Shoot the Breeze With the Cooler Crew - Peoplesforum Edition

KT, made 2 cheesecakes, cheery and chocolate, one for today one for my folks tomorrow. Turned out great! Thanks again for the recipe!

Marley made steak and coconut shrimp, Green beans almondine, and Au Grautin Potatos. It was a perfect meal, I'm still full!

Ian, At work today I received a www.wheresgeorge.com bill!!

checking it out for the first time right now!

Scd,s and Mcl!

Filling the coffee pot w/ a double Dutch Blend....stocking cold beverages...

Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake and Tall cold Milks for all...

Lights on low... doors unlocked...

SCDs & MCL Ya'll

Straight Joe!

Morning! Cheesecake, you're gonna make me fat!

mmm. cheesecake.

mmmm, cheesecake

goin' to check out the tropics in minnesota

(hope there really is treasure there)

Mornin all!

Treasure Island Treasure Island resort and casino!

mystic lake is better than treasure. but little six's tables usually pay out even better than mystic's do.

Black bear!(even though I wouldnt give a dollar to any of them)

never been to black bear. too far to drive. and while i must admit that occasionally i give money to them, i'm still ahead of the house.

We visit vegas quit often.(usally throw some down then)But not big gamblers.Also we usally go to Treasure Island right after the winter carnival for a couple of days!

Thought Id throw in black bear cause we drive by it on the way to the cabin.

i go by it too on the way to my grandparents.

Black bear...my grandmother was born on reservation (1/4 or 1/2 tribal blood)and she gets only like 800 bux a yr....a far cry from what mystic tribal members get!!

I have to try to avoid the casino's....mr. addictive personality here....

mr. addictive personality here

This doesn't surprise me Randy. You're very enthusiastic. Are you a taurus by any chance?

i'd be the same way, randy. when i go, i leave the checkbook at home, along with anything which the atm may be able to read. if the cash ever disappears, i leave. if i'm immensely ahead, i leave.

Oh man! I just finished slogging. It paid off big time with Ians nonsense. I move to elect Ian as head of the entertainment committee. Hello everyone! What is new?

ian in charge of entertainment, and artemis as head of the water cooler food services division.

mornin' kt.

Oh, sure, after a long, tiring weekful of sad news, I get on here, and everyone leaves! How bout if I pull out some candy?

little round colored ones, kt?

:: ears perk up ::

and actually we frequently are chatting in other threads as well.

I can provide the fishing, hunting trips, and silly animals..

Ok Im back for candy !brain?

I do not know of any other threads but the ones in my sewing box :)

provide away!

Have this handful of BLUE m&ms. Here. Ares- like to fish????

mmm. blue almond ones. love the things. now the green almond ones......get a 3 in one kick out of them :)

fish. before i would fish i'd rather wear garlic from my neck and sleep with a cross!

...and here she is... the 110 lb black wolf named Hannah, to lick off the lotion from your hands and make muddy footprints the size of saucers on your kitchen floor.

I sleep that way every night!

So, I'm guessing that you would be the last person I'd see peering into the DNR fish pond at the State Fair?

in addition to being one of the last people you'd actually seeat the state fair :)

Oh, so you go, but are invisible?

nah. can't go. i'm a computer generated thingamajig. :)

Some of those fish at the fair are scary looking!

The only thing my computer generates is ongoing frustration. I wonder how Matt became so proficient...His Dad is even worse than I am on this thing.

Frosti, I caught a 40 lb catfish last summer, bigger than any they have at the fair. Took nearly an hour to reel it in, what a trip!

Well, crew, gotta mop the kitchen, so Hannah has a clean palate to work with :) BBL

Pisces here ...you??

Gemini myself. I know a taurus who sounds like you, that's why I asked.

A lot of us here are products of the late 60's and early 70's....many of our parents were into the Haight and Ashbury thingy if you know what I mean....must have tweaked some chromosomes and made of select few of us freaks perhaps??

Dal ::running away::

One thing that has always bugged me, and I'm sure it does most of you, is to sit down at the dinner table only to be interrupted by a phone call from a telemarketer. I decided, on one such occasion, to try to be as irritating as they were to me. The call was from AT&T and it went something like this:

Me: Hello

AT&T: Hello, this is AT&T...

Me: Is this AT&T?

AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T...

Me: This is AT&T?

AT&T: Yes This is AT&T...

Me: Is this AT&T?

AT&T: YES! This is AT&T, may I speak to Mr. Byron please?

Me: May I ask who is calling?

