posted on May 22, 2001 03:43:48 AM
Nettak - about these postcards we're sending the girls... do you know if they are having one scrapbook between the three or are they all doing their own each? I've got three GC postcards in case...
posted on May 22, 2001 03:48:54 AM
Sorry I didn't mean to run out, but my server is being a pain in the butt!!
I think they are doing it both together and apart, in other words they are mapping together, but each would like cards. I am sending them seperate cards.
posted on May 22, 2001 03:56:00 AM
The splitter arrives on Monday, I had to go and transfer the money to pay for it today. So at least it is all paid for, now we will just have to wait till Monday to get it.
My tax was finalised today as well and I am getting a refund, well both of us are getting refunds. Not a lot but better than it usually is. We normally have to pay extra every year. Hmmmmm I wonder if Greg will notice if I spend it. LOL
posted on May 22, 2001 03:59:40 AM
I can't resist! A friend sent this one to me and I just have to share
A little old lady went into the Bank of Canada one day,carrying a bag of money. She insisted that she must speak with the president of the bank to open a savings account because, "It's a lot of money!" After much hemming and hawing, the bank staff finally ushered her into the
president's office (the customer is always right!).
The bank president then asked her how much she would like to deposit. She replied, $165,000!" and dumped the cash out of her bag onto his desk. The president was of course curious as to how she came by all this cash, so he asked her, "Ma'am, I'm surprised you're carrying so much cash around. Where did you get this money?" The old lady replied, "I make bets."
The president then asked, "Bets? What kind of bets?" The old woman said, "Well, for example, I'll bet you $25,000 that your balls are square." "Ha!" laughed the president, "That's a stupid bet. You can never win that kind of bet!" The old lady challenged, "So, would you like to take
my bet?" "Sure," said the president, "I'll bet $25,000 that my balls are not square!"
The little old lady then said, "Okay, but since there is a lot of money involved, may I bring my lawyer with me tomorrow at 10:00 am as a witness?" "Sure!" replied the confident president.
That night, the president got very nervous about the bet and spent a long time in front of a mirror checking his balls, turning from side to side, again and again. He thoroughly checked them out until he was sure that there was absolutely no way his balls were square and that he would win the bet.
The next morning, at precisely 10:00 am, the little old lady appeared with her lawyer at the president's office. She introduced the
lawyer to the president and repeated the bet: "$25,000 says the president's balls are square!"
The president agreed with the bet again and the old lady asked him to drop his pants so they could all see. The president complied. The little old lady peered closely at his balls and then asked if she could feel them.
"Well, Okay," said the president, "$25,000 is a lot of money, so I guess you should be absolutely sure." Just then, he noticed that the lawyer was quietly banging his head against the wall.The president asked the old lady, "What the hell's the matter with your lawyer?"
She replied, "Nothing, except I bet him $100,000 that at 10:00 am today, I'd have The Bank of Canada's president's balls in my hand."
posted on May 22, 2001 04:15:12 AM
I am going to have to love you and leave you, I have some work that I must get finished. I will try and pop back in about half and hour or so, and if you are still about I will see you then.
Bob if you are lurking out there anywhere, I just wanted to let you know, we will be thinking of you and your family tomorrow. Take care.
posted on May 22, 2001 04:51:49 AM
Sorry Mouse - I thought you'd gone for the night! I just popped back to see if anyone else dropped in and here you are
posted on May 22, 2001 05:03:52 AM
Nah, I wasn't leaving for the night. I just had to go package up some items, I got a pile of payments today. I also worked on some new stuff while I was out there anyway.
Speaking of auctions, have you ever looked at Auction Trakker? It's software to manage your sales. I've been using it for a few days now and though I haven't quite got it tweaked to where I want it, I like it. I should have enough payments in before the free trial expires, LOL. It was driving me nuts not having anything to keep track of my sales. I used to use a combo of AW and a spreadsheet. But I can't afford AW and I hated my spreadsheet.
posted on May 22, 2001 05:12:58 AM
No - haven't checked out that one. I don't have the volume of sales to really worry about that sort of thing. I just cut and paste
Today was a very lazy day! The weather was pretty awful (cold and overcast) so it was the perfect day to curl up in front of the tv with my quilt. I watched an old Steven Spielberg movie 'Duel' on tv which I hadn't seen before. It was quite good!
posted on May 22, 2001 05:19:21 AM
For my emails and such I always did cut and paste. Where I was getting hung up was who's paid, who hasn't, etc. I started printing out the first page of the auction and making notes on it. But I was getting overwhelmed by paper real fast! Not to mention having to shuffle though them.
