Global Industries

Saturday, August 31, 2002


Sheesh! There were not one, but two, bank robberies in my home town yesterday. In the first one, two robbers herded customers and employees into the bank vault and then cleaned out the tellers' cages. The local news reported that, in terms of the amount of money stolen, it might have been the most successful in the city's history. The second robbery occured at a branch bank that I use. Somehow, the money was recovered, shortly after the robbery.
manufactured by global industries at 6:49 PM

Monday, August 26, 2002


The weather was actually rather pleasant this afternoon when I got off work. A "cold front" passed through the area, and the humidity is lower, compared to the past few days, so, instead of feeling like a blast furnace, it felt nice. When I say that a "cold front" passed through the area, I mean that in a (very) relative sense. The temperature, right now, is eighty-six degrees Fahrenheit, and the humidity is fifty-nine percent, which makes it feel as if it is ninety degrees. Some "cold front!"
manufactured by global industries at 7:05 PM

Our delivery personnel had some time on their hands this afternoon, and the lead furniture installer asked me if one of my customers was ready for a desk that they had ordered from me. We had originally scheduled it for delivery tomorrow, because the customer was returning a desk that she had bought from a competitor of ours, and the competitor was supposed to pick it up today. I telephoned her anyway, but the competitor had yet to pick up their desk. My customer said that our people could go ahead and deliver her new desk today, but they would have to move the competitor's desk into another office. Knowing how the boss dislikes our delivery personnel doing anything for free, I told her that we'd probably have it delivered tomorrow, as originally planned, thereby giving the competitor time to pick their desk up. However, my customer said that the competitor is giving her the run around about when they are going to pick up their desk.
manufactured by global industries at 1:44 PM

Update on the story of the two missing girls in Oregon: Two sets of remains have been found at the home of a suspect. One set has been identified as that of Miranda Gaddis, one of two girls who disappeared from the apartment complex early this year.
manufactured by global industries at 9:37 AM

Sunday, August 25, 2002


Typo3 is a free, full-featured content management system that rivals commercial programs costing thousands of dollars. I do not have any experience with installing it (yet), but I understand that the installation is not as simple as some.
manufactured by global industries at 7:22 PM

STAY AWAY FROM 'SKEETERS!
manufactured by global industries at 11:38 AM