Neesy
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Oh good - I thought you were talking about "our" Scot and I was going to ask which thread has the abbreviation TKAM
(I misread Scout as "Scot")
I Am Angry Today Because . . .
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(I misread Scout as "Scot")
Scott is a fount of wisdom...but, no.Oh good - I thought you were talking about "our" Scot and I was going to ask which thread has the abbreviation TKAM
(I misread Scout as "Scot")
Scott is a fount of wisdom...but, no.
Please be aware that any phone number with area code 876 originates from Jamaica. Someone from this area code will call claiming you won a prize and must call them back to verify. If you do, you will be charged the very expensive long distance rate to Jamaica, so don't. Also don't give such people the time of day.
....thank you bro, but there ain't nothin' special about me.....
This has been a very crazy case. they now has made seven arrests and still looking for another suspect. The poor family's. Still not releasing any details.
I'm angry today because this is the 18th time since Sunday that my lights have gone out. Seriously, this is getting frigging annoying. Get it together, Encore!
up to 9 arrests. How many more can there possibly be? can't imagion what the details will be once they release them. Just awful. Those poor famillies. hopefully they will get closure soon.
This is all so very heart-breaking. I'm so sorry (((Lin.)))
Terrible. Sorry if you have already said, but may I ask where this happened? I would like to look the case up.
Hoping your Granddaughter is holding up as best she can.
Yes. What the hell happened to these poor children? Please keep updates coming. I want to know these people get what's due them.
I am furious with my cell phone company. I am not naming them because there may end up being legal action....not sure who would initiate.
Cell phone charges here are really expensive. We do not have any data on our plans. We have limited talk, unlimited text, and we use wifi. The plans "say" we have free texting pictures, but we do not. To send a picture we must first turn on data. As soon as we do that *BOOM* $7.50 (+ tax) charge for 0.00 data used. They "say" something must have updated....but my phone tells me when something is updating.
OK fine. Whatever! No texting pictures. I wait until there is wifi and I send by email.
Last year they suddenly started charging me $7.50 (+tax) for randomly turning on data in the middle of the night and doing.....nothing. I can barely turn data on when I'm awake, there is NO FREAKING WAY I am doing it in my sleep. So, we told them to turn the data off. Completely off. No access what-so-ever.
And about 4 months later....$7.50 (+tax) charge on my son's phone for 0.00 data usage. DH called told them is is absolutely bogus and turn the data off on this phone too. She argues that data was not ever turned off on my phone. He takes a few deep breaths and tells her to turn data off on both phones.
One month later....$7.50 (+tax) charged on MY phone for 0.00 data usage. He calls, CSR argues. He tells her to look up previous phone recording. She agrees to credit our account, and we will now be charged $1 per month per phone to have data turned off. By the end of the call she agreed it would not be charged.
He also asked when the contract is up.
I have dug up the contract and I will likely be contacting the CRTC soon. If they are doing this to us, I suspect they are doing it to others.
Cell phone charges here are really expensive. We do not have any data on our plans. We have limited talk, unlimited text, and we use wifi. The plans "say" we have free texting pictures, but we do not. To send a picture we must first turn on data. As soon as we do that *BOOM* $7.50 (+ tax) charge for 0.00 data used. They "say" something must have updated....but my phone tells me when something is updating.
OK fine. Whatever! No texting pictures. I wait until there is wifi and I send by email.
Last year they suddenly started charging me $7.50 (+tax) for randomly turning on data in the middle of the night and doing.....nothing. I can barely turn data on when I'm awake, there is NO FREAKING WAY I am doing it in my sleep. So, we told them to turn the data off. Completely off. No access what-so-ever.
And about 4 months later....$7.50 (+tax) charge on my son's phone for 0.00 data usage. DH called told them is is absolutely bogus and turn the data off on this phone too. She argues that data was not ever turned off on my phone. He takes a few deep breaths and tells her to turn data off on both phones.
One month later....$7.50 (+tax) charged on MY phone for 0.00 data usage. He calls, CSR argues. He tells her to look up previous phone recording. She agrees to credit our account, and we will now be charged $1 per month per phone to have data turned off. By the end of the call she agreed it would not be charged.
He also asked when the contract is up.
I have dug up the contract and I will likely be contacting the CRTC soon. If they are doing this to us, I suspect they are doing it to others.
I don't know how old your granddaughter is, but I remember being in high school when a close friend was killed in a car accident. Nobody's fault. Blinding storm came out of nowhere, highway with one lane in each direction.
School was really difficult. Some days I just cried my way through. Other days I was more zombi-ish.
I wouldn't consider that I was "weak" emotionally. Even adults have a very difficult time when they lose someone suddenly, and when there is violence involved it's even more difficult.
I hope your granddaughter has some close friends she can talk to and share memories with.
