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Wood is a renewable resource that is readily available in many areas. As such, Bradford wood burning boilers are a good investment for those who want an environmentally friendly method of heating water. Find out more about wood burning boilers today by connecting with the professionals in our extended network, who have been pre-screened for reliability.
Wood fired boilers can be retrofitted in any structure, regardless of whether or not there is already a flue available. In those cases, steel pipes can be extended through the ceiling and onto the roof in order to allow smoke to escape. Wood boilers are very economical to operate, and provide hot water at a fraction of the cost of electric, gas, or oil models. Although they heat water efficiently, they do not emit a great deal of heat and therefore do not cause your home to get too hot during the summer months.
Wood burning boilers are some of the oldest types of boilers available today. They've been around for decades, and for many years, they were the number one way to heat your home and water in the UK. However, with new advances in technology came new fuels and more efficient delivery of those fuels. With that in mind, there are several advantages and disadvantages associated with wood boilers.
Typical wood burning boiler prices will depend upon the capacity of the tank, along with the number and type of modifications needed in order to install them. Many people choose to relocate wood burning boilers in a basement or garage, in which case running new utility lines might be in order. If this is the case, you will need to spend additional money for these modifications. Although not required, the installation of smoke alarms is also recommended at the same time a wood burning boiler is installed.
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Below are some safety tips to keep in mind when using a wood burning boiler:
If you are in need of a new wood-burning boiler, you may be considering the option of trying to install the unit yourself. However, this can be quite a labour-intensive task, meaning that it will take a good few hours to install. Instead, why not request quotes from our Bradford network to have your boiler professionally installed? This will enable you to still enjoy your leisure time, while also ensuring that the unit is being professionally installed according to current industry standards. When contacting us, you will receive up to four quotes.
Have you always wondered what Bradford wood burning boiler installation might cost, but didn't know where to get free quotes? If so, you're in luck, because arranging free quotes is what we do best. Simply provide us with some information in the space you see below. After that, approved contractors will get back to you, providing free, no-obligation quotes at a time that suits you.
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It can be slightly expensive in that it takes more fuel to fire up a wood burning boiler than it does to fuel other types. Even taking that into consideration, it is still cheaper than using oil, natural gas, LPG, or coal.
Any type of organic waste can be burned in a wood boiler, including logs, wood chips, brush clippings, grasses and lumber yard waste. Even tree or brush waste from your garden can be used as fuel.
Wood burning boilers are useful because they burn cleanly and do not produce as much waste as some of the alternatives. Any waste or ash that is produced can be used as fertilizer in your garden.
Storing wood for fuel can take up a lot of space, and can be susceptible to parasites like termites and woodworm. These parasites can easily move into your home, if your fuel is stored too close to your home's foundation.
If these units are incorrectly installed, it could result in you and your family being exposed to carbon monoxide in your home. This harmful gas only takes an hour or two at most to kill a person.
You can use many types of wood for fuel inside wood burning boilers. The most common in the UK include ash, maple, beech, hickory, and oak, though others will suffice, as well. Remember that wood should be dried for at least a year before being placed in your boiler to ensure maximum efficiency and heating power.
With the cost of wood continuing to rise across the globe, wood burning boilers are no longer considered cost-effective unless you grow and supply your own fuel. This requires growing, cutting, splitting, and drying your own wood, which is quite laborious and time-consuming.
They are similar in that they both use wood to generate heat. A wood boiler is connected to a water supply. The heat generated by the wood transfers into the water, which then travels throughout your home into radiators to supply radiant heat. A wood stove can also supply heat, but this heat radiates either directly from the stove itself or from a system designed to gather the heat and blow it through the home via a series of ducts and electric fans.
There are several different models and sizes of wood boilers available, meaning that pricing will vary according to the model being installed in your home. Before any unit is installed in your home, it is recommended that you speak with one of our professionals to determine which option will be best for your home.
Installation times will vary depending on which part of your home they are being installed in and whether a brand new unit is being installed or if it will be replacing an existing boiler. Our network of experienced engineers will be able to let you know how long the project will take beforehand though.
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New reports implicate an additional brand of energy drinks in deaths.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed on Wednesday to the New York Times that the agency has received 13 reports of deaths potentially linked to the high-energy drink 5-Hour Energy in the last four years. Health officials have been raising the alarm over energy drinks for their caffeine content, not all of which is accurately listed on the product, and the lack of regulation over the beverages. Because they are considered a dietary supplement, the drinks aren't subject to the same strict regulations established by the FDA that govern foods.
(MORE: Are Energy Drinks Fatally Caffeinated?)
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Since 2009, 5-Hour Energy has been mentioned in some 90 filings with the FDA, including more than 30 that involved serious or life-threatening injuries like heart attacks, convulsions and, in one case, spontaneous abortion, a summary of F.D.A. records reviewed by The New York Times showed.
5-Hour Energy's parent company Living Essentials did not comment on the filings, but told the newspaper in a statement that it was unaware of any deaths caused by the drink.
Combined with the five deaths mentioning another energy brand, Monster Energy, that the FDA received last month, the report raises serious questions about whether these beverages are being properly regulated and labelled, especially as the energy drink category continues to grow rapidly; retail sales climbed to $8.9 billion last year, up 16 percent, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Daniel Fabricant, the FDA's director of dietary supplement programs, told the Times that it may be difficult for the agency to pinpoint the drink as the direct cause of these deaths because some reports may not contain enough information, or medical data could debunk the possibility. But the Times notes that the fatality reports citing 5-Hour Energy are relatively high considering that in 2010, the agency received 17 reports in the dietary supplement and weight-loss categories, which include nearly 50,000 products such as energy drinks.
5-Hour Energy can pack a big punch for a drink that comes in a two-ounce bottle known as a shot and contains high levels of caffeine, taurine (an amino acid that is linked to improved athletic and cognitive performance), and some B vitamins. As the Times explains:
The company does not disclose the amount of caffeine in each bottle, but a recent article published by Consumer Reports placed that level at about 215 milligrams.
