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Ronnie Dunn - "Cost of Livin'"

Ronnie Dunn

Ronald Gene "Ronnie" Dunn is an American country music singer-songwriter and record executive for his own record label Little Willie Records. He is best known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn.Wikipedia

Born: June 1, 1953 (age 60), Coleman, Texas, United States Nationality: American Albums: Ronnie Dunn Music group: Brooks & Dunn (1990 – 2010) Record labels: MCA Records, Arista Nashville, Arista Records

"Cost of Livin'" is his best song for ever

Everything to know about me

Is written on this page

The number you can reach me

My social and my age

Yes I served in the army

It's where I learned to shoot

Eighteen months in the desert

Pourin' sand out of my boots

No I've never been convicted of a crime

I could start this job at any time.

I got a strong back

Steel toes

I rarely call in sick

A good truck

What I don't know

I catch on real quick

I work weekends

If I have to

Nights and holidays

Give you 40

And then some

Whatever it takes

Three dollars and change at the pump

Cost of livin's high and goin' up.

I put Robert down as a reference

He's known me all my life

We attend the same church

He introduced me to my wife

Gave my last job everything

Before it headed south

Took the shoes off of my children's feet

The food out of their mouths

Yesterday my folks offered to help

But they're barely getting by themselves

I got a strong back

Steel toes

I rarely call in sick

A good truck

What I don't know

I catch on real quick

I work weekends

If I have to

Nights and holidays

Give you 40

And then some

Whatever it takes

Three dollars and change at the pump

Cost of livin's high and goin' up.

I'm sure a hundred others have applied

Rumor has it you're only takin' five

I got a strong back

Steel toes

I'm handy with a wrench

There's nothing I can't drive

Nothing I can't fix

I work sun-up to sun-down

Ain't too proud to sweep the floors

Bank has started calling

And the wolves are at my door

Three dollars and change at the pump

The very best of Lou Rawls

Lou Rawls

Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls was an American recording artist, voice actor, songwriter, and record producer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game". Wikipedia

Born: December 1, 1933, Chicago Died: January 6, 2006, Los Angeles Albums: All Things in Time, Unmistakably Lou, Stormy Monday, More Spouse: Nina Malek Inman Rawls (m. 2004–2006)

You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine 

You'll never find, as long as you live
Someone who loves you tender like I do
You'll never find, no matter where you search
Someone who cares about you the way I do

Whoa, I'm not braggin' on myself, baby
But I'm the one who loves you
And there's no one else, no-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh one else

You'll never find, it'll take the end of all time
Someone to understand you like I do
You'll never find the rhythm, the rhyme
All the magic we shared, just us two

Whoa, I'm not tryin' to make you stay, baby
But I know some how, some day, some way
You are (you're gonna miss my lovin')
You're gonna miss my lovin' (you're gonna miss my lovin')
You're gonna miss my lovin' (you're gonna miss my lovin')
You're gonna miss, you're gonna miss my lo-o-ove

Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh (you're gonna miss my lovin')
Late in the midnight hour, baby (you're gonna miss my lovin')
When it's cold outside (you're gonna miss my lovin')
You're gonna miss, you're gonna miss my lo-o-ove

You'll never find another love like mine
Someone who needs you like I do
You'll never see what you've found in me
You'll keep searching and searching your whole life through
Whoa, I don't wish you no bad luck, baby
But there's no ifs and buts or maybes

You're gonna, You're gonna miss (miss my lovin')
You're gonna miss my lovin' (you're gonna miss my lovin')
I know you're gonna my lovin' (you're gonna miss my lovin')
You're gonna miss, you're gonna miss my lo-o-ove

Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh (you're gonna miss my lovin')
Late in the midnight hour, baby (you're gonna miss my lovin')
When it gets real cold outside (you're gonna miss my lovin')
I know, I know that you are gonna miss my lo-o-ove

