deja mafia

[marika]

my sister toasted a chocolate poptart at work the other day, and people
came
screeching around the corner, asking her what that WONDERFUL smell
was....they thought she was
baking double chocolate fudge brownies. She had no idea they smelled
that good (or at ALLl, for that matter). Everybody was RAVING, and nobody
believed her when she told them it was just a poptart. Do they add extra
smell-ification to them or something?

my sister said she once read an awesome article (she couldn't remember
where, maybe on the internet)
about animal rights, in which there was some bickering going on back and
forth,
and the author said (very articulately, though she can't remember his
exact words,
she wishes she had saved it because it was one of the most well-said
things she had ever
read) he said something to the effect of "In a debate of any kind, the
first
person who resorts to comparisons using the words "nazis" or "hitler"
invariably
has sunken to desperation and loses the debate."... and then he went on
to
explain why. she admitted it was MUCH more articulate than the way she
would I have said it,
but she
was so impressed by it that she never forgot it, and it was so true. As a
result,
anytime she read anything on animal rights, the NANO-SECOND that she sees
the word
"nazi", she hits "delete" or turn the page.
I introduced her to the rule of Mike Godwin.
In the meantime, I saw you today and I don't think you knew it was me!
mk5000
----- Original Message -----
cz.talk.sci-fi,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley,cz.zamestnani.nabidky
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: the must love this week

one year my aunt sent my sister a jigsaw puzzle with a picture of her?
Thank
god she could't download shockwave, then. she would have been really
pissed
off if she
had spent all that time crashing her computer for THAT!!
she recently sent us all a map drawing of St.Mary's cemetery, with each
plot
numbered. I couldn't download it or figure it out. My sister had to
interpret it for me. Then the legend tells you the name of the person
in
each plot. You
click on the name and it shows you their picture and a memory-message
from
the person who posted the picture. This one says "I miss you Honey and
think
of you every day. Bane."
I sent her an email that said that's really nice but had no clue what it
was. My sister said PS It's hilarious but a huge risk for you to say
"that's really nice"
without knowing what it is. With a title like "Find-a-Grave", it could
be a
story about how crazy people vandalized and exhumed graves at St. Mary's
or
something.
She called Ma the other day and told her she was going to make a
"Memorial"
for UH on the internet, and asked ma "Do you mind?" and similarly Ma
said
"that's nice" and then flew to the phone to ask us what the hell an
Internet
memorial is. Took us at least a half hour to explain to her because all
she
kept asking is WHY would anyone do that on the Internet? WHO is it for?
And
why would she ask me if I "mind"? The best theory we could come up with
is
she wasn't really asking "do you mind" so much as she was wanting
to get a
response like "Of course I do not mind, I think it is wonderful, you are
an
angel on earth" and it sort of back-fired on her when ma said "What
the hell is that?" and (in typical Ma style), that's ALL she said, at
least
300 times in a row, before she finally gave up and said "that's nice".
Poor
aunt, all she wanted was some props for her nice idea, and instead she
got
Ma.

One time I found this really funny URL
Ah, my aunt beat me to it!!! She sent it to all of us
How in the world is it possible that she receives and sends every
single
joke/spam/chain email ever created in the history of the internet, so
quickly? Does she literally stand over her computer, with one finger
over
the "RECEIVE" button, and another over the "SEND" button, and just work
them all day?
mk5000
"Don't blow me away
Ooh and just like the ocean
Lays right there behind me
Look over my sandcastle "--solange

[marika]

what would you do...

my sister called EVERY fence company in the phonebook last April. that was
12
companies. THREE returned her call. TWO of those never showed up for their
appointment. ONE showed up (let's call him Fenceman). That took THREE months
to get ONE
person to give her an estimate. She had originally wanted a new fence by
July4th, so thought 3 months was WAY plenty enough time. WRONG.

Fenceman finally sent her a contract on August 16. She signed it and mailed
it back with a $2000 deposit the NEXT DAY (August 17). He said it would
take about 4 weeks to get to do the job, and it was a 3 day job, total
$6000. OK. she I thought she'd have a fence by the end of September. Not
ideal, but
better than nothing.

October 25, no fence and no word from him. She calls him, leaves a
message.... "HUH>? Where are you?"
he calls her back Oct 27 and says "oops, we fell behind schedule. we'll
be there monday"
she ssay "ok, see you monday. if for any reason, monday falls through CALL
ME and let me know, and PLEASE don't come out the following week
(election week) because i will be in sandiego. please come the NEXT week
(week of 11/14)."
he says OK.

