St. Louis is the eighth most caffeinated city in the nation, according to the first annual HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey.
Orville Wright numbered the eggs that his chickens produced so he could eat them in the order they were laid.
That's one way to look at it...
"We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance." -Harrison Ford
Once a king had a great highway built for the members of his kingdom. After it was completed, but before it was opened to the public, the king decided to have a contest. He invited as many as desired to participate. Their challenge was to see who could travel the highway the best.
On the day of the contest the people came. Some of them had fine chariots, some had fine clothing, fine hairdos, or great food. Some young men came in their track clothes and ran along the highway. People traveled the highway all day, but each one, when he arrived at the end, complained to the king that there was a large pile of rocks and debris left on the road at one spot and this got in their way and hindered their travel.
At the end of the day, a lone traveler crossed the finish line warily and walked over to the king. He was tired and dirty, but he addressed the king with great respect and handed him a bag of gold. He explained, "I stopped along the way to clear a pile of rocks and debris that was blocking the road. This bag of gold was under it all. I want you to return it to its rightful owner."
The king replied, "You are the rightful owner."
The traveler replied, "oh no, this is not mine. I've never known such money."
"Oh yes, " said the king, "you've earned this gold, for you won my contest.
He who travels the road best is he who makes the road smoother for those who will follow."
If 99.9% were good enough, then;
5 planes would crash every day
2 million documents would be lost by the IRS this year
22,000 checks would be deducted from the wrong bank account in the next 60 minutes
1212 phone calls would be misdirected every minute
12 babies would be given to the wrong parents every day
18,322 pieces of mail would be mishandled in the next hour
"You can't find out if you're right until you take the risk."
-Greg Papadopoulos , CTO, Sun Microsystems
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