Smoking with kids in vehicles....
I think all people who are dumb enough to smoke in cars while their kids are with them should be chained to poles inside transparent boxes that are hooked up to diesel generators that are expelling the exhaust into them. Perhaps with a gap between the top and sides of the box just like a window cracked in the car to let out the fumes…because that makes all the difference right? Yeah. If I smoke and crack the window, these second hand smoke fumes won’t harm my kids AT ALL. In an age where information is EVERYWHERE how can people be so cruel to kids. Isn’t there a law where it would prohibit smokers to seize this activity when kids are present in a car? You can’t smoke on federal property, or even at most places of employment, but you can force a child to breathe this toxic cloud in a car?!
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This Fourth of July holiday weekend I am going to try out something I read about a few months ago. I’ll post the full details early next week. Hope it’s a hot weekend! matthew Z
**UPDATE** Okay, there are three (3) things one must do to be successful in any business venture one enters into. First you need time. Without time, you might as well just give money away. With that said, this is the first reason why my experiment failed. I didn’t want to take away time from spending it with my family this weekend so I never even went to the store to buy the bottles of water to which I would have sold for $1.00/each. But on a lighter side of it, I had a blast! We did so many things. Biked at the rail trail, had backyard barbeques, saw fireworks 3 nights in a row, went to a carnival, and just plain ole had a good time.
Next you need money. This I had, but instead of spending it on this lucrutive business idea, I decided to take the family to the carnival and ride rides and eat overpriced, but extremely rewarding, elephant ears with cinnamon and sugar toppings. What a fun day we had!
The last thing I think any venture needs is luck. Whether it’s in the form of timing, networking, or in my case the weather, I did not have this going. The first day I wanted to sell water it was a balmy 59 degrees out. To sell water, one must think higher temperatures help. It does. This coupled with the “Time” issue stated above helped me to not sell anything the first day. Day two (2) was similar but a bit warmer at 65 degrees. Still not the “luck” I needed to help motivate me. Hence, no sales for day 2. Day three (3) was exactly what I needed. Sunny. 80. And a perfect day to sit in the backyard with the family and enjoy the day. The weather inspired us to go to the carnival and what a fun time we had!!! I’m pretty sure that I could have made a fortune on the 4th, but perhaps next year all things will align better and I can make some cash.
Outcome: great weekend spent with the family. You can’t put a value on it! Maybe my next experiment will be how to make money while doing nothing but spending time with the ones you love. Anyone know how to do this??? Well, until anon…matthew Z
a-hole parking
Recently I went to a medical office building to assist a friend with some computer trouble. Upon entering the parking lot that was already had too few parking spaces for the amount of cars that were looking for spaces, I came across a real A-Hole. You know him, I know him, we ALL know this guy. He’s the one that takes up numerous parking spaces so no one will even think about parking close enough to…oh let’s say, maybe touch it…or even worse leave a door ding. Why even buy a truck if you are afraid if it is touched. Defeats the purpose of having a truck. Dirt, mud, hills, trails, scratches are nowhere in the vicinity of their vocabularies. I bet this douche even had a man-bag, a.k.a. a man purse. For the love of GOD people, don’t be so superficial…it’s a TRUCK! Park like a man. Be brave. Get a pair. And maybe you should think of getting a Toyota Prius. matthew Z
