Comments made in the year 1955!

 This Comments were made in 1955!
(That's 56 years ago!)


'I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way
they are, it's going to be impossible
To buy a week's groceries for $20.00.


'Have you seen the new cars coming out next year?
It won't be long before $2,000.00 will only buy a
used one.

'If cigarettes keep going up in price,
I'm going to quit.
A quarter a pack is ridiculous.

'Did you hear the post office is thinking about
charging a dime just to mail a letter?

'If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00,
Nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.

'When I first started driving,
Who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon..
Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage.

'I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more..
Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying
DAMN in GONE WITH THE WIND,
It seems every new movie has either HELL or DAMN in it.

'I read the other day where some scientist thinks
it's possible to put a man on the moon by the
end of the century.
They even have some fellows they call astronauts
preparing for it down in Texas.

'Did you see where some baseball player just signed a
contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball?
It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be
making more than the President.

'I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen
appliances would be electric.
They are even making electric typewriters now.

'It's too bad things are so tough nowadays..
I see where a few married women are having to work
to make ends meet.

'It won't be long before young couples are going to
have to hire someone
To watch their kids so they can both work.

'I'm afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the
door to a whole lot of foreign business.

'Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the
Government takes half our income in taxes.
I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best
people to congress.

The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather,
But I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.

'There is no sense going to Lincoln
or Omaha anymore for a weekend,
It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel.

'No one can afford to be sick anymore,
At $35.00 a day in the hospital it's too rich for
my blood.'

'If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'

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Electronic Pickpocketing

 Since I moved to Memphis, I realized that Memphis TN is on the map. Not only is it the home of the Blues, it has laid claim to being the town with the most bankruptcy, obese people, infant mortality, and one of the towns with the highest crime rate with murder leading the list.  Now they have electronic pickpocketing, this is one thing that everyone needs to watch so that they can be prepared for the inevitable!!!


 

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My Son

This is great, take a moment to read it, it will make your day!     ; The ending will surprise you.       Take my Son.....         A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, fromPicasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art..       When the  Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while rescuing another soldier. The father was notified and grieved deeply for his only son.         About a month later, just before Christmas,     There was a knock at the door. A young man stood at the door with a large package in his hands..         He said, 'Sir, you don't know me, but I am the soldier for whom your son gave his life. He saved many lives that day, and he was carrying me to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart and he died instantly... He often talked about you, and your love for art.' The young man held out this package. 'I know this isn't much. I'm not really a great artist, but I think your son would have wanted you to have this.'         The father   Opened the package. It was a portrait of his son, painted by the young man. He stared in awe at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father was so drawn to the eyes that his own eyes welled up with tears. He thanked the young man and offered to pay him for the picture.. 'Oh, no sir, I could never repay what your son did for me. It's a gift.'         The father hung the portrait over his mantle. Every time visitors came to his home he took them to see the portrait of his son before he showed them any of the other great works he had collected.         The man died a few months later. There was to be a great auction of his paintings. Many influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great paintings and having an opportunity to purchase one for their collection.         On the platform sat the painting of the son. The auctioneer pounded his gavel. 'We will start the bidding with this picture of the son. Who will bid for this picture?'         There was silence...        Then a voice in the back of the room shouted, 'We want to see the famous paintings. Skip this one.'         But the auctioneer persisted. 'Will somebody bid for this painting? Who will start the bidding? $100, $200?'         Another voice angrily. 'We didn't come to see this painting. We came to see the Van Gogh's, the Rembrandts. Get on with the Real bids!'       But still the auctioneer continued. 'The son! The son! Who'll take the son?'       Finally, a voice came from the very back of the room. It was the longtime gardener of the man and his son. 'I'll give $10 for the painting...' Being a poor man, it was all he could afford.       'We have $10, who will bid $20?'     'Give it to him for $10. Let's see the masters.'       The crowd was becoming angry. They didn't want the picture of the son.         They wanted the more worthy investments for their collections.       The auctioneer pounded the gavel.. 'Going once, twice, SOLD for $10!'       A man sitting on the second row shouted, 'Now let's get on with the collection!'         The auctioneer laid down his gavel. 'I'm sorry, the auction is over.'         'What about the paintings?'         'I am sorry. When I was called to conduct this auction, I was told of a secret stipulation in the will... I was not allowed to reveal that stipulation until this time. Only the painting of the son would be auctioned. Whoever bought that painting would inherit the entire estate, including the paintings.         The man who took the son gets everything!'       God gave His son 2,000 years ago to die on the cross. Much like the auctioneer, His message today is: 'The son, the son, who'll take the son?'         Because, you see, whoever takes the Son gets everything.         FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHO SO EVER BELIEVETH, SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE...THAT'S LOVE         Please send this to ten people and back to the one who sent it to you. God Bless. If I don't get this back, I will know you really didn't read it. I got this from someone and thought the last part was really a good thought.. Too bad  that the person who sent it to me did not know 10 people who would admit to knowing the Lord.

