Stamping course for bankers

I think bank employees are given courses on proper stamping. I believe banking schools and bank training centers provide a practical course on stamping.

Bank tellers and employees more often than not stamp documents in front of them -- checks, bank forms, vouchers, bills. They place receipt stamps, date stamps, notice stamps, and form stamps on backs or fronts of documents they process.

The course teaches the proper tension an employee must have in his/her muscles to correctly press a stamper on a piece of paper. It emphasizes the angle of the forearm in relation to the stamper and the paper that will be stamped on, the amount of energy used to press the stamp and have an even impression on the paper and the amount of ink place on the ink pad to avoid blotting.

It also discusses the number of dabs on the ink pad to have enough ink on the stamper for pressing on various numbers of papers.

There are several ways of stamping multiple papers. There is the one soft dab, one stamp per paper technique and then there is the two hard dabs, one hard stamp each on three to four papers technique.

There might be more we do not know of and will discover soon.

This is why while in a bank making an over-the-counter deposit or withdrawal or cashing a check, the sounds you hear of stampers hitting wooden tables as tellers and employees go about their work are similar. The sounds, intensity of stamping, and the impact of stampers on paper are almost always the same everywhere you go.

Temperature control

When temperatures rise, our planet activates its own temperature control system.

Just watched the closing portion of a National Geographic show (I did not get the title). In that portion, the narrator explained that during one eruption that covered the whole world with sulfur dioxide clouds, global temperatures dropped 5 degrees.

It was narrated that the cloud cover from volcanic ash blocks the sun's rays reflecting heat away. This along with the fall out damages crops and other food sources but it does make the Earth cooler.

Thinking that since one of our problems is global warming caused by climate change, we may be moments away from when the Earth activates its automatic temperature control.

Given what the narrator said and with the high heat we now have globally, it will need a lot of cooling. To achieve this, Mother Earth will need to blow a lot of volcanoes.

This could be disastrous for us but it is a choice between the survival of the planet and most of the "defenseless" species and the survival of man.

The planet only does what is necessary to take care of itself and those living in it with those dying considered as collateral damages.

A means to an end. Sacrificing a few for the survival of the many.

We better change to help manage global warming before the planet itself takes action.

Give the benefit of the "daw"

The word "daw" is commonly used in the Philippines by tagalog speaking Pinoys.

"Daw," when added to verbs means "he/she claims or says" as a statement of fact by another person where the one narrating cannot be sure if true. Kumain daw means he said he ate. Pupunta daw means he said he will go there or he said he will come.

If used alone as a single word answer it means "that's what he/she/it/they claim or say." If asked, "Did he eat already?" the unsure response in one word will be "daw." This is sometimes said with a shrug showing uncertainty on the truth about what the third person said or claimed.

So, if you have friends who claim to have done something and you are not sure if it were true, give them the benefit of the "daw."

MJ and the kids

My wife is a fan of Michael Jackson. She constantly surfs the 'net for photos and mostly videos about Michael Jackson. I'd even get last song syndrome just listening to the music.

While joining her in watching an interview with MJ on YouTube as he takes underprivileged children for a tour around Neverland, I came to a conclusion that his fascination with kids must have been triggered by his lack of "childhood" memories in his pre-teen years.

MJ has a railway with a two-coach train inside Neverland. His game room does not house adult game equipment but children's toys. He named the place based on Peter Pan's Never-Never-Land. He adores children and plays with them.

I think Michael Jackson is trying to live a youngsters life now that he has the time, the power, and the money to do so. As a child, he was always on rehearsals -- no time for play. He is like most of us who, when we are more capable, relive our youth.

Finding Nemo

Two Iloilo City cops in a station. The more senior one approached his subordinate to find out about an on-going investigation.

"Musta na finding nimo," asked the senior police officer.

"Wala pa ako ka kita bos," answered the PO2.

SPO: "Wala ka pa kakita? Nga-a man?"

PO1: "Wala man ako ka-renta pa DVD."

SPO: "DVD? Ano labot kang DVD?"

PO1: "Malantaw Finding Nemo."

SPO: "Ano lantawon mo sa DVD kay ara man sa report?"

PO1: "Sa report? Wala man sa report Finding Nemo?"

SPO: "Ano nga finding nakon? Finding nimo!"

PO1: "Ah, finding nakon gali. Abi ko Finding Nemo."

And so he showed the report to his superior and they discussed the merits of the case.

Hehehe

I saw this video from Yahoo yesterday. It was posted 18 days ago.

http://video.yahoo.com/network/100284668?v=5537299&l=3774753

Muscles aren't all that you need to be a real man.

:)

Neverland

Michael Jackson had an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 1993 in his Neverland Ranch that was broadcasted live across the US and replayed in British television in 7 parts beginning with this part below.




During the interview, MJ intimated to Oprah how he envied children playing across the recording studio where he "worked" when he was just a kid.

Lacking much research on its construction and this article being my own deduction, his childhood story to me is probably the reason why he had the fantasy property built.

Here is the rest of the interview posted by MichaelJackson5fan whose website can be accessed here.