Another morning watching the seals in the surf. The past few days has been birthing season. And, in full swing. Seeing a large group of sea gulls squawking in the surf next to the seals was quite a sight. And then I realized why. A baby had just been born. The after birth was being … More February 23, 2012
Had fun yesterday meeting a family that is home schooling their two kids, has a decent income and has fun being together. Congratulations to them also on their new Smart Car. Remember, if you are in sales, the most overlooked part of the sales event is sincerely asking for the sale/order.
Imagine someone coming and telling your grandparents (or earlier), that they were going to bring your outhouse in the house and stick it in your closet. Now imagine someone coming to you and announcing they were going to move your toilet and bath out side 30 yards away! Do you get my point? ChangesTheBook has … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 40 The Final Chapter
Change in general is such an interesting thing. There is no such thing as stagnant. Everything is always changing. Nothing is constant. Yet, sometimes it seems like there is absolutely no movement. Someone once said (they must have), there is nothing that is changing that is remaining the same. Or something like that. We are … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 39
Sayings!!!!!!!!! This is an interlude chapter. I have thought about adding saying for some time. So here are some: Sayings (some long gone, and some almost forgotten, and in no particular order): Heavens to mergatroid! (no idea what a mergatroid is. However, in a particular upbeat moment, this one can be a real under liner!) … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 38
As I come to the end of this book/blog, I thought I would conclude with a couple of chapters about thoughts. Some of my friends have sent me interesting things over the last year. I have decided to add them to the Changes Book…. You could hardly see for all the snow, Spread the rabbit … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 37
This was one of the most interesting things that has disappeared in the face of retail. S&H Green Stamps. Course there were others, but the idea was similar today to a loyalty card, but given by most merchants with the idea of repeat business. As a kid, my Mom, who had collected the stamps, would … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 36
One of my favorite machines was a game machine called pin ball. I am not sure when I first discovered pin ball, but when I did, I was instantly hooked for life. (I still own one of the early ones). In my memory, you got three plays for a dime, and five balls to a … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 35
The pay phone had a little box built in for the Coin change to fall in and for AT&T Bell to send their guys around and collect. They were not private then. There was only one phone company, for the whole country and there was no competition. You would dial the number, using a rotary … More ChangesTheBook Chapter 34
Hey lets go back to vending machines. I am sure that they were invented long before my childhood, but they were around sparsely then. When you found them, they were really cool things. Remember we talked about the soda machine? The one for a nickel. Well lets count some of the others. Besides soda, there … More ChangestheBook Chapter 33
Phil Brewer's Blog 