 


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The Background Check

The Back Ground check that is used by Employer/ Human Resources serves  as a end all do all in hiring their potential employees. They must fill out paper work, interview,  and wait for their background check results.

The employer now use the background check process as a quick and efficient way to eliminate  potential employees with a history. I am not sold on a background checks that exceeds 10 years. After 10 years if you filed Bankruptcy it automatically drops off your credit, and can never be held against you... Although a crime you committed 15 years ago will influence if you will be hired today.

The definition of a a background check- It is a way to find information about someone that may not be readily available. Individuals and institutions choose to conduct background checks for a whole host of reasons. Background checks are conducted through third party institutions and are meant to provide a picture of an individuals character based on past actions and records. Background checks reveal information about an individuals professional, financial, criminal, and public history. They include everything from speeding tickets to time spent in jail, bankruptcy to employment history. 

I do think that it is important to know who the person is based on his or her past, but lets look at the facts here. Does any of you know who Frank William Abagnale, Jr is?   You see Abagnale, Jr was known for his history as a former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist. He became notorious in the 1960s for passing $4.5 million worth of meticulously forged checks across 26 countries over the course of five years, beginning when he was 16 years old. In the process, he claimed to have assumed no fewer than eight separate identities, impersonating an airline pilot, a doctor, a Bureau of Prisons agent, and a lawyer.

Abagnale's life story provided the inspiration for the feature film Catch Me If You Can.

In 1974, after he had served less than five years, the United States federal government released him on the condition that he would volunteer to assist the federal government in apprehending people who committed crimes of fraud and scam artists. 

  

Abagnale tried several jobs, including cook, grocer and movie projectionist, but he was fired from most of these upon having his criminal career discovered via background checks and not informing his employers that he was a former convict. Finding them unsatisfying, he approached a bank with an offer. He explained to the bank what he had done, and offered to speak to the bank's staff and show various tricks that "paperhangers" use to defraud banks. His offer included the condition that if they did not find his speech helpful, they would owe him nothing; otherwise, they would only owe him $50, with an agreement that they would provide his name to other banks. The banks were impressed by the results, and he began a legitimate life as a security consultant.^[10]

He later founded Abagnale & Associates,^[10] which advises businesses on fraud. Abagnale is now a millionaire .Abagnale also continues to advise the FBI, with whom he has associated for over 35 years, by teaching at the FBI Academy and lecturing for FBI field offices throughout the country.  

The hoax or sham that most employers put on a employment application is just that, they claim that it does not matter if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony! Although when they send you a letter for denial of employment because of you past criminal record, would it be safe to say that the company lied to you? Your dammed if you tell and dammed if you don't!

My desire to be the best pushed me to want to succeed in what ever I put my mind to. Since 1990 I worked as a sheet metal apprentice, delivered pizzas, sold life insurance, graduated from ITT Technical Institute, worked as Field Technician, Sold Cars, and worked as Loan Officer. 

Ideally speaking you would think that a crime I committed a 30 years ago would not effect me in my search for employment in the year 2010, right? Unfortunately that is a farce no consideration to who I am or what I have become even matters! Companies claim that they don't want these Bernie Madoff types working for them...  A note to the wise, Charles Ponzi (The Ponzi Scheme), and Bernie Madoff (50 billion he schemed for)  were not  career criminal . These guys did not look at a book to figure out how to be a criminal, they wrote the dam book. 

Unfortunately Background checks can help you with the average criminal or people with bad credit these guys are either already in your company or companies are getting ready to hire them!!! 

Lets look at the facts here, Background checks only help companies if that person committed a crime, or have bad credit... Nothing in a persons heart can ever be determined by a background check. Did anyone ever consider what the world would be like if the United States federal government, or the banks  had not given Frank William Abagnale, Jr a chance?

If God can forgive you for your sins and The Federal Government & bank institutions for give Abagnale, Jr for his crime, why should you as an employer say no?


