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Don't miss the "Joke Of The Month" at the end of this article. 28 Jun 2008 LETS Untwisted As you might've imagined, I've read a few articles and books about LETS and I can tell you now that The LETSaholic Twist must surely be one of the most informative, motivational, and simplest to read LETS books available today. And all of it is based on personal experience ... not theory. If you want to get more out of LETS ... even to the point of making it a life-changing experience ... then "you gotta read this book"! Chapter One - My Story, tells you how it changed my life. It's over 12 pages, so I won't copy it all here. Just click on this link. Chapter Three - Offers, shows you how to select the goods and services you'll be offering through LETS and in the process increasing the number and variety of offers for the benefit of all LETS members. Here's a sample: >>> TRY ME IN LONDON I was introduced to one of the best Offers I have ever come across when I was in London on my 400-Day LETS Odyssey in 2003. I was invited to speak to the Camden LETS group. It was a cosy meeting in a member’s apartment with maybe eight or ten members sitting on chairs and cushions in the lounge room. That night Phillida, our host, showed me their LETS newsletter and directory. “One of our new members didn’t know what to list in her Offers because she was very versatile and could handle anything from secretarial work to house cleaning. She felt she would be happier to consider all requests made to her from LETS members. So, instead of making a lengthy but incomplete list, we came up with a new listing: Try Me. It has since become very popular and now there are ten members listed in the Try Me category.” What a great idea, and very much in the spirit of LETS! >>> Happy trading! James Fat James to Slim Jim (UPDATE: On 17 April 2008, 15 months and 9 days after starting my diet, I weighed 76.4 kgs, 20.5 kgs less than when I started!) How
I lost 21 kgs
in 18 weeks (obtained naturally: without any diet pills, packaged food plans, weekly diet consultations or exercise)  
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than 7weeks. Actually, I'm so pleased with myself I've written a report
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A critical part of this are my before and after photos (above).
My
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I got down to this weight on May 11 – less than 18 weeks after
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of Jokes
FBI Assassin The FBI had an opening for an assassin. After all the background checks, interviews and testing were done, there were 3 finalists; two men and a woman. For
the final test, the FBI agents took one of the men to a large metal
door and handed him a gun. Inside the room you will find your wife sitting in a chair . . . Kill her!" The man said, "You can't be serious. I could never shoot my wife." The agent said, "Then you're not the right man for this job. Take your wife and go home." The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about 5 minutes. The man came out with tears in his eyes, "I tried, but I can't kill my wife." The agent said, "You don't have what it takes. Take your wife home." Finally,
it was the woman's turn. She was given the same instructions, to kill
her husband. She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard,
one after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls.
"This gun is loaded with blanks," she said. "I had to beat him to death with the chair!" MORAL:
>>> Unusual Pet This guy was lonely and so he decided life would be more fun if he had a pet. So he went to the pet store and told the owner that he wanted to buy an unusual pet. After some discussion he finally bought a centipede, (100-leg bug), which came in a little white box to use for his house. He took the box home, found a good location for it, and decided he would start off by taking his new pet to the bar for a drink. So he asked the centipede in the box, "Would you like to go to Frank's place with me and have a beer?" But there was no answer from his new Pet. This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few more minutes and then asked him again, "How about going to the bar and having a drink with me?" But again there was no answer from his new friend and pet. So he waited another few minutes. Thinking about the situation, he decided to ask him one more time. This time putting his face up against the centipede's house and shouting, "Hey, in there! Would you like to go to Frank's place and have a drink with me? Atiny little voice came out of the box: "I heard you the first time! I'm putting on my frigging shoes!" >>> Tomato Patch Bodies An old Italian man lived alone in the country. He wanted to dig his tomato garden, but it was very hard work as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament Dear Vincent, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over because you would be happy to dig the plot for me. Love, Dad A few days later he received a letter from his son. Dear Dad, Don't dig up that garden. That's where I buried the bodies. Love, Vinnie At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left. That same day the old man received another letter from his son. Dear Dad, Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances. Love you, Vinnie >>> ID ten T error I was having trouble with my computer. So I called Rich, my grandson, the new High-School-Grad-18year-old who knows everything. His bedroom looks like Mission Control. So I asked him to come over. Rich clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem. As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong’? He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.' I didn't want to appear stupid, but he knows me better than I do. Nonetheless I enquired, 'An, ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.' Rich just grinned.... 'Papa, Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?' 'No,' I replied.
'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it out.' >>> Can you solve this puzzle? You are riding on a beautiful white horse. On your left side is a drop off. On your right side are several ostriches being chased by a lion. In front of you are four large gazelles, which won't get out of your way and you can't seem to overtake them. Behind you is a stampede of horses. What must you do to get out of this highly dangerous situation? For the answer click and drag your mouse from star to star. * Get your drunk butt off the merry-go-round!* >>> SUMMER
Exercise program You
might want to take it easy at first, then do it faster as you become
more proficient. It may be too strenuous for some. That's enough for the first day. Great job. Have a Chocolate.
