Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan So do I pursue the bastard via his home address or do I give up? Do I go there (it's in a part of town that I do not know very well) or do I write a demand letter? All I want is for him to finish the job he's started. I'm pretty sure that he's small time, and I'm also pretty sure that this is one of those instances where the letters "J.D." might be a bit intimidating.

Whip out a DTPA demand letter from the law office of RT listing the nasty penalties, etc. It should get his attention and if it doesn't, nothing will. It'll cost you $4.20 and it's worth that to blow off some steam before you take it to maaco.

GL,
-TL

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Couldn't he subsist on the octupus (octupi?) thrown on the ice?

Or they could start making the ice out of frozen Gatorade. He could chip it around the net and have a little snack now and then.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Can you imagine a world where there are no fat people? No eating disorders? No wrappres from vending machines and McDonald's littering the street? It would almost be like NYC bars without smoke.

The thought of it makes me shudder because it would remove from my list one of the main focus groups of my teasing and torment. This is just one more goup that is a product of our "blame someone else" "it isn't my fault" society. We spend healthcare dollars that could be finding a cure for a real disease trying to find an excuse for these fatties. There is only one explanation, they are lazy people who cannot control their own fucking eating!

Hey, we all do bad shit but it is the unwillingness to accept responsbility that pisses me off. If my liver falls out or I get lung cancer I have nobody to blame but myself -- I would be embarrassed to say that I wasn't smart enough to know that drink and smoke could kill me. These people sit around filling their faces with greasy, salty and sugary foods until the only way to describe them is "round" and then they wanna blame the people who made the food. Like you didn't know eating 4 super value meals at lunch would make you fat? Like you didn't see the pounds piling on and connect the two?

And then they try all of these late-night advertised fucking weight-loss tricks and then wanna sue the manufacturers because they don't work. Of course they don't work you fat piece of shit because anything that promises weight-loss while you sit on the couch and eat a large pizza is fucking lying. Even the good ones won't work unless you use them and QUIT FUCKING EATING SO DAMN MUCH!!

Didn't mean to go off but you know I just get pissed that smokers have been forced out into the streets and now out of the bars and restaurants and yet I still have to look at fatties everywhere I go (can't they have a special section at restaurants so I do not have to see that shit?) and nobody complains about all of the health costs the states will be enduring because these people will not get off of their fucking fat asses and take care of themselves.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I'm not conceding that it would work, but if it did, the NHL would not go for it - it would increase the size of the net or something. The last thing the NHL wants is lower-scoring games.

Are there enough people that big? And I know Bilmore's comment about them getting stuck in the ice because of the skates was a joke, but they do actually have to wear skates. And skate at least occasionally. That, I think, would be the kicker.

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Speaking of which, internationally I think all championship OT is now 4 on 4. The NHL should carry that into the playoffs. There's no way what is happening right now can continue. Ottawa is the only team left now that is exciting - that's pathetic.

Although I like your 4 on 4 idea, I have to disagree with you about the excitement. Did you watch the Ducks and the Wild last night? There were odd man (hi e/o!) rushes, breakways, killer saves by both Jiggy and Rollie, and two shorthanded goals. You are right that the Senators' offense -- when they are on -- is simply a thing of beauty, but I loved last night's game.

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
And now that we're on hockey, if anyone cares, unlike what the call in shows etc are saying, Brodeur is not having an affair with his wife's sister. It's his wife's brother's wife.

Well, I'm glad we got that sorted out. Speaking of goalies, it sounds like Mister Bean may not come back from the Czech Republic after hearing what Not Bobby Clarke had to say. More sturm und drang for the Pumpkin Orange. Perhaps Not Bobby thought that Roman hired Lindros' father as an agent or something.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Among the BBC programs that, if remade, will result in the death of a television executive at my hands, are * * * "Ground Force" (which ain't gonna happen, because Americans suck at gardening and don't care).

Not to mention that those Brits only have yards the size of like my little side-yard patio garden. You would need at least a week on the average American yard.

