No wonder people are talking about CRUMPETS.... I wondered what was up with that...
but it appears that the French salmon canapes were on CRUMPETS. HA
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but it appears that the French salmon canapes were on CRUMPETS. HA
We could put these right outside the front door to the Cabin.
With a sign- "Let us know 'WHO' you are!"
Every SINGLE SOLITARY time that I get a bit confident regarding my ability to be the FUNNIEST...
YOU retreat ( and NO that does not mean you get ANOTHER snack ).... and GO QUIET.
I now understand that this is a similar concept to when ANYONE is in the other room and they go QUIET
IT usually means they are UP to something.
As for the porch guests... I like the idea .... actually... I really like the idea because we can also place a SANITARY station right in front of the owl statue so that NO germs come in the CABIN.
Brilliant idea Mr. Moose... you sure do GOTS your thinking cap on.
What is the saying? 'Leave them wanting more'? HA!
I often say, "For me, brilliance is like lightning, it strikes out of nowhere, sometimes scares you, and leaves you wondering 'What the heck was THAT???'"
Hello Matiro;
This is what I think of the criminal law in California. Crime was down during the 1970s and the last time I remember about 11 years ago.
I served at a men's (and some women's) recovery program for 20 years, not just those with dependency addictions, but those incarcerated, dysfunctional families and homelessness.
I'm not a social worker or licensed therapist but an ordained minister who met with men from Pelican Bay, Folsom and San Quentin State Prisons who entered the program. With the right leadership in recovery counseling, job training and growth in their faith led these men (and women) to reconcile with their families, become gainfully employed, worship and serve in their Christian community or Church.
Not all men and women were rehabilitated and backslid. But the ones who did succeed contributed to society thus lowering the crime rate.
Growing up in San Diego, the SF Bay Area and Los Angeles (in between,) the last 5 years our criminal law system has been run into the ground, mostly by poor leadership in our major cities and the state governorship.
For example, what was once a felony became a misdemeanor if the the bad guy only steals around $950.00. This is why smash and grabs in retail stores were encouraged by the bad guys.
Major cities reduced the police funding to defunding which led to increased crime. Law firms know how to play the system of overcrowded jails leading criminals to being released on very little or no bail.
There's more to share but I feel I made my point and don't have all the answers.
The State's cities has a high turnover of mayors and currently suffer from very poor leadership. Until this gets turned around which I believe fervent prayer and God's intervening and raising good future leaders will turn California back into a productive state of law abiding citizens.
God bless you, Matiro.
Bob
Thank you Bob.
If someone stole only $949.95, he doesn't have to go to jail, right?
Did this change in criminal law lead to much rise in theft crime?
Hello Matiro;
Yes, theft crimes at $950.00 and under means no jail time and this was encouraged by the bad guys to continue smash and grab and other petty crimes which led to much rise in theft crime, especially in the Bay Area.
Bob
This combined with the mishandling of the forest and water supply, directly making a yearly annoyance of wild fires into a catastrophe of communities burning to the ground, should make the voters there vote for something completely different. Talk about people learning the hard way......
To Mr. Moose.... This is how much CANADA loves YOU.
Apparently... I enjoy double posting... Good grief... this ended up in the original cartoon thread... so I am adding it here... because..... well..... I'm poking at the beer ( I will keep that typo because it's hilarious ).... bear ooops... moose.
I am FUNNIER than YOU.... BOO HOO.... too TRUE... nothing NEW. HAHAHAHAHAAH
I am FUNNIER than YOU.... BOO HOO.... too TRUE... nothing NEW. HAHAHAHAHAAH
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HAHAHAHAHAHA..... OH my goodness.... I assumed that Mr. Moose made that comment.... but
et TU brute.... it was Dave F. That makes it even funnier..... HAHAHAHAHAHA.
So 5 minutes in the forums... and I have mis-located a post.... made a pre-mature confession that my competitor is sometimes funnier than moi ( that's DAVE's FAULT ).... and I called a bear a beer.
I am off for an adventure with my niece shortly...
Dave F. ... That was truly VERY FUNNY.... and quick I might add... You must have eaten your Weetabix this morning.
et TU brute.... it was Dave F. That makes it even funnier..... HAHAHAHAHAHA.
So 5 minutes in the forums... and I have mis-located a post.... made a pre-mature confession that my competitor is sometimes funnier than moi ( that's DAVE's FAULT ).... and I called a bear a beer.
