Weekend joke for Senior citizens
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Posted:Mar 20, 2015 12:55 pm
Last Updated:Mar 27, 2015 6:25 am 112363 Views
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After a meeting several days ago, I couldn't find my keys. I quickly gave myself a personal "TSA Pat Down.”
They weren't in my pockets. Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car. Frantically, I headed for the parking lot.
My husband has scolded me many times for leaving my keys in the car’s ignition.
He's afraid that the car could be stolen. As I looked around the parking lot, I realized he was right.
The parking lot was empty. I immediately called the police. I gave them my location, confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen.
Then I made the most difficult call of all to my husband: "I left my keys in the car and it's been stolen.”
There was a moment of silence. I thought the call had been disconnected, but then I heard his voice. "Are you kidding me?” He barked, "I dropped you off!”
Now it was my turn to be silent.
Embarrassed, I said, "Well, come and get me.”
He retorted, "I will, as soon as I convince this cop that I didn't steal your dang car!”
Welcome to the golden years... 
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says #Race Together
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Posted:Mar 18, 2015 6:59 pm
Last Updated:Mar 23, 2015 7:49 pm 124985 Views
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is not one to back down about an issue he cares about and Wednesday he staunchly defended the company's much lampooned effort to improve race relations by having baristas write Race Together on coffee cups.
"It's not going to solve racism, but I do believe it is the right thing to do at this time," Schultz told CNN Money's Poppy Harlow Wednesday.
He launched the campaign earlier this week aiming to start a national conversation about race. The response has been mixed, including some harsh backlash on social media. One Starbucks (SBUX) public relations executive temporarily deleted his Twitter account after he was personally attacked.
But Schultz has a reputation for taking controversial stands, including having his staff write "work together" on cups in 2012 during the Congressional "fiscal cliff" drama. He's also spoken out about gun control, gay rights and affordable education.
He said Wednesday that Starbucks is forging ahead with his race campaign. In fact, Schultz spent at least half the time at the company's shareholder meeting Wednesday talking about the push, which he's calling Race Together.
Related: Starbucks exec back on Twitter after #RaceTogether backlash
"Friends of mine and some people at Starbucks felt it wasn't an issue we should engage in and I rejected that," Schultz said.
"If we all continue to be bystanders on something that's dividing the nation, then where is this headed? We are better than this as a country," he said.
Over the past few months Starbucks has held open forums for employees to talk about it. This week, it pushed further, encouraging baristas to start conversations with customers by writing the words "Race Together" on cups.
Related: Starbucks is tackling racism one cup at a time
But not everyone wants to discuss race relations while ordering their morning coffee, nor do they think the coffee line is the right place to have this kind of conversation.
But writing the message on cups is only a small aspect of the campaign, Schultz said.
The big idea, he said, it to act as a catalyst for a conversation that raises understanding, empathy and compassion around the issue.
Starbucks ends part of "Race Together" campaign on Sunday, March 22, 2015. "Racial" topic is just too sensitive and controversial to talk about. We all concern this problem, but we can't talk about it. I know because I once had a blog about same topic and I had to delete it, we all have bias. We have pre-occupied opinions.
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I did NOT view anyone's profile
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Posted:Mar 15, 2015 10:27 pm
Last Updated:Aug 21, 2018 4:50 pm 161582 Views
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I am NOT a subscriber on Chinese FriendFinder and can't view anyone's profile entirely. If I put my computer mouse over a member photo, I can see the "headline" and 1 or 2 sentences of the beginning of profile. That's all.
Recently I have received two emails who accused me I viewed their profiles. I thought Chinese FriendFinder didn't allow me to view member's profile, so I only briefly viewed the beginning of profile won't count as viewing. However, I saw there are 142 persons in my "I viewed" section. This is a misunderstanding. I called Chinese FriendFinder and spoke to one of Chinese FriendFinder employees, he said I can't view anyone's profile entirely and should NOT count as a "VIEW". He told me NOT to worried about these two people said I viewed their profiles. He will put a note on Chinese FriendFinder computer saying "this member can't view anyone's profile".
