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['gro]

I just snarfed some coffee on the monitor at "save the last dance"... haha.

Rant#1
'Gro refuses to write checks. Whenever possible I pay my bills online either through the service website or bank of amurrica. Any company that doesn't allow internet pay is on Gro's hit list. But I also don't want paper statements anymore, not if I can look them up online.

Rant#2
There is one guy out there that works for comcast cable that decides which channels they will offer in HD. I get NBC, CBS, and ABC in HD... they only added ABC because of the superbowl. Likewise, they just added ESPN2 because of the world cup... If this continues, then they better add FOX before football season starts.

Sports are great, but Gro still wants 2 more HD channels... MTV and FX.

[PBR...]

reg...the only reason i knew what capezio's are is that when i head to the dump on sat. night to shoot rats i shot up a couple of boxes that said "capezio dance shoes" on the outside.....i then went back to chuggin' my ice cold 16 oz pbr can

[lewdogg11]

'Gro, you need to DVR the Ultimate Fighter for me Thursday night since i'll be en route to Chatty Chatty bang bang.  That'll give me something to watch on Friday when I awake from my deep sleep.

Now, I read 93 and not a cloud in the sky...It's gonna get sticky icky icky...

Next, regarding the mail comments.  I hate junk mail as well.  But mail regulation will never occur.  Having some vested family interest in the US Postal Service, when mail volume goes down, people lose money.  And believe it or not, mail volume has gone down in the past years.  While there is more junk mail, there are less bills and what not because everyone is doing everything online now.  And since the Post Office is a government organization, they want to keep those jobs.  If they Regulate mail, and make lower volumes, they will make employee cuts, then when Christmas time rolls around, there will be no one to deliver your Tonka Truck.

[icgrad87]

pretty much any mail that isn't from UPS/Fedex Gro does not want... because it is either junk mail or a bill.

But the junk mail is rediculas. I don't need any more insurance on my house, car, junk, than I already have... I don't need a car loan from Bill Heard Chervolet. I don't even want that blue packet of coupons.

Agree with you on that one Gro...at one point Grad was receiving 3-5 solicitations from Capital One each week.  And each one they would either put in a different package or envelope to disguise it.  It took 3+ phone calls over a 5 month period to get them to stop..as each time they would ask if I wanted it(NO I ALREADY HAVE A CREDIT CARD AND THATS ALL I NEED, I would say) or they would say then never had a record of the last time I called to get them to stop and they would say it takes 4-6 weeks to process(YEAH RIGHT!).

It truely is unbelievable what these people do.  When Mrs Grad & I purchased our house when set it up with an unlisted phone # as where we had previously lived were solicited no less then 5 times a night by phone.  Now it is very few and far between but still just as annoying when it happens, but the worst is the junk mail..I would really like to know who sold my name(bet it was that damn mortgage company)!!!  Thank god for the shredder!!

[Jonny Utah]

Gro, for what ever reason, my car payments/loans are through Chase Auto Finance who charges $20 for any online transaction.  I just dont get it.

Also, I live in Massachusetts and I see about 100 ads a week for Geico Auto insurance on the TV and Radio and Geico Inusrance is illegal in Massachusetts.  I believe Allstate and some others are illegal as well yet I continue to hear these ads on radio and TV.  And TV has local commercials all the time so I dont get the national market issue.

Guess I should have paid more attention in my advertising class in college.

[Regulator]

I don't want to get into politics here but I will say this....
I am sometimes afforded the opportunity to work with the gov't and while some people are very good at what they do, others do not even hold a candle to the people in the real world.
For instance....I talked with a kat yesterday at a gov't instution who was in purchasing / shipping and receiving.  He wanted to know if a package had arrived.....which it had 2 months ago.
I provided the tracking information and told him it was sent via Fed-Ex.  him "Fed-ex?"....yes, FedEx.
How do you spell that.... Me:
Him: whats the number?
Me: do you have internet?.....go to fedex.com and it will give you everything you need to know, it was signed off by _._____.
Him: ??

