Re: Verizon Family Plans
Hactar
QueBarbara <que.barb...@go-awaygmail.com> wrote:
> On 5 Oct 2009 01:40:21 GMT, Dover Beach <moon.b...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I mean, really, shouldn't people get over their mid-Western
> >passive-aggressiveness and say "hey, man, you owe us some money?"
>
> Dover, I love you and you're one of my most favoritest peeps, and I
> know I'm over-sensitive to digs on the heartland, but P-A is not just
> a mid-Western failing. We just can't pull it off with as much flair
> as, say, folks in the South.
>
> --
> Que "well, isn't that nice" Barbara
ITYM "Well, bless his/her heart".
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Kim
> In article <vonic514aqei307h2...@4ax.com>,
> QueBarbara <que.barb...@go-awaygmail.com> wrote:
>> On 5 Oct 2009 01:40:21 GMT, Dover Beach <moon.b...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I mean, really, shouldn't people get over their mid-Western
>>> passive-aggressiveness and say "hey, man, you owe us some money?"
>>
>> Dover, I love you and you're one of my most favoritest peeps, and I
>> know I'm over-sensitive to digs on the heartland, but P-A is not just
>> a mid-Western failing. We just can't pull it off with as much flair
>> as, say, folks in the South.
>>
>> --
>> Que "well, isn't that nice" Barbara
>
> ITYM "Well, bless his/her heart".
I think there has to be a horse in there somewhere - either a high one or
one you rode in on.
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Hieronymus Agricola
(in article <hack11$s9d$1...@news.eternal-september.org>):
> Hactar wrote:
>> In article <vonic514aqei307h2...@4ax.com>,
>> QueBarbara <que.barb...@go-awaygmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 5 Oct 2009 01:40:21 GMT, Dover Beach <moon.b...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I mean, really, shouldn't people get over their mid-Western
>>>> passive-aggressiveness and say "hey, man, you owe us some money?"
>>>
>>> Dover, I love you and you're one of my most favoritest peeps, and I
>>> know I'm over-sensitive to digs on the heartland, but P-A is not just
>>> a mid-Western failing. We just can't pull it off with as much flair
>>> as, say, folks in the South.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Que "well, isn't that nice" Barbara
>>
>> ITYM "Well, bless his/her heart".
>
> I think there has to be a horse in there somewhere - either a high one or
> one you rode in on.
>
>
"Wale bless yore hort, and the horse yew rode in on."
Hactar
QueBarbara <que.barb...@go-awaygmail.com> wrote:
> On 5 Oct 2009 17:54:46 GMT, Dover Beach <moon.b...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Patrick M Geahan <pmge...@home.thepatcave.org> wrote in
> >news:qplpp6-...@home.thepatcave.org:
> >
> >> Dover Beach <moon.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Like, I asked my FIL to help
> >>> my stepson buy a couple of new tires for his car when the boy was 18
> >>> (the car has AWD and tires are a little tricky) and sent a check to
> >>> cover the cost of the tires. My husband seemed to think that his
> >>> parents wouldn't need to be reimbursed for the tires, but they and I
> >>> thought otherwise.
> >>
> >> OK, this I don't get. Why did you ask the FIL to help buy the
> >> tires, and then pay him back? Why not just skip the middleman and
> >> give the kid the money?
> >
> >Well, at the time, his only checking account was a joint one with his
> >mother, and I didn't want his mother to come into any contact at all
> >with this money. I'm Just That Petty.
>
> FIL's age and experience might have been a benefit, too. I've dealt
> with tire salesmen who were definitely trying to oversell to make a
> bigger sale.
Unscrupulous automotive salesmen or mechanics apparently give a 50% or
more discount to parties with at least one Y chromosome.
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Hactar
Charlie Pearce <charlie...@eidosnet.NO-SPOO-PLEASE.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:11:29 +0000, John Hatpin
> <RemoveThi...@gmailAndThisToo.com> wrote:
>
> >Dover Beach wrote:
> >
> >> Slow Motion Apocalypse <slowmotion...@rocketmail.com> wrote in
> >> news:00665428-f6f0-4237...@g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com:
> >>
> >> > So, can someone tell me what the phone bill looks like on these? Do
> >> > all incoming and outgoing numbers for all the phones show up on it?
> >>
> >> Yes, apparently. My father-in-law complains that the bills are these
> >> huge multi-page documents listing every transaction for every phone.
> >
> >14:11:30:42 0
>
> 14:11:30.42, Shirley?
Those subsecond units seem to be 1/60 second each, so I don't know how
they're notated.
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John Hatpin
> In article <882mg5d23geil6100...@4ax.com>,
> Charlie Pearce <charlie...@eidosnet.NO-SPOO-PLEASE.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:11:29 +0000, John Hatpin
> > <RemoveThi...@gmailAndThisToo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Dover Beach wrote:
> > >
> > >> Slow Motion Apocalypse <slowmotion...@rocketmail.com> wrote in
> > >> news:00665428-f6f0-4237...@g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com:
> > >>
> > >> > So, can someone tell me what the phone bill looks like on these? Do
> > >> > all incoming and outgoing numbers for all the phones show up on it?
> > >>
> > >> Yes, apparently. My father-in-law complains that the bills are these
> > >> huge multi-page documents listing every transaction for every phone.
> > >
> > >14:11:30:42 0
> >
> > 14:11:30.42, Shirley?
>
> Those subsecond units seem to be 1/60 second each, so I don't know how
> they're notated.
The funny thing is, nor do I.
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