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June 5, 2004
Volume 2, Number 11
ISSN 1554-6330
In this issue:
1. Carpenter Country Essay |
2. Top Drawer Article |
3. Top Drawer Tips |
4. Top Drawer Book Review |
5. Top Drawer Satire |
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CARPENTER COUNTRY
What's Happening in Our Neck of the Human ExperienceWhen armies plan wars, they use code words to keep their operations a secret. D-Day and H-Hour are such codes and the U.S. Army used them during WW I. They were also used in WW II and since then have come to signify the day (D) and hour (H) of the Normandy invasion.
Sunday, June 6, 2004 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy. The Allied landing of troops on the beaches of France on that long ago day, and in the subsequent days of fighting, claimed an estimated 425,000 casualties - before counting fatalities among French civilians and prisoners of war.
Here in Carpenter Country, some of us were just kids on the historic day. Others were not yet born. But we all know we owe a great debt to the armed forces that fought on foreign soil. They waged a fierce battle, suppressed on oppressor and kept our country and the world free. When they came home to tickertape parades, H-Hour could have been renamed Hero Hour.
Today our troops are fighting another conflict against a different enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan. When these battles end and America’s men and women return home, let’s hope D-Day comes to mean Democracy Day.
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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE
Test Your Financial Knowledge
byHL Carpenter
The more you know about investing, the better the decisions you can make. Have fun testing your knowledge of financial basics with this short quiz.
This information should not be considered legal, investment or tax advice. Top Drawer
Ink Corp. does not provide legal, investment or tax advice. Always
consult your legal, investment and/or tax advisor regarding your
personal situation. |
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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits
While you're in the mood for taking quizzes, here's one that can help
determine your personality profile: http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/.
The
transit of Venus takes place on June 8, 2004. What is this rare event
and how can you watch? [Broken Link Removed]
Want
to honor a Vietnam vet? How about assisting the effort to return dog tags?
To learn more, visit: [Broken Link Removed]
What
do you want to know about food? Here's a European site with plenty of
info: http://www.foodnavigator.com/
(our thanks to Bev Christensen for sharing this link).
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TOP DRAWER BOOK REVIEW
byHL Carpenter
Change Without Pain
by Eric Abrahamson
218 pages; hardcover; $26.95
Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2004
Suppose that every time you took up a new hobby you discarded everything
from the previous one. Friends you made, equipment and books you purchased
and the knowledge you gained were all abandoned as you pursued your current
interest. Sometimes, forgetting that you had tried a pastime before, you
started over as if it was totally new to you.
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TOP DRAWER SATIRE
Jumping to Conclusions
byHL Carpenter
It’s always been popular among politicians and journalists. But there are signs that the sport of jumping to conclusions is on the verge of making the leap to mainstream America.
One indication: physician’s incident reports of injuries related to the sport have shot up over the past three months.
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HL Carpenter, an experienced investor and a CPA, specializes in reader friendly financial and tax topics for individuals and small businesses, and publishes Top Drawer Ink, a newsletter that's chock full of humor and common sense information.
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