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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 6/18/2005 1:47:16 AM
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TomS
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Kevin,
you stole my words and thanks cause I did not have to waste my time typing them.
The meaningless posts are always negative it seems but it is hard to tell with just 3, however, who is the elusive Hal Scott? and what and where does he work and come from and why doesn't he just post his resume for all to see his amazing track record for the past 30 years and we all can compare ours to his.
Good post both Kevin and John
Lets just keep working and helping people and I think we will be o.k.
Have you heard any update on Jim?
TomS
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 6/22/2005 8:25:20 AM
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Ben Stein's last column For many years Ben Stein has written a biweekly column called "Monday Night At Morton's." (Morton's is a famous chain of Steakhouses known to be frequented by movie stars and famous people from around the globe.) Now, Ben is terminating the column to move on to other things in his life. Reading his final column is worth a few minutes of your time:============================================
How Can Someone Who Lives in Insane Luxury Be a Star in Today's World? As I begin to write this, I "slug" it, as we writers say, which means I put a heading on top of the document to identify it. This heading is "eonline FINAL," and it gives me a shiver to write it. I have been doing this column for so long that I cannot even recall when I started. I loved writing this column so much for so long I came to believe it would never end. It worked well for a long time, but gradually, my changing as a person and the world's change have overtaken it.On a small scale, Morton's, while better than ever, no longer attracts as many stars as it used to. It still brings in the rich people in droves and definitely some stars. I saw Samuel L. Jackson there a few days ago, and we had a nice visit, and right before that, I saw and had a splendid talk with Warren Beatty in an elevator, in which we agreed that Splendor in the Grass was a super movie. But Morton's is not the star galaxy it once was, though it probably will be again. Beyond that, a bigger change has happened. I no longer think Hollywood stars are terribly important. They are uniformly pleasant, friendly people, and they treat me better than I deserve to be treated. But a man or woman who makes a huge wage for memorizing lines and reciting them in front of a camera is no longer my idea of a shining star we should all look up to. How can a man or woman who makes an eight-figure wage and lives in insane luxury really be a star in today's world, if by a "star" we mean someone bright and powerful and attractive as a role model? Real stars are not riding around in the backs of limousines or in Porsches or getting trained in yoga or Pilates and eating only raw fruit while they have Vietnamese girls do their nails. They can be interesting, nice people, but they are not heroes to me any longer.A real star is the soldier of the 4th Infantry Division who poked his head into a hole on a farm near Tikrit, Iraq. He could have been met by a bomb or a hail of AK-47 bullets. Instead, he faced an abject Saddam Hussein and the gratitude of all of the decent people of the world. A real star is the U.S. soldier who was sent to disarm a bomb next to a road north of Baghdad.. He approached it, and the bomb went off and killed him. A real star, the kind who haunts my memory night and day, is the U.S. soldier in Baghdad who saw a little girl playing with a piece of unexploded ordnance on a street near where he was guarding a station. He pushed her aside and threw himself on it just as it exploded. He left a family desolate in California and a little girl alive in Baghdad.The stars who deserve media attention are not the ones who have lavish weddings on TV but the ones who patrol the streets of Mosul even after two of their buddies were murdered and their bodies battered and stripped for the sin of trying to protect Iraqis from terrorists. We put couples with incomes of $100 million a year on the covers of our magazines. The noncoms and officers who barely scrape by on military pay but stand on guard in Afghanistan and Iraq and on ships and in submarines and near the Arctic Circle are anonymous as they live and die. I am no longer comfortable being a part of the system that has such poor values, and I do not want to perpetuate those values by pretending that who is eating at Morton's is a big subject. There are plenty of other stars in the American firmament...the policemen and women who go off on patrol in South Central and have no idea if they will return alive; the orderlies and paramedics who bring in people who have been in terrible accidents and prepare them for surgery; the teachers and nurses who throw their whole spirits into caring for autistic children; the kind men and women who work in hospices and in cancer wards. Think of each and every fireman who was running up the stairs at the World Trade Center as the towers began to collapse. Now you have my idea of a real hero. I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters. This is my highest and best use as a human. I can put it another way. Years ago, I realized I could never be as great an actor as Olivier or as good a comic as Steve Martin...or Martin Mull or Fred Willard--or as good an economist as Samuelson or Friedman or as good a writer as Fitzgerald. Or even remotely close to any of them. But I could be a devoted father to my son, husband to my wife and, above all, a good son to the parents who had done so much for me. This came to be my main task in life. I did it moderately well with my son, pretty well with my wife and well indeed with my parents (with my sister's help). I cared for and paid attention to them in their declining years. I stayed with my father as he got sick, went into extremis and then into a coma and then entered immortality with my sister and me reading him the Psalms.This was the only point at which my life touched the lives of the soldiers in Iraq or the firefighters in New York. I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty, in return for the lavish life God has devolved upon me, to help others He has placed in my path. This is my highest and best use as a human. Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. By Ben Stein Also: We truly take a lot for granted. Forget the Hollywood "stars" and the sports "heroes"...
