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Mostly Cloudy ~ High: 47°F ~ Low: 30°F Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 |
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Finally, eBay may be about to release old eBay I..D.s that have not been used for a long time.
Posted Sunday, February 5, at 10:00 PM I know it is coincidence but I was just having this conversation with eBay about 10 days ago on behalf of a commercial client. The first level was adamant that this would not happen and the second level of management apparently was not aware either. They explained that there might be a wide number of reasons why the I.D.s would be released but this particular one had not been used since 2002 and I thought it would be nice if they started releasing them...
The way the days are flying past me, I don't want to get this post out on Thursday so.... we meet around 7:00 PM+- at the New Century Restaurant on Madison Street on the East (slightly Southeast) side of beautiful Shelbyville, TN. These mild days have to be firing-up the blood of any gardener, so if you feel something strange, you might be one of us. Of course, check with a doctor if it REALLY feels strange...
A post of the rambling kind. I've had a lot of little thoughts over the week and just did not think it was enough to post so....I saved it up for the weekend. The rain that has been forecast for a few days has finally shown up, so that means I list, list, list, or write, write, write, but since listing makes money, I list.(after I write just a little)...
Time for a REAL Spring cleaning? An eBay acquaintance of mine (I think of him as a friend) from the Chicago area was mentioned in a Forbes article recently. In reading it for references to him, I realized that it is a good one for anyone who is starting to downsize or take care of their family estates. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2011/05/19/10-tips-for-downsizers-with-too-much-stuff/...
Weed'em and Reap report. Your thoughts needed. I posted this on the tail end of the post about the meeting, but thought it might need its own post. Barbara brought seeds to share, straight from unopened packs. She found a good clearance sale so now many of us will be trying cukes,and tomatoes we would might never gotten around to trying...
We meet at 7:00 pm but don't be concerned with time. Come early or late, we will welcome you just the same. I have about 10+ Sansevieria plants to give away. They are in one pot which I want to keep, but we can separate them depending on how many would like them. If there is only one who wants them, they can have them all. I don't want to come home with them...
Social Media and eBay, new guide to stimulate your ideas Social Media is one of my weak spots. I have Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter accounts but I KNOW I do not use them to their best advantage so any tips are always welcome in my goal to get more "Social". Here is a new information page offered by eBay and I look forward to seeing what gems I can glean. http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/sellingresources/socialmediaselling.html...
Looks like we will have a mild winter so let's Weed'em & Reap! Guess you can tell my headline ideas are running on fumes lately, but we may in fact have a Winter that allows us to squeeze some extra growing time for cold weather plants. BUT before I digress too far, our next Weed'em & Reap Garden Club meeting is this coming Friday, Jan 27th, starting at 7:00 p.m. at the New Century Chinese Buffet on Madison Street in Shelbyville, Tennessee (The Volunteer State). Whew, I could not think of more to try to cram in the sentence. Well, I could but......
Have you checked your eBay store statistics lately? I was getting ready for a class this week and needed to brush up on some of the research tools available to eBay sellers this weekend. In the process of doing so I ran across some interesting details on our own store. I went to "Traffic Reports" under "Manage My Store and found out that only 47% specify English as their main language! I knew we had decent International sales (sold to the Azerbaijan Republic just this morning)but I did not realize so many were declaring a different language...
Have YOU been asked about composting leaves and organic waste? This past week at the garden club meeting the question came up about the progress of researching a composting solution to the city's leaves and grass. To our surprise a member said that they had heard a member of the recycling committee had stated that there was not enough interest in doing that...
Can someone help me understand botnets, spam, etc.? I know what spam is and as I understand it, botnets are networks of infected computers that robotically send out spam and malicious stuff. If that is correct and let's say my computer is sending out garbage, how does sending a reply tell the network it is a live e-mail address?...
Allright already, enough with the Holidays! Nothing against having the holidays we have but do they have to come so close together? They are wreaking havoc on my schedule! I have never added holidays to my calendar but I will today. Every time I think things are getting back to normal, another holiday seems to pop up and everything is stalled. Yeesh!...
Think you have unfiltered access to the World Wide Web? Maybe you do or maybe you don't. Melissa sent me a link to an interesting video clip about different search engines customizing your web surfing results. I have noticed that when I search while traveling, local restaurants magically appear and that was not disturbing since I figured the web knows what ISP I am using at the moment, but it goes much deeper...
Tim Tebow mania is probably giving many indigestion. Why? Because so many of the talking-head experts had ruled him out from the very beginning. He could not throw his ball right, he would be eaten up by pro defenses, he holds the ball too long, etc., etc. Well, he and the Denver Broncos HAVE survived and made it to the playoffs AND now the second round of the playoffs. "But it was a miracle pass play that saved him last game"...
How about growing the packaging trays inside boxes. Some may know I am in the a number of different industries and one of them is paper. In today's packaging news there was an article about folks using plant waste and mycelium roots to bind the material into inner packing trays for industry. For those of us raised in the 70's or into health foods, it is similar to making tempeh from soybeans. (I think, since I never actually made tempeh)...
We're On! Weed'em & Reap garden club this coming Friday Jan 13th I know, I know, Friday the 13th. Well, we are making it lucky, not unlucky. We will meet at our same restaurant (New Century Chinese)on Madison Street. There may or may not be an announcement in the paper since I was late in sending it to them. :-(...
Rainy Saturday morning ramblings If it is a nice day, I am usually outside until I drop, which is getting shorter and shorter as I "mature". But today had light rain and what I wanted to do would be tougher with slick grass, sooo I am working inside. The New Year came in like gang-busters. Between going five different directions at one with my "day job", I am also unusually busy with private and business eBay classes. No complaints, just sayin'......
Do you have any special foods for the New Year? Black eye peas, ham, potatoes and here is a curve ball for you, herring. It could be creamed or pickled but cream is the only one we find easily in the markets around here. Deb's Mom says she remembers meatless dished on New Year's Eve but not sure of food for the New Year's day. Of course, she also celebrates a second New Year but I can not remember anything special for that either...
eBay starting some new videos about real users eBay seemed to be growing towards the "big box" stores over the past few years and while they never really lost sight of the smaller sellers, it sure felt like it. I think they are starting to return to their roots a little more and they wanted the new sellers to know of the success available throug the sellking venue...
I know it is not quite January yet, but we are over the Christmas flurry and getting our New Year's resolutions lined up, so why not put gardening in the mix? Did we move the date earlier? I remember discussion but I can't remember the outcome. My wife has already mandated that I get back to growing more Oriental vegetables. We give most away but she and her mother enjoy making new friends and surprising old ones with the unique veggies...
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Steve Mills and his wife have one daughter and live on a farm outside of Bell Buckle. They previously owned two coffee/ice cream shops, currently operate an internet sales company and teach classes, but his primary job involves the paper industry worldwide. Hobbies and interests lie in gardening, photography, recorded music and of course, their pets.
Hot topics Weed'em & Reap coming back for an encore this coming Friday. :-)(1 ~ 5:40 AM, Feb 8)
Finally, eBay may be about to release old eBay I..D.s that have not been used for a long time.
A post of the rambling kind.
Time for a REAL Spring cleaning?
Weed'em and Reap report. Your thoughts needed.
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