I am off for an adventure with my niece shortly...
Dave F. ... That was truly VERY FUNNY.... and quick I might add... You must have eaten your Weetabix this morning.
That is a funny name for a niece.
I will make sure not to put on my tiger suit today! Could lose a toe!
Good morning my precious forum family...
Well... we are apparently about to get WALLOPED with a HUGE amount of snow fall. A severe snow storm is coming in... and so.... I went out this morning in the VERY cold weather as my normal Thursday shopping trip with Margaret has been cancelled.
It's going to be a quiet puzzle day.... NOT much to report... Perhaps MR. MOOSE can give us his REPORT!!!! Big Moose... OR... perhaps you want to explain why you would change your name to HELGA??? I'm pretty sure this must have been the day that you sent your antlers in for cleaning!!!
Well... we are apparently about to get WALLOPED with a HUGE amount of snow fall. A severe snow storm is coming in... and so.... I went out this morning in the VERY cold weather as my normal Thursday shopping trip with Margaret has been cancelled.
It's going to be a quiet puzzle day.... NOT much to report... Perhaps MR. MOOSE can give us his REPORT!!!! Big Moose... OR... perhaps you want to explain why you would change your name to HELGA??? I'm pretty sure this must have been the day that you sent your antlers in for cleaning!!!
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Oh my gosh! Don't you recognize Aunt Helga, Uncle Hank's wife???? They did a famous tap-dance and comedy routine called "Hank and Helga Hoofin' It" back in the '70s on that remote TV network- Canadian Russian Alliance Near Kamloops Station, aka CRANKS. You've been to Kamloops, haven't you In Awe of Him ??
Big Moose... YOU need to be silenced!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my goodness and good grief... .YOU score extra points for that one... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA and still HAHAHAHAHA. Of course... you had to use UNCLE HANK..... Oh my goodness Mr. Moose.... WE sooooo share the same brain. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SCARY. HA
Oh my goodness and good grief... .YOU score extra points for that one... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA and still HAHAHAHAHA. Of course... you had to use UNCLE HANK..... Oh my goodness Mr. Moose.... WE sooooo share the same brain. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SCARY. HA
So.... This should be entertaining.... This is how my day has been...
At 2:22 am... I wrote a letter of complaint via email to Reeboks... due to a faulty running shoe that I had no idea was faulty until I turned it over to make sure the sole was clean for the treadmill that I now have in my apartment.
To my horror... I discovered that the rubber part of my left shoe was cracked... and I mean cracked.
How I did not see this before is beyond me but my running shoes have been resting on the shoe shelf since October.... so... in my defence... WHO on earth turns their running shoes upside down to look at the tread??? @Mr. Moose... Don't you DARE!!!!!! HA.
ENTER evidence... which we will call Exhibit A.
This was my opening line. Pay attention to the highlighted part.
My daughter ordered me a pair of light pink Brooks Levitate runners. These running shoes were purchased some time last year.... I used them for part of the summer 2024.... less than 3 months of wear and tear of normal walking.
One hour later... I received my first email back... WOW.... GOOD customer service if they have people working around the clock right???
So.... it began.... I sent pictures.... of the damaged shoe.... the box it came in... I explained that my daughter ordered the shoes on-line and so could not provide a receipt... which I ended up submitting thanks to my sweet daughter who seems able to just make things appear.... All bases covered......
Hello... please send us a picture of BOTH shoes. Ok then.....
Enter Exhibit 2
Please send us a picture of the FULL pair of shoes.
Enter Exhibit 3...
The site won't let me post the picture I took of my two shoes on my kitchen table... side by side...says the file is too big.
156 emails later.... ( perhaps a slight exaggeration ).
Please send us a picture of the tag under the tongue of your shoe......
My response to that was.... the tongue of my shoe does NOT have a tag... it is a slip on.
Finally my daughter pipes in... with the receipt... and I'm thinking GOOD.... we're done here... HERE is the receipt.... thank you ... and have a lovely day.... ( while seriously grumbling ).
Their final reply to me was:
Thank you for sharing the pictures.
Please be aware that your shoe brand is Brooks, not Reebok. Reebok does not offer support or warranty claims for shoes that do not belong to their brand. For assistance with your defective shoe, please contact the SportChek support team or the Brooks shoe support team.
To which I replied..... DEEP SIGH!