Let me tell you that you're gonna miss my lovin'
Yes you will, baby (you're gonna miss my lovin')
When I'm long gon
I know, I know, I know that you are gonna miss

Street Corner Hustler's Blues/World Of Trouble 

We'd like to sorta change things up just a little bit for ya here. Now here's a song – It's about a young man – that is, uh, widely known, throughout the world (heh heh) .. espescially in my "ex" hometown. (Where I used to live.) See, this young man, 'svery popular young man and he was standing on a very well known corner on the South Side of, uh, my hometown, Chicago. This young man was standing on the corner of 47th and South Parkway, Northeast corner. Now there stands a building that houses a Walgreens drugstore, a few of a little miscellaneous shops here and there (that's a commercial), um, and every Friday evening as the people would pass there, they couldn't help but notice this young man. Every Friday around four-thirty this young man would be seen standing on the corner of 47th and South Parkway in front of Walgreens. The young man was standing there because his girlfriend worked at Walgreens, and, as you all know, Friday the Eagle Flies.. This young man was standing there and as the people passsed him, as always they couldn't help but notice him because he was wearing the very popular silk mohair-wool-worsted-continental-to-the-bone-two-hundred-and-fifty- dollar, hustler's suit: fresh 'out the pawnshop. He would also be wearing a pair of highly-shined alligator hustler shoes with the very popular white-on-white tab-collar shirt, very thin silk hustler's necktie tied around his neck.. Very large artificial diamond stickpin in place. Now as they noticed even closer at this young man they couldn't help but notice around the sides of his hat that he was.. heavily caulked to the bone. He was quite Patent-leatherish about the hair, they call it "The Hustler's Hairdo." A Process: Many pleats, 'lotta creases, and all that greasy kid stuff. Sitting pressed upon this very lightly so as not to mess up his hairdo was his very stingy- brimmed.. hustler's hat. His hustler-shades on, cigarette in hand, very broad smile on his face. As you looked around to see what this young man was staring at so hard and why he was so elated at what he saw, You couldn't help but notice his automobile parked at the curb. His automobile: white-on-white -in- whites. The Hustlers call 'em "Hogs"; the trade name is Cadillac, thatsa' hustler's sure longs' th'finance company can't find out where he keeps it parked at night. All of a sudden this young man notices people passing him but glancing over their shoulders as they walk down the street. There was some great commotion coming down the street behind him, so he thought he would take a peek and see for himself what all this commotion was. This is what he saw when he looked down the street: With pin-curlers and rollers in her hair, head- rag tied very tight, very large razor in her left hand, big butcher knife in her right hand, housecoat, houseshoes. His wife. And she was steppin' fast, fast, fast, comin' after him, callin' him all sorts of dirty names and other things I can't mention up here or they'll close the place. He made a break for his automobile, 'fore he could get in the car 'n' get the motor started she was there cuttin'up the top-kickin' dents in the door.. You jive Maryland Farmer! Out here jivin' around, the rent ain't paid, the baby's hungry-need-shoes, and you out actn' call' yoself pimpinin,' hustlin,' can on... and all them other good things. He jumped out the car 'n' threw the keys over to her, said baby listen, you can have this car, and anything else you want. Just don't cut my new suit. I just got it out' the pawn shop, and I got to have my front so I can keep on makin' my game. As he turned to walk away, the young man bowed his head slightly. He lifted his stingy brim from his patent leather 'do and shook it lightly; he wouldn't shake it too hard, ya see, 'cause when you wear a process you have to go to the barbershop ev'ry day n get a comb-out: that costs two dollars, and he hadn't got his money from the lady yet. He began to mumble something, as he walked down the street, and as you listened closely you heard the young man saying these words. You could tell he was really troubled, he was saying these words is thisf.. in this manner... he was saying: I'm.... in a world of trouble I don't know what to do I'm supposed to be one woman's man But I am in love with two! One is my treasure And one is my treat They are both such a pleasure 'Cause they're both so sweet I can't put either of 'em down That's 'awhy I'm slippin' round 'Cause I'm livin' double I'm in a world of trouble Yes it's a world of trouble That I inhabit now 'Cause I've got one more woman Then the legal laws allow! Now judges would jail me.. And preachers would shout.. Bad talk would nail me If the truth got out Polite society would frown They would claim that I'm just a clown Living double. In a world of trouble.. Well now.. I do not dare reveal This need that I eagerly feel 'Cause to my proper friends.. It would.. scare them. Don't you know they would Chalk it up to greed Oh but what I truly need Is a new kind of two woman harem! Now let me tell you I got a great big world of trouble, yes.. I've got a woman and a wife And that's the kind of situation ..it could cost somebody's life Ohh, but I'm gonna bear it Just as long as I can No I don't want to share it with a' no other man Oh Lord and my future is in a fog And they call me a dirty dog! Because I'm a' livin' double In a world... they got me peepin' and hidin'.. slippin and slidin'.. duckin and dodgin'.. runnin' down alleys-hidin' in doorways-behind papers standin' in streetcars- n L Tracks- and buses and down in manholes and anywheres I can find em 'cause I'm SCARED TO DEATH! 'Cause I'm in a great big world... Fellas, don't ya'll feel bad. Cause we're not the only ones livin' in trouble,double.. The ladies is livin' double.. Some of em livin' triple Some of em livin'.. quadtriplets. Some of em livin' quintetted. And octetted. And a few other "tets." But we ALL got a great big world... We're living in a world of trouble... A-All.

