Santi Ficarnos

Training Camp

santi — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:09:37 +0000

Training starts for the Tennessee Titians tomorrow and I for one can not wait to see what kind of a team Jeff Fisher puts together. I foresee a hold out for Albert Hanesworth, I do not see him coming to camp on time, I do not think it will be a huge distraction for the team he is hurt so often they are used to playing with out him in the lineup. The only draft pick the team has not signed is top pick Chris Johnson, I do not think he will be very long coming to camp he can not afford to miss the practice time. Football season is getting close and I am very happy.

Trade show

santi — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:02:22 +0000

A couple of times a year we take our business to a trade show and try to spread the word about We Deliver Nashville. This time I am taking our trade show display to Dallas Texas. We have a new set up this year, we have went to a truss trade show display to show our graphics. This allows us to have all the information we want to get out to the trade show on a display wall, I think this method of trade show display will work a lot better than our old pop ups and table mounts stand ups. The Godfrey Group has done a wonderful job on the new display, and it looks so professional, I think it will be the talk of the trade show.

Grissom

santi — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:04:04 +0000

On my favorite show the character of Gil Grissom is being written out of the show. I do not know if the show can go on with out him, he is such a critical part of the make up of the show. When he took a few shows off to do some theater this last season it was a down swing at least for me. I will not be happy when he leaves and will wait to see if the producers make the show better with out Grissom or if the show just fades away like most do when the star leaves.

New home addition

santi — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:29:22 +0000

My brother in Oakland has started a new addition to his fine home. I will be going out there to help him finish up with the yard in a couple of weeks. He had his pick of Oakland Contractors and the one he has selected is top notch, a leader in the Oakland area in quality and speed with which they finish projects. ClickSmart is a great web site where all of the Clicksmart Certified Experts meet all state and local requirements. The job will be done on time and done right the first time.

I am very happy my brother has found this great site to help him find the perfect contractor to get his addition to his home completed on time and have it done right. The piece of mind to have a professional working on your home is something we deserve and more than that something we need when dealing with a contractor.

Tomato’s cleared

santi — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:22 +0000

Tomato has been cleared of the chargers of making several hundred people sick in the last month or so, and the finger has been pointed at the jalapeno pepper. I knew the tomato would be cleared he is one of the life bloods in the Italian family, with out tomato’s an Italian would starve to death. The nasty little pepper is something we can live without, although I do like Spanish food from time to time. I will have to wait till the all clear is given before I have Spanish food again, I can make it on spaghetti if I have to.

Video conferencing

santi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:25:26 +0000

In our business it is very important to be able to communicate with our partners at all times, and the very best way to do this that I have found is use videoconference and the best of these products we have used is the Life Size Video conference tools.

Life Size has over 100 partners located in 30 countries so any where in the world I need to have a video conference it is a piece of cake to set up and to use. View the products that Life Size has to offer at http://www.lifesize.com/products and see if your business can use this fine tool to set up business video conferences for you.

The Battle of the red wasp

santi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:10:06 +0000

Our yard has been invaded by red wasps, Crash was bitten and had a terrible reaction we had to take him to the vet and get him a shot of benadryl to counter act the sting. So we have declared war on the red wasp in our yard. Two cans of wasp spray and a bug zapper have been put into play, I do not know if it is going to work but we are fighting to get our yard back. The city announced last week that a mosquito with the west nile virus was found very close to us so all of them little blood suckers have to go too. It is all out war i tell you.

Cubs game

santi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:42:31 +0000

Every year we make a trip to Chicago to see the Chicago Cubs play my team the St Louis Cards, and this year we are going to do something very different. We are going to watch the game from the Wrigley Field Rooftop Club, it is located right outside the walls of Wrigley Field and the view is great. Cubs roof top games are fun and exciting, I can not wait to see my first game from the roof top outside of Wrigley Field, I have been inside Wrigley Field for games, and that is very exciting in its own right, but watching a game from the roof top is going to be a blast.

Wrigley Field Rooftop Club is located right down the right field line and only 454 feet from home plate, it is closer than any of the other rooftops that have seats at Wrigley Field. What is more amazing is that it is closer than some of the seats inside the stadium. This trip is going to be so much fun I can not wait for my Cardinals to beat the Cubs and I will be right there to enjoy it.

The food they offer on the rooftop is fantastic and that is going to add to the party. Good food, beer and most of all great baseball. This is going to be my kinda trip. Next year we might bring a big group to enjoy this view with us.

