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You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?

Started by Flick James, June 08, 2010, 09:48:30 AM

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JaseSF

My cousin had the same scam attempted on her. I had to explain to her it was a scam, she was actually buying into it. Man, we get way too many scam callers here, make tens of thousands from home (yeah right), supposed cruises and trips one has supposed to have won, we've even had scammers pretending to be charities. Scuzzbags!  :hatred:

My Uncle's girlfriend had a call about her computer and at the time, she didn't even own one?! She gave him an earful.
"This above all: To thine own self be true!"

Jack

I don't even answer the phone if the caller ID shows it's somebody I've never heard of.  I get such a kick out of our daughter, she just hangs up on telemarketers like they're not even human.   :thumbup:

The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

- Paulo Coelho

indianasmith

I just say "Sorry.  He died last week - hit by a tank!"
"I shall smite you in the nostrils with a rod of iron, and wax your spleen with Efferdent!!"

ER

That old Halloween scam where kids hold out a second bag and say, "My brother's home sick and I'm getting candy for him too." Yeah, lotta sick brothers every year. I usually ask what the sick brother's name is. Amazing how long it takes to recall an ailing sibling's name...  :bouncegiggle:
What does not kill me makes me stranger.

bob

I bought The Criterion Collection's version of Following from Kmarts website using a gift card I got 3 days ago. Either the UPS tracking  number they sent me isn't working or it hasn't even left their warehouse.
Kubrick, Nolan, Tarantino, Wan, Iñárritu, Scorsese, Chaplin, Abrams, Wes Anderson, Gilliam, Kurosawa, Villeneuve - the elite



I believe in the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

Jack

My email inbox is full on my ISP's server so I can't receive any email.  Fortunately they just switched to a new system today which doesn't work and won't allow me to delete any of the old messages.  Even if it did work, I have to wait maybe 30 seconds for 25 emails to load, and another 30 seconds for it to give me an error message that it can't delete them, so let's see, 22,000 emails divided by 1 minute per 25 messages...

:lookingup:

If I miss out on that Nigerian prince wanting me to give him my bank account number so he can transfer a million dollars to me, I'm gonna be SOOOOO P.O.'d.
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

- Paulo Coelho

Newt

I KNOW I recently got copy of Night of the Lepus.  I was SO excited!  Can I find it now?  Nope.  I went through all the movies title-by-title and no sign of it.  I KNOW it is there! AAARGH!  :lookingup: :hatred:
"May I offer you a Peek Frean?" - Walter Bishop
"Thank you for appreciating my descent into deviant behavior, Mr. Reese." - Harold Finch

Jack

Quote from: Newt on November 08, 2014, 07:45:05 AM
I KNOW I recently got copy of Night of the Lepus.  I was SO excited! 

It was all just a dream Newt...go back to sleep now   :smile:
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

- Paulo Coelho

Newt

Quote from: Jack on November 08, 2014, 05:56:05 PM
Quote from: Newt on November 08, 2014, 07:45:05 AM
I KNOW I recently got copy of Night of the Lepus.  I was SO excited! 

It was all just a dream Newt...go back to sleep now   :smile:

:tongueout:  I hate it when that happens!
"May I offer you a Peek Frean?" - Walter Bishop
"Thank you for appreciating my descent into deviant behavior, Mr. Reese." - Harold Finch

Josso

Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2014, 06:09:18 PM
My email inbox is full on my ISP's server so I can't receive any email.  Fortunately they just switched to a new system today which doesn't work and won't allow me to delete any of the old messages.  Even if it did work, I have to wait maybe 30 seconds for 25 emails to load, and another 30 seconds for it to give me an error message that it can't delete them, so let's see, 22,000 emails divided by 1 minute per 25 messages...

:lookingup:

If I miss out on that Nigerian prince wanting me to give him my bank account number so he can transfer a million dollars to me, I'm gonna be SOOOOO P.O.'d.

You could try using mozilla thunderbird, then you could archive emails on your hardrive when it gets full

Dennis

Quote from: Newt on November 08, 2014, 07:45:05 AM
I KNOW I recently got copy of Night of the Lepus.  I was SO excited!  Can I find it now?  Nope.  I went through all the movies title-by-title and no sign of it.  I KNOW it is there! AAARGH!  :lookingup: :hatred:

I took my wife to see this at one of the local drive ins, to this day we still use the warning "There's a herd of killer rabbits on the way." to indicate that something weird, silly and really stupid is about to occur.
I hope you find your movie, it's hilarious.

Reach for the heavens in hope for the future for all that we can be, not what we are. Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.

Jack

Speaking of scams, some f**ktard left a message on my answering machine saying they were the IRS and they were filing lawsuits against me.  I looked up IRS phone scams on the web and the IRS has a big warning about this crap:  http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Reiterates-Warning-of-Pervasive-Telephone-Scam  It says that if you owe taxes they will ALWAYS send you written notice and would never just call you up about it.  Not that I owe a damned cent.

Man, people just amaze me with how utterly repulsive they are.
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

- Paulo Coelho

Jack

Quote from: Josso on November 12, 2014, 12:08:38 PM
Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2014, 06:09:18 PM
My email inbox is full on my ISP's server so I can't receive any email.  Fortunately they just switched to a new system today which doesn't work and won't allow me to delete any of the old messages.  Even if it did work, I have to wait maybe 30 seconds for 25 emails to load, and another 30 seconds for it to give me an error message that it can't delete them, so let's see, 22,000 emails divided by 1 minute per 25 messages...

:lookingup:

If I miss out on that Nigerian prince wanting me to give him my bank account number so he can transfer a million dollars to me, I'm gonna be SOOOOO P.O.'d.

You could try using mozilla thunderbird, then you could archive emails on your hardrive when it gets full

Thanks Josso, it's actually the inbox on my ISP's server that was full, and I use that email address for all my stuff and then my browser's email application gets it from there.  I changed some stuff to my Gmail address, but anyhow after three conversations with customer service I can finally delete emails so it's not full anymore.
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

- Paulo Coelho

Olivia Bauer


indianasmith

I may not always agree with Cruz's views, but I find that a bit over the top.
I absolutely despise what Barack Obama has done to our country and to the world, but I wish him good health and a long retirement.
"I shall smite you in the nostrils with a rod of iron, and wax your spleen with Efferdent!!"