Archive for August 2008

Help-wanted ad for nanny: `My kids are a pain’ - ABC 33/40 News

It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, “My kids are a pain.” But it worked, attracting a brave soul who’s never been a nanny before. “If you cannot multitask, or communicate without being passive aggressive …

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Witness: Driver went straight at sushi bar - United Press International

MAPLE RIDGE, British Columbia, Aug. 31 (UPI) — A man standing near a Canadian restaurant rammed by a truck in a deadly crash said the driver drove at the restaurant from 300 feet away without hesitation. Charlie Nelson said he works at a wine store …

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Meiers mix their businesses - Lincoln Journal Star

The Meiers, son Kevin and pere Ken, have combined their wine busineses into one, at Ken’s old store, Meier’s Cork ‘n Bottle, 13th and South streets. Kevin Meier Imports and the Cork ‘n Bottle merged as of Aug. 1, Ken said. Kevin had his …

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‘My Kids Are a Pain’ - MyFox Spokane

‘My Kids Are a Pain’
MyFox Spokane, WA - 1 hour ago
Soodak, a 40-year-old painter whose husband owns a wine store, eventually hired Christina Wynn, a 25-year-old University of Virginia graduate,

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‘My Kids Are a Pain’ - FOX News

File: Control tower at Stockholm’s Arlanda International Airport. It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, “My kids are a pain.” But it worked, attracting a brave soul who’s never been a nanny before. “If you …

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Help-Wanted Ad for Nanny: ‘My Kids Are a Pain’ - FOX News

“If you cannot multitask, or communicate without being passive aggressive, don’t even bother replying,” Rebecca Land Soodak, a mother of four on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, wrote Aug. 19 in her advertisement on Craigslist. “I can be a tad difficult …

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Help Wanted: ‘My Kids Are A Pain’ - Time

Article Tools “I can be a tad difficult to work for. I’m loud, pushy and while I used to think we paid well, I am no longer sure.” This being the age of instant communications, the ad took on a life of its own, making the rounds of parenting blogs …

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Driver “gunned it” in Maple Ridge tragedy - Prince Rupert

The truck that crashed into a sushi restaurant in Maple Ridge on Thursday, killing two women, accelerated straight at the restaurant for more than 100 metres, an eyewitness said Friday. Charlie Nelson, who works at a nearby wine store, said he was …

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Driver ‘gunned it’ for sushi restaurant: witness - Vancouver Sun


Vancouver Sun
Driver ‘gunned it’ for sushi restaurant: witness
Vancouver Sun,  Canada - 5 hours ago
Charlie Nelson, who works at a nearby wine store, said he was standing 25 to 30 feet from the sushi bar when the truck pulled into the parking lot of the

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Need help in choosing wines? A score of 85 best place to start - Vancouver Sun

Need help in choosing wines? A score of 85 best place to start
Vancouver Sun,  Canada - 6 hours ago
But I don’t need much help when I walk into a wine store, and that’s not what I hear from the consumers I speak with. They’d like a little help purchasing

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