So, if you are one of 142 persons, please understand that I didn't view your profile entirely. Trust me. I didn't. I am NOT a subscriber.
Outstanding12345 emailed me on March 13, 2015, Friday at 11:23 a.m.
Don't want to be rude but STOP VIEWING MY PROFILE!! I'm NOT INTERESTED!! Good luck in your search!
This guy emailed me on "Black Friday, the 13th" accused me that I viewed his profile and asked me to stop. OMG, I am NOT a subscriber and can't read anyone's profile. I am NOT interested in him either. Somehow, Chinese FriendFinder engine alerted him that I viewed his profile by mistake. That "Black Friday" evening around 6 p.m. my desktop computer went down 3 times "Blue Screen of Death". It was a terrible "Black Friday" for me.
This guy is very arrogant, egoistic, ... I didn't view his full profile (just browsed his location). Even if I did (so what?), I didn't email him saying I am interested in him. I was upset and called Chinese FriendFinder but Chinese FriendFinder didn't teach me how to set "Privacy Preferences" My desktop is dead, I used my smartphone to type this blog because I wanted public bloggers know what really happened on me because Chinese FriendFinder engine was malfunctioned. Now I have my desktop back, I want you to know the FACT. (I don't know how to insert member photo on smartphone).
There are many non-subscribers have the same issue.
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A big scammer, liar
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Posted:Mar 9, 2015 11:30 pm
Last Updated:Mar 27, 2015 9:15 pm 266789 Views
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Nostalgia55
Nostalgia55 contacted me on March 5, 2015 at 7:43 a.m.
Nostalgia55 has been deactivated as of March 11, 2015 afternoon.
He said he admire my beauty and want to talk with me. The profile location said Los Angeles, CA. But he said he is in Italy now for a project and he lives in Florida. He provided his email address and keep saying he wants to know me "MORE BETTER". I told him to know me just read my 66 blogs. He said he read all 66 blogs already. He kept sending me his email address and a website and told me to read his website EricLouisa Ancient Art Sculptures. I went on that website and saw a huge building at Home page, then About us page is his two photos and his name is Oscar Erico Ricardo, CEO, 3rd page is Facility, 4th page is Gallery, 5th page is Contact us which provided a Florida address, 6th page is Enquiries, 7th page is Guest Book.
On the Guest Book is a woman from AFF. Her name is Lili, she gave her email address to this Oscar on March 7.
I Google his name Oscar Erico Ricardo, CEO of EricLouisa Ancient Art Sculptures but no matched result. I Google Brazilian Artist Oscar Erico Ricardo, no result, ..... I have Google Earth to check that address and shows Nick Turmes Jr. - State Farm Insurance Agent. I suspected him. I went back to his website Guest Book and Lili posted
I had to report you to the admin of this site.
A liar Posing Oscar
I've contacted the Oscar artist's website and he got my e-mail address and I had to report the Oscar artist. But an idiot ID Nostalgia55 is still here to contact me. So I've complained to Chinese FriendFinder
Wow, he is a scammer, a liar. I didn't give him my email address.
Be careful ladies, if you also been contacted by him. Do NOT give him your email address.
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Maternity Tourism from China to USA
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Posted:Mar 6, 2015 11:17 pm
Last Updated:Mar 9, 2015 7:49 pm 154257 Views
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More than a dozen homes were raided on Tuesday in a crackdown on so-called 'maternity tourism' operators who arrange for pregnant Chinese women to give birth in the U.S., where their babies automatically become American citizens.
The crackdown on three alleged maternity tourism rings may be the biggest yet by federal homeland security agents who say that, while pregnant women may travel to the U.S., they cannot lie about the purpose of their trip when applying for a visa.
Birth tourism has been reported from a range of countries, but authorities say the most recent cases in California have catered to wealthy Chinese amid a boom in tourism from mainland China. It is unclear how many women travel to the United States for maternity tourism.
Federal investigators of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) searched over two dozens of locations Tuesday to investigate maternity tourists, mainly from China.
Virginia Kice, spokesperson for ICE, said in a statement that search warrants were served in the actions which began soon after the sunrise in Irvine, Rowland Heights and Walnut cities, all in Southern California.
