MONDAY MORNING AND MY HEAD IS ALREADY FULL OF MUST DO'S
I NEVER GOT TOO FAR WITH THE FLOORING-- AS I SAT IN THE T TENT EATING ICECREAM IT LOOKED LIKE SUCH A LONG WALK TO THE BARN THAT I SAT PUTTING DOWN MANY MORE CALORIES THAN I WAS USING UP..... ..
SINCE I HEARD RUMORS OF 2 INCHES MORE OF RAIN TODAY-- MAYBE WAYNE CAN PUT THE FLOOR DOWN-- I HAVE EVERYTHING UP THERE.... EXCEPT THE ENERGY TO DO IT -- BUT I HAVE ABOUT ENOUGH ENERGY TO GET SOMEONE ELSE STARTED.
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THE THREAT OF AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNTANT HAS ME CLEANING UP THE QUICKEN-- IT IS ALL THERE -- BUT QUICKEN HAS HAD SOME UNIQUE IDEAS OF IT'S OWN THAT I WAS JUST LUMPING UNDER MISC EXPENSE BECAUSE THEY WERE TOTALLY FICTITIOUS IN THE FIRST PLACE
.... LIKE..... FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IT ADDED $285 TO OUR DEPOSIT-- IT WAS IN NO WAY ANYONE PLAYING "MAD HARRY" WITH THE NUMBERS.. BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO ME-- AND IN A HURRY IT WAS EASIER TO JUST LEAVE IT THERE.. HOWEVER WITH THTA $285 IN TH E
QUICKEN DEPOSITS FOR A COUPLE MONTHS-- AND THE BANK NOT RECEIVING IT THERE IS A $3000 DIFFERENCE IN THE BANK STATEMENTS.-- I KNEW WHAT IT WAS AND WHY IT WAS-- BUT YOU TRY AND EXPLAIN THAT TO A GUY IN A BLUE SUIT CARRYING A BRIEFCASE.. AND CARRYING ALOT OF PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT MATCHING NUMBERS..
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SO I HAVE ALOT OF ARGUING WITH QUICKEN TO DO..
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AND RE-ORGANIZING--- BECAUSE WHAT WORKS FOR ME WITH ACCOUNTING DOES NOT WORK FOR A 990 THAT HAS TO BE INSPECTED BY A BLUE SUIT... AND NOT EVEN A NORMAL BLUE SUIT BUT A SPECIAL ONE FOR CHARITIES
WE NEED ONE OF THOSE... NOW--- TODAY--- YESTERDAY !!
----- PREFERABLE PROBONO IF THERE IS SUCH A THING.
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MAYBE NOT ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD MY" LIFE DUE TO AN ACCOUNTING ERROR" STORY.
BRIEFLY ---I WORKED FOR THE WANT ADVERTISER MAGAZINE FOR 30+ YEARS--- OUT OF MY HOUSE-- VERY CASUAL JOB-- JUST GET IT DONE-- NO HOURS ETC.... AND I MANAGED THE DISTRIBUTION NORTH OF THE CHARLES RIVER-- ON INTO MAINE..
I WAS - HISTORICALLY AN MATHEMATICIAN-- SO WHEN COMPUTERS CAME ALONG I JUST WHIPPED TOGETHER MY OWN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM TO KEEP TRACK OF 16 DELIVERY ROUTES/PEOPLE WITH THEIR VARIOUS STORES CHARGE ACCOUNTS. AND MADE IT GIVE ME A ONE PAGE PIECE OF PAPER AS A MONTHLY REPORT. EXTREMELY SIMPLIFIED..
THINGS LIKE--- WAS THE NUMBER OF CHARGE SLIPS BILLED TO CUMBERLAND A MULTIPLE OF 4 INDICATING IT HAD COUNTED THE CHARGE SLIPS FOR THE 4 WEEK MONTH ON ABOUT 200 STORES. I HAD THE QUICK WAY OF GETTIN G THE INFO I NEEDED.. ON ONE PIECE OF PAPER
THIS IS GOING SOMEWHERE-- HANG ON--
THIS ONE SHEET I FOLDED IN MY BACK POCKET OF MY BLUE JEANS AND OCASSIONALLY WENT TO A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY-- WHERE I WAS JOINED BY AN IMPRESSIVE LOOKING COMPANY ACCOUNTANT IN A BLUE SUIT WITH BRIEFCASE AND POLISHED SHOES. HE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE MONTHLY REPORT-- ON THAT OLD IBM ZIG ZAG FOLDED COMPUTER PAPER THAT WAS ABOUT 1/2 INCH THICK... I HAD MY ONE WADDED UP PAPER IN MY POCKET..... HE DEMONSTRATED HOW EASY IT WS TO FLIP THRU THAT DATA AND SCAN FOR A STORE THAT DID NOT HAVE 4 CHARGE SLIPS FOR THE MONTH... MY ONE PIECE OF PAPER HAD ALREADY DONE THAT..
