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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 8:09 am
Rn I caught somebody's cold, all these snotting people around here.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 10:38 am
Right now: (passes mocha some instant hand sanitizer, some disinfectant wipes and a kleenex) I am having some really good almond roca coffee. Mmmmm. I needed a bit of caffein this morning after being awake with some contractions last night that led to nothing. Oh well.
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 10:47 am
rn i'm eating mashed potatoes... feel better miss mocha
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 10:55 am
RN I wish I had that wonderful repartee with my mom when I was a young whippersnapper, like Eeyore has with Shadoe! Goodluck with the ipod. Me... I'd get the colour I wanted (white) and just say they didn't have the other one on hand. A little 'white' lie. LOL.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 11:14 am
Rn thx <blowing nose>.
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 11:17 am
RN Eeyore, I'm thinking that when I worked in customer service for a major computer company, recently, I know that the squeeky (yet polite) wheels almost always got what they wanted. If you don't 'squeek' hard enough they may just blow you off, but if you are abrasive, you are giving them a reason to also blow you off. So its a fine line. I'm sure you can do it, Eeyore. And since its a phonecall, your mom could probably do it from Toronto on your behalf... And my secret weapon is this. If you don't connect with the person on the phone. Politely hang up, (I usually say there's someone knocking at the door.) And then wait five minutes and call back. Chances are very good you won't get the same person again. Its all about who you connect with when you call. And if they are willing to go that extra mile for you or not. Its not usually abut the policy, or the rules, but about personalities. Trust me on this one. Even if they can't totally give you what you want, you might get a coupon or some minor giftee in the mail to soothe your furrowed brow. And that's always better than a kick in the pants. Good luck!!!
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 11:20 am
RN Mocha: 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 12:34 pm
Rn, aachhooo. Thx Mame.
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Irishtxgrl
Member
12-07-2005
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 1:01 pm
RN I am making iced tea and brownies watching Paula Dean and posting
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 1:50 pm
RN, I'm hoping not to catch a cold. It's going around where I work, too. Hope you feel better Mocha!
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 2:24 pm
RN I have to say that there is nothing remotely polite about my method of complaining. I tend to show up and be in your face, with all of the other potential customers around. I whip out emails to head offices. I do everything that comes to mind, no matter how insane it may be. I get results, but likely just so they can get rid of me! I have never seen that fine line that you mentioned; I think I steamroll right over it.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 5:44 pm
RN, i am overwhelmed by dd's power point assignment! kafka's Metamorphosis and the part of the bug and its over-interest in feces, the anus and the sexual connotations as far as the father throwing apples at his bum. huh? it supposedly has something to do with anal sex. did i have this stuff in high school?!!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 5:47 pm
RN, i know the over-all story was not about anal sex, but her assignment, based on some other dude's essays, is the one the teacher called, "hardest and most warped, have fun!". and it does mention anal sex several times and the interest in the anus as evidenced by the repeated mention of feces. would i do high school again? not for all the feces in asia.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 5:49 pm
RN, Tabby, if they had assigned that kind of thing to us in my high school, half the town would have been up in arms! The sexual aspect of that assignment would have sent all the parents up the wall. RN, I have never read Kafka anyway and probably would not "get" all the connotations of that assignment if I did! LOL
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 5:55 pm
Right now, I have read the Metamorphosis and don't remember any of that! Oh my heck! I'll have to get out a copy from our short story collection tomorrow and see what's the what! It sounds pretty risque for a high school assignment. I don't think the mention of anal sex would be allowed by an English teacher in my high school!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 6:02 pm
RN, I certainly never got that from reading the Metamorphosis in HS, but I guess I was naive. I don't know if they'd talk about that in HS here, but the KIDS are definitely talking about it -- including walking by under my window at 3am talking about it And reportedly doing more than talking, even.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 6:54 pm
Right now, I think that sounds like a shitty assignment, Tabbyking.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 7:03 pm
rn....lol juju! (psst...juju, i received the laptop/notebook about 1/2 hour ago. found out it was delivered to the office on 1/6 and i just found out! dh warned me it would be big and a bit awkward to handle. he's right, but it looks awesome. i probably won't have time to try it out until monday). eta: why i'm using the word "awesome" at my age...i have no idea. :>)
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 8:33 pm
RN, lol, juju. it's a power point on an essay by helmuth kaiser on "kafka's fantasy of punishment". it's one of a series of essays at the end of the book, metamorphosis. it refers to the son's "withdrawal from the exacting genital position", and "there exists at first an anal pleasure" and "with the repression of anal pleasure, a disgust for the feces arises." "the hard shove from behind, which makes him bleed...points to the fact that the masochism is connected here to the anal sphere..." "impregnation by the father in the form of a coitus per anum..." dd and i are just like, "huh?" didn't the dad just throw apples at the bug son? good luck, dd!!! this is way TMI on what i can handle or understand. and please don't mod me. these are true/exact passages from the essay she has to study, with the worst parts left out!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 8:35 pm
RN, i didn't know "AP" stood for 'assuredly perverse'. i thought it stood for advanced placement!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 11:19 pm
RN, i just realized that when i am alone at the new house up in the woods, 7 miles from a town of 1,000 people, i will not be able to watch "lost" or "invasion", cause i'll be 'ascared'! i'll have to record them and watch during daylight hours! LOL guess it will be "the biggest loser" or some less scary show for me.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 7:04 am
Rn I'm sipping a huge cup of tea.
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Metoo
Member
02-22-2005
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 7:07 am
Rn, Are you feeling better this morning Mocha?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 7:09 am
Rn somewhat Me2 but I'm at work and I brought plenty of teabags lol.
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 7:18 am
right now - hi mocha - feel better!!!! right now i am eating peanuts 
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