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futbol fan

12-20-2005 06:42 PM

Uh, how much are those nano thingies?

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
You're not Citibank's target. The people you sweat for, they're the targets. You know the ones in chauffered limos. At your review next month, ask you boss to ask his boss whether he thinks the ads are effective.

I know I'm the target because the ads are on the wall in the subway. My boss's boss gets glossy presentations and personalized letters from KKR and Blackstone about private equity offerings with a $10 million minimum investment. He doesn't need any of that bullshit to feel better about not having all that much money.

Pretty Little Flower

12-20-2005 06:42 PM

Uh, how much are those nano thingies?

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Citibank has the billboards that encourage fiscal irresponsibility - i.e., "no one is going to run down the stairs and hug you at the office."

Totally untrue. "Hug." Happens all the time.

Hank Chinaski

12-20-2005 06:44 PM

Uh, how much are those nano thingies?

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Originally posted by ironweed
I know I'm the target because the ads are on the wall in the subway. My boss's boss gets glossy presentations and personalized letters from KKR and Blackstone about private equity offerings with a $10 million minimum investment. He doesn't need any of that bullshit to feel better about not having all that much money.

You watched your team play the Thistle?

futbol fan

12-20-2005 06:51 PM

How much is that Hanky in the window?

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
You watched your team play the Thistle?

Celtic increased their lead at the top of the SPL yesterday to 4 points after picking up a point at Inverness in a hard fought game. With temperatures in the 'Absolutely Baltic' range and up against a team who have done exceptionally well this season under player-manager Craig Brewster this was never going to be an environment in which champagne fitba’ was the order of the day.

Indeed, it looked as though the Celtic team were frozen solid when they conceded a poor goal inside the first minute when a cross from the right was met by Brewster who was allowed to flick on for the woefully marked Dargo to steer past Boruc for 1-0. The following five minute spell did not give much hope for optimism either as Celtic looked uncharacteristically clumsy all over the park. Telfer on one occasion managed to steer a simple five-yard pass well short of it’s target and out for a throw in, while on the other side Ross Wallace was struggling to get to grips with the defensive side of his game.

At the back , it looked as though the experience of playing alongside Bobo Balde was starting to rub off on Stephen McManus as he looked clumsy and unassured on a number of occasions. In one of these instances the youngster found himself going down as the first name in Dougal’s book after Neil’s pal had adjudged him as having fouled Dargo as he burst through on goal. In actual fact the replay showed that ‘Mick’ had taken the ball cleanly but this didn’t stop chief clowns Brown and Hateful repeatedly stating in the highlights that McManus was, in fact, a ‘very lucky boy’ to still be on the park. Biased nonsense of the highest order as per usual.

Following the initial scares Celtic finally looked to have woken up ten minutes into the game when the midfield started to take control. Naka, visibly shivering in the freezing cold Highland air, was showing some good distribution in the middle of the park and Wallace started to get forward and get crosses into the box. Celtic’s first real chance of the game fell to Shaun Maloney after a well timed Hartson run and centre had set him up but Maloney sclaffed at the effort and Brown in the Caley goal was easily able to pick up.

Celtic were looking good though and you felt it was only a matter of time before an equaliser was notched up. And so it came to pass in the 21st minute when Hartson levelled with an outstanding finish. Wallace got the assist, getting the better of his marker before firing in a cross which the Big Bad One took on his chest before lashing a ferocious left foot volley past the keeper and into the net. It really was a fine finish with what is supposedly the striker’s weaker foot.

Rather than the goal acting as impetus to push on however, Celtic seemed to take the foot off the gas after the equaliser and indeed could have gone behind again after Dougal awarded Inverness a penalty on the half hour mark. McManus made contact with Dargo as he sped into the box and Dougal pointed straight to the spot. In fairness it was the correct decision, however for McManus to be punished with a second yellow - particularly in light of his extremely harsh first booking - would have been a mistake. Not that Brown and Hateful were displaying any seasonal good will as they demanded the Celtic player be dismissed, hung, drawn and quartered. Celtic had Artur Boruc to thank once again as the big Pole (easy girls) dived to his left to block the effort and prevent the corner. The big man has been without doubt Strachan’s best signing to date, a fact backed up by the ‘Only one <insert name here>’ ditty which was blasted out by the support. When was the last time a Celtic goalkeeper got that treatment?