MIGROS kids school in Tirupur

Migros is Switzerland's largest retailing company, its largest supermarket chain and largest employer. It co-founded Turkey's largest retailer, Migros Türk, which became independent of Migros Switzerland in 1975.

We have one of the MIGROS outlet near our home in vevey. It has most of our daily needs and some electronic stuffs too. 75% of our shopping ends at MIGROS.

Recently I have purchased gym T-Shirt for my kid. It is high quality Bio cotton, While checking the label, we found that it is made in India. Source of textile is Tirupur. Further the label claims that migros has school in Tirupur as its social responsibility. 

Interested on the on topic on found below information, nice to share with you

In 2009, the Migros Kids School in Tirupur, Southern India, celebrated its tenth anniversary. A happy day for over 1,300 children and a success story for Migros development aid.

A classroom equipped with computers is not exactly headline news, at least not in our part of the world. In Tirupur, though, it is a sensation. The biggest challenge was not acquiring the computers and bringing them here. It was getting them up and running in the first place, because there is no stable supply of electricity in the region.
Thanks to Migros, this problem, too, has been solved. In 2009, the school was given a solar installation for its tenth anniversary, so in future it will have its own power supply.
With the computers working, the children are learning – and beaming with pleasure. That would be a rare sight in our part of the world, where most children are less than enthusiastic about school.

In Southern India, the grim reality of everyday life for children is not going to school, but going to work. Changing the situation is the declared aim of the Kids School project in Tirupur, set up in 1999 by Migros and the German foundation KIDS e.V. in Cologne. “School not work” is the motto, and the objective is to offer a better future to children whose parents are on low incomes, and most of whom work in the local textile factories. The Migros aid fund provided CHF 400,000 to finance building land, buildings and school buses. In December 2009, the Federation of Migros Cooperatives committed a further CHF 150,000 for the expansion of the school.

Lessons began in 1999, with just 29 children in the palm-leaf-covered provisional school. At first it was difficult to convince the parents that going to school would improve their children's lives in the long run. But attitudes quickly changed. In December 2000, the new school building, with 14 classrooms, was opened and the number of schoolchildren rose to 43. A further school building was added in 2005. Meanwhile, a kindergarten and health clinic had also been built.

In the 2009/2010 school year, ten years after it began, there are 1,321 children at the school. Each day, six school buses pick up the schoolchildren and their 48 teachers from the surrounding villages.