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A word from James Taris 17 Apr 2008 Language Exchange Well, after being in Shanghai for over 3 years (yes, it's been that long!) I've got back into my trading lifestyle with ... LANGUAGE EXCHANGE. When I meet people here and tell them I've been in China since September 2004, they automatically presume I can speek fluent Chinese. But that's just not the case. For 18 months I was writing and publishing books (18 in total) and then I began teaching English (at all levels: from ages 3-adult) in Chinese schools and English language centres (such as English First) where they didn't need me to speak Chinese ... just English! Nevertheless, I recently became determined to master this deceptively simple language (yep, simple!) when I was fortunate to come across people offering LANGUAGE EXCHANGE. That is, I teach them English for an hour and they teach me Chinese for an hour. I've already learnt about 100 words and a few very simple sentences. In fact, I have no problems asking for prices from sellers and can understand any amount, in Chinese currency, given to me. My goal is to speak Chinese confidently, at a social level, by the end of the year ... and I have 4 LANGUAGE EXCHANGE teacher/students to help me achieve that goal. Chinese will be my 4th language! (I speak English, Greek and some French.) Zaijian (Goodbye), And happy trading! James
Learn Chinese in 5 Minutes (You MUST read them aloud) Eng:
That's not right. Eng:
Are you harboring a fugitive? Eng:
See me ASAP. Eng:
Small horse. Eng:
Did you go to the beach? Eng:
I think you need a facelift. Eng:
It's very dark in here. Eng:
I thought you were on a diet? Eng:
This is a tow away zone. Eng:
Our meeting is scheduled for next week. Eng:
Staying out of sight. Eng:
He's cleaning his automobile. Eng:
Your body odour is offensive. HAPPY
NEW YEAR Wishing everyone in the LETS Community a very Happy New Year. Happy trading! JamesCatholic Horses One day while he was at the track playing the ponies and all but losing his shirt, Mitch noticed a priest who stepped out onto the track and blessed the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the 4th race. Lo and behold, that horse - a very long shot - won the race. Before the next race, as the horses began lining up, Mitch watched with interest the old priest step onto the track. Sure enough, as the 5th race horses came to the starting gate the priest made a blessing on the forehead of one of the horses. Mitch made a beeline for a betting window and placed a small bet on the horse. Again, even though it was another long shot, the horse the priest had blessed won the race. Mitch collected his winnings, and anxiously waited to see which horse the priest would bless for the 6th race. The priest again blessed a horse. Mitch bet big on it, and it won. Mitch was elated. As the races continued the priest kept blessing long shot horses, and each one ended up coming in first. Bye and bye, Mitch was pulling in some serious money. By the last race, he knew his wildest dreams were going to come true. He made a quick dash to the ATM, withdrew all his savings, and awaited the priest's blessing that would tell him which horse to bet on. True to his pattern, the priest stepped onto the track for the last race and blessed the forehead of an old nag that was the longest shot of the day. Mitch also observed the priest blessing the eyes, ears, and hooves of the old nag. Mitch knew he had a winner and bet every cent he owned on the old nag. He then watched dumbfounded as the old nag come in dead last. Mitch, in a state of shock, made his way down to the track area where the priest was. Confronting the old priest he demanded, "Father! What happened? All day long you blessed horses and they all won. Then in the last race, the horse you blessed lost by a Kentucky mile. Now, thanks to you I've lost every cent of my savings - all of it!". The priest nodded wisely and with sympathy. "Son," he said, "that's the problem with you Protestants, you can't tell the difference between a simple blessing and the last rites." 1 Aug 2007 LETS Book, CD, DVD and Software Library What books, CDs, DVDs and software are available on LETS? This is a question I've been asked from time to time over the years, so now I think it's time to compile a comprehensive list of all the books, CDs, DVDs and software available about LETS. If you have produced any of these LETS tools, or know of them, then please contact me at JamesTaris@gmail.com so I can include it/them in my LETS Book, CD, DVD and Software Library. Please send me the details, link or free sample product (download or post). If you can also send me a product description and review, I'll include these as well for the benefit of my LETS-Linkup members and visitors. Happy trading! James
Automobile Air Conditioning Inventors The three Goldberg brothers, Norman, Hyman, and Maximillian invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner. On July 17th, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97º. The 3 brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked his secretary into telling him that 3 gentlemen were there with the most exciting innovation in the auto industry since the electric starter.
Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They refused and
instead asked that he come out to the parking lot to their car. 6 May 2007 Pay Anyone with Barter, Online Barter Resources Press Release NEW YORK - XO Limited ("XO"), today launched its new "pay anyone" feature, where members of any barter exchange can send barter dollars to anyone who has a mobile phone or email, even non-barter exchange members. The feature is designed to … CLICK HERE TO READ MORE CLICK HERE FOR RECENT EDITORIALS CLICK HERE FOR EDITORIALS 2001 - 2003 This
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