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Maris
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03-28-2002

Friday, June 18, 2004 - 7:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This is the sort of thing that your local congressman can actually do you a service. get in touch with all the parents impacted by this decision, write a letter to the congressman and I am betting you might get your route added back on.

I had a similar experience with a soccer activity in our neighborhood and the local youth group was going to stop the soccer for the kids and only provide little league. Well a few letters and Melinda Katz (our rep) got the funding to get the program going again and the kids never even missed a game.

You have the summer but I am betting you might be successful. At the very lease a congresspersons inquiry to the school board might have a little sway.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, June 18, 2004 - 7:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good lord, I am losing my mind. I forgot about War's post (read it a 2AM) was thinking Maris was telling you to contact your congressman about the squatting over the toilet problem!!!

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Friday, June 18, 2004 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL, our state had 2 miles away unless there is a "nuisance" endangering kids... so some were bused closer, some farther away. Our school district is required to send bus transportation regs home every year, we live app 1 mile away, and wont get busing next year, but we can pay for it $350 a year, and that bus is notoriously LATE!!

Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, June 18, 2004 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I went in to the office today. I was nice to them, because I know they had nothing to do with it. Got the number for the transportation agency, but didn't have time today to call. When Kota and I got home from school, neighbor was outside. I was right, he's furious. He's still got the letter we got when they rezoned us and said that the only way we'd have bus service was if we changed schools. When I talked to them earier, they were on their way to the school district to get the copies of bus regulations and file a complaint. I'm waiting to see what they told him, then I'll know what I have to do to complain. They aren't taking are bus without a fight.

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This week, some idiot bill collector started calling my apartment, and NOT FOR ME thank you very much. She (I think this is a woman, but she smokes a lot so she has a very husky voice) has left a couple messages, but this morning she called at 7 AM and woke me up. I didn't pick it up, but I called back right after she called and I said, "Look, I just wanted you to know you have the wrong number and you called me three times this week." She said "Well, how do I know you're not her, Ara [last name she cannot pronounce]?" I said, "well, maybe since Ara is a man's name for one thing." God.

So she wants to fight me about this, believing I am this man or his sister or his former boss--"why else would we have this number?," she asks, as if people never move or give false information--because, of course, I have nothing better to do early on a Saturday morning than to call long distance to lie. Finally, I told her I would report her to authorities if she continued to call my number (she said "fine. It's a wrong number. It's not harassment) and then I told her "cease and desist" because I was told to tell people that if I don't want to talk to them. She said "Ha. You think that's going to work when I'm just dialing a wrong number? You make me laugh!" Finally, I had to lie and told her I was taping the conversation and I told her I'd call HER repeatedly and see if she liked it. And I DID call her back THREE TIMES. But I'm going to do it more.

Now...where did I go wrong with this woman? Sheesh. What have I done to deserve this?

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My husband let our health insurance laspe! GAL, could I get away with justifiable homicide???????

Sisalou
Member

07-12-2002

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OMG Texannie, that is terrible. How long has it been ended?

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think a month. I can't believe he let this happen. It's not even like him.

Sisalou
Member

07-12-2002

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It sounds exactly like something I would do. I am having a hard time remembering things lately. I don't guess the insurance co. gives a grace period or anything? I sure am sorry.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am going to call them Monday. What's even more infuriating is he is saying "well, we were talkin about changing it" sheesh..hate when they try to justify stupid mistakes!!

Sisalou
Member

07-12-2002

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hope something can be done about it.

BTW, your post of 7:44am yesterday had me LOL

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks.
in this thread? about writing to the congressman? LOL

Sisalou
Member

07-12-2002

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 4:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, this thread.

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 4:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well writing to a congressman works in NY. It is worth a shor in an election year to keep a schoolbus.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 5:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No, Maris, I wasn't critisizing your suggestion. I had stated that I misread your suggestion as going with the tinkle on the toilet posts above the bus ones. Was laughing at myself.

Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 6:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My gripe of the night is that I can't get on weightwatchers.com - dang it - I journal online how am I supposed to journal if I can't get to the site. Yes I know I can do it the old fashioned way with a written journal it just gripes me that I can't get there.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ugh Tish! I hate it when people decide you are the one who either owes the money, or are helping hide out the person who does. I had someone with the same first/last name of mine (sounded alike, but spelled different), and apparently lived in the same town as me at one point. A collector went to directory assistance and got my number that way, left a message on my answering machine just giving a long distance number, and saying, "call me collect its urgent."

Of course, not knowing it was a collector, my heart starts racing and my hands are shaking, thinking something must have happened to someone in the family (which is of course exactly what they want you to think, so you will call back).

As soon as I identified myself, the collector got all heavy and nasty with me about all this money I owed. I told him he had the wrong person cause I didn't owe anyone that kind of money. I asked him to spell my first name for me, and he told me the traditional (and incorrect for me) way, and I told him that was wrong. Then he asked me what my social security number was. BIG RED FLAG went off in my head, and I said, "why don't you tell me what my social security number is supposed to be?"

That's when he changed his tone, and said he would look into it and correct the error. He was to call me at a specific time the next day to let me know it was cleared up. I would be at work at that time, so he said he'd call me there. Like a fool, I gave him my work number, believing he would clear it up. He never called.

