A Dog Named Mace

An article a friend shared with me....enjoy...

A mechanic who worked out of his home had a dog named Mace.
Mace had a bad habit of eating all the grass on the mechanic's lawn,
so the mechanic had to keep Mace inside. The grass eventually became
overgrown. One day the mechanic was working on a car in the backyard
and dropped his wrench, losing it in the tall grass. He couldn't find
it for
the life of him, so he decided to call it a day.

That night, Mace escaped from the house and ate all the grass in the
backyard.
The next morning the mechanic went outside and saw his wrench glinting
in the sunlight.

Realizing what had happened he looked toward the heavens and proclaimed,
"A grazing Mace, how sweet the hound, that saved a wrench for me"

Back from a Rest with a Joke to share...

I feel like I have to apologize to my friends and those who follow my blog...if any...heh heh....

I was on a on a "sabbatical", taking time off to just slack...Life has been...well, sort of uneventful...except for the recent development of interest in trying out various ways to earn an extra buck and also learning a little more about the FOREX market. Australian dollar is dropping like flies...

Well, just as a warm up, I thought I'd just share an interesting story about "thinking out of the box". It reminds us not to judge a book by its cover. For all you know, it's not EVEN a book!

A Chinese man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to China on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.

The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so the Chinese man hands over the keys to a new Ferrari parked on the street in front of the bank. He produces the title and everything checks out.

The Loan officer agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the Chinese for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan.
An employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the Chinese returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, 'Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is why you would bother to borrow $5,000? The Chinese replies: 'Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there safely when I return.'

That's all from me for now...Gonna go get back my Ferrari...