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01-15-2015, 12:02 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Is it a full moon? Now there's some guy on the public computers who apparently called a police officer in because I can hear the officer talking to him about his facebook page and asking "she didn't get into your account, right?" And explaining to the fella that he doesn't have a facebook page and doesn't want a facebook page (I like this officer!) But wtf? Is this guy reporting that someone hacked into his account or something?
The fun never ends in this podunk town. |
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01-15-2015, 12:21 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
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Maybe he's mad that he keeps getting Farmville spam.
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01-21-2015, 09:33 AM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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Ha...from the local paper, police news:
CITIZEN ASSIST: In the realm of odd news, a complainant contacted Police to report another individual “violated Facebook Policy by removing him from a ‘group’ he created,” according to police reports. Police advised the complainant that “police do not enforce Facebook Policy" and was referred to Facebook. |
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01-23-2015, 01:26 PM
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Professor
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Houston TX
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Yesterday I foiled a scammer trying to rip me off! I had put some things up on Craigslist and my policy there is to always only accept cash and never ship items but meet face to face.
One of the items is a Canon EOS 1Ds MkII camera body. I don't use it much and am saving for other gear. It has a very low shot count which is a plus for an older camera. I routinely see these go for $800-1000 on Ebay but those ones have higher shot counts and aren't in as good a shape. And with Ebay you loose 10% if it sells. So I thought I would try it on the Houston Craigslist just to see if it got any interest and asked $1200. Within 8 hours I get a text saying that the person is very interested. I respond that it is still available. About an hour later he responds that he can't come pick it up but would gladly pay me an additional $80 for shipping it. He plans to give it to his pastor's son as a gift! Now I'm suspicious. Nice gift for the pastor's son indeed! I reply that his offer is appealing but I only take cash, how will he pay me? Meanwhile I Google his phone number and the first result has 2 people claiming this guy tried to scam them on Craigslist! He responds that he will pay with Western Union which isn't secure at all. I declined and he reponded "it's just like cash!" I wished him a nice day and never heard from him again |
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01-23-2015, 03:02 PM
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The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Aww, now the poor pastor's son won't get a Canon, you meany.
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01-24-2015, 12:31 AM
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
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That was very patient and polite of you
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01-26-2015, 11:26 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
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Amazon is amusing me today. Only amusing because I ordered earlier enough that I am still going to have the CDs by her birthday.
My 2 CDs were sent to someplace in Kentucky by mistake, so it looks like they fulfilled the order again and put them in a huge box this time so it wouldn't get lost. |
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01-26-2015, 02:38 PM
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The future is unwritten
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Good you're not paying mileage.
 I've noticed a lot of stuff this fall/winter came in boxes twice, or more, as big as necessary.
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01-26-2015, 02:44 PM
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Goon Squad Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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standard packaging, a'la shipping containers. It's just easier to manage a uniform box size, or at least a minimum number of sizes.
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Be Just and Fear Not. |
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01-26-2015, 05:00 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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I hadn't thought about it until now, but we had one Christmas present come twice as well. I'm just hanging onto it until the next birthday party Minifob gets invited to.
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03-17-2015, 09:12 PM
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
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Part of my job is making sure local products are labelled appropriately. i.e. with a great big price tag that says "Local". I find fun in saying "These are local tags for local people" even though no-one has a fucking clue what I am on about
 One day there will be another Brit working there who might get it, meanwhile, it does no harm 
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03-17-2015, 11:46 PM
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Location: Buckinghamshire UK
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It arrived yesterday and all I need to do now is find an opportunity to watch it. Yes, I'm posting this at 0345 but I'm really too tired to watch it at the moment. |
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03-18-2015, 08:47 AM
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Junior Master Dwellar
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03-18-2015, 03:04 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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03-18-2015, 03:25 PM
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I haven't had a decent night's sleep since about 1895. 
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