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 6/22/2005 11:33:33 PM
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Thank you for sharing this with all of us. Perhaps some of the arrogant and moronic posts will cease and desist after some have read this. I wish there were only room in this world for those that care and work to help others, as all of us do in this adjusting profession. I don't consider us all as heroes, but I do consider all of us as caring people who sacrifice to help those in need of our profession. Most of the general public do not understand the trials and tribulations that an adjuster goes through in his daily life and the family sacrifices we make.
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 6/22/2005 11:49:22 PM
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Tom, as I prepare to go into the hospital in just over 5 hours for heart surgery tomorrow morning, I would like to leave with you and share a favorite poem of mine which has a message well worth meditation. I hope it brings as much meaning to your life as it has to mine.
The poem is entitled Ithaka and was written by the Greek poet, C.P. Cavafy.
As you set out for Ithaka
hope your journey is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
angry Poseidon-don't be afraid of them:
you'll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
wild Poseidon-you won't encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you.
Hope your journey is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you enter harbors you're seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind-
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to learn and go on learning from their scholars.
Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you're destined for.
But don't hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you're old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you've gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaka won't have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you'll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 6/24/2005 9:09:23 AM
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Thanks Jim. I understand you made it through the surgery successfully which thrills Janice and I to no end. I have COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, which affects my breathing, thankfully not to the point that I cannot do the work I love. Now is the time for both of us, and all the readers that smoke, to quit. My lungs have gone through hell all my life with farm chemicals, (while on the farm and investigating agricultural aviation losses), asbestos, mold, and all the **** in our air. I too have had postive results from medications which allow me to live a full life. Adjusting is a risky, stressful occupation. You must love it to stay with it.
The key that insures your success in any endeavor, is desire.
If you are willing to pay the price,
even your circumstances will change.
If you want something badly enough,
you are sure to get it.
Reality forms around the commitments you make.
Your desires will in time externalize themselves into concrete facts.
Obstacles don't matter very much.
Pain or other circumstances can be there.
But if you want to do something bad enough,
you'll find a way to get it done.
You only have to love a thing greatly to get it.
Take one day at a time and live it to its fullest extent.
< Message edited by Tom_Toll -- 6/24/2005 9:20:13 AM >
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 6/27/2005 9:40:41 PM
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Tom_Toll
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Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 6/29/2005 7:21:50 PM
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Tom_Toll
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"Let a person radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life."
Quote of James Allen
Think about this statement. Is it not true. We all get wrapped up in this business of thinking how much money we want to make. I have always said to work hard and diligently and the end result will always be a good income. If we concern ourselves with just how much money we want to make, we forget that we are serving vendors, insurance companies and most of all, a named insured who has a serious problem. Work smart. Get organized, learn your estimating system and most of all, learn what your vendor and who they represent want, and learn it.
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 6/29/2005 10:08:30 PM
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JimF
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Tom, I smoked the last cigarette I will ever smoke in my lifetime just outside the hospital entrance when/where I was checking in for the bypass surgery last Thursday. I made a promise to myself that I would NEVER even pick up nor touch another cigarette after that last one, and I intend to keep that promise.
Now Tom, you and I both knew better and were smart enough to know that smoking was and would continue to destroy our health. I am not telling you anything that you don't already know. So if for no other reason, I challenge you Tom to QUIT. Once and FOREVER. It is never too late. There are more people here who care about you and your future Tom, than you can ever know, so please QUIT for all those who care, as well as yourself and Janice! Stop making excuses or putting it off one more day. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. What YOU choose to do with it is up to you.
