Talking Points
Tired of giving the same old presentations? Use these nuggets of information to spruce them up.
Reported by PLANADVISER Staff
- “A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.” —Earl Wilson
- Now, all Twins Falls, Idaho, police officers can retire more comfortably—even the four-legged variety. According to the (Twin Falls, Idaho) Times-News, Twin Falls County commissioners have adopted the county’s first canine retirement resolution, a resolution needed due to the increase of the K-9 unit that is being initiated by the sheriff’s department.
- “Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than trying to solve them.” —Henry Ford
- New York City has overtaken Miami to be voted the U.S. city with the angriest and most aggressive drivers, according to a survey commissioned by marketing and consulting company Affinion Group. Miami topped the annual poll for the last four years, but voters in 25 major metropolitan areas gave New Yorkers the prize for angriest, most aggressive drivers who tailgate, speed, honk their horns, overreact, and lose their tempers. Portland and Cleveland were voted to have the most courteous, considerate drivers.
- As companies have to slash retirement benefits in these tough times, a Canadian company will stop giving free beer to retirees. Molson Canada has had to cut its unique benefit: It will no longer supply its 2,400 retirees with free beer, a move that reportedly will save the company about C$1 million ($900,000). Current workers still will receive free beer, but will see cutbacks from 72 dozen bottles a year to 52 dozen, according to a Reuters report.