In today's Post
My new Life by Anne Rhodes
Mistakes
Dead or Alive
Shameless Plug
Random Joke
Finish with a Song
POEM – MY NEW LIFE?
I need to start again from scratch, I fear.
I've spoiled so many lives with what I've done.
One thoughtless, selfish move is all it took
To destroy the faith of all those I hold dear.
There are or were so many who knew me
Or thought they did until I crossed the line.
What I did cannot now be remade whole
A selfish thought, temptation struck at me.
I have learnt from what I've done to those I love
Some have forgiven me but by no means all.
I have paid for my misdeeds times over
But can the world trust me to stay true now.
Why I gave in to temptation that one time
I will never understand the steps I took.
My heart is sad because I spoiled so much
Of that good life I had before today.
A new life beckons me and I do swear
That from now on my life will be so pure
I will always try to hold the faith of others
Of those who trust me even now I swear.
© Anne Rhodes
Great Mistakes
Source - indy100.com
Turning down JK Rowling
Twelve publishing houses rejected JK Rowling's Harry Potter manuscript before Bloomsbury finally took her on following the advice of the company chairman's eight-year-old daughter Alice.
The books were subsequently translated into over 60 languages and have earned Rowling a reported $1bn (£670m).
Not shooting Hitler
In 1914, British soldier Henry Tandey, who went on to become the most decorated private in the First World War, came across an injured and unarmed Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler in a ditch, but reportedly decided not to shoot him in cold blood
Selling 610,000 shares instead of one
In 2005, a Japanese trader cost his company £190m after a so-called "fat finger" trade in which he sold 610,000 shares for 1 yen (0.5p) instead of selling one share at 610,000 yen as he was supposed to.
Despite repeated requests from Mizuho Securities to cancel the trade, the Tokyo Stock Exchange refused to comply and the company was forced to buy back the shares at an inflated cost.
Angering Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan, the ruler of the Mongol empire had sought to open diplomatic and trade links with Ala ad-Din Muhammad, Shah of the neighbouring Khwarezmid empire (modern day Iraq/Iran) in the 13th century.
However, after the offer was rejected and a Mongol diplomat beheaded, Khan reacted furiously, sending in an estimated 200,000 warriors and utterly destroying the empire.
Ordering trains that were too wide
The French state railway SNCF spent $15bn on a new fleet of trains this year. Unfortunately, they were too wide for 1,300 station platforms across the country; a problem that will cost and estimated €50m (£36m) to fix.
Signing Brian Poole and the Tremeloes
In 1962, record label Decca were looking to sign an up and coming band. They auditioned two young bands at their studios in London, deciding to sign Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. The one they rejected? A four-piece outfit from Liverpool known as The Beatles.
Misspelling a company name
The British government was sued for £9m after a clerical error inserting a rogue "s" saw the wrong company recorded as being in liquidation.
More than 250 people lost their jobs when Companies House mistook a 124-year-old Welsh family business called Taylor and Sons for Taylor and Son - a company that filed for bankruptcy in 2009.
Dead or Alive
This is where I give you a celebrity and ask you a simple 50/50 question.. are they DEAD or ALIVE?
Today's star is..
Melvyn Hayes (born Melvyn Hyams, 11 January 1935) is an English actor known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) "Gloria" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and the Cliff Richard hit musical films The Young Ones and Summer Holiday
Simple question is Melvyn ... DEAD or ALIVE ?
Shameless Plug
Released this weekend !!!
Available on Amazon, Paperback or Kindle Version.
Link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1548896446/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500073463&sr=8-1&keywords=tales+of+the+unaccepted
About the Author
Neville Raper invented You Tube, has swum the channel twice and is a habitual liar.
He lives in Yorkshire, where just like the locals, he says what he likes and likes what he says.
Broadcaster, Author, blogger, Neville is an occasional stand-up, and regular sit down.
Message from the Author.
Hi, thank you for buying this book unless you stole it, then shame on you.
Seriously, I hope you enjoy the stories within. A lot of people ask where I get the ideas from so I’ve taken the liberty of sharing the inspiration of each one. I hope that this may inspire you to write your own.
I’d like to say that this has been a long hard road to get to this point, but honestly, it hasn’t. I find writing a pleasure and having my work read a joy.
My ultimate goal is to write something that I would like to read and by doing so, hopefully, something you will enjoy reading as well.
So sit back, dim the lights, but not so much that you can’t read, and come with me on a journey.
These are all stories of ‘what if.' for isn’t that what life is all about?
Yours Forever
Neville
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Random Joke of the Day
I used to be addicted to mud wrestling. Been clean 4yrs now.
Dead or Alive...
Did you get it right.....
Melvyn Hayes is Alive and Kicking !! At 82
Finish with a Song
Given Anne's poem, here is Elton John with Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word released in 1976
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