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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 2:47 pm
I'll rant and rave over parents that have too much money, and think their kids do NO wrong!! Last night at the high school Band/Orchestra concert, this one spoiled kid... GRRRRRRRr and it wont matter, daddy will make sure of it... When the band was finished playing they filed into the audience seats, front row, reserved. The head of the fine arts department mind you is the Director for the "Strings" and they were playing so awesome (I usually fall asleep at the high school string part!!) I was counting 10 Violas, 7 basses, and its a small school, when all of a sudden the director turned and faced the audienced, mouthed to the spoiled kids telling them to see him after the show.... And the kids? They continued to TALK, and hit the kids in front of them, totally and completely ANNOYING! Will anything change? TRUST ME NO! I hate parents that think there kids can do no wrong, and thus the kids (and adults) that follow the rules,a nd believe in fairness, get punished!!
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Landi
Member
08-25-2003
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 3:07 pm
okay... i read that reader... and i couldn't understand what was going on. you missed a paragraph or something.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 3:21 pm
LOL Landi, then I guess it was a true rant, and not a description!! There are 2 or 3 concerts a year. Last night was a "big" deal, a preperation for thier contest for state on Friday. The kids wore their "uniforms" tuxes, and long dresses. It was in the auditoream, we paid $5 to watch our kids play... My son in the Band - lowest, mostly Freshman. They played one song, then they shuffle into their seats. My son and his friends sit in the first row. Right behind them is the percussion group, they talked and hit the kids in front of them, they hit them with their feet, thier programs, and with the drumsticks. String Orchestra - a combo of any of the kids playing string instrument. I was amazed at how beautiful it sounded (usually I get so bored with this level I drift off to sleep) While the conductor (a very well respected man btw) turns around and faces the kids (and thus the audience) and says (with out using his voice, it was a 'read my lips' moment) something... later I asked my son what the deal was, and he said Mr. Listena was really angry and told the kids to stay after the concert. However, because of 'who" their parents are, no consequences to these boys behavior. Hence, my very poorly written rant, gripe... and I dove tailed another situation, in which my kids (and me and others I work with) find ourselves in situations where we follow rules, and yet are punished - either by having those kids hit you thru this concert, and anything else, as well as being 'sent' home, because you understand our position, and wont sue us.... well that's a story for another day, but trust me I'm getting sick and tired of following the rules, doing the "right" thing...
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 3:44 am
I am so upset and angry! The only thing my daughter wanted for Christmas was my homemade pecan pie. Well shortly after that I got sick and was just able to make it and pack it WELL this past weekend. I froze it and hubby and I took it to the UPS store to ship it 2 day air. Well, I called her on Wed. and it hadn't arrived. So I called my local UPS store and they told me it was completely destroyed during shipping. Bullsh*t. Pie was put on the slipping paper. My guess is they ate it. So now I am out $20 for shipping (no recourse they said) and my darling daughter has no pie. I have cried all day about this. Ginger, I may have to send the DVD player by way of slow boat cause I don't know if I could trust the postal service to do any better. Thanks for letting me rant. PS. Hubby knew how hurt I was and he called Mandy and left a msg that I worked hard on making that pie and there was nothing more I wanted than to get that pie to her. He's the best. PPS. Ginger, I WILL get that DVD player to you but I'm going to check out the best method for shipping and insuring.
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Heyltslori
Member
09-15-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 6:31 am
Awwww Twinks. That really blows. I'm sorry sweetie.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 7:06 am
Twinkie, I think the Post office is the cheapest. As long as there is no delicious pie, I think we are safe. Of course, if you want to send me a pie, I would not object either LOL HUGS
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 10:29 am
Oh Twinks, I'm so sorry to hear your news! I hope you're feeling a little bit better about this upsetting event in your life. (Hi Ginger!!)
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 11:17 am
Well,I can't believe UPS won't at least give you your money back,or free shipping or something! What a cruddy way to do business! {{{{{{{Twinks}}}}}}}}
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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 4:18 pm
Doesn't someone here work for UPS or did I dream that? I can't believe UPS wouldn't give you your money back. I would have pitched a wall-eyed fit!
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 4:22 pm
I believe Kaili works for UPS. "pitched a wall-eyed fit"? Spy, did you spend some time with Big Tom from Survivor? Or has it been too long since you've been "fishing"?
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 4:25 pm
What is a wall-eyed fit and how do you pitch one?
