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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 7:48 am
Thanks, but it was sent to me in my e-mail. I am not the author, but it is exactly how I feel. Please pass it on. I am glad y'all enjoyed it!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 12:50 pm
This really chaps my hide. A man has lived on a mountain property for over 30 years. His home burned down by arsonists way back when. He moved back into what was left of his home, and began hoarding "collectables." So now the property around his is being developed with half-million dollar homes. The new neighbors and the developers have decided the way he lives is not normal. So they have gotten the city to order him and his "junk" out. I can't figure out how to do a direct link to the video. But if you go HERE, then go about 1/4 of the page down and look under "News 4 Video," and then click on the link "A Home Tour You Won't Believe: Man Clears Out 30 Years Of Junk." You'll see for yourself. Now yes, he is not living what most of us would call a normal life. And no, not all of us would want to live next to a virtual junk yard. The for CRIPES SAKE! DON'T BUILD YOUR DAMN HOME THERE!! He was there first. What right do you have to move in and then dictate how those who were there first should live their lives? It reminds me of when some people were trying to get the Westernaires riding group kicked out of the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. They built their million dollar homes adjacent to the fairgrounds, and then complained cause it smelled like horses. Well DUH! It just pisses me off. Just cause you have money doesn't give you the right to march in big as you please and just toss aside those you feel are unsuitable. You have money. You can afford to go live somewhere else. The "unsuitables" don't. Some people! \rant off
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 1:13 pm
Well,that is just sad! Why can't someone pitch in and help him fix his home up?
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 1:15 pm
Probably cause they prefer to be like my neighbors. They'd rather call the city/code enforcement than offer a helping hand. I guess it makes them feel important or powerful or something.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Friday, July 02, 2004 - 2:06 pm
Well,I hope that he got good money for his land. Although,he seems the type they could easily take advantage of.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 12:24 pm
AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH. We got a letter from the apartment complex 2 weeks ago saying our lease was almost up [end of August] and they were doing a lease end inspection. They would be in the apartment sometime July 12 - July 16. We didn't have to be here. Please contain your animals properly. [CONTAIN?????] Ok we have no problem with the inspection - actually I think it's quite smart on their part. But when I called to see if I could get an exact date so I didn't have to "contain" Eddie on a day they wouldn't be here they said no they couldn't make a definite time. I said I only asked for the DAY so I could be sure to be home all day [like I got a lot of places to go since I haven't got a job and know nobody, but ya know.....]. They said no they couldn't be tied down to even a day. OK no problem I guess [except when you know you CAN'T go anywhere you think of tons of things that just HAVE to be done]. I waited all day Monday and Tuesday. Waited until 3:05pm today. INSPECTION - STUPID WASTE OF TIME She came in. Petted Eddie. Asked if we knew if we were going to renew - I told her we didn't know yet. Petted Eddie again. Asked me to sign the form saying she'd been there - I signed and dated it [but how can I do this if I wasn't allowed to get the pool passes since I'm only on the lease and not a lease signer?]. Petted Eddie and told him he was a pretty kitty and that cats were smart. Asked me if there were any work orders that needed to be done that I knew of - told her no. Petted Eddie and told him she was going to brag to the ladies in the office that she saw such a pretty kitty. Said goodbye and left - less than 5 minutes total. I waited 3 days for THIS? I feel sorry for the kitty next door. The people locked her up in a pet taxi all 3 days.
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Beckyann
Member
06-23-2004
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 2:53 am
LOL Serate, your post reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when Kramer decides to get back at the cable guy because the cable company will *never* give you a specific time for when they will come by so when Kramer was accidentally getting stations he wasn't supposed to get, he made sure he was never home when the cable guy came! A nice revenge story 
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Beckyann
Member
06-23-2004
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 3:03 am
A couple months ago I went to refill my prescription for my allergy meds (Allegra) It had been a looong time since I refilled and I was told insurance no longer covered it and it would be $40 a month! Well I decided to take my chances and not refill it - sure enough my allergies got the best of me and I ended up with a sinus infection. So while I'm at the dr.'s yesterday I ask him for an allergy prescription that insurance would cover and he writes me one for Zyrtec. So at the pharmacy, the tech tells me my insurance pretty much won't cover any allergy meds ever since Claritin went OTC because they want to try to push other companies to go OTC too. So I can either pay full price for meds or buy the Claritin (which isn't cheap). I chose the Claritin and plan to take it whenever my allergies are really bad - like right now
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 9:40 am
Insurance companies make me see RED!