Dougal once again made an erse of things when he awarded Inverness Caley a crazy free kick on the edge of the box, having adjudged Petrov to have handballed. The ball did look to have struck Stan’s arm but it was a certain case of ball-to-hand rather than hand-to-ball and you really expect Premier League officials to be able to differentiate between the two and react accordingly. The anger shown by Petrov and Lennon to the decision was entirely understandable.

The second half continued in the scrappy theme with Celtic unable to create much in the way of notable chances. Petrov looked uncharacteristically subdued in the midfield, prompting suspicion that he had picked up a knock somewhere in proceedings. Certainly the level of influence he has brought to games this season was down on previous weeks and one hopes that he is back to his best for the visit of Livingston on St. Stephen’s day.

Both goalkeepers earned their dues by pulling off some fine stops, Boruc in particular doing well to block a Brewster free kick and at the other end Brown made a diving save from a corner bound Petrov effort to deny Celtic a winner. McGeady, who was having a decent game in my opinion, was hooked in favour of Sutton who got a fine reception from the away support but the big man was to have little joy in breaking the deadlock.

Celtic: Boruc, Telfer, Balde, McManus, Wallace, Nakamura, Lennon, Petrov, McGeady (Sutton 72), Hartson, Maloney.

Subs Not Used: Marshall, Lawson, Thompson, Virgo, Pearson, Du Wei.

Etims MOTM: Artur Boruc

futbol fan

12-20-2005 06:55 PM

Uh, how much are those nano thingies?

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Totally untrue. "Hug." Happens all the time.

I think she was referring to the "running down the stairs" part, which is very dangerous and not allowed in most workplaces. Hugging, as you note, is generally encouraged everywhere.

ABBAKiss

12-20-2005 06:55 PM

Uh, how much are those nano thingies?

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Totally untrue. "Hug." Happens all the time.

Hug it out, bitch.

Actually, I got a hug at work today. I needed it.

Hank Chinaski

12-20-2005 11:13 PM

Why Flower lives in the North?

http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/12/14/sn.html

http://www.recordonline.com/archive/...2/14/snow1.jpg

Police whack giant snow penis

Sherer, um, erected the statue with her boyfriend and another friend Sunday. She said she was surprised to hear some neighbors took offense.

Motorists honked their approval, and people walking by pointed and laughed, she said.

"People were waving and laughing," she said. "It was pretty funny."

No citations or criminal violations will be issued for the display, Biasotti said. The town codes prohibit lewd signs on businesses, but don't mention anything about public snow sculptures.

"We probably weren't 100 percent correct in going on the property and knocking it down," New Windsor Town Supervisor George Meyers said. "But our intentions were pure. Some people were offended. There are school buses going by there all day."

The last two nights of freezing weather has made the snow too stiff to sculpt, said Sherer. But she intends to rebuild.

ThurgreedMarshall

12-21-2005 09:29 AM

I'm sick.

Johnny Damon? Good God. How the hell am I supposed to root for my own damn team this year?

TM

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

12-21-2005 09:35 AM

I'm sick.

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Johnny Damon? Good God. How the hell am I supposed to root for my own damn team this year?

TM

Hank Chinaski

12-21-2005 09:45 AM

I'm sick.

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
2.

Chicago Bulls fans hated Dennis Rodman, until he was on their side for a few games. Give it a few months.

Not Bob

12-21-2005 09:47 AM

I'm sick.

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Johnny Damon? Good God. How the hell am I supposed to root for my own damn team this year?

On the upside, at least you'll have a centerfielder who can, well, field.

Nothing shocks me after Wade Boggs became a Yankee.

greatwhitenorthchick

12-21-2005 10:09 AM

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I have stopped hating everyone.

Except the people who stole my credit card information and tried to buy $5000 worth of computer equipment from Sears and ship it to California. I still hate you. Cocksucking motherfucking scum of the earth.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

12-21-2005 10:17 AM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I have stopped hating everyone.

Except the people who stole my credit card information and tried to buy $5000 worth of computer equipment from Sears and ship it to California. I still hate you. Cocksucking motherfucking scum of the earth.

Why hate them? Isn't the extent of the problem for you that you have to get a new credit card number? The only thing that would piss me off is that they probabaly won't make any efforts to catch the guys.

greatwhitenorthchick

12-21-2005 10:18 AM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Why hate them?

Why not?

Not Bob

12-21-2005 10:20 AM

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This sounds interesting -- what happened?