AND THEN I NOTICED HIS TOTAL $ DUE..
SO I SAID TO THE PRESIDENT (THESE WORDS BUILD OUR BARN AND ARENA)" HIS REPORT IS WRONG... I CAN NOT RIGHT NOW TELL YOU WHY IT IS WRONG BUT IN 25 WORDS OR LESS I CAN PROVE IT."
THE BOOK WHOLESALE SOLD FOR 86 CENTS AND HIS TOTAL WAS AN ODD NUMBER SO I ASKED WHAT HE MULTIPLIED BY 86 TO GET AN ODD NUMBER...
THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE REASON THEY GAVE ME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL THE ENTIRE COMPANY-- NOT JUST MY NORTHERN AREA... AND THEY PAID ME 1/2 WHAT THEY PAID HIM-- A HUGE BARGAIN FOR THEM-- MUST HAVE TAKEN ME AN ADDITIONAL 37 MINUTES WEEKLY TO ADD THIER NUMBERS TO AN ALREADY EXISTING SYSTEM.
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THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHR PROBLEMS WITH HIS STORE BOUGHT SYSTEM.. ANOTHER SPECTACULAR WAS -- THE BILLS WERE GOING OUT WITH CHARGES LISTED IN THIS ORDER...
JANUARY
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
FEBURARY
MARCH... ETC....
A PUZZLE FOR ANYONE EXCEPT A MATH TYPE.
THAT WAS
1,...10...11...12...2...3..ETC.....
IT WAS SORTING THE NUMBERS LIKE THEY WERE LETTERS.. LIKE THE PHONE BOOK... the S's----SMITH, SMITHSON , SMITHSONIAN , THEN THE "R's" RUTGERS.... and on.
I CHANGED ONE LINE OF CODE AND PRESTO CHANGO ALL THE BILLS WERE PERFECT LOOKING- RECOVERING SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND $$ TIED UP IN THAT MESS.--
THE REST OF MY COMICAL SUCCESS STORY-- I HAD WORKED FOR THEM FOR 19 YEARS ALREADY WHEN I MADE SOME COMMENT ABOUT BEING A MATH MAJOR IN COLLEGE AND THIS PRESIDENT SAID "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WENT TO COLLEGE" WHICH SAYS A BUNCH OF THINGS...
LIKE IF YOU CAN DEFINE A NEED AND DO IT WELL, DO YOU NEED A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR COLLEGE DEGREE? I STILL MAINTAIN ALL COLLEGE TAUGHT ME WAS A DEADLINE WAS SERIOUS. .
4PM WAS NOT 4:01-- BEING ONE MINUTE LATE FOR AN AIRPLANE IS NOT GOING TO WORK TOO WELL.
DOES THIS PERTAIN TO TODAYS SDP???
ASIDE FROM HAVING THE PROPERTY/BARN/ARENA/..... I STILL HAVE TO FILE THINGS BY MY OLD ACCOUNTING SYSTEM NUMBERS.... 10 IS AUTO... 18 INSURANCE... 23 OFFICE EXPENSE ... 38 UTILITIES ETC
AND AS I SIT HERE PAM IS STRUGGLING TO PUT A FILE RACK IN THERESA'S DESK SO I CAN SET UP A 2014 FILE FOR THINGS WITHOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH HOW SHE HAS THEM FILED... BY ALPHABET
WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT....
TO THIS DAY I AM CONVINCED A COLLEGE DEGREE IS WORTH LESS THAN A GOOD WORK ETHIC.
I ALWAYS HIRED KIDS WHO TOOK CARE OF THEIR OWN HORSES- BECAUSE THERE WAS A RELIABILITY INSTILLED IN THEM-- BILZZARDS DID NOT MATTER YOU HAD TO GET WATER AND HAY TO THEM. THEY WERE/ARE EXCELLENT EMPLOYEES.
WHICH DOES NOT EXCUSE ME FOR SITTING EATING ICE CREAM BECAUSE OF A FEW RAINDROPS
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FROM SHEILA-
WANT A 2014 DOG FEST T-SHIRT? YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE IF YOU'RE ATTENDING!!
IF YOU CANT ATTEND:
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2. PROVIDE YOUR NAME / ADDRESS / T-SHIRT SIZE
3. SEND $10 TO COVER SHIPPING
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2. PROVIDE YOUR NAME / ADDRESS / T-SHIRT SIZE
3. SEND $10 TO COVER SHIPPING
4. NEEDS TO BE RECEIVED BY TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 @ SDP
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