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Happy Birthday!

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It was my dad’s birthday yesterday.  So wish him a happy birthday. He just turned forty-seven, so he is getting up there.  We are planning a birthday party for him, hoping it will be a surprise.  Please don’t tell him about it because we don’t want him to know.  It is planning to happen this afternoon.  So far he hasn’t complained.
 
This weather up here is getting out of control.  Just about a month ago there was no snow o n the ground. But today there is already over a foot, and it is still coming down.  Although the forecast says the weather temperature should go up to plus 4 by tomorrow, it is only -18 right now.  (Courtesy of the Weather Network). Have you checked out our web-page (Courtesy of TELUS). There should be a link on this site to that page.
 
I am really good with computers, and with almost anything else.  I am very smart, and even got straight A’s on my last report card.  So that proves how smart I am.  Today I am in Junior High and have many friends.  I enjoy having friends. they are fun to hang our with.
 
We actually more or less over a month ago had a band concert (a few photos to come soon). We are actually going to Edmonton to play at the festival there in April.  We will be adjudicated. Although some of my friends can’t go, I am going.  I am really looking forward to that.
 
For those of you who don’t know, my birthday is on April 8th.  So we’ll be going to Edmonton around that time.
 
I know of this really neat program called Google Earth You can basically zoom down on any location anywhere in the world.  Try it out.  Mac Version is to be made soon, but currently it only works on windows.
–Matt
(Spell Checking by GOOGLE Toolbar)
 
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Christmas is Coming Quickly

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Well,Christmas is quickly approaching. It is just around the corner, and yet there are still so many things still to do We still have baking and shopping to do. And we still do not have our Christmas tree. We have our artifical one set up downstairs, but our real one has not yet been bought. The tempertures are very wierd around here. Last month, we didn’t have any snow. We now have snow, but now it may melt, because it is about to warm up again. We had broken lots of record temps in November, with highs as high as 12 or 13. I live in Canada, where it can get really cold. It was -25 C today, with a wind chill of -35 C. I didn’t dare to go outside today.

I am a very smart kid. did you know that I got straight A’s in my report card. I was so proud of myself as this has never happened before.

My mom is constantly quilting. She’s even made a few Christmas projects. She’s made many quilts, including two for me.

I really haven’t been listening to Adventures in oDyssey on-line recently, because I haven’t seemed to find the time. I should get into the habit of listening to it every day I play on the computer, being he first thing I do. I should have it as my background sound when I’m racing. That would work very well.

Well, I hope we get our Christmas tree really soon. We have so many presens to put under the tree before Christmas day arrives. I’d also like to remind everyone what Christmas is really about. Christmas is all about Christ coming to this earth. It is the celbration of his birthday. And the reason he came to this earth was to die for our sins, so that we could spend eternal life with him.

I will try to send you pictues of this Christmas season in Canada.

Remember to check out the web-page at http://www3.telus.net/public/dms88/index2.htm

Well, Merry Christmas
Matt Schlosser

Have a happy New Year too!

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Fw: Janitor or Millionaire

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—– Original Message —–

Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 5:19 PM
Subject: Fw: Janitor or Millionaire
 
An unemployed man is desperate to support
his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor’s job at a large
firm and easily passes an aptitude test.

The human resources manager tells him, "You
will be hired at minimum wage of $5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address
so that we can get you in the computer. Our system will automatically e-mail you
all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first
day."

Taken back, the man protests that he is poor and has neither a
computer nor an e-mail address.

To this the manager replies, "You must
understand that to a company like ours that means that you virtually do not
exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a
high-tech firm. Good day."

Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where
to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers’ market and sees a
stand selling 25 lb. crates of beautiful red tomatoes.

He buys a crate, carries it to a busy
corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than 2 hours he sells all the tomatoes
and makes 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he
ends up with almost $100 and arrives home that night with several bags of
groceries for his family.

During the night he decides to repeat the
tomato business the next day. By the end of the week he is getting up early
every day and working into the night. He multiplies his profits quickly. Early
in the second week he acquires a cart to transport several boxes of tomatoes at
a time, but before a month is up he sells the cart to buy a broken-down pickup
truck. At the end of a year he owns three old trucks. His two sons have left
their neighborhood gangs to help him with the tomato business, his wife is
buying the tomatoes, and his daughter is taking night courses at the community
college so she can keep books for him. By the end of the second year he has a
dozen very nice used trucks and employ s fifteen previously unemployed people,
all selling tomatoes. He continues to work hard.