Should they ever remake and American-ize "Red Dwarf" or "The Young Ones" I will shoot someone. They might be able to get away with a remake of "Keeping Up Appearances" but "Are you Being Served?" would be tough.

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
The thought of it makes me shudder because it would remove from my list one of the main focus groups of my teasing and torment. This is just one more goup that is a product of our "blame someone else" "it isn't my fault" society. We spend healthcare dollars that could be finding a cure for a real disease trying to find an excuse for these fatties. There is only one explanation, they are lazy people who cannot control their own fucking eating!

Hey, we all do bad shit but it is the unwillingness to accept responsbility that pisses me off. If my liver falls out or I get lung cancer I have nobody to blame but myself -- I would be embarrassed to say that I wasn't smart enough to know that drink and smoke could kill me. These people sit around filling their faces with greasy, salty and sugary foods until the only way to describe them is "round" and then they wanna blame the people who made the food. Like you didn't know eating 4 super value meals at lunch would make you fat? Like you didn't see the pounds piling on and connect the two?

And then they try all of these late-night advertised fucking weight-loss tricks and then wanna sue the manufacturers because they don't work. Of course they don't work you fat piece of shit because anything that promises weight-loss while you sit on the couch and eat a large pizza is fucking lying. Even the good ones won't work unless you use them and QUIT FUCKING EATING SO DAMN MUCH!!

Didn't mean to go off but you know I just get pissed that smokers have been forced out into the streets and now out of the bars and restaurants and yet I still have to look at fatties everywhere I go (can't they have a special section at restaurants so I do not have to see that shit?) and nobody complains about all of the health costs the states will be enduring because these people will not get off of their fucking fat asses and take care of themselves.

I think your argument that overweight people should be banned from public viewing because smokers aren't permitted to pollute the insides of public buildings and other people's lungs is simply brilliant.

-TL

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick


Speaking of which, internationally I think all championship OT is now 4 on 4. The NHL should carry that into the playoffs.

I'm not a fan of that rule. It strikes me as particularly strange to change a fundamental rule of the game solely for overtime. If 4 on 4 hockey is better, then they should use it all the time (don't they still have the Oilers rule -- matching penalties still result in 5 on 5 play?). Really what they need to do is expand all the rinks a few feet, although I don't know if that's feasible without major reconstruction.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I'm not a fan of that rule. It strikes me as particularly strange to change a fundamental rule of the game solely for overtime. If 4 on 4 hockey is better, then they should use it all the time (don't they still have the Oilers rule -- matching penalties still result in 5 on 5 play?). Really what they need to do is expand all the rinks a few feet, although I don't know if that's feasible without major reconstruction.

I think the quality of the game would go down if 4 on 4 was played for the whole game. They would get too tired. But for OT it's fun and cuts down on the likelihood of quadruple OT.

And I am 100% with you on expanding the size of the rink. The last Olympics produced some of the best quality hockey I've ever seen. It brings skills to the fore, which I always thought would disadvantage the Canadians who rely more on hitting, but apparently not.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Why does everyone and the NYT think she is such a horrible bitch? She gets knocked up by some guy who has walked all over her for years, which is sad, not bitchy, and then she has the kid, which is her choice. Then Nate marries her and she is insecure about how much he loves her and why he married her which is precisely justfiable since he married her only bc he knocked her up. Yeah, going to see Brenda fora massage was kind of stalky and psycho, but that was fueled by her insecurity. Shouldnt we pity this woman more than anything? She is a little hardcore on the crunchy granola thing and overprotective of the baby, but isnt that a symption of being a first time mother? Like her intentions are good? I dont get it.

Lisa's nasty. Ugly and nasty. The woman who plays her is a great actress, but I can't stand seeing her. She's like Frances McDormand - talented as hell but unrelenting on the eyes. That's why most folks give her no quarter.

The worse character is that brunette neurotic bag of cats Nate used to date. She was such a self-imporatant asshole - reminded me why I hate people who go to therapy regularly and are into self-analysis.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by TexLex
I think your argument that overweight people should be banned from public viewing because smokers aren't permitted to pollute the insides of public buildings and other people's lungs is simply brilliant.