About two months later, he called me at work and lit into me again! I was livid. I said, "I told you last time you had the wrong person, and you were supposed to clear it up. And furthermore, its against the law for you to call people at work and harass them!" He told me the laws were different in the state he was calling from, and he could call anywhere anytime he chose. I can't remember how that conversation ended. But thankfully that was the last time I heard from him. I'm convinced he would have changed his records to reflect my social security number if I'd been foolish enough to answer his inquiry in that first phone call! Thank goodness at least the red flag worked for that!

One other time, someone went through directory assistance and called me looking for her. And one time someone called my number and asked for someone I'd never heard of. When I told her she had the wrong number, she very indignantly said, "well, you are at 123 XYZ Street, aren't you?" I very politely told her that was not the address the phone number was registered to any more, and hung up.

I realize the collectors have a very tough job. But geeze! It sure would be nice if the rest of us didn't have to suffer!

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was called three times about an INLAW!! They wanted ME to give them HER new phone number. Of course, they couldn't tell me why...just it was a legal matter. I refused, and when they called back for the THIRD time, I threatened to report them and said if they wanted to talk to inlaw, to call her!

Of course, I did call inlaw and explained what message had been...she didn't know what it was about either. Don't know if she called the number or not, but at least they stopped calling me! (I did request that inlaw not use OUR number or name for any future paperwork 'reference' though!)

Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 12:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whatever it takes is what we will be doing. I'll write letters to anyone who will listen, call anyone who will listen, and go talk to them in person if it helps.

What they're doing to our k-5 grade kids is bad enough, but they're worse with the jr. high. They are losing their bus too in this neighborhood. Jr. High is 3 miles away, several busy intersections, but worst of all, they start school at 7am so part of the year, if they walk, they will have to leave home before the sun is up!

I thought neighbor was mad yesterday, it was nothing to the rage he was in about it today. His 11 year old will be starting the jr. high in August, so he's having a fit about both of them. Don't blame him one bit. I'd keep the kids home before having them walk to the jr. high!

Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
War, do you have a local newspsper or one that runs community news? They are always interested in those kind of stories and schools hate that kind of publicty and pressure.

I've had to use that route once. My DD has CP and went to the exceptional school here. For their field trips the school had it's own bus. The school always tried to keep everything hushed up that didn't present them in a good light. This bus was a 1974 BlueBird. The thing was a death trap. Twice vandels broke the windows out of that bus. Once they fixed them, the second time they just decided to do away with trips for these kids. No matter how much I called, wrote or complained it was ignored or told there was no money for another bus. So I called the newspaper (for some of these kids it was these were the only trips they got anywhere). After the story ran the school was presented with a brand new 2001 bus.

Beachcomber
Member

08-26-2003

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 5:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pushy, and I mean very pushy, door to door magazine sales people. Would just not take no for an answer. Neighbors ended up calling the police because of them. Our neighborhood has "no soliciting" signs up and everything. It has gotten to where I don't answer the door anymore unless DH is home.

Biscottiii
Member

05-29-2004

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 7:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whew Whoami!

Gosh Folks, thanks for the headsups! Even though I'm over the 50-yr mark, it seems like if someone asks a question (even if I don't know them from Adam!) the first response is to answer them. Which is total idiocy derived from childhood - answer your Mother right now!

When he asked for YOUR social security #, my fur stood on end! Thank heavens for red flags cause you could have been harrassed until doomsday and it might have been just a new twist of identity fraud (like blackmail on your credit report) - so the dude could collect his commission.

At least with the warning, we all know NOT to give out our work #s so easily, I groaned when I read that part. Thanx!

Escapee
Member

06-15-2004

Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 9:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Samuel Thompson wrote: "I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to
sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December." I don't agree with
Darwin, but I didn't hire a lawyer when the school teacher taught of evolution.
Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness is not endangered because of a
30-second prayer before a football game.

So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is reading the entire book of
Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him for safety
for the players and for the fans going home from the game. "But it's a Christian
prayer," some argue. Yes, and this United States of America, is founded on
Christian principles. According to our very own phone books, Christian churches
outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect, someone
chanting Hare Krishna?

If I went to a ball game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.
In Baghdad, I would expect a Muslim prayer. At a ping pong match in China, I
would expect someone would pray to Buddha. I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't
bother me one bit. When in Rome...

"But what about the atheists?" is another argument. Nobody is asking them to be
baptized. We're not passing a collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds.
If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or earplugs. Go to the bathroom.
Visit
the concession stand. Call your lawyer. Unfortunately, one or two will make
that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't
think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's
foundations. God, help us.
And if that last sentence offends you, well... too bad.

The silent majority has been silent too long
It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray, you don't have to say the pledge
of allegiance, you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor
Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right........ but by golly you
are no longer going to take our rights away. God bless us one and all,
especially those who denounce Him...
God bless America, despite all her faults, still the greatest nation of all...
God bless our servicemen who are fighting to protect our right to pray and
worship God...

Keep looking up... In God WE Trust.

If you agree with this, please pass it on. If not...

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 10:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Bravo!

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 10:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post