An eight-ounce cup of coffee, depending on how it is made, can contain from 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine.
In July, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman subpoenaed major energy drink makers Monster Beverage, Living Essentials, and PepsiCo (which makes a similar product called AMP) to determine if they are accurately reporting all of their products' ingredients on their container labels.


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NEW YORK (AP) 'A gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day went into effect in New York on Friday morning, as utility crews made some progress erasing outages that put thousands of new homes and businesses in the dark in a region still reeling from Superstorm Sandy.
Police enforced the new system at filling stations in New York City and on Long Island as drivers turned out before dawn to line up for their rations. At a Hess station in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, drivers said it appeared to be working so far.
Luis Cruz, 35, of the Bronx, gassed up the Dodge minivan he uses as a pet chauffeur.
"It's a lot better," Cruz said. "A couple of days ago I waited four hours. They should have done this a long time ago."
The line to the station was just a block and a half long Friday morning, and customers said they waited about 15 minutes. Last week, some lines stretched for a mile or more.
"This is designed to let everybody have a fair chance, so the lines aren't too oppressive and that we can get through this," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday.
Only a quarter of the city's gas stations were open, the mayor said. Some were closed because they were out of power, others because they can't get fuel from terminals and storage tanks that can't unload their cargo.
Near a still-closed auto tunnel linking Manhattan and Brooklyn early Friday, cab and delivery truck drivers — exempt from the rationing system — eyed with dismay a line of closed gas stations.
"Hey, when's the gas coming?" one driver hollered, to honking horns. "Tomorrow, we hope," the attendant replied, shrugging his shoulders.
The nor'easter brought gusting winds, rain and snow on Wednesday and early Thursday before it moved on. Snow blanketed several states from New York to New England and stymied recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy as additional storm-weakened trees snapped and more power lines came down.
Thousands of utility customers, mostly in New York and New Jersey, have been left waiting for their electricity to come back on 'Äî and some are losing patience, demanding investigations of utilities they say aren't working fast enough.
An angry Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined the calls for an investigation Thursday, ripping the utilities as unprepared and badly managed.
"It's unacceptable the longer it goes on because the longer it goes on, people's suffering is worse," he said.
Cuomo appears to be all by himself among the New York area's big three politicians. Bloomberg defended the city's power company, Consolidated Edison, and said it has done a good job in recent years. And New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie praised the utilities, saying he expects all of his state to have power back by early Sunday.
The utilities have said they are dealing with damage unprecedented in its scope and are doing the best they can. And there is no denying the magnitude of what they have done: At the peak, more than 8.5 million homes and businesses across 21 states lost power during Sandy.
Early Friday, there were more than 220,000 outages left in the New York area, mostly on Long Island, and about 250,000 in New Jersey. Almost all Connecticut residents had lights again, down from 625,000 at the storm's height.
Still, some people have lived for days in the dark in temperatures near freezing.
"We lost power last week, just got it back for a day or two, and now we lost it again," said John Monticello, of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. "Every day it's the same now: turn on the gas burner for heat. Instant coffee. Use the iPad to find out what's going on in the rest of the world."
The mounting criticism of utility companies came as the Federal Emergency Management Agency started bringing mobile homes into the region and Cuomo said the storm could cost New York State alone $33 billion.
New Jersey did not have a damage estimate of its own, but others have put Sandy's overall toll at up to $50 billion, making it the second most expensive storm in U.S. history, behind Hurricane Katrina, which swamped New Orleans in 2005.
In New Jersey, where officials made the move nearly a week ago to institute gas rationing, price-gouging lawsuits have been filed against seven stations. They raised pump prices anywhere from 17 to 59 percent higher during the state of emergency related to the storm, Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa said Friday.
Officials in charge of rationing said something had to be done to ease long waits for fuel, which they say has caused panic-buying and hoarding. The system took effect at 5 a.m. Friday on Long Island and at 6 a.m. in New York City.
Gas is available to drivers with license-plate numbers ending in an odd number or a letter on Friday. On Saturday, drivers with license plates that end in even numbers or zero can fuel up.
Buses, taxes and limousines, commercial vehicles and emergency vehicles are exempt from the plan, as are people carrying portable gas cans. Vanity plates that don't have numbers are considered odd-numbered plates. Out-of-state drivers are also subject to the system.
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The mysterious illness that has killed dozens of Cambodian children may be a deadly strain of hand, foot and mouth disease, a common childhood illness. Lab tests have confirmed that a virulent strain of the disease called EV-71 was responsible for some of the 59 cases of illness reviewed in Cambodia since April, including 52 deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Cambodian Health Ministry.
The numbers of cases and deaths have been scaled down since an initial report put the caseload at 62. Epidemiologists are now interviewing parents and still trying to determine a cause for all the cases; in many, relevant medical information may have been omitted and not all the children were tested before they died. "As far as I'm aware, EV-71 was not identified as a virus in Cambodia before," Dr. Nima Asgari, who is leading the WHO investigation, told the Associated Press.
The Institut Pasteur in Cambodia tested samples taken from 24 patients and found that 15 came back positive for EV-71.
(MORE: Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in 4-Million-Year-Old Cave)
EV-71 has been reported in other regions of Asia, including Vietnam and China. This strain of the disease can cause paralysis, brain swelling and death. In Cambodia, most affected children were under age 3, and many experienced severe respiratory symptoms that escalated quickly; some also developed neurological symptoms.
Hand, foot and mouth disease gets its name from a rash that appears on infected persons' palms and soles (sometimes with blisters), along with painful, red, blister-like lesions on the tongue, gums and inside of the cheeks. Asgari told the AP that blistering was reported in only some of the Cambodian cases, but that steroids administered by doctors could have masked the symptom.