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Djgirl
Member
07-17-2002
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 9:55 am
Serate, here in Ontario your landlord has to give you a specific time, and more than 24 hours written notice. I see that they did that, but the only way that a L/l can get around the specific time is due to a special circumstance.
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Wargod
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 11:36 am
Beckyann, totally understand! Not only my hubby's allergy medicine the insurance co won't cover but both of my daughter's asthma meds. She uses Singular (a one a day pill to try to cut down on asthma attacks) and the albueterol inhaler. Our insurance says its because they are not generic meds, but they don't have generic meds for her asthma meds yet.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 1:15 pm
Assemblyman John Campbell's Capitol Communication Wednesday, June 30th, 2004: In the 4 years I have been a member of the state Assembly, we had many "celebrations" on the Assembly floor. These "celebrations" are orchestrated by Democrats who control the House and often involve singing and dancing. Each of my 4 years I seen celebrations of Cinco de Mayo (Commemorates Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla ), St. Patrick's Day (for the patron Saint of Ireland) and Chinese New Year's Day, among others. But never once have we celebrated America's Independence Day, (4th of July). This year, Republican Assemblyman Jay LaSuer of San Diego arranged for Vietnam war hero Admiral Jeremiah Denton to be part of a 4th of July ceremony. Admiral Denton, a Navy pilot in Vietnam, was shot down and spent 8 years in a Vietnamese prison. While in prison he was interviewed by North Vietnamese television after torture to get him to "respond properly." During the interview he blinked his eyes in Morse code to spell out "torture." Asked about his support for the war in Vietnam he replied "I don't know what is happening now in Vietnam, because the only news sources I have are in Vietnamese. But whatever the position of my government is, I believe in it, I support it, and I will support it as long as I live." Four of his 8 years in prison were spent in solitary confinement. He wrote a book "When Hell was in Session" chronicling his experience in Vietnam. When he stepped off the plane in 1973 upon being released from prison, he said "We are honored to have served our country in difficult circumstances. God bless America." He was elected to U.S. Senate from his home state of Alabama. I could go on and on about his accomplishments. Suffice it to say, Jeremiah Denton is unquestionably an American hero. The Democratic leadership refused to allow him on the Assembly floor and there was no 4th of July celebration. A memo from the Democratic speaker's office said "problems have arisen both with regards to the spirit, content and participation of various individuals with regard to the ceremony." They said he did not believe in "separation of church and state" and they didn't like policies he supported as United States Senator; subsequently they did not allow him on the Assembly floor or to speak. Upon hearing this, Governor Schwarzenegger offered his meeting room last Monday for a ceremony with Admiral Denton. The room was overflowing with people. Only one elected Democrat was in attendance. A number of veterans of the last 4 wars were present. Admiral Denton gave a very moving speech about the 4th of July and the undeniable commitment of our founding fathers' to their faith in God. He talked about how the war on terrorism may be the most difficult war we have yet fought. He fears partisan attacks on our mission and our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan sound to familiar to Vietnam. Following his speech, the Governor came to personally spend time with him. Then this American hero, whose debt from us all can never be repaid, flew home to Alabama. The Assembly met that day to have a ceremony that lasted nearly 20 minutes. That ceremony celebrated the career of a reporter from the LA Times on his retirement. Democrats universally praised him as being "balanced." He was allowed to speak for about 10 minutes. Admiral Denton was no longer in the building. Four years of Cinco De Mayo and not one recognition of the 4th of July. An LA Times reporter praised, and the very person whose sacrifice allows him to express his opinion is banned. It is perverse, wrong, disrespectful to those in uniform who have stared death in the face, and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for America. Admiral Jeremiah Denton is a hero not because he was politician, but like all the men and women of the Armed Forces, because he defended ideals set forth with America's independence. Democrats are always railing about intolerance and discrimination. But in practice it is they who engage in regular state-sanctioned discrimination and are intolerant of presentation of other views. Maybe they are worried people will listen. I do not write this to bash Democrats. I sent this to demonstrate the huge chasm between registered, voting Democrats, and elected Democrat leadership. I hope those of you who are not Democrats, will send this to your friends who are. If you are a Democrat, don't be ashamed. Be angry. Change your party and your leadership, or leave it. Fortunately, we do not need approval of the Speaker of the Assembly to celebrate our nation's independence this Sunday. Nor do we need his permission to thank those who fought to give us and to maintain our freedoms. On this 4th of July, as the burgers cook and the fireworks fly, let us remember......and give thanks. Until next week, I remain, Assemblyman John Campbell
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 1:37 pm
