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 Good with
Coffee...
December
5, 2009
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It's called Christmas with a capital
C...
If
you haven't heard it yet, click our Merry
Christmas image above. This is a timely
song regardless of your religeous beliefs or
non-beliefs. I think most will enjoy
it.
Check
back in mid-December for our Christmas page. I
will announce it here with a
link.
I look
forward to your comments, questions and
suggestions.
Take
care,
Joanne
Your
San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate Broker... and coffee
lover.
California Department of Real Estate
Brokers License Number:
00822285
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You heard it here...
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The look of unemployement ~
Thanks to Mr. Jim Knudsen
This is an
eye opener. Click play and be
shocked.
http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html
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Climate Conference ~
Thanks to Mr. Jim Knudsen
In
anticipation of the upcoming U.N. Climate Conference in
Copenhagen, I prepared an editorial, "Climate
Challenges," outlining my concerns that this conference
poses to our nation's sovereignty. American
Thinker ran it this morning and I invite you to
read it at: www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/climate_challenges.html
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Cleaning for a
reason ~ Thanks to Ms. Madeline
Briseno
If you
know any woman currently undergoing Chemo, please pass
the word to her that there is a cleaning service
that provides FREE
housecleaning - 1 time per month for 4 months while
she is in treatment.
All she has to do is
sign up and have her doctor fax a note confirming the
treatment. Cleaning for a Reason will have a
participating maid service in her zip code area arrange
for the service. http://www.cleaningforareason.org
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Allergies ~ Thanks to Mr. Richard
DeBiaso
Try This
Laundry Trick for Allergy Relief.
You may be able to
turn your allergy symptoms down a notch by turning up
the heat. Yep, set your washer temp on "hot." And
the rinse cycle on "extra." Studies show these settings
remove way more symptom-provoking dust mites, dog
dander, and tree pollen from laundry than cold-water,
single-rinse cycles.
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No Incumbents in 2010 ~
Thanks to Mr. Jim Knudsen
Your
U.S. House & Senate have voted themselves $4,700 and
$5,300 raises for 2009.
1. They
voted to not give you a S.S. cost of
living raise in 2010 and 2011.
2. Your
Medicaid premiums will go up $285.60 for the 2-years and
you will not get the 3% COLA: $660/yr. Your total
2-yr loss and cost is $1,600 or $3,200 for husband and
wife.
3. Over
2-yrs each of them will get $10,000!
4. Do you
feel SCREWED?
5. Will
they have your cost of drugs - doctor fees - local taxes
- food, etc., increase? NO WAY . They have a raise
and better benefits. Why care about you? You never did
anything about it in the past. You obviously are too
stupid or don't care.
6. Do you
really think that Nancy, Harry, Chris, Charlie, Barney,
et al, care about you?
IN 2010 YOU
WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET RID OF THE SITTING
CONGRESS: Up to 1/3 OF THE SENATE, AND 100%
OF THE HOUSE.
MAKE SURE
YOU'RE STILL MAD IN NOVEMBER 2010 AND REMIND THEIR
REPLACEMENTS NOT TO SCREW UP.
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A peek inside the budget talks ~ Thanks
to Mr. Jim Knudsen
House Minority
Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, pictured
standing, far right, speaks while colleagues Rep.
Barbara Lambert, D-Milford and Rep. Jack F.
Hennessy, D-Bridgeport, play solitaire Monday night as
the House convened to vote on a new budget.
(AP)
The guy sitting in the row in
front of these two... he's on Facebook. The
guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores,
and the guy to the right is checking emails.
These are the folks that are
supposed to be working on and listening to the budget
talks? These are the ones who will eventually
decide on our healthcare? Seriously!
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People
of
inspiration... |
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A salute to our military ~ Thanks
to Mr. Jim Ward
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Green
Tips... |
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Stop junk mail
You can put a stop to receiving your
predecessor’s mail and save a lot of trees in one
stroke. The service is free, so sign up.
Visit http://www.ecologicalmail.org/
or
call (800) 620-3975.
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A chuckle or two or even a
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Last rites ~
Thanks to Ms. Barbara Jones
A bus
on a busy street struck a Catholic man. He was
lying near death on the sidewalk as a crowd
gathered.
"A priest. Somebody get me a priest!" the man
gasped.
Long seconds dragged on but no one stepped out of the
crowd.
A policeman checked the crowd and finally yelled, "A
PRIEST, PLEASE! Isn't there a priest in this crowd
to give this man his last rites?"
Finally, out of the crowd stepped a little old Jewish
man in his 80s.