Time passes and at the end of the fifth
year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse which his wife supervises,
plus two tomato farms that the boys manage. The tomato company’s payroll has put
hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work. His daughter reports that the
business grossed a million dollars.

Planning for the future, he decides to buy
some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance
plan to fit his new circumstances. Then the adviser asks him for his e-mail
address in order to send the final documents electronically.

When the man replies that he doesn’t have
time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the insurance man is
stunned, "What, you don’t have e-mail? No computer? No Internet? Just think
where you would be today if you’d had all of that five years
ago!"

"Ha!" snorts the man. "If I’d had e-mail five years ago I would be
sweeping floors at Microsoft and making $5.15 an hour".

Which brings us to the
moral:…………………….

Since you got this story by e-mail, you’re
probably closer to being a janitor than a millionaire.

Sadly, I received it also.

School

Teachers’ Strike Still Going

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Well, the teachers in BC are still on strike, but they are voting on some recommendations soon. I sure hope the teachers would get back to work.  I miss my friends from school.  I just thought I’d let you know.  I let you know also when the strike has ended
 
Check back soon for updates
 
Today was youth group and I had a great time. We were supposed to play wallyball at the local gym, but it had been double book, so we had to go bowling instead.  We had just as much fun when we went bowling.  The week before that we had a food drive. That was a great time.  My friend Trevor goes to my school, but now I only see him on Fridays, and Sundays in church.  This is because of the stirke.  It’s been so long since the strike began.  I can hardly remember that atmosphere of my school, eh.  I miss school
 
Abother thing is that I;m in band and we have a concert on Nov. 24th, and because of the teachers strike, we haven’t had anything to play for the concert, so we may not have a winter concert this year, because of the teachers strike.  I sure hope this issue gets resolved. 
 
As you can see, I have changed my background to a more suitable one for this time of year.  We still haven’t seen any snow.  Last year it was here by Sept 10th.  Well, forcastors are saying no snow till November!  That would be nice.  I can’t wait for the snow to fall. 
 
Matt Schlosser
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Teachers’ Strike

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As of Oct. 7, 2005 teacher’s are going on strike in B.C. That’s approximately 40, 000 teachers..  That mean’s no instruction or supervision until the strike (this is for B.C. only).  The school’s will remain open, but you don’t have to attend.  Below is a web-site link for the update on the job-action concering the BCTF, and the BCPSEA. As you know, Oct. 10th is Thanksgiving, so there’s automatically no school on that day, the school’s are closed.  But we may or may not go ack to school on Tuesday. 
 
Heres the link that updates you on the job-action: http://www.prn.bc.ca/jobaction.html.  Click here for updates on the strike.  Tell me your comments on what you think.  I write you more later.
 
Matt
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Schools Going Well

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Well, school has been going well at Jr. High this year.  We had the Terry Fox Run today, which was sort of cool.  We were dismissed early, right after the Terry Fox Run, ’cause there was really nothing else to do the rest of the day.  Now it is the weekend.  I hope I have a great weekend.
 
Matt
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School TIme Again

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Hello,
 
I am going to school again. Jr Secondary for the first time.  School starts within less than 24 hours and I can’t wait to go to school again.  I hope i do well in Jr. Secondary school.  I’m going to the same Jr. Secondary school that my Dad went to too.  My dad thought that was great.
 
I really enjoyed my summer.  I had lots of fun camping with my family.  We went camping last weekend here near our town, and at a different campground nearby last week also.  The month of July was spent mostly traveling and going to camp.  I enjoyed camp this year.  I also enjoyed summer.
 
Well, fall and winter will be coming soon.  We get snow where I live in the winter.  I enjoy the snow, but sometimes, it just gets too cold around here.  Fall, or autumn, is another time I enjoy.  It’s when the weather, is inbetween hot and cold, but is mostly cool.
 
Well, I hope you guys enjoy your school year as well as I do mine. 
 
Matt
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Fw: How Smart is Your Right Foot?

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This is so funny that it will boggle your mind. And you
will keep trying it at least 50 more times to see if
you can outsmart your foot. But you can’t!!! 

1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off
the floor and make clockwise circles with
it. 

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air
with your right hand. Your foot will change
direction!!! 

I told you so… And there is nothing you can do about
it. 

Make sure you pass this on to your friends… They won’t
be able to believe it
either!!!