their game to suffer."

Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198779.Ben_Hogan_s_Five_Lessons

The best thing about golf with today's health conscious minds is your ability to get in your 5000 steps a day, so when the wifey complains about you being on the golf course all the time just remind her, honey, I got my 5000 steps in today, and she'll reply, that's awesome honey, and the argument is over...and that's a fact!

**UPDATE**

We heard some great advice from a long time player of the game when we asked them if my Club was too high on my return:

"There's no magic move, this elbow or those hips. Everyone thinks there is. There is only repeatable and not repeatable. Every swing change is only to make your swing easier to repeat identically. What do Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan's and Jack Nicklaus's swing have in common? Not a damn thing, except they've won all majors."

Here's an Idea...

It's time to reboot the Andy Griffith Show...

Opie Taylor  (Ron Howard) goes back home to visit his roots, to reconnect with his younger self...

However, Mayberry isn't the town he remembers, and has turned to a complete and utter disaster...

Homelessness, drugs, slow business, and a corrupt Sherriff behind it all...

There is a bit of nostalgia to the Sherriff, with the bumbling idiot of a Deputy and the Sherriff brave enough not to wear a gun considering he thinks he's above the law...

Floyd's barber shop is still there, but the kids have turned it into a bookie location and an underground gambling room...

They felt if Grandpa could do it, they could do it to, however, like the youth of today, they lack the facts surrounding the situation...

They've also been dumping chemicals in the woods and burying the barrels in the ground and covering them up with concrete, cementing the chemical into the soil and leaking into the water system...

Opie's mother and father are buried together at the old cemetery where he visits them and insists that he is going to clean up the town...

Emphasis on his mother that died when he was very young and how that impacted his adulthood...

The idea is to bring back human value, respect for others and a willingness to work together to make progress happen for everyone, not just an individual...

Freshly baked pies on the window sill, a family working and playing together in the yard, entertaining the bachelor and his kid next door...

Yesterday's values with todays realities and an unwillingness to accept the status quo...

Opie is a good kid and doesn't believe in violence and vows to his father that he'll abide by his values and clean up the town and restore it to what it once was...

**UPDATE**

Here's what we see...

You have to get Opie (Ron Howard) back to the town somehow, and we see that he left a girlfriend back there that passes away and he has to go back for the funeral...

Little does he know that there is another girl that stayed in Mayberry that also likes him and is the one who calls him to tell him the bad news...

Come to find out the girl who dies used to work for the city and her death is left with questions and they think that she discovered something and might have been killed because of it...

Mayberry is just as naïve as it always has been, but life around them has evolved and there will be a bit of nostalgia to attract the people that grew up with the show, but more modern to attract a new crowd...

There's nothing wrong with creating a storyline on where Opie has been all these years and what he has grown up to be, but you'll need a little action to attract younger viewers...

Faulting module name: MSHTML.dll caused by KB4022168

Faulting application name: iexplore.exe, version: 11.0.9600.18698, time stamp: 0x59189c94

Faulting module name: MSHTML.dll, version: 11.0.9600.18710, time stamp: 0x59484b0c

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x0073abab

Faulting process id: 0xef0

Faulting application start time: 0x01d2f2efca49e605

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\MSHTML.dll

Report Id: 16d5255e-5ee3-11e7-8a11-e6de5c72cb8b

After 4 hours of research we have determined that the Monthly "Quality" Rollup for Windows 7 is causing explore to fail...

 

We like the word "Quality" in this update, and Microsoft has promised that it would not fail in the new way of updating with this rollup updates procedure, but now they have...

 

Do not load KB4022168 until "Quality" control fixes the update...

 

Is this Microsoft's attempt to force you into Windows 10 again, are they creating errors like they create gridlock to force people onto transit...

 

It's an optional update so it won't automatically download, it has to be manually chosen...

 

You have a problem Microsoft...and that's a fact!

**UPDATE**

More problems with KB4022168...

Click->KB4022168

**UPDATE**

Well, well...well, it looks as though Microsoft has removed update KB40...22..16...8 :-D they have become very very sneaky lately...

Outlook users also experienced problems with KB4022168 and Microsoft has provided a patch for them, but only for 64bit users...

Microsoft we mentioned awhile ago about not putting all your eggs in one basket, and that is what you are doing with Windows 10 and banking that everyone will change, even upgrading them for free, but now even that has backfired on you...

The latest Windows 10 update is causing issues for computers that are only a few year old and you forcefully upgraded them, and coincidently enough, a guarantee was provided by you for them that as long as they upgraded they'd be fine...

Microsoft has already admitted that Windows 10 will only work best on certain hardware, but that was the small print, and by legality standards has given them a way out of any liability thrown against them by any user that feels they have been jilted when they find out their hardware won't support the latest Windows 10 advancement...