Early symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease include fever, followed by sore throat and sometimes a poor appetite and malaise. One or two days after the fever begins, painful sores may develop in the mouth or throat, and rashes may then appear within one or two days after that. The usual incubation period — the time from infection to first symptoms — is about three to seven days.
(MORE: Study: Preschoolers' Sack Lunches Reach Unsafe Temperatures)
The disease, which is caused by enteroviruses — the same family as polio — is moderately contagious and is spread through sneezing, coughing and contact with blisters or infected fecal material. Although no vaccine or specific treatment exists, the disease is typically mild and most children recover in 7 to 10 days without medical treatment, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC notes also that children with hand, foot and mouth disease are most contagious during the first week of illness, but can continue to spread the disease long after symptoms have disappeared because the viruses that cause it can remain in the feces for weeks. Also, infected people who show no symptoms of the disease can still spread the viruses to others.
Hand, foot and mouth disease should not be confused with foot-and-mouth disease which affects cattle, sheep and swine.
Although the U.S. is not experiencing a similar outbreak, hand, foot and mouth disease can be contracted by anyone. Between November 2011 and February 2012, the CDC received reports of 63 people with symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Alabama, California, Connecticut and Nevada.
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- Thoroughly cleaning objects and surfaces (toys, doorknobs, etc.) that may be contaminated with a virus that causes the disease
- Avoiding close contact (like kissing and hugging) with people who are infected
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Madonna Sued In Russia
Some Russian activists have sued Madonna for millions of dollars, claiming they were offended by her support for gay rights during a recent concert in St. Petersburg.
Anti-gay sentiment is strong in Russia. In St. Petersburg, a law passed in February makes it illegal to promote homosexuality to minors, and the author of that law has pointed to the presence of children as young as 12 at Madonna's concert on Aug. 9.
Russian news agencies quote Alexander Pochuyev, a lawyer representing the nine activists, as saying the suit was filed Friday against Madonna, the organizer of her concert, and the hall where it was held, asking for damages totaling 333 million rubles, or nearly $10.5 million.
Responding to criticism that the plaintiffs were stuck in the Middle Ages, the lawyer said they were using civilized, modern methods to defend their rights. "No one is burning anyone at the stake or carrying out an Inquisition," Pochuyev was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying. "Modern civilization requires tolerance and respect for different values."
The complaint includes a video taken at the concert showing Madonna stomping on an Orthodox cross and asking fans to raise their hands to show the pink armbands in support of gays and lesbians that were distributed among the audience, the new agency reported.
Madonna's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, did not immediately respond to emails asking for the singer's reaction to the lawsuit.
Madonna also has angered conservative Russians with her support for Pussy Riot. Three members of the punk band were sentenced Friday to two years in prison for a protest inside Moscow's main cathedral against Vladimir Putin and his cozy relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church.
Madonna spoke out in support of the group during her concert in St. Petersburg and two days earlier in Moscow. After the verdict was issued, Madonna called on "all those who love freedom to condemn this unjust punishment."


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The rock band My Chemical Romance has split. They announced on Friday that they have split after more than a decade of creating music together.
The rock band, comprised of Gerard Way, Ray Toro, Mikey Way and Frank Iero, formed in 2001. They went on to record four studio albums, one of which, The Black Parade, was nominated for a Grammy in 2008.
"Being in this band for the past 12 years has been a true blessing," their statement read. "We've gotten to go places we never knew we would. We've been able to see and experience things we never imagined possible. We've shared the stage with people we admire, people we look up to, and best of all, our friends. And now, like all great things, it has come time for it to end. Thanks for all of your support, and for being part of the adventure."
Band leader Way also tweeted his sadness that the band had broken up. "We were spectacular. Every show I knew this, every show I felt it with or without external confirmation. There were some clunkers, sometimes our secondhand gear broke, sometimes I had no voice — we were still great. It is this belief that made us who we were, but also many other things, all of them vital. And all of the things that made us great were the very things that were going to end us. I want to thank every single fan. I have learned from you, maybe more than you think you've learned from me. My Chemical Romance is done. But it can never die. It is alive in me, in the guys and it is alive inside all of you. I always knew that, and I think you did too."
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What's the difference between poker and politics? Some would argue nothing — they're both games, contests of will and skill that crown a winner and bury a loser. Some would argue everything in life is deducible to a game. Hasbro, the toy company behind The Game of Life, certainly would.
Artists hanging their work at Del Ray Artisans' newest exhibit, Love, Politics, and Scrabble: The Games We Play, tackle the theme literally and metaphorically. A photograph of the McDonald's Monopoly game hangs alongside a framed drawing of pills representing the solution to puzzling mind games, like attention deficit disorder and insomnia.
"It's not about the games that pills play with your mind, it's about beating the games in your head," said artist Bonnie Ferguson Butler about "Head Games," her pastel entry.
The meanings of each piece vary by artist — and viewer — said Linda Elliff, co-curator at Del Ray Artisans. And the subject matters vary even more. Elliff and co-curator Barbara Boehm wanted to have an interpretive exhibit that challenged artists but was also entertaining, and few things are inherently more fun than games.
"The artists are telling us they've had such fun with this," Elliff said. "It's challenged them, whether it's about love, politics, tennis or 'Angry Birds.'"
Alexandria photographer David Kosar took the political route with one of his entries and went literal with the other. His "A New Hope?" layers a color photo of President Barack Obama at his inauguration over another from former President Bill Clinton's inauguration. It's a comment on the Washington players Obama inherited from the Clinton administration and proof that little was actually "new" about Obama's presidency, he said.
"Politics is one of the biggest games of all," said Kosar, a lobbyist and yoga instructor who still wants Hillary Clinton as president.
Kosar's other entry is artistically abstract but literal in its symbolism.
"It's just trash on the street of Miami," he said.