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Every women are not the marrying type

Every women is not the marrying type. I assume that it is quite a surprise to most men that every women does not want to be married. Men are under the notion that women just need to be married. Because of this notion men fear the emotional attachment to women. Therefore as the relationship progress men tend to lie, cheat, break it off and run! Fear of commitment can sometime overshadow the real meaning of love. Women have come to the point where they have harden their heart towards men, after being hurt time and time again The generation of pain created by men through out their life has enhanced their rational of saying "I don't want a man, nor do I need one"! "I am content to be alone." The independent woman being forced to be both male and female of the family has become an intimidating factor to most men. Unfortunately the truth is what it is, we tend to overlook that men to, have been raised by a women therefore the negative connotation has been passed down from generation to generation. We need to overcome the negativity that we created. When you learn how to love you, then you can learn  out how to love some one else With these  value tools in your belt it helps you to create a road map for the foundation for a successful relationship. Of course this is not going to make every woman the marrying type, but it is a start to break the cycle.  

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The passion of the going to the super bowl for 44 consecutive years

The Passion for attending Super Bowl games was revealed when Visa found 4 men who have never missed a Super Bowl in 44 years!

On October 14, 2010 Visa Inc, a proud sponsor of the NFL since 1995, launched a series of national television commercials and digital media activities as part of its Go Fans integrated marketing campaign. The latest phase of the campaign highlights Visa's Super Bowl Trip for Life Sweepstakes, featuring the Never Miss a Super Bowl Club, a group of four men who have attended every Super Bowl since the 1967 AFL-NFL championship, later renamed Super Bowl I.

The incredible feat to attend 44 Superbowl game is mind blowing! The average person would be lucky to attend one game. The concept alone will make you say wow! The ideal that these men were married to football the game, with their dedication to the sport allowed them to witness 44 consecutive years of attending Super bowls...

I wonder how long will it takes before Guinness makes it a world  Record? .I believe that this record will never be broken. These four men all had these things in common:

1. Health
2. Income
3. Dedication
4. Perseverance

The ideal that these devote football fans put their life on hold from August until January  for The loyalty to the game, allows them to throwing caution to the wind while saying money is not an option. Being a fan is one thing, but being a fan that is willing to go the distance is another..

"The Never Miss a Super Bowl Club represents the fervor that NFL fans have for the Super Bowl. Their unique experiences and stories bring our campaign to life," said Antonio Lucio, Chief Marketing Officer, Visa Inc. "Fans see the Super Bowl as the pinnacle of U.S. sporting events and would go to extraordinary lengths to attend the game. We're excited to offer Visa cardholders with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that truly lasts a lifetime and speaks directly to their passion."


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Don't ask, don't tell,

The same way that they use the phrase "Don't ask, don't tell" to protects homosexuals in  the military; is the same way that phrase should be used to protect men and women who have been convicted of a crime.

What frustrates me is that in the past five years that congress has made it easier for companies to Discriminate against people who have been convicted of a crime and its legal!

Through my life I have heard that Double Jeopardy is a procedural defense that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same, or similar charges following a legitimate acquittal or conviction? Many Companies in Tennessee are supported with state law that says that it is okay to deny a person for a job if they committed a crime.

Okay so let me educate the world on something that is common knowledge:

 1) That if a person has negative items on his credit that reported for 7 years; the item has to automatically be removed.

2) That if a person filed Bankruptcy, after the 10 year the bankruptcy automatically falls off the person credit.



Some how the State Law is overlooking The Fourteenth Amendment, The Due Process Clause which prohibits state and local governments from depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without certain steps being taken.The Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people within its jurisdiction.



Nothing is written in stone that a person would should be hired even if they are qualified for the job! Although if a person has negative credit or a bankruptcy, it automatically drops off, but if a man committed a crime 20 years ago, he is stuck with that crime for a lifetime? Due Process, I don't think so!!!



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The CPN help changed my credit score

Self-Credit Repair

Like so many people in America today my credit is not in great shape. I was a victim of the declining economy and I watched gradually as my credit score dropped…As it dropped it has made it impossible to get any loans during this rough period of time, to help out in my time of need.

After some research a way to help improve my credit. Unfortunately I was a person who had limited funds available to pay on my accounts. Many places were unhappy that I only gave them a portion of a payment to their funds, while avoiding  newer collection or charge-off. I developed a system to pay on the newer accounts before the older ones , because the older the account had less effect on my credit score.

