Slightly off subject, but this concept actually saved me from losing about $12,000.00 in bonus.

Company I was working for was shutting down operations in the US. We had gone past the date when bonuses were supposed to be paid out. My ***hole boss decided to stiff me on my bonus saying that I hadn't earned it (it was…

Really?

You leave out DUCT TAPE?

A caution about freeze dried herbs and condiments. (I used to sell them industrially)
These are all EXTREMELY hydroscopic (they take on water easily). With a lot of freeze dried items once you open the package, they're going to start taking on water. Depending on what you're making, you are not going to be happy with…

Do you folks have ANY taste buds?

Chopped onions? Shouldn't take you more than a couple of minutes. If it does you need to learn how to use a knife correctly.

For all of these "convenience" foods, you're giving up taste and adding a lot of junk to what you're eating.
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For me. Minimalist pasta sauces. Then add…

Sorry, but the taste difference makes these products unusable for me. Running out? You can run out of the tubes. Clean up? If it takes you more than a couple of minutes, you're doing something wrong.

I'm 66. We bought our first house maybe 40 years ago. It wasn't much bigger than some of the apartments we had lived in. Maybe 900 sq. ft.

At the time, you used 20-25% of your income as a guide to buying a house. I think it's near 35%.

One of the BIG problems is that some people view buying a house the same as putting…

Okay, I am an AKC and ASCA judge. I've judged for 20+ years. I've taught obedience for 35+ years.

I don't buy the argument from the insurance companies about the breeds.

My wife and I had Rottweilers for about 25 years. These dogs were on TV numerous times. Therapy dogs. In parades numerous times and used in schools…

Might want to look at the odds you can get if you play craps the right way. Not real complicated.

Thanks.

Couldn't have come at a better time since I'm actually in the process of selling two cars. An '81 Triumph and a Chevy Impala.

I'm a recruiter.

ALWAYS make certain that you talk to a potential reference before using them as a reference. It's polite and it's common sense.

Was doing a reference check on a candidate. The reference's response when I first told him who I was calling about? "I would never hire this guy for any job including the…

Another food tip that might work for you. I'm the only one who really eats bacon in my house.

I have to go a little out of my way to get some REALLY GOOD bacon so I'll typically buy 2-3 pounds. Then when I get home I wrap the bacon in serving sizes. Want bacon, just pull out a serving, thaw it and cook it.

Where that happens for me. Again. I work for companies that sell ingredients to the likes of Kraft, Pepsi, etc.

I get a lot of people who sell finished products to grocery stores, or ex-pharmaceutical people The pharma people will sometimes work on the R&D side, if the requirement is for pure chemical research. Other…

Certified flavorist in the Chicago area. QA slot in Minneapolis. Purchasing slot in LA area. Director of R&D, prefer PhD. All require experience in the food industry.

Don't mean this in a derogatory way. If a recruiter is going through hundreds of resumes in a day, it seems to me that they aren't using their databases, or selection criteria on job boards, of LinkedIn properly. On both, you can get fairly specific on the criteria.

Okay. I'm a recruiter. Food ingredient industry.

Let's say that I'm looking for a certified flavorist. First of all since most of you wouldn't know, there's a huge difference between a flavorist and a certified flavorist. So when I do a LinkedIn search the first thing that I'm going to look for is certified. So that…

I'm a recruiter who had a career in sales, including being a hiring manager.

This is probably the #1 error that I see people make. You were responsible for chairing . . . Well so were 1,000s of other people. What made you BETTER than the 1,000s of other people who did the same job? Employers are looking for those…

Okay, a caveat. I've been a recruiter for 8 years. I also spent nearly 30 years selling products in my industry of expertise. I only work on jobs in that industry.

Glassdoor - For me, I will refer candidates to Glassdoor, but I've found that it has become like YELP, when it comes to bogus reviews. You'll especially…

http://www.sldirectory.com/mystery.html - Looking for a Mystery
http://www.listchallenges.com/the-top-101-cr…

So guess what type of books I read the most?

Didn't know him before your question. The bio that I found on him says that his background (degree) is in electrical engineering and computer science. In 2012 he founded a communications company. In 2013 he started Soylent.

From what I can see, he's no more qualified to be talking about foods that contain 100% of need…

"Natural" and "Organic" are two odd balls. Part of it is because they're still evolving. In some cases, it's also because science is always ahead of the laws.

I was Dir. of Sales & Marketing for the first fish oil to get FDA approval for use in food.

We had Kosher approval and obviously natural. We then tried to get…