-TL

I wasn't trying to make such a literal connection but, okay. The tobacco litigation and much of the anti-smoking campaign is based on the health costs associated with smoking (which does include non-smokers). The states put forth the idea that they were incurring extra healthcare costs because of diseases caused by smoking. Obesity causes numerous health problems but no states have seen fit to hike up taxes on fatty foods or initate tobacco-esque lawsuits against Frito-Lay. People also argue that being around a smoker has an impact on their own health. Being forced to eat near a fatty repulses me and so I should not be subjected to it. If you say "then don't go to that restaurant or eat at home or something" I say the same should go for people who do not want to be around smokers (and the employees can choose to work in a place tha allows smoking or not although I will note that they probably get more lung damage sitting in traffic on the way to work than they do serving some smokers).

I can quit smoking today but you will still be a fatty.

[NotFromHere]

Web toilet

I love it when the AP and WSJ get pranked.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by evenodds
Ewwwww.

Now, imagine Yarbrough that fatness at age 4 and you'll get a sense of why the Dr. Phil kid was so sad and his family's behavior was so horrifying.

On a mildly related note, when the OM went to see the doctor for his big physical and blood work (over my freakout re: his smoking and health), he was diagnosed with slightly high blood pressure.

The doctor explained that all high blood pressure can cause cumulative damage to the heart muscle and should be treated. They put him on diuretics. The doctor also told him that quitting smoking or dropping five pounds would not do anything to lower his blood pressure. (In fact, he dropped eight pounds from his physical to his first month follow-up and his blood pressure had not changed.)

This is a long way of saying, everyone needs to have an annual physical, no matter how fit you are.

I see doctors only when I have to. I am deathly scared that if I went to one now, he'd tell me to stop doing something I like, and I'd rather die than stop enjoying the things I like.

I am married to a medical family. I've explained this position to them several times. You'd think they'd disagree with me, but they don't.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
And I am 100% with you on expanding the size of the rink. The last Olympics produced some of the best quality hockey I've ever seen. It brings skills to the fore, which I always thought would disadvantage the Canadians who rely more on hitting, but apparently not.

Hmm. I always thought the ugly americans were the dirty brawlers. Didn't Canada only recently allow body checking in youth hockey? All I remember about youth hockey was that since no one had any skating or stickhandling skills, most players' objective was principally to smash into other people. Of course, that was Mass., where dads encourage their children to "smash him, kill him" and then beat up and kill the other kid's dad after the game. I always thought it would be much more fun to ban checking until high school or so, and actually learn to skate and play the game.

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
So do I pursue the bastard via his home address or do I give up? Do I go there (it's in a part of town that I do not know very well) or do I write a demand letter? All I want is for him to finish the job he's started. I'm pretty sure that he's small time, and I'm also pretty sure that this is one of those instances where the letters "J.D." might be a bit intimidating.
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I unfortunately prosecute in this subject area. If this guy really wanted to defraud you, he has probably defrauded other people and done it for quite some time. In these instance, letters and subpoenas from the AG indicating things like, "you are about to be arrested, have your property seized, etc.," have very little effect so I doubt that a J.D. letter will intimidate him. I had one where the guy went to jail, was released on Tue - restarted his fraudulent operation on Wed, went to jail again, got out started again, etc.

You probably don't want to place yourself in danger by going to his house, etc. I don't know how active the Texas AG's office is but if you can't get in touch with the guy by phone, mail, etc., you could call them and at least register a complaint. If they have other complaints and pursue these types of things, you could get a fraction of restitution money - in the unlikely event that this guy has assets.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
The tobacco litigation and much of the anti-smoking campaign is based on the health costs associated with smoking (which does include non-smokers). The states put forth the idea that they were incurring extra healthcare costs because of diseases caused by smoking.

Yeah, that wsa the public justification. Which doesn't withstand scrutiny, since smokers die younger, so don't incur health care costs for an additional twenty years. And it's not like the states spent the money on actual care for smokers. No, it's to build bridges named after politicians. But I digress.