Wanna cheat & get away with it?

Your smartphone is probably one of your most cherished possessions.

I am saying this based on the way people (especially women) carry on, clutching their phone like a holy icon.
Your phone is your confidante, your “BFF” that will never fail or betray you.

But beware! Your chum can also turn against you.
Under duress it will spill the beans. All the beans. It will reveal whom you called, how often and how long you blabbered.
It will give away names, photos, videos, and telephone numbers.

If you have a clear conscience, you have nothing to fear. But if you are a bit of a scoundrel, watch out. Your bosom friend will testify against you, because (just like Washington) it cannot tell a lie.

A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle revealed that 45% of people have either cheated — or contemplated cheating — on their partner because the other person pays too much attention to their phone.”

Women-in-Tight-Jeans-IdeasIf you are carrying on an illicit affair and if your live-in partner becomes suspicious, the first thing he/she will go for is your Smartphone.
And nobody is more motivated than a jealous lover.

Ruth Stafford Peale is credited for saying, “find a need and fill it”.

Clever entrepreneurs are always on the lookout for such things.
Some (probably cheating) programmers came up with the idea that many people have things to hide and wrote clever little apps to allow them to conceal their shenanigans.

One such an app is called Cate (Call And Text Eraser).

According to the Chronicle:
App: You can only open (or even see) Call And Text Eraser, called CATE, if you know the secret code. The app lets you communicate with privacy by hiding calls, filtering flirtatious text messages, and allowing you to clear all the app’s contents quickly and easily. 

User Review Highlight: One Google user wrote, “This is the very best app on the android market. This marks the dawn of a new day. A new day where you sneaky women no longer can snoop.”

So, if you are an occasional (or serial) philanderer, it would be wise to get such an app to cover your rear.

I am not condoning such behavior mind you; I am just keeping you up to date with the most recent technology and you ought to thank me for it.

In parting,

Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.
Joey Adams

Toot-a-loo!

Alain

Friends

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
Thucydides

In life some people are blessed with some special talent. They are musically inclined, excel in the kitchen or are born builders.

Personally, there are one or two things that I manage to do fairly well and my own philosophy is to lend a hand whenever a friend needs help and when I feel qualified to do so. I don’t expect any reward for it. It just makes me feel good to help somebody.
And it is another deposit in my Karma box… to be collected later when I resurface as a cat or as a dog.

IMG_0002It is said that birds of a feather flock together, and we tend to become friends with people sharing the same qualities.
People who will generously offer their time and qualifications to assist a friend.

In an ideal world, that’s the way it should be. But it is not. Some people will accept favors without ever thinking of reciprocating.
This is not honorable.

I read somewhere that Elbert Hubbard was fond of saying, “If you’ve got five friends when you die, then you’ve had a great life.”
I totally agree with this.

Genuine friends cannot be bought, regardless of how much money you dangle in front of them. They might hang on, but hangers-on are only fair-weather friends. They will scatter at the first sign of an approaching storm.

Friendship is a privilege that should never be abused. It is like a very old brandy; it should be savored slowly and sparingly.

I try hard to never forget what my friends did for me or (I am an imperfect human being) what my enemies did to me!
To me, a favor granted is a debt to be repaid ASAP… with interest.

And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike. And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, ‘Thank you, America.” And we’re friends of America, and we’re the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East.” Benjamin Netanyahu

Alain

 

Google Translate

HelloWhile traveling abroad, American tourists spotted the following signs.

Athens, hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 am daily.
Yugoslavian hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.
Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the women who are employed to clean the rooms.
Moscow hotel: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
Paris dress shop: Elegant dresses designed for street walking.
Rome laundry: Ladies, please leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.
Norwegian lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
Acapulco hotel: We are pleased to announce that the manager has personally passed all the water served here.

Those signs were obviously created by inarticulate English speakers for the benefit of English speaking travellers.
They were somewhat helpful, but also hilariously inadequate.

Today, if you travel abroad and have a Smartphone. you won’t make any booboos and expose yourself to ridicule.

If you trek to Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, or even Russia, and don’t speak le local lingo there is a very simple solution.
Use the Google Translate app (application) and you will be amazed by its capabilities.
I was.

Google Translate will automatically convert anything you say, while the conversation is happening.
You will ask your questions in English and Google will translate and pronounce everything instantaneously (with the proper accent) in the local language.
And it will also show the transcript of your conversation on the Smartphone’s screen.
Then your interlocutor can answer in his own language and it will automatically come out in your language.

I am in fairly constant contact with Russian people who don’t speak English.
My Russian being rather limited, this could be a big problem (Bolshoya probliema).
But have no fear, Google is here!
With Google Translate I have become a flawless Russian speaker, instantly understood by my Slavic friends.

It is also helpful may I add when communicating with my wife. It can help to clarify misunderstandings that could easily evolve into nuclear incidents.

By the way, the app is free and you would be foolish not to take advantage of it.

https://translate.google.com/?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&client=tw-ob#auto/ru/Goodbye%20my%20friends

До Свидания, мои друзья, Do zvidaniya moi druz’ya

In other words, goodbye my friends!

Alain

PS: Google plans to add more languages very soon.