Good afternoon, folks. Cannonball, good to see you in here! When next month is your rail trip? (Sorry to say, I can't remember exactly when you and Shirl are leaving.) Guess my memory is failing me.
Mookie, are you enjoying the domestic goddess role?
Supper tonight is leftovers: roast, taters & carrots, beef stroganoff, Chinese, burritos and chimichangas left. (Getting fridge cleaned out for Mutt's spaghetti casserole tomorrow.)
You all have an enjoyable evening, and take care.
Mookie wrote: Been playing Mrs. Domestic. Think I am getting the hang of it. Fridge leaking water. Call landlord. Drip pan needs replacing. Kitchen sink leaking. Call landlord. Replace entire faucet system. Bathroom sink elbow dripping into wastebasket. Call landlord. Replace fitting around faucet unit - not properly installed by last landlord when new sink and vanity installed. When sink gets good cleaning, water splashes around base of faucet unit and drips down underneath. See how domestic I have become!
Been playing Mrs. Domestic. Think I am getting the hang of it. Fridge leaking water. Call landlord. Drip pan needs replacing. Kitchen sink leaking. Call landlord. Replace entire faucet system. Bathroom sink elbow dripping into wastebasket. Call landlord. Replace fitting around faucet unit - not properly installed by last landlord when new sink and vanity installed. When sink gets good cleaning, water splashes around base of faucet unit and drips down underneath.
See how domestic I have become!
...and when you've finished that, I've got a few plumbing jobs for you !!
Dennis
germanium wrote: Mookie wrote: Been playing Mrs. Domestic. Think I am getting the hang of it. Fridge leaking water. Call landlord. Drip pan needs replacing. Kitchen sink leaking. Call landlord. Replace entire faucet system. Bathroom sink elbow dripping into wastebasket. Call landlord. Replace fitting around faucet unit - not properly installed by last landlord when new sink and vanity installed. When sink gets good cleaning, water splashes around base of faucet unit and drips down underneath. See how domestic I have become! ...and when you've finished that, I've got a few plumbing jobs for you !!Dennis
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Mookie wrote:Cold front went through. I think. Trinkle of rain. Cool overnite. 80's today and rest of week. Guess it was a cold only at nite front.Been playing Mrs. Domestic. Think I am getting the hang of it. Fridge leaking water. Call landlord. Drip pan needs replacing. Kitchen sink leaking. Call landlord. Replace entire faucet system. Bathroom sink elbow dripping into wastebasket. Call landlord. Replace fitting around faucet unit - not properly installed by last landlord when new sink and vanity installed. When sink gets good cleaning, water splashes around base of faucet unit and drips down underneath. See how domestic I have become! Need a cup of coffee so I can figure out some more domestic items that I need to fix!Tree - since I quit working, Millie hardly uses any gas at all. I think there is a trade-off in there somewhere - no income, less gas - but want to ponder that a little more. Must factor in less train watching after work, too!
Cold front went through. I think. Trinkle of rain. Cool overnite. 80's today and rest of week. Guess it was a cold only at nite front.
Need a cup of coffee so I can figure out some more domestic items that I need to fix!
Tree - since I quit working, Millie hardly uses any gas at all. I think there is a trade-off in there somewhere - no income, less gas - but want to ponder that a little more. Must factor in less train watching after work, too!
Hmm, wish we could call our Landlord about problems like that......................
Oh; wait, we are..............................
6 month waiting period; at least!
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Hi Paula and folks,
Just dropping by on the way home. I learned about a Belgian light desert today. It is called L'orange. Thick Graham Cracker covered with Orange Marmalade or Peach Preserves served with fresh coffee. I tried it and it was, frankly, very good. Let me know what you think
Rain expected here in the Piedmont over the next two days,good thing we got the lawn over seeded today.
Take care all,
PL
Multitasking tonight. Printing some tickets, filling the waterbed, even a little laundry. It's been a bit dry lately, so I can only fill the mattress for short periods at a time. Then the well gets to recover.