If a account is 24 months avoid paying an older charge-off or a lien because they won't help your credit score nearly as much as if it were a newly charged off debt!

Please take notice of this that new charge-offs and liens that have occurred within the past 24 months severely damage your credit score and should be settled as soon as possible..I also found that if you  have both charged-off accounts and collection accounts -- but only a limited amount of money to pay them I  suggests that you first, pay the past due balances on accounts that are not in collection or charge-off status. For example, those are only a month or two behind.

• Second, pay collection agencies that agree to remove all references of your accounts to credit bureaus.
• Third, although not related to past due balances, pay off your credit cards that are open and revolving. This is third in order of importance because it will help your credit score a lot more than paying or settling unpaid collection or charge-off accounts that the creditor will not agree to delete with payment.
• Fourth, pay or settle the remaining collections or charge-offs that are unpaid but the creditor refuses to delete with payment. It still makes sense to settle or pay these because not doing so can lead to a lawsuit or the debt being sold to a different collection agency, Please take note that as a consumer you have the right to dispute any information on your credit bureaus. This process is called self-credit repair and can be done by anyone who can read and write! To do it you must write a letter that dispute the information you disagree with.
  
  Upon receiving your dispute letter the credit bureaus will contact the lenders who must verify the information, if they cannot, it must be removed from your report and your score will increase.

I suppose everything happens for a reason, for the other day while searching on the internet I stumbled across information on a(CPN) Credit Privacy Numbers. My first question is what is a CPN?  A CPNis a. Credit Profile Numbers. This is a 9 digit number that credit can be built! My research showed that many famous people, important political and government officials and even people in witness protection have used CPN to not expose their private information. Much to my surprise these people were using the second number to keep their real personal information private. 

. Now I have positive trade lines and no bad credit thanks Set To Go Loans..

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Lebron has help, so why isn't the Heat on Top?

I recentely wrote a blog that said that Lebron James needs help to win a champonship. Many people are confused since James has a group of super stars around him, that the team is winning but they are not winning the tough games. Now that he is a Miami Heat player, Bosh, James and Wade still need to develop something that they don't have, chemistry!

Do you remember when the Lakers signed Paul Gasol, they went to the final but did not win... Although a year later after the players learn their roles and developed chemistry, they won 2 championship and planning to to win a third!

When you load up a team with superstars they each have to learn their roles! When they do, you will have a dynasty of a team. With these mega players on a team now you need to assemble the supporting cast... You see when the superstars come out of the game for a break,  the support team job will be to not loose the lead or keep the game close until the big three can get back in!.

Now the heat still needs to make a couple of power moves and get a center and a hustle forward and a strong guard who can shoot the 3! Now when you have a complete team where you know all the players, then you have a team!

The stronger the supporting cash the greater the opportunity to win multiple championships! The best example of that would be the San Antonio Spurs. They won 4 championships 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007). They have superstars, but its the supporting cast that makes them so dangerous. Which means they could still slip in and win one more!

These superstars on will get them to the finals, but the supporting cast will help them win! Miami now you need to get 2 or 3 free agents and the sky is the limit!
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KEITH OLBERMANN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY WITHOUT PAY FOR DONATING TO CANDIDATES?

Whats on my mind is?

KEITH OLBERMANN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY WITHOUT PAY FOR DONATING? 

 MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay after POLITICO reported that he made three campaign contributions to Democratic candidates.

MSNBC President Phil Griffin said in a statement Friday: “I became aware of Keith's political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay."

VIDEO: Olbermann echoes Dean

VIDEO: Olbermann on Brown

Olbermann made campaign contributions to two Arizona members of Congress and failed Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Olbermann, who acknowledged the contributions in a statement to POLITICO, made the maximum legal donations of $2,400 apiece to Conway and to Arizona Reps. Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. He donated to the Arizona pair on Oct. 28 — the same day that Grijalva appeared as a guest on Olbermann’s “Countdown” show.
NBC has a rule against employees contributing to political campaigns, and a wide range of news organizations prohibit political contributions — considering it a breach of journalistic independence to contribute to the candidates they cover.
Maybe their is no gray area of reporting and giving your money? Although his job is to be fair and impartial... Yet when I listen to Fox, Hannity  and Glen Beck to me is bias in my opinion...

Olbermann is one of MSNBC’s most recognizable faces, and has emerged as one of the country’s most prominent liberal commentators. A former ESPN star, Olbermann’s “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” started in 2003 as a traditional news show but evolved into a left-leaning opinion program – and in some ways, led the network into its new identity as the cable-news voice of the left and an attempt to be a counterweight to Fox News.