Their other way out is that they will still be responsible for security updates like they do for most surpassed software versions, but that can only last for so long...

Like Windows 7 support, it's hard to staff and afford support for a version that is no longer considered mainstream and the users that were updated to Windows 10 with outdated hardware will feel they fall under the umbrella of the Windows 10 agreement, but that will only last until Windows 11 comes out...

That is how Microsoft will get out of any legality agreements/promises they've made to the end user that they updated overnight without their permission...

Microsoft cuts off Windows 10 support early for some PCs...
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-blocks-windows-10-creators-update-on-some-pcs/

Just like they secretly removed KB4022168 so will they remove Windows 10...and that's a fact!

The New American Dream...

Child: Mom, when I grow up I wanna live in a tent in the middle of a sidewalk underneath a highway with a brown pallet fence...

Mom: Well honey, you don't have to wait until you grow up, you can live that dream today...

Child: I can...

Mom: You sure can...

Child: How...

Mom: Well, all we have to do is get in an argument about, oh let's say...eating your vegetables, I'll say, you need to eat your vegetables and you'll say, you can't make me, and I'll say, while you live under this roof you'll follow my rules and you'll say, well then I'm leaving, and you're on your way to living your dream...

Child: Really? That's all I gotta do...

Mom: Yep...

Child: What am I gonna do about food...

Mom: Don't worry honey, people will give you food all the time, and if you're adventurous you'll find food in some of the most unusual places and it's all free...

Child: Wow, that's sounds cool...

Mom: Sure, and on certain days of the week you can go to the Food Bank where you can get all the cookies and beans your little heart desires...

Child: I like Cookies...

Mom: I know you do honey, and remember, you can always come back and eat here, but I'm gonna put veggies on the plate and I know how much you don't like them...

Child: What about clothes...

Mom: You can take as many clothes as you can carry in your knapsack from your closet here, and dad won't mind if you take the tent from the garage. People like giving away their things to people that don't want to pay for them, so get used to that kind of generosity...

Child: Really, for free, so why don't you do that mommy...

Mom: Well someone has to provide for the people that get mad at their mommy's and runaway because they don't want to eat their vegetables...

Child: What if you're not home...

Mom: Don't worry, just break a window and break in and take whatever you want, people love that when it happens...

Child: What if I get a scratch on my knee...

Mom: They have a solution for that too honey, it's called "Free Healthcare" and you'll be able to get a free Band-Aid paid for by the working class people...

Child: Will they blow on my booboo and make it all feel better...

Mom: No honey, that's what mommy's are for...

Child: Oh...

Mom: Now dreams aren't easy to come by honey so you'll have to build up some resentment for the days that don't go so well for you...

Child: Huh...

Mom: Sure, most people have a story about how they blame everyone else for their problems and why they are in the situation they are in, and soon you'll start sharing your stories about the people you blame for putting you in the situation you are in...

Child: I will...

Mom: Sure, you can tell them that your mommy used to make you eat your vegetables and that if you were going to live under her roof you're gonna have to follow her rules...

Child: Oh yeah, that's a good one for sure mommy....

Mom: Of course it is honey, but that'll be just the start of it, you'll gain some more ideas when you're out on your own...

Child: I will...

Mom: You sure will and after awhile those stories and all those people that put you in that position will start to weigh on you and before you know it, you'll develop a drug problem...

Child: I'm gonna do drugs, but you said drugs are bad mommy...

Mom: Well you won't be living under my roof anymore, so you can do what you want and make those decisions for yourself...

Child: Wow, that sounds Awesome, I'll be able to do what I want...

 

Mom: Not Awesome honey, Amazing, you don't want people to laugh at you, so try to make sure you stay current with what's trending...

 

Child: Wow, that sounds...Amazing :-)

Mom: That's right honey, and you won't have to answer to anybody, and as a matter of fact, they now have a facility where they'll give you free needles and drugs and people to hang out with and the best part is, the government approved it, so you won't even get in trouble for having drugs...

Child: REALLY...

Mom: Really...

Child: I can't wait to start living my dream mommy...

Mom: Well you don't have to, remember....

Child: You mean...

Mom: That's right, all we need to do is get in a fight about eating your veggies and you'll be on your way to living that dream...

Child: Okay, I'M NOT GONNA EAT MY VEGGIES AND I DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW YOUR RULES ANYMORE MOMMY, I'M LEAVING...like that mommy...

Mom: Perfect, then I say, go ahead and see if I care, you'll be begging me to come back...

Child: No I won't because you're gonna make me eat my veggies and tell me drugs are bad for me...

Mom: Now you're gonna want to stomp around and slam the door when you leave to make it feel official, theatrics are great for these types of situations...

