THIS IS AMAZING

[CrystaLv]

> ALZHEIMERS' EYE TEST
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> Count every " F" in the following text:
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> FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
> SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
> FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
> THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
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> (SEE BELOW)
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> HOW MANY ?
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> DID YOU GUESS 3?
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> WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.
> READ IT AGAIN !
> Really, go Back and Try to find the 6 F's before you scroll down.
> The reasoning is further down.
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> The brain cannot process "OF".
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> Incredible or what? Go back and look again!!
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> Anyone who counts all 6 "F's" on the first go is a
> genius. & nbsp;
> Three is normal, four is quite rare.
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[columb]

Agreed, addy, it should have been, it seldom crashes.

Above and beyond 'libraries' can I recomment a trip to Hay on Wye. Anyone who likes this forum would find it a place of wonders. If you don't know about it then consider, this is a small, and I do mean small, town on the Welsh/English border. Now try counting the number of bookshops mentioned on the web site.

Ceci n'est pas une signature
Columb Healy

 

[eyeswideclosed]

Your dog having one of those mental 5 minutes and turning your treeware into 27895 pieces of smaller treeware"

Ah but don't forget, when the aliens come with their giant magnet to destroy our civilization treeware will survive!

 

[Turkbear]

Hi eyeswideclosed,

Your

In the words of The Great One:
You're tearing me apart!
Stellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Actually refers to 2 great ones:
James Dean in 'Rebel without a Cause' for "You're tearing me apart" and
Marlon Brando in 'Streetcar Named Desire' for "Stelllaaaaa"





To Paraphrase:"The Help you get is proportional to the Help you give.."

 

[SF0751]

The Great One" = Wayne Gretzy. Of course, Wayne might have said "You're tearing me apart!" or screamed "Stelllllaaaaaa!". I don't know.

who was sending you those? Was there non-Internet SPAM?

Yes - they were called "chain letters" and you were supposed to send them on to 5 of your dearest friends. Sometimes, they were found in your in-box at work when someone had some free time at the mimeograph machine.

Susan
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work."
- Thomas A. Edison

 

[tsdragon]

There still IS non-internet spam! My (physical) mailbox contains several pieces a day, minimum. Much of it the same stuff too: loan advertisements, credit card applications, sales I don't care about, coupons for products I don't use, etc.). Unfortunately, it's much harder to change your physical mail address to avoid the stuff than it is to change your email address. (An at least email spam doesn't waste trees and end up in landfills).

Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[Stella740pl]

Unfortunately, it's much harder to change your physical mail address to avoid the stuff than it is to change your email address.

Yes. We recently started to get e-mail notifications about merchandize shipped to a person living at our previous address from a company we used to order once. I bet the older lady that lives there now doesn't have an e-mail address. She probably used one of the paper catalogues they sent to that address to order, and they had our e-mail address on file for that address. Or something to that effect. I am not even sure how to proceed about this.

 

[eyeswideclosed]

Turk, you're just too sharp, that's why you're the top mvp...give us mortals a break!

 

[donbott]

Stella

Its obvious you need to move back to your old house. My experience with this type of situation tells me nothing else can solve a problem of this magnatude

DonBott

 

[Stella740pl]

Yes, I thought it would be the case. :-D

But no, first, it's too small for us, and second, someone will move into the current one - and everything will start over. What will we do then?

 

[CrystaLv]

Stella,
it is easy to resolve this issue. Call the company and explain cituation. Tell them as you just wrote it that you moved etc. They will be able to help you, I am sure. This is what Customer Service for. Let us know how it ended. I do call every time when I am not sure how to proceed. But I am very good on a phone. I can resolve anything. Let me know if you need help. Good luck.

 

[flapeyre]

I've been getting telephone messages from an automated bill collector who is trying to collect $14 from a (now deceased) lady that used to live where we are staying now (while our house is being fixed up, post-Katrina). My only guess is they couldn't find her in the phone book anymore and did a reverse look-up on her old address, and got my phone number. The sad irony is that she died in their hospital. You'd think they would see that they are not collecting money from a dead person (the message, by the way, is asking for that person, not myself or my wife, nor any of her relatives even).

Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea posui!

 

[CrystaLv]

flapeyre,
it is easy to resolve this issue. Call the company and explain cituation. Tell them as you just wrote it that she died. They will be able to help you, I am sure. This is what Customer Service for. Let us know how it ended. I do call every time when I am not sure how to proceed. But I am very good on a phone. I can resolve anything. Let me know if you need help. Good luck.

 

[flapeyre]

Our friends, who own the place, have asked us to ignore the calls. So we are respecting their wishes.

Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea posui!

 

[ttmac]

flapeyre,

Apologies to all for posting an email message that is doing the rounds here in Ireland at the moment, but it is topical : -

A lady died this past January, and The Bank billed her for February and March for their annual service Charges on her credit card, and then added late fees and interest on the monthly charge.
The balance had been $0.00, and is now somewhere around $660.00.
A family member placed a call to The Bank:
Family Member: "I am calling to tell you that she died in January."
The Bank: "The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply."
Family Member: "Maybe, you should turn it over to collections."
The Bank: "Since it is two months past due, it already has been."
Family Member: So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?"
The Bank: "Either report her account to the frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!"
Family Member: "Do you think God will be mad at her?"
The Bank: "Excuse me?"
Family Member: "Did you just get what I was telling you . . .the part about her being dead?"
The Bank: "Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor."
Supervisor gets on the phone:
Family Member: "I'm calling to tell you, she died in January."
The Bank: "The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply."
Family Member: "You mean you want to collect from her estate?"
The Bank: (Stammer) "Are you her lawyer?"
Family Member: "No, I'm her great nephew." (Lawyer info given)
The Bank: "Could you fax us a certificate of death?"
Family Member: "Sure." (fax number is given)
After they get the fax:
The Bank: "Our system just isn't setup for death. I don't know what more I can do to help."
Family Member: "Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing her. I don't think she will care."
The Bank: "Well, the late fees and charges do still apply."
Family Member: "Would you like her new billing address?"
The Bank: "That might help."
Family Member: "Odessa Memorial Cemetery, 1249 Sydney Rd, Plot Number 69."
The Bank: "Sir, that's a cemetery!"
Family Member: "What do you do with dead people on your planet?"

 

[Scott24x7]

Wow... has this thread gone off topic...

Best Regards,
Scott

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, and no simpler."

 

[CrystaLv]

Have you ever wondered 'how did we get to THIS subject' after few hours of conversation with people? Internet is for people and by people ))

 

[gbaughma]

ttmac:

OMG... I think that's about the funniest thing I've read in a while... I'm going to send it to my mrs.... (who works at a bank.... <LOL>



Just my 2¢

"In order to start solving a problem, one must first identify its owner." --Me
--Greg