Beckyann, become a competing drugstore ad junkie. All of the drugstores now sell generic Claritin, and you can get some at pretty good prices if you watch the sales. The drugstores around here seem to use it as a loss leader. So just watch those sales, and stay stocked up. And DON'T pay for the Claritin brand name (unless your doc says you HAVE to). Walitin (Walgreens brand) works just as well. Jujushopperdawg
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 8:40 pm
Beckyann I came in here to say basically what Juju just said. I'm not familiar with Walgreens brands [not one near] but I know Wal-Mart's Equate brands and Hy-Vee's store brands are alot cheaper than the name brands, and the exact same ingredients.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 10:44 pm
When I came home from the Vegas Gathering, one of the newspapers rolled up on my counter had a headline of 84 children dying in a school fire. I was in a rush, and could have sworn it said "Indiana" fire. I thought, oh God how awful. I didn't have time in the chaos of getting home and placating my poor "abandoned" doggies to take the paper out of the plastic. But I did go online and figured I could read an updated account. No story. Nothing. Nowhere. I thought, this has to be a huge tragic story, why in the world is the media not all over this thing? Unrolled the paper to find out......oh, I see. It was "only" in India. So, I guess its no big deal if children from a third world country die a horrible death. Its only newsworthy for one day. If this had been here, the media would still be all over it, pointing fingers and making a big political deal out of it. They'd be eating up the controversy and reveling in the newstand sales. I'm not sure which I find more disturbing. That its not newsworthy enough cause it didn't happen here. Or that the media would have been chomping at the bit if it did happen here. Those poor children. God bless them, their families, and everyone affected.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, July 23, 2004 - 2:50 pm
Dang right who.
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Secretsmile
Member
08-19-2002
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 11:49 am
Seemed to me, that the story was on all the news and papers for several days here.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 2:14 pm
I guess that's good to know. Like I said, I'd been away, and only had the papers that had piled up on my counter to go by (and its a small local paper). I think what really bothered me was I couldn't find it on the Internet at all. Not even in the "recent" news section. It was just weird. Maybe I didn't dig deep enough into the archives.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, July 26, 2004 - 4:57 pm
I haven't heard a thing about it and I am a newswatcher.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, July 30, 2004 - 2:36 pm
FedEx deciding it wasn't important enough to deliver a package yesterday since it was in a residential area (then why the *!@# would I want to pay for extra shipping "2nd day" service if it wasn't bloody important?). Then the blasted catalog company ended up putting down the wrong address, so when FedEx finally decided to try and deliver it, it was to the wrong house! So, if Mom gets her present by tomorrow (her birthday), it will be because we now may have to stay home and wait around to see if FedEx might deliver it tomorrow once they get the correct address. So I guess now dinner and a movie are out.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 9:12 am
Word of advice to anyone ordering online and needing express shipment. Make sure the company you order from does NOT use FedEx! Seriously! Last year, when I was tracking my computer online as it shipped from Dell, I suddenly saw "Attempted Delivery, nobody home at residence." HELLO! I was home all day and watching out the window every 15 minutes when I saw "on FedEx Truck for Delivery" on the online tracking info. I called them, gave them hell, and I did get the computer that day after all (but only after letting them have it with both barrels). Now my recent experience with them. Seems like they elected NOT to put it on the truck for delivery today, but won't tell me why. But they might get it to me today, but can't guarantee it. So, until FedEx decides IF they are going to deliver today, we get to sit around the house and wait to do Mom's birthday.
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 7:40 am
Who, You don't like FedEx, do you? 
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 2:37 pm
LOL ~RG~. Not after this past weekend, that's for sure. We were discussing how to load up the van this week for out daily Drum Corps excursions during Finals week. We have to figure out where to put 5 people, 5 camp chairs, coolers, wheelchair, etc. And Mom, not wanting to be/cause a "problem" was about to suggest she could try to walk, and not bring the wheelchair. First of all, too many long distances, inclines, etc to walk, so not an option. And since this week of watching drum corps is going to require a lot of sitting....well, it was the main reason I had that damn pillow express shipped to make sure it got here before this week! I took one look at my Mom and said, "I did NOT go through all that stress to get this pillow here on time to have us leave it at home!" Now she has to use her wheelchair/pillow whether she likes it or not! You should have seen her when she tested it out. She sank down into that fluffy pillow, and I wasn't sure we were ever going to get her out! She loves it. So I guess all that stress was worth it. But still....a pox on FedEx!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 4:45 pm
A little of tangent...... I HATE MOSQUITOS!!! ARRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 5:01 pm
(((((who))))) (((((whosmom)))) I'm so glad it was worth the wait! Yay~
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