Saturday's Service to you

Disclaimer - These have been forwards sent to me by friends.  They may or may not be true.  Decide for yourself...

And I will be catching up on blogs and comments this weekend - the week got away from me! oops

 Read a non-fiction book called “Poorly Made in China” and you’ll NEVER buy any body product again that you can’t verify is made in USA or some other reputable location. The author toured around to various manufacturers to make sure they were doing what they should have been doing. The entire book showed that anything made in China probably doesn’t follow ANY regulations, because of a complex web of games they play (really must read it to understand). One story he told was of a factory that was making lotion for dollar stores. A worker had no gloves on and this man noticed the skin on his hands were peeling off. He urged the “manager” that this person should wear gloves. She refused and said that it would be an insult to that person if she asked and that it was OUR product creating the skin condition, with repeated contact. What he discovered was they played with the recipe to be able to make it cheaper, but we couldn’t do anything about it. There was a back and forth exchange and in the end, the worker was not forced to wear gloves in fear of that person feeling insulted.
Moral of the story – use name brands that you know are made HERE or close to here. I only work part-time and by no means have a lot, but I do not cut corners on products that go directly on the skin.
Angela at West Virginia Treasures.

Jim sent me this idea - from Jim's Little Blog

This is my little craft corner - I just did the ribbons on the hangar - it works great.

And food from there not much better - Monica at Chicken Wrangler and the following too:

NOT ALL THIEVES ARE STUPID!!

A very interesting article. The electronic age has produced electronic criminals.


1. A friend of a friend left their car in the long-term parking at the airport while traveling and someone broke into the car. Using the information on the car's registration in the glove compartment, they drove the car to the people's home in Pebble Beach and robbed it. So I guess if we are going to leave the car in long-term parking, we should not leave the registration/insurance cards in it, nor your remote garage door opener.


2. GPS.
A police report states that someone had their car broken into while they were at a football game. The car was parked in a designated parking lot adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a gun, a garage door remote control and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard. When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents.

Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it... Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.

3. MOBILE PHONES

This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet, etc., was stolen. 20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says 'I received your text asking about our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago.' When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text 'hubby' in the contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.

Moral of the lesson:

a. Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc....

b. And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back.

c. Also, when you're being texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about going
places to meet 'family and friends' who text you.

Can squeezing boobs stop breast cancer?
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 You know how many nails I have broke on doing this?

 Thanks Jim at Kim's Little blog

Something to think about.

Blessings to you all - Chatty