Monday-- no Fenceman.
Election week- no call.
This past week- no Fenceman, no call.

She calls him THREE times last week 11/13, 11/15, 11/16 and leaves
messages-- WHERE ARE YOU! Call me back TODAY and tell me when you are
doing this job! I sent you $2000 deposit THREE MONTHS AGO!!!

No call back.

Here's my questions:
1) Has she been taken? or is this common practice to make customers wait
forever? (it has happened to me before with contractors, they ALL suck,
but never with a $2000 deposit-- I thought that was a CONTRACT, no?)
2) What would you do now? Recall that NOBODY else even returned her call
and she sWANT THAT FENCE DONE? Would you keep calling him? Or wait? Or
demand the money back? Or what? he is absolutely not returning her calls
now.

All the times that she called him in the past and left messages (he NEVER
answers the phone) she was very patient and cordial, never aggressive.
Unfortunately, she is afraid if she pisses him off she will never get her
fence
which she has been trying to get someone to do for TWO YEARS now. (Same
thing
happened summer 1999, except nobody took any money-- bunch of people
called back but nobody ever showed up for the appointment. So this is
a LOOOOOONG headache, and her fence is falling apart>)

our father says "write a threatening letter"
the booyfriend says "Call him again and DEMAND that he do the job THIS WEEK"
the moron lawyer says "Hire a lawyer and sue him"

she JUST WANTs A GODDAMNIT FENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!

What would you do now?
How does this happen in an economy when people are being laid off and the
unemployment is so high

My sister has a fish pond. The fish eat anything that her dog Bailey
can't catch before it hits the pond surface.
The dog has actually fallen INTO the pond trying to leap and catch the
fish food
as she tosses it into the water.

Post by marika
my sister toasted a chocolate poptart at work the other day, and people
came
screeching around the corner, asking her what that WONDERFUL smell
was....they thought she was
baking double chocolate fudge brownies. She had no idea they smelled
that good (or at ALLl, for that matter). Everybody was RAVING, and nobody
believed her when she told them it was just a poptart. Do they add extra
smell-ification to them or something?

my sister said she once read an awesome article (she couldn't remember
where, maybe on the internet)
about animal rights, in which there was some bickering going on back
and forth,
and the author said (very articulately, though she can't remember his
exact words,
she wishes she had saved it because it was one of the most well-said
things she had ever
read) he said something to the effect of "In a debate of any kind, the
first
person who resorts to comparisons using the words "nazis" or "hitler"
invariably
has sunken to desperation and loses the debate."... and then he went on
to
explain why. she admitted it was MUCH more articulate than the way she
would I have said it,
but she
was so impressed by it that she never forgot it, and it was so true. As
a result,
anytime she read anything on animal rights, the NANO-SECOND that she
sees the word
"nazi", she hits "delete" or turn the page.
I introduced her to the rule of Mike Godwin.
In the meantime, I saw you today and I don't think you knew it was me!
mk5000
----- Original Message -----
cz.talk.sci-fi,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley,cz.zamestnani.nabidky
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: the must love this week

one year my aunt sent my sister a jigsaw puzzle with a picture of her?
Thank
god she could't download shockwave, then. she would have been really
pissed
off if she
had spent all that time crashing her computer for THAT!!
she recently sent us all a map drawing of St.Mary's cemetery, with
each
plot
numbered. I couldn't download it or figure it out. My sister had to
interpret it for me. Then the legend tells you the name of the person
in
each plot. You
click on the name and it shows you their picture and a memory-message
from
the person who posted the picture. This one says "I miss you Honey and
think
of you every day. Bane."
I sent her an email that said that's really nice but had no clue what
it
was. My sister said PS It's hilarious but a huge risk for you to say
"that's really nice"
without knowing what it is. With a title like "Find-a-Grave", it could
be a
story about how crazy people vandalized and exhumed graves at St.
Mary's or
something.
She called Ma the other day and told her she was going to make a
"Memorial"
for UH on the internet, and asked ma "Do you mind?" and similarly Ma
said
"that's nice" and then flew to the phone to ask us what the hell an
Internet
memorial is. Took us at least a half hour to explain to her because
all she
kept asking is WHY would anyone do that on the Internet? WHO is it
for? And
why would she ask me if I "mind"? The best theory we could come up
with is
she wasn't really asking "do you mind" so much as she was wanting
to get a
response like "Of course I do not mind, I think it is wonderful, you
are an
angel on earth" and it sort of back-fired on her when ma said "What
the hell is that?" and (in typical Ma style), that's ALL she said, at
least
300 times in a row, before she finally gave up and said "that's nice".
Poor
aunt, all she wanted was some props for her nice idea, and instead she
got
Ma.

