266 Results

“What are you doing?” a stranger asks. Making Huge Fruit. “Hmm, looks like you’re just turning some dirt upside down.”   A while later. “Now what are you doing?” Making Huge Fruit. “You’re putting too many seeds at any one place.” They don’t all catch. “Still, …and you’re burying them in the dark.  You need … Read more

265 Before

Danny was my secretary. He would type my letters (1970’s!). And he’d make a mistake on almost every one.   “Danny, do you check these letters for errors?” Well, I can always correct them. “That’s not the point. Correct them before you give them to me.”   OK, why say this? Many people un-consciously believe that … Read more

264 Charge & Pay

A friend of mine in England asked me to buy him an ‘American’ wallet /billfold. “Why?” “They are designed for American money which is less wide than our money. It results in a slimmer wallet.”   On my next visit I brought him an ‘American’ sized wallet. And charged him the $12.95 I paid for … Read more

263 Giving Credit

If you give credit when people do something that merits credit, they stay with you. Not think they are better and leave you.   You’re the only one who gives them credit – and they know that – they’d find themselves cut off from credit if they went anywhere else. Because most people don’t give others … Read more