But it's not "just trash." "Consumerism" is a crumpled and weathered McDonald's bag pasted naturally to the street with fire-red ketchup packets and advertisements for the fast food chain's Monopoly contest. It's strangely attractive on the asphalt next to a paint-splattered curb in Miami's arts district.
"It's really whatever you want it to be," Kosak said. "We live in a disposable, wasteful society, but we also love our games."
Love, Politics, and Scrabble: The Games People Play opens Friday at Del Ray Artisans, 2704 Mount Vernon Ave. It runs through February 24. Opening reception is Friday at 7 p.m.


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Dear Diary,
For my birthday this year, my husband purchased for me a week of personal training at the local health club. Although I'm still in great shape since being a high school football cheerleader 43 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try. I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer named Christo, who identified himself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swim wear. Friends seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.
Started my day at 6:00 am. Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Christo waiting for me. He is something of a Greek god, with blond hair, dancing eyes, and a dazzling white smile. Woo Hoo!! Christo gave me a tour and showed me the machines, I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which he conducted his aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring! Christo was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time he was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week!!
I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door. Christo made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air then he put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. His rewarding smile made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT! It's a whole new life for me.
The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn't try to steer or stop. Christo was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered other club members. His voice is a little too perky for that early in the morning and when he scolds, he gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying. My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Christo put me on the stair monster. Why would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Christo told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. He said some other stuff too!
Asshole was waiting for me with his vampire-like teeth exposed as his thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn't help being a half an hour late, it took me that long to tie my shoes. He took me to work out with dumbbells. When he was not looking, I ran and hid in the restroom. He sent some skinny bitch to find me. Then, as punishment, he put me on the rowing machine, which I sank.
I hate Christo more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anaemic, anorexic, little aerobic instructor. If there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat him with it. Christo wanted me to work on my triceps – I don't have any triceps! And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the damn barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich. The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher. Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the choir director?
Satan left a message on my answering machine in his grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing his voice made me want to smash the machine with my planner; however, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight hours of the Weather Channel..
I'm having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year my husband will choose a gift for me that is fun, like a root canal or a hysterectomy. I still say if God had wanted me to bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds!!!


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Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise today to return to the issue of the legacy of the invasion and ongoing occupation of Northern Cyprus and related human rights violations in the region. The disruption of a Christmas liturgy at the Orthodox Church of Agios Synesios, in Rizokarpaso, by the security services is appalling and should be roundly condemned by people of good will. The town, located in the Karpas region, is an anchor for the remnant of the once thriving Greek Cypriot community, now numbering several hundred mainly aged souls. The faithful had gathered at the church one of only a handful of Orthodox places of worship in the occupied area to have survived intact for a rare service. According to reports, members of the security services entered the church while the liturgy was being celebrated, ordered a halt to the religious service, and forced the worshipers and the priest out of the building before locking the doors.
This sad turn of events has become all too familiar in a region under the effective control of the Turkish military. Of the 500 Orthodox Christian churches, monasteries, chapels and other sacred sites in the north, nearly all have sustained heavy damage, with most desecrated and plundered, including cemeteries. A mere handful, including the Church of Agios Synesios, may occasionally be used for religious services depending upon the whims of the local authorities and the military. The disruption of the Christmas Day liturgy is an affront to the dignity of those attending the service and is part of a disturbing pattern of violation of OSCE commitments on the fundamental freedom of religion, including the right of religious communities to maintain freely accessible places of worship.
A related concern has been the tendency of State Department reports to downplay the difficulties faced by Orthodox Christians seeking to conduct services in northern Cyprus as well as the extent of the region's rich religious cultural heritage. I raised my concerns over the denial of religious freedom in occupied Cyprus when the Committee on Foreign Relations held a nomination hearing for the position of Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom and will continue to closely monitor the situation in that part of Cyprus .
Under my chairmanship of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe we undertook an examination of the destruction of religious cultural heritage in that part of Cyprus . Our findings, along with expert testimony were presented at a Commission briefing, "Cyprus' Religious Cultural Heritage in Peril" held on July 21, 2009. I encourage my colleagues and other interested parties to review the materials from that event, available on the Commission's Web site, www.csce.gov. A Law Library of Congress report: "Cyprus : Destruction of Cultural Property in the Northern Part of Cyprus and Violations of International Law" was also released at the briefing. In addition to documenting the extensive destruction of such sites, the briefing also touched on infringements of the rights of Orthodox Christians in Northern Cyprus to freely practice their religion.
Those responsible for the interruption and abrupt forcible ending of the Christmas service at the Church of Agios Synesios should issue a formal apology for the boorish act of repression and I call upon all authorities in northern Cyprus to remove restrictions on the free exercise of freedom of religion and other basic human rights in this part of the country under their control.


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Friday, April 24, 2009
That Personal Touch
Friday, April 24, 2009
Supposedly that reads "Greetings Coworker," but it looks more like "Exploiker" to me. Regardless, it's nice to see a little Alien Robot lingo being used in the workplace. (Back in the day I was known to bleat out the occasional "EXTERMINATE!" when talking to the "parental units," but then a friend told me I was "too carbon-based" to pull off the 'bot vibe, so I stopped.)
If there's ever a time to celebrate your individuality, though, it's your birthday:
So remember, Chris's sister: You are unique. Just like the rest of Chris's siblings.
Of course, Chris's sister is older than Chris, so what do you suppose her first three birthday cakes read? "Happy Birthday, To-Be-Determined-Upon-the-Birth-of-Our-Next-Child?"
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Generic Wreckporter, Becky F., and Carmen, thanks for all wonderful Wrecks.
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- Trevor said...
I thought the first cake said "Spelunker" myself. Which didn't really make any better sense to me. I was totally cracking up at your commentary on the second cake though. OMG!
- April 24, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Looks like they recycled a St. Patrick's Day cake, too. Reminds me of the "Dexter's Laboratory" episode in which Dexter stays with an Amish family whose female members apparently have no names.