The targets were the so-called "maternity tourists," who applied tourist visas and entered the United States with purpose to give birth to babies.
The whole chain of Chinese maternity tourism industry has been existing underground in Southern California for several years, from recruiting pregnant women coming to the United States to help them go to hospital until they recover and return to China with their babies.
Irvine, Rowland Heights and Walnut all have big Chinese communities. Chinese food stores and Chinese language services are convenient in these cities.
"Such businesses provide travel and lodging services to pregnant foreign nationals interested in coming to the United States to give birth so their offspring will be American citizens, " said Kice, adding that Tuesday morning's operation was designed to gather "further evidence related to a variety of possible criminal violations, including visa and tax fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy."
Chinese pregnant women usually pay several to dozens of thousand dollars for the services of those "maternity tourism" companies to help them get U.S. visa, get a place to live, go to hospital and other needs in the United States.
The federal agencies involved in Tuesday's actions included ICE Homeland Security Investigations, the Internal Revenue Service, U. S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service, the Los Angeles Airport Police Department, the Irvine Police Department and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
I have lived in my residence in Rowland Heights for over 20 & 1/2 years. For the past 4 years, I saw many Chinese pregnant women walked on Rowland Heights street, supermarket, Target store, restaurants, .... more and more. People talked about those pregnant women from China came to USA to give birth of "American babies" and go back to China. When the babies reach to 18 y/o, the parents can apply to be U.S. citizens legally. The largest operation is "Pheasant Ridge" apartment complex in Rowland Heights, CA. Some operation people collect up to $80,000 USD (mostly $25,000 to $50,000) from Chinese pregnant women in China. They teach those women how to go through custom, how to answer immigration, pick-up them from airport, settle down in "Pheasant Ridge" apartment, arrange doctor visits, hospital for baby birth, birth certificate (U.S. citizen), .... When babies reach 2 - 3 months old, they moved out or go back to China. When babies become 18 years old, they can come back to apply U.S. citizens for the baby's parents.
Federal agents have been investigate this operation for over 2 years. They finally rushed in "Pheasant Ridge" apartment and search every evidence, take photos, ... those pregnant women have to stand outside. They don't speak any English, they don't know what happen, .... Federal agents asked them for their Chinese passports, and other documents, .... The operation owners got many remittance from China, over million $$$$ and didn't report IRS for income tax (tax fraud), immigration fraud, ...
It has been a turbulence in Rowland Height lately. Pheasant Ridge apartment is only 0.1-0.2 mile from my home. I live on the top of hills, they are down the hills.
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Are you interested to discuss stock market?
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Posted:Mar 4, 2015 8:30 pm
Last Updated:Mar 14, 2015 8:11 am 153779 Views
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Instead of been harassed by scammers, why NOT talk about making money from the market? If you are interested about U.S. stock market, we can discuss stocks here and make some bucks. This is public invitation to everyone who own stocks.
I have many years of experience in stock market and been struck-out many times. I have paid tuition to learn the "chart reading". Still the stock market is very unpredictable, the same stock, same price, but one buyer and one seller. Who is right, who is wrong? Time will tell. I am NOT a day-trader nor married to the stock (buy and holder). It doesn't mean if you don't sell you don't have a loss. If doesn't mean all the stock will come back, so long you hold it. I am a "swing trader", mostly based on RSI (Relative Strength Index). If RSI is under 30, I buy it, if RSI over 70, I sell it.
"Buy Low, Sell High" sounds easy enough, but actually is very difficult. Only the stock traders understand how he/ she feels. Sometimes, you are holding lots of share of one stock and saw it keeps plummeting, the fear, the pain is tremendous. When a stock you have shoot to the moon, you have "euphoria" feeling and forgot to sell it for profits. Your profits become a loss.
I am still learning, but I would like to share with stock traders for "fundamental" and "chart technique". Nobody is perfect in stock investment (trading) but we can learn from each other.
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Weekend joke - Women vs Men
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Posted:Feb 27, 2015 8:16 pm
Last Updated:Mar 4, 2015 3:20 pm 143344 Views
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Husband Store
A store that sells new husbands has opened in Melbourne , wherein a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:
You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs.
