Towards that end, she is going to need to buy a Shipping Scale to help her to determine the postal rates of items that she will be offering for sale.  Scales are vital because she needs to know how much the item weighs (including the shipping box and stuffing) in order to calculate the shipping charges that she will have to quote on Ebay.  She has already accumulated enough boxes to get her started as far as that end goes, and she has lots of old newspapers saved up for stuffing the boxes.

I suggested that she try to find one that is compact so that she can tuck it away into her cupboard when she doesn’t need to use it.

It’s really too bad, but certainly understandable!

I am trying to encourage her to have the procedure done, I am sure that once it is done she will be much more comfortable the rest of her life.  At this point in time every time she catches a cold it always turns into a sinus infection and she is miserable for weeks on end.  Especially since she moved to a different state and her new doctor doesn’t want to give her the antibiotics that she needs to clear up the sinus infection.  Last winter she was sick for four whole months because of that!  So, she really needs this nose job.  I’m going to try to get my girlfriend that had the surgery done last year talk to about it and see if it might calm her nerves about it.

In the RFID process, each item is tagged with a special tag made with special tag printers.  Each tag responds to a radio frequency similar to the way bar codes respond to a bar code reader.  HOWEVER what is so cool about this is that each individual tag does not need to be scanned.  An entire bag of products can simply be passed by the reader.  Or, the entire shopping cart can simply be walked by, without even being unloaded!  The reader picks up the signals from the special tags and then the customer pays for the merchandise, and is then given a receipt that is printed out from one of the special Intermec printers that are designed to be used as part of the system.

Intermec is a company that sells all of the products needed to set up this kind of data collection and management equipment to be used in an RFID environment.  They even sell portable equipment that can be taken out in the field and used for hours without the need of any electrical outlets!

This is really cool technology we’re talking about here, but it does make me worry about the job security (or lack thereof) for cashiers and baggers!

 

So poo on Lexmark and ABBYY for your horrible technical support!

But my blog being beside the point, blogs ARE making a big difference in the world.  People are sharing, and reading opinions and thoughts and spreading them throughout their social network that they have built through their blogs.  That is why blog marketing is a big part of almost any business marketing strategy if the business wants to expand beyond their own little town.  The Izea Company is a marketing company that utilizes the social marketing advantages of the blog networks and offers their clients several different types of innovative marketing strategies such as product sampling, blog posts, and blog sponsorship.

I am so very happy for the hostages and their families that they were rescued, and I have to say that this is ONE thing that has happened that was good during George Bush’s presidency.

Cindy sent me an email this morning that she is going to schedule herself to have a nose job.  She has a deviated septum that has been causing her to have trouble all of her life and her ENT finally suggested that she have her septum straightened out.  He has tried all kinds of nasal sprays, cortisone pills, allergy pills, and nothing has helped.  Over the years her discomfort has increased and she is simply miserable all of the time now.  She is very happy that after years of treatment and discussion he has finally referred her to a Minnesota rhinoplasty specialist, and she plans to call their office this morning to have an appointment.

Many people don’t realize how distressing a deviated septum can be.  They can cause snoring, chronic sinusitis, constant sniffling, and frequent/constant sinus headaches.  They also make your nose look crooked!  So a rhinoplasty is a good idea for people who have troubles with deviated septums!