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Homerr · Nov 30, 2002

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Ah yes, telemarketers... I forgot about that one. They are the antichrist! I blocked my phone so much, I don't get those calls anymore. If I do, I immediately get their supervisor and inform them that they've called a blocked # and it's illegal for them to call me. That usually takes care of it. A real good one is to start telling them a life story about some crack head or something... Keep going, and going...The goal is to try and get them to hang up... Telemarketers...What kind of a person wants to be one? Mayfloat: I hate that too, when cops can't leave it be. It's obvious what happened, so leave it alone. As far as junk mail, I don't get anymore. I sent my name to all of those 'consumer opt-out' places. It takes a while to work (2-3 months) but it DOES work. No more junk mail. If anyone is interested how I did it, I'll be happy to post the addresses here, or send them to you. H.

mellowyellow · Nov 30, 2002

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if you could post the address that would be great Homerr....

Homerr · Nov 30, 2002

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Ok Mellow... Let me gather them up..There are a few. Here's a web site to get you started however... http://www.creditinfocenter.com/cards/preventSellLists.shtml LOTS of great information on that web site. I have some more addresses in a file somewhere, it will take me a bit to find them. I gotta shag my butt back out to my project... H.

JB · Nov 30, 2002

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Let me, in the spirit of the season, look at the other side of the coin. Four of the most loving, kind, generous, wise, intelligent human beings on earth call me Dad. Several others, who do not share my genes, do also. Ten of the most terrific young people on earth call me Granpa. One of them has a child who looks at me, giggles and says something like OhhhhPAA!! I have nearly 20,000 friends right here on Iboats, most of whom care about me most of the time. I have survived being shot, cut, three heart attacks, prostate cancer, a ruptured ulcer and a couple of months as a moderator on this site. I have had a President of The United States thank me, personally and privately, for unpublished services. Though I have a short fuse and some pet peeves, nothing can even begin to tilt my life away from wonderful.

Homerr · Nov 30, 2002

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Wow Jb, Sounds like you've been a busy boy. I can't even begin to measure up to what you've done, being a 'whipper-snapper' and all... I've never been in the military. Sounds like you have, or had an intersting night in a rough town! I have lots of friends that are still enlisted, and some from Vietnam. I'd love to hear some of your adventures. I always find them facinating, seeing how I'll probably never get to live the life of some people like yourself. Not that I want to get shot! Good golly! (I won't ask about that...OUCH!) H.

JB · Nov 30, 2002

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Hi, Homerr. Adventures? Nothing that Tom Clancy would write about. Mark Twain might have.

Like millions of other boys in my generation, I did what my country asked. I survived, many didn't.

Like most, I would rather talk about the things it is pleasant to remember. Being the patriarch of a large, loving and happy family is as great an adventure as can befall a man. When your son is your best friend and there are many young fishermen in the clan it is even better.

Bart Sr. · Nov 30, 2002

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JB...Yes our offspring are our greatest challenge AND our greatest legacy.I will stop now so I don't start sounding off with pride.THANKFULLY AND RESPECTFULLY>>BART SR.

Homerr · Dec 12, 2002

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Sorry, but I have to unload once again... What kind of brain capacity does that MORONIC driver that leaves his high beams on? Even during the day... I wished those drivers had a mechanical arm that would come out of their dash and SLAP THE @$##!% OUT OF THEM! GEEESSSS !!! Too bad you couldn't just bust their headlamps out. I was actually thinking of installing a flood light on my rear bumper and aim it right about windshield level behind me. A quick flash from a 100 watt lamp should get their worthless attention. Same goes for the ones who leave their flasher on for miles. I feel a little better now... H.

Homerr · Dec 12, 2002

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Oops...Forgot... Had more WOMEN check writers the other day. No, they didn't have them ready either... AS USUAL. Was in Lowe's yesterday. Once again, there was that Bohemeth ladder blocking all but 1/4 of the isle. Too bad they had to pick up the mess I left behind trying to get around it. Guess that's their job..LOL I just can't wait to go last-minute Christmas shopping... H.

MGuckin · Dec 12, 2002

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I was on my way to a job yesterday morning. Came up to a busy intersection and light was red. Light changed to green and the car in front of me just sat there. Light changed backed to red (fast light). When this episode happened again, I figured there might be something wrong. I approached the car and asked if I could help. "Why?" "You sat thru two lights and I figured something must be wrong." "Oh sorry. I didn't notice the light had changed. I was having trouble with my makeup."

Homerr · Dec 13, 2002

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I would have needed to use a "colorful metaphor" at that moment... LOL! H.

MJC · Dec 13, 2002

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I try not lo let anything get to me - "don't sweat the small stuff and EVERYTHING is small stuff"..........especially after visiting a children's hospital.

But........ those folks who DON'T use turn signals.........I have been pretty close but keep thinking - " well, she could be packing heat - don't do it" - but I have always wanted to walk up to their window at the next stop and reach inside and rip the little signal arm right out of the steering column. When they ask what the He77 I am doing I can correctly reply- "removing something you don't know how to use and obviously don't need" .

Homerr · Dec 13, 2002

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In drive up line at a Burger King today on my lunch HALF-hour. The car in front of me: 1 driver and child in it. I noticed their order total came up over $40 ? You guess it! I stopped counting the bags coming out of the drive up window at 10. By this time, the drive up line was quite long. Then what did she do? She looked at EACH bag to make sure her order was right, before she puled away. Can't these fast food places put a limit on how much you can order at a drive through. ESPECIALLY during the lunch rush? LOL. Yea, MJC... Life is too short to get riled over small things. And the more you look back, most things are quite small. I just wish I had an idiot alert mounted on my car somewhere. Maybe I should invent one and retire.... H.

Skinnywater · Dec 13, 2002

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Senator Tom Daschle. If he was a neighbor I'd throw nails in his driveway weekly.

88spl · Dec 13, 2002

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AN OLD BROOM KNOWS THE DIRTY CORNERS BEST. MEN ARE LIKE BAGPIPES NO SOUND COMES FROM THEM TILL THEYRE FULL. Many people will walk in and out or your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? I'm on a seafood diet. When I see food, I eat it. If it's good, they'll stop making it If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people. Most Texans think "Hanukkah" is some sort of duck call. Roses are red, Violets are blue; I'm a schizophrenic, And so am I. When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not. When the chips are down, the cow is empty. When you wake up in the morning and nothing hurts, you can be sure you're dead. Why is there so much month left at the end of the money? Why must hailstones always be the size of something else?

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