Why I Fired My Secretary... It was my 45th birthday and I went down to breakfast knowing my wife would be pleasant and say, "Happy Birthday!", and probably have a present for me. As it turned out, she didn't even say good morning, let alone birthday. I thought, well, at least the children will remember. They came down and didn't say a word. So when I left for work I was feeling pretty low. As I walked into my office, my secretary Karen said, "Good morning, Boss. Happy Birthday." And I felt a little better that someone had remembered. At lunchtime Karen knocked on my door and said, "You know, it's such a beautiful day outside, and it's your birthday, let's go to lunch, just you and me." I said, "By George, that's the best thing I've heard all day. "Let's go!" We went to lunch. We went to secluded little pub, had a few drinks and a lovely lunch. On the way back Karen said. "You know, it's such a beautiful day. We don't need to go back to the office, do we?" I said, "No, I guess not." She said, "Let's go to my flat." When we got there she said, "Boss, if you don't mind, I think I'll go into the bedroom and slip into something more comfortable" "Sure!" I excitedly replied. She went into the bedroom and, in about six minutes, she came out carrying a huge birthday cake ----- followed by my wife, children, and a dozen of our friends, all singing Happy Birthday. And I just sat there, on the settee, naked.
1957 : First frisbees produced On 23rd January 1957, machines at the Wham-O toy company roll out the first batch of their aerodynamic plastic discs - now known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees. The story of the Frisbee began in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where William Frisbie opened the Frisbie Pie Company in 1871. Students from nearby universities would throw the empty pie tins to each other, yelling "Frisbie!" as they let go. In 1948, Walter Frederick Morrison and his partner Warren Franscioni invented a plastic version of the disc called the "Flying Saucer" that could fly further and more accurately than the tin pie plates. After splitting with Franscioni, Morrison made an improved model in 1955 and sold it to the new toy company Wham-O as the "Pluto Platter" - an attempt to cash in on the public craze over space and Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). In 1958, a year after the toy's first release, Wham-O - the company behind such top-sellers as the Hula-Hoop, and the Super Ball - changed its name to the Frisbee disc, misspelling the name of the historic pie company. A company designer, Ed Headrick, patented the design for the modern Frisbee in December 1967, adding a band of raised ridges on the disc's surface - called the Rings - to stabilize flight. By aggressively marketing Frisbee-playing as a new sport, Wham-O sold over 100 million units of its famous toy by 1977.
May we take this opportunity to wish you all A Very Happy New Year
From all the girls at Clare Nails & Beauty
At the newly refurbished salon, Clare and her dedicated team are looking forward to a prosperous 2010 welcoming new and existing clients to pop in and have a look. New treatments include: semi permanent lashes for just £ 25 and the new advanced Crystal Clear Facials are now available.
Also part of the team is Lynne Markham who visits the salon every 3 months and has over 25 years experience in the medical aesthetics field, offering Vistabel ( Botox ), Dermal Fillers, Juvederm ULTRA, and Radiesse. We look forward to seeing you soon. Appointments are not always necessary.
Happy New Year
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