"Mr. Policeman," said the man, "I'm not a
priest. I'm not even a Christian. But for 50
years now, I'm living behind the Catholic Church
on Second Avenue, and every night I'm overhearing
their services. I can recall a lot of it, and
maybe I can be of some comfort to this poor
man."
The policeman agreed, and cleared the crowd so the
man could get through to where the injured man lay.
The old Jewish man knelt down, leaned over the man
and said in a solemn voice: B-4 ... I-19 ... N-38
... G-54 ... O-72
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Undies ~
Thanks to Ms. Nancy Grenard
Little Susie
goes home from school and tells her mum that the boys
keep asking her to do cartwheels because she's very good
at them.
Mum said: "YOU
should say NO, They only want to look at your
undies."
Susie said: "I
know they do, that's why I hide them in my
backpack!"
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Snow humor ~ Thanks to Mr. Jim
Knudsen
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Washington DC
Nativity ~ Thanks to Mr. Jim
Knudsen
The Supreme Court has ruled their will be
no Nativity scene this year in the nation’s
capital. The ruling was not based on any
religious principle, however.
The problem stems from the inability of Nativity
organizers to locate three wise men anywhere in
the city. The search for a virgin continues.
On the bright side there has been no problem
finding enough donkeys to fill
the stable.
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Waking up is hard to do ~ Thanks
to Ms. Leslie Woodbury
You've got to see this. Remember this the next time you are
on the table about to be out for
surgery. These very talented singers are all
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) in
Minnesota , and they can really sing. Turn up
the volume and get ready to smile.
:-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrjcLJ2IE0&feature=related
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrjcLJ2IE0&feature=related>
They even
have a web site, click
here.
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Dead duck ~ Thanks to Ms. Juanita
Whiteside
A woman brought
a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid
her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope
and listened to the bird's chest. After a
moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said;
"I'm sorry, your duck (Cuddles) has passed
away."
The distressed
woman wailed; "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure.
The duck is dead." replied the vet.
"How can you
be so sure?" she protested. "I mean you haven't
done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in
a coma or something."
The vet rolled his eyes,
turned around, and left the room. He returned
a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As
the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood
on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination
table, and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then
looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his
head. The vet patted the dog on the head and took
it out of the room.
A few minutes
later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the
table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to
foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head,
meowed softly, and strolled out of the room.
The
vet looked at the woman and said; "I'm sorry, but as I
said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a
dead duck." The vet turned to his computer
terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he
handed to the woman.
The duck's owner,
still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried;
"$150 just to tell me my duck is dead?"
The vet
shrugged; "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my
word for it, the bill would have been $20, but... with
the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now
$150.
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Best Decorated House
Contest ~ Thanks to Ms. Claudia
Norman
Once again, I was disqualified from my neighborhoods
"Best Decorated House" contest due to my bad
attitude!
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You Can't fix stupid!
~ Thanks to Mr. Jim
Knudsen
A man was
driving when he saw the flash of a traffic camera.
He figured
that his picture had been taken for exceeding the limit,
even though he knew that he was not speeding. Just to be
sure,he went around the block and passed the same spot,
driving even more slowly, but again the camera
flashed.
Now he began to
think that this was quite funny, so he drove even slower
as he passed the area again, but the traffic camera
again flashed. He tried a fourth time with the
same result. He did this a fifth time and was now
laughing when the camera flashed as he rolled past, this
time at a snail's pace.
Two weeks
later, he got five tickets in the mail for driving
without a seat belt.
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Worth a thousand
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Mona Lisa Artwork ~ Thanks to Mr. Jim
Knudsen
Artist assistants stand next to 3,604
cups of coffee which have been made into a
giant Mona Lisa in Sydney, Australia .
The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled
with different amounts of milk to create the different
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Before we say so
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Before you go,
remember your comments, suggestions, and
contributions are welcome. When you come across
something funny or informative and in good taste,
please send it along. I would love to include
it with your name and
our thanks.
Be sure to tell
your friends about Coffee Break. And if you have
time, explore the other sections of our web
site.
I leave you to
ponder these words a good
friend shared with me:
"The happiest of people don't necessarily
have the best of everything;
they just make the best
of everything that comes along their way."
Carry that
thought with you as you tackle the rest of your
week.
For information
on buying or selling in the bay area,
please call me at 510-429-4800 or send me a
note on the form.
~ Joanne
Joanne L. Gardiner, Broker, e-PRO
Realtor
Advantage Realty
3205
Whipple Road - Union City, California
94587
(510)
429-4800
San Francisco Bay Area
San
Francisco East Bay Real Estate
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