WV: phybrent -- a wrecker's version of "vibrant." - April 24, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Oh my! That last cake is really wrecky! "Thanks for All Wonderfull Memories" Apparently, the memories weren't "wonderfull" enough to encourage the use of good grammar on the cake!
- April 24, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- Doc said...
"EXTERMINATE!" ... "parental units" ...
You sure we didn't hang out with the same crowd in high school? ;-) - April 24, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Mommy of M's said...
I remember going to dinner at my in laws house years ago for my Hubby's Bday. They had gotten a cake that said 'Happy Birthday Megan' (his younger sister), in pink with pink roses. It was nice. Then below that it said Happy Birthday Craig, in blue. It looked like a total after thought. I felt so bad for him.
He said it happened a lot. - April 24, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- XOXO said...
@Trevor -
That what *I* thought!
It's certainly...um...curly? - April 24, 2009 at 9:55 AM
"Oma" is actually German for grandmother.
- April 24, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Pink said...
Omg...poor chris's sister. :( I think it is very sad to share a birthday cake, even for a twin....but these people aren't even the same age! And then they can't even remember her name! I hope the birthday present is some cash for the therapist.
- April 24, 2009 at 9:58 AM
As someone whose sibling insisted upon all friends addressing me as "[name removed to protect the guilty, though I'm not sure why]'s sister" rather than my actual name, I must sympathize with Chris's sister. Mine would totally have ordered that cake if our birthdays were anywhere near each other's...
- April 24, 2009 at 10:05 AM
I've had shared birthday parties pretty much whenever one of my aunts is in town (two days later, and I would have been her "birthday present" :) ), but at least my family doesn't do afterthought cake inscriptions.
WV: mingl -- very appropriate for that birthday cake. - April 24, 2009 at 10:07 AM
- Devika said...
I'm glad to see that whoever got the Oma cake cared so deeply for their grandmother as to get her such a heartfelt and grammatically correct cake. *rolls eyes*
- April 24, 2009 at 10:08 AM
- Mari said...
Wow, absolute unintelligible. Poor Chris' sister. Poor Grandma, who was so wonder-full.
- April 24, 2009 at 10:09 AM
What's the deal with the blue card beside the first cake? Dave is crossed out and replaced with Steve?! That'll sure make the new employee feel welcome...Good thing they didn't write the same thing on the cake...
- April 24, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- Half Assed Kitchen said...
I hope Chris's sister gets her parents a cake for their 50th that says, Happy Anniversary Chris's Sister's Mom and Dad.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com) - April 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Where to start? There so much, ...so much...SO MU-U-U-CH!!! Okay removing my hands from the being entangled in my hair...here we go....
How you were even able to read "co-worker" on that cake was beyond me. I tried over and over to read it before going to the cheat sheet. And I love the recycled card for Dave...no wait..STEVE!
As for the Chris's sister cake. Poor kids not only had to share a cake but most likely had to have the misfortune of having shamrocks on it year, after year .....after YEAR. ( Stop that stuff Moms out there. Let the holiday be the holiday and the birthday be the birthday)
As for the Oma cake....Tooo tooo tooooo funnn-eeee!!! Did you also catch the misspelling of "wonderfull"? - April 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- Das Mutter said...
Those are great! So I thought of your site yesterday as I was poking through the bakery at my local grocery store. There is now a "Copyright" sign up about taking photos and recreating their cakes! Hmmm...the only cakes I recreate are the ones you post here. Hmmm....
- April 24, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Renee Nefe said...
PINK: THANK YOU!!! My younger brother & I have birthdays 4 days apart soon after Christmas. Not only did we have to SHARE a cake (Mom would make one sheet cake, half was for my brother, half for me) we had to suffer through shared Christmas/Birthday presents too! I guess I should be thankful that my mother didn't ever call me R's sister though!
- April 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM
My my older sister and I were born two years and one day apart (we were supposed to be a present for my dad that he couldn't return).
Once we held a surprise birthday party for each other on the same day, in the same place.
One very confused individual was invited to BOTH parties seperately.
I think it was my mom's idea.
About the last one, if it's a "thanks for the memories" cake, it's either for a departure or, more likely in case of a grandmother, in honor/memory of her after death. Honestly, cake for a funeral? I think that's the most bizarre and hidden feature of this wreck. - April 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM
- Katy said...
It's not so mush the "wonderfull" i have a problem with...
but does that say "mamories"?! - April 24, 2009 at 10:30 AM
- Feisty Irish Wench said...
I hope Chris is in charge of this friend's cake on their birthday. We'll see the cake that says "Happy Birthday Chris's Friend"
Steve suddenly was hired to replace Dave who decided mere hours before starting work that the gig wasn't for him.
And poor Oma, you'd think a grandmother who provided such memories would have grandkids that knew what to call her when ordering a cake. - April 24, 2009 at 10:35 AM
"This is our daughter Dottie. ... This is our other daughter, Dottie's sister."
- April 24, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- joyce said...
The red lettering on the first cake, "greetings" is done so prettily, and then the wreck-word. wow.
- April 24, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- HorribleLicensePlates said...
Very touching. It looks like the first cake just said "worker" and the "co" was added as an after thought.
- April 24, 2009 at 10:46 AM
I hope Chris's Sister was out getting wrecked on her 21st so she did not have to witness this one.
"Dear Oma thank you for all wonderfull memories" is kind of a weird sentiment for someone to give their Oma. It has a kind of closure or farewll feeling. Is grandma going away? - April 24, 2009 at 10:50 AM
- Unknown said...
Did someone just forget "Chris' sister's" name, or what?
That last wreck is just terribly, pathetically, sad..
~Amy B - April 24, 2009 at 11:08 AM
- Richard Boussarath Malone said...
I really like that "Dave" is exxed out with "Steve!" written over it.
- April 24, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Mrs Jones said...
