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Hello Spring!

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.  ~Proverb

"Spring Is Motorola Portable Time!" "Coronet" magazine June 1950; Image courtesy of SaltyCotton on Flickr.com

Wise Words of the Day: Courtesy

Courtesy is priceless yet costs nothing. ~ Unknown

National Cash Register Advertisement; Image courtesy of Salty Cotton on Flickr.com

We’ve all been there…bemoaning the lack of customer service in our modern world.

But, it is a two-way street.  Have you ever stopped to notice the lack of common courtesy . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Courtesy

Wise Words of the Day: Conviction

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.  ~ Samuel Butler Clip taken from a Ruud Water Heater advertisement, in the October 1947 issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine; Image courtesy of Clotho98 on Flickr.com

 

I’ve gone on a news fast.  Trust me, . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Conviction

Wise Words of the Day: Conversation

To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation. ~ Unknown

 

Edison Electric Institute Ad 1963; Image courtesy of jellokitty on Flickr.com

There is an old saying, “Loose lips sink ships.”  This phrase was originated during World War . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Conversation

Wise Words of the Day: Confidence

No man has a right to expect others to display confidence in him if he has no confidence in himself.  ~ Roy L. Smith

Grooming Tips, Everywoman's Family Circle, c. 1957; Image courtesy of Alsis35 on Flickr.com

Mid-century Pan Am stewardesses seemed to exude beauty and glamor.  They traveled the world and . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Confidence

Wise Words of the Day: Confession

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.    ~ Alexander Pope

Hanes hosier advertisement, Life Magazine, September 14, 1959; Image courtesy of Jon Williamson on Flickr.com

 

“Oops!  My bad.”

I’ll confess . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Confession

Wise Words of the Day: Sisters

“For when [four] sisters love each other with such sincere affection, the one does not experience sorrow, pain, or affliction of any kind, but the other’s heart wishes to relieve, and vibrates in tenderness… like a well-organized musical instrument.” ~ Elizabeth Shaw

 

Inscription on back: Sister Act. Gladys thought it was a grand . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Sisters

Wise Words of the Day: Conduct

Every human being has a right to be respected as a human being unless he forfeits that right by his own conduct. ~ Manly Hall

 

On the same team – Enlist in the WAVES ("Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service"). Apply to your nearest Navy Recruiting Station or Office of Naval Procurement. Head-and-shoulders . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Conduct

Wise Words of the Day: The Power of Customers

It is the customer and the customer alone who casts the vote that determines how big any company should be. ~ Crawford Greenwalt

 

1954 Kodak Brownie Hawkeye advertisement; Image courtesy of TWM 1340

What was once thought impossible has come to pass.  Kodak, the company that enabled us to chronicle our lives on . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: The Power of Customers

Wise Words of the Day: Mourning

For some moments in life there are no words.  ~David Seltzer, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Image courtesy of Captain Geoffry Spaulding on Flickr.com

I shared on the Facebook fan page the other day that The Mister and I received some very sad news on Thursday that has left us heartbroken.

. . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Mourning