Posted on August 25, 2008, 7:10 am, by GrandpaRichard, under
News.
A B.C. woman received the bill for her divorce. She was not happy about it and took her lawyer to court. The legal bill for the initial lawsuit and appeal included $833,400 for legal fees and $185,061 for taxes and disbursements such as preparing transcripts and documents for submission to court. That is just a [...]
Posted on August 24, 2008, 10:58 pm, by GrandpaRichard, under
Observation.
Do people in grocery stores know how to drive? I went grocery shopping today and I was appalled at how careless people are with their carts. (I usually go in off hours when I know the traffic will be light) But I was a nice polite guy and merely said excuse me, except to that [...]
Posted on August 24, 2008, 10:55 pm, by GrandpaRichard, under
Observation.
Just like Micro$oft!! I met a couple of guys at a Starbucks yesterday. I don’t drink coffee so had a juice and a muffin. Over $6. On the way home I had to stop at Yorkdale Mall to rent a suit for a wedding. While there I had a lunch special (complete with ice tea) [...]
Posted on August 24, 2008, 10:52 pm, by GrandpaRichard, under
Observation.
A while back my “almost” son-in-law (2 weeks to go!) showed me that I have voice memo capability on my cell phone. Neat! I recorded 5 memos today. I even remembered to listen to them when I got home!
Posted on August 22, 2008, 10:22 pm, by GrandpaRichard, under
Humour.
I will probably never understand women. How you can take boiling hot wax, pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root, and still be afraid of a spider.
Posted on August 22, 2008, 8:32 pm, by GrandpaRichard, under
Musings.
I do some of my own custom internet website programming using a language called php. I have also used outsourcing to do small custom bits of programming when I think it will take me too long to figure something out. I had a PHD physicist do some work for me for $17 that probably would [...]
Posted on August 13, 2008, 9:27 pm, by GrandpaRichard, under
Advice.
I stuck my head out and said I probably spend less on food than many poor people, and eat better. Here is an example of a shopping trip I took after work today. package of salad = 3.49 less 1.00 coupon (it was almost expired) = 2.49 cucumber = 0.79 3 small tomatoes = 1.23 [...]