One time I found this really funny URL
Ah, my aunt beat me to it!!! She sent it to all of us
How in the world is it possible that she receives and sends every
single
joke/spam/chain email ever created in the history of the internet, so
quickly? Does she literally stand over her computer, with one finger
over
the "RECEIVE" button, and another over the "SEND" button, and just
work
them all day?
mk5000
"Don't blow me away
Ooh and just like the ocean
Lays right there behind me
Look over my sandcastle "--solange

[marika]

My sister has a fish pond. The fish eat anything that her dog Bailey can't
catch before it hits the pond surface.
The dog has actually fallen INTO the pond trying to leap and catch the fish
food
as she tosses it into the water.

Post by marika
my sister toasted a chocolate poptart at work the other day, and people
came
screeching around the corner, asking her what that WONDERFUL smell
was....they thought she was
baking double chocolate fudge brownies. She had no idea they smelled
that good (or at ALLl, for that matter). Everybody was RAVING, and nobody
believed her when she told them it was just a poptart. Do they add extra
smell-ification to them or something?

my sister said she once read an awesome article (she couldn't remember
where, maybe on the internet)
about animal rights, in which there was some bickering going on back and
forth,
and the author said (very articulately, though she can't remember his
exact words,
she wishes she had saved it because it was one of the most well-said
things she had ever
read) he said something to the effect of "In a debate of any kind, the
first
person who resorts to comparisons using the words "nazis" or "hitler"
invariably
has sunken to desperation and loses the debate."... and then he went on
to
explain why. she admitted it was MUCH more articulate than the way she
would I have said it,
but she
was so impressed by it that she never forgot it, and it was so true. As
a result,
anytime she read anything on animal rights, the NANO-SECOND that she
sees the word
"nazi", she hits "delete" or turn the page.
I introduced her to the rule of Mike Godwin.
In the meantime, I saw you today and I don't think you knew it was me!
mk5000
----- Original Message -----
cz.talk.sci-fi,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley,cz.zamestnani.nabidky
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: the must love this week

one year my aunt sent my sister a jigsaw puzzle with a picture of her?
Thank
god she could't download shockwave, then. she would have been really
pissed
off if she
had spent all that time crashing her computer for THAT!!
she recently sent us all a map drawing of St.Mary's cemetery, with each
plot
numbered. I couldn't download it or figure it out. My sister had to
interpret it for me. Then the legend tells you the name of the person
in
each plot. You
click on the name and it shows you their picture and a memory-message
from
the person who posted the picture. This one says "I miss you Honey and
think
of you every day. Bane."
I sent her an email that said that's really nice but had no clue what it
was. My sister said PS It's hilarious but a huge risk for you to say
"that's really nice"
without knowing what it is. With a title like "Find-a-Grave", it could
be a
story about how crazy people vandalized and exhumed graves at St.
Mary's or
something.
She called Ma the other day and told her she was going to make a
"Memorial"
for UH on the internet, and asked ma "Do you mind?" and similarly Ma
said
"that's nice" and then flew to the phone to ask us what the hell an
Internet
memorial is. Took us at least a half hour to explain to her because all
she
kept asking is WHY would anyone do that on the Internet? WHO is it for?
And
why would she ask me if I "mind"? The best theory we could come up with
is
she wasn't really asking "do you mind" so much as she was wanting
to get a
response like "Of course I do not mind, I think it is wonderful, you
are an
angel on earth" and it sort of back-fired on her when ma said "What
the hell is that?" and (in typical Ma style), that's ALL she said, at
least
300 times in a row, before she finally gave up and said "that's nice".
Poor
aunt, all she wanted was some props for her nice idea, and instead she
got
Ma.

One time I found this really funny URL
Ah, my aunt beat me to it!!! She sent it to all of us
How in the world is it possible that she receives and sends every
single
joke/spam/chain email ever created in the history of the internet, so
quickly? Does she literally stand over her computer, with one finger
over
the "RECEIVE" button, and another over the "SEND" button, and just work
them all day?
mk5000
"Don't blow me away
Ooh and just like the ocean
Lays right there behind me
Look over my sandcastle "--solange