She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love .
'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.'
So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love , and are Extremely Good Looking.
'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love , are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework.
'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love , are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
PLEASE NOTE:
To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New ‘Wives’ store just across the street.
The first floor has wives that love "s e x".
The second floor has wives that love "s e x" and have money and like beer.
The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.
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A scammer emailed me
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Posted:Feb 26, 2015 12:20 am
Last Updated:Mar 11, 2015 6:11 pm 151515 Views
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I have received an email on Feb 24, 2015 at 8:03 a.m.
vianni101 - lives in Dallas, Texas, 59 Male
hello how are you doing? you look beautiful, am Arben is nice to meet you.
Although I can't read his entire profile, but if I put computer mouse over his photo, I can read his headline "Live and Let's Live"
I am well educated hardworking, athletic man who lives by the motto: "Live and let live". I work hard and play hard.
vianni101 His photo is on "Popular Photo" section, Wow,.....
Okay, he said in his profile he is "well educated", but why he wrote such a lousy email?
hello, should be Hello
how are you doing? should be How are you doing?
am Arben is nice to meet you. should be "I am Arben, nice to meet you"
Why there are two "Be verbs" in one sentence and no pronoun "I"? So much well educated.
If a person can't write a simple sentence, forget about him.
Ladies, if you received his email, report him, block him, and spam him. Someone else wrote the profile for him or he copied and pasted someone else profile.
He is very easy to be caught. It has been two days, Chinese FriendFinder has NOT deactivate him. I am waiting.
vianni101 has been deactivated as of Feb 28, 2015 11:45 a.m. Pacific Coast Time.
vianni101
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AFF bloggers are lucky
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Posted:Feb 24, 2015 4:22 pm
Last Updated:Feb 25, 2015 7:22 am 135646 Views
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I have been on Chinese FriendFinder blog for many years. If you have read some of my blogs, you know much more about me than some other online dating sites that don't provide blogs, such as Match and Our Time.
Although we are frustrated by many scammers who contacted us, but we are smarter than those stupid scammers. I have posted many blogs about Religion, Politics, Current Events, Scammers, My favorite Romantic Songs, and the Journey to the Down Under, ..... besides of my profile. There are so much information that I didn't mention on my profile and yet I've talked about those topics for the past 4 & 1/2 years.
I am an honest person (to a fault). I speak from my mind. No hiding, no manipulation, straightforward, .... I answered many questions, if you responded. That's what I am and you are luckier than other online dating sites that I only posted a profile and photos. You got to know me more, much more. You know my thoughts, my past, my passion about travel and music.
Even though I didn't find an ideal man on AFF, but I got the chances to speak with many people on blogs and exchanged our thoughts. We know each other, but we have NEVER met.
Like the song lyrics "If you don't know me by now, you will never never, never know me."
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The hotel WiFi limitation actually saved my stock accounts
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Posted:Feb 21, 2015 8:33 pm
Last Updated:Feb 22, 2015 6:31 pm 137712 Views
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I have mentioned in my previous blogs, that some hotels have WiFi limitations. You can only use free WiFi in the lobby, only can use 30 minutes in every 24 hours. The signals were so weak and couldn't open email messages. I was upset and frustrated those restrictions because I have stock accounts that I have many different holdings. As you may know, stock market is very volatile and unpredictable. I have been blindfolded for so many days, I was worried, particularly the "margin" account.
I couldn't open my email messages or read stock charts. As the trip came almost the end in Sydney, Australia, we stayed at a hotel called "Park Royal" which has strong WiFi signals, if we sign-up free "loyalty membership". Yes, I joined that membership. I can read email messages, go on my stock account to order trades. I was happy. I put a trade order to sell Twitter at $48.48 from my smartphone which I bought at low $37 - $38 before departure. When I arrived home in Los Angeles, I saw that stock has been sold for the price I ordered, $48.48. Even that stock up to $49 later, but I am satisfied with a profits of $10,000+ that covers all my travel expenses.
I am glad I got a free travel.
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