I looked around my local Radio Shack store. It was pathetic. There was nothing to buy. Nothing. In my brain, I had a vision of all the wondrous gadgetry\u00a0 I’d just seen at the Consumer Electronics Show. Then I looked around the Radio Shack store and I saw nothing. It was like the store was being stocked by someone who hated technology and customers.<\/p>\n
What didn’t I do look around earlier? I could have sold this dog short six months ago and gotten rich beyond my wildest dreams.<\/p>\n
Is it still shortable? I bet it will go to $5 soon.\u00a0 But that’s not as delicious as shorting it at $15 last summer. Dumb me.<\/p>\n
The moral of this story: Keep your eyes open.<\/p>\n How to keep your PC running well.<\/strong><\/span> Shut it off completely and regularly — at least twice a day.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Why Russia blocked the UN condemnation vote against Syria. <\/strong><\/span>I was perplexed. Then I found three reasons:<\/p>\n 1. Syria hosts Russia’s only military base on the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n 2. Syria is the largest importer of Russian weapons in the Middle East. Assad’s regime has signed contracts for 24 MiG-29M\/M2 fighter jets and eight Buk-M2E air-defense systems. Another deal for anti-ship defenses armed with supersonic cruise missiles is in the works. Why annoy a big customer?<\/p>\n 3. Russia saw what happened with Libya when it didn’t oppose the UN resolution. Regime change is bad for the arms business.<\/p>\n How to save at Home Depot.<\/strong><\/span> Reader Bruce Mitchell sends son Michael a tip which “will earn me (Daddy) some kudos.”<\/p>\n How to get your hair done. <\/strong><\/span>A woman was at her hairdresser’s getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded:<\/p>\n ” Rome ? Why would anyone want to go there? It’s crowded and dirty.. You’re crazy to go to Rome. So, how are you getting there?”<\/p>\n “We’re taking Continental,” was the reply. “We got a great rate!”<\/p>\n “Continental?” exclaimed the hairdresser.. “That’s a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they’re always late. So, where are you staying in Rome ?”<\/p>\n “We’ll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome ‘s Tiber River called Teste.”<\/p>\n “Don’t go any further.. I know that place. Everybody thinks its gonna be something special and exclusive, but it’s really a dump.”<\/p>\n “We’re going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope.”<\/p>\n “That’s rich,” laughed the hairdresser. You and a million other people trying to see him. He’ll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You’re going to need it.”<\/p>\n A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome .<\/p>\n “It was wonderful,” explained the woman, “not only were we on time in one of Continental’s brand new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class.. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28-year-old steward who waited on me hand and foot. And the hotel was great! They’d just finished a $5 million remodeling job, and now it’s a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner’s suite at no extra charge!”<\/p>\n “Well,” muttered the hairdresser, “that’s all well and good, but I know you didn’t get to see the Pope.”<\/p>\n “Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured the Vatican , a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if I’d be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me.<\/p>\n Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me.”<\/p>\n “Oh, really! What’d he say ?”<\/p>\n He said: “Who screwed up your hair?”<\/p>\n When it’s finally time to trust your husband.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A wife comes home late at night and quietly opens the door to her bedroom.<\/p>\n From under the blanket she sees four legs instead of two. She reaches for a baseball bat and starts hitting the blanket as hard as she can. Once she’s done, she goes to the kitchen to have a drink.<\/p>\n As she enters, she sees her husband there, reading a magazine. “Hi Darling”, he says, “Your parents have come to visit us, so l let them stay in our bedroom. Did you say hello?”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/RadioShackStockFalls.jpg\" "\\"RadioShackStockFalls\\"")
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