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tod
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response 375 of 560:
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Nov 11 21:23 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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scott
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response 376 of 560:
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Nov 12 03:36 UTC 2003 |
A long day, but it worked out pretty well. 8 hours as a union stagehand,
followed by doing sound at the Ark. Now it's a beer and Grex and such, in
my comfy chair.
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tsty
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response 377 of 560:
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Nov 12 11:07 UTC 2003 |
sounds wonderfull.... congratzzz
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mooncat
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response 378 of 560:
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Nov 12 12:26 UTC 2003 |
re #374- yes it was, thank you for feigning interest.
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scott
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response 379 of 560:
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Nov 14 04:50 UTC 2003 |
Great show at the Ark tonight... Kristen Hersh (formerly of Throwing Muses),
Howe Gelb, and Andrew Bird. They all did their own sets, sneaked on to the
other's sets, and did a few group numbers. Very wierd, cool, and fun.
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gull
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response 380 of 560:
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Nov 14 13:55 UTC 2003 |
I'm happy because I'm going to see Guided by Voices at the Magic Stick
this weekend.
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edina
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response 381 of 560:
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Nov 14 17:41 UTC 2003 |
Another week gone, the firm move quickly approaches, albeit more manageably,
getting closer to Dave's visit, am in a pair of jeans that look pretty kicking
on me, got a ticket for New Year's for $240 to go to Phoenix, I'm happy.
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scott
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response 382 of 560:
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Nov 14 18:26 UTC 2003 |
Got in 35 minutes on the stairclimber at Vets, and at level 10 (out of 21).
35 minutes is not long enough! I had way too much energy walking home.
And this morning I had a few business cards laminated into luggage tags, for
the princely sum of $0.79 each.
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jiffer
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response 383 of 560:
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Nov 14 20:42 UTC 2003 |
IHB I got a 12% raise ($1.00/per hour) which is going to make a
significant impact on my paychecks! Woohoo! This kind of gets me out
of my runt that I was in due to my mistakes I made in Microbiology lab.
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scott
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response 384 of 560:
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Nov 14 21:32 UTC 2003 |
You were inside a runt?
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jiffer
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response 385 of 560:
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Nov 14 23:57 UTC 2003 |
a rutt? rut... whatever that saying goes about being in a rutt or rut, or
whatever.
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gelinas
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response 386 of 560:
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Nov 15 01:28 UTC 2003 |
(Rut. When your (wagon) wheels are caught in a rut in the (dirt) road, it
is very difficult to change direction.)
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twenex
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response 387 of 560:
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Nov 15 11:20 UTC 2003 |
Being caught in a runt might be more...interesting. Or more illegal.
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tsty
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response 388 of 560:
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Nov 16 07:10 UTC 2003 |
re #383 .. the 12%is significant, teh resultant $9.33/hr leaves me sad.
are your numbers right?
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edina
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response 389 of 560:
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Nov 17 15:36 UTC 2003 |
IHB I had a productive weekend, I'm 100% moving to Baltimore, I had a nice
dinner with Gary commemorating his 30th birthday, and a man I dated is
startint to lament the fact that we stopped. Silly rabbit.
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remmers
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response 390 of 560:
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Nov 17 17:24 UTC 2003 |
IHB I had a good workout yesterday. (Slight bummage because my arms
are sore - those pushups were murder!)
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twenex
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response 391 of 560:
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Nov 17 17:56 UTC 2003 |
Maybe you should prosecute.
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tsty
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response 392 of 560:
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Nov 18 07:03 UTC 2003 |
re #383 & 388 .. worked this out in private .. it's alrfight.
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keesan
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response 393 of 560:
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Nov 19 00:55 UTC 2003 |
We have been trying for several years to trace down the origin of Herman Loth,
a hybrid that someone on some junk mail list staff made up by combining two
fictional characters that Jim was idiot enough to make up 20 years ago when
too many people called for Lady of teh House and Man of the House - Sheila
Loth and Herman Moth. Sheila metamorphed to Shelia who, along with Herman
Loth (her son?) continues to get lots of junk mail. Finally one company told
us they got their junk mail list from Experian, a credit agency like Equifax
and Transunion.
I went online and after much searching found a link to opt out (which they
warn you could have the dire consequences of receiving fewer catalogs and
offers) but the link kept putting me back to where I was, so I emailed.
I also found an 888 number for credit fraud, called, typed in a made up social
security number, which got me to an oral menu system where I could enter the
name and address and a made up social security number again, and was told that
to prevent further credit fraud they would take Herman off all their phone
and address lists for two years. I wonder how they check credit on a
nonexistent character and how he got onto their list in the first place.
I then emailed the credit manager email list and asked them to contact me
since their website won't work. It was a plain link, not javascript.
Today I also got a third promise from Comcast to take our addresses off their
junk mail lists. They required our phone numbers as well, to put on their
do not call list. I wonder why they need that since there is a national one.
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richard
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response 394 of 560:
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Nov 19 03:56 UTC 2003 |
edina you'll like baltimore, my grandparents lived there for years. I have
a strong connection to the place. Great stadium there btw, Camden Yards, you
can see lots of Orioles games there during the summer
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gull
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response 395 of 560:
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Nov 19 15:15 UTC 2003 |
Re #393: If you have a business relationship with Comcast, they're
allowed to keep calling you even if you're on the national list. It
could be they have their own do-not-call list of people they have a
business relationship with that don't want to be called.
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edina
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response 396 of 560:
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Nov 19 15:20 UTC 2003 |
Richard, I already do like Baltimore. It's just such a fun town, and the
people there are awesome.
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keesan
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response 397 of 560:
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Nov 19 16:55 UTC 2003 |
You are allowed to call anyone with whom you have a business relationship.
Today I got email from Experian explaining that they have two lists, one of
people with credit ratings and one 'individual reference service' for which
they get the names from public records, telephone book, US Census, tax
records, and real estate records. I wonder which of these lists Herman got
put onto. Someone else once told me they got him from some public record.
He certainly does not own Jim's house or pay taxes on it. Nor have we
received phone calls for him. I will call Experian now and ask.
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mcnally
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response 398 of 560:
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Nov 19 20:28 UTC 2003 |
I wonder if it works both way..
Hello, Mr. Johnson. The reason I'm calling you at home is to
share exciting news about..
<irritated response>
But sir, I *do* have a business relationship with you. As an
employee of Experian, you are part of an organization that keeps
a file on nearly everyone in the country. There's practically
not a single adult in the country who *doesn't* have a business
relationship with you and is therefore allowed to call you at
home. Now, about this exciting offer..
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keesan
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response 399 of 560:
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Nov 19 20:48 UTC 2003 |
I emailed Experian to let them know that their 800 number for getting off the
list compiled from public records no longer works. This generated an
automated response containing the same 800 number. I wonder how to reach a
real person who will read more than the subject line of my email. Maybe I
will have to make up a subject line with no recognizable words in it to get
past their filter.
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