Child: stomp stomp stomp, SLAM!...

Mom: Honey, you almost forgot your Participation Trophy...

Child: Oh, thanks mommy, I'm sure that will come in real handy...

Mom: Okay, now get out of here and start making me feel ashamed of myself...

Child: Okay mom, thanks...

Mom: You'll be back, you'll see...

Child: No I won't...

Mom: :-)

Child: :-)

Here's an Idea...

Pallets...

 

This is typically what happen to pallets, they just get piled up somewhere in a landfill, or they get burned...

Is pallet wood safe to burn?

"You can check its moisture content with a moisture meter. pallets. Generally, pallets are safe to burn in fireplaces, although those that are treated with the fumigant methyl bromide (labeled with the initials MB) are unsafe to burn. Also, pallets may have been exposed to a variety of chemicals while they were in use."

 

However, it doesn't matter because people will still burn them regardless of chemicals because nothing spells bonfire like Pallet...

 

Aside from all that, there is another problem with pallets that this picture represents, without even knowing...storage...

 

Warehouses are full of their own product without the headache of finding space to stack the pallets, but what if there was a better solution...

 

What we see...is a pallet that is collapsible and NOT made of wood...

 

Pallets fall apart too easy, anyone that has worked with wood knows that screwing into them holds the wood together better than a smooth nail that over time the wood slips off of...

 

The other problem with Pallets is that they have different weights to them depending on moisture and sometimes the age of a pallet...

 

Sure, parcel companies love heavy pallets because it adds dollars to the bottom line when companies have to use them to ship product...

 

Shipping is hands down the most expensive expenditure that a business has to deal with, and customers always complain about...

 

Customers want products yesterday, but don't think they should have to pay a higher price due to the fact that they bought the product from you...

 

Some companies provide free shipping for customers which has changed the dynamics for other/smaller businesses that can't afford free shipping due to one reason or another...

 

It would also be nice to have a pallet that you can count on the same weight everytime, and not be paying for something you don't have too, which nobody likes to do...

 

We also see sliders built into to the sides of the pallets themselves, so when you stack them together, they are easily accessible and they balance better when stacked...

 

The material to use is some kind of carbonate, high strength, but light weight...

 

These pallets would also last longer which saves costs on replacing pallets which cost about 10 dollars a pallet, minimum...

 

It would also prevent the obvious landfill fillup, and the prevention of people of exposing chemically treated wood into the air by burning them...

 

The collapsing process we see looks kind of like an accordion where the ends come together...

 

Well, as they say...it's just an idea...and that's a fact!

5hVnz song of the Month...

 

Bobby Darin simple song of freedom...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFfu8kGcjYE

 

Don't confuse kindness with weakness, because one thing you can bet on, if you come a knockin' we're gonna start rockin'...and that's a fact!

The Failed Business Model...

Over the years we have been noticing a trend in business and with that trend a story seems to follow that goes like this, we just aren't making any money any more...

 

"Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another." O.S.

 

What's sad about that statement is that it takes a generation to go by before you'll ever recognize it or understand its meaning and by then you'll ask, what was it all for anyway...

 

Well it's simple really, "Rob Peter To Pay Paul" Rob means to NOT PAY Peter in order to pay Paul, thus meaning, robbing another person of payment...

 

It doesn't matter what city you go to, a large one or a small one, the business practices are all the same, the only difference is will be the amount of foot traffic that passes by that establishment every day...

 

Just like in a small city it's the same in the big city, there's just a handful of companies that are really making money in the town, while the rest are making money for the town...

 

The dreamers really, believing in the old theory, an honest day's work, for an honest day's wage, only to discover, it was only a theory...

 

Theory does have the ability to become reality, it just depends on which direction you take, and which outcome you are willing to accept...

 

The biggest failure we see in businesses is that they aren't open on the weekend, considering that most people work during the week and their only days off are the weekend, doesn't make sense to us that you wouldn't be open for business on the weekend...

 

The other biggest failure we see in businesses is that they open too late in the morning, some at 9:00 and some at 10:00, when these businesses should be opening at 7:00...

 

The other biggest failure we see in business is that they close too early, some close at 5:00 when most people are getting off of work...

 

A good example of this is a fishing and boating store we saw that opened at 10:00 and closed at 5:00 and was complaining about how business has been bad...

 

Another example of this is an Automotive repair shop that closes on the weekend...

 

Let us explain: Who's ever heard of a fisherman waking up at 10:00 to start fishing and who has time during the work week to get their oil changed and yet these people are baffled at why they can't make any money...

 

Which takes us to the service industry or more commonly known as the technicians or mechanics...

 

You will never feel more intimidated, nervous or even scared as you will be when you are face to face with the service department...

