Blinker 7OE
I’ll make this short and sweet.
Wife had another 7OE moment the other day, this time it involved her blinker. For the past few days she has been telling me that her blinker lever felt like it’s further away than it should be and that I need to look in to it. In an effort to avoid work I’ve been telling her that her left arm must be shrinking due to old age and she should just get used to it.
On a trip to the park, I decided to drive, and since we were taking the Kiddo and his bike we took her car. It’s a short trip, so there is not a lot of blinker action going on, in fact, I didn’t even remember the past complaints about the blinker.
When I pulled in to our parking spot at the park I saw a glaring light reflecting off of the car in front of me, luckily no one was in it. That’s when I realized the problem with the blinker lever; she had been driving with her brights on for 3 days! 7OE!
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tED Magazine awarded the Careers site on Graybar.com a Best of the Best award in the Website Category. I bring this to your attention not only because it’s a big deal for my company, but also, I built the Careers site on Graybar.com. Yes, that’s right, go me, I won an award. No, I don’t get a fancy trophy or millions of dollars in cash and prizes I didn’t really get anything for it, Graybar received a trophy and it now lives in the Clayton office which I can visit whenever I want. But I did get some ‘bragging rights’, and I’m using those ‘rights’ now.
The 2010 tED Magazine “Best of the Best” marketing awards were presented at a reception hosted by the magazine during the NAED AdVenture Electrical Marketing Conference in Chicago on August 16. The awards recognize the best electrical marketing campaigns fielded in 2009. More than 360 entries were received this year, all of which were on display at the meeting.
Graybar also won a Best of the Best award for the Healthcare Initiative Playbook! That’s 2 ‘Bests’ this year!
tED Magazine is the voice for the top distributors in North America. From national chains to successful independents, tED is read by the top distribution companies in the industry. While targeted to the distributor salesperson, tED is also read by key executives. The publication is known for addressing the tough issues within the channel. If you have a message or product to get in front of the electrical channel, tED’s readers are the top performers and decision makers you need to reach.
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What Does Prouded Mean?
It was a dinner like any other dinner, me stuffing my face like a starving wild dog, Wife telling me to slow down and both of us telling the kid to eat his veggies. But what made this night different from the rest is not that he did or did not eat the broccoli, but his excuse of why he would not eat the broccoli.
Me: Kid, eat your broccoli so you can grow big and strong like superman.
Kid: I don’t want to, it’s too prouded.
Yes folks, my word processor is going crazy as I write this. ”Prouded is not a word, you must have spelt it wrong. Did you mean Prouder, Prodded, or even Produced?” No word processor, I truly meant ‘Prouded’.
We didn’t stress the word, or even question it. I actually assumed that it would be the last time I ever heard the word, but it stuck. He used it everywhere and after weeks I still didn’t truly know what it meant. But now with the word firmly fixed into his vocabulary, I had to be able to communicate with my son, I had to know what it meant.
Every time we asked we got a different answer, the best one being, ‘it means prouded Dad’. Well duh, thanks for all your help son.
So after weeks I think I’ve finally figured out what exactly ‘Prouded’ means. And I like it! I think I’m going to start using it in my own vocabulary. It’s a really good/versatile word, that puts the blame on something else.
Prouded is when you normally like something, but are not really in the mood for it at the moment. But also, it’s not your fault that your not in the mood for it, but the items fault. So, for instance, I normally like Pizza Rolls but the Pizza Rolls are making me not in the mood for them at the moment. It’s not my fault, I’m perfectly capable of eating a Pizza Roll or two, and would like to be in the mood for them, but, alas, the Pizza Roll wont let me be in the mood for it. So, I can’t eat the Pizza Roll because it’s too Prouded.
I love the logic and intelligence of a 3 year old. It amazes me the things they come up with. If I could spend 10 minutes in the mind of my son with out going insane, I believe the mixture of innocence and intelligence would help me solve all of the world’s problems. I can only hope that he doesn’t loose this great trait anytime soon.
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