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Old 11-05-2007, 04:55 PM   #16
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That made my day, thanks Clod.
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Old 11-05-2007, 05:18 PM   #17
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Hoof, the rest of the episodes can all be found in the menu on the right, if you find yourself craving more hot cheerleader action. Spoiler: the deaf girl is one of the best, she makes the team easily and I believe is the first deaf team member they've ever had.
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Old 11-05-2007, 08:37 PM   #18
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I was just in a meeting in South Tahoe and someone mentioned the South Tahoe Public Utility District, which is abbreviated STPUD, but the locals pronounce it Stupid (http://www.stpud.us/). When I was driving back to Sacramento (California), I saw a political sign beside the road saying "Joe Smith for STPUD Director."
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Old 11-05-2007, 08:42 PM   #19
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What's stupid about that?

Early in my career, I had a fax to send to five people and it was the first time I ever used a fax machine. I made five copies of the document I needed to send and gave them to the secretary, along with the list of names and numbers.
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Old 11-05-2007, 09:25 PM   #20
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I'm pretty sure I got conned today.
You did.

But now you know.

Go forth and sin no more.

Since I deal with sad looking homeless people pretty much all the time, I'm pretty immune. Most of them are with it enough not to try hitting me up for anything other than cigarettes.

Chances are you're going to see this lady again and again ... probably not pregnant. Nice touch, though, that she's asking for an odd amount. Bad on her that she's harassing people into coming across with more than a buck. Beggars used to have standards.
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Old 11-05-2007, 10:30 PM   #21
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you didn't get conned. you got spare changed. conned is when they play upon your greed....


I gave a guy $20 outside a liquor store not too long ago. I knew the bullshit about his car breaking down with his kids in it was a come on.....I knew that although he promised to mail it back to me at the dealership, I'd never see it again. fuck it. not stupid.....weak. the guy caught me at a moment of low will power. he had a good sales pitch. i paid him to shut up and let me get in my car. chalk it up, babe!
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Old 11-05-2007, 10:53 PM   #22
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Well if it's confessions time:
In my mid-teens I bought a watch from a mail-order add. The add suggested (but on later close examination, didn't actually promise) a combination digital and analogue display.
What arrived was an incredibly cheap digital display .. behind a PRINTED analogue face with the hands PAINTED ON! And the whole thing fell apart within a month anyway.
I paid about $12 for a valuable lesson about marketing and mail order crap. A good price, I think.
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Old 11-05-2007, 10:55 PM   #23
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I feel so INCREDIBLY stupid....

I've been caught weak by just about every story mentioned in this thread so far. Car broke down with kids (in my case it was grandkids, and I gave the man my jumper cables, 5 cigarettes, and the whole $1.62 in my wallet), a woman trying to get "home." Once I even "loaned" a woman $80 for a tow truck. Oh yea, I'm a sucker for a sob story; maybe because I've been the subject of a few (though never enough to ask strangers for money). I also pledge to most of the Police/Fire/EMT solicitors that call, although that is seeding, so a different situation.

I've also been out of it enough to have a similar experience as the one wth the creamer caraffe, and stretching across to hold the door. Oh yea, I have my moments.

As to the smartass who was nervy enough to ask for more than you gave... at that point I may very well have taken the dollar back and walked away. Asking is one thing - demanding is another. Bitch.
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Old 11-05-2007, 10:58 PM   #24
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maybe you were a beggar in a previous life?
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Old 11-05-2007, 11:03 PM   #25
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anyone ever buy speakers out of a van? UT?
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Old 11-05-2007, 11:14 PM   #26
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I got offered them several times but no.

When I was a young kid I got tooken by some dude in an Atlantic City casino who sold me his stupid jewelry saying it was diamond and 14k gold. He got about $150 out of me which was good money for a young kid at the time.

But I didn't learn, I went for a lease deal on this truck and the dude sold me tire insurance. Tire insurance, can you believe it?
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Old 11-05-2007, 11:20 PM   #27
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But I didn't learn, I went for a lease deal on this truck and the dude sold me tire insurance. Tire insurance, can you believe it?
when you pop those tires just before you return the vehicle and get brand new ones for free... instead of a bill to replace them right before your lease matures, you'll feel vindicated.
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Old 11-05-2007, 11:22 PM   #28
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(This is true and I have run over gawd knows what in this vehicles history... without worry)
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Old 11-06-2007, 12:56 AM   #29
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anyone ever buy speakers out of a van? UT?
Twice, both at the grocery store I worked at in high school, Jewel Osco (yeah Midwest!).
For the low, low price of $2500.
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Old 11-06-2007, 10:13 AM   #30
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Jeeeezus, fresh, screw the fat lady beggar, you really got scammed on those speakers.

Back Of A Van speakers would go for about $250 a pair on campus, at most. Stolen shit is supposed to be cheaper, that's the moral tradeoff for the buyer.
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