Hopefully it'll get filled all the way up before bedtime....
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Mumble, mumble, grumble, mumble, mumble! I hate telemarketers with a passion! One had been calling me twice a day, three or four times a week for I don't know how many months. My phone rang about 45 minutes ago and I finally picked it up and I said to them, "I don't know who you STUPID people are, but I want you to STOP calling this number NOW!!" They hung up on me. Mumble, grumble, mumble, grumble, grumble,
Ray ooo ooo ooOOOOOo
tree68 wrote: Hopefully it'll get filled all the way up before bedtime....
Hope you got the heater on, otherwise it will be a "cold sleep".
(voice of experience; I couln't wait for the heater to warm it up,
I HAD to sleep in it the first night.) (single)
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: Mumble, mumble, grumble, mumble, mumble! I hate telemarketers with a passion! One had been calling me twice a day, three or four times a week for I don't know how many months. My phone rang about 45 minutes ago and I finally picked it up and I said to them, "I don't know who you STUPID people are, but I want you to STOP calling this number NOW!!" They hung up on me. Mumble, grumble, mumble, grumble, grumble,Ray ooo ooo ooOOOOOo
Get the phone numbers to the States's Attorney General's Office, and a Federal
"No Call
List" and get your phone number blocked for those kinds of calls. (it does semi work)
Now as far as getting the "political parties" to stop calling you; please let me know.
Walt, I have an unlisted phone number and I subscribe to Caller I.D., furthermore my number has been on the Nationwide DO NOT CALL list for several months, and if these bozos knew this, they chose to ignore it.
Yesterday I signed on with QWEST (one of our local phone companies) for a bundled package which includes phone service and internet, I learned that I can get both for about $5.00 more than what I had been paying for my phone service for so long. And I think I can add Call Rejection to the features that I will be getting for not a lot of money. This package will take effect this Friday. In April of this year I signed on with NetZero for internet service, and I agreed to a one-year contract with them, and I understand that if I terminate my service with them pre-maturely it will cost me $25.00. Well, I've never been happy with NetZero's service, and there were too many technical problems with their service that were never resolved. I am determined to say "good riddance" to these people even if it costs me $25.00.
Ray
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: Walt, I have an unlisted phone number and I subscribe to Caller I.D., furthermore my number has been on the Nationwide DO NOT CALL list for several months, and if these bozos knew this, they chose to ignore it.Yesterday I signed on with QWEST (one of our local phone companies) for a bundled package which includes phone service and internet, I learned that I can get both for about $5.00 more than what I had been paying for my phone service for so long. And I think I can add Call Rejection to the features that I will be getting for not a lot of money. This package will take effect this Friday. In April of this year I signed on with NetZero for internet service, and I agreed to a one-year contract with them, and I understand that if I terminate my service with them pre-maturely it will cost me $25.00. Well, I've never been happy with NetZero's service, and there were too many technical problems with their service that were never resolved. I am determined to say "good riddance" to these people even if it costs me $25.00.Ray
If you have "Caller I.D." and you don't recognize the number, don't answer it.
Best I can say; we have to do that quite often.
(Especially if I'm working on the model railroad or things like that.)
.....Ray....push a couple of random numbers and hang up when you get a telemarketer call.....I've been informed it messes up any recall.
Haven't tried it but give it a try.
Or, simply lift phone off hook, {and if you don't recognize number}, return phone back down to cancel. Don't bother to answer....
If you have signed on to the don't call number, you shouldn't be getting them in the first place....It sure did work for us. Sign on again.
Quentin
Modelcar wrote:.....Ray....push a couple of random numbers and hang up when you get a telemarketer call.....I've been informed it messes up any recall.Haven't tried it but give it a try.Or, simply lift phone off hook, {and if you don't recognize number}, return phone back down to cancel. Don't bother to answer....If you have signed on to the don't call number, you shouldn't be getting them in the first place....It sure did work for us. Sign on again.