(Back in the day I was known to bleat out the occasional "EXTERMINATE!" when talking to the "parental units," but then a friend told me I was "too carbon-based" to pull off the 'bot vibe, so I stopped.)Are you a Doctor Who fan, by any chance (past or present)?
- April 24, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- El Comodoro said...
Regarding your firsty, I had no idea that cakes were being decorated with Sanskrit these days. The fake-looking, dramatic cross-out of Dave-I-Mean-Steve really tops it off nicely.
This is the friendly but absent-minded workplace that says, "We're nice enough to welcome you with cake, Co-Worker X, but not competent enough to get the details of your identity. So this was really just about having cake with a stranger, wasn't it?"
"And welcome!"
WV: saukert - Noun. Essential component of a Reuben sandwich. - April 24, 2009 at 11:32 AM
So ... I'm thinking, yes, an 18th birthday IS important ... but isn't 21 a bit MORE-SO?? Wow, talk about getting shoved aside on a special day! I'm really thinking TWO cakes, but, silly me ... what do I know?
And, as for the other cake, tell me it was made somewhere where the word, "the" is supposed to be omitted?? Right? - April 24, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- Yota Armai said...
They only invited Chris' sister to the party because she is old enough to buy them beer. Ironically enough, I'm Chris' sister too, except he's older.
- April 24, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- Unknown said...
That first cake is such a shame. The word "Greetings" is written so well...
- April 24, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Randy and Ladell said...
It isn't the fact that they call their grandmother Oma. That's perfectly appropriate in Germanic and Scandinavian families. It's the fact that somebody decided that Oma deserved really, really hot pink for her name.
And, apparently, needed to be thanked for her mamories. 'Cause I swear that's what it says.
As for poor Chris. It could be worse. My best friend was born on Christmas day. She didn't get cake. And they took one of her Christmas pressies and wrapped it in birthday paper. 'Cause apparently her birthday wasn't that exciting. The one I feel for is Chris' sister. Must sick. Almost like being the (wife).
But I am most disappointed that there are no quotes around Oma. Shouldn't there be quotes? - April 24, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- msprimadonna67 said...
Poor Chris' sister. It makes me a little mad at Chris' parents.
- April 24, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
That first "inscription" looks to me like: "Tieetings Coriloiker"
And of course they had to do that because the idiots weren't really sure WHO had actually been hired, and on top of that were too cheap to even get a fresh envelope to put the card in. I'll bet Dave/Steve/Coriloiker was instantly/rightfully worried about who the hell his first paycheck was going to be made out to.
=^!!^= - April 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Why is there a kidney on the first cake? Poor Dave, er, Steve. And I'd really like to hear from Chris's sister.
WV: undle -- Where is Chris's sister? She's crying undle the table. - April 24, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Michelle, I was reminded of that great A League of Her Own quotation, too!
- April 24, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- VeggieT said...
"Hello I'd like to order cake for two birthdays, It's Chris's 18th birthday, and Chris's Sisters 21st birthday, her name is Emily. You got that?"
"Yes sir, one Birthday cake for Chris and Chris's Sister..."
Decorator thinks: "What a Cheapskate! can't even afford two cakes. Hey Where'd I leave that one left over from saint patty's day? Oh there it is! What did he say again? Oh ya, Chris is 18 and Chris's Sister is 21...
lol! excellent cake selection as usual. - April 24, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- Bilby P. Dalgyte said...
I thought it said "congratulations" and then had an L in it somewhere... hmm...
- April 24, 2009 at 12:26 PM
- j.cro said...
Does that last cake say Mamories?
Sweet!! - April 24, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Donna S. said...
"Oma" is also Korean for aunt, and can be used for "mom's friend." But like said before.. what a weird thing to write on a cake.
- April 24, 2009 at 12:35 PM
The icing on the first one looks like ketchup. :s
- April 24, 2009 at 12:39 PM
- Melanie said...
My guess for the Dave cake is that his friends bought him a cake only to find out that his sister was in town and it was her birthday too... So as to not have her feel left out they threw it on the cake.
WV: Missess - some spelling error you would see on a cake! - April 24, 2009 at 12:39 PM
"So remember, Chris's sister: You are unique. Just like the rest of Chris's siblings."
LOL! Out of all of the hilarious things I've read on this blog, nothing has made me laugh harder than this. Priceless!! - April 24, 2009 at 12:42 PM
- Suzanne Dargie said...
Oma is actually DUTCH for Grandmother.
- April 24, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Oma is my Grandmother's name. (it also means mother in Korean, if I recall correctly). Either way, no mother, grandmother, or random person with that name needs a cake that looks like a card bought in bulk (one clearance due to spelling/grammar). Though I bet it was tasty, I mean, it is cake after all.
- April 24, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Oh boy! Just found your place and I'm telling you, I haven't had such a good laugh in a looong time. I cried myself trough the pages. Thank you, I'll be back =)
- April 24, 2009 at 1:18 PM
I think the card is the clue to the first cake - it originally said "Greetings, Dave" but then they realized his name was Steve instead of Dave. So they tried to fix it...
- April 24, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- Tnomeralc Web Design Toys said...
You sure we didn't hang out with the same crowd in high school? ;-)
- April 24, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- teanotea said...
I recall an incident with the PGUs which resulted in grounding for two weeks for calling them the parental carbon units. Ah the memories these cakes bring back!
- April 24, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Thanks for the great laugh today! Exactly what I needed to get my Friday afternoon kick-started. Too funny!
- April 24, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Grumpy said...
For some reason this port reminds me of the restaurant I went to for my 22nd birthday. The waitstaff came out with a cake and sang: Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear customer, Happy Birthday to you.
- April 24, 2009 at 2:06 PM
I shared a birthday with an uncle, and it was only a week before my father's. To simplify family get togethers we often shared a birthday cake (or pie, or watermelon (in the case of my brother and cousin's July birthday)) (I'm getting confused in the parentheses, here). Anyway, I'm not sure my life was ruined, but then, my family was good about seeing the names were spelled right. Anyway, I may be messed up now, but thankfully it's not because of birthday cake.
