I may have said this already but, the center of the Universe can often be found at the tip of one's nose.
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I may have said this already but, the center of the Universe can often be found at the tip of one's nose.
Never seems to work though.
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zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
If you were brought up in the old fashioned idea that you are not the only pebble on the beach, it ain't easy. You get taken for an easy mark or worse. I tend to ignore most of the chest beaters, and bosom sticker outers.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Here's a link to some answers given to pesty telemarketers. You might enjoy and use:
http://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/21-funny-and-effective-ways-to-shut-down-telemarketers.html
or add your own for humor.
There's another made recording of someone answering the phone with a killing going on in the background(actors doing a routine)
That was popular a few years ago.
I don't answer the phone if I don't know the number. If it is important, there's usually a VM. I'm one who can sit by a ringing phone and just ignore it. If I do get a marketer, I can drive it nuts if I'm in the mood. I'd do it at work. We'd get business scammers by the score. My boss used to swear at them. I feel they deserved it if they had been told not to keep calling our number.
http://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/21-funny-and-effective-ways-to-shut-down-telemarketers.html
or add your own for humor.
There's another made recording of someone answering the phone with a killing going on in the background(actors doing a routine)
That was popular a few years ago.
I don't answer the phone if I don't know the number. If it is important, there's usually a VM. I'm one who can sit by a ringing phone and just ignore it. If I do get a marketer, I can drive it nuts if I'm in the mood. I'd do it at work. We'd get business scammers by the score. My boss used to swear at them. I feel they deserved it if they had been told not to keep calling our number.
Oh dear! Hoping all goes well and she is home with no further issues soon!My wife just got checked into hospital for possible gangrene of her only remaining foot. I am very concerned that she might loose her foot. If that happens, I can't take care of her at home any more.
basic 101 user
Android Enthusiast
O.K.......Now I am a bit miffed.
(True story, hand to heart.)
Recently, moved residences, terminated my utility account.
A few weeks later, I got a bill from PG+E to finalize the "relationship", informing me I still owed $5.11.
Fine, I sent the check. (For $5.11).
Monday, got a bill from PG+E for an additional thirty two cents. Complete with unambiguous, overt threat to send the matter to a collection agency, if payment not received in 25 days.
Wednesday, I received a check from PG+E, payable to yours truly, for.........thirty two cents.
Friday, I received an account statement from PG+E, indicating "This amount must be paid with your next bill:"...............$0.32.
And the tear off tab on that very statement clearly indicates "No Payment Due".
So my question to the room is "Goodness gracious, what ever shall I do?"
Do I send them the $0.32, with the most sincere letter of apology I can muster, and beg their forgiveness?
Do I continue to sit around, with my thumb up bum, waiting for the opportunity to gleefully ignore that "next bill" as well, and risking the possibility of them sending a team of lawyers after me?
Do I cash that big ol' thirty two cent windfall they sent me, and treat myself to a "lost weekend" of the very finest scotch and high class hookers?
Or should I follow my true instincts, and spend $0.42 on a postage stamp, in order to send them a check for thirty three cents, just to really F--K with 'em?
If possible, I think I would write that check for thirty three (and one third) cents, but whattrya'gonna'do?
(True story, hand to heart.)
Recently, moved residences, terminated my utility account.
A few weeks later, I got a bill from PG+E to finalize the "relationship", informing me I still owed $5.11.
Fine, I sent the check. (For $5.11).
Monday, got a bill from PG+E for an additional thirty two cents. Complete with unambiguous, overt threat to send the matter to a collection agency, if payment not received in 25 days.
Wednesday, I received a check from PG+E, payable to yours truly, for.........thirty two cents.
Friday, I received an account statement from PG+E, indicating "This amount must be paid with your next bill:"...............$0.32.
And the tear off tab on that very statement clearly indicates "No Payment Due".
So my question to the room is "Goodness gracious, what ever shall I do?"
Do I send them the $0.32, with the most sincere letter of apology I can muster, and beg their forgiveness?
Do I continue to sit around, with my thumb up bum, waiting for the opportunity to gleefully ignore that "next bill" as well, and risking the possibility of them sending a team of lawyers after me?
