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by Bob Osgoodby

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In this Issue

** Tip Of The Day – Default Printer

** Something to Think About by Jan Tincher - Do you want to keep your job? Do you want more pay?

** Food For Thought by Dr. Kevin Nunley  - Boost Web Site Traffic

** Quote of the Day

** A Little Levity – The Wedding Dress

** The Dollar Stretcher by Gary Foreman – Figuring Appliance Electricity Usage

** Stress Matters

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Tip of the Day

Default Printer

If you have multiple printers it may be necessary to change the default printer.

To change the default printer, open the printer control screen from the Start Button, then go to Settings, and choose Printers. Now, right-click the printer that you WANT as the default printer. On the menu that pops up, click 'Set Printer as Default' and a checkmark should appear (if not already there). Now that selected printer is the default.

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Something to Think About by Jan Tincher

Do you want to keep your job? Do you want more pay?

There are three things that determine how valuable you are and the amount you're paid:

* The work you do
* How well you do that work
* The difficulty of replacing you

Do good work. Find corresponding work to do, along with the work you are doing, to make your job more valuable, to make YOU more valuable.

*** TIP: If you volunteer for a job, make sure it is a job you WANT. You know why? Because if it's a job you DON'T want, your eyes are listless, resentful, whatever -- anything but excited. Your posture is stooped, lackadaisical, whatever -- anything but excited. Your shoulders are slumped or -- well, you get the picture. If you aren't EXCITED about the job, you may soon be replaced by someone who is.

Here is an article that may help:
Look At Your Success Picture 1000 Times A Day
You will find it here: http://www.tameyourbrain.com/success_picture.htm

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Stupid Quotes

"I've never had major knee surgery on any
other part of my body."

- Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.

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Food for Thought

Boost Web Site Traffic

Need a quick way to boost your web site traffic? Try using on-line auction sites. This is how it works: List a product or service at far below its worth. Set up ad copy and a link to your site on the bidding screen. This is a good cost-effective means of bringing targeted traffic to your site. As long as your page does a good job of covering the product or service listed on the auction site, you can get lots of inquiries.

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Trivia

It has been a tradition to make the wives of Amercian Presidents
honorary members of the Girl Scouts of America. So, every first
lady of the US since 1976 has also been a Girl Scout.

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Quote of the Day

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that
all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some
magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the
roses that are blooming outside our windows today."

- Dale Carnegie, Author

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Grins

The Wedding Dress
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Betty was soon to be married. More than anything, she wanted to wear the wedding dress her mother was married in. Betty's mother was beaming with pride as she gave her consent. Later in the evening, the family gathered in the living room to wait whil e Betty tried on the dress.

When Betty entered the room, there was a chorus of approval. The dress fit perfectly and looked wonderful on her. Tears ran down the face of Betty's mother. Seeing this, Betty said, "Don't worry Mom, you're not losing a daughter, your gaining a son."

"Forget about that!" she said with a sob. "I used to fit into that dress!"

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A young corporate executive was sent a ransom note saying that he was to bring $50,000 to the 17th hole of the country club at 10 o'clock the next day if he ever wanted to see his wife alive again.

He didn't arrive until almost 12:30. A masked man stepped out from behind some bushes and growled, "What took ya so long? You're over two hours late."

"Hey! Give me a break." whined the executive. "I have a 27 handicap."
 

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My English teacher announced to the class; "There are two words I don't allow in my class. One is gross and the other is cool."

From the back of the room a voice called out, "So, what are the words?"

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Part of my job as a 9-1-1 dispatcher is to interrogate callers who are in various states of panic so I can send the appropriate emergency equipment.

One day a woman called to say that a family member had fallen and needed to go to a hospital.

After finding out where she lived and assuring her that the paramedics would arrive shortly, I asked her, "Do you know what caused the fall?"

"No," the woman nervously replied. "What?"

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If you think you're fat,
you probably are.

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The Dollar Stretcher
by Gary Foreman

Figuring Appliance Electricity Usage

Can you tell me approximately how much it costs to run two box fans for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?  Also, what about a small high velocity floor fan and long shop style fluorescent bulbs? The barn where we have our injured horse has its electricity connected to the rental house.  I paid $30 for the extra use of electricity for the fans for July. They said their bill went from $70 to $170.  Of course we have been under a major heat wave and they have two or three window A/C units. But they seem to think it is our fault. Please help. Thank you! Carl

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A landlord, tenant spat! They sure can get nasty. Fortunately, Carl can use some basic math to help find a reasonable solution to this one.

Let's begin by understanding the question. Carl will need to know two things. How many kilowatt hours each item uses and how much does a kilowatt hour cost where he lives. Once he knows that Carl can calculate how much each item will cost to operate.  His answers won't be exact, but should be good enough to prevent a shouting match with his tenant.

A watt is the standard measure of how much electricity is used. A kilowatt is simply 1,000 watts (kilo = 1,000). A kilowatt hour (kWh) is a kilowatt used for one hour.

On most appliances you can find the wattage on it's nameplate. To calculate the kilowatts used by an appliance, divide the wattage by 1,000. So a 200 watt appliance would be 200 divided by 1,000 or 0.2 kilowatts. A 1,500 watt hair dryer would use 1.5 kilowatts.

Now let's see if we can figure out how much each item is using and what it costs. To do that we'll need to know the price for a kilowatt hour of electricity.  Carl can check his electric bill. It will show how much he's paying per kWh.

We'll start with the box fans. The typical box fan is rated at 200 watts. So if a kilowatt costs 10 cents per hour, the fan would cost 20% of that or 2 cents per hour. Extend that out to a month and it works out to $12.80 per month if it runs round the clock (2 cents x 24 hours x 30 days). Two fans would be about $25.60 per month.

Now for the high velocity floor fan. Carl will need to check the wattage. Carl might find that the fan is rated in horsepower (appropriate in this case!). If so, he can convert. One horsepower is equal to 0.75 kilowatts.

Next the lighting. Pacific Gas and Electric estimates that the fluorescent bulbs run about 1 cent per hour for a 4 foot bulb and 2 cents per hour for an 8 foot bulb. So if Carl has an 8 foot bulb he'd consume $14.40 each month. Of course, once he knows the wattage and his electric rates he can do his own calculation.

How does that stack up to the tenant's electric usage? The Nebraska Public Power District estimates a window air conditioner (12,000 BTU size) will cost an average of $19.50 per month to operate. So three of them could easily consume $60 in a month. And perhaps much more in a 'heat wave'.

One problem with measuring the air conditioner is that it's not continually on. A 1,000 watt unit might only be running 15 minutes per hour on some days. So it's only consuming 250 kilowatts per hour. Of course in a heat wave it might be on almost continuously. And the older and less efficient the unit is, the longer it will stay each hour. So the only way to know for sure would be to watch the unit for an hour or two and notice how many minutes per hour that it's really running and then do the calculation.

The bottom line is that both Carl and his tenant are contributing to the $100 increase. Hopefully a little math can lead them to a reasonable compromise.

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Gary Foreman has worked as a Certified Financial Planner and currently edits The Dollar Stretcher website http:www.stretcher.com You'll find hundreds of free articles to help you save time and money. Visit Today!

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Stress Matters

The choice is yours to dedicate yourself to well-being and wellness with a continuous stress management  program

- Dr. Rae

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