A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand.

He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript.

So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.

The head monk says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son."

He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the original manuscripts are held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go by and nobody sees the old abbot.

So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing.

"We missed the R !  We missed the R ! We missed the R !"

His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably.

The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong, father?"

With a choking voice, the old abbot replies,

"The word was ... CELEBRATE!!!"

(Ya gotta wince)

Credit for this one goes to Brian from wideformatonline.com - the online magazine for users of wide format printers in Australia and New Zealand.

I think this says it all. Enjoy :)

WARNING! WARNING! DANGER! DANGER! BIG FAT SCAM ALERT! 

Okay, okay, enough with the dramatics. Still, I would like to warn you about a billing scam raising its ugly head again, trying to ensnare unsuspecting small business owners ...

In the past two days I've had calls supposedly from two separate non profit magazines, each letting me know my copy has been posted. One of them asked if I'd like to fix up the account via credit card there and then over the phone. When I brought up that I had no record of agreeing to any kind of sponsorship package they quoted dates from months ago that I supposedly spoke to them. (Mind you, on one of the dates I wasn't even in Sydney) When I asked to see emails that transpired between us as verification, one said she'd email (still waiting) and the other said not to worry about it.

The thing to watch out for though is that they quoted an ad back to me that I did place for another magazine and was legitimate, the account for which I had already paid.

Basically, don't ever just pay something unless you see the proof of your agreement in writing. I know that sounds like a no-brainer but when you're busy or perhaps placing a lot of ads, sometimes things can slip through the cracks.

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Cheers,
Carol

OK, I admit it, I'm all caught up in the whole Britain's Got Talent--Susan Boyle phenomenon thing. In fact, I've already worked out how the Hollywood movie ends ... Susan wins, Piers Morgan proposes (on stage of course) to which Susan answers "The biggest 'Yes' I've ever given anybody", they get married in Scotland, Sue sings for the queen, her beautiful music brings about world peace and everyone lives happily ever after. Fin

It's taken a little while but it's finally here. And thanks to the wonderful web workings of Waratah Web I reckon it's pretty darn cool! (But hey, I confess a little bias ... )