Do I cash that big ol' thirty two cent windfall they sent me, and treat myself to a "lost weekend" of the very finest scotch and high class hookers?
Or should I follow my true instincts, and spend $0.42 on a postage stamp, in order to send them a check for thirty three cents, just to really F--K with 'em?
If possible, I think I would write that check for thirty three (and one third) cents, but whattrya'gonna'do?
chanchan05
The Doctor
I was unable to claim my rewards points worth P1000 (thats like $25 in USD, approximately) because I had an overdue balance of P3 (around USD¢2), because I was short that amount in my last bill payment. Now I have to wait a month until after I pay my next bill to use the reward points. [emoji58]
Then again I was just going to use like P400 for a bucket of KFC anyway. Lol.
Then again I was just going to use like P400 for a bucket of KFC anyway. Lol.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
I only have a couple of sites that offer points. One is extremely pestiferous. Get an email about using points almost every day.
Just so happens I don't care, you don't have anything I want right now anyway - get over it.
The other site doesn't pester. It will just remind you you have the points if you do buy another item.
Just so happens I don't care, you don't have anything I want right now anyway - get over it.
The other site doesn't pester. It will just remind you you have the points if you do buy another item.
chanchan05
The Doctor
Actually mine is my carrier. The more I use my phone (calls, sms, etc) , the more points I get. So I just accumulate points on a daily basis, and the points are good as cash in several stores. So it's pretty useful.
no one
Android Expert
I like to answer the phone in a pretend foreign language.
I like to answer the phone in a real foreign language, English.
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Kaat72
Guest
Allo, qui est-la?
basic 101 user
Android Enthusiast
I generally still prefer to go with the original, "Ahoy hoy" when answering the phone, but sometimes my mutton chops become entangled in the hook for the earpiece.
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Kaat72
Guest
Hehe, and that's exactly why this forum is English speaking [emoji4] No idea what you just said [emoji1]
psionandy
Extreme Android User
no one
Android Expert
Good old english, a language that says to hell with all of you, I ain't following no rules!
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
Change of Topic, same vein:
typing this from a hospital room, baby sitting my wife who is way under the weather.
the "PA", that is Physician's Assistant comes in and informs my wife of how they are going to handle her care....
not one word about "what do you think... option1, option2, etc"
well, it so happens, my wife has a degree in nursing and she is a 20 supervisor in the same field as the problems that she has now............... and that pissy little PA is going to tell her what is "going to be done"??
no way in hell is that going to happen.... that PA needs to go back to school, the school that teaches how to get along in the world.
typing this from a hospital room, baby sitting my wife who is way under the weather.
the "PA", that is Physician's Assistant comes in and informs my wife of how they are going to handle her care....
not one word about "what do you think... option1, option2, etc"
well, it so happens, my wife has a degree in nursing and she is a 20 supervisor in the same field as the problems that she has now............... and that pissy little PA is going to tell her what is "going to be done"??
no way in hell is that going to happen.... that PA needs to go back to school, the school that teaches how to get along in the world.
basic 101 user
Android Enthusiast
^^^^^^^^The O. Gamble quote a good one; Previously unknown to me!
One of the all time quotable Yankees had to be Yogi Berra.
He (may or may not have) come up with a dozen or more great ones, and my favorite of the lot is a terrific stand alone expression, as well as neatly commenting on the other eleven.
"I never said most of the things I said."
For my money, a great deal of the charm of English is in its very imprecision. Often, it practically begs to be misinterpreted, even by native speakers. A quality exploited by "poets, priests, and politicians." The occasional comedian as well.
With so much pronoun trouble, how can you ever truly know "who's on first"?
Probably not unique to English; But....... Is it even possible to craft a truly funny joke in German?
bjacks12
Android Expert
Good old english, a language that says to hell with all of you, I ain't following no rules!
I actually first saw that with this image
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
If you want the smartest BB player - you missed him, by a lot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchel_Paige
Homespun quotes had nothing on him. Stop and think - he was usually right.
Homespun quotes had nothing on him. Stop and think - he was usually right.