Q, we don't get the "telemarketer calls" because of, but will have to try what you
suggested for the others. Hope it helps All of us. (will have to remember)
Unfortunately, They have found ways around these things.
locomutt wrote: tree68 wrote: Hopefully it'll get filled all the way up before bedtime.... Hope you got the heater on, otherwise it will be a "cold sleep".(voice of experience; I couln't wait for the heater to warm it up,I HAD to sleep in it the first night.) (single)
Been there (Ice Storm '98). Lotsa padding between me and the mattress...
Beat sleeping on a cot at the shelter, or on the hose bed of the pumper.
Even though I have caller ID, I also have an answering machine. If I don't recognize the number (and sometimes if I do!) I let the machine get it. If they really wanted to talk to me, they'd leave a message.
An exception to the "Do Not Call" thing is if a company has a business relationship with you (ie, your telephone company can call to try to sell you a new calling package). Not sure of the specifics, but that is something I've heard in the past.
I've usually found that if I do pick up and hear a metallic "ping" - sort of like a spring - accompanied by silence, it's a machine dialed call and I'm probably not going to care to talk to whoever finally picks up the line.
One thing I've considered before was to call back the 800 number they're calling from. Costs 'em money.... Haven't done it though.
Ray. I did business with a real estate promotion company in Branson MO 3 times. We received good seats to the shows we liked. We attended their sales presentation. (Did not buy). Then 2 years ago, we made a deal on a 6 night vacation with Daniel O'Donnell being the highlight. They charged my card immediatley even though the vacation was several months away. About 2 weeks before, I called to confirm. Great. THen 3 days before the trip they called to tell me Daniel O'Donnell was sold out and they were changing the dates to December. WHAT? I cancelled the whole thing. They would not return my money. I called my bank. After 10 days, Capital One credited my account.
But they kept calling me again & again. Each time I told them I was on the do not call list and I did not want them to call. I filed a complaint with the FCC. Then another, then another then another each time they called. I told each caller that I was filing a complaint. Then the FCC would not accept any more complaints. I finally reached an investigator at FCC. I asked him what the status was with my complaints. He told me the complaints were on file. I asked what action are you taking with these people. He told me FCC does not take action on individual complaints and that each person is only allowed 4 complaints per violator of the "Do not call list" If the number of complaints reach a certain number, then action may be taken. IIRC in 2006, only 2 telemarketers were fined. He advised me to file a lawsuit with the attorney general of my state. About two months ago, this outfit, Grand Palace Reservations folded. They sold my name & number to another company. When they called, saying they were from Branson, I told them that Robert passed away recently and I was sickened that they would call this number. I think it worked.
Sorry for the long post. Caller ID is only available on my line if I subscribe to all their other services that I do not need.
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
To Germanium UK:
Uh...Sir? Uh....I know we have had our differences in the past. Uh....we even had a small war over them.
But we just needed our independence and needed to prove we could live on our own.
Now, however, we are having a bit of a tussle with our finances and seem to have gotten ourselves in a bit of a bind. Sir.
So since you are our parent country, um.....well.....
Could we move back home?
Thanks for listening..........Dad......
Mookie USA
good morning
another nice day today.going to get a nap then do errands later this afternoon.Tonight will be friday at work!!!!Mookie here is your coffee mug.I have words for telemarketers but you can't say those here.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Don't be too hard on Madam la Mook - I've woken up at all hours and not been able to get right back to sleep, leading to a little on-line time...
Got the water bed filled, but I did end up sleeping on my sleeping bag - despite the liner, a blanket, and a comforter between me and the cold mattress, it was still cold. The sleeping bag did the trick, though. Best I've slept in a couple of weeks...
Tea and bearclaw.
grampaw pettibone wrote:Well sed, Ray. Eloquent, yet effective....
