Eight Maids a Milking!  I grew up on the farm, and I can speak from experience that's a lot of milk!  The average cow in the United States produces 6.2 gallons of milk per day. That means 48 gallons of milk per day (and they don't take holidays either!). At the real risk of lactic…

Seven Swans a swimming...  I hear that swan meat is supposed to be quite tasty and from ancient times to the nineteenth century, roast swan was on the menu for the King's Christmas dinners and other royal banquets. Since the nineteenth century, the turkey has replaced the swan as the bird of choice for fall…

Well, I'll be darned if I don't learn something new every day. All these years I thought they were four Calling Birds, but upon further research, the original verse described "Colly Birds." In old England, a blackbird was called a Colly Bird. Once my true love discovered that four imported blackbirds would be out of…

Since we have limited room for livestock here at our office, the care and feeding of three french hens would be problematic. Switchvox Premise PBX Rather, my true love suggested the gift of a Switchvox Premise PBX. The system has a very powerful Unified Communications portal called the Switchboard. It provides a phone book that allows

My true love thought that it would be very helpful that when a phone call comes in, a Google map pops up on my screen, showing the geographic location of the caller.   Map on Incoming Call Knowing where the call is originating can tell me quite a bit of information:  Do I know a customer in that…

My true love dispensed with the Partridge and provided something that I've been yearning for years. Scurrying about, especially during the busy holidays, checking my email and voicemail, voicemail and email. It's enough to make a robot cry. VoIP Unified Messaging & Unified Communications With my new VoIP business communications system, I can check my voicemail…