A few years ago, I left my Amex in a restaurant, and didn't realize that it was missing until the next week, when I went to use it. I called to report it as lost, and Amex told me that they had already pulled the card -- the person who found it had used it the next day at a Sears, a gas station, a TGI Fridays, and was finally stopped while trying to use it at an electronics/cell phone kiosk in the mall.

When I said something like "hmmm, that's interesting -- I'm surprised that you didn't to call me to let me know about this," the guy responded that they ("they" who -- Amex? the coppers? the electronics guy in the mall?) wanted to make sure that I wasn't involved in a scam of some sort.

I was so relieved to have had it all fixed that I didn't get pissed at Amex until about a month later.

Did you just call me Coltrane?

12-21-2005 10:29 AM

I'm sick.

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Johnny Damon? Good God. How the hell am I supposed to root for my own damn team this year?

TM

Oh, I think Yankee fans should LOVE him. He left Boston for more money to become a Yankee. All of the goodwill he earned in Boston is gone. No one in Boston will care that he was one of the most popular players on the Sox first World Series championsip in 1000 years now that he went to the Evil Empire. They will hate him. This signing disgusts Sox fans. He will get booed in Boston. He never would have had to pay for a drink in New England for the rest of his life (even had he gone to, say, the Angels). But b/c he signed with the Yankees, he'll get berated out of the bar. Because of this, Yankee fans should embrace him and remind Sox fans of how awesome he is (even if he's not). Rub it in their face that you stole one of their beloved players. It'll drive them nuts.

greatwhitenorthchick

12-21-2005 10:35 AM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
This sounds interesting -- what happened?

I still have the card - although now it is cancelled and cut up. Somehow someone got my information, including name, address and phone number and credit card. Maybe they got it off a statement, although I shred my statements. Maybe they got it off some place that has my credit card information on file. Or maybe they are high tech and hacked into a site where I placed an online order recently. I don't know. They did not get the physical card, and so it was kind of scary that they managed to get the information, although I am pretty careful with it.

Anyway, I called the credit agencies and put fraud alerts on my cards and went to the police station and filed a report, so I've done pretty much all I can do. For NYPD, they were extremely nice to me, which I was not expecting.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

12-21-2005 10:35 AM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Why not?

Because you're a lover, not a hater?

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

12-21-2005 10:38 AM

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Originally posted by Not Bob

I was so relieved to have had it all fixed that I didn't get pissed at Amex until about a month later.

Nice. Contrast that with my experience. I called MBNA to tell them I would be travelling overseas and using my card for a lot of purchases, and that the activity should be considered normal. So, second day I check my messages. Call from MBNA. "We've detected a lot of abnormal activity overseas on your card. Please call us immediately to confirm this use is authorized. We will put a hold on the card in the mean time."

Good work, guys. Why do I bother?

ABBAKiss

12-21-2005 10:39 AM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Because you're a lover, not a hater?

This doesn't really make sense. I am a lover, not a fighter, but I am still a hater. One can be a hater and a lover at the same time.

Hug it out, bitch.

Did you just call me Coltrane?

12-21-2005 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
For NYPD, they were extremely nice to me, which I was not expecting.

Am I the only person who assumes that, when a big city cop car turns on its lights to get through traffic/a traffic light, the driver is only doing so not b/c he's responding to something, but b/c he just doesn't want to deal with the traffic/light?

Cops are dirtbags. I can't imagine what it's like to be black and have a South Side cop stop you or pull you over.

Overheard at a breakfast place in Lincoln Park:

Cop to hostess right as he walks in (w/2 other cops): "It's fucking hot in here; turn the goddamn AC on." Then they proceeded to eat for free.

ThurgreedMarshall

12-21-2005 10:48 AM

I'm sick.

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Oh, I think Yankee fans should LOVE him. He left Boston for more money to become a Yankee. All of the goodwill he earned in Boston is gone. No one in Boston will care that he was one of the most popular players on the Sox first World Series championsip in 1000 years now that he went to the Evil Empire. They will hate him. This signing disgusts Sox fans. He will get booed in Boston. He never would have had to pay for a drink in New England for the rest of his life (even had he gone to, say, the Angels). But b/c he signed with the Yankees, he'll get berated out of the bar. Because of this, Yankee fans should embrace him and remind Sox fans of how awesome he is (even if he's not). Rub it in their face that you stole one of their beloved players. It'll drive them nuts.