Your point has been made and to go any farther with this would be to much!

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Divided We Fail

Republicans will took control of Congress. How worried should we be by that prospect? Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Not very, say some pundits. After all, the last time Republicans controlled Congress while a Democrat lived in the White House was the period from the beginning of 1995 to the end of 2000. And people remember that era as a good time, a time of rapid job creation and responsible budgets. Can we hope for a similar experience now? No, we can’t. This is going to be terrible. In fact, future historians will probably look back at the 2010 election as a catastrophe for America, one that condemned the nation to years of political chaos and economic weakness. Start with the politics. In the late-1990s, Republicans and Democrats were able to work together on some issues. President Obama seems to believe that the same thing can happen again today. In a recent interview with National Journal, he sounded a conciliatory note, saying that Democrats need to have an “appropriate sense of humility,” and that he would “spend more time building consensus.” Good luck with that. After all, that era of partial cooperation in the 1990s came only after Republicans had tried all-out confrontation, actually shutting down the federal government in an effort to force President Bill Clinton to give in to their demands for big cuts in Medicare. Now, the government shutdown ended up hurting Republicans politically, and some observers seem to assume that memories of that experience will deter the G.O.P. from being too confrontational this time around. But the lesson current Republicans seem to have drawn from 1995 isn’t that they were too confrontational, it’s that they weren’t confrontational enough. Another recent interview by National Journal, this one with Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, has received a lot of attention thanks to a headline-grabbing quote: “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” If you read the full interview, what Mr. McConnell was saying was that, in 1995, Republicans erred by focusing too much on their policy agenda and not enough on destroying the president: “We suffered from some degree of hubris and acted as if the president was irrelevant and we would roll over him. By the summer of 1995, he was already on the way to being re-elected, and we were hanging on for our lives.” So this time around, he implied, they’ll stay focused on bringing down Mr. Obama. True, Mr. McConnell did say that he might be willing to work with Mr. Obama in certain circumstances — namely, if he’s willing to do a “Clintonian back flip,” taking positions that would find more support among Republicans than in his own party. Of course, this would actually hurt Mr. Obama’s chances of re-election — but that’s the point. We might add that should any Republicans in Congress find themselves considering the possibility of acting in a statesmanlike, bipartisan manner, they’ll surely reconsider after looking over their shoulder at the Tea Party-types, who will jump on them if they show any signs of being reasonable. The role of the Tea Party is one reason smart observers expect another government shutdown, probably as early as next spring. Beyond the politics, the crucial difference between the 1990s and now is the state of the economy. When Republicans took control of Congress in 1994, the U.S. economy had strong fundamentals. Household debt was much lower than it is today. Business investment was surging, in large part thanks to the new opportunities created by information technology — opportunities that were much broader than the follies of the dot-com bubble. In this favorable environment, economic management was mainly a matter of putting the brakes on the boom, so as to keep the economy from overheating and head off potential inflation. And this was a job the Federal Reserve could do on its own by raising interest rates, without any help from Congress. Today’s situation is completely different. The economy, weighed down by the debt that households ran up during the Bush-era bubble, is in dire straits; deflation, not inflation, is the clear and present danger. And it’s not at all clear that the Fed has the tools to head off this danger. Right now we very much need active policies on the part of the federal government to get us out of our economic trap. But we won’t get those policies if Republicans control the House. In fact, if they get their way, we’ll get the worst of both worlds: They’ll refuse to do anything to boost the economy now, claiming to be worried about the deficit, while simultaneously increasing long-run deficits with irresponsible tax cuts — cuts they have already announced won’t have to be offset with spending cuts. So if the elections go as expected next week, here’s my advice: Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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Burnt Biscuits

When I was a little boy, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school. I don’t remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that biscuit and eat every bite! When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I’ll never forget what he said: “Baby, I love burned biscuits.” Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned.. He wrapped me in his arms and said, “Your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she’s real tired.. And besides – a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!” ————————– —————————- —————————— You know, life is full of imperfect things…… and imperfect people I’m not the best housekeeper or cook. What I’ve learned over the years is that learning to accept each other’s faults – and choosing to celebrate each other’s differences – is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship. And that’s my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of God. Because in the end, He’s the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where a burnt biscuit isn’t a deal-breaker! To see more of Whats on your mind click here