Tom, I normally don't talk to people like I did last night, but it really felt good to cut loose and tell them off. If they call me again, I will try doing one of a few things that others have suggested.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: grampaw pettibone wrote:Well sed, Ray. Eloquent, yet effective....Tom, I normally don't talk to people like I did last night, but it really felt good to cut loose and tell them off. If they call me again, I will try doing one of a few things that others have suggested.Ray
You could always take the path of toying with the telemarketers - like the famous situation where a callee made the telemarketer think he had called the scene of a murder and was now a suspect....
Pre-DNC/CallerID, I frequently liked to let the telemarketer get started on their speil, knowing they would probably talk for a minute or two before expecting a response, then I'd just set the receiver down and walk away. They were never there when I came back. I figure I did someone else a favor by occupying the telemarketer for a minute or two.
Tom - went to bed at 9 pm. 5 hours of sleep. Bed and body (sounds like a corporation) were both stiff as a board and alarm set for 5:10 am. So had to get up and loosen up head to toe and all points in between.
But Tom, you are right. I do sleep around. My puter chair, my recliner, my desk chair, in Millie (when we are train watching) I definitely sleep the best trackside! Even after 2 cups of coffee. So relaxing. Problem is, one of us needs to be awake and alert while the other one sleeps. That's tricky.
Thought I heard they were going to ban auto-dialed spam - anyone else hear that?
Yawn....
.....Really have no problem with unwanted calls....but if one would arrive, as soon as one recognizes it, simply hang up. Don't waste any time with them.
Good afternoon, folks. Mookie, I'm about like you this morning: woke up around 3. A little after 4, came to the computer, booted it up, and checked emails. By that time, was getting sleepy again, so went back to bed and slept until 9 a.m. (Although, feel like I could go back to sleep right now.)
About the only 'telemarketer calls' we get are the political calls wanting you to vote for whomever, and ocassionally, the firefighters fund calls, wanting a donation. If we see a toll free # displayed on the caller ID, we ignore it, and don't even pick up the phone.
We have a pleasant temp at 12:39, 76 degrees out. Think they said on the news, that we'll make it up to 78 by about 5 p.m.
Got some of Mutt's spaghetti casserole heated up and on the warmer bar for lunch, along with some Italian bread to go with it, and garden salad. His casserole gets better and better, each time he makes it! And, I guess it should, since he's been making it for about 30+ years.
You all have an enjoyable afternoon, and take care. Joe, I've made sure there is a container of the spaghetti casserole, with bread and salad in the fridge for you, for work tonight.
Mookie wrote: To Germanium UK: Uh...Sir? Uh....I know we have had our differences in the past. Uh....we even had a small war over them. But we just needed our independence and needed to prove we could live on our own.Now, however, we are having a bit of a tussle with our finances and seem to have gotten ourselves in a bit of a bind. Sir.So since you are our parent country, um.....well.....Could we move back home? Thanks for listening..........Dad......Mookie USA
- Nice one !!
No !! And that $700bn might just about cover the back taxes that you owe us on that tea in Boston harbour !!
Nice to hear from you, Mook.
Regards to all in the cafe.
Modelcar wrote: .....Really have no problem with unwanted calls....but if one would arrive, as soon as one recognizes it, simply hang up. Don't waste any time with them.
That's what we do! We been promised enough "free" holidays to be away for years. Best thing is an answerphone, so you can just ignore them.
(Note: our UK Liberal Democrat party tried this telemarketing stunt last week, and they have been warned that if they try it again they could be heavily fined, for invasion of privacy)
This same telemarketer called me again minutes ago! Upon calling them back I learned their identity..........Insurance Services. They probably want to sell me auto insurance which I don't need or health Insurance which would probably be too expensive for me in the first place. The next time they call me I will tell them that my number is on the Nationwide DO NOT CALL list and I will see what their response is.
afternoon
Cw thanks for supper tonight.matt got to play with his cousins in the park after school.bryce even got to see q 135 come by.he is an up and coming trainwatcher.Mookie hope you sleep better tonight.i'd sing you a lulla bye but then I'd wake up every dog in the area.
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