- April 24, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Thanks for the Mamories Oma.
I'm thinking this cake is from the granddaughter who is pretty proud of the the family...Ummm...how shall we say it....."ASSETS" that were handed down to her ;) - April 24, 2009 at 2:36 PM
- Morgi said...
I was almost sad when the bakery got my boss' cake absolutely right today, because it meant I wouldn't be submitting it to Cake Wrecks. :(
- April 24, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- Kevin said...
Oh my. Thanks for the inspiration. I am DEFINITELY doing a cake in early June for our two youngest daughters. It will say, "Happy 21st Birthday Kate" and "Happy 24th birthday Kate's Sister."
My stomach hurts from laughing, and Kate has approved this cake idea.
Now I'm just trying to figure out colors for it all. Can't use St. Paddy's Day green. - April 24, 2009 at 2:45 PM
- Kristen said...
I love the Doctor Who Dalek reference on the first cake haha :)
- April 24, 2009 at 2:57 PM
I laughed so hard about the second cake/your commentary. Thanks for brightening my day by a bit, lol.
- April 24, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Wow, before I actually read what was written about the cake, it took me forever to try and decifer what the first cake read. "Congratulations Coworker"?? I can tell you right now that this is NO WHERE near what I was thinking--I actually don't really know what I was thinking--I just know that this wasn't close at all.
- April 24, 2009 at 3:12 PM
People, people! This is what happens when privacy laws go too far! The HR rep did not have the new employee's permission to communicate his/her name yet. And I bet someone stepped out of bounds by writing a name on the card envelope before all the background checks were complete.
It goes without saying that Chris's sister just wants to protect her identity, especially now that she's 21.
Suzanne S. - April 24, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Is it me, or does the color of poor Oma's name really clash with the rest of the cake?
And once again, we have that lovely combination of spacing, misspelling, and tilting upward to the right that gives cakes that "special" touch.
But...no sprinkles? - April 24, 2009 at 3:31 PM
- crayonbeam said...
it makes me wonder if Chris, being younger, was always refered to as Sister's Name Here's little brother, and this is some family fun revenge?
- April 24, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Dear Company,
While passing the time until my much anticipated first day on the job with you, I was reading my favorite blog and discovered what cakewreckers you people really are. As a lifelong fan of cakes, I cannot abide such thoughtless wreckoration. Therefore, I tender my resignation before I begin.
P.S. I have a friend in the same field who is currently seeking employment. His name is Steve. - April 24, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Perhaps Oma breastfed her children. And grandchildren...
And perhaps after all those years and feedings, her breasts began... migrating, as they are wont to do in the later years.
Thanks, Oma, for the wanderful mamories.....
wv: myoustly. I'm myoustly joking.... myoustly. - April 24, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Not to mention the use of bad grammar. It should read "Chris' sister".
- April 24, 2009 at 4:09 PM
- Kath said...
Aspiloiker is how I read the first cake. Poor Steve.
I am a twin, and my parents never made my sister and me share a cake. Ever. And even though our birthday is at the end of October, we never had Halloween cakes. It can be done.
The last cake did look like "Mamories" until I viewed it larger. Even though the handwriting is rather poor, it does actually spell "Memories." Still an unfortunate cake, but I'm guessing that Oma didn't actually get to see it, being dead and all. - April 24, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Mj said
The third one is not a fail. Oma is german for grandma - April 24, 2009 at 4:13 PM
- elesa said...
Wow. If Oma is the one who is responsible for All Wonderful memories, then I think she deserves TWO cakes!
- April 24, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- wordnerd said...
the word Oma does mean "grandmother" in German. it may also mean it in Dutch, but it definitely means it in German.
- April 24, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Judy... you have a being entangled in your hair???? Definitely get your hands off of it!!! lol
My own Grandmother's name was Oma and I'm named after her (spelling is different though...don't ask...I don't know why...) What I was thinking about the last cake was that someone may have misspelled the name and it had to be corrected, but whoever did it didn't have the correct color.
Either way....niiiiiice!! lol - April 24, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- bigSIS said...
one year (a long time ago) we had a family get-together while my mom was home for the summer from Grad School. We decided to celebrate everyone's birthday's, my graduation, my brother's wedding and Mother & Fathter's Day all in one cake. They picked my favorite color - purple, and the bakery actually pulled it off really well. Wish I had a pick of that cake. It definitely did not fit the 'wreck' catergory.
- April 24, 2009 at 4:42 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
I have a very good friend who is always greeted with "Oh you're [her brother's name] sister!" They are both now in their 40's and she STILL gets this from time to time. *facepalm* They are 11 months apart, but if their birthday was on the same day I wonder if someone would get the cake for them as a joke. She wouldn't find it funny though...
The Oma cake looks beautiful, but the writing is wrecktastic. I'm sure (if it wasn't for her funeral 0_o) that as a wonderful grandma, Oma would think it was the most beautiful cake in the world. (grandmas are good at that kind of thing, you know)
The coworker cake...I wouldn't eat that much red frosting if you paid me. Bleh! never mind that it's so artfully written in the national language of Wreckistan. - April 24, 2009 at 4:48 PM
- The Masked Mommy said...
haha! This is your best post in awhile!
- April 24, 2009 at 4:50 PM
That first cake definitely says "Aprilorter" - an obvious homage to Ninja Turtles April the reporter.
As for "Cris's sister" - That cake is really wrecky. Nothing like receiving a personally humiliating birthday cake from the current holiday stock. - April 24, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- Scritzy said...
I laughed so hard at that first cake. It looks as if someone just squeezed the piping bag arbitrarily. Well, just make it look like a name, and you'll be okay.