Not one light but two

santi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:29:01 +0000

On my truck I have two headlights on each side and last night at work not one headlight burned out but both on one side within ten minutes of each other. I have never had both lights on one side burn out within minutes of each other it was pretty amazing. My string of luck continues with my truck when one thing goes wrong enough things have to be wrong so the guys at the shop can charge me $800 that seems to be the magic total. every time I have to take a vehicle to the shop it costs me $800. I guess they need that much to make a payment or something. The one exception was when I took the truck in for an oil change and an air filter and that cost me almost $100, I have not been back to Firestone and I never will go back there.

Car wash

santi — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:55:42 +0000

With five vehicles in our fleet of delivery work vehicles, it is very important that all five look their very best at all times and it is pretty much a full time job to keep all five of the delivery vehicles looking good everyday at work. I have started to use Lane’s Professional Car Products on my fleet when we clean them up. In addition to the best wash and wax products on the market we also use car buffers to make them shine. We get a lot of rain here in Nashville and it is important to me that our vans look their best everyday.

I really like the way Lane’s Professional Car Products make my delivery vehicles look and shine, and I feel that adds to their resale value, and also and more important makes our delivery company look good while we are out on the streets. Giving our small delivery company a good name just on sight, we strive to work as hard as our delivery vehicles look.
Lane’s Professional Car Products has a 100% satisfaction guarantee, and have stood behind their top quality products since they began offering their products online in 2001. These are the same fine car care products that professional detailing companies use to get cars to sparkle and shine. I am very happy with the results on my small fleet since we started using these great car care products.

I-40 closed

santi — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:59:39 +0000

Interstate 40 East of Nashville has been closed for almost the whole weekend after a tanker truck with toxic cargo overturned near Cookeville. This is one weekend I am glad I had no plans to travel east of here. They finally got the interstate open this morning after almost 40 hours. They evacuated a two mile circle around the accident site due to the volatile nature of the poison they were hauling. Kinda makes you wonder what the stuff was and where they were taking it to dump. No sane state would allow this stuff to be dumped in their ground or and dump.

New Insurance

santi — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:00:20 +0000

Our small business has decided to get a new insurance carrier for our employees. The one that we are going to use is Kaiser Permanente.

They are the largest non profit heath coverage provider in the country. They serve 9 states and the District of Columbia. They are guided by the needs of their customers not the need to make a profit.

Kaiser Health Insurance is fast, when you submit your group to them to consider for coverage. What I really liked was the fact that they treated our group like it was not like any other group, they took our needs and gave us a very fast free quote to insure our small business. They treat every one like they are important not like we are just numbers to them.

Kaiser Permanente California realizes that no two people or no two companies are alike and they mold your coverage to your individual needs. Not a lot of companies in America treat people like that and I am very pleased to give them our business. You can contact them by phone or by email, and in our fast paced world email is the best option for us and many other people. Check out their web site @ http://www.ekaiserinsurance.com/, go to the site and see if they can structure a health insurance plan to fit your needs.

Grill night

santi — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:44:06 +0000

Tonight we are throwing some thick steaks on the grill, it is a beautiful night to cook outside, if we can keep the bugs away long enough we might just eat outside too. One bad thing about cooking and eating outside are the bugs. I bough a bug zapper last year and it works pretty good but only controls a small area. The mosquitoes are pretty thick this time of year and some around here carry the West Nile Virus. Sure do not want that. Ok off to light the grill.

Hectic life

santi — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:23:04 +0000

With everyday that passes my life gets more and more hectic. In addition to my cell phone I have a house phone that has an answering machine on it. In truth answering machines have never been one of my favorite things in life but I use mine a lot and have learned to love it.

I have found a site that has reviews of answering machines to assist you in selecting the answering machines that will be the very best for you at home or at work.

Wise has a great web site that shows you reviews of all kinds of answering machines for all kinds of uses, they helped me find the perfect answering machine for my home and they can certianly help you find the right answering machine for you home or office too.

Haunted wipers

santi — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:10:23 +0000

It seems every time it rains my windshield wipers quit working, then amazingly they will start by them selves and then stop again. Get in the truck with no rain in sight and they work fine. I think my truck is haunted. It has some other nasty habits but the windshield wipers are the most annoying one for sure.

I love my truck but if I can not get the windshield wipers fixed I may have to get rid of her can not be going on a road trip and have the wipers not work.