burnsville*babe wrote:

Lucky, there's a saying that mechanics use when trying to fit a bolt  - "put some hair around it". Your DH hs probably heard that, LOL!

A nickel for every time I have heard THAT!!!!

When I was a young Airman, a bunch of us were working ii the same vehicle trying to get it back on the road quickly (it must have been a priority or something) and one of the guys was having trouble threading a bolt that was in a tight place.

He kept cursing it so we all took a look at what he was doing and one of the other guys said, "Put some FUR around it!"

Well, we all busted out laughing and the commenter was not sure why until someone questioned his sexual desires relating to creatures that had fur instead of hair!!!!!

LOL at you sending her that stuff, Delta!  Imagine her reaction when she opened the package! 

I'll have to remember to ask my husband about that phrase.

Delta, you know this, but for the others, when they banned OT on SC, I emailed John.  Delta asked me to pass on his thoughts, as well, so I did, including the part where he called John a liar.  John wanted to know what Delta thought he'd lied about, and I rattled off a list of the things I thought he had.  He agreed that I was right about most of it.  So, I'll give him that, but he still disappointed and betrayed me greatly.

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lucky2ndchance wrote:

Delta, you know this, but for the others, when they banned OT on SC, I emailed John.  Delta asked me to pass on his thoughts, as well, so I did, including the part where he called John a liar.  John wanted to know what Delta thought he'd lied about, and I rattled off a list of the things I thought he had.  He agreed that I was right about most of it.  So, I'll give him that, but he still disappointed and betrayed me greatly.

Yes, and i am glad YOU contacted him on it because I fear I would not have been as kind in my respnses to him as you were.

It seems like the fluid (tears) in my eyes is getting thicker.  They seem to water constantly and it makes everything out of focus/blurred until I blink the fluid out of my eyes.  Then I end up with blotches of blurred spots.

I wonder why.

victorian_spirits wrote:

People that work for eBay do as their told. If they want to keep their job. When you call CS that's exactly what their doing. They probably have a book to go by. Telling them what to say.

I am sure they do.  I am also sure they are told to tell the caller anything that makes the caller get off the line so they can take the next call.

A couple of months ago I saw a news type expose thing on CNBC that featured these call ccenters in India and that was EXACTLY what they were told to do... just get the caller off the phone and take the next call.

Of course then no one will admit that what the caller was told is true and they later back pedal if the caller tries to resolve the problem later.

Delta, I was thinking allergies, as well.  I didn't know until recently that you can develop them later in life.

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deltamaster wrote:

victorian_spirits wrote:

People that work for eBay do as their told. If they want to keep their job. When you call CS that's exactly what their doing. They probably have a book to go by. Telling them what to say.

I am sure they do.  I am also sure they are told to tell the caller anything that makes the caller get off the line so they can take the next call.

 

A couple of months ago I saw a news type expose thing on CNBC that featured these call ccenters in India and that was EXACTLY what they were told to do... just get the caller off the phone and take the next call.

 

Of course then no one will admit that what the caller was told is true and they later back pedal if the caller tries to resolve the problem later.

It's a shame, I wouldn't want to be in their line of work. I bet it's stressful. When they may want to help but are limited to what they can say.

Never explain - Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

lucky2ndchance wrote:

A thought just occurred to me.  Since you don't have kids, you might not know what pink eye looks like.  Do you?

Good call Lucky. Why didn't I think of that. 

Delta info on Pink Eye.

Never explain - Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Delta, I wouldn't take any chances when it comes to vision.  I know money is tight, but can you see an eye doctor?

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They have screwed up the DYAC site, Burns.  Now it's only one entry per page. 

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Delta, good job of summarizing the history of UG and the forums.

BTW, did you post on the Boycott Forum? I don't remember.

I never came to the forums before JD's change announcement in Jan 2008. Then I found the Boycott Thread.

I was too intimidated to post at first, because there were so really intelligent people on that thread.

It took several months before I finally "dipped" my toe in the water, and discovered that my forte in posting was my ability to visualize concepts in pictures.

This was my first post.

Things haven't changed much, have they?

I believe I did post on the Boycott thread.  Is that the one that Mrskillian hosted?

Back at that time I was posting so much I can not remember where/when I posted any longer.

I do recall posting extensively to the "Griff" threads and him imposing "Rules" as a result of some of my postings where I debunked his rhetoric.

Then there was the thing that I suggested when they forst announced the "No Neg for Buyers" plan.

They claimed that sellers were leaving retaliatory feedback for buyers that left them negative feedback so I suggested (directly to Griff among others) that they set it up so that feedback could not be viewed until either both members had left it or it could no longer be left.  Griff basically told me that the decision had been made and there would be no more consideration regarding the matter.

Soooooo many people warned that it would cause sellers problems and soooo many people outlined what those problems would be and soooo many people were right on the mark and we have realized just about everything that was warned of at the time.