I take you back to the VERY FIRST sentence in my first email
My daughter ordered me a pair of light pink Brooks Levitate runners
Reeboks... Brooks... they all look alike to me. HAHAHAHA.
The story does have a happy ending however....
BECAUSE I invested/WASTED so much of my precious time... I decided to go upstairs to my landlords to use the phone and call the BROOKS toll free line. I knew I was calling USA... but figured they could at least let me know if there was the slimmest of chances for a replacement.
By this point... my ego had already been totally deflated and defeated... the nastiness that I experienced while emailing was ALL GONE. I was humbled and ready to DO BUSINESS with a new and improved attitude... HAHAHAHA.
I got hooked up with the SWEETEST young gal... who laughed at my Reebok story and offered to absolutely 100% send me some new shoes. She tried to transfer me to the Canadian number but she couldn't ... so... she decided that SHE would personally take my order and send me some new shoes.She asked me some questions about what colours I liked etc... and I told her the only stipulation I had was the size... and that it be a WALKING SHOE.
This is perhaps my LONGEST post on record... Please consider that my email conversation with the WRONG company spanned over 11 hours.
GOOD GRIEF does not quite cover it!
At 2:22 am... I wrote a letter of complaint via email to Reeboks... due to a faulty running shoe that I had no idea was faulty until I turned it over to make sure the sole was clean for the treadmill that I now have in my apartment.
To my horror... I discovered that the rubber part of my left shoe was cracked... and I mean cracked.
How I did not see this before is beyond me but my running shoes have been resting on the shoe shelf since October.... so... in my defence... WHO on earth turns their running shoes upside down to look at the tread??? @Mr. Moose... Don't you DARE!!!!!! HA.
ENTER evidence... which we will call Exhibit A.
This was my opening line. Pay attention to the highlighted part.
My daughter ordered me a pair of light pink Brooks Levitate runners. These running shoes were purchased some time last year.... I used them for part of the summer 2024.... less than 3 months of wear and tear of normal walking.
One hour later... I received my first email back... WOW.... GOOD customer service if they have people working around the clock right???
So.... it began.... I sent pictures.... of the damaged shoe.... the box it came in... I explained that my daughter ordered the shoes on-line and so could not provide a receipt... which I ended up submitting thanks to my sweet daughter who seems able to just make things appear.... All bases covered......
Hello... please send us a picture of BOTH shoes. Ok then.....
Enter Exhibit 2
Please send us a picture of the FULL pair of shoes.
Enter Exhibit 3...
The site won't let me post the picture I took of my two shoes on my kitchen table... side by side...says the file is too big.
156 emails later.... ( perhaps a slight exaggeration ).
Please send us a picture of the tag under the tongue of your shoe......
My response to that was.... the tongue of my shoe does NOT have a tag... it is a slip on.
Finally my daughter pipes in... with the receipt... and I'm thinking GOOD.... we're done here... HERE is the receipt.... thank you ... and have a lovely day.... ( while seriously grumbling ).
Their final reply to me was:
Thank you for sharing the pictures.
Please be aware that your shoe brand is Brooks, not Reebok. Reebok does not offer support or warranty claims for shoes that do not belong to their brand. For assistance with your defective shoe, please contact the SportChek support team or the Brooks shoe support team.
To which I replied..... DEEP SIGH!
I take you back to the VERY FIRST sentence in my first email
My daughter ordered me a pair of light pink Brooks Levitate runners
Reeboks... Brooks... they all look alike to me. HAHAHAHA.
The story does have a happy ending however....
BECAUSE I invested/WASTED so much of my precious time... I decided to go upstairs to my landlords to use the phone and call the BROOKS toll free line. I knew I was calling USA... but figured they could at least let me know if there was the slimmest of chances for a replacement.
By this point... my ego had already been totally deflated and defeated... the nastiness that I experienced while emailing was ALL GONE. I was humbled and ready to DO BUSINESS with a new and improved attitude... HAHAHAHA.
I got hooked up with the SWEETEST young gal... who laughed at my Reebok story and offered to absolutely 100% send me some new shoes. She tried to transfer me to the Canadian number but she couldn't ... so... she decided that SHE would personally take my order and send me some new shoes.She asked me some questions about what colours I liked etc... and I told her the only stipulation I had was the size... and that it be a WALKING SHOE.
This is perhaps my LONGEST post on record... Please consider that my email conversation with the WRONG company spanned over 11 hours.
GOOD GRIEF does not quite cover it!
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