The Migros Kids School is a private school that only admits children whose parents earn no more than the equivalent of CHF 100. For just CHF 190, one child can receive education there for a whole year. The school relies on funding and donations to keep it going. For instance, the Southern Indian producers of Migros textiles pay three centimes for each of the Kids School labels that they attach to the clothing they make. This pays for around 50% of the school’s running costs. Other Migros suppliers also help with the funding: instead of sending promotional gifts, they donate the money to the school in India. These two ideas help more than a thousand children.
Migros has always had a particular interest in the abolition of child labour. The Migros Kids School project is a great institution for protecting children from exploitation and offering them a better future.

I too feel some social responsibility, we should do something for the community.

21 Great Ways to stop procrastinating

Here is a summary of the 21 Great Ways to stop procrastinating and get more things done faster. Review these rules and principles regularly until they become firmly ingrained in your thinking and actions and your future will be guaranteed.

1. Set the table: Decide exactly what you want. Clarity is essential. Write out your goals and objectives before you begin;
2. Plan every day in advance: Think on paper. Every minute you spend in planning can save you five or ten minutes in execution;
3. Apply the 80/20 Rule to everything: Twenty percent of your activities will account for eighty percent of your results. Always concentrate your efforts on that top twenty percent;
4. Consider the consequences: Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all else;
5. Practice the ABCDE Method continually: Before you begin work on a list of tasks, take a few moments to organize them by value and priority so you can be sure of working on your most important activities:
6. Focus on key result areas: Identify and determine those results that you absolutely, positively have to get to do your job well, and work on them all day long;
7. The Law of Forced Efficiency: There is never enough time to do everything but there is always enough time to do the most important things. What are they?
8. Prepare thoroughly before you begin: Proper prior preparation prevents poor performance;
9. Do your homework: The more knowledgeable and skilled you become at your key tasks, the faster you start them and the sooner you get them done;
10. Leverage your special talents: Determine exactly what it is that you are very good at doing, or could be very good at, and throw your whole heart into doing those specific things very, very well:
11. Identify your key constraints: Determine the bottlenecks or chokepoints, internally or externally, that set the speed at which you achieve your most important goals and focus on alleviating them;
12. Take it one oil barrel at a time: You can accomplish the biggest and most complicated job if you just complete it one step at a time;
13. Put the pressure on yourself: Imagine that you have to leave town for a month and work as if you had to get all your major tasks completed before you left;
14. Maximize your personal powers: Identify your periods of highest mental and physical energy each day and structure your most important and demanding tasks around these times. Get lots of rest so you can perform at your best;
15. Motivate yourself into action: Be your own cheerleader. Look for the good in every situation. Focus on the solution rather than the problem. Always be optimistic and constructive;
16. Practice creative procrastination: Since you can’t do everything, you must learn to deliberately put off those tasks that are of low value so that you have enough time to do the few things that really count;
17. Do the most difficult task first: Begin each day with your most difficult task, the one task that can make the greatest contribution to yourself and your work, and resolve to stay at it until it is complete:
18. Slice and dice the task: Break large, complex tasks down into bite sized pieces and then just do one small part of the task to get started;
19. Create large chunks of time: Organize your days around large blocks of time where you can concentrate for extended periods on your most important tasks;
20. Develop a sense of urgency: Make a habit of moving fast on your key tasks. Become known as a person who does things quickly and well;
21. Single handle every task: Set clear priorities, start immediately on your most important task and then work without stopping until the job is 100% complete. This is the real key to high performance and

An excerpt from Eat That Frog!

An excerpt from Eat That Frog!
by Brian Tracy

There's an old saying that says..."If the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is eat a live frog, then nothing worse can happen for the rest of the day!"

Brian Tracy says that your "frog" should be the most difficult item on your things to do list, the one you're most likely to procrastinate on; because, if you eat that first, it'll give you energy and momentum for the rest of the day. But, if you don't...and let him sit there on the plate and stare at you while you do a hundred unimportant things, it can drain your energy and you won't even know it.

