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| Posted by Brad H on 13-Aug-2005 | Tightwad ContestA Tightwad Contest in Oakland has been won by a retired welder who separates two-ply toilet paper to save money.
"It's no trouble at all; it just takes a little practice," said Luis Torres, 64, who won top honors in a "How Cheap Are You?" contest sponsored by the Oakland Tribune. He also buys generic groceries and day-old baked goods, reuses plastic bags and never tosses out soap slivers. "I always did things to save money," said Torres, who attributes his frugal ways to growing up with 14 siblings.
Runners-up included a Berkeley couple who said they save dental floss on a bathroom hook for reuse, and a Richmond man who claimed he refreezes used ice cubes. (One couple said they collect 2-for-1 coupons to restaurants and then invite another couple. "We make them pay for their half, and we dine free," they wrote.) And from Elmer Hurren in El Cerrito came this admission: When his vacuum cleaner bag fills, Hurren cuts one end, empties it and sews it up for reuse.
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| Posted by Samantha L. Jones on 13-Aug-2005 | On Drinking and HangoversAnd speaking of hangovers:
In Haiti, locals cure them voodoo-style, by sticking 13 black-headed pins into the cork of the bottle that caused the problem.
George IV, England's fattest king, ate breakfasts consisting of three beefsteaks and two pigeons washed down with a bottle of wine, half a bottle of champagne, two glasses of port and several glasses of brandy.
One of Napoleon's top soldiers, Gen. Bisson, drank eight bottles of wine a day with breakfast.
Was Noah the first farmer to get plowed? As we read in Genesis, "Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard, and he drank of the wine and became drunk."
Talk about miracles!
Back in the 1500s, St. Brigid of Ireland changed her bath water into beer for thirsty guests at her Kildare abbey. The drinkers reported that the beer had a "saintlike" taste.
In 1632, the weekly children's food ration in a British hospital included two gallons of beer.
After dying in the battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Lord Nelson was shipped back to England in a cask of brandy -- to keep his body fresh for his funeral. After his pickled corpse was removed, the brandy was served to his sailors so they could drink a toast to their fallen commander.
The thirstiest beer-drinkers in the world live in the Northern Territory of Australia, where each man, woman and child chugs an average of 61 gallons per year.
When Philip the Handsome of Spain drank himself to death 500 years ago, his wife, Joanna, took to drink herself -- and for three years, she kept Philip's corpse in bed with her, drinking toasts to his health each morning and night. The smell of the corpse finally forced the servants to remove it one day after Joanna had passed out.
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| Posted by goin' wild on 13-Aug-2005 | Coping With Job StressAt a seminar called "Stress and Disease" by Dr. Nickolas Hall, an expert in psychobiology, gave an example of a coping skill for job stress which I would like to share with you.
When you have had one of those 'Take This Job And Shove It' days, try this:
On your way home after work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the section where they have thermometers. You will need to purchase a rectal thermometer made by "Q-tip". Be sure that you get this brand. When you get home, lock your doors, draw the drapes, and disconnect the phone so you will not be disturbed during your therapy.
Change to very comfortable clothing, such as a sweat suit and lie down on your bed. Open the package containing the thermometer, remove the thermometer, and carefully place it on the bedside table so that it will not become chipped or broken.
Take the written material that accompanies the thermometer and as you read it you will notice in small print the statement that says "every rectal thermometer made by Q-tip is PERSONALLY tested.
Now close your eyes and say out loud five times, "I am so glad that I do not work in quality control at the Q-tip company."
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