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From: Dave Balderstone on 25 Nov 2006 09:08 In article <45684634$0$17885$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 10, 9 central. 10:30 in Newfoundland...
From: J.J. O'Shea on 25 Nov 2006 09:33 On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:50:42 -0500, dorayme wrote (in article <doraymeRidThis-EC6FD9.09504225112006(a)news-vip.optusnet.com.au>): > In article > <0001HW.C18BEAD20074E01EF058A530(a)news1.news.adelphia.net>, > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > >> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:23:42 -0500, Dave Balderstone wrote >> (in article <231120062223425242%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>): >> >>> In article <0001HW.C18BD440006F95B0F058A530(a)news1.news.adelphia.net>, >>> J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:42:44 -0500, KentSteve wrote >>>> (in article <1164332564.041829.255380(a)l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>): >>>> >>>> [trollery snipped] >>>> Assuming that your story has any truth to it, given your attitude as >>>> shown >>>> here and on the guitar groups, I suspect I know why you're being made to >>>> wait. And, if it was me who was fixing your machine, you'd be waiting a >>>> whole >>>> lot longer. >>> >>> Oh, I could tell stories from my days as a tech in an Apple-authorized >>> store many moons ago. >> >> It's a bad idea to antagonise people who you're depending on to do work for >> you. >> >>> >>> Weeks, we made some pricks wait, when we'd repaired their box 20 >>> minutes after they brought it in. >> >> We'd take a few minutes to do something like install a new hard drive, plus >> whatever time it took to install the OS on it. But we'd not get around to >> doing that with certain machines until we'd fixed every other machine in >> the >> shop. That way, if the twit in question demanded his machine back, he'd get >> it back, in exactly the same condition as he left it. >> >>> >>> And they deserved it, every one... >> >> I had a look at m'man's posts in Google. He's severely in need of an >> attitude >> adjustment. Hint: most people are not going to simply drop what they're >> doing >> to get your particular job out the door. In particular, threats to go to >> the >> boss tend to have a negative effect. "I'm going to make sure that Steve >> Jobs >> is aware of them". Yeah. Right. So why's he bitching here? Write to the >> iSteve, and see what it gets you. Idiot. > > I can see you are a fully paid up member of The Balderstone Gang. This is the third time in six weeks that I've apparently joined some secret society that was so secret that I didn't know I'd joined until some usenet kook told me. There are one hell of a lot of secret societies out there... > Say it again, that bit about someone needing an attitude > adjustment. Come on, humour me... I am in my > "get-ready-to-lie-on-the-floor-and-kick-my-legs-in-the-air-in-paro > xysms-of-helpless-laughter" Glad I could bring some joy into your life. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: Mike Rosenberg on 25 Nov 2006 10:08 J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > > I can see you are a fully paid up member of The Balderstone Gang. > > This is the third time in six weeks that I've apparently joined some > secret society that was so secret that I didn't know I'd joined until some > usenet kook told me. AND you're a fully paid up member! -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Mostly muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift
From: Kurt Ullman on 25 Nov 2006 10:12 In article <0001HW.C18DBE6500139520F070D530(a)news1.news.adelphia.net>, J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > > I can see you are a fully paid up member of The Balderstone Gang. > > This is the third time in six weeks that I've apparently joined some secret > society that was so secret that I didn't know I'd joined until some usenet > kook told me. There are one hell of a lot of secret societies out there... Consider yourself lucky. I never get asked to join any of the "A-list" cabals or secret societies. Don't know any of the special handshakes or get a decoder rings or any neat stuff like that.
From: J.J. O'Shea on 25 Nov 2006 10:34
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:08:15 -0500, Mike Rosenberg wrote (in article <1hpcrnm.mrnre71tuxtniN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>): > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > >>> I can see you are a fully paid up member of The Balderstone Gang. >> >> This is the third time in six weeks that I've apparently joined some >> secret society that was so secret that I didn't know I'd joined until some >> usenet kook told me. > > AND you're a fully paid up member! > > I guess that he must have paid my dues for me. I hope Dave didn't charge him too much. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com. |