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24425. Ms. No - 9/17/2008 11:57:55 PM Sorry to post this in two places but I wanted to spread it around.
This is a video that my brother and two of his improv friends put together. Go have a laugh and vote!
funnyordie.com -- McCain Palin Flashcards for God's Plan
My brother plays the "heavy" 24426. judithathome - 9/18/2008 9:05:54 PM This is WAAAAY more than a peeve...it is a full-on rant: my son works for one of THE major aeronautical industries in this country; he has worked for them for almost 20 years. They have a "club" called the ConTrib club that is supported by involuntary contributions from everyone who works there: every single person who works there has money taken from every single paycheck each month. There is no opting-out...everyone pays into this fund.
The fund is used to support workers in time of need...say someone has a major stroke and has to miss work because in the aftermath of that stoke, they require major brain surgery and a long recuperative period before returning to work. This club is there to pay their cost of living while they are incapacitated.
Leslie met with the officers of the club this week and took in the three months' worth of bill receipts that I and his father covered while he was out of work. His utilities, his truck payment, etc. They told him they would let him know this afternoon how much he would receive in reimbursment. They assured him he'd get it.
He just called and informed me that they had denied him anything. Their reasoning? His bills had been paid!
I am so pissed off at this...what was he supposed to do? Get out of his hospital bed and bring in his bills? Let the utility companies turn off his electricity, his gas, his phone, and water?
This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen! He has told me that this company treats their workers like shit and now I believe him...he was so furious, he left work an hour early which is probably just as well...he might have hit someone otherwise.
Oh, and the brilliant part? They told him to bring in his bills for THIS month and they would pay them. He is already back at work. He said he told them to shove it...he'd pay his own bills and pay his parents back for the rest of it on his own.
24427. magoseph - 9/18/2008 10:37:26 PM I hope that he changes his mind and brings them his bills from this month, Judith. 24428. judithathome - 9/18/2008 10:57:40 PM He did...and is going to.
And he will pay his father and me back; it will just take a little longer than he'd planned.
Luckily, neither of us is in any hurry for the money. 24429. arkymalarky - 9/19/2008 3:51:43 AM I'd send them my bills as long as they'll pay them. That's unreal. 24430. alistairConnor - 9/19/2008 1:53:56 PM Ooooh boy. When I've stopped hyperventilating, I'll tell about my adventures buying tickets to take my kids back to New Zealand for Christmas.
Serves me right for being cheap. Still... 24431. arkymalarky - 9/19/2008 2:02:18 PM So evidently in bad economic times, instead of pulling together, people try to screw you over more than usual. 24432. wabbit - 9/19/2008 2:35:42 PM After my mother had her car accident in January, her employer continued to pay her rather than have her wait for the insurance company to cover the bills. When I was filing the 'lost wages' insurance paperwork, they asked whether or not she had continued to receive wages. I decided to think of her employer's kindness not as wages, but as a loan which would be reimbursed when the insurance company got around to it — and that turned out to be exactly right. I asked the insurance agent about it later and she said, although of course I didn't hear this from her, that had we told them that her employer had continued to pay her, even though she was expected to pay them back for the months she was out, that the insurance company would have said, "great, then it's off our hands," and not paid a dime.
Insurance companies and lawyers. Sheesh.
24433. judithathome - 9/20/2008 6:15:09 AM Well, my son went to the races today...NHRA races going on this weekend. He had a blast and called me about 7 times so I could hear the "awesome noise" of certain cars. I had to laugh...he was as excited as a 17 year old at his first drag race.
Arky, you have averted certain mayhem and didn't even know it. Remember that lady I called when we were up there in August...she was the one who nearly sold us a condo in "the old folks home" and who was in Hot Springs the same time we were at your place. She went to Jim's sister's gallery and spent 2 1/2 hours there...she LOVES Jim's sister and bought several of her things, and not just jewelry!
Anyhow, we went to an open house for my friend's new real estate agency last night and Linda (the lady I called) came running across the room and went on and on about how wonderful the gallery was and how thrilled she was to have learned of it. And after our second glass of wine, she had decided Keoni and I and she needed to come up there for the Gallery Weekend in October...we planned everything, from staying at your friend's motel to doing the gallery crawl all weekend. Ha!
Waking up this morning and checking my calendar, I realized it was impossible to go because we have tickets for the final play of the summer on that weekend...and Keoni's nephew from Hawaii will be in town for a football game with TCU. So I emailed her and told her we can't go but that if she is in Hot Springs next year when the "bash" is going on, she could come to the party and meet y'all. (Hope that is okay...the odds of it happening are pretty slim, though...she will probably be deep into opening the "old folk's home" by August.) 24434. arkymalarky - 9/20/2008 6:20:52 AM Hey, if she'd be into it, it's fine with us. That's fantastic about Jim's sister! It'd have been great if y'all could have come in October. I'm hopeful of having a pretty fall this year, but you never know. 24435. judithathome - 9/20/2008 6:34:34 AM Well, I can promise you, whenever we come the next time, I'm driving!! ;-) I absolutely LOVE my new car! It's almost sinful, the way I feel about that thing...or it would be if I believed in "sin" per se. 24436. wonkers2 - 9/20/2008 12:47:28 PM Mago, that's one of the funniest and sad but true videos on the election I've seen. I forwarded it to a whole bunch of people, Dem and Gopers. One of the GOPers not known for his sense of humor said he found it offensive. Can you imagine!? 24437. judithathome - 9/20/2008 3:57:12 PM I can't see ANY videos on my computer...and I can't find the Adobe thing to see why. Keoni said he would fix it...three days ago!
I'm going to have to backtrack A LOT to see all these great videos everyone is finding... 24438. arkymalarky - 9/20/2008 5:28:31 PM I can't watch them well on satellite, so I don't even try any more. We're getting either offline completely or back on dialup next month. We both have internet on our phones now, and texting's a pain, but functional, and I'm getting better. I need to abbreviate more, but it's good practice spelling everything oiut, I guess. 24439. arkymalarky - 9/20/2008 5:30:26 PM Wonk, did you mean No? I'll try to watch it at my parents'. 24440. jexster - 9/21/2008 2:32:45 AM WHEW Arky's safe!
The PoHlees just raided an Evangelist's compound near Texarkana ...sexual abuse ...I'm worried about Jen 24441. magoseph - 9/21/2008 2:58:05 AM Arky, I think that Wonk meant this one: Message # 24410
24442. Jenerator - 9/21/2008 3:11:28 AM Don't worry about me, Jex, I'm not the one in a cult. 24443. wonkers2 - 9/21/2008 4:27:06 AM Arky, here's the link to which I was referring:
Gay? or God's Plan 24444. jexster - 9/21/2008 4:42:07 AM Whew!
When Alamo said that he hated the Catholic Church and homos,I worried
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