AT&T This is AT&T.

Me: OK, hold on.

At this point I put the phone down for a solid 5 minutes thinking that, surely, this person would have hung up the phone. Much to my surprise, when I picked up the receiver, they were still waiting.

Me: Hello?

AT&T: Is this Mr. Byron?

Me: May I ask who is calling please?

AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...

Me: Is this AT&T?

AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...

Me: This is AT&T?

AT&T: Yes, is this Mr. Byron?

Me: Yes, is this AT&T?

AT&T: Yes sir.

Me: The phone company?

AT&T: Yes sir.

Me: I thought you said this was AT&T.

AT&T: Yes sir, we are a phone company.

Me: I already have a phone.

AT&T: We aren't selling phones today Mr. Byron.

Me: Well whatever it is, I'm really not interested but thanks for calling.

When you are not interested in something, I don't think you can express yourself any plainer than by saying "I'm really not interested", but this lady was persistent.

AT&T: Mr. Byron we would like to offer you 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Now, I am sure she meant she was offering a "rate" of 10 cents a minute but she at no time used the word rate. I could clearly see that it was time to whip out the trusty old calculator and do a little ciphering.

Me: Now, that's 10 cents a minute 24 hours a day?

AT&T: (getting a little excited at this point by my interest) Yes sir that's right! 24 hours a day!

Me: 7 days a week?

AT&T: That's right.

Me: 365 days a year?

AT&T: Yes sir.

Me: I am definitely interested in that! Wow!!! That's amazing!

AT&T: We think so!

Me: That's quite a sum of money!

AT&T: Yes sir, it's amazing how it ads up.

Me: OK, so will you send me checks weekly, monthly or just one big one at the end of the year for the full $52,560, and if you send an annual check, can I get a cash advance?

AT&T: Excuse me?

Me You know, the 10 cents a minute.

AT&T: What are you talking about?

Me: You said you'd give me 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That comes to $144 per day, $1008 per week and $52,560 per year. I'm just interested in knowing how you will be making payment.

AT&T: Oh no sir I didn't mean we'd be paying you. You pay us 10 cents a minute.

Me: Wait a minute here!!! Didn't you say you'd give me 10 cents a minute? Are you sure this is AT&T?

AT&T: Well, yes this is AT&T sir but......

Me: But nothing, how do you figure that by saying that you'll give me 10 cents a minute that I'll give you 10 cents a minute? Is this some kind of subliminal telemarketing scheme? I've read about things like this in the Enquirer you know. Don't use your alien brainwashing techniques on me!

AT&T: No sir we are offering 10 cents a minute for.....

Me: THERE YOU GO AGAIN! Can I speak to a supervisor please!

AT&T: Sir I don't think that is necessary.

Me: Sure! You say that now! What happens later?

AT&T: What?

Me: I insist on speaking to a supervisor!

AT&T: Yes Mr. Byron. Please hold on.

So now AT&T has me on hold and my supper is getting cold. I begin to eat while I'm waiting for a supervisor. After a wait of a few minutes and while I have a mouth full of food:

Supervisor: Mr. Byron?

Me: Yeth?

Supervisor: I understand you are not quite understanding our 10 cents a minute program.

Me: Id thish Ath Teeth & Teeth?

Supervisor: Yes sir, it sure is.

I had to swallow before I choked on my food. It was all I could do to suppress my laughter and I had to be careful not to produce a snort.

Me: No, actually I was just waiting for someone to get back to me so that I could sign up for the plan. Supervisor: OK, no problem, I'll transfer you back to the person who was helping you.

Me: Thank you.

I was on hold once again and was getting really hungry. I needed to end this conversation. Suddenly, there was an aggravated but polite voice at the other end of the phone.

AT&T: Hello Mr. Byron, I understand that you are interested in signing up for our plan?

Me: Do you have that friends and family thing because you can never have enough friends and I'm an only child and I'd really like to have a little brother...

AT&T: (click)

hey, dal, frosti asked first.

hey, dal, frosti asked first.

Dal ::running faster::

Hi Dal, Ares, Frosti, Randy!

has anyone actually tried that before. playing with telemarkteters is fun :)

Funny story!!

So are you going to sign up with what's-their-name? :)

has anyone actually tried that before. playing with telemarkteters is fun :)

I always like to ask for their home telephone number so I can call them back.

do they ever give it to you?

I am really sick of getting telemarketing calls in general...we refinanced our home and closed Jan 10th and we have gotten at least 1 call a day since then from companies wanting us to refinance/mortgage our house.