Have you ever set down Tom and calculated how much money you let go up in smoke if you have been smoking for 30 or more years? With interest on the money spent taken into consideration, the sad fact would remain that we both wasted a couple of years worth of income over such a disgusting dirty habit which can be more powerful than our own willpower. It saddens me no end that it took me so long to see the light, and I pray and I will continue to pray that you and other adjusters here will come to see that same light. I say out of my love and affection for you and all other adjuster who are risking their health while sending a great fortune up in smoke.
I also intend to spend the rest of my life needling, haranguing, pestering and otherwise trying to convince everyone that I love and care about, to please give up smoking. It really is a matter of life and death, and wise adjusters are those who are neither tempted in the first place to bow to such a horrible disgusting habit or to recognize that the greatest gift they can give to their friends and families who love them, is to stop smoking in order to live. So if you're an adjuster who smokes, you are not going to enjoy working with me or around me on future storms, unless you have the good sense to quit. You may not like my message, but I promise you it will save your life.
Thanks again to everyone for your kind words of support, concern and sharing, and simply know that your words and actions have contributed ever so greatly to what has been such a marvelous recovery for me.
I am now resting at home on my farm outside of Greensboro with two very wonderful Golden Retrievers who are happy to have Dad home, and as they say, there is no place like home. The doctors tell me that a full and complete recovery to include a return to all previous physical activity is a 12 week process. I will be starting in a formal rehab program in about two weeks.
I cannot say enough for the health care providers who attended me, nor to the excellent state of quality medicine which is being practiced in America today. And with so much reasearch being done, new drugs and medical technologies are coming down the pike with such frequency and rapidity, that lives are being saved today that only a few years ago would have been lost to the defeat of a disease or disorder. The future holds even greater promise.
Peace and good will to each and every one of you. And may God Bless!
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 6/30/2005 10:26:10 AM
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Jim and all smokers I will be a little kinder. A good time to stop is when you are in the hospital for your first bypass. You are knocked out for five or six days and these days are the hardest. Yes you can still go in a smoking bar for a cool one and not light up. Try a patch or hypnosis.
PS: The best time to stop is before the goodest time!
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 6/30/2005 7:06:58 PM
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Tom_Toll
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Jim, this forum is for attutude and knowledge, however, what we speak of falls into that guise. I set a date to quit, that being July 4, 2005. I want to quit with a bang, (pun intended). I started smoking when I was 15 years of age, quit twice for a total of 3 years, so I have been ****ing tar and nicotine for about 42 years. I have had other lung problems beside smoking, but that is the biggest culprit. Two blood clots damaged the lung, as did hydrochloric acid on a hazmat claim I worked years ago.
Phillip Morse has plans laid out for people to quit and I am following one of their plans. Your going to experience anxiety, as I will, and a small weight gain, but that can be controlled. I wish you luck and me as well. I, and all who smoke should seriously get it under control. We must protect our most valuable asset, ourselves.
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 7/24/2005 1:10:15 PM
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~An Ode toAmerica~
Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs. Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart.
Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, and the secret services that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about. The Americans volunteered to donate blood and
to give a helping hand.
After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing.
On every occasion, they started singing their traditional song: "God Bless America!" I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or thousands of people.
How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone
call, millions and millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.
What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their galloping history? Their economic Power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace.
I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.
Cornel Nistorescu
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 7/25/2005 1:13:53 AM
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JGardner
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The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 8/19/2005 9:39:20 AM
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Here are 26 quick tips for living an inspired life.
Ask for what you want.
Be who you say you are.
Care about others.
Dare to live your dreams.
Ease through the day.
Find the best fit.
Give to another.
Hug a friend.
Inspire someone to greatness.
Jump over a boundary.
Kick a bad habit.
Leap across a fear.
Mention something uplifting.
Never say never.
Open your mind and heart.
Pursue your innermost passions.
Quit complaining.
Restore your smile.
Set your sights high.
Trust yourself.
Use all the day.
Value everything.
Wait until it feels right.
Xpress yourself.
Yank weeds from your mental garden.
Zoom into the now.