And the last one struck me because I had a great-great aunt named Oma, and I've never seen the name anywhere else.
Word verification: Dripat. Just dripat frosting anywhere on the cake and call it a day. - April 24, 2009 at 5:21 PM
- Glory von Hathor said...
Wreck number one definitely says PepePorker. - April 24, 2009 at 5:22 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
So...what's the deal with all the "Mamaries" in question?
I know what you guys are getting at, >^~-^<, but for one thing, it should be spelled "mammaries," and for a second thing, shouldn't it be just "Thanks for BOTH of the mammaries"? Unless Oma is a possum or cat or something. Whatever.
At least they were no doubt wonderously FULL... - April 24, 2009 at 6:04 PM
- Sweet Bird said...
I am pleased with the Doctor Who reference.
Very pleased. - April 24, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Hyena Overlord said...
Red icing. Isn't that hazardous to your health?
- April 24, 2009 at 11:12 PM
- Coca Cola Cake said...
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- April 25, 2009 at 4:38 AM
- Unknown said...
Fly-by commenting. Doctor Who reference for the win!
- April 25, 2009 at 9:22 AM
- Julie said...
OMG, the last one - when I was managing a bakery at a big-box store I was in very very early one morning making donuts and this woman came in and grabbed one of our "Happy Birthday" cakes out of the case. She asked me if I would put a name on it. Well apart from the fact that my cursive is just AWFUL (I have been exclusively printing since high school) I was NOT a cake decorator, just the department manager. AND the icing the C.D had piped the writing in wasn't in a bag any more so I had to grab the next-closest color. UGH! My cake probably looked a lot like this one. I apologized profusely to the customer but she said it looked "great". Yeeeaaah. Not so much.
- April 25, 2009 at 11:01 AM
I was so glad I was alone when I read this post, since I did laugh out loud. And then I could practice my alien robot impersonation greeting a new coworker.
And to the few of you who don't think the Oma cake is a wreck: it is not because the name is uncommon! It is because it was an afterthought in mismatched icing, there are missing word(s), and spacing issues. Definately a wreck.
And to the mom's that make one sheet cake for two kids special days: if it bothers them, cut it in half and make TWO cakes. Wow. Not hard. Buying from the store, 2 half sheets cost mores than 1 full sheet, but if you make yourself, just spread the icing a little thinner!!!
Alex - April 25, 2009 at 11:16 AM
- Kelly said...
Oh my goodness. These cakes plus your witty commentary (they score almost evenly right now) made me laugh loudly. Thanks for the joy.
- April 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- Pilgrim said...
Um....its the thought that counts?
right, Oma....
um...Oma? - April 26, 2009 at 1:07 AM
Oma--is Mom in Korean.
- April 26, 2009 at 3:42 AM
Kevin: It's nice that Kate approved the cake idea. But has her sister approved it? If Kate's sister doesn't read Cake Wrecks, I anticipate some acrimony on her birthday.
- April 27, 2009 at 3:17 AM
oh dear. i thought i was the only one whose brother referred to her only as "sis"...or "my sister" to his friends. i seriously doubt if any of them know my actual name.
while i do refer to him as "my little brother" to people who are not acquainted, he does have a name...and i call him by it.
thank the stars that our bdays are nearly 6 months apart...as i *did* receive my own cakes....*sigh* - April 27, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Ok...the writing is horrible on the Oma cake, but just to clear it up...Oma is German for grandma. That's what I call mine from Germany. Opa is grandpa.
- April 27, 2009 at 8:08 PM
The "Chris's Sister" cake and your comment about what she may have been called before Chris was born made me laugh uncontrollably. I never laugh so hard I cry. Thanks for that.
- April 28, 2009 at 9:56 PM
I scream "Exterminate!" to my hubby when he makes me mad, he doesn't get it.
FTR...though I don't really know why it matters, it's just bugging me like bad grammar...
Oma-grandma in German (don't know about Dutch, I only lived in Germany for 6 years)
Oma-Mom in Korean (my own mother is Korean making me a halfie)
Emo-Auntie in Korean - April 28, 2009 at 10:52 PM
- Cheryl@Gingerbread Crafts said...
I love the 18th/21st birthday cake, now I know what to do when my kids turn those ages. Their birthdays are 10 days apart, we used to get away with a single party. I wonder if I can pull it off in four years complete with a 'Happy 18th Birthday Thomas/Happy 21st Birthday Thomas' Sister'?
- April 29, 2009 at 6:36 AM
- CharlesP said...
That last one reminds me of my days as a grocery store baker (Cub Foods in Griffin, GA) where I split duties between baking bread, frying donuts, and ticking off my boss who would then make me close.
Closing meant that while the bakery was officially closed, customers could SEE that I was there and want a name on a cake. My handwriting isn't the best, but it's not too bad when using a bag of icing. The problem was that half the time they'd want a name added to an existing "Happy Birthday" cake that was already out in the case. Those Happy Birthday's had been done by our regular decorator and I always felt bad (and warned the customers) that there was NO Way I was going to be able to match the original handwriting... we won't even get into the color matching issue.
Luckily this was back in 1998 before I changed to warehouse work and then moved into IT with Amazon.com... otherwise I'd worry some of my handiwork would've shown up here. - April 30, 2009 at 7:55 AM
Hahahaha...the green cake is hilarious...& your comment made me laugh really loudly...
- May 1, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- Erica said...
I love the Dr. Who reference. It cracked me up!
- May 11, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Seriously? No one pointed out that Daleks aren't actually robots but aliens in robot battle suits? I have been violently corrected for the same offense.
- July 22, 2009 at 4:42 PM
It is entirely possible that the "Chris's sister" was an inside joke.
- July 14, 2010 at 5:41 PM
Depending on how many kids they have, Chris's parents might call out "Hey Chris' sister, time for lunch!" and have 4 or 5 kids with the same name come running.
- September 17, 2010 at 4:45 PM
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