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    Be Careful With Your Debit/Credit Cards

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    Five or 6 years ago I had $700 taken from my account via a "fake visa" card number. The bank gave me the money back and investigated. It was a hassle and took a lot of paperwork to get it all straightened out.

     

    Now I only use the ATM card with a pin. More and more places take them, even gas stations and you don't have to worry when you misplace it because it cannot be used without the pin #.

    Help my cat is attacking the baby

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    As you can see from my avatar, the cat I had when my boys were little never scratched either one even when picked up by the tail! The one I have now is terribly jealous and I wouldn't want her around my babies!

    I love her dearly but would have to find her a new home if she was hurting my children.

     

    Maybe someone in your family could foster her until your babies are bigger. You know foster moms and dads usually don't want to give them up... ;)

    Junk mail/telemarketer tips

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    Tips for Handling Telemarketers

     

    Three Little Words That Work !!

     

    (1)The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..."

     

    Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.

     

    Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.

     

    These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting.

     

     

    (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?

     

    This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.

     

     

    This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home.

     

    What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer !!!

     

    (3) Junk Mail Help:

    When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away.

     

    When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.

     

    Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 37 cents postage "IF" and when they receive them back.

     

    It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes.

     

    One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas.

    Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back!

    If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.

     

    You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 37 cents.

     

    The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice!

     

    Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea !

     

    If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore.

    !~!~! Help Support Our Furry Friends !~!~!

    in Internet Cafe

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    I dropped off some cat and dog food and treats around noon. There was one little black kitten playing with a toy in one of the cages off the lobby. He was rolling around and having a great time. He would growl and then pounce on it. The other kittens were just watching him!

     

    I'm going to try to remember to do it regularly.

     

    My cat, Sugar, that I adopted recently is doing well. Dr. Judy thinks she is probably 10+ but her blood work came back perfect! He was amazed because she was so skinny. She's finally putting on weight and maybe I'll get a decent picture to post soon. She avoids the camera and flash. Turns her back!

    City of Dallas Gripe

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    TBAR, you can run for mayor! I'll be glad to work on your campaign!

     

    Can we organize a concerned citizen's committee to address the issues with the park? I think it looks nice and definitely want it kept up. Couldn't a committee approach the landscaper with a possibility of bad publicity if it's not finished?

     

    TBAR, you can run for mayor! I'll be glad to work on your campaign!

     

    Can we organize a concerned citizen's committee to address the issues with the park? I think it looks nice and definitely want it kept up. Couldn't a committee approach the landscaper with a possibility of bad publicity if it's not finished?

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