Dood, this is your job!!!!!  Reg often thinks that he can get more done Monday morning then some people do all week.  In fact, if you took all of the people in an office like the like the example above and called in "The Bob's" (think office space), they could often consolidate it into 1 maybe 2 jobs.

Wouldn't it be by chance that these are the same people running around everywhere yelling "Get R Done!!!'

With that being said, I want my tonka truck for Xmas.....but give the mail guys a shorter work week or let them work on Sunday's.  I just dont want junk MIAL!!!!

[Jonny Utah]

Do you guys get that package of worthless coupons in that light blue envelope for junk mail or is that just a Boston thing.

[Regulator]

EDIT:  Junk Mail
I Reg forgot, if it weren't for the junk mail spelling out your name SSN, phone number and address, it wouldn't be so easy for identity theifs stealing your credit and identity....thus elimnating more jobs from the gov't in the "theft provention" arena.

['gro]

The power company charges me $3 to pay online... WTF?  Why should I have to pay for your computer upgrades?

"The Bob's" are making their rounds in my company. Errybody's scared. I'm not, I was looking for a job when I found this one.

LD, ultimate fighter has already been added to the recored series list.

I can not comment on gov't jobs considering that PapaGro worked for the state of NY for 30+ years.... but they sure do have it good.

[Jonny Utah]

I like when they put "DO NOT BEND" on the junk mail to make it look that much more important.

Or when you get the plastic card in in a junk mail credit card envelope with your name on it to make you feel special.  Kind of like when your an Indiana basketball recruit and you go in and your name is on a jersey hanging from the rafters....

[icgrad87]

Do you guys get that package of worthless coupons in that light blue envelope for junk mail or is that just a Boston thing.

Yes get at least 2 of them a month...right into the bag with the other paper recycling..

[Jonny Utah]

The power company charges me $3 to pay online... WTF?  Why should I have to pay for your computer upgrades?

"The Bob's" are making their rounds in my company. Errybody's scared. I'm not, I was looking for a job when I found this one.

LD, ultimate fighter has already been added to the recored series list.

I can not comment on gov't jobs considering that PapaGro worked for the state of NY for 30+ years.... but they sure do have it good.

Bob: "So Mr. Gro, what exactly is it you do here?"

Gro: "Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door--that way Lumberg can't see me, heh--after that I sorta space out for an hour."

Bob: "Da-uh? Space out?

Gro: "Yeah, I just stare at my desk, but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too, I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.  (Besides LLPP of course)"

[Kilted Rat]

I like when they put "DO NOT BEND" on the junk mail to make it look that much more important.

Or when you get the plastic card in in a junk mail credit card envelope with your name on it to make you feel special.  Kind of like when your an Indiana basketball recruit and you go in and your name is on a jersey hanging from the rafters....

If you're really bored, you can do what KR does with credit card offers:
1.  Open the envelope (especially if it says "Time Sensitive Material" or some crap like that).
2.  Find the return envelope and set it aside.
3.  Shred all other contents along with the originial outside envelope.
4.  Stuff shredded contents along with any used pieces of chewing gum and other trash you have laying around.
5.  Seal return envelope and drop in mail.

Why it works:
By pre-addressing the return envelope and putting tehir little stamp up top, the credit card company has agreed to pay for return postage of that envelope regardless of contents. Thick envelopes are heavier and cost more, plus they take up more space in their mailbox.
It also makes KR feel better.


Bonus question:
Anyone know why so many credit card apps come from Salt Lake City? Damn Mormons, leave me alone!

Bonus bonus question:
Does anyone else get the credit card offers from your alma mater? SJU must have contracts with 5 different credit card companies to offer a SJU creditc card.

[PBR...]

KR.... I am with you on the school cards...wtf...i get solicited non stop in the mail from credit cards to license plates to bricks to having my old professors names put on toilet paper (which of course i buy in bulk)

[JT]

Do you guys get that package of worthless coupons in that light blue envelope for junk mail or is that just a Boston thing.

Yes get at least 2 of them a month...right into the bag with the other paper recycling..

JT might use the lube, local pizza, and the supercuts coupon and toss the rest.