Someone on a Facebook group asking if anyone else dreads holidays brought forth these charming musings:
I have hated most holidays--okay, ALL except Halloween--since graduating college, if not earlier. They are a HUGE amount of work, expense, and cleanup if the ravening hordes descend upon your home. Last night I was watching the 1925 silent Ben-Hur and two scenes which struck me a little too close to home were Roman soldiers breaking down the door of a home and abusing a family, and pirates attacking a ship. I had the immediate feeling, "That's exactly like my relatives or Mom's church group arriving!" (I finally deferred having the church group meet here indefinitely. To be truthful, the worst offender died but the tension is still there.) I just feel that holidays are an excuse for me to drop everything which might matter to me (which then makes it look as if I do nothing--as all my tools and supplies are put away--) to accommodate people who are there to give me the once-over for not succeeding in life, then calling me selfish, petty, and mean for being upset when they trash my stuff, criticize me, and order me around.
Christmas is absolutely impossible as you CAN'T go anywhere else--everyone is gone and/or busy at the same time, and hiding outside or in an empty building is absolutely out of the question as it's just too damn cold. Even the basement with a space heater, which I did for decades prior to breaking my leg, is difficult. It's not just me--in the Goodwill over the Christmas season I heard a girl complaining, "There oughtta be a safe house where people can go!" After years of this, I said, screw it. I'm tired of trying to hide and I'm tired of trying to convince people to be nice--I'm fighting fire with fire! So at Christmas 30 years ago, I simply spent days treating my sister EXACTLY the way she ALWAYS treated me, to see how she liked it! Result was she physically attacked me (everything I had done was verbal,) blamed me for being a bitch, and didn't come home for Christmas for seven years! By that time my sisters had kids and I had to be nice in front of them no matter who did what to me, including niece tearing up a $150.00 book she had been told to treat with care and then lying about it, and nephew throwing away packing material I needed to put away ornaments, this was the Christmas following my father's death which I didn't want to celebrate at all, but my sister beat me over the head with a Christmas tree until I capitulated. If I say anything my sister says, "Thanks for letting us know you value things over people." My sister and her friend had an Easter egg hunt and planted the eggs in my flowerbeds right where the kids could trample my plants! I'm out of strength, out of ideas, and out of hope. I don't completely dislike kids, but I prefer seeing other people's kids at their homes or in church, not on my turf! The kids are older now but I have a feeling the holiday horror show is not ended.
I have hated most holidays--okay, ALL except Halloween--since graduating college, if not earlier. They are a HUGE amount of work, expense, and cleanup if the ravening hordes descend upon your home. Last night I was watching the 1925 silent Ben-Hur and two scenes which struck me a little too close to home were Roman soldiers breaking down the door of a home and abusing a family, and pirates attacking a ship. I had the immediate feeling, "That's exactly like my relatives or Mom's church group arriving!" (I finally deferred having the church group meet here indefinitely. To be truthful, the worst offender died but the tension is still there.) I just feel that holidays are an excuse for me to drop everything which might matter to me (which then makes it look as if I do nothing--as all my tools and supplies are put away--) to accommodate people who are there to give me the once-over for not succeeding in life, then calling me selfish, petty, and mean for being upset when they trash my stuff, criticize me, and order me around.
Christmas is absolutely impossible as you CAN'T go anywhere else--everyone is gone and/or busy at the same time, and hiding outside or in an empty building is absolutely out of the question as it's just too damn cold. Even the basement with a space heater, which I did for decades prior to breaking my leg, is difficult. It's not just me--in the Goodwill over the Christmas season I heard a girl complaining, "There oughtta be a safe house where people can go!" After years of this, I said, screw it. I'm tired of trying to hide and I'm tired of trying to convince people to be nice--I'm fighting fire with fire! So at Christmas 30 years ago, I simply spent days treating my sister EXACTLY the way she ALWAYS treated me, to see how she liked it! Result was she physically attacked me (everything I had done was verbal,) blamed me for being a bitch, and didn't come home for Christmas for seven years! By that time my sisters had kids and I had to be nice in front of them no matter who did what to me, including niece tearing up a $150.00 book she had been told to treat with care and then lying about it, and nephew throwing away packing material I needed to put away ornaments, this was the Christmas following my father's death which I didn't want to celebrate at all, but my sister beat me over the head with a Christmas tree until I capitulated. If I say anything my sister says, "Thanks for letting us know you value things over people." My sister and her friend had an Easter egg hunt and planted the eggs in my flowerbeds right where the kids could trample my plants! I'm out of strength, out of ideas, and out of hope. I don't completely dislike kids, but I prefer seeing other people's kids at their homes or in church, not on my turf! The kids are older now but I have a feeling the holiday horror show is not ended.
Print up a letter to be sent to family and friends. State that you are starting a new Holiday Tradition. All holidays will be spent in their own home/ town/place of choice, but not your home. You will be using each holiday to reflex on it's meaning to you- yourself. Self Matters and you will celebrate that with joy and without family! ( a tad snarky, but might help)
If family can't respect your home, it's "material items"- inside and out, then they can celebrate in their own home.
But, number 41, we keep you alive to serve this ship. So row well, and live...
Okay, that was a line from the '59 Ben-Hur, but you catch my draft. Anyhoo, I'm of the opinion we should only have Christmas once every five years or so. It'd make people appreciate it more, and it wouldn't just be all about marketing and such. Less chance of getting beat over the head with a Douglas Fir.
No water for HIM!
If you hate holidays, it's because you're doing them wrong--emphasizing the wrong things.