That all sounds great, but I don't like him. And frankly, I don't give a shit about how Boston fans feel about him. I want to like my team. We don't need extra stuff to bother Boston fans with. They do it to themselves. All we have to do is win. But I fucking hate Damon. Can't we eat a large part of his contract and trade him, straight-up, for Hunter?

TM

ThurgreedMarshall

12-21-2005 10:52 AM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I still have the card - although now it is cancelled and cut up. Somehow someone got my information, including name, address and phone number and credit card. Maybe they got it off a statement, although I shred my statements. Maybe they got it off some place that has my credit card information on file. Or maybe they are high tech and hacked into a site where I placed an online order recently. I don't know. They did not get the physical card, and so it was kind of scary that they managed to get the information, although I am pretty careful with it.

Anyway, I called the credit agencies and put fraud alerts on my cards and went to the police station and filed a report, so I've done pretty much all I can do. For NYPD, they were extremely nice to me, which I was not expecting.

Your other cards are probably fine. This happened to me about a year ago. What they have now is an extra swipe thing that records all of the card info. Crooked employees swipe your card when you pay for something and then swipe it again on this other strip (usually under the counter) to steal the info. You have to watch exactly what they do with the card, and if the swipey thing isn't right there on the counter, abort!

They know the amounts to spend, though. My thief charged $5 grand in jewelry in Parsippany, NJ or some shit.

TM

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

12-21-2005 10:57 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Crooked employees swipe your card when you pay for something and then swipe it again on this other strip (usually under the counter) to steal the info. You have to watch exactly what they do with the card, and if the swipey thing isn't right there on the counter, abort!

restaurants are the worst. what are you going to do--have them bring the swipe machine to the table?

ThurgreedMarshall

12-21-2005 10:57 AM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Cops are dirtbags. I can't imagine what it's like to be black and have a South Side cop stop you or pull you over.

Overheard at a breakfast place in Lincoln Park:

Cop to hostess right as he walks in (w/2 other cops): "It's fucking hot in here; turn the goddamn AC on." Then they proceeded to eat for free.

Cops never pay to eat. Ever. They are worse than the mob with the shake-downs. I used to work at a pizza shop and they didn't even make a move to pull out a wallet. The first time I insisted they pay, the owner asked me if I was trying to ruin him. And God help the small-business owner that doesn't contribute to the PBA.

I like when they park wherever the fuck they please during lunch. My favorite is when they just decide to park on the sidewalk. They can all suck it.

TM

pony_trekker

12-21-2005 11:01 AM

I'm sick.

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
That all sounds great, but I don't like him. And frankly, I don't give a shit about how Boston fans feel about him. I want to like my team. We don't need extra stuff to bother Boston fans with. They do it to themselves. All we have to do is win. But I fucking hate Damon. Can't we eat a large part of his contract and trade him, straight-up, for Hunter?

TM

He can hit, he can run and he can catch, but I know about 15 eleven and twelve-year olds that can throw a ball father than he can.

spookyfish

12-21-2005 11:01 AM

I'm sick.

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Originally posted by Not Bob
On the upside, at least you'll have a centerfielder who can, well, field.

Nothing shocks me after Wade Boggs became a Yankee.

(Does this also answer the question about whether Jesus Christ could hit a curveball?)

I blame the gang at Cheers for that one.

pony_trekker

12-21-2005 11:02 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Your other cards are probably fine. This happened to me about a year ago. What they have now is an extra swipe thing that records all of the card info. Crooked employees swipe your card when you pay for something and then swipe it again on this other strip (usually under the counter) to steal the info. You have to watch exactly what they do with the card, and if the swipey thing isn't right there on the counter, abort!

They know the amounts to spend, though. My thief charged $5 grand in jewelry in Parsippany, NJ or some shit.

TM

The other alternative is to charge up every card you have to the limit so that the thief couldn't buy a fucking gumball.

pony_trekker

12-21-2005 11:05 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Cops never pay to eat. Ever. They are worse than the mob with the shake-downs. I used to work at a pizza shop and they didn't even make a move to pull out a wallet. The first time I insisted they pay, the owner asked me if I was trying to ruin him. And God help the small-business owner that doesn't contribute to the PBA.

I like when they park wherever the fuck they please during lunch. My favorite is when they just decide to park on the sidewalk. They can all suck it.