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Mware
Member
09-14-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 4:28 pm
Depends, Hermie. Do you want it to break toward the hitter, or away from him?
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 4:31 pm
Towards. Twinks, so sorry about the pie. 
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Mware
Member
09-14-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 4:34 pm
Is the hitter left handed, or right handed?
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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 4:36 pm
Well, I contemplated pitching a simple fit, but a wall-eyed fit seemed more appropriate given the egregious nature of the United Postal Service's actions towards my sweet friend, Twinkie. 
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 4:43 pm
I think I would enjoy watching Spy throw a wall-eyed fit!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 2:46 pm
I just have to gripe about Spam e-mails! Yes, I do just delete most everything I get in my in-box. But of course I have to briskly scan the sender/subject lines in case I get a real e-mail once in a while. Its bad enough that so many spammers out there think I need to enlarge a part of anatomy I don't even have....but, now I'm getting ones that have in the subject line, "Re: order# 12345." Or, "account overdue." Now, I know these are just new spam techniques to get you to open their stupid ad. Especially since I know what accounts I have, or what orders I've recently placed. But, at the same time, I feel compelled to open one or two just in case, since identity theft is also a thing people have to watch out for. Can these spammers sink to any more lows?
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 3:01 pm
...too late to edit... Geeze! No wonder I'm so annoyed. I looked in my trash bin from yesterday. I had 74 spams in there that had gotten through the junk mail filter! Then I checked the junk mail folder, and had 138 in there from yesterday! 212 trash mailings in one day. Yikes!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 3:15 pm
MamaWho, I understand your problem. I too have been receiving numerous spams but not any where near the amount that you are getting. I just received one that said "I just saw your profile" in the subject line. Now that made me think of TVCH right -- but never heard of the email address so sent it to the spam folder. Guess we just have to keep on deleting.
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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 3:51 pm
Rosie, I got that one today, too! I hate spam emails.
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Fluff
Member
07-25-2002
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 3:53 pm
I'm pissed because I have a cheap friend who was organizing a vacation, but wanted 5-6 people to stay in one daggon hotel room just to save money! WTH?! 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 4:21 pm
Whoami, maybe it is time to change your e-mail address? I have no idea why some e-mail accounts get spam and others do not. I had a couple Hotmail accounts that got absolute tons of spam, so much I had to shut them down. My Jujubigdog Yahoo account has never gotten any spam, but my realname Yahoo account gets plenty. My Juno account never gets spam. My Myway account never gets spam. By the way, I do recommend the myway e-mail accounts. You get a big 6 Mb mailbox for free and no banners. No constant threats, ala Hotmail, that they are going to cancel your mailbox if you don't check in often enough.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, February 26, 2004 - 9:43 am
Who, I started getting that spam stuff about enlarging men's anatomy too, but I figured it was from accidently putting in the wrong address - mistakenly typing a word and getting a porn site! Ack! Since I'm webtv, and it is my MAIN email account, the only thing I can do about it is to contact MSN and start over with a new account. That is where I would lose any and all information stored in my account - mail, favorites, special addresses - unless I want to spend hours sending it all to the new account or another account. Yesterday one of the spam letters was addressed with the name of a very old acquaintance. I threw it away, because I know this person does not have a clue where I am. We lost touch thirty years ago. These spam people somehow pick up names and information from your emails!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, February 26, 2004 - 10:04 am
Who, I started receiving that message re "enlargements" after visiting a sports site. I was looking for collector baseball cards. I reported it to AOL and they sent me a list of spammers they were going after and the "enlargements" were on the that list. That was months ago tho. Have not received another one since I informed AOL. My more recent spams were for other various items and I reported them as spam. Now those messages go to the spam folder. I remember reading somewhere that the best thing for us to do is just delete the messages. That way the sender won't ever know if they have found a legitimate address. But I don't really know what is best.
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Sage
Member
07-20-2000
| Thursday, February 26, 2004 - 11:26 am
I'm so angry and so upset, but most of the time I don't even show it, but man, when I really think about it.... Aaarrrggghhh! My boyfriend, the man I loved, the man who said he wanted to live the rest of his life with me, basically dumped me because I have this disease, which he accused me of having before I met Brian - my ex-fiance - and that is why Brian got cold on me, and the relationship failed. Aaarrrggghhh!!! I only found out I had this thing the beginning of January. I don't really know who I got it from. It was either one of them, and damn, if he wants to make me feel contaminated and dirty... and guess what? I do feel contaminated and dirty.
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