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 8/19/2005 10:13:50 PM
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JGardner
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There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 8/20/2005 10:47:44 PM
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Tom_Toll
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I suggest you watch this. Very well done.
http://www.TheDreamMovie.com
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 9/4/2005 10:31:34 PM
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JGardner
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Better to die trying than it is to live and not try. Carpe diem.
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 9/6/2005 10:17:32 PM
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DON'T LET YOUR WORRIES GET THE BEST OF YOU, REMEMBER, MOSES STARTED OUT
AS A BASKET CASE.
IT IS EASIER TO PREACH TEN SERMONS THAN IT IS TO LIVE ONE.
THE GOOD LORD DIDN'T CREATE ANYTHING WITHOUT A PURPOSE, BUT MOSQUITOES
COME CLOSE.
PEOPLE ARE FUNNY, THEY WANT THE FRONT OF THE BUS, THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROAD, AND THE BACK OF THE CHURCH.
OPPORTUNITY MAY KNOCK ONCE, BUT TEMPTATION BANGS ON YOUR FRONT DOOR
FOREVER.
QUIT GRIPING ABOUT YOUR CHURCH; IF IT WAS PERFECT, YOU COULDN'T BELONG.
IF THE CHURCH WANTS A BETTER PASTOR, IT ONLY NEEDS TO PRAY FOR THE ONE
IT HAS.
GOD HIMSELF DOES NOT PROPOSE TO JUDGE A MAN UNTIL HE IS DEAD. SO WHY
SHOULD YOU?
SOME MINDS ARE LIKE CONCRETE, THOROUGHLY MIXED UP AND PERMANENTLY SET.
PEACE STARTS WITH A SMILE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY SOME PEOPLE CHANGE CHURCHES; WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT
MAKE WHICH ONE YOU STAY HOME FROM?
A LOT OF CHURCH MEMBERS WHO ARE SINGING "STANDING ON THE PROMISES" ARE
JUST SITTING ON THE PREMISES.
WE WERE CALLED TO BE WITNESSES, NOT LAWYERS OR JUDGES.
BE YE FISHERS OF MEN. YOU CATCH THEM. HE'LL CLEAN THEM.
COINCIDENCE IS WHEN GOD CHOOSES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
DON'T PUT A QUESTION MARK WHERE GOD PUT A PERIOD.
DON'T WAIT FOR 6 STRONG MEN TO TAKE YOU TO CHURCH.
FORBIDDEN FRUITS CREATE MANY JAMS.
GOD DOESN'T CALL THE QUALIFIED, HE QUALIFIES THE CALLED.
GOD GRADES ON THE CROSS, NOT THE CURVE.
GOD PROMISES A SAFE LANDING, NOT A CALM PASSAGE.
HE WHO ANGERS YOU, CONTROLS YOU!
IF GOD IS YOUR COPILOT - SWAP SEATS!
PRAYER: DON'T GIVE GOD INSTRUCTIONS -- JUST REPORT FOR DUTY!
THE TASK AHEAD OF US IS NEVER AS GREAT AS THE POWER BEHIND US.
THE WILL OF GOD WILL NEVER TAKE YOU TO WHERE THE GRACE OF GOD WILL NOT
PROTECT YOU.
WE DON'T CHANGE THE MESSAGE, THE MESSAGE CHANGES US.
YOU CAN TELL HOW BIG A PERSON IS BY WHAT IT TAKES TO DISCOURAGE HIM.
"FATHER, BLESS MY FRIENDS READING THIS IN WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU KNOW
THEY NEED"
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 10/3/2005 10:47:54 AM
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People who soar are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change. Don't fall into the category of complacency, it leads nowhere. Open your mind, soul, and heart and let the knowledge pour in. To be an adjuster is a very unique occupation and perhaps one of its own. Be proud of what and who you are and let no one put you asunder.
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 10/3/2005 10:35:15 PM
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RE: the smoking issue......I quit in July after 34 years........
"If you don't take care of your body where are you going to live?"
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RE: Knowledge & Attitude - 10/18/2005 10:21:28 PM
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ORIGINAL: rottingmess
honestly this has to rate as the most idiotic thread ever. do you people have jobs? the mind is a terrible thing to waste but all of you would be fired if you worked for me. thats a promise.
I think this dudes post is worse than My Political post...... Whaddaya Think JohnD?
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