Years ago, I remember using little strips that alerted us to whether the temperature of various objects had changed in transit. I was running a kosher food provider and we were shipping foods across the Northeast corridor, to Southern Florida, Chicago, Los Angeles and a few other clusters where there were plenty of folks who only ate kosher food.
The strips were ok- and probably beyond the state of the art – but we wanted more.
Most of you know I live in Metropolitan DC. So, whatever happens in/to/from the Federal government is LOCAL. Like the shutdown- that cost the DC area more than $ 220 million each and every day in business. Since there are some 5 million folks living in the Metropolitan area, that’s $ 50 not spent by every man, woman, and child. OK, that doesn’t sound too bad. But, there are about 225,000 businesses in the area. Which means the average business took a hit $ 1000 a day. That is a significant number if you are a small business- even if you are a large one.
Continue reading R-I-S-K (don’t shudder- react!)
Blood sucker. That’s right- a real blood sucker. Neventhes. A carniverous plant, found in the tropics of the Old World (an area ranging from China to Australia to Sri Lanka). These plants have a narrow stem (1 cm or so), but can reach 15 m in length.
Continue reading SLIPS sliding away…