The 80/20 Rule is one of the most helpful of all concepts of time and life management. It is also called the "Pareto Principle" after its founder, the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who first wrote about it in 1895. Pareto noticed that people in his society seemed to divide naturally into what he called the "vital few", the top 20 percent in terms of money and influence, and the "trivial many", the bottom 80 percent.

He later discovered that virtually all economic activity was subject to this principle as well. For example, this principle says that 20 percent of your activities will account for 80 percent of your results, 20 percent of your customers will account for 80 percent of your sales, 20 percent of your products or services will account for 80 percent of your profits, 20 percent of your tasks will account for 80 percent of the value of what you do, and so on. This means that if you have a list of ten items to do, two of those items will turn out to be worth five or ten times or more than the other eight items put together.

Number of Tasks versus Importance of Tasks
Here is an interesting discovery. Each of the ten tasks may take the same amount of time to accomplish. But one or two of those tasks will contribute five or ten times the value of any of the others.

Often, one item on a list of ten tasks that you have to do can be worth more than all the other nine items put together. This task is invariably the frog that you should eat first.

Focus on Activities, Not Accomplishments
The most valuable tasks you can do each day are often the hardest and most complex. But the payoff and rewards for completing these tasks efficiently can be tremendous. For this reason, you must adamantly refuse to work on tasks in the bottom 80 percent while you still have tasks in the top 20 percent left to be done.

Before you begin work, always ask yourself, "Is this task in the top 20 percent of my activities or in the bottom 80 percent?"

The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you will be naturally motivated to continue. A part of your mind loves to be busy working on significant tasks that can really make a difference. Your job is to feed this part of your mind continually.

Motivate Yourself
Just thinking about starting and finishing an important task motivates you and helps you to overcome procrastination. Time management is really life management, personal management. It is really taking control of the sequence of events. Time management is having control over what you do next. And you are always free to choose the task that you will do next. Your ability to choose between the important and the unimportant is the key determinant of your success in life and work.

Effective, productive people discipline themselves to start on the most important task that is before them. They force themselves to eat that frog, whatever it is. As a result, they accomplish vastly more than the average person and are much happier as a result. This should be your way of working as well.

मैने पूछा चाँद से के देखा हैं कही मेरे यार सा हसीं

I still hear my best friend voice singing this song ...

Maine Poocha Chand Se Ke Dekha Hai Kahin
Mere Yaar Sa Haseen Chand Ne Kaha
Chandni Ki Kasam Nahin Nahin Nahin
Maine Poocha Chand Se

Maine Yeh Hijab Tera Dhunda
Har Jageh Sahbad Tera Dhunda
Kaliyon Se Misaal Teri Phoochi
Phoolon Se Sabaab Tera Dhunda
Maine Poocha Bagh Se Falak Ho Ya Zameen
Aisa Phool Hai Kahin Bagh Ne Kaha
Har Kali Ki Kasam Nahin Nahin Nahin
Maine Poocha Chand Se

Chaal Hai Ke Mauj Ki Rawani Julf Hai Ke Raat Ki Nishani
Hoth Hai Ke Aainey Kamal Ke
Ankh Hai Ke Maikason Ki Rani
Maine Poocha Jaam Se Falak Ho Ya Zameen
Aisi Mehn Bhi Hai Kahin, Jaam Ne Kaha
Mehkashi Ki Kasam Nahin Nahin Nahin
Maine Poocha Chand Se

Khubsoorati Jo Tuney Pahi Loot Gai
Loot Gai Khuda Ki Bas Khudai
Mir Ke Ghazal Kahon Tujhey Main
Ye Kahon Khayyam Ki Rubai
Amine Poocha Shaironse Aise Sher Hai Kahin
Shayar Kahen Shaiyri Ki Kasam Nahin Nahin Nahin
Maine Poocha Chand Se