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It’s hard to keep dead tech down

Workplace Insight

He no longer has the original, a light blue Olivetti Lettera 32, because that was sold at a charity auction for a quarter of million dollars in 2009. And it’s expensive. An impressive feat, doubly so because he wrote them on the same old dead tech typewriter he’d bought from a pawn shop in 1963. It has a woefully poor storage capacity.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

Success

Many studies bear out that once basic needs (shelter, nutrition, security, adequate medical care, etc.) And according to a 2008-2009 survey of 450,000 Americans led by Kahneman, personal well-being did increase as income increased—but only to a point. are met, financial success does little to make us happier.

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Monty Python Officeland

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 July, 2009 Monty Python Officeland One of my former bosses said working with me was like being in a Monty Python movie. He wrote in one sentence that he had " expensive experience" instead of "extensive" and in another wrote "tits" instead of "its." July 30, 2009 Patricia Robb said.

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Not all accountants are created equal (how do you choose an.

The Small Business Blog

After all solicitors, medical doctors etc all have to be formally qualified and people assume the same of accountants. Jason Holden Said on February 6th, 2009 at 11:31 am As you sign everything you are personally responsible, unless it can be proved the accountant was negligent.

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 5 December, 2009 Do you like what you do? If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. ▼ 2009 (58) ▼ December (5) Office Confidential: Just for fun to start your Ne.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 31 December, 2009 Office Confidential: Just for fun to start your New Year off with a laugh These are excerpts from a presentation I gave to my local International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) Chapter dinner meeting. December 31, 2009 Jules Cooper said. Good thing I checked.

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. ► 2009 (58) ► December (5) Office Confidential: Just for fun to start your Ne. Now, there doesnt seem to be a difference in price at all, it is just common practice that we have to do it ourselves. Recently, I bought a new laptop.