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jcyclonee said:
I actually embrace the purse holding duties.
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Sometimes I'll just throw random stuff in there (stamps, postcard from Florida, bloody glove) and see how long it takes her to find it. If we ever accidentally stumble onto the set of Let's Make a Deal, we're golden.

And if you ever get tired of holding the purse, just put some expensive lingerie in there when she's not looking and make sure you're nowhere near her when she sets off the security alarm.

Before you know it, she'll learn to never trust you with that responsibility again.
 
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Casey's in Beloit got busted selling lottery tickets to minors, so now they have to scan everyone's id's for lottery, alcohol and tobacco. Clerk who sold to minors has to pay the fine too, not the store.
 
Had a MeanDean moment yesterday. Saw much hated tree rat and wanted to sting him with the BB gun. When grand-ruffians where here I "put it away". It had been leaning next to the door.

Looked in closet. Looked in computer room. Looked in laundry room. Looked in gun safe. Looked next to gun safe. Looked by golf clubs. Looked again the next day in all of the same places. It was in the gun safe...just too dark down in the cubby-hole mudroom to see it.
 
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coolerifyoudid said:
I'm thoroughly convinced the only people that buy Cadillac Escalades are white women between the ages of 30 and 45 that have absolutely no idea how to park them.
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Makes me want to ride into St. Paul, grab a coffee and sit back and watch people in giant SUV's and crewcabs try to maneuver and park in the KTCA ramp.
 
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stormchaser2014 said:
Casey's in Beloit got busted selling lottery tickets to minors, so now they have to scan everyone's id's for lottery, alcohol and tobacco. Clerk who sold to minors has to pay the fine too, not the store.
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Must be different from selling alcohol to a minor or just different from Iowa. Here both the store and clerk get a fine.
 
cyrocksmypants said:
Can't afford it?
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After repeatedly telling them to call me in September because that's when bonuses come in. I tried that, then they talked me down asking for only $5. (This was last November). I proceed to get a call about every 3 weeks. I tell them the same thing "Call in September".

Then they just called me yesterday and I finally got super fed up with it. I told them if they couldn't follow basic instructions on the month to call me, why would I trust them with any amount of money? And hung up. Hopefully that did the trick.

cowgirl836 said:
blocking the phone number worked well for me
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I believe they got a new phone system recently because lately the first 6 digits are the same every time but the last 4 have been different. Like 515-294-XXXX. So I'll just have to block 9999 numbers.
 
Stuck in head and it's bad. Not sure where I heard it recently but it's freaking driving me crazy. I had to look it up as I didn't even know the name of the group. Why does this happen!!!!

You say I'm a dreamer, we're two of a kind
Both of us searching for some perfect world we know we'll never find
So perhaps I should leave here, yeah yeah go far away
 
ISUCyclones2015 said:
After repeatedly telling them to call me in September because that's when bonuses come in. I tried that, then they talked me down asking for only $5. (This was last November). I proceed to get a call about every 3 weeks. I tell them the same thing "Call in September".

Then they just called me yesterday and I finally got super fed up with it. I told them if they couldn't follow basic instructions on the month to call me, why would I trust them with any amount of money? And hung up. Hopefully that did the trick.



I believe they got a new phone system recently because lately the first 6 digits are the same every time but the last 4 have been different. Like 515-294-XXXX. So I'll just have to block 9999 numbers.
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They were calling both my wife and I nightly for awhile. Then they called her the first half of the ISU vs Iowa Men's BBall game last year. I grabbed it and before the poor kid could say a word I just said "I won't consider making a donation until we get a good lead" and hung. They didn't call back for a while.
 
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ISUCyclones2015 said:
After repeatedly telling them to call me in September because that's when bonuses come in. I tried that, then they talked me down asking for only $5. (This was last November). I proceed to get a call about every 3 weeks. I tell them the same thing "Call in September".

Then they just called me yesterday and I finally got super fed up with it. I told them if they couldn't follow basic instructions on the month to call me, why would I trust them with any amount of money? And hung up. Hopefully that did the trick.

I believe they got a new phone system recently because lately the first 6 digits are the same every time but the last 4 have been different. Like 515-294-XXXX. So I'll just have to block 9999 numbers.
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You can be pretty curmudgeonly for such a young man. :rolleyes:
 
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ISUCyclones2015 said:
After repeatedly telling them to call me in September because that's when bonuses come in. I tried that, then they talked me down asking for only $5. (This was last November). I proceed to get a call about every 3 weeks. I tell them the same thing "Call in September".

Then they just called me yesterday and I finally got super fed up with it. I told them if they couldn't follow basic instructions on the month to call me, why would I trust them with any amount of money? And hung up. Hopefully that did the trick.



I believe they got a new phone system recently because lately the first 6 digits are the same every time but the last 4 have been different. Like 515-294-XXXX. So I'll just have to block 9999 numbers.
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interesting, all came in as the same 515 number for me.
 
coolerifyoudid said:
Was there heavy breathing involved? Cuz I think I have an idea who was calling you, and it wasn't the University.
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no idea after the first one. They called asking for money and I decided to block cause I knew they'd call back. I've donated to my dept/major before for specific things so I don't feel bad. They called DH one time and he didn't want to be mean and hang up on the student so he got stuck on the phone for like 10 minutes. Though I think he was a bit like "I wonder how long they'll bring their ask down for". I was like dude, screw that. Yeah, I know they interrupt you when you say you are ending the call. Too bad. "I have to go now, have a nice day" click.
 
cowgirl836 said:
no idea after the first one. They called asking for money and I decided to block cause I knew they'd call back. I've donated to my dept/major before for specific things so I don't feel bad. They called DH one time and he didn't want to be mean and hang up on the student so he got stuck on the phone for like 10 minutes. Though I think he was a bit like "I wonder how long they'll bring their ask down for". I was like dude, screw that. Yeah, I know they interrupt you when you say you are ending the call. Too bad. "I have to go now, have a nice day" click.
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My wife took a call one time and talked to this girl for about twenty minutes about her major, internships, where she lived, etc like they'd been friends for years. At the end of the call, she hangs up and goes "Ha, she forgot to ask me for money."
 
BoxsterCy said:
Had a MeanDean moment yesterday. Saw much hated tree rat and wanted to sting him with the BB gun. When grand-ruffians where here I "put it away". It had been leaning next to the door.

Looked in closet. Looked in computer room. Looked in laundry room. Looked in gun safe. Looked next to gun safe. Looked by golf clubs. Looked again the next day in all of the same places. It was in the gun safe...just too dark down in the cubby-hole mudroom to see it.
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I have a pretty decent bb/pellet gun. Even used it to kill a tree rat from my back deck one day. Had a scope and it was dialed in perfectly for about 30'. Also killed a presumed raccoon one early Friday morning (tried to scare it off and it just stood there and looked at me like, "What up dude?") - lucky shot right in the eye socket.

So the grand-ruffians were here one weekend a couple years ago when I was gone marketing fleas. I had it hanging in the garage. Somehow the boy loaded BB's and/or something and now it's completely jammed. Would like to get it fixed but who would mess with one? Still hanging there, inoperable. At least I THINK it's still there.
 
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