 

MEAN PEOPLE SUCK!

 

This is truly why we have seen such a rapid decline in service related industries, which in turn has given birth to the disposable world we live in today...

 

Most people today would rather replace than repair due to the insufferable mannerisms, the extreme costs of repair or the inability to get an appointment that works with your schedule...

 

In order to grow your business, you'll need to keep separation from the back of house and the front of house...

 

Allow a service manager to be the liaison between the sales department and the service personnel, and sometimes they'll need to interact with the Customers to help explain a procedure that was performed, but once explained remove the element so the sales can do their job by selling more services...

 

A good service technician will help sales with this transition by concluding with a statement of a follow up visit, that will help sales by bringing you back...

 

A restaurant is a perfect example of this system and has worked successfully for years, the cooks stay in the back, the servers stay up front and the Managers maintain stability between the two...

 

cannedrebuttal: sure, the Chef sometimes comes out and visits the guests, but they are on a short leash, because as you have seen, they have short tempers when they hear criticisms about their food... 

 

In order to stay open from 7-7, 7 days a week, you'll need to split up the shifts and will also need to allow people to work different shifts if they want, this way you break up the monotony...

 

cannedrebuttal: obviously 24/7 operations are not included in this model.

 

You'll also be able to hire more people and be able to pay them more money because you'll be offering more hours for people to shop which in turn brings in more money for the business...

You'll be able to hire full and part time positions for your business to accommodate all sorts of schedules...

Oh, and you're going to have to stop standing around waiting for someone to come in the door to make money, you'll need to get online...

By getting online you'll be able to telecommute your company and will be able to hire people that have to stay at home, like people with disabilities, stay at home parents and seniors...

 

Plus, when you close your doors for the night, don't put up the sign, sorry we missed you, rather you should put up the sign, See you online... 

 

Unfortunately, Amazon is the only game in town in order to get online, because everybody knows about Amazon, but that can change, and needs to change FAST!!!

 

We're sure you've heard of the saying, don't put all your eggs in one basket, well this saying is not a theory, this one is reality...

 

Amazon doesn't give a shit about you, all they want is your vendors and your land so they can expand...

 

If Amazon really cared about you, they wouldn't be using the Amazon Banner to sell your products...

 

Plus, Amazon takes out the personal connection you have with your customers and the knowledge of the product they are purchasing...

 

Your customer is talking to an employee that is constructed from the sum of all parts, but lacks any significance to your business...

 

However, Amazon has shown you as bluntly as possible that CO-OP for business is the model that works in order to get your business to succeed...

 

You're trying to improve your bottom line, so by paying Amazon a fee for selling your products is counterintuitive to your profit margin, but by Co-opping your businesses improves your buying power by saving and making you more money than Amazon ever will...

 

Just like we mentioned before the only way Washington was going to make their liquor stores work is if they CO-OP their business to offset the 30% of taxes the Government is taking from them...

 

argumentative: What about Marijuana...that's easy, limited supply and a HUMUNGOUS Demand...

 

Supply and Demand, it's as simple as that, as long as you can supply what the masses want, their demand will stay constant, that is as long as your supply stays relevant...

 

You'll have to give more responsibility to your employees, this way they feel needed and will provide more of their services for you, which in turn will gain you the most valuable and trusted resource you can have...

 

You'll also have to extend the lunch hour back to an hour instead of the current half-hour model...

 

When did this happen? Half Hour lunch hours are what's hurting the restaurants, not the millennials...

 

We read an article that the Millennials are ruining the casual dining experience, but that is not at all true...

 

Unhealthy choices to choose from and half-hour lunches are to blame for the fast food and casual dining restaurants decline in sales...

 

Having a half-hour to eat lunch doesn't give people enough time to heat their food because they're always waiting for a microwave...

 

Having a half-hour to eat lunch doesn't give people enough time to go get food at a restaurant, because by the time you get to restaurant and order you'll be 15 minutes in and that only gives you 15 minutes left to get back to work so you find yourselves eating in the car and we know what that leads to...distracted driving...

 

Having a half-hour lunch restricts you from taking care of the little things that everyone needs to take care of during the week because everyone is closed on the weekend...

 

Like, picking up your clothes from the cleaners, or renewing your tabs, or picking up a prescription and on and on...

 

To help increase sales in restaurants, small businesses and the sort by bringing back the Hour Lunch... 

 

Plus hour lunches are good for personal meetings with employees or potential customers...

 

Of course golfing is the best place to have meetings with employees and potential customers, but a round of golf takes a little longer than an hour ;-)...

 

There are other factors that are ruining the business model of today, but we'll save that for another post, for now, let's start simple, you know...kis, Keep it Simple...