TM

I am convinced that yesterday in NY, the cops did everything they could to create maximum gridlock. They blocked off consecutive E-W and N-S streets forcing everyone to the thinnest streets downtown. All for effect I believe.

They walled off multiple exits in Grand Central, only to create a long line of pedestrians and showed the news cameras where to go for effective photos.

notcasesensitive

12-21-2005 11:06 AM

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I had understood that the $5000 computer was a Christmas present from you to me. Or that you would have thought of it as such when you found out that I inadvertantly placed the order using your credit card information, which I just happened upon in your apartment one day when you weren't at home. Way to get the coppers after me.

So much for our internet gf relationship. Sigh.

spookyfish

12-21-2005 11:11 AM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Overheard at a breakfast place in Lincoln Park:

Cop to hostess right as he walks in (w/2 other cops): "It's fucking hot in here; turn the goddamn AC on." Then they proceeded to eat for free.

You overheard this? Was this recent? If so, how fucking fat must he have been to want the A/C in the middle of winter?

greatwhitenorthchick

12-21-2005 11:11 AM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I had understood that the $5000 computer was a Christmas present from you to me. Or that you would have thought of it as such when you found out that I inadvertantly placed the order using your credit card information, which I just happened upon in your apartment one day when you weren't at home. Way to get the coppers after me.

So much for our internet gf relationship. Sigh.

Your computer is from a much classier place than Sears. Do not worry. Internet gf relationship still on!

But I would have thought you would have picked a better fake name than "Paula Pauls" to place the order. I would have picked "Sandy Beach" or something a little more creative. I'm disappointed, Paula.

Did you just call me Coltrane?

12-21-2005 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by spookyfish
You overheard this? Was this recent? If so, how fucking fat must he have been to want the A/C in the middle of winter?

Not recent. But all Chicago cops are fat.

futbol fan

12-21-2005 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by pony_trekker
I am convinced that yesterday in NY, the cops did everything they could to create maximum gridlock. They blocked off consecutive E-W and N-S streets forcing everyone to the thinnest streets downtown. All for effect I believe.

They walled off multiple exits in Grand Central, only to create a long line of pedestrians and showed the news cameras where to go for effective photos.

Today was ten times better. I've hitched in from Brooklyn both days and it beats the hell out of paying for a cab. I may be murdered by Friday, but I doubt it.

pony_trekker

12-21-2005 11:20 AM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Am I the only person who assumes that, when a big city cop car turns on its lights to get through traffic/a traffic light, the driver is only doing so not b/c he's responding to something, but b/c he just doesn't want to deal with the traffic/light?

Cops are dirtbags. I can't imagine what it's like to be black and have a South Side cop stop you or pull you over.

Overheard at a breakfast place in Lincoln Park:

Cop to hostess right as he walks in (w/2 other cops): "It's fucking hot in here; turn the goddamn AC on." Then they proceeded to eat for free.

That's what HAAAAAACKKKKH PTUI! is for.

baltassoc

12-21-2005 11:20 AM

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You can take comfort in the fact that they bought computer equipment at fucking Sears. Except that should just make you hate them more for being so stupid.

I had a friend whose stolen debit card (reported, but for some reason not immediately deactivated by Visa) was used to puchase almost $20,000 worth of wine at a high end shop in London. As my friend put it, if the cocksucker hadn't stolen his card, he'd probably like the guy.

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand

12-21-2005 11:23 AM

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$5000 worth of computer equipment from Sears and ship it to California.

That's a lot of computer equipment at Sears.

What is that, a Craftsman 2000 running Kenmore Windows XP?

baltassoc

12-21-2005 11:26 AM

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With that set of info, they almost certainly got it from a merchant database. If they have your address too, it was probably online. I'd watch for news of a security breach at a merchant you've used recently, and start thinking about a class action.

See if you can stretch out the case some before settling. The baltspawn need new shoes.

Alex_de_Large

12-21-2005 11:27 AM

For those of you who like the anal

You already know it's very hard work.

spree: language, but otherwise work-safe.

notcasesensitive

12-21-2005 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Your computer is from a much classier place than Sears. Do not worry. Internet gf relationship still on!

But I would have thought you would have picked a better fake name than "Paula Pauls" to place the order. I would have picked "Sandy Beach" or something a little more creative. I'm disappointed, Paula.

Hey, I came up with my stage name when I was 17 and working at the Kitten Klub on Route 9, by the truck stop. I can't abandon it now. Cut me some slack.

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