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

[SEC_Chick]

http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/12/comm...yboy/index.htm

I was going to post this to one of the tech-geek boards, but it seemed more at home here, as it will, of course, contain nudity.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Gov Anon



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.

Maybe you should call the Texas Rangers and report that he's harboring a state legislator in his house. That should get them bashing down the doors real quick.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Being forced to eat near a fatty repulses me and so I should not be subjected to it. ...I can quit smoking today but you will still be a fatty.

All I know is, if this stupid Oreo ban succeeds because some people suck them down like industrial vacuum cleaners and then are surprised that there are negative health effects, and I am thereby deprived of my rare craving for a single-serving mini-pack from my local junk food emporium, I will be seriously, seriously pissed off. :box:

Force Hostess Sno-Balls off the market, and there'll be absolute hell to pay.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by Gov Anon
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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.

In other words, suck it up bondo-boy, consider the money lost and a lesson learned -- next time deal with a professional. There are certain things I will not buy from people whose "place of business" I am afraid to visit - medical/dental care, auto repairs (can you say "hot parts" or "you've come to pick up your car, what car, I don't know you") and children or pets.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by SEC_Chick
http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/12/comm...yboy/index.htm

I was going to post this to one of the tech-geek boards, but it seemed more at home here, as it will, of course, contain nudity.

Yeah, this about sums it up: ""Nudity can be done very classy, "

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Hmm. I always thought the ugly americans were the dirty brawlers.

You are so right. Bob Probert, Dave Semenko, Tony Twist, Clark Gillies, Jody Shelley - bunch of pussies.

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
In other words, suck it up bondo-boy, consider the money lost and a lesson learned -- next time deal with a professional. There are certain things I will not buy from people whose "place of business" I am afraid to visit - medical/dental care, auto repairs (can you say "hot parts" or "you've come to pick up your car, what car, I don't know you") and children or pets.

You buy children? :shock:

[evenodds]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
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.

That's nothing to be proud of: in my experience, medical families have the worst health care because they always self-medicate and self-diagnose and feel the same about doctors as you do. (Although it is very convenient when you forget a prescription while traveling.)

Anyway, I was amazed that our doctor did not advise the OddMan to alter his diet, stop smoking, or stop drinking. Well, she does want him to stop smoking, but she didn't give him a hard time about it.

So maybe it wouldn't be as bad as you think.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
You are so right. Bob Probert, Dave Semenko, Tony Twist, Clark Gillies, Jody Shelley - bunch of pussies.

GWNC, you gotta understand that most people do not know that most NHL teams have only 1 or 2 "Americans" on the team. I think it may be that what was meant was "National Hockey League-style hockey is more aggressive than that which is played elsewhere on the planet." Although I do not wish to take liberties with the intention of another.

Speaking of great aggressive Canadian sports -- I HEART CURLING! I was pissed that they showed so little of it so late in the day during the Olympics. Growing up I was able to watch early on weekend mornings and I miss it.

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.

Are you some sort of paigow tribute sock? You are like a really rabid version of me and say things even I wouldnt.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
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.

Your use of "yard" is telling. Americans don't garden. They landscape. There's a huge difference. Americans say "low-maintenance" when in reality they mean "zero-maintenance," but there is no such thing as a zero-maintenance landscape. I would watch each American Ground Force heartsick that the whole thing will go to pot (unless literally; that would be interesting) within two weeks.

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
They might be able to get away with a remake of "Keeping Up Appearances" but "Are you Being Served?" would be tough.

Let's get something straight here. I wish to dispel the notion that "Are You Being Served?" was in any way funny. It was not. How many times will an audience laugh at a blue-haired dowager talking about her "pussy"? Unspeakable. Horrid. Maybe it produced shock laughs in 1972, but there's no excuse for it in 2003. Only the blindest form of Anglophilia would delude one into thinking this show was funny.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by Lexus Talionis
You buy children? :shock:

well, you know, some people adopt from some "questionable" people/places. I would never do that.

Originally posted by ThrashersFan I can quit smoking today but you will still be a fatty.

That's cute, Mr. Churchill, but I don't believe you - about the stopping smoking thing, that is.

I am fine with a tax on junk food - I think it's a great idea, in fact. At the grocery store it never fails - the most junky processed food is found in the baskets of those who look like they subsist wholly on junky processed food and have never heard of fresh fruit. But banning overweigh people from public? You're either being sarcastic and I'm not reading it well today or you're just a meanie.

-T(looking to put on 25-35lbs by Thanksgiving)L

edited to add: or you're Paigow pretending not to be Paigow fucking with me again.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
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.

I have maybe 15 family members that are physicians, and NONE of us go to the doctor on a regular basis, even those of us who should. And especially those of us who should know better. We were lucky as kids if we got decent care when we fell and hurt ourselves. Each of us has a scar that probably should have required stitches or further care, but we were lucky to get bandages (and in one rather famous incident, rubbing alcohol and duct tape). Even my mom's broken arm a few years ago got a "are you sure you need to go to the ER?" from my physician father. Unless we required a respirator, we were never deemed sick enough to garner much sympathy from those who were qualified to make decisions about our heatlh care.

I think it's because the health care professionals in our family take care of the sickest people, in ICUS and the like, so our problems are generally pretty minor in comparison. Also, until a few years ago, generally everyone in a physician family got the benefit of professional courtesy, so physicians didn't want to take too much advantage of their colleagues by sending their kids over for every scrape and bruise, so physicians didn't send their family members out to others unless it was absolutely necessary. These days, because of Stark and anti-kickback legislation, it's a lot harder to take care of someone without sending a bill.

Of course, when it is absolutely necessary, we do get the very best care possible, and we can also benefit from parental guilt, when it's clear that we should have been seen earlier.

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In other words, suck it up bondo-boy, consider the money lost and a lesson learned -- next time deal with a professional. There are certain things I will not buy from people whose "place of business" I am afraid to visit - medical/dental care, auto repairs (can you say "hot parts" or "you've come to pick up your car, what car, I don't know you") and children or pets.
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Also, avoid those people who come to your door and say things like, "I was just in the neighborhood and noticed that you need a new roof. For a mere x amount, I can put one on right now..." Really $200 is not a whole lot compared to what most people lose in these situations.