The version of the program I got doesn't have the auction templates, it's just for the post sale stuff. I figured I can handle making up my own templates, I'm quite proud of them! You should see my latest ones, I have added a new feature...
posted on May 22, 2001 05:25:27 AM
Oh I just love cold, rainy days and curling up with a blanket (and hopefully my sweetie) and watching movies. Too bad I won't have that chance for at least 5 months. I don't think I've ever heard of that movie. Who's in it?
posted on May 22, 2001 05:28:47 AM
I just went and had a look... well done!
I assume by the extra feature you mean the list of your other auctions in the listing itself? That's a neat idea! You'll have to let us know if it increases bidding activity
posted on May 22, 2001 05:33:00 AM
I didn't recognise any of the names in the credits - no big names anyway. It's about this guy on a roadtrip who's being hunted down by this guy in a truck. I was getting pretty tense towards the end!
posted on May 22, 2001 05:42:50 AM
Yep, that's the new thing. I ran across it in another listing I was looking at one day and wondered how they did that! Then yesterday I found the answer. Pretty nifty huh?
I'll have to try to remember to write the name of that movie down.
posted on May 22, 2001 05:49:23 AM
It's a fairly old movie so you may have seen it some time ago and forgotten about it. Have a look here and see if it refreshes your memory:
posted on May 22, 2001 06:07:10 AM
I'd say it's old, I was all one one year old when it came out! LOL Well dear, I hate to say it but I'm starting to nod off over here. I think it's time to say goodnight. See you tomorrow!
posted on May 22, 2001 06:58:14 AMPharlap You are a naughty girl...LOL loved the joke just like all of you knew I would...Duel--the movie two things, I remember the movie and knew that Dennis Weaver was the driver of the car and that was a question on "The Weakest Link" last night. I watched it because they had comics on as contestants and I knew they would give Anne a hard time...it was funny. Especially the reasons they gave for voting someone off. For example: one gal says,"Well, I don't know if you noticed but there was a lot of sexual tension between us"..or "well, I think he's tired and needs to eat. Just silly, not embarassing.
posted on May 22, 2001 07:04:35 AM
I had to bring this over to WSUTL...Muriel posted it to a thread yesterday, but I wanted to be sure you all got to see it...I think some of these are hysterical...These are actual label instructions on consumer goods.
On a Sear's hairdryer:
"Do not use while sleeping."
(Gee that's the only time I have to work on my hair.)
On a bag of Fritos:
"You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside."
(The shoplifter special)
On a bar of Dial soap:
"Directions: Use like regular soap."
(And that would be how ...?)
On some Swanson frozen dinners:
"Serving suggestion: Defrost."
(But its "just" a suggestion)
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom): "Do not turn upside down."
(Too late!)
On Mark Spencer Bread Pudding:
"Product will be hot after heating."
(As night follows day . . .)
On packaging for a Rowenta iron:
"Do not iron clothes on body."
(But wouldn't this save me more time?)
On Boot's Children Cough Medicine:
"Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication."
[b](We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we
could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)[/b]
On Nytol Sleep Aid:
"Warning: May cause drowsiness."
(One Would hope.)
On most brands of Christmas lights:
"For indoor or outdoor use only."
(As opposed to what?)
On a Japanese food processor:
"Not to be used for the other use."
(I gotta admit, I'm curious.)
On Sainsbury's peanuts:
"Warning: contains nuts."
(Talk about a news flash.)
On an American Airlines packet of nuts:
"Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts."
(Step 3: Fly Delta.)
On a child's superman costume:
"Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly."
(I don't blame the company. I blame parents for this one.)
On a Swedish chainsaw:
"Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals."
(Was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)
posted on May 23, 2001 03:20:31 AM
Hi Pharlap! Oh well, you know the usual. I had some auctions end tonight, caught up on some paperwork, putzed around...LOL What are you up to?
posted on May 23, 2001 03:25:01 AM
Not a lot. I'll be on a mission tomorrow to buy a juicer. I know I'm not getting enough veges/vitamins so I figure I'll try making my own vege juices (yuk!!! I'll have to hold my nose when drinking). I've heard that it's better for you in its raw state anyway...
posted on May 23, 2001 03:32:07 AM
You know, my mom bought a juicer months ago and I don't think she's ever used it! And yes, raw is much better as far as vitamins go. When you cook them, it kills the good stuff too. One thing I learned from nutrition class. Cooking doesn't kill all of it, depending on how you cook it. Steamed is best, canned is worst. And you know what? I've found I like steamed better than say boiling anyway, who woulda thunk it? LOL
Hippy wannabe 
~^~
I am sending them seperate cards. 
